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I wrote down all cases of a team changing its manager twice but that would be too long, so here are all 8 clubs with 3 changes (14/15 - 23/24):
Cagliari 2014/15: Zeman, Zola, Zeman, Festa
Brescia 19/20: Corini, Grosso, Corini, Diego López
RCD Espanyol 19/20: Gallego, Machín, Abelardo, Rufete
Watford 19/20: Gracia, Sánchez Flores, Pearson, Mullins
Schalke 20/21: David Wagner, Baum, C. Gross, Grammozis
Stuttgart 22/23: Matarazzo, M. Wimmer, Labbadia, S. Hoeneß
Elche 22/23: Francisco Rodríguez, J. Almirón, Machín, Beccacece
Salernitana 23/24: P. Sousa, F. Inzaghi, Liverani, Colantuono
Cagliari was relegated as 18th, Stuttgart was also 3rd to last but as we know saved themselves in the relegation Play-Offs, Watford and Brescia were relegated as 19th, the remaining 4 teams all finished (dead) last.
You might rightfully miss Palermo here. To get to Palermo, I need to clarify my initial condition: All clubs with more than 3 changes in a season:
Palermo 15/16: Iachini, Ballardini, Barros Schelotto, Giovanni Tedesco, Iachini, Novellino, Ballardini
Palermo 16/17: Ballardini, De Zerbi, Corini, Diego López, Bortoluzzi
As you can logically read out of this Palermo actually stayed in Serie A 2015/16 despite having 7 managers (although just 5 unique ones). Ballardini managed the wonder to get 3 wins, 2 draws out of the last 5 games, they were winless in the 12 games before that. As 16th they finished 1 point ahead of 18th. In 16/17 Palermo went down as 19th.
The rules I have set: Interim managers are not included unless they have finished the season or they stayed for at least one and a half months (except if the Covid-19 break fell into that, then I still didn't include him, that was relevant for Hertha). I didn't consider managerial changes before matchday 1 or after the last matchday.
The breakdown of the 90 occasions with 2+ managerial changes by league:
Serie A: 22
LaLiga: 28
Premier League: 10
Bundesliga: 14
Ligue 1: 16
and by season:
23/24: 13
22/23: 11
21/22: 7
20/21: 5
19/20: 7
18/19: 12
17/18: 9
16/17: 11
15/16: 10
14/15: 5

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How to automate scraping wikipedia info box specifically and print the data using python for any wiki page?
My task is to automate printing the wikipedia infobox data. well as an example:
I was able to scrape a wikipedia page (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg) and extract infobox section from the right hand side and print them row by row on screen using python. Ispecifically want the info box. So far I have done this:
import pandas
urlpage = 'https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg'
data = pandas.read_html(urlpage)[0]
null = data.isnull()
for x in range(len(data)):
first = data.iloc[x][0]
second = data.iloc[x][1] if not null.iloc[x][1] else ""
print(first,second,"\n")
which runs perfectly see the output:
Basisdaten Basisdaten
Koordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ OKoordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ O
Bundesland: Bayern
Regierungsbezirk: Mittelfranken
Landkreis: Roth
Höhe: 414 m ü. NHN
Fläche: 48,41 km2
Einwohner: 5607 (31. Dez. 2022)[1]
Bevölkerungsdichte: 116 Einwohner je km2
Postleitzahl: 91183
Vorwahl: 09178
Kfz-Kennzeichen: RH, HIP
Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 76 111
LOCODE: ABR
Stadtgliederung: 14 Gemeindeteile
Adresse der Stadtverwaltung: Stillaplatz 1 91183 Abenberg
Website: www.abenberg.de
Erste Bürgermeisterin: Susanne König (parteilos)
Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth
to continue: And that said i found out that the infobox is a typical wiki-part. so if i get familiar on this part - then i have learned alot - for future tasks - not only for me but for many others more that are diving into the Topos of scraping-wiki pages. So this might be a general task - helpful and packed with lots of information for many others too.
so far so good: i have a list with pages that lead to quite a many infoboxes:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_St%C3%A4dte_und_Gemeinden_in_Bayern#A
i think its worth to traverse over them - and fetch the infobox. the information you are looking for could be found with a python code that traverses over all the findindgs
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abensberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abtswind

How to automate scraping wikipedia info box specifically and print the data using python for any wiki page?
My task is to automate printing the wikipedia infobox data. well as an example:
I was able to scrape a wikipedia page (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg) and extract infobox section from the right hand side and print them row by row on screen using python. Ispecifically want the info box. So far I have done this:
import pandas
urlpage = 'https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg'
data = pandas.read_html(urlpage)[0]
null = data.isnull()
for x in range(len(data)):
first = data.iloc[x][0]
second = data.iloc[x][1] if not null.iloc[x][1] else ""
print(first,second,"\n")
which runs perfectly see the output:
Basisdaten Basisdaten
Koordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ OKoordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ O
Bundesland: Bayern
Regierungsbezirk: Mittelfranken
Landkreis: Roth
Höhe: 414 m ü. NHN
Fläche: 48,41 km2
Einwohner: 5607 (31. Dez. 2022)[1]
Bevölkerungsdichte: 116 Einwohner je km2
Postleitzahl: 91183
Vorwahl: 09178
Kfz-Kennzeichen: RH, HIP
Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 76 111
LOCODE: ABR
Stadtgliederung: 14 Gemeindeteile
Adresse der Stadtverwaltung: Stillaplatz 1 91183 Abenberg
Website: www.abenberg.de
Erste Bürgermeisterin: Susanne König (parteilos)
Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth
to continue: And that said i found out that the infobox is a typical wiki-part. so if i get familiar on this part - then i have learned alot - for future tasks - not only for me but for many others more that are diving into the Topos of scraping-wiki pages. So this might be a general task - helpful and packed with lots of information for many others too.
so far so good: i have a list with pages that lead to quite a many infoboxes:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste\_der\_St%C3%A4dte\_und\_Gemeinden\_in\_Bayern#A
i think its worth to traverse over them - and fetch the infobox. the information you are looking for could be found with a python code that traverses over all the findindgs
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abensberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abtswind

How to automate scraping wikipedia info box specifically and print the data using python for any wiki page?
My task is to automate printing the wikipedia infobox data. well as an example:
I was able to scrape a wikipedia page (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg) and extract infobox section from the right hand side and print them row by row on screen using python. Ispecifically want the info box. So far I have done this:
import pandas
urlpage = 'https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg'
data = pandas.read_html(urlpage)[0]
null = data.isnull()
for x in range(len(data)):
first = data.iloc[x][0]
second = data.iloc[x][1] if not null.iloc[x][1] else ""
print(first,second,"\n")
which runs perfectly see the output:
Basisdaten Basisdaten
Koordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ OKoordinaten: 49° 15′ N, 10° 58′ O
Bundesland: Bayern
Regierungsbezirk: Mittelfranken
Landkreis: Roth
Höhe: 414 m ü. NHN
Fläche: 48,41 km2
Einwohner: 5607 (31. Dez. 2022)[1]
Bevölkerungsdichte: 116 Einwohner je km2
Postleitzahl: 91183
Vorwahl: 09178
Kfz-Kennzeichen: RH, HIP
Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 76 111
LOCODE: ABR
Stadtgliederung: 14 Gemeindeteile
Adresse der Stadtverwaltung: Stillaplatz 1 91183 Abenberg
Website: www.abenberg.de
Erste Bürgermeisterin: Susanne König (parteilos)
Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth Lage der Stadt Abenberg im Landkreis Roth
to continue: And that said i found out that the infobox is a typical wiki-part. so if i get familiar on this part - then i have learned alot - for future tasks - not only for me but for many others more that are diving into the Topos of scraping-wiki pages. So this might be a general task - helpful and packed with lots of information for many others too.
so far so good: i have a list with pages that lead to quite a many infoboxes:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste\_der\_St%C3%A4dte\_und\_Gemeinden\_in\_Bayern#A
i think its worth to traverse over them - and fetch the infobox. the information you are looking for could be found with a python code that traverses over all the findindgs
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abensberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absberg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abtswind

1. Hawks: Alex Sarr - He make sense for the Hawks as a fit with Trae or as a rebuilding piece.
   
2. Wizards: Donovan Clingan - Gives them more of a style and identity on defense. Will fit nicely with Cooper Flagg.
   
3. Rockets: Stephon Castle - Big, defensive off ball guard/wing you can plug in around Sengun and Green.
   
4. Spurs: Zaccharie Risacher - Great role player around Wemby. Great shooter and gonna be solid on D.
   
5. Pistons: Matas Buzelis - Not great right now, but has potential. Fits on this roster as currently constructed.
   
6. Hornets: Devin Carter - Yes, Devin Carter is the 6th pick. Hornets need a dog. A mentality shift.
   
7. Blazers: Ron Holland - Portland is in full rebuild mode and can afford to take a chance on Holland.
   
8. Spurs: Reed Sheppard - God tier shooter to put around Wemby who can also playmake a little.
   
9. Grizzlies: Nikola Topic - I think Topic falls to Grizz after the recent knee scares and they just grab him BPA.
   
10. Jazz: Dalton Knecht - Jazz gets a 6MOY candidate for years to come. Great shooter.
    
11. Bulls: Rob Dillingham - I'm lower on him than most. Bulls SHOULD rebuild, so they can take a chance on him. I don't ever see him starting on a good team because of his tissue paper defense, but microwave bench guy?
    
12. OKC: Cody Williams - OKC picks J-Dubs brother for the vibes. They can afford to wait for him to develope.
    
13. Kings: Tristan da Silva - Kings need someone who can contribute right away and da Silva is very NBA ready.
    
14. Blazers: Tidjane Salaun - He's a couple years away, but I see elite 3 and D upside with this guy. Huge potential.
    
15. Heat: Ja'Kobe Walter - Prototypical SG that probably gonna go 6/9 from 3 against my Bucks every time they meet now that he's on the Heat.
    
16. 76ers: Isaiah Collier - This pick is getting traded and Collier has upside some team probably would want.
    
17. Pelicans: Daron Holmes II - Pick and pop big who also can pass and dribble a little bit.
    
18. Magic: Jared McCain - Orlando needs some shooters around their big creators and McCain fits the bill.
    
19. Raptors: Yves Missi - Crazy rim running athlete with hints of passing and shooting upside.
    
20. Cavs: Pacome Dadiet - Very young SF/PF that seems like he can do a bit of everything.
    
21. Pelicans: Bub Carrington - Might need some time, but possible CJ McCollum replacement?
    
22. Suns: Zach Edey - Budenholzer gets his drop scheme big. Leads Suns to a championship 24/25.
    
23. Bucks: Kel'el Ware - Talent wise probably a lottery pick, but does he want it enough?
    
24. Knicks: Nikola Djurisic - SF/PF offensive creator that Thibs will never play.
    
25. Knicks: Kevin McCullar - Maybe Josh Hart can rest a little bit now?
    
26. Wizards: Jaylon Tyson - Wing creator with a nice shot.
    
27. T'Wolves: Taylor Kolek - Monte Morris contract is up and they probably can't pay him. Kolek is a safe back up guard.
    
28. Nuggets: Kyle Filipowski - Nuggets really need a center thats not DeAndre Jordan. Filipowski is solid, but lacks upside.
    
