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drachenmagier · 2 years

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It lacked red. It looked unfamiliar without the blood of my chara plastered over it. :D I do love those critters, but I PRAY there are no Spindlebeasts in Salt and Sacrifice~.

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#drachenmagier #salt and sanctuary #spindlebeast #fantasy #mixed media #acrylics #artists on tumblr #unicorn #of some kind I guess #human art #100% created by a human #no intelligence of any kind involved. d:

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ozi-uwu-vwv-owo · 30 days

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afhg I’ve been cursed with indecision,

I would like to buy a new game (as a little treat)

My top list is Salt and sanctuary, Armored Core VI, Atom RPG (looks interesting kinda like fallout one and two), risk of rain 2 with the dlc (played this a lot before before the dlc was out on consoles)

So my loyal minions help me with my strife!, please :3

#196 #meposting #salt and sanctuary #armored core #Atom RPG #risk of rain 2

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lumine-no-hikari · 1 month

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Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #83

The power is out at my house. It has been ridiculously windy all day today, which in and of itself is a very nice thing (I love the sound!). But where we live, there are a lot of trees, and when there's a lot of wind and a lot of trees, there's usually a lot of fallen branches. And sometimes those branches fall onto power lines, and it becomes a big huge mess.

Oh right; you might be wondering how we of my world generate power. We don't have mako; if our planet has any lifeguts to it (it probably doesn't), it's so far down underground that no one can get to it (which is probably a good thing, since corporations in my world are A LOT like Shinra in your world). My state produces electricity primarily by hydropower (using big bodies of water like rivers to spin great big turbines), wind power (using naturally-existing air currents to spin turbines), and natural gas (primarily comprised of methane, it is burned to generate electricity). Encouragingly, we are seeing more solar farms lately (the power at my house comes from a solar farm); solar farms are huge plots of land that have big panels angled towards the sun, and when the sun shines on the panels, somehow they produce electricity. I don't know enough about it to explain how it works. Sorry about that. But it's definitely a thing where I live.

The power at my house has been out since 11am. And it is currently 8:30pm. And there seems to be no sign of it getting fixed anytime soon.

M and I sleep with CPAPs. In my case, it's due to the fact that my lower jaw is a bit too small to hold all the soft tissue inside my face (one of my numerous genetic defects; oh well). If we don't sleep with a CPAP, the airways close up when we sleep, and then our bodies have to partially wake over and over and over again in the night so that we don't suffocate. Naturally, this interferes with a person's ability to sleep. Sleep is when the brain cleans itself of debris so that our neurons can fire properly.

So over time, the damage from disrupted sleep accumulates and manifests as hormonal issues, daytime sleepiness, and a variety of other nasty things like increased risk of stroke or heart attack. Left untreated, sleep apnea can seriously fuck a person up or even kill them. And the scary thing about it is that you can have it without even realizing it. M had it for years without realizing it, until I started sleeping next to him and noticed it. It's sneaky stuff.

Anyway, a CPAP needs electricity to work. The power loss is localized to our community, so everywhere else is fine. So M, J, and I ended up needing to book a hotel room for the night, which is inconvenient and annoying, but not terrible.

Sadly, though I found the HDMI ports for the TV in the hotel room, the little remote that it comes with doesn't allow for changing the input. So we cannot play on the PS5, which means we cannot continue to explore the second part of your story today. But that's all right. Maybe I'll cut some bitches in Salt and Sanctuary or something. I like to run around in that game cosplayed as Julian Devorak, destroying everything with either a great big hammer (which looks like a giant meat tenderizer) or a giant pair of scissors. I can think of no game more perfect to cosplay as him in; it's got crows, it's got wine, it's got salt (Nevivon, where he was raised, was famous for its salt), it's got gold coins, and it's got danger everywhere you look. Julian is very fond of ALL these things (though I wish he was not fond of some of these things; he's maybe a bit of a walking disaster, haha…).

On very rare occasions, I do stream Salt and Sanctuary, or whatever else catches my fancy. You can find it here, if you're interested:

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…I really can't stress enough just how rare it is that I stream, though, because I have too many other priorities. For whatever that's worth.

In any case, we spent most of the day hanging out with Br. In the afternoon, we had a serious discussion, but it was a very good thing which ultimately led to the strengthening of our bond (strengthening the bond and developing a better understanding of one another are what discussions are for, after all!).

