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Curse of Strahd Ask Meme Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Original Post by @mandisawesome

///Spoilers Ahead!///

If your party hasn’t gotten the Tome of Strahd item yet or had a chance to learn why Strahd is so obsessed with a certain NPC, and you’re worried about spoilers, you might want to skip this post!

Question 4: Did your DM make any major changes to the module?

Yes! Well, some major, some minor. Aside from maybe making the encounters less brutally punishing, here’s what @inertia-raptor changed or added:

From what I understand, a few DMs have decided to switch the roles of the Kolyanovich siblings, including ours. This is my first time playing the module so I can’t say for certain just how different it makes things, aside from making it a little more explicitly queer from the outset, and maybe determining which sibling you spend the most time interacting with at certain points. All I can say is I’ve grown very attached to our awkward little wizard Ismark, and I certainly hope he continues to manage to avoid his creepy vampire stalker.

So in order to sail past any of the potentially problematic implications surrounding the whole Vistani thing, our DM just decided to...not include the Vistani. Now there is a clan of Tabaxi that is more or less on neutral terms with Strahd. We’re also pretty firmly in the camp of “tabaxi/catfolk are allowed to look like domestic cats if you want” which means that these tabaxi absolutely resemble domestic cats, and sometimes our actual pets will make cameos. It’s great.

Not all of the Tabaxi clan members in our game are catfolk--some are human/humanoid--but they are very much included among the Barovian Tabaxi clan that are permitted to traverse in and out of the mists, and sometimes work closely with Strahd. Inversely, a tabaxi from outside of this particular clan might get treated more nicely than adventurers other races if they were to end up in Barovia, but they’d kinda have to prove they were loyal to Strahd first if they wanted the same privileges as the native clan.

Significant NPCS that were written into the campaign:

Our DM wrote in a few OCs that have had a significant part to play in the game so far, and go beyond just fleshing out existing enemies or NPCs:

Carden is one of those NPCs that was probably meant to be more for background flavour, but then our PCs got so damnged attached to him...We just can’t do anything in Vallaki without checking in on our good buddy Carden at least once. He’s been in Barovia 50 years now (and sadly left behind a human partner on the other side of the mists) and even though he can be a little scatterbrained, still has a good deal of knowledge about vampires, Strahd, and Vallaki that has been really helpful.

So Sylras is our designated ally and we could not be happier to have them. When Carden fucked them up and couldn’t get Tatyana’s soul to bind to them, he made sure to have them given some kind of combat training before being made to send them to Castle Ravenloft, but he unfortunately didn’t think it was possible to teach Sylras how to express or even feel emotions. It kind of actually protected them from Strahd to some extent...they were still a failure in his eyes, but at least having no emotional response made tormenting them feel pointless (which is exactly as fucked up as it sounds).

Which is why we may have fucked up big time! Being with us and being treated like their own person has actually been making a difference in how they see themself and how they feel about Strahd and the way he treats people. So far we’ve taught them hatred, anxiety, betrayal, fear, self-doubt...we’re working on the nice emotions, alright!? It’s not easy when you’re in Barovia. Anyway Strahd apparently thinks that this is hilarious. Turns out, the more we rehabilitate Sylras, the more appealing they are as a target for Strahd to mess with. Whoops!!!

Thankfully we all love Sylras a lot and are ride or die for them which means we will absolutely do whatever it takes to protect them (so long as they don’t run head first into battle without telling us again nO WAIT SYLRAS STOP WHERE ARE YOU GOING--)

Baby boy...baby... When I decided to play as Sy for the campaign, I told Malcolm that he could incorporate Joshua into the story however he liked if he wanted to, and man, did he ever deliver. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but the result has been a heart wrenching motivator not just for my PC, but for the entire party.

Poor Joshua was studying away from home to become a bard and wanted to surprise his dad with a visit when the mists arrived to bring him to Barovia. Strahd manipulated Joshua’s situation, putting him in mortal danger and then “saving” him by turning him into his spawn, then convinced him that Ravenloft was the only safe place for him to live in Barovia (not entirely untrue but...come on, dude, Barovia’s only unsafe because of you). Joshua thought of him like a kind saviour, and it was easy for Strahd to convince him to become one of his consorts. Strahd hasn’t made any sexual advances towards Joshua (yet???) and has told Sy that he wants to “preserve Joshua’s purity for as long as possible” which has easily got to be one of the creepiest things a middle aged ass looking dude can say to you about your kid.

