#Nick Gates

[abadbellyache]

[angelnicknelson]

[redpaintsplatter]

They’re literally the most polycule polycule to ever polycule

[49scream]

Signed vinyl of The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by The Pink Floyd.

[stone-cold-groove]

One kid’s vinyl. Pink Floyd  |  The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - 1967.

[lulu2992]

Exploration of the now-offline Far Cry 5 official websites - Masterpost

Introduction

Game Announcement

Game Info 1 (America)

Game Info 2 (America)

Game Info (Europe)

The Cult

The Resistance

Toys - Weapons (America)

Toys - Vehicles (America)

Toys (Europe)

Joseph Seed

Faith Seed

Jacob Seed

John Seed

Jerome Jeffries

Mary May Fairgrave

Nick Rye

Grace Armstrong

Sharky Boshaw

Adelaide Drubman

Hurk Drubman Jr.

Jess Black

Boomer

Peaches

Cheeseburger

Bonus GIFs

Bonus pictures

[teiasviago]

ASTARION in BALDUR’S GATE 3 (2023) - [1/∞]

[mynameismero]

Rapheal bg3 kinda looks like Nicolas Cage to me.

I feel like bg3 fans will call me a madman, but i can't unsee it

[toonietoon36]

Voiced by the same person

Neil Newbon

[ace-with--a-mace]

rewatching jatp oh my god i love this show

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[paarthursass]

Reversing Ceremorphosis

There is an interesting debate to be had about whether mind flayers experiencing extreme partialism (the Emperor, Tav/Orpheus/Karlach depending on the ending) are truly the same person they were before ceremorphosis. According to 5e's lore, when a person undergoes full ceremorphosis they die and the tadpole takes full control. They normally experience none of the host's memories except in rare cases, where a phenomena known as "partialism" occurs.

Even in a non-magical setting "is something that experiences all your memories the same person as you" would be a tricky question, and in a setting where there are indisputably souls that depart the body upon death...that question becomes even stickier.

And that all brings me to my main point, which is: what is the best way to reverse ceremorphosis?

So we have two options in front of us:

Option 1) Though the tadpole may retain all the memories of its host, it is not them. The host (Balduran, Tav, Karlach, etc.) dies during ceremorphosis and what is left is a mind flayer tadpole experiencing their memories as their own. But their soul is gone, they are dead.

Option 2) The tadpole is experiencing the host's memories indistinguishably from its own. For all intents and purposes, it is the same person.

The game itself does not give us clear answers to this. Ansur speaks to the Emperor as if he were Balduran. Gale wishes to still marry you after ceremorphosis, indicating he at least still views you as the same person. The other characters don't seem to be of this viewpoint. The look Lae'zel gives you before she flies away with Orpheus is such a sad look that it reads, to me, like she views you as dead. Everyone talks at length about your "sacrifice," and it is clear they mean more than just your appearance. A romanced Wyll speaks about your future together like it is a lost dream, like you are already dead even though you're right there. There is no clear answer.

Which brings me to my second question...

What is the best way to reverse ceremorphosis?

Because the way I see it, there are two main options (not including Wish, which I will get to in a bit)

Option 1) True Polymorph. An illithid (or someone else of appropriate skill level) could cast this on them and polymorph them back to their original form. After an hour the effects are permanent, and they're not a mind flayer anymore! However, how "valid" this cure is depends on whether or not you consider the tadpole with the host's memories to basically be the host. Their soul has gone from their body, but they are not a mind flayer anymore and they have all their memories so...what are they? Are they Them, or are they something new?

Option 2) True Resurrection. This requires no body, nor any fragment of the body, and can be used so long as the target hasn't been dead for longer than 200 years. Especially considering Gale was able to get his hands on one scroll of True Resurrection, it doesn't seem all that unlikely (if perhaps a little difficult) that he and the others could get their hands on another.

But an illithid restored via True Resurrection would only have their memories right up until ceremorphosis killed them. They would have no recollection of defeating the Netherbrain and everything that came after (such as traversing Avernus, if they decided to go with Wyll and Karlach.)

And, more importantly (and horrifically) the mind flayer with their memories is still there, too.

Think about that for a moment. You remember dying, you remember the agony of your body becoming something else but then your friends brought you back from that, they saved you. But that thing is still there; walking around in what used to be your body, with your memories rattling around in its head.

And how does that feel for the mind flayer left behind?

You still think you are you, but then...there you are. Your friends wanted you back so badly but not you, no the other you, the you were before, the you they clearly think is the real one. You are not yourself, in spite of everything you have shared, everything you have done...

And as for the Wish spell, that is a notoriously finicky option. The spell description itself states "wishing that a villain were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive" and "wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item's current owner."

So...who is to say that using Wish to restore someone from ceremorphosis would not simply bring the person back, the second before they transformed, with the mind flayer still there as well? Who is to say Wish would not simply do what a True Polymorph spell would do, and transform the mind flayer into their previous form without restoring the soul of the original owner?

I don't have any good answers for this, but I am fascinated by the implications of it all.

[baldurnuts]

The last day is #thanksNeil (i'll try to add the skipped days)

For this one i just show the game here. I made it as a present to his birthday. My way to say thanks. OFC, it was mostly for fans, but it was created by me alone for 2+ month. The mechanics, the rules, the research and the drawings. All was done by me alone and just to be grateful.

If anybody wants to know more, let me know.

[daytrippergilmour]

Pink Floyd albums 1967-1970

[vennie-dekarios]

The video game men and woman that made their way into my heart. 💘

If only Nick was romanceable, don’t have fallout on pc to use mods tho rip.

[musicandotherstuff]

The shuttle for fans at the end of the concert in Bristol

29/05/2023

📸: se4na