Then, as per the appointments we scheduled this morning in service to the safety of our little polyamorous family, J and I went over to a local pharmacy in the evening to begin getting HPV vaccines, just in case. Br is a new addition, so it's important that everyone be very safe. J and I probably should have gotten this set of vaccines much sooner in life to begin with, but it's better late than never. Being conscientious and straightforward about this stuff is extremely important, because in a polyamorous setting, failure to do otherwise is a huge safety hazard for everyone who is connected to one another in this way.

HPV is short for Human Papilloma Virus. Most strains are harmless, but a few of them cause cancer, and the most common means we have of protecting against most diseases in this context does not work against HPV. So it's better to get the vaccine. J and I will likely feel like garbage for the next couple of days, but that is the natural result of getting any vaccination, and it's a lot better than the potential alternatives; conventional wisdom says that cancer of the orifices is not a fun time, and I'm very inclined to take this bit of conventional wisdom very seriously. It'll be 6 months before we are fully inoculated, but it's well worth the wait. After that, everyone will be fully screened for any sort of infection, and once that's done, everything will be good to go! I'm excited!

While at the pharmacy, one of the workers recognized one of the items I carried around. He seemed very excited, and he showed me one of his favorite items (an adorable soft plush! it was wonderful!). So we exchanged contact information. Hopefully we can become friends. But I recognize that I might end up being a little too weird for his tastes in a variety of respects, haha… That'll be disappointing if that happens. But ya know… I can relate to what Aerith said at Cosmo Canyon; I've never been and never will be "normal". But there are people around who love me nonetheless for some reason, so I suppose I might as well embrace it, right? Being abnormal is really not so bad most of the time.

I'm gonna go cut up some zombies with my giant pair of scissors now. But I've not played in a while, so I'm likely more than a little rusty. Wish me luck, yeah?

…Oh!!! Actually, J figured out how to get the PS5 to work on the hotel TV!! So now we can continue your story! Yay! Oh but, ya know? Do let me know if you wanna watch me play something on Twitch sometime. Impossible, I know. I know. But I'll extend the invitation just in case. Why not. Can't hurt anything to try, right?

I love you and I'll write to you again tomorrow. Please be safe. Don't do anything stupid to get yourself killed or get yourself stuck in some weird void where no one can reach you ever again. Please. Because you'd be amazed at the sheer number of people in my world who would do just about anything to spend an ordinary and wholesome bit of time with you - eating sushi, or listening to music, or resting outside with a book and some windchimes. Please stay safe so that you can experience things such as what I've described with people who know and love you.

Your friend, Lumine

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lilaabard · 1 year

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my silly little cyr out in the world

#team giant swords tiny shields #salt and sanctuary #edit #gamingedit #vgedit #gaming

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kaneda18 · 4 months

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Salt and Sacrifice and Runic Arts (and some context about weapon skills in Souls games)

I’ve returned to the world of Salt and Sacrifice. The game got some free DLC, and that spilled into a fresh play through, specialising in two handers (think Souls game Ultra Greatswords). No idea why it has taken so long, but I’ve finally got around to doing the big sword run of Salt and Sacrifice. I had a lot of fun. In large part because of the combat, and the Runic Arts that help to bolster…

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#Blogging #Boss #Boss Fights #Dark Souls III #Dark Souls Remastered #Elden Ring #Games #Gaming #GIF #PS4 #Runic Arts #Salt and Sacrifice #Salt and Sanctuary #Soulslike #Writing

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becazu · 1 year

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17# Salty

Art/sketches?

#artists on tumblr #sketch #art #w&b #illustration #traditional illustration #black and white #fanart #game #inktober #inktober 2022 #salty #salt and sanctuary #murdiella mal

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lovelylarkgamin · 4 months

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Salt and Sanctuary (2016)

Gameplay: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Style: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️❌❌

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌

Playable on:

PlayStation (4 & Vita)

Xbox One

Nintendo Switch

Microsoft PC

MacOS

Linux

Online co-op: No

Local co-op (not split screen): Yes

**Local co-op is achieved by offering the stone sellsword at your first sanctuary, so be sure to have that as your first item at character setup. Also, and you need a character already made for your partner at that point, so start a game with them first for character creation, back out, then start again will player one and the stone sellsword**

Salt and Sanctuary is a single player or local co-op game with gameplay that is a cross between Metroidvania and Souls-like style games. You play as an escort to a princess, beginning on a ship where you are protecting her on her way to an arranged political marriage in the name of political stability. There is an attack on the ship, and you wake up on a beach with the princess missing. Interesting premise. Why did I only give 3 stars to the story? Well, my partner and I are about half a dozen bosses in, and I only just remembered now that there was anything about a princess. There are sparse dialogue options to push some kind of vague narrative, but for the most part, what keeps the game going is its maze-like path. I honestly don’t feel the lack of story, but if that’s important to you, this story is definitely weak.