29. Jazz: Dillon Jones - Weird, wonky and chunky smallball PF that just fills up the stat sheet.
    
30. Celtics: Baylor Scheierman - Knock down shooter with nice feel for the game.
    

(L'histoire suivante ne concerne que les manuels FLE, donc pas pour les Français!)
J'ai utilisé beaucoup de manuels de français, au minimum 10. Édito, Alter Égo+ etc. Et je n'en étais pas vraiment satisfait. Je ne voudrais pas plonger dans les détails, disons que tous ces manuels avaient un tas de “divertissement”, des dessins amusants, des couleurs et autres mais étaient insuffisamment ordonnés et structurés en séquence logique par rapport aux manuels d’allemand ou d’anglais. Alors, quand je l’ai demandé à ma professeure (Alliance Français), elle m’a répondu que c’était une maladie bien connue (au moins pour les professeurs non-Français). Elle a dit que les Français (ou les autorités françaises, peu importe) n’avaient jamais eu, pas vraiment, l’intention d’enseigner leur belle langue aux autres, de la faire courir partout dans le monde. Du coup il n’y avait point de longue tradition, d’expérience riche et, par conséquent, de bonnes méthodes de français.
Une telle explication m’a semblé assez étrange, la France ayant été une ancienne grande puissance coloniale etc., donc c’est pourquoi je vous demande de l’évaluer.
(NB: ce n’est pas mon opinion, je ne critique ni vous ni la belle France, donc il n’y a pas de raison pour m’emmerder comme Reddit l’aime faire. Merci par avance!)

So i know its been a dramatic past 2 weeks with the Sony drama and reduced player numbers due to the banned countries as well as general low player count and I've seen on multiple platforms people pulling up these reasons for failing the last order as well as likely failing this one.
While i don't intend to invalidate any of those reasons can we please stop ignoring the fact that the community or most players don't approach the major orders properly or just out right ignore them. Its a team effort to get these orders done and to be honest for the past 4 orders i haven't seen much of a team much less team work.
What do i mean by this well lets look back to when the automatons came back and we had to defend 10 planets. The devs straight up said if we cut supply lines on planets with defense mission and let them know they will automatically count that planet as defended. No one bothered looking at supply lines or tried playing it smartly, correction actually very few people did and some of them got shit for not defending the planet that was being attacked. Which is hilarious cause retaking the planets that cut off the supply line to the planet you had to defend had more liberation progress and a lower depletion rate meaning it would have been straight up more efficient to do that. This current order is also a good example the best missions to do would be the eradicate and defense missions, we could so easily cycle those as operation completion doesn't matter to this major order. Yet i see divers all over the place doing various drawn out missions getting fewer kills than they would on eradicate missions. So that's what i mean by don't approach the orders properly.
What do i mean by straight up ignore the order. That's simple the amount of time I've joined people and see them abandon operations to do another mission cause its faster or due to their daily or after they get their daily just log off and leave the operation unfished therefore not contributing as much or at all to the liberation level or a planet is insane. over the past 3 days alone i think that I've complete at most 3 operations when joining lobbies even though in those lobbies we finished 5-7 missions. People just drop operations so therefore basically ignoring the order. Even simpler is seeing 15- 20k players on the other side of what ever the major orders states. The amount of times I've seen people on bot planets when we have bug orders and the other way around is literally always its not times I've seen it as its a constant and its not a small number either most of the time (least I've seen)15- 25%(most I've seen) of the active players are just not doing the order.
My last point with there not being much of a team or team work ties into what I've already said but i feel this also has to be mentioned even if we don't want to acknowledge it. Toxicity has started to creep into our community both in and out off the game. The amount of times I've randomly been kicked from a lobby for no given reason has increased massively over the past 3 weeks. The amount of times I've seen other divers be kicked from a team for a genuine mistake has also risen as well as the general moaning and bitching towards one another and the game. I get it the game can be frustrating sometimes I'm not immune to that either but i don't take it out on my fellow divers if someone gets on my nerves i let them know politely that after killing me 5 times its getting a bit on my nerves but i don't blast them for it. Also there's an easy solution for when the game starts to be more frustrating and less fun. You can leave the mission without cancelling it for everyone else I'm not going to mockingly say go touch grass but leave the mission go smoke a cig, get a beer, watch an episode of your favorite anime or series, maybe even go have some fun with your S.O partner fuck buddy friends with benefits whatever. Call your best friend go de tilt for 30 minutes and then jump back in. Its a game let it be fun and if it frustrates take a quick breather no one going to be mad at you for that. So in that sense I've seen teamplay and general moral take a big hit.
Now to probably the most controversial part of this post. Where ive seen us be a team is in the fight against sony and hell yea well done everyone on that front but the amount of fighting and provoking the devs needs to stop. I have nothing against a discussion and sure the devs and community managers make some pretty big mistakes in their replies but we don't need to edge them on and throw gasoline onto the fire. Yes they fucked up, yes they didn't respond professionally with everything, yes the last war bond is Hella lackluster, yes we have bugs that are extremly annoying. You want to know something else this game has that very few others have A DEV TEAM THAT ACTUALLY GIVES A DAMN. Arrowhead isnt a massive studio and they have been overwhelmed since the get go and then with the sony drama i can understand that all of them are beyond on edge. All I've seen our community do is push for more, bitch some more, provoke even more. I'm not saying that's its the entire community and that feed back is bad. However you can also be decent and professional when giving it. That's what i mean about being toxic as a community out of the game. The devs aren't perfect but they care and are trying. How many other games have this and if we keep being rude mean and toxic to them we cant blame them when they eventually stop caring like most other companies do and then just stop communicating and fighting for us or wanting to make an amazing game. These guys are amazingly passionate however that can be put out and we will be the one responsible for this.
Now this is my opinion and how i see things that doesn't mean I'm right or that this is the end all be all or that i think I'm better than anyone. This is an opinion and id love to hear all of yours.
Also don't get me wrong this isn't a call out or start drama or even to divide the community. When it comes to how you play the game to each their own and play how you want but then don't bitch if we fail an order. At the end of the day we win as a team or we loose as one the only way to be better or get better is to work together. Also its a game its meant to be fun so have your fun but don't get mad if having your fun = not winning the major order.
Tldr: Haha no this is meant to be a discussion read the entire thing. Don't make half informed response cause you wanted the short notes of the post.
disclaimer English is not my first language I'm sorry for how wordy things are as well as for lack of punction bad grammar or general spelling. If I'm unclear about anything let me know and I'll try formulate it better sorry in advance.
Keep Diving and most importantly have fun and i wish everyone a good time and good health.

Bonjour, Désolée pour ce pavé qui suit, j'ai du mal à être synthétique. Je passe le détail de toutes les situations ubuesques et interlopes qui certifient du fonctionnement complètement défaillant de ma boîte.
Depuis 7 ans je suis graphiste print (F38) dans une entreprise de fabrication de papier peint. Mon poste semble assez confortable bien que mal rémunéré (2000€ net pour 39h hebdo). J'ai demandé une augmentation en vain. Je suis autonome dans ma fonction, seule dans un Open Space et j'ai rarement des directives de la hiérarchie.
L'entreprise est en redressement judiciaire depuis avril car le CA est en baisse depuis plus d'un an et critique depuis mars (140k€ au lieu de 230k€ attendus). L'entreprise fonctionne de manière bicéphale (deux patrons) et nous sommes moins de 10 salariés. Un tiers de cet effectif, dont moi, souhaite quitter cette entreprise.
Mes patrons ne savent pas manager (l'un est dans la fuite, le second est dépassé) et privilégient, pour le fer de lance de l'entreprise, l'emploi de salariés incompétents mais loyaux. Étant donné que ces derniers mènent une vie sans passion ni projet en dehors du travail, ils surinvestissent celui-ci de leur propre volonté sans être rétribués. Du pain béni pour les employeurs. Sauf que l'incompétence ça se paye aussi un peu... Mes patrons demandent donc aux employés un peu plus compétents de compenser les lacunes de leurs loyaux soldats.
S'ajoutent à cela des commérages de la part des loyaux soldats qui sont aussi les taupes des patrons. Mes patrons accordent une réelle importance à ces commérages et s'en servent pour prendre des décisions parfois drastiques comme le licenciement d'un collaborateur compétent mais ne s'entendant pas avec ces petits soldats. Il y a de la rétention d'information, les problèmes sont mal cachés et j'en sais plus que ce que mes patrons me disent (car les taupes sont également incompétentes en commérages et espionnage)
La boîte périclite lentement mais sûrement, les incompétences des salariés se répercutent sur la qualité du travail ainsi que le CA. Les bons se font licencier où démissionnent. D'après l'un de mes patrons, dans un an, la boîte fermera si nous continuons à perdre du chiffre. Il me dit cela pour me mettre la pression afin que je sois force de proposition, sauf que ça ne fonctionne pas, étant donné que je souhaite que l'entreprise fasse faillite.
J'ai réfléchi à plusieurs portes de sorties :

• J'envisage de demander une rupture conventionnelle (il y en a déjà eu dans ma boîte) et entamer une formation en développement web grâce à mes 5000€ de CPF.
  
• Si la RC n'est pas acceptée, est-ce une bonne idée de me mettre en arrêt maladie par la suite ?
  
• J'attends un potentiel licenciement économique (avantageux car indemnités de chômage versées plus longtemps que pour une RC, mais c'est un peu comme attendre l'arlésienne).
  

Je n'envisage pas la démission car je ne pourrais pas suivre financièrement.
S'il est possible d'avoir quelques conseils concernant ces plusieurs pistes, je suis preneuse !
Actuellement, pour conserver ma santé mentale, je pratique beaucoup le non-travail et en profite pour développer des projets perso + compétences. Mais ce n'est pas une solution stable pour moi et venir travailler est quand même difficile.
Merci beaucoup d'avoir lu.

