This is quoted directly from Bioware's Dragon Age site and is why I assumed that
the D&D ruleset will not be used in Dragon Age.
1.07: What ruleset will be used in Dragon Age?
Dragon Age will be using a brand new rule system developed specifically for the PC platform by BioWare. It will be a class-based rule system that allows a player to choose from a wide selection of skills, abilities and spells in the tradition of other fantasy roleplaying games.
1.08: What world does Dragon Age take place in?
Dragon Age is set in a new world developed by BioWare. A large team of writers and artists have been busy detailing the societies, religions, history, races, monsters, and economy of the Dragon Age world. Several new languages are also being developed for Dragon Age by a linguistics expert.
Sounds to me like Bioware is trying to break away from D&D and go out on their
own completely.
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