Whenever I go into fiend territory and new Vegas I somehow get either memory errors or my screen freezes which mods should I delete?
Mods:
#Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name
"0000","+","DLC: TribalPack"
"0001","+","DLC: OldWorldBlues"
"0002","+","DLC: MercenaryPack"
"0003","+","DLC: LonesomeRoad"
"0004","+","DLC: HonestHearts"
"0005","+","DLC: GunRunnersArsenal"
"0006","+","DLC: DeadMoney"
"0007","+","DLC: ClassicPack"
"0008","+","DLC: CaravanPack"
"0009","+","NVAC - New Vegas Anti Crash"
"0010","+","JohnnyGuitarNVSE"
"0011","+","JIP LN NVSE Plugin"
"0012","+","New Vegas Tick Fix"
"0013","+","JSawyer Ultimate Edition"
"0014","+","Mod Limit Fix"
"0015","+","Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus"
"0016","+","AnhNVSE"
"0017","+","kNVSE Animation Plugin"
"0018","+","Infinite Loading Screen Fix"
"0019","+","Yukichigai Unofficial Patch - YUP"
"0020","+","Improved Console"
"0021","+","yGTM - Gameplay Tweaks and Madness"
"0022","+","lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes"
"0023","+","Stewie Tweaks INI"
"0024","+","ShowOff xNVSE Plugin"
"0025","+","SUP NVSE Plugin"
"0026","+","OneTweak for Fallout New Vegas"
"0027","+","Collision Meshes"
"0028","+","Mojave Raiders Patch"
"0029","+","update Collision Meshes FNV 1.6.3 to 1.6.4"
"0030","+","Low AP Effect for Custom Health and AP Visuals (Cyber Jam)"
"0031","+","New Vegas Mesh Improvement Mod"
"0032","+","Meshes and Collision - Totally Enhanced Nifs (MAC-TEN)"
"0033","+","Iron Sights Aligned"
"0034","+","Fast Weapon Lag Fix"
"0035","+","Arizona Army Patch"
"0036","+","Consistent weapon spread"
"0037","+","Vanilla Weapon Scale Fix"
"0038","+","HIPControl - Weapon Idle Position Adjuster - ESPless"
"0039","+","Mojave Raiders"
"0040","+","ISControl"
"0041","+","FOV Slider"
"0042","+","KEYWORDS"
"0043","+","NVB1Patch"
"0044","+","AWO Lend-Lease - Lee-Enfield - B42 Optics Patch"
"0045","+","Patch Main And Pause Menus Overhaul"
"0046","+","NVBII Version 1 dot 47 Standalone (Patch)"
"0047","+","v1-02 Patch"
"0048","+","Console Paste"
"0049","+","Cyberware 2281"
"0050","+","Just Loot Menu DoF - ESPless"
"0051","+","Just Bullet Time DoF - ESPless"
"0052","+","JAM - Just Assorted Mods"
"0053","+","B42 Quickthrow patch"
"0054","+","Base Object Swapper"
"0055","+","AWO - Trench Repeater"
"0056","+","AWO - Trench Repeater - NVTS patch"
"0057","+","AWO - Trench Repeater - B42 Optics Patch"
"0058","+","B42 Optics Aligned - Anniversary"
"0059","+","AWO - MG42"
"0060","+","Ani_Desert Eagle kNVSE Set- Another Millenia Patch"
"0061","+","AWO - MG42 - update"
"0062","+","AWO - MG42 - B42 Optics Patch"
"0063","+","tactapack B42 Optics Patch"
"0064","+","Updated Another Mil B42 Optics Update"
"0065","+","Another Millenia and Addon - B42 Optics Patch"
"0066","+","B42 Optics - Real Time Reflections Patch"
"0067","+","B42 Optics NV Patches"
"0068","+","Supplementary Weapons Pack Patch"
"0069","+","Immersive Recoil Ammo Data"
"0070","+","Death's Last Whisper - Angel of Death Update - Texture Fix"
"0071","+","NVBII TOTNW 2.0 Patch"
"0072","+","NVBIII Version .954 PATCH"
"0073","+","NVBII Version 1 dot 47 Standalone"
"0074","+","Someguy Series 2 dot 0"
"0075","+","The Someguy Series Revamped"
"0076","+","DesertersFortress_Update"
"0077","+","VATS Lag Fix"
"0078","+","Threshold"
"0079","+","Weapon Pack Patches - ESPless"
"0080","+","yUI-User interface"
"0081","+","UIO - User Interface Organizer"
"0082","+","MCM BugFix 2"
"0083","+","The Mod Configuration Menu"
"0084","+","Consistent Pip-Boy Icons v5 - Framework Plugin"
"0085","+","Consistent Pip-Boy Icons v5 - Apparel"
"0086","+","Trooper Overhaul Main File"
"0087","+","Sapper Leg Fix"
"0088","+","Consistent Pip-Boy Icons v4"
"0089","+","Advanced Recon HD Icons"
"0090","+","Helmet Overlay"
"0091","+","1.2.1a Hotfix"
"0092","+","Main And Pause Menus Overhaul"
"0093","+","Melee Hitstop Effects"
"0094","+","JSRS Sound Mod Main File"
"0095","+","Sound Extender"
"0096","+","Viewmodel Shake Fix - NVSE"
"0097","+","DSOAL - True 3D Sound for Headphones (HRTF mod)"
"0098","+","Bullet Snap Redux - Espless"
"0099","+","MNTLs Energy Weapons Sound Pack"
"0100","+","All Explosion Sounds Overhaul BSA and YUP Patch"
"0101","+","BallistX Patch Collection"
"0102","+","ADS - Backpack - Jump Sound Effects MONO"
"0103","+","Empty Clicks"
"0104","+","Animated TVs with Sound"
"0105","+","Interior Rain"
"0106","+","Iron Sights Recoil Anims"
"0107","+","Iron Sight Inertia - espless"
"0108","+","Smooth True Ironsights"
"0109","+","Animated Ingestibles (english)"
"0110","+","AWO - musket"
"0111","+","AWO LL - Lee-Enfield (updated LL)"
"0112","+","AWO - musket mesh fix (Musket)"
"0113","+","Serviamnon - AWO MG42 machine gun animation"
"0114","+","Volare Complete quest and the boomers will be using it"
"0115","+","New Vegas Animation Overhaul Guns"
"0116","+","Combined melee animation pack"
"0117","+","Animated Sleeping"
"0118","+","Ani_Desert Eagle kNVSE Set"
"0119","+","Hit - Power Armor Pip-Boy Anim"
"0120","+","Hit - B42 Interact Animation Pack"
"0121","+","B42 Interact"
"0122","+","Immersive Weapon Swap ESPLess"
"0123","+","Frozen Hit Rockomotion"
"0124","+","Subtle Camera Motion"
"0125","+","ySI - Sorting Ycons"
"0126","+","ySI - Sorting Icons - Autumn Leaves patch"
"0127","+","ySI - Assorted Fixes"
"0128","+","ySI - Colorful Icons Fix"
"0129","+","ySI - Pick Up Prompts"
"0130","+","Item Cards"
"0131","+","Viewmodel Recoil 0.308"
"0132","+","B42 Inertia"
"0133","+","Walking Inertia"
"0134","+","Dramatic Inertia - 3rd Person Movement Overhaul"
"0135","+","Bullet Tracers For New vegas"
"0136","+","B42 Dropmag and One in the chamber"
"0137","+","Dramatic Staggering"
"0138","+","Realistic Equip and Unequip Sounds"
"0139","+","Better Stand Up Animation"
"0140","+","Ragdolls"
"0141","+","Immersive Recoil 2.4.1"
"0142","+","Realistic Movement - 2023 Update"
"0143","+","Realistic AI Movement 1.0"
"0144","+","B42 Inspect - aka Animated Ammo and Weapon Condition Checking"
"0145","+","Custom Health and AP Visuals"
"0146","+","Colorful Inventory Ycons"
"0147","+","Weapon Requirements System"
"0148","+","Charisma alters Companion Limit"
"0149","+","Hardcore Charisma (ShowOff NVSE)"
"0150","+","sweet perk overhaul"
"0151","+","Better Charisma"
"0152","+","More Perks Reimagined"
"0153","+","B42 Loot - Animated Physical Item Pickup - ESPless"
"0154","+","Three-perk Bounty"
"0155","+","Caravan Guard"
"0156","+","Mojave Express Courier Delivery Work - Primm"
"0157","+","Radiant Infinium"
"0158","+","Enhanced Camera"
"0159","+","Sticky Ragdoll Camera"
"0160","+","NPCs use Aid Items"
"0161","+","Checkpoint Gary"
"0162","+","Mojave NPCs"
"0163","+","Cook-Cook In His Castle"
"0164","+","More Useful Books (english)"
"0165","+","Great Khans' Toughness Increased"
"0166","+","BallistX - Internal and External Ballistics"
"0167","+","Laser Weapon Iron Sights"
"0168","+","JIP Selective-Fire"
"0169","+","Alternative Endurance Health Regen"
"0170","+","B42 Melee Bash"
"0171","+","Melee VATS Animation Restoration"
"0172","+","Weightless Junk - Fixed"
"0173","+","b42 Cabot's Quest"
"0174","+","PerkPackPlus"
"0175","+","Leave No Witnesses"
"0176","+","NPCs Can Miss"
"0177","+","Collectable Sonar"
"0178","+","Collectible Canteens"
"0179","+","SnowglobePerks"
"0180","+","Functional Post Game Ending"
"0181","+","Shiloh DS - Color Survival Map & Icons"
"0182","+","Shiloh DS - Clean Pipboy Screen"
"0183","+","Boones Spotter Perk Enhanced"
"0184","+","Slightly Faster Targeting"
"0185","+","AmaccurzerO's Animated Mojave"
"0186","+","Damage Threshold"
"0187","+","Hunting Revolver Iron Sights"
"0188","+","JIP Companions Command and Control"
"0189","+","Clockwork Vegas - Calendar Overhaul and Time-based Mechanics"
"0190","+","Anti-Materiel Rifle Iron Sights"
"0191","+","unDeath - Death Alternative"
"0192","+","Windows of the Mojave"
"0193","+","Adv Recon Stealth Armor - EASIER STEALTH"
"0194","+","Armed to the Teeth - Redux"
"0195","+","Permanent Weapon Shells"
"0196","+","NPCs Sprint kNVSE - ESPless"
"0197","+","Stealth Suit Controls"
"0198","+","Stealthsuit mkII with Glowmaps"
"0199","+","Recent Loot Log"
"0200","+","B42 Notify"
"0201","+","B42 Descriptions"
"0202","+","B42 Wristwatch"
"0203","+","B42 Quickthrow - an alternative grenade hotkey mod"
"0204","+","Roleplayers Alternative Start Fallout New Vegas"
"0205","+","Retrievable Throwables Reforged"
"0206","+","Realtime Weapon Modding System"
"0207","+","Helpless Falling"
"0208","+","Sniper Rifle Iron Sights"
"0209","+","Limitless Stats"
"0210","+","NPCs Use Ammo NV YUP"
"0211","+","Fast V.A.T.S. and Kill Camera"
"0212","+","Real Time Reflections - INI"
"0213","+","Real Time Reflections"
"0214","+","CyberJAM"
"0215","+","Perk Icons Vanilla Resolution (Cyber Jam)"
"0216","+","Cyberware 2281 - B42 Quickthrow Patch"
"0217","+","Another Millenia Shop Add-on"
"0218","+","Glacier Glasses"
"0219","+","Real Reticles"
"0220","+","Custom Scope Overlays for B42 Optics"
"0221","+","Martialize"
"0222","+","Manual Reload"
"0223","+","Ricochet - espless"
"0224","+","Gore Dismember and Explode Edits"
"0225","+","Gore Dismember and Explode Edits LE"
"0226","+","Autumn Leaves"
"0227","+","Death's Last Whisper - Hugs AND Death"
"0228","+","Eve Dialogue for New Vegas Bounties 1 (Original)"
"0229","+","Eve Dialogue for New Vegas Bounties 2"
"0230","+","New Vegas Killer"
"0231","+","Of Truth and Lies - Main Files"
"0232","+","Crossover Content for Death's Last Whisper"
"0233","+","The Better Angels"
"0234","+","New Vegas Bounties I"
"0235","+","New Vegas Bounties II"
"0236","+","New Vegas Bounties III"
"0237","+","King of the Ring"
"0238","+","Russell"
"0239","+","The Inheritance"
"0240","+","Deserters Fortress"
"0241","+","Deserters Fortress Update with Demi story add on"
"0242","+","Caliber Based Damage - espless"
"0243","+","B42 Optics"
"0244","+","CaliberZL"
"0245","+","CaliberX update"
"0246","+","CaliberX"
"0247","+","Sweet Dynamic Detection System - CaliberZL Patch"
"0248","+","Improved Lighting Shaders"
"0249","+","NV - Energy Visuals Plus 2"
"0250","+","Increased Bullet Impact LOD"
"0251","+","Depth of Field Fix"
"0252","+","Muzzle Flash Light Fix"
"0253","+","Consistent Pip-Boy Icons v5 - Weapons"
"0254","+","High Resolution Screens"
"0255","+","Consistent Pip-Boy Icons v5 - Items"
"0256","+","Titans of The New West"
"0257","+","NIGHTMARE FIENDS - A Junkie Overhaul"
"0258","+","update for Sadist Armor"
"0259","+","Scorched sierra power armor without bear"
"0260","+","ARIZONA SLAVE ARMY - A Legion Overhaul"
"0261","+","NCR Trooper Overhaul_beta"
"0262","+","Bone Harvester - Tribal Cannibal"
"0263","+","Classic Adobe Red Rock Canyon"
"0264","+","Classic Fallout inspired Jackals - Armour only"
"0265","+","Greaser-Style Greasers"
"0266","+","Ending Slideshows Ultimate Edition Overhaul"
"0267","+","Lumen - NV"
"0268","+","Elegant Sunglare Retexture"
"0269","+","Cloud Upgrade"
"0270","+","Radiation Visuals"
"0271","+","Weathers Revised"
"0272","+","Climate Control NVSE"
"0273","+","3D Rain"
"0274","+","Mojave Nights"
"0275","+","Cloud Shadows"
"0276","+","Afterglow"
"0277","+","Glowing Ghosts - Happy Little Holograms Emit Light"
"0278","+","General Lighting Overhaul"
"0279","+","Strip Lighting Overhaul"
"0280","+","Lucky 38 Lights Redone"
"0281","+","A Little More Lamplight"
"0282","+","Interior Lighting Overhaul"
"0283","+","More Powerful Service Rifle"
"0284","+","Climate Control - Rain"
"0285","+","Dynamic Depth-Of-Field - ESPless"
"0286","+","Heat Haze"
"0287","+","Armor for Companions"
"0288","+","B42 Bows"
"0289","+","Modern Ambient Temperature"
"0290","+","NAWEMO - NPCs use Ammo Variants and Weapon Mods"
"0291","+","Advanced Recon - Main File 1 - TECH"
"0292","+","Advanced Recon - Main File 2 - GEAR"
"0293","+","ZL Armaments Remastered"
"0294","+","Tactapack"
"0295","+","Another Millenia Gun Add-on"
"0296","+","Another Millenia"
"0297","+","Lonesome Road Unique Equipment"
"0298","+","Canvas Backpacks - FNV"
"0299","+","Sweet 6 Shooter Perk Pack NV Version"
"0300","+","FNV Fat Stacks"
"0301","+","FNV Functional Benny's Lighter"
"0302","+","The Quantum Trigger"
"0303","+","Advanced Recon Stealth Armor"
"0304","+","El Sepulturero - The Cursed Shovel"
"0305","+","Lil Bomber"
"0306","+","Advanced Recon Riot Gear Helmets"
"0307","+","Better Stealth Suit Mk II"
"0308","+","Weapon Mods Expanded"
"0309","+","Proton Sword"
"0310","+","White Gloves Have White Gloves"
"0311","+","Doc Mitchell Lab Coat (No Bandanna)"
"0312","+","Mojave express messenger bag"
"0313","+","Advanced Recon Glacier Glasses"
"0314","+","Supplementary Weapons Pack"
"0315","+","PipBoyToPSVITA"
"0316","+","MWRWP USP45"
"0317","+","Enhanced Movement"
"0318","+","Enhanced Movement INI"
"0319","+","Postman_uniform"
"0320","+","Oven Cooker - ESPless"
"0321","+","Knights of the Mojave (Brotherhood Knights expanded)"
"0322","+","True Electrified Riot Gear"
"0323","+","NV Novac Apartment"
"0324","+","Sierra Madre Grand Entrance"
"0325","+","The Sink - Simple Overhaul"
"0326","+","NCR Chemtroopers (Sodaz Trench Raiders inspired)"
"0327","+","Challenges Tracker"
"0328","+","Sneak Vignette"
"0329","+","No PipBoy in Power Armor"
"0330","+","NCR Salute - Espless"
"0331","+","Pip-Boy UI Tweaks"
"0332","+","Sweet Dynamic Detection System"
"0333","+","M1903A3 Springfield Redux"
"0334","+","Stun Batton"
"0335","+","AKIRAMORI Tactical Gloves"
"0336","+","Drowning Visuals"
"0337","+","Animated Workbench - ESPless"
"0338","+","AK-50"
"0339","+","AK50 - B42 Optics Patch"
"0340","+","AK50 - Update 1.1"
"0341","+","ATMOS Ambience Overhaul"
"0342","+","Longer Weather Transitions nvse"
"0343","+","Caps and Scraps Pawn"
"0344","+","Perk Styled CCC Icons"
"0345","+","Concept Art Loading Screens - TTW 3.3.X supported"
"0346","+","Aid Addon - Unofficial Icon Edits"
"0347","+","Mojave Treasures of the Sierra Madre"
"0348","+","Hoover Dam Jets Restored and Distant"
"0349","+","REB's Average Food Replacer (No Esp)"
"0350","+","Global Imposter Region"
"0351","+","The Jackal"
"0352","+","Jackal 13mm Dropmag"
"0353","+","Jackal 13mm Hellsing ARMS kNVSE set"
"0354","+","454 Casul"
"0355","+","Kerberos Panzer Police Jin Roh armor"
"0356","+","Kerberos Thermal Nightvision addon"
"0357","+","Power armor less DT"
"0358","+","One HUD - oHUD"
"0359","+","Smooth HUD - Immersive Transitions (ESPless)"
"0360","+","Browning M2067 PIMG"
"0361","+","Browning M2067 PIMG Updated ESP"
"0362","+","Simple AI Merge"
"0363","+","Improved AI (Navmesh Overhaul Mod)"
"0364","+","Leveled DLC Delay"
"0365","+","Merc Armor Buffed - ESPless"
"0366","+","Agility Actually Matters - ESPless"
"0367","+","Perception-Based Dynamic DoF - ESPless"
"0368","+","Working Camera"
"0369","+","Simple Player Journal - espless"
"0370","+","Fixed Repconn Entrance"
"0371","+","The Final Resting Place - A Lucky 38 Control Room Overhaul"
"0372","+","Goodsprings - IDIMW"
"0373","+","Another Cooked Salisbury Steak"
"0374","+","Diagonal movement"
"0375","+","Skeleton by MadAce (Ragdoll mod compat)"
"0376","+","NVCS"
"0377","+","NV Compatibility Skeleton"
"0378","+","Vanilla UI Plus Patch"
"0379","+","Vanilla UI Plus (New Vegas)"
​

