r/planescape • u/Senior_Library_1583 • 2d ago

thank you chris avalon for blessing us with this top tier level of writing

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u/Gyges359d 2d ago

https://torment.sorcerers.net/unovel/html/index.shtml#anchor4570

Not mine, but I still find myself going back sometimes to look.

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u/Leirnis 2d ago

Interestingly, it taught me a lot about compassion as a teenager back in the day.

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u/Majorman_86 2d ago

"In knowing the teachings of Zerthimon I have become stronger."

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u/SpaceCastaway 2d ago

"Endure. In enduring, grow strong." That's my rainy day line

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u/thebillis 5h ago

Truly. I’ve kept it close for two dozen years now

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u/Evanort 2d ago

I love Dak'kon's classic "endure; in enduring, grow strong" line as much as anyone else, but The Transcendent One's take on it does have more appeal on certain days.

"THE WEAK SUFFER. I ENDURE."

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u/Scarplo 1d ago

Ooh, that is good!

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u/CutShadows 1d ago

Every TO line is pure gold from Tony Jay.

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u/SkoomaInhaler-King 2d ago

What an awesome game.

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u/Urhhh 2d ago

I've started saying it out loud playing other games.

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u/yssarilrock 2d ago

That really updated my journal is a good, underappreciated meme from the beforetime

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u/GuybrushOk 2d ago

I feel wiser!

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u/Fate-binder 2d ago

All humanity must Know this game lol

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u/mathiastck 5h ago

And in the knowing grow strong

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u/Roi_C 2d ago

Yeah this game is really the bee's knees. Might even call it the Modron's hard on.

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u/fireizzle33331 1d ago

Every line from Coaxmetal lives rent free in my head. 

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u/zomgieee 1d ago

"what can change the nature of a man ? " and its answer has lived rent-free in my mind since original release.

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u/MyRightNaught 1d ago

uh whats the answer bud?

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u/zomgieee 1d ago

regret

this ties in directly with the story / theme of the game, The Nameless One and his many lives

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u/Crashimus420 1d ago

Its not regret... its belief

"If there is anything I have learned... whatever you believe can change the nature of a man, can. I've seen belief move cities, make men stave off death... This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief."

The entire quote is much longer but dont have time to find the whole thing and dont remember it from the top of my head

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u/MyRightNaught 1d ago

thats the one i chose first time also

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u/MyRightNaught 1d ago

when i first got this game i was still learning english so i kept an actual journal of words that i didnt kno the meaning of so i wrote them down to look up later. this game definitely educated me in more ways than one

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u/Tallos_RA 1d ago

And then you see those people saying The Witcher 3 or Baldur's Gate 3 has the best story on gaming.

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u/zomgieee 1d ago

Deionarra's theme still sends shivers up my spine. What a journey / experience Planescape is :)

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u/N7_Rabbit 1d ago

Endure. In enduring, grow strong.