Just because we have got Prismatic doesn't mean they'll probably add another Subclass Type. New Sub-classes would easily sell more Episodes and Expansions if they ever add another and it fits thematically with 3 Light and 3 Dark Subclasses AND they could even add a Kinetic Subclass or Technological Subclass if they ever felt like adding SIVA or Vex (Chrono) type Subclasses.
If we ever do get a 3rd Darkness Subclass or Other Subclasses they can EASILY move over: The Super, The Melee, 1 Grenade, 1 Aspect and Update a Few and add a Fragments to work with the 3rd Darkness Subclass for Prismatic such as picking up an orb of power grants a Verb Buff.
With whatever happens to the Witness you can say when it is defeated, or causes its faction/race to split from itself that the new darkness energy is released because it was using it all for itself which is why we never really saw it up till now.
There are also many types of Verbs that are not in the game yet - We'll call it Sentiment as a placeholder to keep in line with Subclasses starting with S.
If Stasis is the ending of movement and Strand is Psychic energy that Connects then Sentiment could be Emotions.
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VERB DE-BUFFS
LEECH - Enemies effected by Leech suffer Slight additional damage to their Willpower, Psyche and Mind every time they are damaged based on the damage dealt from Weapons or your Abilities. As the leech damage occurs you will HEAL Yourself draining the Will of your enemies. Higher Damage values and DPS reward More Health. Allies gain HALF the healing benefit. Leech is effectively a Life Steal Mechanic.
Overexposure to the Life Steal Effect grants Enthusiastic.
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*LEECHING ROUNDS - Your Sentiment Weapons Heal you slightly when you deal damage with them and Leech additional health off them with Precision Hits. Damaging enemies multiple times with Leeching Rounds eventually effects the enemy with the LEECH VERB.
Leech Stacks WITH Leeching rounds.
Overexposure to the Life Steal Effect grants Enthusiastic.
Stuns Barrier Champions.
Activates of Aspects, Exotic Armour or Fragments.
If Volatile Rounds are Grenade Kills, Unravelling Rounds are Melee Kill. Make Leeching Rounds Class Ability near Enemies.
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FEAR - Main CC - Enemy Combatants Cowers before you unable to act. Guardians instead suffer from Massive Recoil increase from their weapons, reduced Accuracy and decreased Flinch resistance and Their Screen Jolts in a random direction.
Stuns Overload Champions
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SUFFERING - Your enemy is suffering emotional distress - This effect chains to all nearby enemies. As you damage the enemy inflicted all nearby enemies suffer a portion of the damage dealt to them. After a Set amount of time passes the effected enemy DESPAIRS which causes a Burst of Damage to Occur upon them.
Enemies effected from LEECH and SUFFERING causes the LEECH effect to chain to nearby enemies as well.
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VERB BUFF
* LEECHING ROUNDS - Effect procs from Aspects, Exotic Armour and Fragments.
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ENTHUSIASTIC - Gain 100% Increased Ability Recharge Rate, 10% Damage Resistance and 15% Increased Maximum Shields.
You Become Enthusiastic automatically similar to Amplified on Arc - As you LEECH Willpower off your enemies or Proc it on Aspects, Exotic Armour or Fragments, you can become Enthusiastic.
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RAGE - Gain 50% Increased Non-Powered Melee Damage and 25% Increased Melee Recovery Speed/Attack Speed - Procs on Aspects, Exotic Armour and Fragments.
Titans could get an Aspect that boosts Rage and allows for easy Rage application AND allows Rage to deal more damage to Elemental Shields and is capable of Stunning Barrier Champions. Barrier Champions are probably one of the hardest to Stun with Verbs due to the applications of Volatile Rounds and Unravelling rounds. Only Radiant seems the easiest and even then Radiant requires Acrobats Dodge or Powered Melee Hits and a Fragment.
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GRIEF - Elemental Pick-Up
After an enemy is defeated with a de-buff applied part of them is Left Behind as a Mirage of Grief - It lashes out at enemies and LEECHES the willpower of nearby enemies granting Slight amounts of Health to you Overtime.
Shoot the Mirage to HEAL yourself
Overexposure to the Life Steal Effect grants Enthusiastic.
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So if we look at the Verbs
LEECH = The SUSTAIN for Sense Similar to Woven Mail and Restoration - A Life Steal effect only really appears on Buried Bloodline and Ruinous Effigy Orb Drain and feel like it fits nicely in a Subclass. The Leeching rounds variant of Leech Verb would Stuns Barrier so now Barrier Champions can be Stunned by 4 Verbs keeping it inline with other Weapon Boosting Verbs.
FEAR = HARD CC Similar to Blind, Freeze, Suspend and Suppression and Stuns Overloads so now Overload Champions can be Stunned by 4 Verbs.
SUFFERING = DAMAGE Similar to Scorch, Shatter, Jolt and Volatile
ENTHUSIASTIC = A SELF BUFF similar to Amplified with a bit of Slight Sustain
RAGE = A type of DAMAGE BOOST Similar to Radiant or Weaken BUT it effects Un-Powered Melee which isn't boosted itself by a Verb as of yet. Titans can Stun Barrier Champions with a Rage Melee.
GRIEF/MIRAGE = Elemental Pick-Up - IF Orbs are Super, Solar is Grenade, Void is Class, Stasis is Melee, Arc is ALL and Tangles are effectively Warmind Replacements for use with the Subclass. The Mirage can be Health/Shields

Gente, vi um filme quando eu era muito criança e talvez os detalhes tenham se confundido um pouco. Mas vamos lá:
Era um filme de suspense/terror, em que começa com dois garotos visitando uma caverna (com bastante infiltração e água, então acredito que ficava perto de algum lago ou represa). As crianças se depararam com uma espécie de culto, sendo que o líder era um cadeirante e não lembro se ele tinha super poderes ou não, mas ele m$t$v@ as pessoas de uma forma bem específica: rasgando seus maxilares com a mão. Nisso, um dos meninos consegue fugir e o outro não sobrevive.
Sei que o vilão retorna na cidade anos depois, com o menino já adulto, o qual tenta impedi-lo de cometer novos crimes.
Os detalhes são esses: culto, morte violenta, represa, com certeza lançado antes de 2005, vilão cadeirante e velho, gruta ou caverna com água.
Já tem uns 10 anos que eu vivo buscando sobre esse filme pq até estou duvidando se isso não foi um sonho da infância. Me marcou muito e eu gostaria de rever já adulta.
Se alguém tiver alguma coisa parecida, diga aí.
Brigada💜

The tensions with Opposing Empire have gone beyond mere mutual enmity. This is a conflict of economies, ideologies, and clandestine efforts, fought across our empires in the hearts and minds of our citizens. With some carelessness, or perhaps deliberate actions, it could quickly become a full-fledged military conflict.
^{(Note: this is a sneak peak into a larger Diplomacy DLC concept I am designing. Also disclaimer: I am not a game designer, I intentionally did not provide numbers, just ideas! Feel free to suggest or criticize.})
When two empires are Rivals a while, both sides will have the option to escalate the Rivalry into a Cold War, which costs Influence. If either side does this, a Situation that is shared and progressed by both sides is created. This situation is intended to provide more RP and mechanical freedom for empires to either diplomatically mend relations, prepare a leadup to war, or perhaps make gains without resorting to warfare.
Cold Wars, like many situations currently in the game, operate on a line between two endpoints, representing the tensions between the two empires: Reconciliation (-100) to War (100).
By default, the Situation will start at 0 and remain stagnant in the middle. Both sides will have access to four Approaches which have different bonuses and effects on the Situation:

• Seek De-Escalation: costs Unity to upkeep. Increases Opinion of the opposing empire, and progresses the Situation towards Reconciliation. (Our simmering conflict with Opposing Empire must be reconsidered. We will extend diplomatic tendrils in hopes of reducing tensions and reconciling our two empires.)
• Maintain Status Quo: costs no upkeep, has no effect. (The current friction with Opposing Empire works to our advantage. We will focus on our own affairs.)
• Clandestine Effort: costs low Energy Creds to upkeep. Moderately decreases the cost of running Spy Operations in the target empire and slightly increases their effectiveness. Slowly progresses the Situation towards War. (We have no desire for a large scale armed conflict with Opposing Empire at this time- instead, we will use... other methods to improve our position.)
• Prepare for Hostilities: costs more Energy Creds to upkeep. Increases Military Ship and Defense Platform build speed, and more quickly progresses the Situation towards War. (We have had enough of the thinly veiled hostilities with Opposing Empire. War is inevitable- and we will lay the groundwork for victory!)

Progress: there are also other factors which will influence the progress of this situation:

• Either side being Militarist or Xenophobe will add base progress towards War, increased if Fanatic.
• Insults will bump the scale towards War.
• Military buildup/border friction, as well as the currently existing Conduct Fleet Exercises event, will move the scale towards War.
• The opinion of either side decreasing further (ex. Harm Relations) will move the scale towards War- this also means a 3rd party could use Spy operations, like the existing Diplomatic Incident or Smear Campaign, to push the outbreak of hostilities!
• New Cassus Belli gained by either side against the other will push the scale towards War- for example, taking a Civic that grants CB, or becoming a Hegemon. So will Declaring War on a Vassal or Ally (provided this doesn't immediately pull the empire in).
• HOWEVER:
• Either side being Pacifist or Xenophile will add base progress towards Reconciliation, increased if Fanatic.
• Cassus Belli becoming invalid will push the scale towards Reconciliation- for example, Impose Ideology becomes invalid if the target adopts matching Ethics.
• Improving Relations by any means will move the scale towards Reconciliation. Eventually, Embassies and other Diplomatic actions can end the Cold War.
• De-Escalation can be traded under Actions- normally, Rival AI empires will never be willing to trade, but an exception can be made here, to for example allow one side to Trade systems, resources, etc as concessions in exchange for X progress towards De-Escalation. The AI may offer such deals if Inferior or Pathetic, and may request concessions to reduce tensions if Superior or Overwhelming.

Events: as with most Situations, the Cold War could feature various events for RP and mechanical purposes. Here are some examples I thought up:

• Fraternization with the Enemy (either empire is some degree of Spiritualist, Xenophile or Pacifist): Despite the tensions with Opposing Empire, news reports and viral videos have recently been circulating of groups of both Our Species and Their Species activists united in song and demonstration on multiple planets. Apparently, these individuals seek an end to the hostility between our empires.
  • [Support these noble and righteous souls.] - bumps the scale towards Reconciliation. Gain temporary Ethics attraction for the corresponding Ethic.
  • [Ignore these misguided fools.] - situation does not change. Gain temporary Happiness debuff for pops of the the responsible Ethic.
  • (Militarist, Xenophobe, or Authoritarian) - [Arrest as many of the wicked traitors as we can identify!] - costs Influence, bumps the scale towards War. Gain temporary Ethics attraction for the Ethic you used to take this choice.
• Arms Race Breakthrough (is currently using the Prepare for Hostilities approach, increased chance if Materialist or Technocracy): Amidst the large-scale preparations for possible conflict with Opposing Empire, a small team of scientists has independently developed a new military technology and presented it to our government for use.
  • [Excellent.] - bumps the scale towards War, and gain a low-mid tier military tech that was not yet researched. If no valid options, gain some Engineering research instead.
• Pro-War Rally (has any Xenophobe or Militarist leader): Recently, in front of massive crowds on Planet Name, Leader Name delivered a rousing speech extolling the glorious virtues of Our Empire and denouncing the horrific threat presented by Opposing Empire. It would seem many have been swept up in this pro-war fervor and are demanding action from our government. However, foreign emissaries and more moderate elements have cautioned against supporting such explosive, radical rhetoric.
  • [We stand with Leader Name! To war!] - bumps the scale towards War, changes our approach to Prepare for Hostilities if it isn't already, and gain Unity and temporary Ethics Attraction to Leader Name's Ethics. BUT reduces the Opinion of Opposing Empire and any empires Cordial or friendlier to them.
  • [Heads must be kept cool, and Leader Name must be reprimanded.] - costs Influence, but the situation does not change.

And now, for the conclusions of the situation:
Reconciliation Finisher (or if empires somehow become overlord/vassal or allies via external circumstances)
Both Empires get the Event: De-Escalation Successful
In a significant diplomatic achievement, the heated tensions with Opposing Empire have been comprehensively defused! Perhaps this will pave the way for friendlier relations and better days ahead.
If the Situation reaches Reconciliation, the Cold War and Rivalry will immediately be ended, with all their bonuses and effects. Both empires will gain a moderate lump sum of Influence and Unity, as well as a small burst of increased Opinion for each other.

• [That was a close one.] - default option, overwritten by others if applicable
• (Pacifist or Xenophile) [A glorious day!] - the rewards are increased
• (Militarist or Xenophobe) [Disappointing.] - the rewards are decreased

War Finisher (or if empires are pulled in by other factors)
Both Empires get the Event: Cold War Turns Hot
The heated tensions with Opposing Empire have ignited! Negotiations have broken down, and fierce border skirmishes have erupted. The truth is now undeniable: we are at war.
If the Situation reaches War, the Cold War and Rivalry will transform into an actual, normal war. Both empires will gain a small lump sum of Influence and Unity and will have a window to pick from their available Cassus Belli and call in allies before the battle begins.

• [To battle stations!] - default option, overwritten by others if applicable
• (Pacifist or Xenophile) [Well, we tried...] - the rewards are decreased
• (Militarist or Xenophobe) [Long have we waited for this moment!] - the rewards are increased

And that's all I've got for you all today. Thanks for reading and please send any suggestions or feedback! Here's a bonus: a new achievement based on the irl Soviet Colonel who may have saved the world
Legacy of S'tann Pet'rovv: De-Escalate a Cold War after tensions had at one point reached 95 or higher.

