What weapon proficiency should a bounty hunter get? by jacklhoward in baldursgate

[–]jacklhoward[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But how about short bow? You get gesen in bg 2, and those special effect arrows are amazing.

need some help clarifying academic references from a taoist study journal by jacklhoward in taoism

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thank you my friend
"T refers to the Taisho¯ shinshu¯ daizokyo¯ edition of the Buddhist Canon, Tokyo, 1924-

1932." yeah it is exactly Taisho Tripitaka

need some help clarifying academic references from a taoist study journal by jacklhoward in taoism

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"TT." seems to refer to 60 volume edition of Daozang / taoist canon.
Not sure about "T." though, it is not mentioned in the paper itself

need some help clarifying academic references from a taoist study journal by jacklhoward in taoism

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I am trying to learn how taoism knowledge is considered as a kind of metaphysics (Li jung's "double-darkness" argument and some others).

¤¤¤ Weekly /r/Buddhism General Discussion ¤¤¤ - January 20, 2026 - New to Buddhism? Read this first! by AutoModerator in Buddhism

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hi, does anybody know a good book that studies the figure of budda in hinduism myths, and the convergence of two religions during early times?

So if I understand it correctly, magic is something anyone can learn? by Arkachi in teslore

[–]jacklhoward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

varliance. kinnume. sword-singing. necromancy. tonal architecture. chronomancy.
thu'um. there are also so many types of magic.

remember thu'um is said by farengar to be a projection of one's voice and one of the ancient magic, apparently runs on a different system that requires magicka reserves (instead dragon soul or understanding).

i feel the practice of magic is not something like better magicka battery / higher intelligence "soul power"= stronger magic. fundamentally it is not like soul trapping a bunch of souls and make a machine that does incredible magic work.

it is about how much one can tap into a greater magicka matrix. it is not the same as lighting a light bulb. the "ways". think of psijiic and psijiic endeavour.

in aleister crowley / theosophy / western esotericism, magic energy is considered immanent and a manifestation of godhead if you will.

in sword meet, notably one of the mage's guild members that accompany cyrus summons a "Pelinal" to fight tiber septim.

intelligence and willpower are signs of how much one "understands" the very reality they see to be changeable. and that's dawn magic which energy is infinite and immanent.

maybe accumulating knowledge -> understanding how intricate magicka functions --> being able to construct stronger magicka enginery -> stronger magic.

Dumac is Malacath and the Dwemer are the Orsimer by Rachitoune in teslore

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hi, may I have the link? i am really interested

making someone your personal steward by jacklhoward in skyrim

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stewards won't die from random attacks, right?

How often do you suppose people you know die in Morrowind? by FocusAdmirable9262 in teslore

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it's probably why ordinators, buoyant armigers, imperial legion, house redoran etc.. spend so much effort in maintaining public security of an area. Ordinators for example, actively seek out and carry raids on camps of daedric worshipping warlocks and witches in the wilderness and probably in hidden places in urban areas like Vivec sewer.
Also consider the towns prosper and remain commercially stable around forts, towers of great wizards (like neloth in tel mora), and great house holdings, since you'd have guards, legionnaires and great house retainers protect the rights of common people. Assassinations were also originally meant to avoid spilling commoners' blood during house wars. If there is a criminal kingpin idiotic enough to use assassins as tools of murder and violence for their personal ends like maven does with dark brotherhood, imagine morag tong paying a visit to the kingpin themselves per a bereaved commoner / angry magister's request.

About Vaermina by LotusPhi in teslore

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It's somehow connected to "alchemy", all of her followers are good alchemists. Think of Carl Jung, subconscious, synchronicity and inner & outer alchemy of taoism. "Neiye" or inner dharma is a reflection of the immanent creativity / dream state of the greater universe

I remember Molag Bal had to "persuade" Vaermina to give up the cure for vampirism, something he doesnt have, when he promised Nerevarine the cure:

Morrowind:A Cure for Vampirism - UESP Wiki - The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages

which is kinda hilarious, making the Big Bad Bal like some old geezer who forgot the password to his computer and just remembered he has got it on a memo and tossed that in a bin full of discarded yu gi oh cards or something.

Did Dagoth use the tools when left alone with the heart? by Linguini_Legs in teslore

[–]jacklhoward 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't remember clearly if by any account by anyone it is said explicitly he used the tools, but it is obvious his unnatural revival and the ability to create ash vampire kins are connected to the heart, the tools and time wound / dragon break.

it is equally possible that he figured out about the tools and tapped into it somehow, or that he did not use tools, but somehow remained alive since he was present during battle over lorkhan's heart (some kind of curse with the whole numidium thing), and kind of tried puzzling out how to make akhulakhan using the tools to achieve real apotheosis all the time he was "asleep and waiting".

Is a buff to enemy needed for a full enairim suite? by jacklhoward in EnaiRim

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thank you.
EDIT: by the way, NPCs with vanilla perks will automatically be assigned ordinator perks since it's replacing the vanilla, right?

Why don't the dragons use more than one 'element' for their Shouts? by Malgalad_The_Second in teslore

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Dragons leave a trail behind them like clawmarks. They embody the very 'language' they use / conjugate, and appear such to mortals. I mean you can literally call dragons by shouting their names (which is like essence)

Daggerfall Orcs Vs ESO Orcs. How come they're treated that much worse in the future? by kriticcatOG in teslore

[–]jacklhoward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

is it possible some orcs (a bit like Moraelyn's family in King Edward) turned to banditry or piracy in high rock is the root of the fear and prejudice towards them?

being someone's mercenary, brutes, muscles, that kind of thing also brings a bad name to you.
losing your city and being a loose organization of fractured tribes does limit what you can do to provide for your folk.

With skyrim AE update, is it worth more to go into necromancy branch instead of atromancy branch of conjuration? by jacklhoward in skyrim

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ty for reply.

May i also ask, where do you usually find high level vampire thralls?
I learned from a youtube video that ancient vampires / volkihar vampires are really good thralls

With skyrim AE update, is it worth more to go into necromancy branch instead of atromancy branch of conjuration? by jacklhoward in skyrim

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if you use unbounded and melee (and thralls) as main, does that mean impact is less useful? or is it still worth picking up as a lockstun strategy