Sy kinda had no choice but to leave Joshua at Castle Ravenloft even after their heartfelt reunion, but they still exchange letters. I write Sy’s letters in an adventure diary channel in our game’s discord server, and then me and DM discuss how Joshua would be able to respond and what sort of twist Strahd would give certain events to skew his perspective, which has been a fun/interesting bit of side story to have going on in the background of the main action.

Other changes:

Adventurers love their naked bonding time, and our resident geologist said it was definitely plausible for someone to have discovered a geothermal spring somewhere in Barovia! So the story is, when Carden was setting up his alchemy shop, he was digging a well and...well. The hot spring was pretty useful for him as an alchemist, and his druidic knowledge of herbs and natural remedies meant that he could maintain a decent side business selling soaps, bath salts, and other bath related luxuries, so he went ahead and built a number of pools and facilities as a sort of side business.

Our party has made use of the hot springs several times, but for some reason, we always seem to ruin the relaxation with depressing discussion topics, stressful revelations, or...you know...not noticing one of the party members was actually absent, and the person who had been bathing with us for the past hour was actually Strahd in disguise. That was. A time.

I’ll be able to go into this more in a later post, but one more neat change our DM has made is that he set up a whole masquerade ball for us to go through, which was so much fun! He definitely put a lot of hard work and preparation into it, and we ended up playing several sessions of it, it was so eventful lol. For now, though, I think I’ll end this post, since it’s gotten pretty long! Hopefully it was a fun read, at least lol.

#dnd #d&d #curse of strahd #mandisawesome #inertia-raptor #dnd oc #friend oc #strahd meme #joshua hawthorne #carden #sylras #ismark kolyanovich #ireena kolyanovich #tabaxi #marta #victor #cat mather #art

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workingclassriotgrrrl · 5 years

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last minute redesign of my dnd oc Aerith Sylrae. A ridiculously overpowered neutral evil bard, who’d do anything for fame.

#personal #my art #digital art #wacom intuos #dnd #dnd oc #d&d #Dungeons and Dragons #dungeons and dragons oc #neutral evil #elf #bard

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certainheartrunaway · 5 years

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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1430

SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1430

Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1430

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster

DX Bulletin No. 1430

BID: $OPDX.1430

September 9, 2019

Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Written/Send from Strongsville, Ohio

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX

Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K’s AR Cluster

Networks, KV1J, NJ1Q & W1AW, WB2REM, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX,

K8GI, K8YSE, WB6RSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, N0TG, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX

News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DD0VR, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA &

Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ7KHR, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX

News, RN3RQ, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX

information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the

week of Sunday, 1st/September, through Sunday, 8th/September there were

217 countries active. Countries available: 1S, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,

4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X,

8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7,

A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, CE, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/n,

E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,

EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0,

HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA,

JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,

LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PY,

PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7,

T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3,

V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YL,

YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report “could” contain “Pirate/SLIM” operations or

more likely a “BUSTED CALLSIGN”. As always, you never know – “Work

First Worry Later”.

3W9, VIETNAM (Update). Jacek, SP5APW, and his wife are planning to visit

Dao Co To (AS-132) between September 27th and October 3rd. He plans to be

active as 3W9KJ. Activity will be mainly FT8/FT4 possibly on 40/30 meters

with some SSB (if conditions allow) using 100 watts into a wire. QSL via

his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog’s OQRS.

5K0, SAN ANDREA ISLAND (Update). The 5K0K team that will be active from

San Andres Island (NA-033) around/between October 15-30th (see OPDX.1428),

now has a Web page at: http://www.cdxp.cz

6O, SOMALIA (Reminder). Ken, LA7GIA, will once again return to Somalia

and be active as 6O7O between September 14-28th. Activity will be on

160-10 meters mainly on CW. Activity on other modes (SSB, FT8) will be

limited and on 1-2 bands only. For more details, visit his Web page:

https://www.la7gia.com/where-next

QSL via M0OXO. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. Also, make sure you

read Ken’s “QSO & QSL Policy” on his Web page.