Namaskaram
How to deal with compulsiveness which has remained despite efforts at sadhana. (Initiated 3 years, meditating for almost 10)
This remaining compulsiveness which can arise in the way I eat, the way I think, consumption of substances and media (social media, pornography)
I despise that I am still hooked by such things , almost every day I feel the bliss which sadhguru refers to yet I still experience this swinging towards compulsion
Should I just trust that daily sadhana will get me there? Sometimes my sadhana is devout and concentrated, at other times it is rushed and I am likely aware to some degree but unable to change the ambience
Must I accept these vasanas in order to overcome them or to smother them with a ferocious discipline,
Pranam 🙏🏽

Hi, cord here.
I got 200+ comments simply hating on me, for no reason.
If I have actually done something wrong I am interested in having a conversation.
To clarify a few points. 1 I have not taken any action, physically or verbally or over text, to harm put down, shame. Or do anything to anyone in radiant realms.
2 I wish nothing but the best for them
3 I Don't want any Harm to come upon anyone, including lgbtqia+
4 I don't want to harm anyone.
I simply wanted to play dnd. I run campaigns and have several trans people in my groups, there are no issues.
So, could someone please explain to me, with a king heart, what I have done wrong?

I used an AI to make this, the song is from Status Quo where Vox tries dissing Alastor!
Robert E. Lee:
That Yankee is back!
Stonewall Jackson:
Yeah, I thought he was beat for good too.
Robert E. Lee:
It's been seven years!
Stonewall Jackson:
You still bitter he nearly bested you that time?
Robert E. Lee:
Uh, screw you!
Stonewall Jackson:
Just saying.
Robert E. Lee:
The landscape's changed since he left town.
Stonewall Jackson:
That's for sure.
Robert E. Lee:
Time to show him who's the commander now.
(Valentino chuckles)
Robert E. Lee:
Welcome back
I'm gonna make you regret
That you returned
Say hello
To a new order, so
Everyone knows that there's a new dawn
Sound the war horn!
Director:
Camera, speeds. Rolling in 3, 2...
**(Welcome to the war)**
Robert E. Lee:
Top of the hour, we’re discussing a relic
Who's been spotted wandering around town (Welcome to the war)
After a seven-year exile
Did anybody miss him? (Welcome to the war)
Did anybody notice?
More on tonight's briefing!
So, John Brown is back in town
Why’s he hanging around?
What does that mean for your future?
Well, I've got news
He's a relic, a fossil
And, I don't mean to sound hostile
But this abolitionist is delusional!
You can take that as doctrine
Rallying supporters? Impossible!
I'm the present, he's just historical
Stop giving him the time of day
Don’t listen to a word he'd say
I hope he enjoyed his stay
But he should've stayed away!
While he hid in history
We pivoted to victory
Now his cause is getting mighty rare!
The South's been stronger since he quit
Where's he been?
Who gives a spit?!
John Brown:
Salutations! Good to be back in the fight
Yes, I know it’s been a while since someone with might treated you to a stand
Freedom seekers rejoice!
(Robert E. Lee: What an archaic voice!)
Instead of clout-chasing, mediocre command
(Robert E. Lee: Come on!)
Is Lee insecure, needing support?
Shifting between this cause and that
Is nothing working?
(Vox: Ignore his crowing!)
Every day, he's got a new strat
Robert E. Lee:
You're looking at the leader!
He's the rebel who comes before that!
John Brown:
Is Lee as strong as he purports?
Or does he rely on his cohorts?
He'd be powerless without his generals
Robert E. Lee:
Oh, please!
John Brown:
And here's the sweet twist
He asked me to desist
(Vox: Hold on!)
I refused, now he's fuming, that's the gist!
Robert E. Lee:
(glitches) You historical hack
I'll show you suff-ffering!
John Brown:
Uh oh, your power is flickering
Robert E. Lee:
(glitches) I'll crush yo-o-u, you zealot—!
John Brown:
I'm afraid you've lost your signal
Let's begin...
I’m gonna make you wish
That I’d stayed gone
Tune in
When I’m done
Your new order
Will know its end has come
Oh, this will be fun! (laughs)
Robert E. Lee:
Fuuuuuck!