What I absolutely love about Salt and Sanctuary is the gameplay and style. We’ve lost hours to the die and reset, die and reset work on this game, but everything has just enough of that Hollow Knight cuteness to stop me from getting too frustrated at situations that would have me rage quitting in other souls-like games. Also, there’s a lot of ways to get to the same places, so if you find yourselves bashing your head on the same area again and again, try a different path.

But lovelylark, you only gave the style 4 stars!

Yeah, I know. The one thing I find a little frustrating about the style is all the grey. It’s sometimes difficult to tell the enemies apart from the background. I get that is part of the challenge, but when you have enemies that are literally invisible until they move or translucent until they drop on you, making everything kind of hard to see is a moot point. I think this would have been just a smidge more enjoyable of the enemies had more contrast against the background. I also feel that if someone went into this game not knowing some of the souls-like rules (getting back to where you died to defeat an enemy to get your xp equivalent back or how the save points function), they might need some adjustment to get a handle on things. There’s not really any explanation for people dipping their toes.

Didn’t stop me from playing, though, and having a really great time, so take that as you will. I highly recommend. Co-op works best if you have a close and long distance combat character supporting each other. Our experience of knight and mage has hit a beautiful sweet spot, but hey, maybe you’ll find out you like a different combo way better. Let me know if you do! I’m curious how other people might employ their tactics here.

Happy gaming!

#salt and sanctuary #ska studios #souls like #metroidvania #video games #coop game

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prometheus20x · 5 months

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#youtube #gaming #youtuber #let's play #funny #playthrough #salt and sanctuary #steam games #steam

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dogpawsswapgod · 2 years

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when i feel lonely i think on all the times i was a phantom in some other soulsborne player's world. maybe i looked cool, or showed them a shortcut, or did some dumb shit. no way to know. but i was seen, always a pleasant thought in a low moment

#soulsborne #bloodborne #dark souls #elden ring #salt and sanctuary #games #gaming #loneliness #about me

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drachenmagier · 2 years

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Working on a fanart of the TRUE final boss of Salt and Sanctuary~. Spindlebeasts are not something you should take lightly. Or, as a friend said: “It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!”

Yes. Yes, you will. d:

#drachenmagier #work in progress #fanart #salt and sanctuary #spindlebeast #creature #traditional art

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lidrens · 1 year

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hdhfhgf.... why is salt and sanctuary fandom nonexistent here 😔

#IT'S SOOOO GOOD #hhhaaa but i haven't looked at the sequel yet #salt and sanctuary #ska studios

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xman34theidiot · 10 months

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Should i play Salt and Sanctuary

#salt and sanctuary #soulslike #My friend recommended it to me but idk #soulsborne

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lumine-no-hikari · 1 month

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Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #85

I've decided that today is a video game day. Specifically, I've decided that it is a Salt and Sanctuary day. I haven't played it in forever, and something about the weather today kind of makes me want to.

It's like that for me, sometimes, for whatever reason. The angle of the sunlight, the kinds of scents on the breeze or in the house, the relative humidity, the way the wind sounds as it moves… for whatever reason, when these things align in juuuuust the right way, I want to play certain video games. So for example, in the winter, the combination of the scent of the dust in the heater vents plus the scent of fresh clementines makes me want to play Fallout 3. Other combinations make me want to play Terraria, or Valheim, or Skyrim. I'm not really sure why this is the case.