7Q, MALAWI. Operators Bill/KC4D (7Q7WW), Don/K6ZO (7Q6M) and Junior/7Q7JN

are currently active from Embangweni Mission Hospital at the Loudon Station

in Malawi as time and power allows. Activity has been on FT8, SSB and CW

modes. They have an amp, and are using a Hex Beam, as well as OCFD and

various other wire antennas. More details and QSL info to follow.

9G, GHANA (Reminder). Chip, KB1QU, will be active as 9G5QU between Sep-

tember 8-21st. Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW, FT8 and

FT4. QSL via N4GNR direct.

9H, MALTA. Klaus, DL7OO (ex-DD1AY), will once again be active as 9H3GK

from Malta (EU-023) between September 29th and October 6th. He will have

with him his XYL Jacky, SWL Rolf from Cologne, Günter/DO5GS and Sven/DO2SS.

Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands (probably 80/40/20m

SSB). QSL via DL7OO by the Bureau.

C21, NAURU (Update/Change). Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/

YL1ZF and Kristers/YL3JA will be active as C21WW (not C21W as first

announced) from Nauru (OC-031) after their Western Kiribati operation

(OPDX.1425) between September 16-25th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters,

possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The suggested frequencies are:

CW – 1826.5/1821, 3524, 7024, 10113, 14024, 18083, 21024, 24903 and 28024

SSB – 3790, 7090, 14190, 18140, 21290, 24940 and 28490

RTTY – 3583, 7043, 10143, 14083, 18105, 21083, 24923 and 28083

FT8(*) – 1836, 3565, 7070, 10143, 14090, 18095, 21090, 24910 and 28090 kHz

* – FT8 will be Fox & Hound mode

Split operation will always be used: QSX CW up 2 (160m down 2, for JA

1810-1820); and QSX SSB/RTTY up 5.

QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper

QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6 months after the end of the DX-

pedition. For more details and updates, see (new URL):

http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html

Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be

provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL.

Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau – they are not required.

D6, COMOROS (Update). Members of the Mediterraneo Dx Club (MDXC) will be

active as D68CCC from Comoros Island (AF-007) between October 21st and

November 2nd. Operators are an International Team and are Ant/IZ8CCW

(Team Leader), Gaby/I2VGW (Co-Leader), Marco/IZ2GNQ, Eric/ON7RN, Axel/

DL6KVA, Gerd/DJ5IW, Gab/YO8WW, Feri/YO5OED, Karl/OE3JAG, Frans/ON4LO,

Marco/IZ3GNG, Fabio/IK4QJF, Dario/IT9ZZO, Steve/MW0ZZK, Jean Luis/F6BPZ,

Emir/9A6AA, Dan/LB3TI and Uwe/DL8OBF. Activity will be on 160-10 meters,

including 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Suggested frequencies

are:

CW – 1823, 3519, 7010, 10109, 14019, 18069, 21019, 24891 and 28019 kHz

SSB – 3795, 7125, 14215, 18140, 21295, 24945 and 28019 kHz

RTTY – 3595, 7049, 10140, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz

FT8 – 1840, 3567, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz

They will listen for US Generals on 14280 kHz and UP.

They will listen for JA stations on 160m DOWN 5-6 kHz.

The FT8 frequency for JA stations on 160m is 1908 kHz

They plan to have 5 transceivers with 5 amps into various 5 to 6 band

Spiderbeams, verticals, Inverted L for 160m and Beverages (160/80m). QSL

via IK2VUC, by the Bureau, direct or OQRS. For more details and updates,

see: http://www.mdxc.org/d68ccc

E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Reminder/Update). Fred, DH5FS, will be active as

E51SFS from the South Cook Islands between September 8-25th. He is sched-

uled to operate from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between September 8-16th,

and from Aitutaki Island, (OC-083) between September 20-25th. Activity

will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign or

ClubLog. Also, checkout the new ClubLog feature “LiveStream” at:

https://clublog.org/livestream/E51SFS

See details below under “QSL INFO AND NEWS” about the new ClubLog feature.