Introduction

In this post, we'll be discussing something called "Virtue Ethics." This is a normative theory of ethics that's most associated with Aristotle, though has in recent times experienced a resurgence of sorts from modern philosophers, some of whom have tweaked and modified it, and in doing so have created different branches on this tree of moral theory. We will be comparing these different flavors of Virtue Ethics to that of the New Testament's, pointing out where they're similar, as well as highlighting where the NT differs (and is actually superior) from the heathens' views.
I want to preface all this with a verse and a warning:

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."-Colossians 2:8

The entire Bible, over and over again, warns against syncretism. It's a running theme throughout to condemn the practice, with this verse being one of the more explicit ones to do so.
Mapping the ideas of Pagans (and especially Greek philosophers) onto the Scriptures has always resulted in people severely misinterpreting the Bible, as looking at the Word of God through a Hellenistic lens is and always has been extremely innapropiate to the author's original intent.
Whenever Greek philosophy or ideas are referenced, they're always portrayed in a bad light or otherwise used to make a point. Examples of the latter could be found in the apostle Paul's writings, as he was a fully educated Roman citizen of his day, and so he made use of known Hellenestic philosophy and literature (that he would have been familiar with) by redefining their terms and ideas in a way that would be consistent with the theology of his own religion. The apostle Peter did the same within his own epistles whenever he mentioned "Tartarus," the abyss/prison for certain disobedient angels that rebelled against God, despite the fact that the word has its roots in Greek mythology and not Hebrew religion (though, the belief that there were a group of spiritual beings that rebelled against the highest authority in the heavens was one technically shared between the two ancient cultures; even if the parties involved were vastly different, as well as the contexts of the rebellion itself).
The affect Hellenstic philosophy has had on the way people think (even subconsciously) can still be felt to this day, and can be seen in the confusion modern "Christianity" has brought on through its adoption of Gnostic teachings such as Dualism or the inherently fatalistic views that many unknowingly hold due to the error of Classical Theism.
While yes, I will be commending the heathen (unbeliever) whenever they are right with their ideas as pertaining to this subject, I will also show where they are wrong.
Let's begin.

"What Is Virtue Ethics?"

First, we need to define some terms and point out the differences between this view and others within the larger debate of normative ethics.
There are three major approaches in normative ethics, those being: Consequentalism, Deontology, and Virtue Ethics. The following are definitions of the terms:
Consequentialism – a class of normative, teleological ethical theories that holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for judgement about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct.
Deontology – theories where an action is considered morally good because of some characteristic of the action itself, not because the product of the action is good. Deontological ethics holds that at least some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences for human welfare.
Virtue Ethics – theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. The virtue ethicist would argue that actions themselves, while important, aren't as important as the character behind them. To the virtue ethicist, consequences are also important, but they would say that good consequences ultimately flow from a virtuous character who has made virtuous decisions. Theories of virtue ethics do not aim primarily to identify universal principles that can be applied in any moral situation, instead teaching that the best decisions can vary based on context, and that there are only some actions that would be universally evil, only because those actions could never flow from a virtuous character in the first place (e.g., rape).
Aristotle's idea of ethics is in an important respect different from most people's, especially today. Heirs as we are to Kant’s idea of duty – there is a right thing that one ought to do, as rational beings who respect other persons – and to Mill’s idea of utility – the right thing to do is that which produces the greatest good for the greatest number – most of us see ethics as concerned with actions. "The function of ethics is to help me see what I ought to do in a given situation," the modern says. Aristotle’s approach was different. His ethic is not so much concerned about helping us to see what we ought to do, as about what sort of person we ought to be.
Aristotle was concerned with character, and with the things that go to make up good and bad character; virtues and vices. His sort of ethic does not look at our action to see if it fulfils our duty, or produces a certain outcome, such as the greatest good of the greatest number, and therefore merits approval. Instead, it looks at us; at the character behind the actions, to see whether we merit approval.
Comparing Virtue Ethics with philosophies such as Deontology and Consequentialism, we are able to divide ethical theories into two kinds; act-centered theories and agent-centered theories. Kant’s (Deontological) and Mill’s (Utilitarian) approaches are act-centered, because they concern themselves with our actions, whilst Aristotle’s is agent-centered because it concerns itself with the character of a person, which in his view was ourselves and our own dispositions that prompt our actions.
Both approaches have ardent present-day advocates, and so both are alive and well. Virtue Ethicists are dissatisfied with the answers ‘modern’ act-centered philosophy offers, and look for a more flexible, person-centered approach that takes more account of the subtle varieties of human motivation. Those in this camp see ethics as being about people – moral agents – rather than merely about actions. Of course, your actions matter. But, for Aristotle and his present day advocates alike, they matter as expressions of the kind of person you are. They indicate such qualities as kindness, fairness, compassion, and so on, and it is these qualities and their corresponding vices that it is the business of ethics to approve or disapprove.
All this seems simple and uncontroversial; there are two ways of looking at an action to evaluate it morally. You can take the action in isolation and judge it, or take the agent and judge him or her.
Virtue ethicists argue that act-centered ethics are narrow and bloodless. What is needed is a richer moral vocabulary than just ‘right and wrong’. There are subtle but important differences between actions that are good because they are kind and those that are good because they are generous, and those that are good because they are just. Likewise, there are subtle but important differences between actions that are bad because they are selfish and those that are bad because they are cruel and those that are bad because they are unfair. These, and many other, distinctions are lost when we talk simply about doing one’s duty, or promoting utility. Questions of motive and of character are lost, in these asceptic terms. Modern moral philosophy won’t do: it is cold, technical and insensitive to the many kinds and degrees of value expressed in human actions. Ethics is more than just thought experiments and hypotheticals about what would be the right course of action to take in any given situation we might conjure up from the comfort of our armchair. Ethics is about doing, and about context and character.

The Different Kinds of "Virtue Ethics"

Virtue Ethics has has been developed in two main directions: Eudaimonism, and agent-based theories.
Eudaimonism (Aristotle's view) bases virtues in human flourishing, where flourishing is equated with performing one’s distinctive function well. In the case of humans, Aristotle argued that our distinctive function is reasoning, and so the life “worth living” is one which we reason well. He also believed that only free men in the upper classes of society (i.e., the aristocrats) could excel in virtue and eschew vice, being that such men had greater access to the means in accomplishing this task as they had the wealth and resources to better perform their distinctive function of 'reasoning,' and thus "live well." For the Eudaimonian, inner dispositions are what one ought to focus on in order to cultivate virtuous traits, and thus a virtuous character.
In contrast, an agent-based theory emphasizes that virtues are determined by common-sense intuitions that we as observers judge to be admirable traits in other people. There are a variety of human traits that we find admirable, such as benevolence, kindness, compassion, etc., and we can identify these by looking at the people we admire, our moral exemplars. Agent-based theories also state that the motivations and intentions behind an action are ultimately what determine whether or not said action is actually virtuous. Whereas Eudaimonism understands the moral life in terms of inner dispositions or proclivities to act in certain ways (whether righteous or wicked, just or unjust, kind or cruel, etc.), agent-based theories are more radical in that their evaluation of actions is dependent on ethical judgments about the inner life of the agents who perform those actions, that is, what the motivations and intents are of a person.
[Note: While both Eudaimonism and agent-based theories are both agent-centered, Eudaimonism is not to be confused with an agent-based theory. Both branches concern themselves more with agents rather than acts themselves, but Eudamonism focuses on the self to improve whereas the agent-based theory focuses on others to improve.]

Common Critcisims Toward Secular Forms of Virtue Ethics

Firstly, Eudaimonism provides a self-centered conception of ethics because "human flourishing" (here defined as simply fulfilling our base function as humans, which is "reason" according to this view) is seen as an end in itself and does not sufficiently consider the extent to which our actions affect other people. Morality requires us to consider others for their own sake and not because they may benefit us. There seems to be something wrong with aiming to behave compassionately, kindly, and honestly merely because this will make oneself happier or "reason well."
Secondly, both Eudaimonism and agent-based theories also don't provide guidance on how we should act, as there are no clear principles for guiding action other than “act as a virtuous person would act given the situation.” Who is a virtuous person? Who is the first or universal exemplar?
Lastly, the ability to cultivate the right virtues will be affected by a number of different factors beyond a person’s control due to education, society, friends and family. If moral character is so reliant on luck, what role does this leave for appropriate praise and blame of the person? For the Eudaimonian, one ought to be born into a status of privilege if they wish to excel in being virtuous. For the proponent of an agent-based theory, one ought to be born into a society or family with good role models and preferably be raised by such, else they have no moral exemplars to emulate.

The New Testament's Virtue Ethic

The New Testament authors didn’t sit down and do a self-consciously philosophical exercise, for this was not what they were concerned with. They were concerned with giving practical instruction to disciples of the faith, and merely trying to express the ethical implications of their spiritual experience. That being said, we know the apostle Paul was familiar with the writings of Aristotle. We can actually identify places where Paul displays knowledge of Aristotle and incorporates some of the philosopher's ideas into his own epistles. Before we do this, however, it's important we refute common misnomers about what the Bible teaches concerning ethics in general.
You probably have heard many attack the ethics of the New Testament as being primitive and simplistic. "God dictates universal commands to follow: 'do not lie,' do 'not divorce,' 'do not insult.' And the only motivating factor is escaping hellfire and obtaining the reward of eternal pleasure." But in reality, this is a gross misrepresentation of the ethics laid out in the NT. I will argue the NT advocates for a form of virtue ethics, instead of claiming the NT contains a form of deontic ethics, as it is so often assumed.
Elizabeth Anscombe was one of the most influential virtue ethicists of the 20th century. Her work helped to revive virtue ethics in the modern era, however she also criticized the ethics of the Bible for promoting a form of ethics different than what Aristotle promoted:
"...between aristotle and us came Christianity, with its law conception of ethics. For Christianity derived its ethical notions from the Torah. (One might be inclined to think that a law conception of ethics could arise only among people who accepted an allegedly divine positive law..." (Modern Moral Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 124, 1-19)
We've already dealt with the issue of the Torah in another post. The Torah is not laying down moral laws, but describing justice in the form of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature. But does the New Testament teach a deontic form of ethics? Anscombe might appear justified in her claim, as some "Christian" theologians have explicitly taught the ethics of the NT is deontic.
However, other theologians have argued the ethics of the NT is best characterized as a form of virtue ethics. In a study of the NT, we'll support this notion. As noted earlier, one of the central features of this approach to ethics is that the aim of ethics should be on living a virtuous life. Other forms of ethics focus on directing actions when confronted with a moral dilemma, but for virtue ethics every action is a moral or immoral action because all of our actions contribute or do not contribute to living a virtuous life. In other words, for a virtue ethicist, everything we do will contribute to living a fulfilled life. Now, the NT promotes a similar idea with a slight modification. The NT changes the distinctictive function and purpose for man in Eudaimonism from "reasoning" to loving God and others instead, and thus "living well" is changed from self-centered 'flourshing' (as defined by Aristotle) to glorifying God instead. The apostles taught everything we do contributes to living a life that glorifies God:

"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."-1 Corinthians 10:31
"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him."-Colossians 3:17

So we see the same idea in Paul, that everything we do can be seen as a moral or immoral action. Everything we do should be seen as contributing to living a life that glorifies god or not. As a believer, the aim is not just doing good actions to avoid punishments, but to see everything we do as glorifying God. On secular virtue ethics, all our actions are either advancing a good life or not: nourishing your body contributes to living a good life. In a Biblical context: taking the time to properly dress contributes to living a good life, and not giving into the sin of sloth. So all our actions can be moral actions in this context, and so likewise for Paul and Jesus, all we do can contribute to living a life that glorifies God.
Since God made our bodies to thrive and enjoy life, we should nourish our bodies so we can thrive as God intended for our bodies to do, thus ultimately glorifying Him. Since we were created to experience and feel enjoyment, laughing and enjoying things throughout life glorifies God as well since we're experiencing emotions that God created to be experienced. Everything we do should be to glorify God, and often all that is is living our lives in the way that they were intended to be lived. Biblical ethics is very much more than merely performing right actions, but living a virtuous life that brings glory to God.
As Jesus said:

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."-Matthew 22:37b

It is also important to focus on what it means to love, which is an important aspect of what it means to be a believer. Paul makes the radical claim that to love is the entirety of the law of God:

"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."-Galatians 5:14

Jesus also taught that to love God and love others were the two greatest commandments (Mark 12:28-31, Matt. 22:34-40). He also extends the commandment to love beyond one's brethren, and to love our enemies (Matt. 5:44). Loving those around us is central to what it means to be a believer (John 13:34; 15:12-17, Rom. 12:10; 13:8, 1 Cor. 13:1-8; 16:14, 2 Cor. 8:8, Eph. 4:2; 5:2, Phili. 1:9, Heb. 10:24, Jam. 2:8, 1 Pet. 1:22, 1 John 2:10; 3:23).
One might suggest this is no different than the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do to you," or a Kantian rule: "I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law." In other words, "to live well is to perform good deeds or actions and nothing more." But an important point about loving someone is it cannot be done through actions alone. For example, one could buy a gift for their spouse to cheer them up. However, one could perform this action merely because they value performing right actions without any love for the person. One could donate to charity because it is the right thing to do, and not because she cares for the people who would benefit. In such scenarios, they can be seen as idolizing moral laws, not necessarily caring about helping others.
But to love someone requires more than merely performing right actions. You cannot love someone and not care about who they are as a person and where they are heading in life. To love is to will the good of the other. Jesus chastised the Pharisees of his day for only performing right actions, but not loving their brethren in their hearts. His criticism follows Matthew chapter 22, where Jesus says the greatest commandments are to love. The implication is the Pharisees perform proper actions, but have the wrong motivations for doing so. James Keenan puts it like this:
"Essential to understanding this command is that we love our neighbors not as objects of our devotion, but rather as subjects; that is, as persons. Thus, we cannot love others only because God wants us to do so, since then we would love them as means or as objects and not as persons. We can only love one another as subjects, just as God loves us." (Jesus and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges Between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology, pg. 86)
A critic may bring up that verses of the NT are still phrased as commands, and therefore the structure implies duties were the central aspect of Christian ethics. But the importance of duties is not foreign to Virtue Ethics. Instead of being central to the ethical framework, duties flow from a virtuous character. Virtues are active and have certain demands for which a person must fulfill in their active behavior.
According to Aristotle, knowledge of the virtues gives us practical wisdom in how to properly act. Duties flow from the understanding of the demands of virtues. To put it another way, for virtues to manifest in persons, they have certain demands that must be fulfilled. For the believer, the command of love flows from being virtuous and aligning oneself with the character of God. Commitment to the character of Christ, who perfectly carried out the will of the Father, allows us to perform right and proper actions.
The NT also contains lists of virtues the believer ought to emulate, the most famous of these is in Galatians chapter 5:
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." (vss. 22-23)
Now, the connection with Aristotle cannot be more pronounced. The Greek phrase "against such there is no law" is almost identical to what we find in Aristotle's politics (3.13.1284a). It seems clear Paul is teaching a similar ethical framework to what Aristotle advocated for. Paul is teaching that the believing community ought to be persons who display key virtues, and that their conduct would not need to be regulated by a law. Instead, their character should be the standard others can measure themselves by. Romans chapter 2 is also a place we see references to Aristotle, where Paul notes that when Gentiles do what the law requires, they are "a law unto themselves" (vss. 14-15). In other words, they do not need to be told to act a certain way. They have the proper virtuous character that directs their actions, to do the good the law requires. Paul is advocating in Galatians that believers should think in a similar way.
So in Galatians 5, we have affinity with the teachings of Aristotle, and in other lists of virtues throughout the NT we see a similar idea, which is that Christians were meant to display virtues primarily (Rom. 5:3-5, 1 Cor. 13:1-8, Col. 3:12-17, 1 Tim. 3:2-3; 4:7-8, Jam. 3:17-18, 2 Pet. 1:5-8). From that, good deeds will properly manifest in our actions.
Anscombe made a great point on what the focus of ethics should be:
"It would be a great improvement if, instead of 'morally wrong', one always named a genus such as 'untruthful', 'unchaste', 'unjust'. We should no longer ask whether doing something was 'wrong', passing directly from some description of an action to this notion; we should ask whether, e.g., it was unjust; and the answer would sometimes be clear at once." (Modern Moral Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 124, 1-19)
Interestingly enough, Paul lays out a similar idea in explaining Christian ethics:

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you."-Philippians 4:8-9

In other words, the central aspect on living a Christian life was on what is virtuous, not on what is lawfully right or wrong. Right actions flow from whatever is honorable, true, and pure. Correlating with this is how Paul responds to the Corinthians who claimed that "all was lawful." Paul reminded them the emphasis is not on what is lawful, but on what is good for building a virtuous character:

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not."-1 Corinthians 10:23

One's main focus ought to be on what is good, not on laws that dictate behavior.
One of the key aspects of Virtue Ethics is the idea we ought to learn from virtuous teachers and imitate them. A virtuous character is obtained by imitating what a virtuous person does. This parallels a key aspect of Christian ethics. Imitating Christ was (and still is) crucial to living a virtuous life:

"For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"-1 Peter 2:21

Paul says in Romans 8:29 that Christians were predestined "to be conformed to the image of his Son." Jesus often taught his followers to do as he does (Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 6:40; 9:23, John 13:15, 34). Paul says in 1st Corinthians 11: Be ye followers [i.e., imitators] of me, even as I also am of Christ" (vs. 1). Hebrews 13:7 says to imitate the faith of the patriarchs. 1st Thessalonians 2:14 says to imitate each other. And jesus taught to imitate the good Samaritan from his parable (Luke 10:37). Imitating virtuous teachers was key for Christian ethics.
Aristotle tended to compare acquiring virtues with that of learning a practical skill, like playing an instrument or learning how to become a builder. Such practical skills are best picked up when trained by a master of that particular skill, because a teacher can always provide more insight through lessons they learn from experience. For example, an expert salesman can provide examples from his experience of what works with specific customers that a sales textbook could never provide. Many professions today require on-the-job training or experience before even hiring an applicant. The reason is: experience is key to learning a profession. Merely acquiring knowledge from a textbook or an instruction manual is often insufficient to master a skill, so why would mastering the skill of virtue be any different?
In the NT, a believer is to see the world through the eyes of Christ and to love as he loved. One cannot learn how to be a virtuous person without knowing what that life would look like. A key component of Christian theology is that the Messiah perfectly represented the Father and His will on earth, to show us how to properly live as God intended for man. This central tenet of the NT aligns well with agent-based theories of Virtue Ethics, and modifies it so that the person of Jesus Christ is the universal exemplar that one is meant to emulate. We are called to imitate him through our actions, thoughts, and desires, and to conform ourselves to the way he lived. As Paul said:

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."-Galatians 2:20

If learning from Christ is key, we should briefly take a look at the Sermon on the Mount, which is said to be one of Jesus' most important series of teachings. Daniel Harrington notes:
"The sermon begins with nine 'beatitudes' (see 5:3–12) in which Jesus declares as 'happy' or 'blessed' those who practice certain virtues, and promises them an eternal reward and the fullness of God's kingdom." (Jesus and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges Between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology, pg. 62)
Jesus laid out what a life for those that follow him look like in detail. One ought to be merciful, pure in heart, a peacemaker, thirst for righteousness, etcetera (Matt. 5:2-10). The Sermon does not merely include what right actions are, but includes sections on proper desires. Not only is it wrong to murder, but it is wrong to desire to murder or wish ill on someone (Matt. 5:22). Avoiding adultery is good, but one also should not covet after another man's woman in their heart (Matt. 5:28). In other words, merely avoiding immoral actions is not enough. One must also not desire vices. A believer is called to desire what is good.
The Sermon is not necessarily laying down universal moral commands. For example, Matthew 5:9 says, "Blessed are the peacemakers," but this doesn't imply absolute Pacifism, as it would contradict passages in the Old Testament where it explicitly says there is a time for war (Ecc. 3:8). The point of the Sermon is to teach what a virtuous life ought to look like. A follower of Christ ought to use reason to know what is proper to do in various circumstances. For example, in Matthew chapter 6, Jesus offers guidance on how one ought to pray by presenting the Lord's prayer (vss. 9-15). This is a model of how to pray. It's not a command for followers to always pray in this exact way.
In reality, the Sermon on the Mount mixes in exhortations, parables, hyperbole, declarations, commands, etc. It is best understood as displaying what a virtuous life ought to look like. It's not a law code. Building on this, it's important to understand a proper action is context sensitive. Under Virtue Ethics, one should not necessarily apply a universal maxim to every situation. Sometimes the proper action will depend on what is at stake, who is involved, what is the background, etc. Aristotle advocated against the idea there were fixed universal laws that dictate actions, and instead he argued the right action would depend on the circumstances one finds themselves in. Although the ethics of the NT may be a bit more strict, it still places an emphasis on being sensitive to the context of situations.
In 1st Corinthians chapter 8, Paul lays out instructions on how to deal with meat that has been sacrificed to Pagan idols. Instead of stating an absolute prohibition against meat sacrificed to idols, Paul instructed Christians to use reason to come to the proper ethical decision based on context. In other words, the right action is not determined only by a law. Instead, the Christian had to make the proper decision based on the context: if eating caused another to stumble, then you ought to abstain; if not, then there's no harm done. The value of the action depends on the context.
A Deontologist might reply that there's still a universal law given here: that one should always abstain if it's going to cause another to stumble. This objection can be addressed by asking: how are we to know if eating the meat will cause another believer to stumble? To answer such a question, one must be sensitive to the context, which in this case would be knowledge of the fellow believer and your relation to him. It is the context that determines the right action, not a universal law. Moreover, Paul states that the primary goal for the believer should be to love (1 Cor. 13). The first consideration is once again not the rightness of action, but having love for one another. From this, knowledge of the proper action will follow.
Paul often explains that living a proper life as a believer will take work and practice. He reminded Timothy to attend readings, practice what these things mean, and keep a close watch on himself (1 Tim. 4:13-14). Elsewhere, he directs that all believers must work on their faith (Phili. 2:12). Beyond this, he also noted that not all Christians would have the same gifts, and to accept that this was normal (1 Cor. 12). For some, certain things may be a hindrance, whereas for others it is acceptable (Rom. 14:2-4). What matters is that we love and build one another up (1 Thess. 5:11). Right actions flow from love and knowledge of virtue. Rules are not the primary motives that dictate our actions; rules are secondary in this regard.
An interesting case can be studied with regards to divorce in the Gospels. Jesus preaches against divorce (Mark 10:7-9) and it is often interpreted to mean "divorce is always wrong, regardless of circumstances." However, it should be noted the prohibition on divorce is not a universal law. The context can affect whether or not a divorce is permissible. Jesus says that one can divorce over sexual immorality. Paul also has a situation where divorce is permissible, namely if one spouse is an unbeliever and wishes to leave (1 Cor. 7:15). The implication one can derive is divorce is not ideal, but there are circumstances where it may be the proper action to take. Given the other features of Christian Virtue Ethics we already covered, the proper action to take will depend on the circumstances and what the virtuous agent thinks is the most loving thing to do. A universal prohibition on divorce is not a Christian ethic. Instead, one ought to discern the proper action from circumstances. However, it's clear in most cases divorce would not be the virtuous thing to do.
Building on this, it's important to note that within NT ethics, certain acts are always wrong. For example, idolatry and sexual immorality are always wrong (1 Cor. 10:14, Col. 3:15, 1 Pet. 4:13). There are no possible scenarios where it would be okay to rape, because such an act would never flow from a virtuous character. But this concept is not foreign to theories of Virtue Ethics. Aristotle noted that for some actions, no qualifications could make them virtuous. Actions such as rape or murder are always wrong, because they would never flow from a virtuous character. So it's not as if a Virtue Ethicist cannot claim that some actions are always wrong. They simply are qualified as being unable to flow from virtue, whereas actions like lying or waging war could be considered virtuous for the right reason.
Now, despite Christian Virtue Ethics having many similarities with Eudaimonism (Aristotelian ethics), there are also numerous differences beyond what we've already noted. One of the deficiencies of how Aristotle lays out his ethical theory is that it is essentially an all-boys club. Aristotle writes mainly to aristocratic men, excluding women and slaves. In his view, women were inferior to men and slaves lacked the necessary rational faculty. But the Christians rejected this mentality, as the teachings of Christ and the apostles were available to all (Matt. 28:19). Paul said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28). Peter wrote that all Christians were part of the priesthood of Christ (1 Pet. 2:5). Jesus had women followers (Luke 8:2-3), and they were entrusted with delivering revelation (Mark 15:40–16:8). What we find throughout the NT is a radical change to how women were viewed in the ancient world. Paul is also likely building on Aristotle's household structure and refining it. David deSilva says the household codes of the NT are "...following the pairs laid out as early as Aristotle to such a degree as to suggest that these were standard topics in ethical instruction" (Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity, pg. 231). But Paul adds an important preface: submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ (Eph. 5:20-21). DeSilva says:
"...husbands, we cannot then ignore the distinctively Christian addition they bring to this arrangement; husbands are to be subject to their wives as well." (Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity, pg. 233)
Thus Paul doesn't break down the traditional perspective on the structure of the family, but he does add the idea that we all must submit to each other in reverence, love, unity, and cooperation because all are equal before God. There is no explicit mention in the NT calling for the abolishment of slavery, but it should be noted that Paul taught that slaves should be seen as equals. In the letter to Philemon, Paul is clear that his slave is no longer "as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved" (vs. 16). Thus, within Christian ethics class distinctions were supposed to evaporate. All were brothers and sisters of one family.
An important aspect of Christian ethics is that it wasn't a standalone ethical theory. It's embedded in the larger Christian worldview. The ethical framework is dependent on Christian doctrines. For Aristotle, his ethical theory is for men who were raised well. This is why these specific men desire to be virtuous and perform right actions. As for why the believer does good and desires to be virtuous, it's not because one was raised well, but because they have been activated by the power of God's Spirit (John 3:6, 1 Cor. 12:13). For believers, the reason as to why we desire to be good and virtuous is because the Spirit of God has regenerated us. He loves us so we can love others (1 John 4:19). One is meant to look to the life of Christ and what he has done by dying on the cross, to know that we are loved and forgiven. This in turn is meant to activate a good life, having seen what we have gained and been forgiven of. He calls and activates us to do similar to those around us. This is a more open system for people of all groups and classes. One only has to call upon the name of the Lord to be included. It does not require a specific gender or to be raised a certain way.
The goal of Aristotelian ethics is to achieve 'eudaimonia.' However, within the Bible the goal is as the Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it: "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever." Since the central aspect of Biblical Eschatology is that humans will continue on forever in resurrected bodies, the aim of ethics is more than living a good life presently. Living a good life now is important, but it was only one aspect in the Christian worldview. Humans are meant to live beyond this life, so the aim is also about building virtuous souls that will continue on. The importance of this is more crucial than it may seem at first. Paul said that we must all appear before judgment, so that "every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2 Cor. 15:10).
Being a virtuous person requires integrity, because one will still have to answer to God after death. If one can commit an evil act and no one finds out, then from the outside perspective he or she may still appear virtuous. Culturally speaking, the ancient world was very different from our own. All wrongdoings centered around public honor and shame. One did good to receive public honor, and one did not do what was bad to receive public shame. Right and wrong were connected to one's public honor and shame in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Thus good and evil were public ideas, not personal ideas. Ethical demands were grounded in the community in one's public appearance
The Biblical idea of an omniscient God who cared about our ethical status laid a foundation for integrity and personal guilt to emerge. Now one ought to do good because he is beholden to God, not just the community. Believers are to remain focused on God's approval and on the actions that lead them, regardless of the world's response. This lays down fertile ground for integrity to emerge. So the Biblical worldview has another important element built in that encourages ethical behavior, regardless of the honor it brings. One ought to do good because of a commitment to God not, because it might bring honor to one's name publicly.