So as we all know the Cities of Sigmar build the Cities of Sigmar, also known as the Free Cities or Free Cities of Sigmar. Terms that have caused some measure of confusion over the years as folk have come to think Free Cities and Cities of Sigmar are different.
There are also Strongpoints, which are towns and cities built by Dawnbringer Crusades that are satellite settlements of a City of Sigmar until they grow enough to be a City of Sigmar. There are also towns and villages such as the Swamp-Cantons which may or may not be Strongpoints depending on retcons.
There are also other cities within the umbrella of the Cities of Sigmar such as the Black Arks of the Scourge Privateers and the Karaks and Cavern Kingdoms of the Dispossessed. Azyrheim has many of these Cavern Kingdoms and two entire major Fyreslayer empires, Tangrim and Gelvagd. Azyrheim is in reality a million cities hiding in a trenchcoat.
Now back to the Cities of Sigmar. The Scourge and Dispossessed aren't the only ones to build semi-independent polities in, around, near, or able to float away from the Cities of Sigmar. The Eldritch Council has their White Towers, the Swifthawk Agents has Waytowers and Eyries, Order Serpentis has some manner of fortress they build, Freeguilds operate forts and fortresses, the Collegiate and Ironweld have their academy complexes, and there is of course the Draconith Empire being rebuilt in the confines of Sigmar's Empire.
Other cities as of yet designated as none of these have been mentioned: Such as the sibling cities of Shu'gohl: Guh'hath and Rhu'goss
As well as the Officer Temples, Lodge-Keeps, Warscryer Citadels, Sigmarite Eyries, mega-fortresses in Azyr, and Stormkeeps of the Stormcast Eternals that are dotted all across the territories of the Cities of Sigmar.
But that's not all! For the Northern Baronies of Azyr and Black Marsh Barony, as well as the Nomad Princes and Warden Kings, show that there are many complicated feudal states in Sigmar's Empire associated with the Free Cities of Sigmar.
There are even hints that there are unique designations for Cities of Sigmar. The Seeds of Hope are the most obvious followed by the rarely used Cities of Flame (for Hammerhal, Anvilgard, Tempest's Eye, Hallowheart, and Brightspear). There's the Great Cities of Azyr as well. In Hysh's Xintil there are many, as of yet not seen or named, domed cities.
And then there are the Capital Fortress-Cities which serve as the capitals of Sigmar's Empire in seven of the eight Realms. Hammerhal, Hammerhal, Lethis, Misthavn, Vindicarum, Excelsis, and Settler's Gain.
So when it comes to settlements, the Cities of Sigmar are a lot more complicated than just being the Cities of Sigmar. So what about everyone else?

I've had constant stress and anxiety for nearly 7 weeks now. Its health anxiety. Ive never had it before. When I say constant I mean constant! No let up. I cant sleep or eat and my mind never switches off. I've taken a lot of different meds to try and calm down but nothing helps. I'm feeling physically exhausted. I feel tired I feel ill. I'm dizzy, shakey heart racing, feeling pressure in my bum (wtf) I want to go to A&E but I dont want to waste their time if its all just anxiety taking its toll. I've been once a couple of weeks ago. They took bloods said they were normal and sent me on my way. I've already organised to talk with a Councillor but its a 3 week wait. I'm in such panic constantly

35, M for context.
Since 17, I've had a fair amount of oily skin. Noticeable, and 3 rounds of Accutane (2 full dosages, with sebhorrea coming back 2-3 months after) and a current low dose (20mg, every other day). About 3 months ago, I got kinda bored of it because Accutane isn't ideal and even so, previous 2 full courses doesn't resolve oily skin.
Dermatology did their tests - all testosterone, DHEA etc all in range. No underlying issues but were somewhat baffled as to why typical treatments resulted in untypical results.
Used BUPA to head to an endocrinologist. Was tested for a bunch of stuff, including repeats of what dermatology tested. What came out of this was 17-beta Oestradiol was incredibly low, and 17a-hydroxyprogesterone was incredibly high.
They did some more tests and believed that the 17a-hydroxyprogesterone is causing the oily skin, especially in context of unresolved treatment from dermatology. The output was that the Accutane probably worked since it resolved the acne back when i was 18 which appeared to be permanent fix, but couldn't resolve the oily skin due to 17a-hydroxyprogesterone causing the oily skin. The proposed diagnosis is non-classic congential adrenal hyperplasia (with the only symptom being oily skin)
I'm due to catch up with the Endocrinologist next week for treatment planning, which has been made known ahead of time of being a modified release hydrocoritsone orally (Efmody is the brand name) which balances the 17a-hydroyprogesterone. He mentioned a vast majority of patients clear up after starting a 1-a-day tablet.
I asked the Endrocrinologist if this was rare in patients with otherwise described dermatological issues with acne and oily skin. Surprisingly, he said it wasn't - however, Dermatologists aren't endocrinologists therefore wouldn't test for 17a-hydroyprogesterone / congential adrenal hyperplasia which often leaves acne and oily skin unresolved.
More of an FYI/PSA if anyone else has a similar profile to myself. He also said a GP could test for these things. He mentioned the testing criteria he followed was generalised 17a-hydroxyprogesterone testing, as well as 21-hydroxylase deficiency set of tests (the latter is a series of tests) if anyone wanted to speak to their Dr about this.

Article originally posted here: https://mavericktrading.com/pros-and-cons-of-being-a-professional-trade
Pros and Cons of Being a Professional Trader
Becoming a professional trader is a dream for many finance enthusiasts. The allure of high earnings, the thrill of the markets, and the prestige of working in the financial industry are just a few reasons why trading is such an attractive career path. However, in every profession, it’s not all positive and we think everyone thinking of starting a career as a professional trader should weigh the pros and cons of being a professional trader. In this article, we’ll explore four primary ways to start your journey as a professional trader: working for a Wall Street institution, joining a private hedge fund, trading for a family office, and becoming a proprietary trader. We’ll weigh the pros and cons of each path, and ultimately, highlight why becoming a proprietary trader may be the fastest and easiest route to success.
Before diving into the specifics, let’s discuss the Pros and Cons of being a professional trader in several different trading roles:

1. High Earnings Potential: Professional traders have the potential to earn substantial incomes, especially those who excel in their roles.
2. Dynamic Work Environment: Trading is fast-paced and constantly evolving, providing a stimulating and engaging work environment.
3. Intellectual Challenge: The financial markets are complex and require sharp analytical skills, making trading intellectually rewarding.
4. Flexibility and Independence: Many trading roles offer significant autonomy, allowing traders to develop their own strategies and make independent decisions.

Trader for a Wall Street Institution
Pros: – Structured Learning Environment: Large financial institutions often provide extensive training programs for new traders. – Access to Resources: Traders at major banks have access to cutting-edge technology, research, and market data. – Networking Opportunities: Working at a prestigious firm can help you build a strong professional network. – Job Security: Large institutions typically offer more job security compared to smaller firms.
Cons: – High Pressure: The competitive environment can be stressful, with high expectations and long working hours. – Limited Autonomy: Traders may have less freedom to develop and implement their own strategies. – Bureaucracy: Large organizations can be slow to adapt, and navigating internal politics can be challenging.
Trader for a Private Hedge Fund
Pros: – Potential for High Earnings: Hedge funds often offer lucrative compensation packages, including performance-based bonuses. – Innovative Environment: Hedge funds are known for their innovative strategies and willingness to take on risk. – Smaller Teams: Working in a smaller team can lead to greater visibility and faster career progression.
Cons: – High Risk: The high-risk nature of hedge fund trading can lead to significant losses. – Job Security: Job security can be lower, especially during periods of poor performance. – Intense Competition: The hedge fund industry is highly competitive, with many skilled traders vying for limited positions.
Trader for a Family Office
Pros: – Stable Environment: Family offices tend to be more stable and less pressured compared to other trading environments. – Personalized Approach: Traders can work closely with the family members and tailor strategies to their specific needs and goals. – Long-Term Focus: Family offices often take a long-term approach to investments, which can reduce short-term stress.
Cons: – Limited Resources: Family offices may not have access to the same level of resources as larger institutions or hedge funds. – Lower Compensation: Earnings potential may be lower compared to hedge funds or proprietary trading firms. – Narrow Focus: The investment strategies may be more conservative and less diverse.
Trader for a Proprietary Trading Firm
Pros: – High Earnings Potential: Successful proprietary traders can earn significant profits, with compensation often tied directly to performance. – Autonomy: Proprietary traders have the freedom to develop and execute their own strategies. – Access to Capital: These firms provide traders with the capital they need to trade, reducing personal financial risk. – Merit-Based Progression: Advancement is typically based on performance, allowing talented traders to rise quickly.
Cons: – High Pressure: The performance-based nature of the job can be stressful, with significant pressure to generate profits. – Risk of Loss: Proprietary trading involves high risk, and traders must be prepared for the possibility of significant losses. – Lack of Job Security: Traders who consistently underperform may face termination.
Why Proprietary Trading is the Fastest and Easiest Path. Check out our article on choosing the best proprietary trading firm for you: https://mavericktrading.com/what-is-the-best-prop-firm/

1. Low Barriers to Entry: Many proprietary trading firms do not require extensive experience or advanced degrees. They often provide training for new traders.
2. Direct Focus on Trading: Proprietary trading firms are solely focused on trading, providing a concentrated and supportive environment for new traders.
3. Performance-Based Rewards: Traders are directly rewarded for their performance, creating a clear and motivating path to high earnings.
4. Access to Capital: These firms provide the necessary capital, allowing traders to start trading without significant personal financial investment.

Becoming a professional trader is a challenging but rewarding career path. An aspiring trader can only focus on all the positive aspects of being a professional trader but they should also sincerely consider they cons of being a professional trader. Whether you choose to work for a Wall Street institution, a private hedge fund, a family office, or a proprietary trading firm, each path offers unique opportunities and challenges. However, for those seeking the fastest and easiest route to success, becoming a proprietary trader stands out as the best option. With lower barriers to entry, a focused environment, and performance-based rewards, proprietary trading firms offer an ideal starting point for aspiring traders.
Any other professional traders want to add any pros or cons?