Fred is also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dh5fs

E6, NIUE. Andrew, OZ5E, is now active as E6AN from Lakepa, Niue Island

(OC-040) until September 10th. On QRZ.com it states, “This is a “research”

activation to prepare for a DCA-expedition (Danish Contest Academy) later

in the sunspot cycle, so there will not be that much activity and it will

be a holiday operation.” Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters, maybe

160/80/17m and 10m if it is open. Modes will be mainly FT8 and SSB –

maybe some CW. QSL via OZ5E direct or LoTW. For more details, see:

http://www.oz5e.dk

FM, MARTINIQUE. Jim, N6TJ, will be active as FM5KC from the Ducos Radio

Club on Martinique (NA-107) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November

23-24th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW, or F5VHJ direct

or by the REF Bureau.

FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (Update). Eric, KV1J, will once again be oper-

ating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid

GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th

trip to the island. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M – not author-

ized) using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the

satellites. He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is

open (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest

(September 28-29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many

Satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the

FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, “Equipment

is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I’ll favor the SSB birds

usually higher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get

too busy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW

until the week after I return to the USA.” Weekends may be limited since

he will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J,

direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details

and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html

EA, SPAIN. Steve, K5YS, will be active as EA3/K5YS from Spain between

September 14-21st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB.

QSL via K5YS.

IOTA NEWS…………..

EU-029. YL Rosel, DL3KWR, will once again be active using the special

callsign OZ6SYL of the Danish club of SYLRA (Scandinavian YL

Radio Amateurs) from near Faxe on Sjaelland Island between

September 9-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on CW. She

will also participate in the Scandinavian Activity CW Contest

[SAC] (September 21-22nd). QSL via OZ7AGR.

EU-165. Giuseppe, IK5WWA, will be active as IM0DAE from San Peter

Island (a small island southwest of Sardinia) between Sep-

tember 16-28th. Activity will be on all HF bands as well as

6 meters, 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via his home callsign,

direct or by the Bureau.

NA-077. Eric, VA2IDX, will once again be active as VA2IDX/p from

Anticosti Island between November 2-6th. Activity will be

sporadic around 2000z and 0200z. Operations will be on 40/20

meters using QRP SSB and maybe CW. QSL via his home callsign,

direct, by the Bureau eQSL.

NA-211. (Reminder) By the time you read this, operators Yuri/N3QQ,

Cezar/VE3LYC, Sandro/VE7NY and Adrian/KO8SCA should be active

as K7TRI from the rare IOTA Tillamook Rock until September

9th. This IOTA is in demand by almost 94% of IOTA members,

and has been on the air only once in 21 years. Activity will

be on 40-17 meters using CW and SSB. This is a very expensive

and challenging project, and they are actively looking for

possible support from IOTA chasers and DXers at large. All

donors will be promptly acknowledged on their Web site at:

http://k7tri.weebly.com

QSL via VE3LYC, direct or by the Bureau. The preferred method

is ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau).

CORSICAN IOTA TOUR (Reminder). Laurent, F8BBL, will be active as TK19IOTA

from the following Corsican IOTA islands between now and Sep-

tember 22nd: Corsica (EU-014), Iles Cerbicale (EU-100), Lavezzi

Archipelago (EU-164) and Sanguinaires Islands (EU-104). He

will also activate one SOTA: Capo Di Locu (TK/TK-148). Activity

will be holiday style on various HF bands using a KX3 Elecraft

+ MP1 Antenna. QSL via F8BBL, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.

For updates, watch: http://rnb.dx-cw.net

PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have

decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA

operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,

and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin……

JW, SVALBARD. By the time you read this, members of the IO9A Team (the

operators mentioned are: Antonello/IT9YVO, Dario/IT9SSI and Francesco/

IZ7KHR) will be active as JW/IT9YVO, JW/IT9SSI and JW/IZ7KHR, respectively,

from the Radio Club JW5E in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard

Islands (EU-026), until September 10th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters

using mainly CW, SSB and some RTTY or FT8. Antennas are an OptiBeam Yagi

on high bands and wires on the low bands. QSL via their home callsigns,

and ClubLog/LoTW will be uploaded after their DXpedition. For more details,

see: https://io9a.it/jw-2019

ADDED NOTES. Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated

island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the

westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the

Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of

37,673 km2 making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest

in the world. The administrative center is Longyearbyen.

OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The “new” OPDX Mailing List is back up

and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of

this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around…. Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW

PACIFIC (DXPEDITION) TOUR ALMOST DID NOT HAPPENED (Update). Heli, DD0VR,

(along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) informed OPDX on Monday that their Fiji

“DXpedition ends here.” Heli explains that after two visits to the Fiji

Customs Bureau, and having endless discussions, the couple was told that

they would have to pay three times 1540 Fijian dollars (700 USDs) for

their transmitters & amp in order to take their equipment into the three

islands they planned to operate from (Fiji, Samoa and Tonga). So Heli/

DD0VR and XYL Bigi/DE3BWR then decided to make their trip a “normal

holiday” and pick-up their equipment on the way back to Germany. At

this point, they were very disappointed. However, on Wednesday, thanks

from some help by Tevita Navila (Telecommunications Authority of Fiji),

Tony/3D2AG and Bernie/W3UR of The Daily DX, Heli was able to retrieve

his equipment and was able to be active as 3D2VR from Fiji for a few days.

By the time you read this, Heli (along with his XYL) will be heading

to Samoa and should be active as 5W0VR from Samoa sometime between Sep-

tember 9-16th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via

DD0VR. Next stop will be Tonga, Heli will be signing as A35JY between

September 16-21st.

PJ4, BONAIRE (Reminder). Randy, K5SL, should now be active as PJ4/K5SL

from Bonaire (SA-006) until September 14th. Activity will be on 40/30/

20/17 meters using mainly CW, but possibly some 17 meters SSB. QSL via

his home callsign.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 9-15th)…….

Sep/09th HN Sep/12th AN Sep/14th AN

Sep/10th AN Sep/13th AN Sep/15th AN

Sep/11th AN

SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE

——————————————————

NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha

—————– —— ——– ——

AN – Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7

HN – High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15

LN – Low Normal Active K=3 16-29

BN – Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49

DIS – Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99

VRY DIS – Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400

Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:

* VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf

and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation

* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm

* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net

* Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:

http://sunspotwatch.com

* Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve

overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation

* Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us

* Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation

* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html

* Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk

* Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm

QSL INFO AND NEWS……………….

QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 7th)

————————————————————————-

3Z50KP via SP5KP (d/L) HF20RCN via SP2MKO PH100KLM via PA3DVA

9U3TMM via IV3TMM & (L) II1FGC via IQ1GE PS8MT via PS8MT (d/L)

DL0SKCC via DJ7MH & (L) II3L via IQ3MV SK6W via SM6CTQ

EA5/PA3FOC via PA3FOC IQ5WT/P via 9A8MDC SV9/KC8JNV via KC8JNV

EG8SDC via EA1AUM & (L) KH0/WB6Z via JF1OCQ T6/IT9HRK via IT9HRK

EM225FA via UT7FA LY30BW via LY2QT TC0Z via TC0Z (O/L)

EN0KRI/P via UX0KR OL250VEK via OK1KQI TK/F1UAU/P via F1UAU

EV0BREST via EW3W (d/O) OT8B via ON1CH UP55GA via DL8KAC (d)

EX0QP via SP6OJK OU29EU via OZ1GML (d/L) ZZ40ZT via PT7ZT (d/L)

GB9LAH via M0KPW PC75BOA via PA0FAW

(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX’s- Bureau

(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed

(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau

LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK……

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/6O7O

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9U3TMM (Updated)

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/C21WW

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated)

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KL7RRC/P

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MD/OP2D

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/T30L

https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/VP6R

CLUBLOG’S LIVE STREAM DASHBOARD (By Michael Wells, G7VJR). There is

a new feature available on ClubLog to all users and expeditions. “Makes

sense when combined with real-time uploads, can be embedded on Web

pages”, states Michael. For more details, see:

https://clublog.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000092445-using-club-log-live-streams

CY9C LOTW UPLOAD. Randy, N0TG, reports [edited]: “Per Phil, VA3QR, and

Bill, K6DHY, the CY9C Sable Island DXpedition Log has been uploaded to

LoTW. If there are still missing contacts of any mode, please E-mail

the contact to ([email protected]) with date, time, mode, frequency and

your callsign.”

QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: CY9C, D2EB, H44MI, KN0E/KH3 and ZS1SBW

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, 3B9VB, 5T9VB, FH/UA4WHX, PZ5RA, XR0ZRC

and XR1RRC

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3W2MAE, 4L1MA, 4O/LB9N, 5X8EW, 9K2GS,

AZ0H, C81G (AF-061), EA8ZS, FG8NY, HB0/ON5UR, JW3TR, LT7F, LU1AS, LU3CM,

LU6DC, LU7EV, LU8EKC, LU8HH, LV5V, LW9DYQ, OH0/DL6UAA, RI1ANF, T31EU,

T48G, TA1OSN, TA2JU, TA3AHJ, TC100ATA, YE450ARV, Z38/DL8DBW and ZA1ANF

— We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)

to send in their info….

