Tyrael Mournstrider:
I started playing Inquisition years back, before I started Graduate school, and it was fun. I completely bypassed the crafting instructions and kept on getting my party killed in encounters. I should fire it back up again sometime and try to continue playing it.
Oh you definatly need to craft weapons and armor. Some things made can be much better then what you find but there's some good items you can get which is good :)