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Strahd Chapter 5-6: Bones of a Saint

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Chapter 5-6: Bones of a Saint Introductions Malrosh, Tiefling sorcerer Redvus Dundonald, Gnome Cleric seeking enlightenment Aslok, Dwarven Paladin who hates necromancers Inarra, Human Wizard with no scruples out to make a quick profit Desunt Clariatis, Human Wild sorcerer Our journeys end the city of Vallaki!  Once inside the city we headed to the Blue Water Inn where Ismark paid for rooms for three days as well as the 20 gold he had offered for the protective detail.  We offered to escort him and his sister to the church where she should be protected from vampire attack. Unfortunately when we talked to Father Lucian Petrovich at St. Andral's Church it turned out the bones of the saint that protected the place had been stolen!  It was decided that Ireena was stay with us.  If we could not retrieve the bones then we would take her west to the Abbey of Saint Markovia, near the village of Krezk, where she may find protection.  As burgomaster Ismark had to return to Barovia and look af

WH40k Strike Force: Ultramarines vs Aeldari

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Ultramarine vs  Aeldari  Battle Report My second game of 10th Edition 40k.  I have attempted to do this as a slightly more descriptive report rather than a precise blow by blow account of the game.  A friend came around with a bag full of ruins so we could have a tactical game with a lot of LOS blocking terrain. Ultramarine Armoured Division Captain Balthasar in Terminator armour leading Terminator Squad  Librarian Zekiel in Artificer armour leading Sergeant Raphael and his Tactical Squad Rhino Dedicated Transport Devastator Squad lead by Sgt Newmar Sergeant Arion and his Scout snipers 3x Dreadnoughts - Brother Grumio, Darius and Marcus 3x Predator Destructors - Alpha, Beta, Gamma Vindicator Delta Aeldari Wraithguard lead by a Spiritseer Wave Serpent carrying Dire Avengers  Wave Serpent carrying Howling Banshees & Fire Dragons Dark Reapers Rangers  Windriders  Wraithknight  2x Wraithlord Setup: Vital Ground Mission with Hammer and Anvil deployment and Delayed Reserves rule.  Both

WH40k Incursion: Ultramarines vs Blood Angels

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Ultramarine Battle Report My first game of 10th Edition 40k.  I have attempted to do this as a slightly more descriptive report rather than a precise blow by blow account of the game.  That said I am sure we made some mistakes ( such as first turn rapid ingress from the Death Company ). Ultramarine Armoured Division Techmarine Sniper Scouts Dreadnought Vindicator 2x Predator Destructor Ballistus Dreadnought Devastator Squad with Quad Lascannons Blood Angels Death Company Chaplain with Jump Pack Death Company Squad Primaris Captain leading Bladeguard Squad Assault Intercessor Squad 2x Heavy Intercessor Squad Death Company "Furioso" Dreadnought Dreadnought Setup: Scorched Earth Mission with Sweeping Engagement deployment and Secret Intel.  The Ultramarine force went for tactical missions to make use of their secret intel.  While the Angels went for Engage on all Fronts and Bring it Down.  The first suited their play style and the second seemed a good option against the vehicle

Strahd Chapter 4: Fortune

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Chapter 4: Fortune Introductions Malrosh, Tiefling sorcerer Desunt Clariatis, Human Wild sorcerer Redvus Dundonald, Gnome Cleric seeking enlightenment Aslok, Dwarven Paladin who hates necromancers Ismark and Ireena Kolyanovich, who we are escorting to safty Leaving Daggerford we headed west taking the road toward Vallaki.  Our plans were to veer off through the foothills and cut across country rather than following the road all the way.  During our first couple of nights camping Redvus thought he could see animals watching us during the night and he let everyone know something seemed to be tracking us, perhaps whatever had left the claw marks on the front door of the house. As night approched on the following night we stumbled upon a Vistani camp.  Their colourful caravans formed a circle around the fire.  Malrosh talked to Marina their leader and we were invited to join their evening celebration and make toasts to the Dread Lord Von Zarovich.  Part way through the night all six of us

The Magic of Solar Power

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  The Magic of Solar Panels I used to play Magic the Gathering card game.  Some thirty years later the original cards from 1993-1994 turned out to be worth quite a lot of money.  In fact they were worth so much I sold my collection of old cards and got enough cash for an entire solar array on my house! My full system cost just over £15,000.  The main part was on the panels, inverter and battery.  There were additional costs for scaffolding and a Solar iBoost for hot water ( more on that later ).  What I had installed was a 4 kilowatt peak (kWp) system consisting of:  10x QCell 395 Watt panels with SolarEdge optimisers and SolarEdge inverter £6300 An integrated SolarEdge StoreEdge 10kWh home battery £8000 What can you expect from a Solar system? According to Ofgem the 'average' British household uses 242 kWh of electricity per month.  This is only household consumption and does not cover anything for an electric vehicle.  Fortunately my friend was kind enough to share data for t

Strahd Chapter 3: Village of Barovia

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Chapter 3: Village of Barovia Introductions Malrosh, Tiefling sorcerer Courtney Ashtree, Spear Maiden Human Paladin Redvus Dundonald, Gnome Cleric seeking enlightenment Aslok, Dwarven Paladin who hates necromancers After spending the evening sleeping in the old house we woke up to find the place had decayed around us.  Now we stood in an old property with everything around us tarnished and worn.  Heading out into the town we went to find the Burgomaster. First we entered the general store that was run by Bildrath.  He told us the new Burgomaster was in the tavern.  Asking him some more questions we found out the old Burgomaster Kolyan Indirovich who had written us a letter had died two days before we arrived. In the Blood of the Vine tavern we found a man named Ismark Kolyanovich.  Courtney talked to him and we discovered he was having problems getting the local priest to bury his father.  Showing him the letter he said it was not written by his father.  We offered to help him and went

PF2e - Not Good Still Awesome Caster Builds

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 PF2e - Not Good Still Awesome Caster Builds With Reddit going dark these are no longer available for public viewing.  I have taken a copy from the wayback machine to make sure they are not lost forever. Click on the class to expand the build details. Post Title Date Posted Build Outline Original Poster The Living Siege Tower 6 Mar 20 Cleric/Champion -Pure tank caster amalgamemnon SMITE 2 Feb 21 Cleric/Champion -Smitepriest TheGentlemanDM The Dracopontiff 17 Aug 20 Cleric/Dragon Disciple versatile caster amalgamemnon The Kamehameha Cleric 24 Jan 20 Cleric/Monk -Focus point blaster TheGentlemanDM A Leaf on the Wind 28 Apr 20 Druid/Rogue -Mobile blaster/healer TheGentlemanDM Dead Cthulhu Lies Dreaming 17 Aug 20 Lore Oracle versatile caster TheGentlemanDM Rising Angel, Fallen Fiend 21 Aug