REBEL DX GROUP NEWS. Tack, JE1CKA, announced on Twitter this past week:

“T33T #Banaba has been postponed to next year. I will do my best to 3Y0I.

I think the details will be announced around October.”

S79GJ SEYCHELLES DXPEDITION (Update). Lance, W7GJ, will be active as S79GJ

from La Digue Island (AF-024, WW Loc. LI75vp), Seychelles, between September

20th and October 5th. Lance informs OPDX this past week of the following:

“All the equipment has been set up and checked and then packed up to go

on the plane with me to S79. This is primarily a 6m EME DXpedition, but

I have packed a 20m dipole and may also get on 20m FT8 during the first

few days of October. Full details are on my website:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Seychelles%202019.htm

Although the CP1GJ 6m EME DXpedition in May was a big success, I am

especially excited about S79GJ because nobody from NA has ever contacted

S79 before on 6m. This is especially well suited to NA horizon-only

stations during their moonrise…. GL and VY 73, Lance”

QSL via his home callsign direct.

T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF

and Kristers/YL3JA are now active as T30L from Western Kiribati (OC-017)

before their Nauru operation (see C2 above) until September 15th. Activity

will be on 160-6 meters, possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Their

suggested frequencies are above under “C2, NAURU”. QSL via YL2GN direct

or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload

will be done 6 months after the end of the DXpedition. For more details

and updates, see (new URL): http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html

Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be

provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL.

Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau – they are not required.

T6, AFGHANISTAN (Reminder/Update). Robert, S53R (ex-YA5T), is once again

active from Kabul as of September 4th, signing T6AA and may continue

until the summer 2021. He will be there for two years working with the

UN World Food Program. Robert has been issued two callsign: T6AA and T6A

(to be used during contest). Activities outside of the contests will be

limited to his free time, but he plans to be on 160-6 meters using CW,

SSB and the Digital modes. He was heard early in the week on 60/30/20/17

meters CW and FT8 as early as 0700z and as late as 2300z. QSL via S53R,

LoTW or ClubLog.

T8 PALAU. Operators Yas/JA6UBY (T88RR), Hiro/JM1LIG (T88FM) and YL Miyo/

JO3LVG (T88MK) will once again be active from Koror Island (OC-009) between

September 12-20th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FM and

the Digital modes (FT8, JT9 and JT65). QSL T88RR via JA6UBY direct only

or eQSL. QSL T88FM via JM1LIG direct only. QSL T88MK via JO3LVG, direct,

by the Bureau or eQSL.

V3, BELIZE. Members of the “7163 DX Group” (http://www.7163net.com/) will

use the special callsign (assigned by the Belize Public Utilities Commission

for the use during special events) V3M from Belize during the CQWW DX SSB

Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via WB2REM or ClubLog’s OQRS. Operators

mentioned are Chuck/N6OJ (V31CT), Jim/WB2REM (V31MM), V31NY, Steve/W4SJT

Nancy/KG0YL (V31ST) and John/K3MA (V31ZZ). Look for operators to be active

outside of the contest using their own Belize callsign. The team will be

at Maya Hill Lodge in the Cayo District of Belize between October 23-30th.

Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and possibly

EME. Look for more details to be forthcoming.

WH0, MARIANA ISLANDS (Reminder). Harry, JG7PSJ/JD1BMH/KW2X, will once

again be active as WH0RU from Saipan (OC-086) between September 15-22nd.

Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW

or direct to JG7PSJ. For possible updates, watch: http://jg7psj.starfree.jp

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Curse of Strahd Ask Meme Part 9

Previous post | First post | Original post by @mandisawesome

Question 9: Did you attend dinner at Castle Ravenloft?

Sorta! As was covered in the last post, our DM @inertia-raptor decided to add in some additional flair and turned Strahd's dinner party in a full blown masquerade ball. Everyone got their own personalized invitation under their pillow (because that isn't unsettling whatsoever) and for the most part the party agreed on how to proceed. Which was not to, obviously. Like, fuck that guy; we've heard enough about him to know that we ought to stay as far away from him as possible. Easy choice.

