ROUND 2: THE DEMIURGE (gnosticism) VS CORALINE (coraline)
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H2: The Mines of Bloodstone (1986) calms the connection to Battlesystem. There are still a couple mass combat scenarios, but this isn’t a box, there are no chits; it is mostly a standard, if unusually high level, adventure module. It’s mostly a dungeon crawl, in fact, exploring the Deepearth laid out in the Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide (the module uses some of the rules from that guide, and the wilderness guide, as well; lots of synergy happening here which, I gotta say is both unusual and surprising for TSR).
The dungeons and caverns are…OK. The monster selection is all over the place. It feels much more like a fun house than I’m really used to seeing from this period of TSR’s history. You’d think it would settle down somewhat at the end, with mostly thematic encounters in a temple dedicated to Orcus, demonic lord of the undead. But no. It turns into a zoo of sorts, a kind of greatest monster hits playlist that includes a frickin’ Tarrasque. And Orcus himself could show up in person, if things go really badly. It’s a lot, but then I guess the module IS rated for levels 16 to 18.
Graham Nolan does the interior illustrations, which are pretty solid throughout. Keith Parkinson cover. Always loved it. I’ve been enamored of the priests of Orcus, with their goat headdresses, almost as long as I have been into D&D. The color palette is classic Parkinson and the composition anticipates some of his later work for Rifts. I also like his skill flex with the mirrored surface of the statue. A+ cover painting.
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[ID from alt: hxh fanart of pariston leaning over ging's shoulder with a sly smile and a whimsical speech bubble around the tumblr post "being attrached to blond men is a sign something is really wrong with your psyche." ging frowns and ignores him.]
rory tagged this pariston and it lit my brain up enough for my annual march pariging ❗❗
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Toyota GR H2 Racing Concept, 2023. A prototype endurance racing car that is powered by hydrogen and is designed to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours race's new hydrogen car category.
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Steel is usually made in a process that starts with blast furnaces. Fed with coking coal and iron ore, they emit large quantities of carbon dioxide and contribute to global warming.
The production of steel is responsible for around 7% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. But in Boden, the new plant will use hydrogen technology, designed to cut emissions by as much as 95%.
Although the first buildings have yet to go up on the remote site, the company behind the project, H2 Green Steel, believes it's on course to roll out the first commercial batches of its steel by 2025.[...]
The centrepiece of the new steel plant will be a tall structure called a DRI tower (DRI means a direct reduction of iron). Inside this, hydrogen will react with iron ore to create a type of iron that can be used to make steel. Unlike coking coal, which results in carbon emissions, the by-product of the reaction in the DRI tower is water vapour.
All the hydrogen used at the new green steel plant will be made by H2Green Steel.
Water from a nearby river is passed through an electrolyser - a process which splits off the hydrogen from water molecules.
The electricity used to make the hydrogen and power the plant comes from local fossil-free energy sources, including hydropower from the nearby Lule river, as well as wind parks in the region.
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A summer storm isn't going to stop the kids from enjoying themselves at the park.
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ROUND 2: DR PEPPER (coke) VS ENDERMEN (minecraft all of them)
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Goldfish says gay rights 🌈
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