In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
And a second variant without a face as per his request:
"I'd like to look at Drakan's face and wonder what things he could have felt in this moment, but not be pushed in any direction. To be drawn in by the possibilities and the depth of the unknowable human (vampire) soul."
@Soycrates Out of all of them, DS1 curse is both the most annoying and my favourite because finding Purging Stones as a first time player makes for an adventure within an adventure, hellish as it might be
@Soycrates I like the dungeon vibes(and that my goat Yhorm is down there), but yeah getting branded is the same level of annoyance as getting age sucked in Sekiro, both of which are just a few levels below getting cursed in DS1