When the DM invites you to be as detailed as you want about your player character
I rarely go overboard. Just the important bits :)
SOMEBODY SHARED THIS WITH ME & OUCH IM LAUGHING SO HARD BUT AT THE SAME TIME IM HURT
It is a truly terrifying thought but the Grenfell Action Group firmly believe that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the KCTMO, and bring an end to the dangerous living conditions and neglect of health and safety legislation that they inflict upon their tenants and leaseholders.
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It is our conviction that a serious fire in a tower block or similar high density residential property is the most likely reason that those who wield power at the KCTMO will be found out and brought to justice! The Grenfell Action Group believe that the KCTMO narrowly averted a major fire disaster at Grenfell Tower in 2013 when residents experienced a period of terrifying power surges that were subsequently found to have been caused by faulty wiring. We believe that our attempts to highlight the seriousness of this event were covered up by the KCTMO with the help of the RBKC Scrutiny Committee who refused to investigate the legitimate concerns of tenants and leaseholders.
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In October 2015 a fire ripped through another KCTMO property, the 14 storey Adair Tower in North Kensington, causing mass panic and resulting in a number of residents taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. It is reported that had it not been for the swift actions of the London Fire Brigade the consequences of this fire and potential loss of life could have been much worse.
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In the last twenty years and despite the terrifying power surge incident in 2013 and recent fire at Adair Tower, the residents of Grenfell Tower have received no proper fire safety instructions from the KCTMO. Residents were informed by a temporary notice stuck in the lift and one announcement in a recent regeneration newsletter that they should remain in their flats in the event of fire. There are not and never have been any instructions posted in the Grenfell Tower noticeboard or on individual floor as to how residents should act in event of a fire. Anyone who witnessed the recent tower block fire at Shepherds Court, in nearby Shepherd’s Bush, will know that the advice to remain in our properties would have led to certain fatalities and we are calling on our landlord to re-consider the advice that they have so badly circulated.
The Grenfell Action Group predict that it won’t be long before the words of this blog come back to haunt the KCTMO management and we will do everything in our power to ensure that those in authority know how long and how appallingly our landlord has ignored their responsibility to ensure the heath and safety of their tenants and leaseholders. They can’t say that they haven’t been warned! [their emphasis]
posted 7 months ago, holy shit.
Woooowww
Avala Tower Arch. Uglješa Bogdanović, Slobodan Janjić; eng. Milan Krstić 1961-1965, rebuilt 2006-2009, Belgrade, Serbia 📷: @rudovanton
*imperial march*
Chechen Woman Foils Russian Assassin in Ukraine
From the New York Times:
“[The assassin] was elegant, calm and confident,” recalled Amina Okuyeva, who is a minor celebrity in Ukraine because she served with her husband as a volunteer soldier in the war against separatists in the eastern part of the country.
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Ms. Okuyeva, however, long fearful of assassination attempts, was carrying a pistol under her coat, as well as a tube of the blood-clotting agent Celox in her purse. She shot Mr. Denisultanov-Kurmakayev four times as he and her husband fought. Both were gravely wounded but survived.
This story is wild.
Awesome DnD activity: using “detect evil” like a compass to find the dungeon boss faster.
“Hey, I’ve got a new idea!”
The mage was always excitable. It was cute, really. His grin was almost childlike in its infectious quality, even though I knew he was older than I was.
“What is it?” I drawled, only barely looking up from the fire where I was cooking our food. Goblin meat, since we’d been in this one for a week. Still no sign of the boss, of course.
“You know how I got that new spell?”
“No.”
“Well you would if you listened when I told you things, gosh. You can’t keep tuning me out!” His voice rose in anger on those last few words. And – was that a twitch of the eyebrow? And a lip puckering out? How could he possibly think I would take him seriously –
“Anyway,” he huffed, “I might be able to find the boss. This spell should detect the most evil thing within a few hundred miles.”
I started. “Don’t try it.”
“You don’t think it’ll work, do you.”
“No, no, that’s not –”
“You have no respect, do you. You’ve never, I cannot believe –”
Before I could stop him he had taken out his spellbook. He was chanting before I could even open my mouth.
When he was finished I lit up like a dark, purple-red beacon.
“I can explain –”