Mods:
Controlling-forge-1.18.2-9.0+19.jar
curios-forge-1.18.2-5.0.7.0.jar
jei-1.18.2-9.5.5.174.jar
malum-1.18.2-1.3.6.jar
MouseTweaks-forge-mc1.18-2.21.jar
ortus-1.18.2-1.0.jar

The ceaseless impetus is taking durability when I die, but it doesn't revive me. Also, when I respawn none of my items drop, so they just disappear.

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sammy; says this is, "totally fixed up in 1.4, epic style, with the sauce" (my words not theirs, despite the quotes), so it sounds like it's just a matter of waiting for the next release.

epic and cool