Asphalt Bases for Wargaming

Close-up of one of the bases

Inspired by EonsOfBattle’s Highway Base Video I set out to make my own for my Black Templar Killteam. I had 3 mm thick cork laying around from a different project and figured it’d be perfect for this. Rank and file troops would get a single layer of cork, HQ units and walkers two or more … Read more

Making a knife sheath with embedded magnets

Motivation and Plan Recently, my best friend married his long-term girlfriend and now wife. So of course, I wanted to gift them something that would remind them of the occasion for a long time. Being a foodie myself and knowing they also enjoy cooking (if time permits), the decision fell onto an engraved cutting board … Read more

Webscraping for dates of birth and death of female scientists

Content: Motivation Idea Implementation Conclusion Next steps Additional information Motivation A friend of mine is a member of the organisation “500 Women Scientists” which advocates for equality and openness in science. As a member of the local Pod of Heidelberg, she is responsible for the Pods Social Media activity. To have some easy content to … Read more

Random weird magic weapons

Refresh page to get another 10 weapons with a 9 % chance for them to have one slightly magic effect and 1 % to have two. Name Class Description Type Price Sickle Weapon (Sickle) NONE Non-magic 1 GP Wild Harpoon of Adamantine Weapon (Javelin), uncommon (requires attunement) The bearer gains +1 to strength saving throws. … Read more

Random DnD names based on plants

Refresh page to get another 10 names. Latin English German Guajacum officinale L. Common Lignumvitae Haematoxylum campechianum L. Logwood Sonchus arvensis L. Field Milk-Thistle Aster tripolium L. Sea Aster Cucumis melo L. Melon Trifolium pratense L. Red Clover Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. East Indian Lotus Parentucellia latifolia Car. Yellow Bartsia Breitblättrige Bartsie Hydrangea opuloides (L.) Koch … Read more

Poisons

How to extract Each poison has a certain DC that decides whether it works or not. To extract a poison, the character has to have a Poisoner’s kit and spend a number of minutes equal to the poison’s DC uninterruptedly extracting it. The character has to pass a Nature check against the poison’s DC to … Read more

Learning and Teaching

This article describes my homebrew system for learning and teaching skills (weapons/tools/etc) or languages (including Druidic and Thief’s cant). I assume that the player has a source of knowledge, either another being that is proficient in that skill or a scripture containing the relevant knowledge. Since I don’t like the system from XGtE (p. 134), … Read more

Bella Italia

An image of an PhD hat.

Tim2021-12-06 Table of contents The Microscope The Western Blot Chamber The Coffee Pot 3D printing Electronics Code One of the best things about doing a PhD in Germany (imho) is the tradition, that your research group makes some form of graduation hat for you. You are “awarded” this hat after your successful defense and can … Read more

Fixing my broken Antlion USB ModMic

Using Christmas 2020 as an opportunity to imporve my home office setup, I got myself a nice dedicated Antlion USB ModMic. Knowing that Bluetooth microphones sometimes are a bit troublesome under Ubuntu, I got the wired version. A wire which I accidentally rolled over with my office chair, ripping the microphone itself out of the … Read more