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Post by yulia11 on Jul 18, 2018 12:00:55 GMT -6
Zangetsu and Gibel. They hate each other on the outside, but they both understand the pain of being involved in the ritual and both are consumed by Darkness. Also neither likes the church that much. Miriam and Dominique. One is associated with the church while the other is overrun with demonic power, yet they still support each other, and not just in business.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 16, 2018 23:56:22 GMT -6
Dark Metamorphosis. It was the most passionately delivered, but completely useless ability from SotN. Yes, even considering Gurthang's damage boost from it. You can grind it with Muramasa to the point of potentially rivaling the Alucard Shield.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 13, 2018 15:21:24 GMT -6
XombieMike kindly shot me that thread over on Reddit before I came over here. My paper actually includes the decryption for the Sigillum Dei.
I truly wish I had found this out earlier only to have been able to place some input on that. I used to teach English in Japan, perhaps I could have had one of my Japanese friends help me provide a simple explication of what was described in the text.
Alas.
Yeah... the Fullmetal Alchemist thing wears a bit clichéd on me as the Faustian curse for defying nature etc. etc. Opening the gates to become a truly God-like entity has a rather fresh feeling to it only explored once previous in the game Shadow Hearts, where God is the final boss (and Lovecraftian at that).
I'd quite like a take where the goals, not merely the dressing, drew on these older sources. It remains that, even if John Dee was a kindly soul, wisdom is not benign.
EDIT: The Faustian punishment for using magic is a classic trope in Western, Christian-cultured history. Even in light-hearted *The Sorcerer* (My name is John Wellington Wells, I'm a dealer in magic and spells), by the same writer of 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General', Johnny is consumed by his own magic and is the only character who dies.
I'd quite like to see magic treated more as a 'force of nature' moreso than a 'forbidden thing'. It's the motivations of man that really are where the horror lies.
ADDENDUM TO EDIT: And we all know what a man is... I thought earth gods (sustained by mortal worship and the most powerful is the Christian God simply due to the concentrated worship on one entity and the sheer number of Abrahmic religion combined)were only on par with Lovecraft Mythos and you need universal reality warping to fight an outer god, who are worthless aginst the dreamer. Japan was the last place untouched by Abrahamic religion at this point, and as long as you don't try to be actively malicious they will respect someone who study arcane. They also have more research in herbology compared to China. Guess the naytheistic ancestral worshipping China is just a withering memory now.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 13, 2018 11:52:32 GMT -6
Gibel and Alfred are definitely no go, with Gibel being only a copy of Miraam with limited abilities, and Alfred being too weak.
Anywho.
This is a video game and I have a wonderful pair of reality-suspenders I'm willing to put on so I can be a gnarly, aging wizard burninating everything.
My bad . Seriously though, how do you balance his gameplay epecially considering his less than superb acrobatic, and earlier in game lacking the abilities to cast barrage of spells without worrying about mp? Though his soul gives Zengetsu double jump I doubt he can do so himself (intangibility to bypass attacks some form of wind magic or teleportation to move around on the other hand which can also be part of his attack?). His standard attack would still be the staff which the club class is not the best in the demo. Flameshield will be incredible helpful (stone circle trivalize so many bosses in Portrait of Ruin, and you are invincible against Medusa head since they get one shotted, but getting in close range is a bad thing), the clone needs to do more than mimicing his staff smach, ice spear could work but only if IGA and team bother to implement it in ROTN which we know petrified enemies dies quick possibly to save system resource, and and a whole new range of spells that only Alfred knows. We might need further cover too in additional to the fanfictional intangibility, which the current familiar system might not be sufficient since we know none of the familiars in Castlevania attract attention or are capable of shielding you.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 13, 2018 11:00:15 GMT -6
Alfred.
What?
There's no bias here.
In regards to Alfred being weak, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. No one said he is weak, but letting an old man who can barely run traversing a castle filled with demons is not a great idea. What if Barbatos sniped him in the shadow with explosive arrows, or something with a giant sword swing at him before he can swiftly dispatch them. We know from curse of the moon that he did not try to enhance his physique when he is growing old. I can totally imagine a golem or familiar that can shield him from physical harm though.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 13, 2018 10:38:34 GMT -6
Unfortunately, not so simple, yulia11.
The whole of the thing is communication. Each 'part' of the operation is laden with nested correspondences such as the four elements/seasons/humors/triplicities of the zodiac, etc. Every ounce of every esoteric operation is filled with the classical definition of layered innuendo.
