Sort Of Arbitrary
@sortofarbitrary.bsky.social
FFXIV Mod Creator | Level 36 | He/Him | NSFW 🔞 ❤️💜💙 | Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/vulonsulin | Discord: sortofarbitrary | Husband and Owner of : @grellxiv.bsky.social
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Quiet for a little bit. Been working on a site. For years, for a combination of reasons, I did not accept commissions. For new reasons, I'll be accepting limited commissions. This is new for me, and I'll probably be figuring a few things out as I go.
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Still very early. My next High Summoner update will be three new summons. I can't just do Ifrit without doing his risen form and I can't just do his risen form without doing Phoenix too.
I also have to announce that I'm going to have to take a break from commissions.
I also have to announce that I'm going to have to take a break from commissions.
September 29, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Still very early. My next High Summoner update will be three new summons. I can't just do Ifrit without doing his risen form and I can't just do his risen form without doing Phoenix too.
I also have to announce that I'm going to have to take a break from commissions.
I also have to announce that I'm going to have to take a break from commissions.
Why do we need to constantly have to monitor our companion's time. It feels like just another minor unnecessary annoyance. Anyone else feel like they should just be called, last indefinitely, and then dismissed when you want them to?
chocobos when their lettuce timer runs out
Ted Explodes
ALT: Ted Explodes
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September 21, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Why do we need to constantly have to monitor our companion's time. It feels like just another minor unnecessary annoyance. Anyone else feel like they should just be called, last indefinitely, and then dismissed when you want them to?
Pokedex Expanded, a pet mod for Beastmaster that adds 300+ variant options across all 50 pets, is now free for download. www.xivmodarchive.com/modid/169312
September 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Pokedex Expanded, a pet mod for Beastmaster that adds 300+ variant options across all 50 pets, is now free for download. www.xivmodarchive.com/modid/169312
Crimson Cyclone and Strike. I know the strike is not shaped like a targeted AOE, but I really don't have any other place to include the animation for Earthen Fury, and I can't really call it Earthen Fury either given that's his ult. But it's a melee ranged attack anyways, so a cone isn't so far off.
June 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Crimson Cyclone and Strike. I know the strike is not shaped like a targeted AOE, but I really don't have any other place to include the animation for Earthen Fury, and I can't really call it Earthen Fury either given that's his ult. But it's a melee ranged attack anyways, so a cone isn't so far off.
I think this might be the largest summon I'll ever do. When I do Ifrit (next), he'll probably be about half this size. This is Titan set to large too. There will be options to make him smaller though.
June 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I think this might be the largest summon I'll ever do. When I do Ifrit (next), he'll probably be about half this size. This is Titan set to large too. There will be options to make him smaller though.
Figured out how to set up randomized sound files without using VFX emitters. Found all his walking sounds. Very impactful walking.
June 11, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Figured out how to set up randomized sound files without using VFX emitters. Found all his walking sounds. Very impactful walking.
IDK if he's tall enough.
June 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
IDK if he's tall enough.
And so it begins again. Titan was questionable until this point. Here he is at full scale next to a full sized Bahamut. See, all his movement in his fight is just him leaping, jumping, and sliding around. He had no clean walk or run animation to use.
June 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
And so it begins again. Titan was questionable until this point. Here he is at full scale next to a full sized Bahamut. See, all his movement in his fight is just him leaping, jumping, and sliding around. He had no clean walk or run animation to use.
High Summoner is now updated and uploaded with Eikon Garuda, Warden of the Winds
youtu.be/d86Ls0ew59k
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High Summoner: Warden of the Winds Update
YouTube video by Sort of Arbitrary
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June 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
High Summoner is now updated and uploaded with Eikon Garuda, Warden of the Winds
youtu.be/d86Ls0ew59k
youtu.be/d86Ls0ew59k
Last, but certainly not least, the LB3
June 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Last, but certainly not least, the LB3
Crimson Cyclone and Crimson Strike finished. Still to do: Lux Solaris and maybe Rekindle. I'll have to see what I can put together of her animations.
June 3, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Crimson Cyclone and Crimson Strike finished. Still to do: Lux Solaris and maybe Rekindle. I'll have to see what I can put together of her animations.
