I'd also really appreciate if you'd review Cork on other sites, and even send word about it to your favorite Mac publications - every little bit helps immensely.
Without your support, Cork and its community would never be as awesome as it is ❤️ Thank you!
Thanks to @dimitribouniol and @glacials, we're much closer to the next Cork release! I was finally able to implement the first version of a self-compiled check, which was the only requirement left for the next release.
As promised, both Dimitri and Ben will be getting either a free Cork license or the cash equivalent, as well as a special shoutout in the contributors sections once the feature is fully implemented.
Interesting, the alcohol content in the hard cider served at La Crêperie de Paris at Epcot is only 3%. Going to brew up a batch of some kind of hard cider here today, probably, and all the recipes seem to be double that. #alcohol#brewing#homebrew
sterilize everything
pasteurize apple juice, if necessary
add sugar/honey/sweetener depending on preference/amount of alcohol desired
ferment (primary only, or primary/secondary) at some temperature that is not hot
bottle
pasteurize to prevent a gory death by shattering bottle
I'm very new to Mastodon so here's a short #introduction.
I've been a #hamradio operator since 1988. I have my Extra Class ticket. I currently enjoy #qrp operating and #homebrew projects. Most of my building has been kits but I've come to enjoy scratch building. Not as pretty but a lot of fun.
My latest project has just been powered up, a #T41-EP. Lots to do still but it first picked up a signal today. Looking forward to learning a lot from the community here.
The two things that I personally feel have always been terrible about the design of #DnD are the class-based character development system and the Vancian magic system.
These systems irrationally limit the choices players can make in designing and developing their PCs, and TSR/WotC/Hasbro has missed so many opportunities to do away with these systems over the past 50 years.
But, they can be fixed, within the existing framework of #Dnd5E. (more)
Alignment is tired, boring and essentially meaningless in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Many playing the modern game trying to replace it with personality. Wizards of the Coast tried to take major steps towards personality play with their Traits, Ideals, Bonds and Flaws system attached to backgrounds. That system uses five sentences of 5-25 words to describe the personality of the character. Alignment also exists.
Then, if the DM and/or the other players remember your TIBF and you play to it you might get advantage via Inspiration.
It’s a bulky system that requires memorizing a lot of detail that aren’t necessarily relevant to how your character is played. The Acolyte is in the SRD 5.1 CC BY. Here’s a sample of TIBF for a lawful good Acolyte.
I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
That’s 82 words plus two for lawful good. But really, it’s just a few. You don’t need that much detail.
Just like when you fill out that your character has brown or brown-green eyes you know there is more detail to the eyes than just that word or two. You can do this for your personality.
That Acolyte?
Faithful, Suspicious, Orderly, Erudite.
Replace the entire TIBF system with those four words. Can you memorize a few words that describe how the other characters in the party act? Absolutely! Your mind was already taking the shortcuts on the way to do so.
Then award inspiration when the character is played along their personality.
You could build your short-form personality using the official background information already provided. That’s a great start. But you could also use a list of personality traits. Here’s 638!
A character modelled off a favorite movie or TV or comic or book or video game or etc character could use their traits too.
Margot from The Magicians — sexy, strong willed, crass, loyal
Wesley from The Princess Bride — dedicated, adaptable, loving
Tasselhoff from the original Dragonlance – friendly, curious, brave, aloof
Moiraine from early Wheel of Time – determined, withdrawn, studious
Lan from early Wheel of Time – lawful, loyal, commanding
Awf, my PC in Lost Mines – persistent, exuberant, fearless
The intent with short-form personality is to reduce memorization, reward roleplaying and continue the de-emphasization of alignment in D&D.
Be generous with the Inspiration you award. Play up the personality. Just make it simpler than a system that might require 100 words when you only need three to five.
I could not wait any longer and cracked open a bottle of the Motueka Single Hop IPA. This is a pretty damn tasty beer. Apricot and peaches with a nice late hitting bitterness. This beer should get even better with a couple more weeks of bottle conditioning. Cent'anni y'all! #homebrewing#homebrew#beer
I'm playing with updating my old NES Dr.Mario clone after finally getting to play it with someone else showed that there's a lot of stuff that really needed fixed, or that could be better.
It felt cool to get to play a Dr.Mario that was fast though.
And now Squirrel Domino has 8 backgrounds you can pick from and suddenly the game feels way more polished. I also made the backgrounds display during multiplayer battles too.
New Game Boy Title 'Song Of Morus' Is A Boss Rush Shoot 'Em Up With Game Boy Printer Functionality -- Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)
"Song Of Morus - Gala Of Battle is a new homebrew title for the Game Boy that incorporates Game Boy Printer functionality..."