The concept of the 'Renaissance Man' is a man who is learned in all things. Giordano Bruno, one such fellow, found it easier and conservative of expensive paper to record his thoughts in smallish symbols that bear meaning only for him.
In the context of Tibetan Buddhism (which bears immense resemblance to Western magical practice as well as Kabbalistic ecstatic meditation), the vowel sounds a yogin chants are extensively networked mnemonics that immediately call to mind in a highly visual and interactive way the thousands of pages of text memorized on a daily basis since childhood.
The answer is: everything at once as much as possible with contingencies and backup plans.
Folks just have no scope of the level of profound thought the greatest of Renaissance magi (such as Dee and Kelley) were capable of.
I know how much knowledge is required for Alchemy, and my description is less than detailed. Mysticism, Natural science, mathematics, theology, philosophy and so much more. Heck I give up AI to pursue physics in hope of messing with Alchemy.
I am still not sure the exact purpose of Incantation, gestures and yoga's effect since the spiritual effect is achievable with the mind alone. Not that it won't help immensely but able to do other things while your mind does these things is a huge boon.
In Chinese medicine, there exist an extra body system not accessible via disection, which I share similar structure to ghosts. However, the core purpose is simply to achieve balance (chinese pantagram are made of five elements, metal (gold is equally valid, though I think it means metal), fire, water, earth and wood, all five are in a sense more mundane and they induce or neutralize each other, which when combined with Yin/ mortality, but more than death and Yang/spirit creates the dynamic that governs more modern Chinese Medicine. Through subtle steps the body can be altered to match specific structures), Alchemical or otherwise. One of my hopes is to find a substitute system to force cells to structure without overwriting DNA. The reasearch is very likely leading to cancer for me, though. By introducing a counter that terminates the rapid celluar reproduction once reaching a sufficient stage, the cells can arrange in new ways.(this is theoritically within the capacity of herbology, by which I mean forcing stem cells to transform into specific cells at specific regions. The practice is also likely very damaging to vitality even if I recover from the cancer, intended or otherwise) However, crossing the line into making new protein is practically impossible since a it overwrites DNA, and it went beyond the theoritical scope) it requires a far more detailed and complex (since it's still applied on the same volume) procedure, yet highly achievable with nanotech.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 13, 2018 8:29:56 GMT -6
Voynich remains quite still a mystery. When a 'breakthrough' is claimed after exhausted translators turned to 'Google Translate', we're far from there. Curiously, encoded grimoires aren't an unheard of thing. Perhaps the most invincible would be the book cypher where without the 'key' book supplying the letter substitution, it's more or less impossible to crack. The claimed 'anagrammatic' structure claimed makes me wonder if this is the case; that the cypher may be layered. If it *is* the case, translation will be impossible until the key is found. Let's move on to alchemy. Alchemy, astrology, and the magical ritual actually have zero separation. The difference in term merely references the methods and 'tools' used, but the goal is quite the same as underlined in the Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius (become the equal of God; this does not reference the Abrahamic God, but rather the henotheistic God of Plato). The various 'stages' or 'phases' of the operation of alchemy are well documented in beautiful, symbolic imagery that also serves as an interesting allegory of divine creation. However, despite the plainly scientific roots of alchemy, what typifies such practices of the Renaissance is the utilization of rational means to approach irrational ends. Alchemy utilizes the carefully codified materials of the world to duplicate the powers of God to enact divine ascension (easily corroded lead into incorruptible gold). Astrology utilizes the careful examination of the movement of the stars to map the mind of god via observations painstakingly recorded over thousands of years. Magic is the utilization of the symbology of the movement of the heavens and the materials of nature to communicate with the entities tasked with overseeing their role in nature in order to obtain the knowledge of God for the benefit of Man (whether the community or the individual). My good friend Khem Caigan is a traditional alchemist who works with lead, mercury, gold and the like. What it amounts to is a great deal of patient work that admits the operation is impossible without the miraculous influence of divine agency to bring about the unlikely (not impossible) 'uplifting' of the substance. The ultimate goal, as detailed in the Sefer Raziel Ha'Malakh (more or less the root text of all Western magic), is to 'angelify'. This leads us to why Enochian is called 'Enochian'. Enoch was uplifted by God from his human form into Metatron, the angel who is sometimes interpreted as the equal of God (with the counterpart of Elijah who was uplifted to Sandalfon), or 'one step down', depending on the source. The attempt to duplicate Enoch's feat of ascension is the goal of the magus. This leads us back to the Liber Loagaeth. While not an alchemical text, per se, the 49 (or 50) Gates of Understanding are referenced here. In Kabbalistic texts, to pass through all the gates is to obtain the knowledge of God. The number is reduced usually as a reference to either humility or the outright impossibility of Man to attain such achievement. Does any of that make sense to anyone? So at initial stage the more Chemistry like Alchemy is used to create elevated substance to use as metaphysical nodes which can be then used ritualisticly, to which ultalize the information gained from Astrology to peek into divinity to complete ascension?