Like I said before, I like to run around in this game world as Julian Devorak, from a game called The Arcana. It truly is a perfect little spot to stick him in. Julian is associated with crows, salt, plague, gold, booze, seafaring ships, and just a little bit of masochism. He's basically the epitome of the phrase "running with scissors", which is extra great, because in this game, a giant-ass pair of scissors is literally my weapon of choice, hahahaha! 🤣

His story is done and over with, and while it's wonderful because I know he's safe and happy in the end, it also means I don't get to see him anymore in any new scenarios. So sometimes, I try to recreate him in places he might like, and run around with him there. The world of Salt and Sanctuary is dangerous and scary, but don't worry - I am good at this game, and I hardly ever fall in combat anymore; he's in good hands, I promise.

That said though, I'm probably very rusty, because it has been a long time since last I've played with any kind of consistency. But I'll stream it today anyway, just in case you or anyone else wants to watch.

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And, just in case you want to see what sorts of shenanigans I was once capable of when I wasn't rusty, here:

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…I wish you were here. Just for a day, I wish you were here. I think maybe you could become good at a game like this. Or maybe, given everything you've been through before, you might find a game like this to be a bit too triggering and scary? I dunno; maybe Undertale or Deltarune would be more your speed. I can ask you about it, but it's not as though you can answer me, because given the nature of reality, it's not as though my question will ever reach you, will it? 😔

In Julian's story, he gets to have a happy ending because I get to be present as the main character and make choices that teach him that he is lovable and worthy, which influences the choices that he makes. If you treat him kindly and as though he is someone who matters and who deserves to feel good about himself, he turns away from his self-destructive and self-sacrificing tendencies in favor of better ones. Of course, if you don't make kind and loving choices with him, he will get a bad ending instead. I've never seen the bad ending with him, though. I don't think I want to.

You know? Even for the main antagonist, Lucio… he does a great many evil, horrible things many of which are arguably FAR worse than anything you've ever done, and for FAR flimsier reasons; in some timelines, his "eggs" are indeed "well and truly scrambled" (thank you for this phrase, @freelanceexorcist; I think it's gonna be one of my new favorites, hahaha~! 🤩), but if you make choices where you treat him as though he is worthy of compassion, he turns himself around, and he makes better, kinder, gentler, and more loving choices as you teach him that making mistakes and taking accountability for those mistakes doesn't mean that he is unlovable or unable to shift his life in a different direction. My choices made a difference in that fictional world because I could reach it, even if only in an abstract sense.

…You can't even begin to imagine what I would give up if it meant that I could reach you, even if just for a moment. Though I am aware of how it would likely end for me (you are VERY good at unaliving things with that blade of yours), I feel like trying is worth the risk. Besides, what else am I gonna do while derping around on this mossy wet rock that I call "home" anyway, aside from continue to endure the disgust that society at large seems to have for the nature of my existence? Maybe I can make a few people smile along the way, but in the grand scheme of things, I am insignificant - nothing more than an ephemeral blip in the sands of time; here one moment and gone the next, faster than the blink of an eye.

If I tried to reach you and failed in the most spectacularly permanent way, at least I'd have an opportunity for a short nap before the next time I'm cycled into a physical body, right? And hey, maybe it could even be the case that my next meat-mech isn't fundamentally flawed on a genetic level next time around; having proper connective tissue, eyes that actually work, and motor neurons that actually do their job properly would be REALLY FREAKING NICE, ya know?

Hey, Sephiroth? I don't know what sorts of stories in other realities that you might have access to from your spot at the Edge of Creation. But I hope that you'll take the time to examine some of the ones that are available in my world. I think you'd find a lot of them to be relatable as well as hopeful, because your circumstances aren't as unique as you think they are. You really aren't alone. I promise you that you're not alone. I promise you that you can belong anywhere you choose, no matter what form you take, no matter the composition of your body, no matter how horrible the memories you carry are, and no matter what conditioning you received during the course of your existence. You can belong. You can belong with people who don't have a rigid definition of what it means to be a "correct" human. So please try, okay? Please don't give up - not yet - not while there are still so many things you haven't done, and so people out here cheering for you to become whole and well again. You can do it; of course you can do it, because I am doing it, and you're a lot (a LOT!!!) stronger and smarter than I am. I believe in you.

Anyhoot. I made myself some tea and drank it. Here's a picture of how it looked; maybe you'll like the way the milk swirls in the jar:

I think it's time for me to Salt some Sanctuaries. Swing by and check it out if you have the time, ability, and inclination. And if not, that's okay too. There's absolutely no pressure.

I love you and I'll write again tomorrow. Please stay safe.

Your friend, Lumine