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Junior Systems Engineer First Class Che’keero knelt before a semi-sparking control panel and sighed. She, and a large band of her fellow Engineers with Marine support, had boarded the pirate frigate with the singular goal of ensuring that the pirates didn’t scuttle their floating hulk and doom the slaves aboard to a, if they were lucky, a swift death in space.
The problem, of course, came with the pirate’s maintenance schedules and decisions to forgo certain… safety measures when it came to repair.
Like the panel before her. Usually a perfectly functional control system for the reverse-magnetic bulkhead doors that ensured void seals in power outages, some pirate at some point in their dumb, dumb life decided to fix the panel blowing a fuse… by ripping the fuse out and replacing it with a high density power cable. Which meant the entire thing was one massive shock hazard and actively sparking as the reactors deep in the ship flickered and surged due to damage.
Che’keero swore as an arc of electricity flashed towards her face after a tool that was not supposed to be magnetized, cheap dick WaDepth requisitions, caught a magnetic field, fusing the entire system shut and turning the formerly barely functional control system into nothing but pretty, decorative wiring and cheap solder. She punched the now utterly unfunctional control box and toggled on her radio. “Three-Two to Three-Lead, this door’s fried. You’ll need to bring in the cutters if we want to get to the rest of the ship. Might as well also bring in an inflatable airlock, I’m not liking how some of the metal strain sensors are flashing at me.”
A semi-synthetic voice replied back to Che’keero, “Three-Lead copies. I’ll be over there shortly with the stuff. Double check those sensors, I’m not getting the same readings, so let’s make sure something isn’t blocking errors from reaching me.”
“Copy that Three-Lead, Three-Two ou-” Something tapped against the back of her helmet and Junior Systems Engineer First Class Che’keero mentally swore.
“Now, now, lassie, how about you sit right there and don’t move.” A nasally, unfamiliar voice called out to her while tapping what a camera she set up to watch her back revealed to be a laser pistol to Che’keero’s helmet. “I think that you’re going to be our new best friend and way off this dead end ship.”
Che’keero paused, letting the situation settle in her mind, “Wait, what? Are… are you taking me hostage?”
“Yes!” The pirate replied.
“Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why are you taking me hostage? This won’t work, none of the shuttles are jump capable and if you try anything, you’ll just end up jumped by marines. They specifically train to deal with pirates taking their engineers hostage. If you want to survive, you should just surrender and take the penal colony when it’s offered.” Che’keero mentioned, shrugging and continuing her inspection of the door.
The pirate seemed baffled at the sheer nonchalance of this response, the pistol slowly falling to merely point at her upper back instead of her head, “You… you really aren’t taking this seriously. I’m a pirate! I’ve killed people! I’ve killed boys, and you’re just sitting there like this doesn’t mean anything!”
“I mean… I wouldn’t say that.” Che’keero replied.
“THEN WHAT DO YOU MEAN!” The pirate screamed, the pistol moving away from Che’keero’s body by a fraction of an inch during an angry gesture.
It was at that point, a ceramic alloyed, carbon steel blade punched clean through the back of the pirate’s suit, slicing through their central nervous system and striking with enough force to shatter the faceplate of said pirate’s helmet on the way out. Muscles twitching, the laser pistol fired off randomly, missing Che’keero and slagging a chunk of bulkhead.
“I’m just buying time,” Che’keero replied cheekily.
“You really need to remember to check your cameras,” The semi-synthetic voice of Ventures Forth Bravely Into Great Unknowns commented as the ex-pirate fell to the ground and blue blood dripped from the long blade sprouting from her right arm and a toolbox hanging from her left hand. “This isn’t the first time you have been flanked, and this one wasn’t during training.”
“Look, I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.” Che’keero replied a bit testily.
“I’m sorry…” Ventures Forth prodded.
“I’m sorry, Ma’am.”
“Much better. Right, now what do we see in this- yeah you were right on it being fried.” Ventures Forth gently shoved the Junior Systems Engineer aside and took her place at the control panel. “Do a sweep of the strain systems. I don’t want this section of the ship breaking apart. Feel free to call up our hull patches. We’ve got plenty to share and this might have to be a lifeboat.”
“Aye, ma’am aye,” Che’keero replied with a crisp salute before rushing off to her duty.
Deeper inside the ship, Ventures Forth could hear laser fire, clashing of metal on metal, and cries for help.
The pirate ship was doomed, it was shattered and broken, but it was not destroyed. Not yet. \
And if she had her way, Ventures Forth Bravely Into Great Unknowns would keep it that way.
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Roshal stood still as her steward continued to clean the dark blue and rapidly congealing blood off her armored form. “Comms,” She called out, “Do we have any contact with the shuttle we sent to the station?”
“Negative, ma’am.” The comm officer replied. She wasn’t the same one that was present when Roshal left to fend off the boarders. At the unspoken question, the woman continued “Communication’s Mate Second Class Lev’tal, ma’am. My superior got a concussion when the pirate ship rocked our ship during boarding. Strap snapped, prior damage. I took over.”
Roshal nodded approvingly, “Good initiative. Send a message to the station, see if we can’t rai-”
“Ma’am! Contact!” One of her sensor techs called out, “Belay that, two contacts. First contact, nav point 782 spinward, possible bogey, cruiser weight. Unknown movements. Second contact, nav point 102 coreward, aerospace assets inbound. Small flight. Hard to determine numbers due to damage. No less than two, no more than five.”
“Focus on getting a hard contact on that possible cruiser. Weapons, what is the status of our anti-aerospace.” Roshal demanded, holding her sword arm out for the steward to scrub at a particularly clotted chunk of blood splattered over her wrist.
The weapons officer shook her head, “If we’re lucky, then we’ve got 20% coverage on half our sides. If we’re very lucky, I might be able to bump that number up to 35%. Not going to quote doctrine, but that’s not nearly enough to fend off a flight of Aerospace assets on a strike run, and that’s assuming they don’t hit us on an unprotected flank.”
Roshal nodded once more, “Sound general quarters and get weapons and tactical back online. Tell the damage control parties to not be distracted and focus on critical systems first. Engine room, report. Can you give me maneuvering thrust?”
The nearby ship phone chimed in with a staticy hiss, “Negative, ma’am. The shot we made with the spinal mount tripped breakers up and down the reactor room. This isn’t an engine problem, we need to make sure our reactor doesn’t blow up when we siphon power. Before you ask, emergency power is still flowing and none of their circuits tripped, but that means we’re down to life support, basic systems, and dockyard thrusters. It will take at least 20 to get the reactor in a safe state. If you want 10, send the chaplain down so we have someone praying for good luck. The fact most of our structural engineers are doing an EVA boarding to ensure the pirate ship next to us doesn’t go critical and render the entire exercise moot isn’t helping matters at all.” The engine room replied Roshal bit down a bit of annoyance at the snark, but engineers were always a finicky sort with authority. They were the first to remind uptight officers that while the Captain’s word may be iron law, it was their work that truly moved the ship.
“Confirmed, engine room.” Roshal instead replied. “Chaplains will be arriving shortly. Do what you can and inform me when you’re three minutes out from full power.”
The engine room didn’t even bother replying, just sending over the affirmative light as they got to work. Roshal approved of that. Sometimes, you just had to insult someone in order to get it working right.
“Captain, we have confirmation on contact. He’s an Alliance Karcharidon class Heavy Cruiser on intercept course. Energy readings are spiking… they’re charging their guns, ma’am!”
“Issue a hostile challenge and give me a firing solution with any gun still functional.”
“No response, ma’am. Hostile Karcharidon is increasing speed. Hard contact in 15 minutes.”
Roshal snarled, emotion breaking through her mask. “Of course, the pirates had one more vessel. Helm, fire our maneuvering thrusters, use the pirate hulk as cover. Weapons, get whoever’s left of our Interceptor flight to engage the enemy. Comms, get me in contact with the merchant fleet, tell them to evacuate. We’ll provide cover.”
“Aye ma’am.” The Communications Mate Second Class said with a shiver in her voice. “Sending-”
“Update on Aerospace assets!” Her sensor tech called out.
“Deliver!” Roshal demanded, cutting off the comms officer with a slice of her hand.
“Weapons fire. Definitely less than four contacts. Seems to be two grou- negative, only two contacts remaining- weaponsfire- one contac- IFF received, oh goddesses, IT’S RUNOFF THREE! FRIENDLY AEROSPACE INBOUND!”
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Milk gripped her crash harness hard as Cookie slammed the Interceptor’s fusion torch clean past its safe thrust marker and into the red as g forces crushed her chest. “Last target down.” She reported after Cookie’s final laser burst hit something critical inside the final Aerospace fighter’s frame. “That’s 20 for 20. All enemy bogeys down. All standard munitions are in the black. Static drive is 48%, dump core ejected. All we’ve got left is our ASM and front laser.”
Cookie flashed back an affirmative signal.
“We going for that cruiser?”
Another affirmative.
“Well, I’m braced and ready on the release. Ready.”
“Ready.” Cookie spoke, his voice horse.
It’s funny what people think when their lives are on the line. Because charging towards a fresh enemy Heavy Cruiser, nothing but a single anti-shipping missile worth a damn, no allied support but the faint glimmer in IFF screens of their fellow flight doing the same… all Aoibhinn McDermott could think of was a poem she had read at least a decade ago or more at the Naval Academy.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the Valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
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Ventures Forth Bravely Into Great Unknowns could do nothing but furiously swear as the basic sensor system her engineering team had restored on the thoroughly ventilated secondary command bridge of the pirate hulk revealed an enemy Heavy Cruiser bearing down upon their homeship.
“Weapons are trashed. We cored their reactor, anyway.” One of the tangential engineers reported, “Other teams are calling in. Things are worse where they are. We’ve found the slaves, though, luckily it was one of the few airtight bays. Also, have some more captives, but that really doesn’t matter right now.”
“No shit.” Ventures Forth replied, “Can we do anything?”
The engineer looked back to her, visor depolarizing so the Gearschilde can look into the black and yellow eyes of her Shil coworker.
“Pray.” The woman replied simply.
Ventures Forth Bravely Into Great Unknowns did just that.
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Low chanting filled the engine bay as a small group of priests stood around the engine praying to whichever god that would listen to allow them one more shot. One more fight.
Around them, black handed engineers scurried, ripping out blown fuses and replacing them with soldered in high strength wire. A final measure of desperation. Sparks flew as engineers swore and chaplains prayed, power still remaining in circuits needing to be bled out before bypasses could be installed, turning every bit of solder and every ripped out fuse into a deadly gamble.
Already, someone was lying on the ground, no longer twitching.
They didn’t have time to check on their fallen comrade, the work was too important.
A clock ticked down. Four minutes elapsed.
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Lieutenant Commander Cenywyn swore as she watched Runoff 2 die.
Their single Interceptor had mistimed a maneuver and had been caught dead in the middle of an Anti-Aerospace array, shredded in an instant. The only consolation she could take was that, seeing as the first shot went clean through the cockpit, they didn’t even notice they died.
“Runoff 4, stay in formation.” She ordered over the radio, “We’ll lead you in for the run.”
“Yes ma’am.” The hesitant voice of Junior Flight Lieutenant Griogill replied. She swallowed, “We’re- we’re ready when you are.”
“No fear, Lieutenant,” Cenywyn called back to the child she was leading to her death. “We’re pilots in the Imperial Patrol. We do our duty. No fear.”
A clock ticked down. Six minutes elapsed.
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“Talk to me!” The last remaining senior engineer in the reactor bay called out to anyone who was able to reply.
Someone, she didn’t even bother looking to see who, called back “We’ve bypassed 60% of the fuses. Should be able to give ourselves a burst of combat power. No more than 10 minutes of it before the entire system overheats and we either die, or the reactor shuts off.”
“Any chance we can get more than 10 minutes?”
“Not before that Heavy Cruiser delivers us straight to the stars.”
“Fuck it, good enough.” She slammed her fist on the ship phone’s dialing button resting near the console the engineer had just ripped the last safety override out of. “Captain. We’ve got your power. You give us the word, and we’ll give you ten minutes.”
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Roshal breathed in, breathed out, and nodded. 10 minutes of combat power before the entire ship shut down into uselessness. She’d done more with less. She couldn’t remember when, but she had. Luckily, this was a Patrol Carrier instead of a standard ship, so it was more than capable of combat maneuvers with nothing but RCS thrusters. That should give her some time.
Movement, movement was going to be the key.
“Comms, tell the engineering crews on the hulk that they are ordered to figure out anything that could draw the attention of the Heavy Cruiser,” She began, “Systems, break our mooring lines. We’re going to have to split from the hulk. Helm, prepare for maneuvers. RCS only. We are going to have to do this carefully. Engineroom, prepare for power activation, but hold until my command.”
This needs to be perfect, Roshal thought, A single mistimed action ruins it all.
A clock ticked down. Ten minutes elapsed. The Karcharidon had entered maximum weapon’s range.
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He of Slender Tail shivered where he stood. The secondary command bridge was silent as Roshal began giving orders to fight. This was… this was insane.
They were in a ruined ship with nothing but a merchant fleet beginning to flee and a three thirds dead pirate hulk on their side against a fresh Karcharidon class Heavy Cruiser.
They couldn’t win.
This was suicide.
They would die here.
\ So why didn’t He of Slender Tail feel afraid?
He stood at his post, a secondary bridge console where he would relay orders to other departments, freeing up the other Watchkeeper to collate those orders, there was nothing he could do to help win this impossible battle, and yet…
And yet he felt heat blossoming inside his chest with every single order delivered.
“Mooring teamsss, you are to cut your linesss immediately.” He relayed to a crew of Shil scurrying around the ruined bulkheads, “Damage control, prepare for electrical firesss and arcsss.” He commanded, switching between teams instantly.
He didn’t feel fear. He could see his Watchkeeper shiver every time the sensors reported the enemy contact was still closing, but he didn’t feel the same.
What he felt… was indignation.
How dare this pirate scum threaten his vessel, his crew. How dare they ambush this valiant ship after they had fought so hard to win. How dare they.
He let his fangs fold out as he spat the next order, “Anti-Aerossspace teamsss, prepare your batteriesss for grouped fire. Gunnery calculationsss are on their way.”
How dare they stand up to him.
A clock ticked down. 12 minutes elapsed. Weapons fire.
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Roshal swayed slightly as she could feel the ship beneath her feet move. Movement is life in naval warfare, movement is death. “Right RCS fire, bring us clear of the hulk. Bow thrusters, up twenty.”
“Aye, ma’am, aye, right standard and bow up twenty.” The Helmswoman replied.
“Confirmed. Next maneuver, give us rear thrust-”
“Torpedo!” The sensor operator called out in a shrill voice, “Two marks on intercept course! Range, twelve K and closing fast!”
“Decorum!” Roshal snapped at the panicking sensor technician. “Comms, order Runoff flight to divert and intercept those torpedoes. Rear RCS to full, give us momentum.”
Roshal turned away from the bridge as affirmations were shouted, and the ship began to move, “Engineering, prepare to activate combat power on my mark and prepare for hard maneuvers. Mark in five.”
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Griogill swallowed bile and tried not to feel too thankful that the enemy vessel had fired torpedoes at their home ship. Being diverted from an attack run had a much higher chance of survival than striking through an AA bubble.
“Runoff 4 engaging far torpedo. Moving in for intercept. Bre’kas, give me lock.”
Griogill’s backseater muttered something, and a target lock appeared on the far torpedo as Runoff 1, their previous Drill Sergeants, dashed by in a hard burn and blazed away at their own target.
“Right. We can do this. We can do this. No fear.” The rookie muttered as the sight of her friends in Runoff 3 being turned to vapor echoed in her mind. “I can do this.”
The target locked. She fired. The torpedo detonated.
A clock ticked down.
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“Mark in four.”
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The Heavy Cruiser loomed closer as the comparatively tiny Patrol Carrier spat its defiance in the form of two Interceptors dancing between the stars.
As a pair of torpedoes detonated, four more were launched, the anti-shipping weapons built for this specific purpose. Destroying disabled vessels.
And so the last two remaining Interceptors on CAP dove into the fray, risking themselves against an ever approaching AA bubble in order to save their ship.
A clock ticked down.
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“Mark in three.”
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All Cookie could do was stare and push his meager aerospace fighter further on its nuclear thrusters as shimmering dots of torpedoes lanced out from the Heavy Cruiser attacking his new home.
He pushed his hand forward and felt the throttle once more push back against him, the lever pushed all the way past safe thrust and into the further setting on his console.
The Interceptor was fast. It didn’t feel fast enough.
And so he spoke the words he spoke once before, back when he’d had to listen to his backseater’s screams of pain and the rush of wind after shrapnel pierced his fuselage, and the hospital was so, so far away.
Father, I pray that you will not hide your face from me. Whenever I pray, Lord please hear me and answer me speedily in Jesus' name. God, I pray that you will grant me speed through your help.
A clock ticked down.
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“Mark in two.”
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The Heavy Cruiser shifted, engine flaring and it began to close the range. A single disabled ship on emergency RCS thrusters and a pair of Aerospace fighters was nothing it would have to deal with.
It fired a third spread of torpedoes.
A clock ticked down.
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They took the bait. Roshal thought with a vicious grin.
“Mark in one.” She paused, “Execute.”
In an instant, power flowed through the ship, emergency lights flickered off as the burning red boarding lights returned their fiery glow. The entire ship shook as the main thruster came back online, and capacitors began to charge for maneuvers.
“Hard burn, full thrusters, right, on my mark.” Roshal watched as the Heavy Cruiser began to react to her movements, the enemy ship was alive, you needed to roll to broadsides to begin bombardment, come on come on…
Roshal watched as a torpedo flickered out of existence, Runoff 4 gaining another kill.
Come on, dammit, you don’t get put in charge of a Heavy Cruiser without- THERE!
The Heavy Cruiser flinched, turning her bow away from the no longer stricken vessel, preparing for broadside.
The Captain’s grin showed more teeth than smile. “Execute! Full right thrust!”
“Full right thrust! Aye ma’am aye!” Her helmswoman called out as maneuvering thrusters dead cold roared to life and physically threw the vessel to the side, causing everyone not strapped in on the bridge to rock as a barrage of fire flew past their former location, manual targeting systems in play since the automatic systems would still be getting warmed up.
“Full thrust forward, prepare to divert all power to secondary weapons. Weapons, give me a firing solution.” Roshal commanded, hand raised and pointed at the enemy’s display as if she were commanding from a tall ship.
A chant of “Aye ma’am aye” flowed out across the bridge as the weaponsmistress was silent before calling out. “Port side is up to 45% secondary fires and 32% point defense. That’ll be our best bet.”
Roshal nodded. “Make it so. Target their main weapons. Helm, get us that facing.”
“Ma’am. We’re getting a call from Runoff 3. They are entering the AO and are asking for a target.”
Roshal smiled, “Weapons, shift target. Aim for the anti-aerospace systems. Let’s give Runoff 3 the opening they need.”
A clock ticked down.
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“Cookie, we’ve got a targeting path.” Milk called forward. “Putting it up on your HUD.”
“One second… I’ve got it. Moving to comply. Did the Captain give us a plan?” her front seater replied, causing her stomach to do funny things as the Aerospace Fighter maneuvered while under high thrust.
“Something like that. She asked for a munitions report and specifically about our anti-shipping weapon.”
Cookie paused.
“Ah.” He finally said.
“Yeah.” She replied.
“Well, let’s hope they’re able to open us up to a window of opportunity. Or this will be a short charge.”
“Not our place to question why.”
“Just our place to do and die.”
Time to target… three minutes.
Into the valley of Death, rode the six hundred.
A clock ticked down.
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Two vessels, three Aerospace fighters, one chance.
Six minutes of power remained. All actors took their places on the stage.
One hundred kilometers, close enough to check the weld quality of hull seams, the two ships danced across from each other. Maneuvering.
Five minutes of power remained.
The Karcharidon Heavy Cruiser rolled itself trying to keep the vulnerable top deck away from the Patrol Carrier’s presumably still working main gun as Roshal’s vessel jumped to the side. Thrusters roared.
Four minutes of power remained.
Runoff 1 and 4 shot towards their formerly separated comrade, forming up behind them in a wedge. The trio climbed towards the sun as their captain continued to chase and harass the Karcharidon.
Three minutes of power remained.
Roshal spoke. The lances of her vessel fired. Laser blasts carved across the hull of the enemy ship as it rolled.
The rolling ceased. A helmswoman swore as a full broadside caught the Patrol Carrier in the flank. The port hangar pod was ruined, armor shattered and all inside exposed to hard vacuum. Those who could scream died the fastest. The Interceptors had their opening.
Two minutes of power remained.
Silent wings swept through vacuum as three Interceptors began their dive, their formerly speedy arrowhead shape giving way to an inverted t as their wings swept out for stability, the ASF dove and dove and dove.
Five Kilometers away.
The range was too wide. They had one shot. It had to be perfect.
One minute of power remained.
The Into Harm’s Way spat its defiance into the world, limited power drained to give her pilots a seconds more of time.
30 seconds of power remained.
Three Kilometers.
Hard Lock! Milk shouted from the back seat of Runoff 3. Cookie was silent. The range was still too wide.
15 seconds of power remained.
Two Kilometers.
The Karcharidon seemingly began to roll before the Patrol Carrier once more fired, its last remaining weapons spouting their defiance against the world. Deep in engineering, systems began to blow, wires that replaced fuses sparked power and delicate circuit boards shorted out into useless scrap.
The lights went out.
No power remained.
Roshal, in her head, began to count down as lances of light began to sweep across her ship. Damage control did what they could, but the beams began to cut like an overly enthusiastic shipbreaker.
Five.
One Kilometer.
Four.
Cookie’s thumb depressed the firing stud as the Interceptor screamed at him.
Three.
The ASF launched its deadly payload.
Two.
Three Interceptors pulled back hard on their sticks to avoid colliding with the deck.
One.
The thruster of the anti-shipping missile roared as it rocketed the point blank aerospace distance to target.
Impact.
The armor piercing tip of the missile punched into the upper deck plating of the Heavy Cruiser, classified alloys allowing it to pierce into the armored plating just enough to allow the shaped charge to open up a hole as momentum kept the weapon moving.
Within the frame of a single second, the warhead of the missile had entered the ship and, before the alarms even had time to sound, detonated.
A new sun appeared in the void for a split second as a plasma-fusion warhead detonated inside the Karcharidon heavy cruiser’s hull.
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Roshal allowed herself to breathe a sigh of relief inside her head as the emergency power lights flickered overhead and the gravity ever so slightly lightened. What was left of their sensor arrays showed the enemy vessel powering down. “Engineering. Good work, your 10 minutes were just what she needed.” She called out, picking up the ship phone.
There was no answer from engineering.
She signed externally before pointing at one of the marines guarding the bridge, “Find a crewmate in a void suit. I have need of runners.” The marine clasped a fist to her chest before leaving to execute her captain’s commands. “Comms, do we have any contact with the engineering teams on the pirate hulk?”
The Comms officer held up a hand, Roshal waited, “No, ma’am. We aren’t getting- wait. We’ve got visual on flashing lights from the hull. Apparently, something shorted, so they’re having to rebuild broadcast arrays. They can receive just fine, though.”
“Good, once we can maneuver, bring us broadside of them. What’s the status of the merchant fleet?”
Navigation spoke up now, “Still heading for the Jump Point. Should we send the recall order?”
“Not yet, we are still unsure if the area is safe. If we have any sensors remaining, begin sca-”
The mentioned sensor technician interrupted Captain Roshal, “Ma’am, new contact, signature unknown. Just jumped in from outside the starlane!”
“Give me details. Course, range, and speed?” She demanded.
“Signal confused, can’t get a lock!” Navigation called out, “Can’t tell if confusion’s from them or us.”
Not another one… Roshal sighed, “All forces prepa-”
“Ma’am, we’re being hailed.” Communications called out.
“On squawk.”
“This is Captain Al’yosha Cal’rada of Her Imperial Majesty’s Ship Spear of the Knyaginya, responding to Merchant vessel distress calls. Imperial Patrol Carrier, are you in need of assistance at this time?”
Roshal recognized the voice. A junior officer from her days in the Navy and a fellow Sevastutavan. The memory of the fresh faced girl when she’d joined her as an Ensign straight of the Naval Academy flashed before her eyes. “Captain Cal’rada. Your timing is impeccable as always.”
“Admiral?” Roshal could hear the shock in her old protege’s voice.
“That’s Captain, now, Al’yosha. I require your aid in ensuring the disabled vessel still glowing from an ASM strike remains disabled along with Search and Rescue teams for our sister Carrier.
“Whatever you want, you’ll have it, Admiral_… Helm! All ahead flank and plot course to intercept. Launch gunships and prepare to deploy Bluejackets. We’ll test our _Orcas’ teeth today!”
The line cut out a moment later than it should have, and Roshal nodded in approval.
“Captain, I still don’t have a read on new contact. What is it?” Sensors asked.
“A Drep’na inspired vision, come to life.” Roshal watched, feeling an odd sort of parental pride as Al’yosha’s experimental warship began closing the distance towards the Karcharidon at breakneck speeds. “A swift sailing vessel and ten carriage guns…” Roshal murmured the line from an old Vaasconian poem from the ancient Age of Sail. She had heard Cal’rada had succeeded in petitioning the Navy to build her dream-ship, burning every favor and passing out favors to any and everyone to see the program through. Now, there she was, standing on the bridge bearing down on a ship twice her size, but if the rumors were true, only half her guns.
“Ma’am, contact is still not resolving, but IFF confirms Imperial Navy designation. An Akula Class Attack Transport. I’ve… I’ve never even heard of this class.”
“Perhaps we shall hear of them more in the future. Fortune favors the active.”
“Contact is disgorging multiple signals, moving at speeds consistent with aerospace assets.”
“That is our signal we may disengage. Comms, inform the merchant fleet that the area is secure and to begin refueling procedures. Helm, get us alongside the pirate hulk, we have people to recover. Marine, get me a runner to the MP’s, we shall need the port hangar prepared for an old tradition the Navy has regarding pirate prisoners…” Roshal commanded. The fight was over, it was time to begin the cleanup.
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So… that took a while. Sorry about that.
Turns out when a combination of writer’s block, decision paralysis and LIFE hits you over the head, it becomes a touch difficult to get your shit together long enough to write something down.
On the plus side, we are out of the “unplanned bits” and right back into the parts I have brainstormed, so I won’t be staring at a screen trying to think how to make things connect as much anymore. On the other hand, that means we are now entering the epilogue of book 1 of Top Lasgun.
Don’t worry, the story isn’t ending, I’ve got “three” books plotted out in my head, so we’ll see how that shakes out, but for the most part, this is where I start wrapping up plot threads, laying down threads for what comes next, and all that other good stuff.
So yeah, next chapter is going to involve everyone wrapping up what happened here, some fun little Military Justice, and potentially a bunch of plot. Also, I’m planning on starting a “rewrite”/edited version of this to go up on AO3, so keep an eye out for that. Early installment weirdness is a bitch and I’m not proud of what the older stuff looked like.
Well, I hope you have a wonderful morning, afternoon or evening whenever you read this and I will see you next chapter.
[NEXT CHAPTER]