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 23:51:50 GMT -6
I was excited to learn the Voynich Manuscript has had a breakthrough in translating it. Kinda ruins the mystery for it, but still. Oh? News to me, but great to know! One source claims it's Turkish. The one on herbs makes sense contextually. This however also removes all mythical aspect of Astronomy part, however, claiming it's a Calender. The other less trust worthy especially being AI translated which says it's in Hebrew but talks about Egyptian religion in the first page (considering Moses eradicated all Hebrew practicer who don't follow Judaism and that these things are typically written on stone tablets, this suggest time tracing back to the considerably earlier time of Egyptian empire), which the page wouldn't have survived nor would it be this colorful.
Edit: Got confused between Ra and El there.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 17:50:50 GMT -6
I was excited to learn the Voynich Manuscript has had a breakthrough in translating it. Kinda ruins the mystery for it, but still. Miriam's crystals were embedded, but that's not what she's selling. She is selling the shards which get bound to the crystals. Somehow she must be able to remove the shards from the crystals to sell them off. It sounds like just a game mechanic, but I find it untidy that I can't have some reason for it in the game world.
I wonder when states government will publish some of Tesla's late works. Crazy how so many physicists and mathmeticians ended up on Alchemy.
I don't think there is any difference between shards and crystals. Additionally, we don't know how metaphysical the shard is cause the shard you get in the demo has higher volume than Miriam when combined and the boss shards clearly has the same size yet arguably more potent. As for Dominique, the church likely knows some form of ritual to remove the shards, your conventional exercoism per say, to purge demonic essence from someone. Besides, Johannes clearly understand how to enhance them.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 15:46:31 GMT -6
Ooo, I like the sound of that. Selling shards must be part of the opposite process somehow. Of course, it's a game mechanic more than anything, bit can you wrap the mechanic of selling shards in real world lore? Once the ink has crystallized, there is no removing it and leaving behind the paper that was consumed. That was just a wee example. A better example is found in chlorophanes, or Ye Ming Zhu. Some crystals act as piezo-electric transducers that fluoresce and fetch terribly high prices (real glowing rocks!).
This same effect can be achieved by simply setting a quartz crystal ball on gold foil set into a wax seal (such as Dee's Sigillum Dei, for example...).
Really, the physics of a ritual space according to Western esoteric practice is terribly radioactive. There are fine articles on how low-energy solid state masers can be created from beeswax, which is a noted electret, or a material that perpetually maintains an electric charge; think of a perfumed candle used in rituals. Interestingly, extremely low frequency electromagnetic radiation has been shown to stimulate the pineal gland which may go a ways to explaining the hallucinatory state under which one could converse with daemons.
I digress.
As far as the ink is concerned, you can indeed purchase ink crystals for the making of various inks in this day and age (ferrous sulfate for iron gall). The electroconductive nature of such inks is actually noted such as in the bit of 'quackery' called the Hieronymus Machine, which is certainly worth a Google and a read.
I went far afield on this one, but there you are.
Has there been any well proposed model of the structure of spirits. How do they affect our world per say? They are clearly intangible so I cannot imagine them being anything electrical, (which ironically means they cannot interact with light, instead of being harmed by it), but at other times they seem to be capable inducing microscropic movements(are they able to manipulate gravity, which in some context literally means spacetime which light don't exiperience except it does, both because we do, and in the context of general relativity cause gravity can affect the speed of light which is otherwise constant, which the law of special relativity does not hold given an accelerating observer. I don't have much else to add cause I don't know how to write wave equations yet in context of quantum mechanics). Besides tunneling, there are no ways to prevent interference. One interesting idea is Virtual particles which given that the conservation of momentum and energy holds, new particles can appear out of the nothing to cause a particle to transition to equal potential positions and then vanishes, during a incredibly short time period. This allow it to have similar structure to us in Complex spacetime for virtual particles to not simply exist and de-exist on unpredictable principles.(4 complex dimensions. In mathmatical context, 3d space, 3d imaginary space, and complex time are to be treated differently. But some notable equalities must hold, such that momentum must stay consistant as a 4c vector across real space-real time v1, imaginary space imaginary time v2 = v1 or v2 = - v1, real space imaginary time v3 and imaginary space complex time v4 = -v3 or v4 = v3, though I think v1 = v2 and v3 = -v4 is likely true. Too bad I haven't taken advanced complex analysis). The good thing is that physics in its current state is still contained inside applied math instead of the terrors of pure math.