Implications for Preterists

Paul believed that the Second Coming would happen in his generation, and prescribed certain things in the NT on the basis of that belief. An example of an exhortation that would no longer apppy to us today would be 1st Corinthians 7:24-29, where Paul argues that the times him and his fellow Christians were in called for celibacy, being that the Lord was fast approaching. It wasn't a sin if you did get married, of course; it was just harder to serve the Lord in this context if you had a family to worry about. Thus, Paul encouraged being single.
So, we need to be careful when reading the NT and determining what prohibitions or exhortations are still applicable to us today. Context is key.

Estou super indeciso quanto ao meu futuro profissional.
Tenho 26 anos e ocupo um cargo de Júnior na empresa onde trabalho atualmente (salário base de 945€ + 5,8€ em cartão refeição). De momento, sou assistente comercial. Considero-me muito mal remunerado para as minhas qualificações académicas: licenciatura em gestão e pós-graduação na área de gestão de vendas.
Prometeram-me, há mais de um ano, uma promoção interna que aconteceria a qualquer momento. Em janeiro deste ano, o diretor de RH informou-me que estava para breve, faltando apenas alinhar alguns detalhes com o diretor comercial. No final de março, submeteram-me a um assessment para a função de gestor comercial da zona norte. Sempre tive grande interesse nesta função, pois nunca fui de fazer trabalho administrativo. Não sou "passarinho de gaiola" e detesto estar fechado num escritório oito horas por dia em frente a um computador. Fui admitido e cumpri todos os requisitos para a função.
Até ao dia de hoje, não recebi mais nenhuma informação. Também não quero pressionar, mas sei que a proposta com apresentação das condições está para breve, até porque já abriram uma vaga na produção para o meu cargo atual (assistente comercial).
Esta semana, após duas entrevistas, recebi uma proposta de uma empresa multinacional, que já opera em Portugal há vários anos, com grande estabilidade, para o cargo de regional account manager. A função é muito semelhante à que me ofereceram internamente, mas muda por completo a área de negócio e a dimensão da empresa: multinacional vs. empresa familiar. Ainda não sei quais as condições que a minha empresa atual me vai apresentar, mas através das conversas que tive com os colegas, acredito que seja o mesmo que aos outros comerciais:
1000-1100€/mês + 10€ em subsídio de alimentação (cartão) + carro para uso total (apesar de nunca ter sido dito que podia ser usado para uso pessoal, todos assumem que sim, embora não esteja no contrato) – viatura comercial de 2 lugares (não descaracterizada) + comissões.
A proposta da nova empresa é: 1500€ + 9€ em cartão de refeição + comissões + prémios comportamentais anuais + carro de 5 lugares descaracterizado para uso total, incluindo férias e fins de semana. O recruiter garantiu-me que as comissões em muitos dos KAM triplicava e quadruplicava o valor do ordenado base. Disse-me que no início era óbvio que não era possível, mas que existem vários casos onde isso acontece mensalmente.
Qual escolheriam? Manter-se-iam na empresa atual ou procurariam uma nova aventura e arriscariam no desconhecido?
Ambos os cargos são para acompanhamento diário da carteira existente de clientes, (alargada e consolidada), a chamada venda consultiva. Não é para fazer prospeção de novos clientes/ marketing agressivo como grande parte das propostas que existem no mercado.
Desculpem o extenso texto, mas quis dar total enquadramento da situação atual.

UNMARKED SPOILERS BELOW, I will sadly go into spoiler territorry so often the post would look like a bad SCP Foundation article if I tried to black out every single one.
First thing I thought upon finding out about the Wizard Three in Sigil was to notice an opportunitty to include more iconic characters. As we learned more about their role I noticed several complaints about them. Like, "why are we having epic level NPCs relegating the work to mid-level party"? Or "isn't Tasha evil? What is she doing here?" Or "how the hell did Kas fool Tasha, who knows Mordekainen very well?". And so an idea to fix these issues all at once presented itself to me.
In this version of adventure, the PCs are summonned not by Wizard Three, but Wizard Nine. Nine iconic, high-level wizards or other magic users from across D&D worlds or even beyond. They were all summonned to Sigil, to each tap into one of Outer Planes of appriopriate aligment and channel that power into Wish, so the Will of the entire multiverse wishes of Vecna's death. Once it fails, the wizards realize it means one of them must nto be who they claim, possibly an agent of Vecna. So they immediatelly lock themselves in Sanctuary - only PCs can enter and leave because they weren't i nthe room doing the casting of that super Wish. And every time they return with next piece of the Rod, they find Wizards in most disfunctional game of Among Us ever, often probably erupting into violence - this is nine geniuses working AGAINST each other as everyone suspects everyone.
Now, you could keep the original reveal, where Mordekainen is the imposter. If you do, I would advocate against bringing any magic users who know him, like Tasha, Elminster, Storm Silverhand or Dalamar the Dark. If you decide to change the imposter's identity, you can happily bring in some of them, but I would avoid those who know each other (so if you want Elminster, then no Mordekainen or Dalamar).
Evil characters can work with this group because of several reasons, which they should be open about. They may vary from "You think I don't realize Vecna is going to screw ME over alongside everyone else", through "uppity gods need to be put in their place, especially this one" to "I would love what the guy is promising to do to all creation, but I'm not bending my knee to NOBODY!".
Below is a list of proposed characters to use from as many worlds I could think of. I will be comign back to this post to add more names and more worlds with further research, potentially going even beyond strictly D&D settings. You ca drop your own suggestions, I will happily add them to the list with next edit. All requirements are that the character is able to cast 9th level spells, if you have any notes for potential DM willing to use them, please provide them as well.
Eberron - I noticed most of suggestions for Eberron are of evil variety, due to the setting's lack of high-level heroic NPCs (with two exceptions that cannot leave their seats of power), but we'll work with what we have

• Mordain the Fleshweaver is the most popular suggestion, being a rare Chaotic Evil 18th level Wizard in Eberron. An issue is that Mordain is often used, and even recommended by Keith Baker to be used as Eberron's stand-in for Vecna. If you wanna run adventures with Hand or Eye of Vecna in Eberron, they are hand and Eye of Mordain. This may disqualify him, but you could alternatively play into it. Have Mordain rant Vecna is "ripping him off" or call the lich "a pale immitation of true dark sorcery".
• Hektula is Keith Baker's personal choice for a standin for Tasha. She is a pwoerful Rakshasa Archmage, with passion for collecting forbidden tomes of dark magic, serving one of the Overlords and firmly Lawful Evil. I certainly could see some laughs when wizards realize there's an impostor among them and all eyes turn towards Hektula, who goes "Of course, blame the shapeshifter!".
• I have seen floated idea for Sora Kell or her three daughters. The Daughters canonically in 3rd edition had levels 10 or 11 on top of being half-fiend Hags. You could maybe handwave that they get to cast 9th level spells as a coven, Sora Kell is more ambigious, with no statblock and her lore giving vibes of Baba Yaga, fans compare her to Demon Lords in power level. Personally I feel she would stand out too much.