The system killed my brother not Cancer.
I was a MA for a long time, im not saying Im an expert but I’ve seen enough to understand something was off. My brother 23 went to the ER for stomach pain, nausea with streaks of blood, upon arriving the Dr felt a bump on the right lower side by the pelvic area, sure enough after a bunch of blood works, scans and tests turns out he had cancer. Now here is where things turn and I would like an expert to dumb it down for me. He got admitted Jan 13, 2021, a Biopsy of the right Iliac wing was done, throughout his stay at the hospital his condition only got worse, he couldn’t eat, black stools, nausea, vomiting, weakness and so on. All the doctors, oncologist, just every damn provider on his case said “don’t worry, he is young and healthy he will be okay”. He got discharged 1 week and 3 days after, so January 25, still waiting for the results of his Biopsy. We had a follow up appointment Feb 5th for his results and all they said what they had a preliminary as Ewings Sarcoma which was a very treatable Cancer as per the oncologist. during that time he only got worse and worse, the oncologist insisted that he was young and healthy and its just a symptom of cancer. Since the results were not final a few days later they requested a second Biopsy. Appointment is now scheduled for February 12, he goes in and he is immediately admitted into the ICU due to fluid in his lungs, over 1 Litter was removed with a heart rate of over 180, he is now at the cardiac ICU. He gets better 2 days later he then goes into the regular floor and the second Biopsy is done on February 15th. No results and my brother only gets worse, a PTScan was done and now he was nodules on his lungs as well. My brother then goes into the ICU one more time, days pass by and they tell us he had an infection and he is now brain dead. February 22 came and they tell us “he is the sickest patient in the hospital now and we are doing everything we can”. Dialysis gets started because his organs are failing, it doesnt work. February 23rd came and they tell us they will check his brain because he might not have any activity, they said they will check and make sure what they are seeing. Sure enough, February 24 they tell us we will need to make a decision in regard to his life and that “ oh his biopsy results came back and he has stage 4 stomach Cancer”, we might need to disconnect him. February 25th came and they do one last test to see if he has any brain activity by removing the tubes and nope, nothing. We decided to let him go February 25, 2021. I now work at a lab in the histology department and the amount of Biopsies we do and result them in less than a week baffles me, why couldn’t they figure out my brother’s cancer earlier ? He could have been saved. And now more than ever I believe the system and everyone working in this field for money and not because they actually care for a patient is what killed him.

