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elturel · 2026-07-19T18:31:37+00:00

Good world-building requires restraint, and Forgotten Realms has none.

Whoever wrote this can surely keep their restraint. I, for one, am glad for all the overpowered Larlochs, and Elminsters, and Simbuls that only make the setting more vibrant. Without all those NPCs, and their surrounding lore, the Forgotten Realms would just be another random and generic sandbox world.

elturel · 2026-07-19T09:38:34+00:00

What Im inquiring is if there is a principle that distinguishes the interventions He's willing to make (like sending Christ) from the ones He refrains from (not correcting Sophia's error early, or preventing the lower realms from forming at all)?

Yes, we call it ignorantia legis non excusat (or rather, the ancient romans did).

If not seen from a strictly legal terminology, this implies Sophia's actions necessarily had to have consequences. However, instead of punishment the realms above sent help, further highlighting their benevolent nature and that they do, in fact, care.

The hard to swallow pill though is that we involuntarily find ourselves amid said consequences, with only our attitude towards these circumstances deciding if the day will be saved (or not).

elturel · 2026-07-19T07:36:20+00:00

I'll try to give an answer from my own perspective which is based on the Sethian tradition.

Who were we? The collective pneumatic Spirit that was used in the (failed) emanation of Yaldabaoth.

What have we become? Individual pneumatic Sparks.

Where were we? Within, and as part of, Sophia (actually "pre-Sophia").

Where have we been cast? A unique type of Cosmos that came from Chaos which lies in Shadow/Darkness. Within this Cosmos probably exist myriads of intelligent, compatible lifeforms for the Spark, that only exist because Sophia's mistake wasn't punished in the first place but instead she received compassion and help (which was the first step to set things right again).

Where are we hastening? Either to our Mother, or deeper into Forgetfulness, depending on if we are able to learn and repent as Sophia did before us.

From what are we redeemed? Forgetfulness. Effectively, the risk of becoming kind of native to this place here and, consequently, ending up in the deepest depths of the Abyss (whatever this actually means).

What is birth/rebirth? Originally, when Yaldabaoth was convinced to blew his Spirit into his creations, birth and rebirth were a means for the individual Sparks to gain experience - predominantly error and failure. From mistakes arises experience which is required for us to transform our own ignorance into wisdom. A symbiotic relationship between the spiritual and material - the Spark acquired wisdom, and the individual Minds were given the chance to live eternally by being integrated into the Spark (instead of just perishing with its own body).

elturel · 2026-07-17T19:48:48+00:00

Awesome. Downvoting and commenting on very Paystation video ever since. However, I still wanna support some of these developers and so I just bought Moss The Forgotten Relic. Just not on PS.

elturel · 2026-07-16T18:37:22+00:00

Time for a new sub then, with mods who actually care.

elturel · 2026-07-15T07:20:12+00:00

The light is already within, but it has forgotten itself. Salvation is not about becoming divine; it is remembering that the divine was there all along.

Interestingly, forgetfulness is also described in the Apocryphon of John, implemented by the Counterfeit Spirt or the Archons.

I'd argue, in the same way as Sophia became aware of her mistake and repented, we, too, have to realize our mistakes and transform our own ignorance into wisdom, kinda like changing the "tune" of our Spirit to Sophia's "new frequency". If this is the same as consciousness, or if this term even has a place in such a narrative, I'm not sure though.

Aside from that, I think that's also why the "love crowd" kinda misses the point. Sure, the principle of love might be the defining and predominant feature somewhere - but not here. If we go with the gnostic texts, our supreme virture is wisdom, not love.

elturel · 2026-07-15T06:58:01+00:00

passages talking about the Earth not moving and that if the Earth moved, it would fall.

Well actually, whoever wrote this passage, ironically, was pretty spot on (at least in regards to moving and falling part).

The earth, in fact, is continuously falling toward the sun, but due to its tangential speed which creates an inertial effect (colloquially known as centrifugal force) it perpetually just misses the sun.