Hmmm. This is something I've given quite a lot of thought and reading to.
Suffice it to say that no, there is no proof of any such thing as spirits which can be verified as true under any scientific auspices. There are, however, facts observed that cannot lend to anything but an 'inconclusive' result due to the fact that an 'experiencer' is required. Since this hinges on 'state of mind' due to the frankly hallucinatory mental states such folks experience visionary experiences under, it cannot be duplicated under controlled circumstances.
That said, you're overthinking it.
This is a lengthy topic for something completely unverifiable. I'm going to shortcut it to keep it to the topic at hand, which is a super fun game with some really neat stuff about magic and alchemy referenced.
Let's look at it within the physicality of what inhabits a crystal that also stimulates the brain, as I alluded to in my last post. Other than of course the molecular components, we have radiation. There are fine articles on ELF EM radiation and its effect on the brain, and making a massive leap that I can cite a dearth of sources on that go nowhere towards making this a comfortable topic, it would seem that daemons/spirits as radioactive entities makes the most 'sense'. If any at all.
Back of the hand bibliography?
Hansen's *The Trickster and the Paranormal*
Hufford's *Terror That Comes in the Night*
Puharich's *Beyond Telepathy*
Roney-Dougal's *Where Science and Magic Meet*
Ullman, Krippner, et al.'s *Dream Telepathy* (this was the inspiration for the movie *Inception*)
Hans Berger's reasoning for creating the EEG machine
Lonetree's research on brain entrainment
Persinger's *Tectonic Strain Theory*
There you are.
The only way to convince the population that mysticism actually exist is via mathmatics, enough to the point of applicable to engineering, though experiement are seemingly more on disproving them via biological interaction. Enchanting could have dramatic application on enginnering, such as an energy source (or at least a battery), via heat or electricity, materials that can tolerate the stress of high energy physics experiments, ice that can survive with above zero tempreture at regular pressure, solid with the elasticity of rubber bands, the hardness of diamonds, heat capacity of water and ability to sustain under high tempreture(all of which are reasonable goals via nanotech). Thermaldynamics can be completely flipped over if you can defy the second law of thermal dynamics (which, for example, suggest heat flows from hot to cold), which means everything from Chemistry and all the way down are null and void.
On the other hand, what exactly is Alchemy? Is Mysticism really to be a subset of Alchemy instead of the other way around?
I have had visions that perfectly reflect a situation two years later including identical words in a dialogue with people I couldn't have known, done divining that has completely defy probability, seen little predictions came true and have friends that successful retrive personal info from dead ancestors, and most importantly has had unfriendly spirits invading my home after some failed witchcraft on multiple occasions.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 14:50:19 GMT -6
Well, the Ars Paulina reveals a demon cam be in a pleasant and comfy form perfectly in a crystal. However Johannes says the demon's power is transmuted. This may be a simplified answer for Miriam and the player. Some even suspect Johannes is evil, but I don't believe so. I just think the lore of the game here is inspired but not direct. This is evident in how the demons are named from the Ars Goetia, but creative liberty is obvious. Just like the whole gender discussion. From what we can observe in game so far, it appears the power of the demon is transmuted into a shard form. (Reminds me of Innuyasha) Miriam has been previously embedded with the magnetic like crystals that draw demons to her and also their shards. Once bound to the embedded crystal that power is accessable to Miriam. This apparently can cause the crystals to grow over more of her body. Gebel's body is almost completely covered. The shards can be unbound and sold though, and Dominique warns about not carrying too many. That's what Gebel wants Miriam to do though, as he must think once she strays farther from natural humanity she will see his perspective and join him. Oh, of course there are creative liberties taken. I just take immense joy in seeing how much of it can stick. I imagine most would be surprised at the results! In practice, as in Dee's case, the angels (or demons, as Kelley waxed apoplectic in fear of) he communicated with said he was fine in waiving the well-noted and laboriously catalogued astrological timing required to contact such entities (as in the Ars Goetia, though even a bit shorthand there). He did however, include a table not terribly far off from that detailed in the Ars Almadel (also in the Lemegeton).