I have had some tests run recently, and I'm trying to understand what's going on. Last year I had a pretty bad SVT and was in the hospital and ambulance several times. It got so bad at one point they almost had to stop my heart to reset it. After this they did an ablation. However I'm still having chest pain and trouble breathing, so the doctors have ordered more tests run. I exercise and work out as much as I can, but I'm usually in pain during/afterwards. I just want to know if it will get better if I keep exercising. One of my tests a few months ago showed abnormal motion in the left ventricle as well as a conduction abnormality. Recently my exercise stress test showed mildly abnormal ventilatory efficiency (also on the test was listed I had above average exercise capacity). I was in pain after the test and for several hours when I got home. I'm 28, my vascular system seems to be in great condition, I eat healthfully and exercise regularly. I'm also a twin and have had some trouble breathing while exercising since I was young, so sometimes I wonder if maybe it has something to do with that?
Any answers would be great!
Thanks!

The biggest risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease is carrying an APOE E4 allele. For several decades, Alzheimer’s research has focused on preventing the buildup of amyloid-beta plaque in the brain. While amyloid-beta plaque clearly plays a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, the drugs developed to block amyloid-beta haven’t helped much with Alzheimer’s symptoms. At best, they may slow the progression of the disease.
Recently, two large studies of the interaction of APOE E4 with other genetic variants have shed light on how changes in the blood vessels and the blood-brain barrier are important for the buildup of amyloid-beta plaques.[ref][ref]
Both genetic studies found that variants that reduce fibronectin significantly decreased the risk of Alzheimer’s in people with APOE E4 genotypes. The variants identified were not very common (around 1-2% of the population).
Individuals with the APOE E4 allele don’t break down amyloid-beta quite as well as normal for clearance from the brain. Fibronectin interacts with and binds to many different particles, including amyloid-beta. The excess fibronectin in the BBB is believed to “negatively regulate amyloid beta clearance”.[ref]
Essentially, fibronectin in the blood-brain barrier is binding with amyloid-beta. Normally, a lot of the amyloid-beta is cleared out of the brain and circulates in the bloodstream in a soluble form.
Reducing omega-6 oils: Studies show that omega-6 fatty acids increase fibronectin levels.[ref]
“Vegetable oils” such as canola, corn, soybean, sunflower, and safflower oils are high in omega-6 fatty acids. Most fried foods, sauces, and processed foods are very high in omega-6 fatty acids. Meat from animals that are fed a lot of omega-6 fats, such as chickens and pigs, can also be high in omega-6.
One of the biggest changes in our eating habits over the past 70 years is the huge increase in omega-6 fatty acids.
Many prior studies have also made the connection between omega-6 fatty acids and increased risk of Alzheimer’s in animals and in cell studies, but the published research on humans has been a lot more ambiguous.[ref][ref][ref]
Omega-3 fatty acids, such as DHA and EPA from fish and seafood, do not increase fibronectin levels.[ref] One study found that fibronectin decreased when omega-3 was increased in the diet.[ref]
Click here to read my full article on fibronectin, including how to use your 23andMe or Ancestry genetic raw data to see if you carry any fibronectin related variants.

Hii, I'm Aria, 24y/o, from Argentina. My first language is Spanish, so, sorry if I write something wrong :p
First of all:

• I'm 5'2/5'3, idk, 158cm tall lol
• Blue hair, brown eyes
• Recently got snake bites piercings 😼 they're still healing, so they don't look really cool for now 😭

I'm into:

• videogames! my fav thing to do lol my fav game is Dead by Daylight, I play it all the time. I'm also playing Night Crows, mostly leaving it open in the background doing missions on automatic lol. Other games I like, but I don't play a lot: Apex Legends, LoL, TFT, OW2, Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley...
• Movies, series, cosy vlogs... I like Disney, Marvel and Harry Potter a lot 🩷
• I love art: music, painting, photography 🥺 it has my heart. I'm not the best at doing artsy? things but I love to experiment sometimes, taking photos of my pets with my phone or my digital cameras, following tutorials on how to do watercolor paintings, DIY, etc.
• as for music, my fav artists RN: 5 seconds of summer, Kali Uchis, DJO, Lana del Rey... I mostly listen to music in English, alt music, pop, kpop, lo-fi, 80s classics. I'm not really into metal or really loud music.
• RN my fav hobby is doing nails! I always loved doing my nails with classic nail polish, but rn I'm learning other technics and it makes me really happy! I'm also trying to start a small business 🫶🏻

More about me:

• I don't want children.
  