Exandria (Critical Role) - I noticed most Exandria characters don't reach this high level - even Circle of Brass from Calamity were level 15. However, I found two options to provide a bit of fanservice for any critters at your table, both Chaotic Good:

• the Mighty Nein Reunion got us level 20 versions of Caleb Widogast, so he's great excuse for a DM to do their best Liam O'Brian impression of angsty bi diseaster wizard who really wishes he was back with his boyfriend, instead of being trapped here with all those asshole wizards.
• Not a wizard but a Bard, but if you want to bend a defintion a bit, Scanlan Shorthalt could be pulled out from a moment in time before he lost an ability to cast Wish. Considering this happens in final episode of Campaign 1 and their final enemy was Vecna, it would be thematically appriopriate.

Krynn (Dragonlance)

• Raistlin Majere is by FAR msot iconic character of the entire Dragonlance, the go to if you want to include an iconic Dragonlance character. Dragonlance Saga 15 anniversarry lists his aligment as Neutral, while 3rd edition book Legends of the Twins lits him as a Neutral Evil - the latter is after he becomes master of Time and Present and so powerful enough to be included.
• Dalamar the Dark - after Raistlin's demise, Dalamar was touted as new most powerful wizard, he was paired with Mordekainen and Elminster to form original Wizard Three. He is also listed as Neutral Evil, but I would argue he could be Lawful Evil.
• Fistandantilus - the greatest wizard before Raistlin, he is also Neutral Evil, but I woudl argue he's more CHaotic Evil, due to his tendency to backstab other wizards to steal their power. I honestly cannot see this guy working in this adventure, he seems like he would try to bodyjack someone and get 8 Desintegrates to the face.
• Phalin Majere - if you want a good-aligned representative of Krynn, Raistlin's nephew, Phalin is basically a magical prodigy and chosen one and firmly Lawful Good. The issue may be that it may be hard to find a time where he is powerful enough to be here, but before Wizard magic on Krynn went away (because all Gods, including Gods of magic, f*ed off to space and then had the whole planet stolen from under their noses) and he had to reclass to Sorcerer, starting all the way from the bottom.

Magic the Gathering - there are many worlds in this franchise, but they're often very shallow, so I will group this stuff together.

• My first pick would be Liliana Vess, originally from Dominaria, nowadays hanging out on Arcavios, home world of Strixheaven. Strixheaven book lists her as true neutral, and she has a history full of twists and turns where this character development from original evil could be justified. Personality-wise she could be the easiest quick replacement for Tasha, even if you don't feel like putting in the whole group of nine wizards. Also if you have player bringign back a Curricullum of Chaos PC for this game I can only imagine their jaw drop upon seeing "Provesso Vess" among greatest wizards in the Multiverse, snarking at all of them.
• Teferi Akosa, originally from Dominaria, now his homeland of Zalfir became a separate plane. He was always extremely powerful, what if accidentially phasing his whole country out of time and space, he was always heroic and good intended, but often prone of getting unwaranted suspictions from others, which makes him good for this kind of plot.
• From Ravnica we could pull either Jace Beleren or the dragon-mage Niv-Mizzet, during their respective time as the Living Guildpact, representative of all 10 Guilds of Ravnica. In this position their could fit well for neutral-aligned places of aligment chart, Jace leaning towards Neutral Good or Lawful Neutral somewhat more.
• Speaking of Dragons, here is a crazy idea - Nicol Bolas, one of greatest villains in Magic as Chaotic Evil representative. Okay, it may be not a good idea, I cannot imagine a situation where he doesn't try to hijack the plot and take Vecna's place or just kill everyone when the problem of potential traitor arises. Still, the idea of this really evil demigod-drgon being his petty, snarky self towards other iconic characters is kinda funny.
• For a reach more into Magic's past, we have Urza, original protagonist. He would fit well into Lawful Neutral or even Lawful Evil role, considering last time he dedicated himself to stop multiversal-level threat, original Phyrexia, his means quickly "begun resembling Phyrexian ends". This is the guy who honestly tried to outeugenics a wizard nazi "for greater good". Seriously, so much of Magic lore can be summed up with words "Local Man Ruins Everything" and picture of Urza.
• A different type of Magic candidate is Jodah, ultrapowerful Archmage who is not a planeswalker like others, but had often maneuver around them, so he is used to having to outsmart powerful people. He represents all colors of mana so he would fit for any of middle collum positions.
• Jodah old associate, Jaya Ballard, could also work very well, considering she did eventually ecame so powerful some planes confused her with a diety and established religions to her. She strikes me as a Neutral Good candidate.

Mystara - one of my beloved classic worlds, poses an issue because it never conformed to classic 9-types aligment, isntead opting for lawful (defined as "altruistic") and chaotic ("selfish"). A rare exception, 2e book Glantri: Kingdom of Magic, was a big help here.

• Prince Haldemar of Haaken - protagonist of series of short stories "Voyage of Princess Ark". Daring explorer, captain of flying ship Princess Ark, hero of Empire of Alphatia. Champions of Mystara describes him as good and heroic but having "typical Alphatian chaotic thendencies". As such I'd lean towards Chaotic Good or Neutral Good.
• Bargle the Infamous - Chaotic Evil, if D&D ever had something close to the Joker, it was Bargle. Bargle was originally an evil wizard who kills mentolove interest of the player in introductory adventure of Red Box, but this made him enemy #1 of whole generations of players and elevated to first iconic evil wizard. I would be wary of using him, as any D&D veteran or grognard may forget about Vecna in favor of trying to strangle the guy with his bare hands.
• Demetrion Karagentreropolus - most powerful Archmage in Empire of Thyatis (think: fantasy Roman Empire), he is of lawful aligment and described as sometiems working secretly to undermine Emperor's decisions that he finds to be bad for the Empire and its people. As such he could slot as Lawful Good.
• Empress Eriadna the Wise of Alphatia - current Empress of Alphatia, canonically of Neutral aligment, she rules msot powerful empire in the world and probably haven't conquered all of it only because her subjects care more for magical research and getting high. She's 80-years old.
• Prince Zandor - 40-years old son of empress Eriadna, described as "chaos personified", his aligment is "Chaotic (very)". Thanks to Mr. Welch it became popular to play him as wizard version of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. Use him if you want a comic relief.
• Master Terari - former Emperor of Alphatia, he abdicated in favor of Eriadna and disappeared, he now runs magic school in a small kingdom of Karameikos, he is working to ascend to Immortality (basically godhood without calling it so).
• Principalities of Glantri have multiple Princes of various all kinds of aligment. The country got 2e book which gave them classic aligment., I will list them below, but two I would avoid are Eitienne d'Amberville and Jaggar von Drachenfels, since they are actually Immortals (Rad, patron of magic and Diamond,, discount Bahamut, respectively). Immortals officially aren't Gods, but this is often a distinction without difference, so I cannot see them showing up in Sigil without Lady of Pain nuking the whole building.
• Princess Carnelia de Belcadiz y Fedorias (Lawful Neutral, extremely beautiful, known for her horrible temper) and Princess Carlotina Erewan ((LG, basically discount Galadriel) rule two Elven principalities, the latter rules more traditional Elves, the former's subjects are...Spanish Elves. Yes, really. They do not like each other.
• On the evil side we have Prince Morphail Gorevitch-Woszlany (wizard Nosferatu, which is like Vampire with less weaknesses, he's Strahd on steroids), Princess Dolores Hilsbury (actually a Night Dragon, undead dragon-shaped mosnter, in disguise) and Prince Brannart McGregor (lich, he's actually from real-world Scotland, I kid you not). All three are Chaotic Evil and hide their true nature, though considering Morphail looks like he walked out of set of Dracula, they aren't trying very hard.
• Rounding Glantri princes we have Prince Jherek Virayana (Neutral, master of illusions, he deflected to Glantri from their mortal enemies, Ethengar Khanates, so he is used to being under suspiction for treachery) and Prince Harald Haaskinz (LG, he's kinda new guy in the club).

Oearth (Greyhawk)

• I don't want to spend much time on Oerth since I suspect anyone using this will use either Mordekainen and/or Tasha, who are already in the module. But some alternatives could be any of wizards who have spells named after them - Bigby is neutral, Tenser is Lawful Good, Leomund is Lawful Neutral or Lawful Good, Nystrul is Neutral, Rary is Neutral Evil

Toril (Forgotten Realms)

• Alustriel was already included. She and her five sisters (not counting Dove Silverhand, who is a Ranger and a Ghost) all fit similair role as "big good immortal sorcerress". With exception of Alassra Silverhand a.k.a. Simbul the Witch-Queen, who is Chaotic Neutral, they're all Chaotic Good, so I see little point switching Alustriel for another one if you want CG spot to be fit by someone from Toril. I would also be wary of using Storm Silverhand, who, according to Ed Greenwood, helped real Mordekainen recover after his role in Curse of Strahd and has a "friends with benefits" relationship with him.
• Elminster is also Chaotic Good, I don't get why WotC shy away from using him. I get he is controversial, but his exclusion has been kinda awkward here. They really don't think Kas can fool Elminster, but he can fool Tasha? As far as I know only one of them slept with Mordekainen, like come on! Anyway, if you want to use him, Elmisnter is also Chaotic Good, so kinda redundant with other Choosen of Mystra.
• Larloch the Shadow-King or Szass Tam could each work as a powerful lawful evil lich, that allies with the good guys out of spite against interloper god that dared throw their weight around and claim godhood over THEIR world. Larloch in particular is no stranger of going against gods and their servants, who seek to rewrite rules of magic that is basic of his power - just ask Shar and her servants at Shade Enclave.
• While characters from Baldur's Gate 3 end their adventure around 13th level, Book Minsc & Boo's Journal of Villain contains statblocks of multiple characters from previous two games. Edwin Odesserion, infamous Red Wizard of Thay, is among them, powerful enough to fit in the group.

Domains of Dread (Ravenloft) - I put this one last because of unique use we could have out of Domaind of Dread in this campaign. You see, we know that characterstrapped in Demiplane of Dread cannot leave that easily, they need Dark Powers' permission. And Dark Powers are backing up Kas. I have also seen multiple complaints how both main antagonists of this campaign - Vecna nad Kas - are absent from most of it, with many ideas being thrown around about having Kas as an active rival that competes for pieces of the Rod. It occured to me that he may play that role, while we still have an impostor - another character trapped in Demiplane of Dread could be working with Kas and the Dark Powers in exchange for their freedom. This way we could even allow PCs to sherlock holmes who the traitor is between collecting different pieces of the Rod, and still can have Kas show up with hordes of monsters to steal the Rod later. All that matters is they do not impersonate a character of the same aligment. Here are some candidates for this role:

• from Forgotten Realms, we could reach for semi-official suppliment minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, written by lead writer of first two Baldur's Gate games. It suggests an alternate fate for main villains of Baldur's Gate II - Jon Irenicus and his sister Bodhi - that places them in Demiplane of Dread, leading their own evil cult working towards their escape. He is neutral evil, she is Chaotic Evil
• From Mystara we have Meredoth, main antagonist of classic Ravenloft module Ship of Horrors, condemned to Demiplane of Dread afre his negligence caused his subjects to die of starvation. TWICE!. He is cursed to be unable to discover new magic on his own and having to steal knowledge, so he would be itching, as a mole, to steal from other eight wizards in the room. He's Chaotic Evil.

That's for now, but rest assured, I shall be returning to this post to update it with more characters, potentially more campaign worlds even. Your suggestions whom to add are always welcome.