All this stuff is far more flexible and indeed a very uniquely connected corpus than most current, well-followed practitioners would have it.
I became best friends with the former Archivist, Khem Caigan (also, coincidentally, the artist of the Simon Necronomicon and owner of the Harry Everett Smith Memorial Library, an astounding collection of esoteric and related texts) at Joe Peterson's Esoteric Archives (www.esotericarchives.com) while I was working on my Master's. It proved indispensable. He would expound on the historical and linguistic continuity of various editions of the grimoires to show the diverse background 'Solomonic' magical writings drew their information from.
Has there been any well proposed model of the structure of spirits. How do they affect our world per say? They are clearly intangible so I cannot imagine them being anything electrical, but at other times they seem to be capable inducing microscropic movements. Besides tunneling, there are no ways to prevent interference (not to mention possession gives a feeling of something is inside. Further, the exact nature of tunneling is largely unknown and no experiments has been conducted on animals before), so intangiblity is somewhat out of the picture. One interesting idea is Virtual particles, which if we expand to complex spacetime allow for some sweet equality and the possibility for it to presist beyond its appearance and lack there of, though the two conservations could be hard to explain, which I imagine would be similar to a Counchy-Raimen equation. The good thing is that physics in its current state is still contained inside applied math instead of the terrors of pure math.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 12:38:32 GMT -6
In the latest demo, Johannes says to Miriam, "The demons power was transmuted into that shard, then forceably bonded to the crystal embedded in your body." I'll have to go back and get Gebel's quote. I think the power is transmuted, not that it actually contains the actual demon. I like the thought of the residue though, as shards like Vepar use her tenticles. As if the demon still remains somewhat intact. I guess what I am more interested in what exactly happens to the demon afterward cause the exact nature of their physical form is unclear. My guess is some form of substance that demons uses to materialize or animate (are they even projections from crystals, or is their entire body?), which a portion (remember Miriam cannot eat demon soul for breakfast, or can she) of power lingers and the absorption procedure could be a measure of safety. In some mythology, especially many form of Animism, any stone, let alone crystals, can become sentient over time.(Quality Jade are worth millions of dollars in Asia, and their development are similar to celluar reproduction)
Edit: To carify Demons are binded via a specifc mechanism such that with the help of a Shardbinder, they can be controlled in mass quantity.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 11:40:23 GMT -6
Not sure how to respond to those prior posts. Kindly pardon me if I just move on. So let's correlate the usage of crystals to be 'attuned to demons' as claimed in the smattering of plot I garnered in watching folks play through the demo. From the Ars Paulina, another book of the Lemegeton: The crystal acts as the vessel for the daemon the practitioner wishes to communicate with. Fascinatingly, this actually correlates rather directly to absorbing powers of the daemons as well as growing 'corruption' from carrying around such plainly unkind company in your skin. Just a little addition I thought I'd throw in there. Sorry about the silly diversion up there. Honestly I am not sure if spirits are bound to the crystal or the crystal itself is sentient, though it is almost certain it's the former in the game. Is there any suggestion that if A) a shardbinder is a more in control vessel B) a shardbinder absorbs the daemon C) a shardbinder absorb the crystal which carries some Residue My bet is on A).
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 12, 2018 3:11:44 GMT -6
Kelley was also an alchemist (although rumored to had been a fraud) and he was using a strange "red powder", fabled to had been extracted from corpses somehow. Dee was also famous for the Black Mirror; Aztec in origin, made from obsidian. Or so it goes... I have some minor practices in Chinese inner Alchemy but it's really just spiritism plus some other stuff. In fact, the entire Chinese Medicine, which is Herbalism based on well constructed Alchemical system with its own Pentagram (metal, wood, earth, water, and fire, though it's less symbolistic than the four practiced by ancient Greek which represent earth as solid, water as liquid, air as gas and fire as plasma) and considered a sub branch of the broader Taoist practice, is heavily employed in both China and Japan (not Taoism itself however). Some myth actually suggest Japan was founded by a group of Chinese sailor seeking immortality pill from some hermits. My ultimate goal is to turn myself into a succubus.