• I have 4 pets: 1 dogs and 3 kitties that I adopted recently, I never had cats before 🥴 I love them a lot 🩷
  
• I'm neurodivergent and an introvert, so I spend most of my time at home.
  
• I enjoy messaging more than calling 🫠
  
• I lost a lot of years to mental illnesses, so I'm just now trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.
  
• At first I can be distant, but once I trust someone, I'm really clingy 🥴
  
• I'd love to move abroad in the future 💗
  

What am I looking for?

• Emotionally available, this is one of the most important things. Please, don't contact me if you don't feel ready to meet someone new and see where things go.
  
• I'm open to LDR.
  
• Age range 22-29.
  
• I'm really sensitive, I don't like dark humor, so if you enjoy it, I don't think we'd connect.
  

I'd just love to have someone to game, watch movies, send tiktoks, memes or just be silent on a call but knowing that we are there for each other.
Anyways... if you're interested, message me a little bit about yourself and a photo pls. I hope you have a nice day/night✨
https://imgur.com/a/FULP0ed

I’m picking up a new model y performance and I want to protect the paint as best as possible. The car sits outside in the hot Florida sun a majority of the time. I wanted black but figured it’s best to go lighter so I ordered the new quicksilver color. I currently have a model 3 and the paint sucks balls so I want to protect this one as best as possible. I was quoted a ceramic coating good for 1 year at $500 and a coating for 5 years at $700. I’m torn between this or PPF. I have no idea how much PPF even is and if it’s worth it in the blaring Florida heat. Any suggestions or thoughts on the ceramic coating price? Can I run the car through a touch less wash also? I know it’s not recommended but a lot of the time I can’t wash the car by hand because of pricing and time required. Thank you!

Hi everyone 👋
I welcome insight, considerations, stories, etc. in reaching decisions about long term anti-coagulation or going off thinners. What’s your story? What did you consider when making a decision?
I (30sF) had a saddle pulmonary embolism with heart strain last summer. I was 7 weeks pregnant, on oral estrogen and IM progesterone (IVF pregnancy), and apparently have Factor V Leiden - heterozygous. I was hemodynamically stable, so just heparin and a few days in the ICU then discharged.
Excellent follow ups, no evidence of long term damage, no symptoms. I’ve been on Lovenox since the PE. I am at a crossroads of continuing anticoagulants or stopping.
The clot was considered provoked because I was pregnant, taking estrogen, and have FVL. My hematologist noted that the American Society of Hematology recently updated guidelines for those who have had a provoked clot in pregnancy and FVL to remain on long term anti-coagulation; this is not indicated for those who have a provoked clot/no FVL. Hematologist stated that, historically, he would not counsel someone like me to go on long term anticoagulants but given the guidelines change, he would support me either way. He stated research indicates a 10% 10-year risk of re-clotting (if off of anticoagulants) OR a 10% 10-year risk of a major bleeding event (if on anticoagulants). The implication of both is unpleasant to think about, needless to say. Except one pulmonologist, no other providers have felt I must stay on anticoagulants, although all them were freaked by the severity of the clot (I suspect I had PE symptoms I ignored that escalated and finally got me to the ER, so the clot may not have been so severe initially).
Extra detail that may be relevant - my baby had a hemorrhage and clot in the cord - TBD if this opens up further testing for me as the mother; baby will have a hematology work up in the future.
I am in therapy processing this and meet again with hematology soon. I welcome any considerations from this lovely community.
TLDR: provoked saddle PE in pregnancy while on estrogen, have FVL; have to decide whether to stay on anticoagulants indefinitely or go off. I feel stuck.

Introduction

The main purpose of this guide will be to help unlock the golden dice for those of you who feel less confident about tackling honour mode. This is designed to be a path of least resistance, so we won’t be experiencing everything this game has to offer. It’s also worth noting that instead of focusing on min-maxing for damage; we prioritise safe & consistent damage. We don’t need to be respeccing characters often, if at all, and we won’t be relying on strength elixirs. My girlfriend (u/-babyjanehudson) and I put this together as we’ve beaten honour mode a 5 times now without any failed attempts, we were even in the first 800 people to beat it which is kinda cool! Here’s how we did it. First starting with our builds, then a little general advice and finally just a list of some general Do’s & Don’ts. Apologies for the wall of text.
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Builds:

**[Bardlock](https://www.reddit.com/BG3Builds/s/pMh6196Xp8) (party face) - Great old one Warlock 2, college of lore bard 10 - Cha16>Dex16>Con14>Wis12**
* Key items are the spell sparkler until Markoheshkir, potent robe, quickspell gloves, necklace of elemental augmentation & the warped headband of intellect (great for general party face checks in acts 1+2) at least until you get the birthright at sorcerers sundries in act 3. Once I reach act 3 and have persuaded half of the shadow cursed lands into dying, I personally choose to respec into Sorlock: 2 goolock, 2 fighter, 8 draconic sorcerer. It’s not necessary but I find it gives the edge in combat while in act 3, as there are less dialogue checks available that bard can abuse. Being a sorlock means every morning in camp I can convert ALL level 1+2 spell slots into extra sorcery slots meaning my bonus action is now always being used for eldritch blast thanks to quickened spell meta magic plus we have action surge :) Skill priority for this character is Persuasuion > Intimidation > Deception > Performance > Perception > Investigation. Credit to u/kethrynweryn for this build, it’s easily my fav in the game.
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**Life cleric 12 - Wis16>Con16>Dex14>Str**
(light cleric does more damage so is technically better for experienced players but a life cleric is there to save your run in case of an emergency, something pretty invaluable to beginners in HM as we can’t assume we are winning every fight in the first 2 turns like we ideally aim to)
* key items are reapers embrace, sentinel shield, hell riders pride, the whispering promise & blood of lathander. Other items of note would be luminous armor & the radiant/illumation rings. Most fights will simply involve casting spirit guardians at its highest level and running through crowds of enemies like you’re mowing a lawn, picking up the war caster feat is brilliant for helping you keep concentration when taking attacks of opportunity but i know as a feat it’s a little divisive, just my personal preference. This setup trivialises all combat encounters in act 2. Just remember to check enemies for radiant retort, they’re few and far between but can fuck things up if you forget.
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**Swords Bard Archer (Lockpicker) - 6 Swords Bard, 4 Rogue Thief, 2 Fighter - Dex17>Cha14>Con14>Wis12>Str**
* Key items are hag hair (+1dex), titan string, risky ring, hill giant club, helm of arcane acuity & band of the mystic scoundrel. With this setup every time you attack, you can hold person, fear, vicious mockery or invisibility as a bonus action :) Just make sure to use your slashing flourish as much as possible to maximise damage. Don’t forget to get to the high ground whenever possible to increase your damage.
Skill priority for this character is Sleight of hand > Stealth > Perception > Persuasion > Intimidation > Deception > Acrobatics
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**Barbarian - Wild heart Bear Barb 8, Battle Master Fighter 4 - Str16>Con16>Dex14>Wis12**
* Key items are more flexible here as it’s less dependant on gear. I recommend grabbing the Everburn blade if you can, it really helps during the slog of act 1 (to get it easily, when you first find Shadowheart on the nautiloid immediately swap any one of the spells in her book for Command, then use command drop on Zhalk and steal his sword. I do not recommend trying to fight him for it) Most the time you’ll just wear the usual barb stuff, bracers of defence & a 2H weapon of your choice. If you’re willing to brave Raphael & Ansur this build becomes a powerhouse with the gauntlets of hill giant strength, amulet of health & Baldurans giantslayer. These items are incredible but are also locked behind fights which pose the highest risk to your run, prepare carefully and if you don't feel confident enough then don’t be ashamed to just skip them. Anyway we take wild heart bear because being resistant to everything but psychic damage is really underrated. You can use this character to abuse the poor souls that your swords bard has been using hold person on for easy crits. Make sure to *always* use reckless attack. Initially it sounds bizarre but stick with me, you want enemies to have advantage against your barb, doing this while keeping your AC capped around 17~19 means the computer always prioritises attacking your Barb over the rest of your party (all your other characters should have AC19-23ish by act 2). Not to mention if you’re always using reckless attack, the feat Great Weapon Master no longer has a downside, so it becomes a reliable +10 to damage.
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**Final note for builds:**
As you’ve probably noticed, yes almost everybody in the party takes a dip in fighter for access to action surge & shield proficiency. [I learned this habit from Colby like everything else I know. He’s the Bob Ross of DnD builds and well worth your time.](https://youtube.com/@DnDDeepDive?si=mvqyEwBZMR3WhU-v)
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General Advice

The most important factor in honour mode is “meta knowledge”, This means things like: knowing how to enter each combat effectively, making sure everyone is in a good position before starting, knowing exactly which enemies/spells you’ll face during that fight and ensuring you always take the enemy by surprise to gain a free turn. Being properly prepared is better than any build. As for difficulty, Act 1 is always going to be your biggest challenge so use plenty of rests and pick your fights carefully. For this guide I also recommend using your bard to persuade the act 2 bosses into committing suicide.

Do’s:

* Always have a these spells prepared: longstrider, aid, enhance ability, bless, misty step, heroes feast, counterspell, shield & guidance.
* Buy the ring of bless from Volo the moment you meet him at the grove.
* Steal Laezel’s armor at the start if you’re not using her, it’s great medium armor in the first few hours.
* Let Volo take your eye for a permanent see invisibility buff.
* Barbarian should always use reckless attack
* Buy & craft every potion of speed you can get your grubby mitts on. With the slight nerfs to Haste in HM potions of speed are a safer alternative.
* Take the Hag hair +1dex for swords bard and most the time just let Ethel have Mayrina, its fiddly to control who Ethel will offer the deal to so just go in being prepared to sacrifice Mayrina.
* Talk to crusher outside the goblin camp and persuade him to kiss your feet. He'll run off embaressed, follow him to the bridge away from all the other goblins. Now you can safely and easily kill him to loot his ring which increases movement speed.
* Use your party face to poison the goblin camp in act 1, killing over half of them outside before even entering combat and then the party face can simply deny everything.
* Look up the wiki page for every boss and check their legendary resistances/actions BEFORE starting the encounter. Ethel, inquisitor w’wargaz, cazador, steel watch titan & Nether brain specifically can do some seriously nasty stuff that’s exclusive to HM & can easily catch you off guard.
* Kill Balthazar in his room/lab where you first meet him. To make the fight even easier you can take flesh into the self same trial using the bell so you don’t have to fight him alongside Balthazar. Either way it’s a much easier than the fighting in the shadowfell.
* Take alert if someone has a spare feat available, otherwise increasing your main ability score is usually the best bet.
* Cast sanctuary on Isobel during the raid on the last light in, a lot easier than chasing after her trying to heal & blade ward her. Alternatively ignore her altogether, go straight to ambush against the drider, grab the lantern and release dolly dolly dolly, allowing you to skip the Isobel & Marcus’s fight altogether.
* Keep characters ability scores in even values when possible, odd values do not change anything (with a slight exception to constitution as odd values still give a little extra hp).
* Try to keep all characters at 12 Wis or higher to avoid being feared, charmed or hold person’d.
* Cast darkness over Halsins portal to prevent enemies attacking it.
* Take Gortash's deal to skip his fight & the steel foundry.
* Use minor illusion to group enemies together & pull them out of position before initiating combat. You can also use this method to fix broken NPC’s when they’re not standing where they’re meant to. Looking at you Alfira & Lakrissa.
* If you’re open to a little cheesing you can leave some ranged/throwing party members on the steps before the Grym boss fight. Now just rain hell down on the boss from safety.
* Globe of invulnerability is exactly as broken as it sounds. These scrolls restock daily at sorcerers sundries & trivialise every boss encounter in act 3. Ansur specifically has no way of countering this.
* Illithid powers. These wriggly little cuties are some of the strongest buffs/abilities available. I recommend having every possible party member take atleast: favourable beginnings, luck of the far realms, ability drain & cull the weak. If you opt to go half illithid then you get access to some outrageous kit such as: fly, psionic dominance, illithid expertise & blackhole.
* Summon any minions before casting Aid, Heroes feast, Longstrider & other morning buffs.
* Use your potions, elixirs & scrolls as much as possible. They’re literally everywhere & with good reason. A well timed potion of invisibility or scroll of misty step can save a run.
* Most people know this already but don’t forget you can throw healing potions at allies in a pinch.
* Before descending the stairs to Cazador’s fight have a party member go invisible. They can run over and free Astarion before rolling initiative. This method can also be used to free Volo, Mayrina, Aylin or set up smokepowder barrels for a one turn kill.
* Use darkness to cover any pickpocketing and then flee the area before the NPC notices they've been got.
* Only trade with vendors using your highest persuasion character.
* Give your frequently visited vendors a few hundred gold to max out their attitude. this way you have the best prices for both buying and selling.
* Remember you can skip the final fight altogether *using the dialogue option* (important distinction) to blow Gale up at the brain stem in act 3.