...Except Sy's invitation included the phrase "my little songbird has told me so much about you," and Sy was therefore easily prepared to go completely by himself, because how dare this motherfucker.

Anyway that wasn't gonna fly with two lawful good characters in the party so they talked Dorian into going everyone agreed they should all help Sy make sure his kid was okay, and Ismark would stay behind in Vallaki where he would be "safe" and try not to get alcohol poisoning waiting for our return. The upside to all of this? Strahd wanted to make sure we were all dressed appropriately for the occasion, and provided plenty of fine clothing for us to look through, as well as...Sylras, who would be there to buy us any additional clothing items we needed, and would even teach the uncultured among us how to dance in the days leading up to the event before escorting us there. (Dorian helped with this as well, since he's not a backwater hick like the rest of us)

So since I didn't get to showcase exactly how fabulous everyone ended up looking for the masquerade in the last post, I decided to make that the artwork portion of this post! In order of in-game outfit reveal:

Cinaed! He sure got his invite from Strahd and thought "fantastic! I get to go to a masquerade ball in a fancy castle! This Strahd feller might just be not so bad after all!" ...Until he saw some of the things written in the other invitations and decided that maybe this would be a good chance to politely teach Strahd some manners. Either way, our boy was sorely mistaken, and actually got SO appalled by the host's terrible manners that he nearly attacked the guy...twice! (Thankfully, his friends stopped him before Strahd noticed the second time, meaning Cin only got strangled by him once)

Dorian could've easily really enjoyed a fancy ball and been the star of the evening, but in this case he spent most of the night wishing he were invisible...to the undead attending, at least. He probably wished his party paid a bit more attention to his presence that night (especially a certain someone), but instead he kept having to shake off a couple of very insistent vampire ladies keen on dragging him away from the ballroom. They were so insistent that at one point he had to be supervised for a while after one of them landed a successful charm spell on him. Poor guy did not feel very dignified after it wore off.

Alasdair really thought he could just go to the masquerade wearing his religious vestments. Like a cleric of Kelemvor could really just show up to a ballroom half full of undead and it would be fine somehow. Bless his heart though, he was dedicated to helping Sy find Joshua, and managed to open up enough to try on some more frivolous clothing...even if they ended up being heavily influenced by his very unique tastes. Unfortunately, those tastes were very much appreciated by the Count, and Al was the first to fall victim to getting special attention from Strahd that evening...

I cannot tell you how wonderfully entertaining it was during the sessions leading up to the masquerade arc to listen to the other players react, both in and out of character, to Sy procuring the different pieces of his outfit. It was seriously SO great and if it weren't for the beautiful way our party dynamic had started out, which pretty much guaranteed that Sy would behave closed off and distrusting to everyone, it wouldn't have been nearly as satisfying. The reveal was even better--not only was everything he bought incredibly camp, but he looked great as hell, and was extremely comfortable mingling with the other, potentially very dangerous guests at the ball. Sy was very motivated to find his kid, and knew he was walking into a den of vampires...to him, it seemed like a no brainer for him to sashay in there, neck exposed, and put on his best customer service voice to get as much attention (and information) as he could gather, and it honestly didn't matter to him what kind of bodily fluids he might have to part with to get what he needed.

And the best part was that from the outside, it made him look like the biggest, most selfish idiot who clearly needed rescuing, and he got in really big trouble with everyone for wandering off and letting himself be seduced and whisked away without consulting the party, and for setting aside looking for his own son just to get laid, and for being so gullible that he could've easily fallen victim to a vampire, etc. It was beautiful, honestly. I don't think I could have asked for a better response lmao.

Of course, the evening wouldn't have been complete without the NPCs wonderfully played by @inertia-raptor. I didn't draw everyone we ran into, but here are how Strahd, Sylras, and Joshua were dressed for the event:

(Please forgive Sylras. They still had no say in what they had to wear. Not that they could tell that there was anything unsettling about it, but still.)

#curse of strahd #dnd #d&d #dnd ocs #strahd von zarovich #strahd meme #mandisawesome #inertia raptor #sy hawthorne #alasdair ashe #cinaed crawfurd #dorian roserun #joshua hawthorne #sylras #art

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