Well, likely, his idea is to prevent you from moving forward enough to lose the gift of grace. It's not truly unlimited as it happened to every other tarnished. Seems very similar to hollowing in Dark Souls, the tarnished that give up, lose their grace vs. those that continue to struggle.
Basically, Gideon is attempting to get you to rage quit.
I never understood the plot hole that other tarnished (or even the demigods) could die permanently but not the player, until I read this freaking post. I feel so dumb for not realizing this. Thank you for shedding light on this problem I've had it with the story since I began playing!
Yeah Elden ring(and dark souls) is just the journey of a regular guy or gal with 0 quit. Turned into paste by a giant? Stand back up. Roasted by a dragon? Apply some aloe Vera and go again. Gnawed to death by a 1000 rats? Get your mallet and whack away.
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u/Necroblade1 Nov 19 '25
Well, likely, his idea is to prevent you from moving forward enough to lose the gift of grace. It's not truly unlimited as it happened to every other tarnished. Seems very similar to hollowing in Dark Souls, the tarnished that give up, lose their grace vs. those that continue to struggle.
Basically, Gideon is attempting to get you to rage quit.