TL;DR, mental health conditions messing with cognitive functions?
In 2012, I was diagnosed with Asperger's at age 8 right before DSM-5 was published. Currently, I also feel like I am dealing with undiagnosed DPDR (Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder), as well as a minor form of DPD (Dependent Personality Disorder). (Asperger's only diagnosed). ...annnd an EXTRA, I am also thinking if Cyclothymia is also involved.
I am completely certain with all of my typology, except my tritype and MBTI. Some bonuses are Melancholic-Phlegmatic, rXUA[I] It's often said everywhere I look that an INTJ can not have EII and FELV.
(Probably a mess below, so please prepare)
When I was 11-12, I was a lot more extroverted and looked like a type 8, when my friend got into fights in school, I took the "You need to get through me, before you get to him." type of role. (Se inconsistency?)
I am inside my room basically 24/7, I have a bit of a sugar addiction, I struggle with exercise, general physical activity and I am still for most of the day. Though I am starting to pick up going for walks. (Se-grip or secondary Se?). I jump at random loud sounds from my family, and sometimes struggle to sleep when our neighbours play music, even when it's extremely quiet because the bass really gets to me, however back in 2022(?), I slept on a bed with no blanket, with a running truck right outside my room.
When I have disagreements with someone, I can be a prude and despise them based on their lack of morality, and it eithers leads me to withdrawing or stealing the INFJ door slam, though I notice myself occasionally letting them back into my life, and I don't know why I do that, it's like I just do it without thinking on it, only to regret it or continue to resent the person.
I can struggle coming to conclusions with my decisions, and often have someone else do it for me (DPD?), I am socially anxious, and get my friend or family to buy things at shops in place for me, so I can avoid interacting with shopkeepers, etc, to stop me from being anxious. When anxious, it's more of a feeling than thought. Because of Asperger's, I can't look at people in the eyes, including most of my family members too, it feels like my soul is being pierced with my subconsciousness telling me to look away at all costs. When I seek help, I tend feel like my family is incompetent, except for my friends or former counsellor.
I always look down, walking or sitting, with either a poker face or death stare, everyone would always ask me randomly if something was up, I would always be indecisive of what to answer, often it going unanswered, but this has led to me being comfortable with opening up, and asking for help, (DPD, or sx5?)
On the inside, I am often guided by my emotional atmosphere inside my head, inner world even. When listening to a song that gets to me, I just can't sit still, internally I can be in the moment, excited and inspired, without showing it at all on the outside, like a robot. I have some impulsive sides to me (Asperger's?), which has lead me thinking my tritype is 471, mixed with the idealism and high morality, this has got me thinking on Cyclothymia. Also a touch of OCPD included with the 1 fix... overall Cluster C.
Within the realm of empathy, I often offer logical solutions, offering guides instead of emotional support, though I offer emotional support about the times out of 3/10, it's occasional. It often feels heavily embarrassing and exposing to me when I try to be emotionally supportive, it's also the same when I want to show my gratitude, I would rather text a thank you, than say it in person because of how difficult it feels to do so, but deep down I know I would really like to, I am slowly but surely making progress on this.
I really feel like I am an INXX, but at the same time I think about how I am a very emotional, and intense INTJ who romanticizes things, or a robotic Feeler type. the cognitive functions of INTJ and ISFP are the same, and I relate to them them the most compared to every other cognitive function stacks. If I could invent my MBTI type, it would be: Fi, Ni, Te, Se.
If someone read this big mess, I really appreciate it, this has been eating at me. I hope this all made sense.

Descobri esta APP aqui no sub. Em 6 meses fiz 120k pontos, e já levantei 60€. Não é nenhuma fortuna, mas não está mau para ser por fazer caminhadas e umas tasks na app.
Para além dos jogos da Macadam, agora podem também ganhar pontos com os partner games - Ir a "play partner games" > AppsPrize > e escolher o jogo. Podem deixar a rodar no telemóvel e ganham pontos, e estes pagam bem mais que a Macadam normalmente paga.
A app usa o pedometro do vosso smartphone, e precisa de acesso ao Google fit, mas não usa a localização. Os dados do Google fit não me parecem tão importantes que não se possa deixar aceder. É necessário todos os dias transformar os passos que deram durante o dia em pontos. É só abrir a app e carregar no botão. Eu incorporei isso numa rotina diária em que já faço outras pequenas tasks (por exemplo ir buscar os 0.10€ diarios da freecash)
PRO TIP: Podem fazer muitos pontos na seção de jogos, recebem pontos por minutos jogados, não por objetivos, o que quer dizer que basta ter o jogo aberto e estão a receber pontos, nem precisam estar a mexer no telemovel (só funciona em aparelhos Android).
Ao entrar através de convite, ou convidar amigos para a plataforma dá 1000 pontos (cerca de 0.55€)
Passos para conseguir a reward:
1 - Instalar a app e criar uma conta: https://macad.am/en (non ref link)
2 - Na app, ir a settings, no separador de referral devem ter uma opção para inserir código de amigo, podem inserir o meu:
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Recebem logo 1000 moedas, e agora é só caminhar e juntar mais. Podem usar isto para começar a fazer aquelas caminhadas que já andam a pensar fazer há tempos :D
Às 30k podem levantar o dinheiro, mas eu vou tentar atingir níveis mais altos, em que as moedas dão mais dinheiro.

In Missing Pieces, Agent Phillip Jeffries checked in to a Buenos Aires Hotel named Palm De Luxe.
Another kind of "de luxe" is a Rolex wristwatch that according to the company itself is une montre de luxe. Another kind of palm is a date, as in a date palm. These seemingly unrelated kinds would then come back together because a Rolex watch has a date on its clock face, like seen when Andy glanced his in P5.
Stars turn, and the time presents itself.
Andy's Rolex was also linked to another luxury item, Mr C's 2015 Mercedes-Benz S 550 Coupé the three-pointed star of which matched the position of the hands of Andy's watch, giving us the likely answer to the Log Lady's P2 riddle about "stars turning" and the time presenting itself. There may have been all sorts of transformations here so that also another Mercedes, the 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse driven by the Polish Accountant, was this same item. As the story moved forward, it seems to have been in constant flux so that select characters and their surroundings kept wildly changing from one scene to another.
We got another riddle about stars in P13 when Hawk revealed his ancient map to Sheriff Truman. Earlier in P9, the deputies had found some information with two dates on a piece of paper inside a metal tube left behind by Major Briggs.

Hawk: "The Major also gave us a date, day after tomorrow. If you read these stars --"

Hawk waved his hand over the rudimentary starry sky of his map.

Hawk: "-- you find that same date --"

The date that Major gave them was a shooting star.
He pointed multiple times at a specific location on the map. We didn't see what it was exactly but since he had already pointed at the Major's old station on the Blue Pine Mountain, "that same date" was somewhere up and right from the mountain.
Among the stars on the map's sky, there was one different, a shooting star on the area that Hawk appeared to point at. But how could a date and a shooting star link to each other?
This takes us to Agent Tammy Preston whose real name was given in the credits as Tamara,. Coincidentally, the name "Tamara" means a date palm. She was also a star of different kind, like Albert recalled in P12.

Albert: "Agent Preston, you've been on our radar since you made the honors list at George Washington High, not to mention the dean's list at MIT and top of your class at Quantico."

Pay attention to the shooting star.
Later in P16, after telling her story, the manufactured Diane got agitated and draw her pistol. Whatever she planned to do, Albert and Tammy were faster and shot her. At 41:24, there was a strange glitch. Briefly, only Albert was behind the desk, drawing his weapon, whereas Tammy had disappeared. But after a quick cut to Diane getting hit, Tammy was back, shooting Diane as well.
As usual, the glitch right that moment probably urged us to pay attention to Tammy. On computer screens behind her, there were two FBI emblems. The emblem is decorated with 13 stars, making her surrounded by stars. She was shooting, and there was fire coming from her pistol.
Perhaps Tammy was the "date" that was also the "shooting star" in the starry sky on Hawk's map.
So, on one hand, we got a star linked to Rolex and Mercedes-Benz and on the other, a star linked to Tammy. Would these two star riddles perhaps meet each other so that ultimately they were about the same thing?
In P2, Mr C's Mercedes went to a storage and he got a Lincoln Town Car. Jack appeared to have got himself into some trouble with him. A bit later, Mr C told what happened.

Mr C: "I killed Jack two hours ago after he wired the car."

It wasn't clear if he meant the Mercedes-Benz or the Lincoln. Another strange exchange around wiring was later in P4 when the FBI team was wrapping up at Yankton airport.

Cole: "You're wearing a wire, Tammy." Tammy: "You asked me to!" Cole: "Right. Go wait in the restaurant."

The star turned, and an hourglass presented itself.
Frustrated, Tammy turned around and went in. The two men kept staring at her curvy walking. Perhaps the idea here was that as this star turned, an hourglass figure presented itself, the time of different kind.
That this was the association we needed to make was hinted by framing Tammy in the middle of a wider shot that had the fence reflected on the windows. Later in P12, when we got to Audrey and Charlie for the first time and camera panned slowly across the room, it stopped so that on the right, there was another kind of fence visible through a window while on the left, there was an actual hourglass on Charlie's desk.
Judy has a turning figure 8.
Another name for the hourglass body shape is "figure 8". In P17, the teapot version of Jeffries kept thinking about Judy when Cooper and Gerard paid him a visit, even if nobody was asking him about it.

Jeffries: "This ... is where you'll find Judy. There may be someone -- Did you ask me this?"

In the steam, the "two birds with one stone" symbol of the green ring appeared and quickly transformed into number 8. A dot appeared on it. The number turned around, just like Tammy turned her figure 8.
To Tammy and the blue rows.
The last we saw of Mr C's Mercedes-Benz was in P2 when it disappeared behind a coiling door that looked like a set of blue rows. Later in P12, Tammy agreed to join the FBI's Blue Rose task force, and they all cheered for her.

Cole: "To Tammy and the Blue Rose!"

You got a date with a Bell who might show up as a luxury timepiece.
In Missing Pieces, when Jeffries arrived to Hotel Palm De Luxe, he got a note from "Miss Judy". The receptionist held it for a while so that it was framed between a heavily decorated clock face and a bell. Perhaps this was the shot that gave Lynch the idea to cast Chrysta Bell in the role of a the character who would also appear as a luxury watch.
The male characters driving or having a Mercedes-Benz - the Mr C in the opening episode, garageman Jack in P2 and the Polish Accountant in P16 - or wearing a Rolex - Red in P6 and the Andy on the logging road in P7 - seem to all have been various incarnations of Phillip Jeffries, changing from one appearance to another. He was, after all, a former FBI Agent. At the same time, these cars and watches seem to have been abstractions for the same character who appeared as Tammy. Assuming she indeed was Judy, the two of them seem to have hit it off and gone together to their own worlds.
The Major also gave us a date. This would now take us to Cole's story he told to Albert and Tammy in P17.

Cole: "For 25 years, I've kept something from you, Albert. Before he disappeared, Major Briggs shared with me and Cooper his discovery of an entity, an extreme negative force called in olden times 'Jowday.' Over time, it's become 'Judy.' Major Briggs, Cooper, and I put together a plan that could lead us to Judy."

The little story was prefaced with inconsistent acting and repeated footage, as seems usual to help us connect the dots. At 2:21, there was a shot of Tammy and Albert. Then back to Cole who quietly stared at Albert and then looked at something in front of Tammy. Cut back to the other two, Tammy's wine glass had jumped to another location, and now she held her right arm with her left. There was a cut back to Cole, repeating the exact same footage we just saw, with him again looking at something in front of Tammy.
The glitching may have suggested that the topic of Cole's story was right there, listening how the boys had a plan to get to her. Apparently, the Major had had a role to play why and how she was there - it was him who had discovered Judy and given the "date", apparently then Tamara Preston. Coincidentally, later in the episode, she was in the Twin Peaks Sheriff's station 10/2 at 2:53pm.
But there were two dates on the Major's slip of paper, implying that things weren't quite as straightforward.

Season 1, Episode 10: Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 3
Airdate: May 15, 2024
Directed by: Chase Conley
Written by: Beau DeMayo and Anthony Sellitti
Synopsis: The X-Men's dream is put to the test as mutant-human relations reach a tipping point.
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