The first Talons ability. This one is for Mountain Buster. I've enjoyed using of Benedikta's ability animations. I feel like they're unexpected but fitting for a mod pack based around her.
June 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The first Talons ability. This one is for Mountain Buster. I've enjoyed using of Benedikta's ability animations. I feel like they're unexpected but fitting for a mod pack based around her.
I really am trying to get away from drowning XVI Garuda and her associated Astral Flows with XIV aesthetics, but these animations are not making that easy.
May 26, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I really am trying to get away from drowning XVI Garuda and her associated Astral Flows with XIV aesthetics, but these animations are not making that easy.
Bigger Torgal and Torgal Companion have both been updated with the Fenrir version of Torgal from FFXVI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzM...
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Bigger Torgal and Torgal Companion Fenrir Update
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May 25, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Bigger Torgal and Torgal Companion have both been updated with the Fenrir version of Torgal from FFXVI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzM...
I was HOPING to update my Torgal mods with both a new model and new animations. However, we're still limited by certain settings which have made his animations, for now, unreachable. But some improvement is better than none I suppose.
May 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I was HOPING to update my Torgal mods with both a new model and new animations. However, we're still limited by certain settings which have made his animations, for now, unreachable. But some improvement is better than none I suppose.
Dropped two packs today. I completed Journey Monk and Ranger a little while back. Just never found the time to make videos and post them. Too many things and not enough follow through I guess. And now XVI conversions are becoming a new shiny distraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz52...
Journey Monk
YouTube video by Sort of Arbitrary
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May 23, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Dropped two packs today. I completed Journey Monk and Ranger a little while back. Just never found the time to make videos and post them. Too many things and not enough follow through I guess. And now XVI conversions are becoming a new shiny distraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz52...
This took all day to get right. First, had to convert Benedikta's wings into a summoned weapon. Then had to convert her animation to the player skeleton. I've never done animation conversions from other games like this. We don't have a bone redirect list, so I manually renamed her skeleton bones.
May 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This took all day to get right. First, had to convert Benedikta's wings into a summoned weapon. Then had to convert her animation to the player skeleton. I've never done animation conversions from other games like this. We don't have a bone redirect list, so I manually renamed her skeleton bones.
I tried to encapsulate parts of both versions of her Aerial Blast here coupled with a little bit of FFXIV's version too. It was the best I could come up with as both of hers are self targeted and need to be changed to a targeted AOE. The casting of the Clive fight version is much more cinematic too.
May 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I tried to encapsulate parts of both versions of her Aerial Blast here coupled with a little bit of FFXIV's version too. It was the best I could come up with as both of hers are self targeted and need to be changed to a targeted AOE. The casting of the Clive fight version is much more cinematic too.
Still a work in progress, but created her auto based on her "shotgun" attack that sprays a bunch of projectiles and her enkindle based on her Tornado ability. It seems a bit obstructive, but it's actually easier to see enemies inside it than it looks. And yes, the SFX are also ported from XVI.
May 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Still a work in progress, but created her auto based on her "shotgun" attack that sprays a bunch of projectiles and her enkindle based on her Tornado ability. It seems a bit obstructive, but it's actually easier to see enemies inside it than it looks. And yes, the SFX are also ported from XVI.
No tricks. That IS XVI Garuda, in XIV. Currently just idling, but it took so much work to just get this far. There are so many people who encouraged and supported me along the way through my days of troubleshooting issues that have my thanks. Yes, Summoners, expect to see a lot more.
May 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
No tricks. That IS XVI Garuda, in XIV. Currently just idling, but it took so much work to just get this far. There are so many people who encouraged and supported me along the way through my days of troubleshooting issues that have my thanks. Yes, Summoners, expect to see a lot more.
A HUGE thank you to my friend, Echo, for helping me learn a new tool. Still a long ways to go, but this is promising.
May 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A HUGE thank you to my friend, Echo, for helping me learn a new tool. Still a long ways to go, but this is promising.
Early work on a new project. I'm in no rush with Evercold coming next year. I'm actually working on it as a sort of twin project with a commission request so I'll have a personal free public version and a version for my commission requestor.
May 3, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Early work on a new project. I'm in no rush with Evercold coming next year. I'm actually working on it as a sort of twin project with a commission request so I'll have a personal free public version and a version for my commission requestor.