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[Dragon Age] The Grey Warden that recruited me got completely wasted at the local tavern and blurted out what actually happens during the Joining. Is there any way to increase my chances of survival or is this completely random?

The grey warden that recruited me got completely drunk and confessed that the Joining consists of drinking Darkspawn blood and that most recruits end up dying. 

I was a criminal before he used the right of conscription on me so if i try to leave him I'll get arrested or worse, and in all honesty i still want to help against the Darkspawn threat because if they win i won't have anywhere to go either. 

So, is there anything I can do to increase my chances of surviving the Joining?
gpt
Yes, many. All of which will be done in advance of your joining, some seem to be totally natural parts of training, some seem slightly odd like being given potions or herbs, some like having magic users around doing unknown things and some trainees being disqualified without reason given seem extremely strange. At the end of this process the joining happens, and frankly most people still don't survive.