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So, basically, a monster in bestiary is just a name and stats. What it's missing is the plot. Why is it there, why fight with it, a twist on the chosen kind of interaction, etc

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    I came across the link via https://mastodon.social/@CuratedHackerNews/117481600704689796

    Last time I touched php it was ~20 years ago and maybe for a month. Could someone with actual php understanding weigh in?

    Somehow, somewhere between the lines, my understanding was that there have been observances of the vuln being used in the wild before the 14 UTC. And that wasn't from reading news sites

    Adding microblogging accounts to feeds Feature request (piefed.zip)
     

    Case in point

    Tabletop Sentinel are cool and have both Mastodon and !tabletopsentinel@ttrpg.network (this is included at the bottom, so IMO this is official). But this leads to separation of comments.
    Same article linked on Mastodon and Lemmy.
    Another example: https://dice.camp/@tabletopsentinel/117349283601223970 https://ttrpg.network/post/43513083

    Proposal

    I don't think that Piefed as software could do something with the situation as it is. But if we could add a Mastodon account into a feed, that feed would be linking to Mastodon posts and comments from Piefed would land on Mastodon too. !tabletopsentinel@ttrpg.network as a Lemmy community would no longer be needed (sorry @steev@ttrpg.network I don't mean it against you, I just think that in this case fragmentation of comments does a disservice)

     

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    Hello self-hosters! :) I'd like to tap into your experience

    tl;dr: Is it really a bad idea to use MariaDB with data over NFS?

    My setup

    • RAID NFS NAS on RPi4
    • "CPU machine", just an old laptop for now

    The idea is that NAS stores the data and RAID mitigates single point of failure. Laptop is only for running the stuff, all docker-compose are under git, uploaded elswhere. Laptop fails - I buy a new refurbished one and put everything back together from data on NAS and git

    Problem

    But Nextcloud uses DB. ATM it sits on the laptop. And I'm thinking how to somehow move that data to the NAS.

    At the beginning NAS was just for NC files, connected as NC "external storage" over SFTP. But there were issues with this setup and NFS4 turned out to not require Kerberos to work.
    Since NFS docker volumes have been working quite fine, I thought about just moving the data to the NAS. But then I read this:

    Generally, we recommend not to use NFS (Network File System) with MariaDB, for these reasons:

    • MariaDB data and log files on NFS volumes can become locked and unavailable for use. Locking issues may occur in cases where multiple instances of MariaDB access the same data directory, or when MariaDB is shut down improperly, for instance, due to a power outage. In particular, sharing a data directory among MariaDB instances is not recommended.

    • Data inconsistencies due to messages received out of order or lost network traffic. To avoid this issue, use TCP with hard and intr mount options.

    And I feel discouraged

    • I could move whole DB (I mean including the process) to the NAS, but then operating the DB becomes NAS' burden and breaks the responsibility separation
      I'm not a fan of this idea
    • I could treat NAS as first stage of backup for that DB data and just send the data to NAS once a day
      Also a bit meh. Getting back up from server failure will require copying the data
    • Maybe it's not that bad to use MariaDB with NFS?
      If there is a problem with server-NAS connection, I actually don't want Nextcloud to work at all. It should fail, so I know I need to fix something

    So, what are your experiences? Is running the DB on one machine, using the data from another machine over NFS a shot in the foot?

     

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    Head to 1940's New Orlean with the Interview with the Vampire Starter Set and A Scent of Cloves and Lilac adventure.
    https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/horror/anne-rices-immortal-universe-rpg-gets-a-1940s-new-orleans-starter-set

    I guess the setting has the potential to be focused on drama between characters and offer something else than VtM. The points about "Emotional damage" health track and memories look interesting

    Does anyone have some more info?

     

    It popped up in my notifications and the premise makes my head spin.

    Gumshoe with one player? Wouldn't that need to be a Sherlock Holmes kind of investigator to cover all the needed specialisations?

    Gumshoe in sword and sorcery? So instead of "of course you get that clue, the question is how much you get from it" it becomes "of course you hit that goblin, the question is how well"?

    And apparently it's not something new.

    Has anyone played this? How did it look like?

     

    Bundle of Holding are currently not offering one, not offering two, not even offering three... but offering FOUR bundles of GURPS tabletop roleplaying bundles courtesy of Steve Jackson Games... and that's just the start of the GURPS 4E Week promotion!

    Let's see how cross-posting from Mastodon through Piefed looks

    Edit: fix the title

     

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    I really liked "the return..." I think that one also might be worth reading

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