Don’ts:

* Don’t awaken at the Zaithisk unless you’re certain you can make the checks, there is a [great guide on respeccing for this exact moment](https://www.reddit.com/BaldursGate3/s/7uQ7MSzzBg) credit to u/kodiak3393.
*Don't use friends, guidance or *any* other spell when bargaining with Ethel for Mayrina & the hag hair. It will trigger Ethel's legendary action and prevent you from getting the hag hair.
* Don’t free Orpheus unless you're prepared to also fight the Emperor in the final fight.
* Don’t play as durge for the first time. Worth noting the cloak exclusive to durge is easily the best in the game but being durge throws the player some unexpected curveballs that can end a run if you're not prepared.
* Don’t keep sharpshooter toggled on permanenlty unless you’ve got risky ring or oil of accuracy.
* Don’t try & save the gondians, don’t go to the iron throne, do not pass go, do not collect £200
* Don’t underestimate Flind the and other Gnolls who are attacking Rugan in act 1, you ideally want to be level 4 before this fight. Ensure to start the encounter from insidde the cave where Rugan is trapped, it can be accessed from the area near the fake paladins of tyr & Karlach.
* Don’t use the cantrip Friends unless you plan on immediately leaving the area or killing the target.
* Don’t convince Ketheric to commit suicide at the mindlfayer colony. Instead use the first phase of the fight to get into position & takeout the Mindflayer asasp then get to work on the apostles. Makes phase 2 infinitely easier.
* Don’t talk to Wulbren or the Tieflings in the Moonrise prison *until* you’ve killed the warden and all the guards . These guards are utterly brain dead and somehow will never inform anyone upstairs of your massacre, regardless of how stealthily or raucously you tackle them. So just go hog wild. This’ll secure your potent robe with ease.
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[Updated and streamlined version of the guide i made a few months ago on my old account u/JoseMongo]

Hey guys!
Is out there an open source alternative to Traefik Proxy? Gosh... it's supposed to simplify your life, but boy! How does it make it harder! I'm basically exhausted of trying to implement my own cloud using it... And I'm not even new to the SysAdmin nor Unix thing. I've been there for almost 20 years, and even held a LPIC-3 license for a decade. It seems the team of maintainers of this tool make a lot of effort not to make things easier on you, not fix ridiculous bugs, not to implement easy and simple new features(or to make things that should be easy and simple actually easy and simple).
I suppose they hope you will eventually get fed up, but so entangled with it that in the end you will pay the high price they're asking for an entry level product for a small client like me in order to give you a headacheless version with technical support for one year. This in my opinion is not the Unix way.
If I had more time, I could do a Frankenstein's in GoLang + Apache2 and deal with the minutiae myself.
I basically need something that listens on 80/433, on my public IP address, allows me to create the necessary VHOSTS plus of course Let's Encrypt SSL support with some kind of REST API or RPC interface, and act as a reverse proxy in order to delivery the requests arriving for a certain domain to a certain docker container, nothing more than that. That's a start. I already can start selling the product and make some cash... This thing must expose a REST API or RPC endpoint in order for my juniors to register new domains and instantiate new containers. The containers' part of the equation doesn't scare me that much, I'm very familiar with the tech and what may happen as well as what I can do if I run into troubles. A simple solution like that would do the trick for now. In the future I could adopt another solution, even put some money in it, but for now, such simple functionality would suffice.
Anyways, thanks for the sympathetic ears! And sorry for the rant!!

What are your top 5 regretted purchases for your home? And what would you have done with the savings?

1. The second car. I could have gotten away with walking, bike/e-bike, bus or even occasional taxi/uber to the train station, saved $ on parking, and the daily steps would have helped my health. Still paying insurance/maintenance for the car which i keep around in case the adult kids want to use it.
   
2. the Outdoor Play Set. It was barely used, and I'm still spending $ maintaining it every year in preparation for house resale. Kids got bored with it quickly, and just wanted to go to the park to play with other kids.
   
3. the bigger house. Getting a house with a Living Room and separate Dining Room when it already had a Family Room and eat-in kitchen was unnecessary. The LR and DR are rarely used, and for the extra expense, I could have rented a private room in a restaurant for holiday gatherings many times over and not had to do the dishes.
   
4. the bigger yard. The amount of the yard my family actually uses is tiny. Yet I pay a landscaper more money to maintain all that extra space. Sure, I'm now re-wilding some of it to save landscaping money, but I still have to pay taxes on land I don't use.
   
5. the Outdoor Lighting. I have lights illuminating my bushes, trees (which I learned is illegal in my town), and my house which is ridiculous when you think about it. It's not the Arc d'Triomphe. Worse, the lights I now learned contribute to species decline (as if we haven't done enough via climate change to screw other species) and the inability to see the stars at night. I could have gotten away with a few motion-sensor lights for security for far less money.
   

Now that you have your regrets, what would you have done with the money?
A. Finances: I would have Paid down Credit Card debt, built a 6 month Emergency Fund, raised my retirement account contributions, and funded the kids' college savings account, in that order. I use a compound interest calculator to see how much more money I would have had.
B. Life Insurance: I would have paid a higher annual premium for a larger 25 year term life policy for my spouse and me. Maybe even explored disability insurance or something like AFLAC.

So this might be a bit longer cause I've put in the work, but I'm confused. Also not just trying to be cheap, because 2 different pool companies has looked at it and they just basically said they don't know. Though if I'm being frank they didn't strike me as particularly knowledgeable.
I have a typical pool with a sand filter. I'm getting air through pretty much all my jets. It is a significant amount of air. My research says this is likely a suction side leak.
I've got a 3 way diverter valve on the two pipes coming into the pump basket. Which way I turn that valve does not impact the amount of air at all. So I can't narrow it down to being a main drain line problem or a skimmer line problem.
This is the only pool I've owned so I'm not positive if there is air in the pump basket. I can see the water moving around in there but to me its not a lot of void and not blatantly like "Hey there's air in here". I can get a video if someone wants.
I've tried the soap foam test, shaving cream test, and a poorly attempted smoke test on pretty much every single connection around my pump and filter, including around the pump basket. I can't find anywhere that's definitely sucking in air.
I've replaced the pump basket gasket.
One weird thing that happened is I went to drain the pool so I turned the diverter to only pull from the main drain, and after it got below the skimmers I could still hear the skimmers quietly (not strongly) trying to suck in air. The pump also completely quit pulling in water from the main drain. I'm pretty sure it typically does get at least some water from the main drain since when I open both the skimmers and the main drain, the skimmers quit pulling as hard (it creates a vortex if I turn it to skimmers only).
Maybe that is just the airleak causing it to lose the necessary suction to pull from the main drain since it is lower and requires more suction? or maybe an indication the diverter valve is not closing properly. I have already ordered replacement gaskets and diverter for the Jandy diverter valve.
This is my first pool and I'm a complete noob so I welcome any criticism/input.

Hello.
A bit of background, my son (almost 13M) was diagnosed in 2020 with begign soft tissue hemangioma in the knee area. He had 2, one was right above the knee/lower thigh and the second was intra articular (synovial area).
After biopsy to clear any possibility of cancer (thankfully it wasn't) he had the lower thigh one surgically removed in December 2020. He was fine for a bit over a year and the other one started to give him pain too. The surgeon did not want to go into the synovial area surgically due to him being young and all the nerves in that area, for a tumor that wasn't a cancer wasn't worth the ordeal. So he referred us to his colleague, a radiology interventionist who successfully managed to get rid of it and all the vessels bundle by injecting ethanol in it under a scanner (december 2022). An angiogram performed before revealed the tumors weren't arterial but veinous and by removing the first one the blood went into the other one explaining why the pain came back, getting rid of one without the other one wasn't a long term solution even if we were hoping to never have to deal with it to begin with.
He has now been free from those tumors for over a year and a half and pain is a thing of the past. He had physical therapy after both removal procedures. You'd think we d be done with all of this. Alas after a year and a half there is still a considerable difference in ROM between both legs which we noticed after both procedures (the first time we blamed it on the intra articular tumor still in there). While his affected leg isn't bad per say (130 degrees bend) he is still young and growing so we wanted to see what we could do to fix that. He also does martial arts (wrestling with school and jiu jitsu in a private club) so this affects his abilities to do some moves successfully. During class when listening to instructions he cannot fully sit on his heels because the one leg keeps him from doing so and I fear he could be taking bad habits that could affect his hips (he puts his weight on the other leg by leaning on this side)
We went back to his surgeon and after examination he thinks that scar tissues formed as a result of his procedures is what is causing the limitations in range. We are going to confirm that with an MRI in 3 weeks and go from there.
Now this is a surgeon so he sees a nail and wants to fix it with a hammer. However I was wondering if any of you who had experience with surgical removal of scar tissue were satisfied with the outcome and if you had any resurgence (or lack thereof). Is there a possibility to try something less invasive knowing that the internal scar tissue is between 18 months to almost 4 years old. Even if the idea of invasive surgery is not the best, after each procedure where we chose the most agressive treatment always led to improvement in outcomes (for the intra articular tumor, we chose to have ethanol injected which successfully got rid of everything rather than the embolic agent which could have resulted in the tumor not being fully gone). He is young so his recovery time is faster than if he chose to do so as an adult.
What are your opinions?
Edit to add: the surgeon mentioned the possibility of getting it done by arthroscopic procedure which his colleague does, depending on what the MRI shows. However for us this is still surgery and since he is a minor he ll get the full package of general anesthesia and outpatient hospital stay so if doing so surgically leads to better outcomes we may as well do this way.