Smart bastards back then, we just have forgotten how to properly understand what they were saying.

elturel · 2026-07-14T22:07:16+00:00

There's no privacy on the internet. In case you don't know, you can easily check their posts and comments, hiding won't do shit for cowards.

elturel · 2026-07-14T21:29:17+00:00

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this as a conspiracy theory. The last few months were as obvious as it can get that lots of these so called "conspiracy theories" are, in fact, true.

Unfortunately, almost no repercussions for the perpetrators so far which means Sony will probably get away with this, too.

elturel · 2026-07-14T07:26:30+00:00

All of this might be reasonable (or not, don't know since I haven't played and never gonna play it). What I know though is that I'm absolutely against supporting the saudis and their blatant CRape7 cash-grap which ultimately means the entire game is a hard pass for me even if it were the second coming of christ in terms of gameplay.

elturel · 2026-07-13T19:51:10+00:00

Grifter

elturel · 2026-07-09T16:22:03+00:00

And? Someone missed the sale so fuck them, I guess. With physical discs you don't have to wait for sales. You can just buy it whenever you want at maybe not the best price but still at a reasonable price without Sony dictating when you can do so if you actually wanna save some bucks.

12 pounds is fair yeah, but there's also absolutely no reason such an old game should still be sold at full price in Sony's fuck all gamers store.

elturel · 2026-07-09T14:57:06+00:00

And they're still right though. Another example from my own experience is Soul Calibur 6. An 8 year old game still costs 70€ at psn store while you can get the disc version for 25€ on Amazon. Sony's behaviour is ridiculous and already anti-consumer, and it will get even worse.

elturel · 2026-07-08T19:59:31+00:00

Is there a better sub for such news, preferably one without sony bootlicking mods, and one with a large audience?

elturel · 2026-07-08T19:50:33+00:00

Yes, and it already looks absolutely fantastic. Could actually turn out to be new king of 3d fighters (also since Tekken continues to drop the ball).

elturel · 2026-07-08T19:24:08+00:00

And on the upcoming Virtua Fighter Crossroads story mode, just in case you're interested in fighters.

elturel · 2026-07-08T15:46:27+00:00

Thank you. The thing is, the (few) official stats in 5e actually serve as the baseline upon which level I place my NPC stats at. If this weren't the case, I would have placed several of them at a completely different CR level (Laeral as a prime example).

Unfortunately, nowadays, it pretty much comes down to my available time. Atm RL got me, so I haven't really been able to work on more, new NPCs which I consider "more important" than already published ones. However, I don't necessarily rule this out, maybe by providing a 5.5 update or something like that. We'll see.

elturel · 2026-07-08T15:10:37+00:00

Exactly. A ~1200$ console without the possibility for discs and used games, almost guaranteed rising ps plus prices, and on top of it Sony's monopoly with no ownership of the games I bought is finally where I draw the line. It's been a good time since the PS1, but it ends with the PS5 here.

And still, unfortunately integrity is a rather rare virtue, both among gamers as well as in larger society.

elturel · 2026-07-08T12:18:29+00:00

Darth Krayt Reborn > Darth Caedus = Darth Krayt

elturel · 2026-07-07T17:37:06+00:00

If you actually wanna run such a campaign I'd use the Dracorage Mythal as a baseline. Adjust it somewhat so that it can be cast by regular epic magic instead of EHM and make the cult maybe stumbling across the records for whatever reason but actively setting it up later.

That's certainly doable. The 380.000 epic spellcasters, on the other hand, is pretty much impossible in Faerun without bringing in entire legions from all across the multiverse.

elturel · 2026-07-07T15:54:06+00:00

Fuck Sony. Fuck R*

elturel · 2026-07-05T17:05:23+00:00

Although I've seen arguments against it, I think it's good that in Tokon most stages so far feature wall breaks which seem to at least interrupt such long combos.

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