Chinese alchemy has other branches too, medicine (green dragon Tao path) aside. Like *inner alchemy* (breathing exercises, chi-kung/nei-kung, "energy" manipulation such as chi-gathering and turning it into jin or feeling shen, meditation, slowly gaining control over your own psychological self -like feelings- and a plethora of other esoteric, body/mind/spirit conditioning theories or practices). Those pursuing "immortality", usually seek the "trongjug yoga", which supposedly isn't accessible to the general public, yet it claims to have gurus who have achieved it, in a sense... Of course, this is a legend or a fable at best, there is no such thing as real, biological immortality, or any proof of spirit to body travel. If you want to "become succubus", again, there is no such thing. The literal occult approach, would be to seek Tantra (its meaning, dogmas and practices have diminished over time, today it is mostly false and attempt to rip-off/take advantage of believers, plus it has lost its status as a religion eons ago), or even better, the now deceased, Japanese, "Tachikawa Ryu" religion, which combines tantric practices with necromantic rites. I have some basic understanding of Biology. About immortality, that was an old myth of a man leading Children on a mythical island that hopefully house the secrets of immortality (which the source of the myth that hermits that knows the secret of Immortality lives on some far away island is untracable, and that could be entirely made up by the man as an excuse to escape the Tyranny). The same men appeared in Japanese Legend and revered as a Saint or God of Agriculture, and the Children that was sent there could have been the ancestor of a good number of Japanese. A bronze sword discovered recently from that era has proven to resistant to rust after 2000 years, and old myth surrounding it involves blood sacrifice. A prophecy that has stayed consistant for over a Melanium (for example it predicted the existence of Europeans, Africans and most importantly Native Americans which at the time are impossible to contact). I am no fan of those Gurus, but my personal experience does imply mysticism is very real. Besides, there are very old texts that I am able to understand to an extent (not that it's unaltered during all these time). The inner Alchemy is not strictly Taoism either, and has quite a lot to do with, at the time still new, Buddhism.
As for succubus, that's really more of an imagary, and the best thing I can do is tear myself apart in the process (and probably die or end up horribly mutated). Letting loose of my regenerative system in attempt to build new structure most likely lead to cancer. (to be fair a horrible mutation can easily lead to this result, poison, radiation, infection) As for necromancy, well China is very deep rooted in ancestral worship, while Japan was always more Thestic, not to mention various more middle eastern influence, some of which before Abrahamic become mainstream, and of various tribala, one of which is growing, if that's the right word, highly poisinous insects to alter the body.
I probably shouldn't have divert the topic here.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 11, 2018 10:58:07 GMT -6
Trigger shard: Shadow walk Dive into the platform and reenmerge after a few seconds, dealing moderate dark damage to whatever is above. Directional Shard: Arcane Dagger Throws a homing dagger that carries your weapon's elemental attack. Cursed moon Conjures spinning cresents that decapatate enemies. Enchant shard: Wild Night Double the fire rate of guns by wielding two of them, and walk while firing. Home runner Greatly enhance club's critical rate and knockback. Whip master Make the whip swing much bigger, but longer animation. The tip also does more damage if equiping dullahammer. Elemental Awakening Turns all the physical damage of a weapon into its elements (or elementless magic) affected only by INT.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 11, 2018 10:11:14 GMT -6
Why did they change great sword animation? My guess is exactly because of the claimh solais. There wasn't much of a point in using anything else, as it was clearly the best weapon, so that was probably their way of balancing it. Yes, but it becomes impractical in bashdash crouch cancelling play through.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 10, 2018 21:01:04 GMT -6
The "Claimh Solais" from Aria of Sorrow seemed just right in my opinion. It was very powerful with a wide arc but was balanced by being somewhat slow and you needed to find a secret area to claim it. It was slow in Dawn of Sorrow, but certainly not in Aria of Sorrow. That's a huge reason as to why it was so good. Why did they change great sword animation?
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 10, 2018 20:59:10 GMT -6
The event is made public, and government agency took it away and murdered you. I wish there are more physicist studying alchemy.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 10, 2018 0:27:08 GMT -6
If there is anything that makes Hollow Knight great, it's taking away the power fantasy. We should get a balanced weak mode.
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Post by yulia11 on Jul 10, 2018 0:25:22 GMT -6
Sandstained: Glass of the night.
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