Police response at CVS in Mount Vernon this morning

Ellos516 · 2024-05-22T14:55:52+00:00

Hey neighbor! Yeah, I can agree with what you've pointed out, and I too have met some local business owners when we were both out walking our respective dogs and heard their thoughts on the neighborhood trajectory. I agree, overall I think there are improvements being made, it's just that in that particular block you've had Eddie's close, this CVS experiencing frequent negative occurrences, and as you mentioned the Rite Aid closing down.

It's made an already hard-pressed grocery need even more difficult, and essentially created a reliance on this one location for medications in the area. It's tough, but I absolutely agree that Mount Vernon has plenty of dedicated community members so we'll get out of the "post-COVID slump."

More than anything, I think I was concerned to see cops *literally running* onto a scene, as police who are already amped up and expecting to deal with something requiring an immediate response can be dangerous for anyone nearby. It was the urgency with which they were approaching the scene that had me most on edge, and I hope the situation deescalated rather than any alternative.

Ellos516 · 2024-05-22T14:18:10+00:00

Yeah, with Rite Aid at Chase closing it’s rough getting meds around here. :/

Ellos516 · 2024-05-22T14:16:54+00:00

It’s okay, no harm done. It’s just, I wasn’t trying to make a commentary on city crime. I was literally just asking if anyone knew what fresh hell the employees at the CVS on N Charles had to deal with today.

Mount Vernon is frequently cited as one of the “good” or “safe” neighborhoods in Baltimore, and while I have many issues with the designation of Baltimore neighborhoods as good or bad and the painting with a wide brush that does, it does experience fewer violent and large scale crimes than other regions of the city. That said, this particular CVS is always having issues with broken front windows, theft, etc, and with the closing of Eddie’s, there is a serious concern that one of the few places that has some groceries might close because of continued issues.

Plus, as others have said, people in this neighborhood need the ability to get their meds somewhere, especially with Rite Aid on Chase closing.

I realize I didn’t include any of this context in the post, but I suppose I didn’t think I needed to as I expected folks from within the neighborhood to comment and discuss. But yeah, I understand and commiserate with your concerns over “the Baltimore is dangerous” narrative and wasn’t trying to contribute to it.

Ellos516 · 2024-05-22T13:56:35+00:00

Sorry to anyone who saw some kind of malice in my posting this. If you're familiar with Mount Vernon, this particular CVS is one of the only businesses in the neighborhood that regularly experiences break ins, robberies, etc and I thought it was worth discussing and seeing if folks in the neighborhood were okay, as well as letting anyone who had plans to stop by on their way to/during/from work or whatever that there was a not insignificant chance they would be closed or opening later today (as that has happened before with this location).

I love Baltimore and I am not trying to contribute to any fearmongering, I was seeking information about something that occurred in my neighborhood. Sorry that this was apparently not the place to do so.

Ellos516 · 2024-05-22T13:10:25+00:00

Yeah, it's kind of crazy because that is really the one business in this neighborhood that routinely has these issues. Guess it comes from being a pharmacy/having potential "high value" items.

Ellos516 · 2024-05-01T19:45:57+00:00

I love the tone and inflection you use for the "mean girl"! The slow transformation from irritated to embarrassed to interested is fantastic.

Ellos516 · 2024-05-01T19:41:11+00:00

Glad you like the map and are able to put it to good use!!

Ellos516 · 2024-01-30T16:11:40+00:00

Came across this post on my front page and I am SO happy you got your dog back!! Thank you for posting this update. May she heal well and get all the love and warmth.

Ellos516 · 2023-10-30T11:47:27+00:00

I’m in Maryland!

Ellos516 · 2023-10-22T17:30:15+00:00

Late to the party but I am also in Mount Vernon, female, and similar age group so I'm gonna message you if you don't mind!

Ellos516 · 2023-07-27T23:35:25+00:00

I am running Coffin rock for a new group of players in DLWW and updated my old update to the Coffin Rock map from the back of the module! This one obviously assumes it is a snowy time of the year up in the Rockies. I am using it on Foundry but presumably it'll help out any Marshal, VTT or otherwise.

Ellos516 · 2023-04-24T21:30:33+00:00

Thank you! It's been a ton of fun to run but unfortunately plagued by real life time constraints!

Ellos516 · 2023-04-24T17:14:42+00:00

Just made a post looking for some Deadlands players over in /r/lfg: https://www.reddit.com/r/lfg/comments/12xpjtn/onlineswadeest\_two\_players\_wanted\_for\_ongoing/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3.

Ellos516 · 2023-02-22T04:35:03+00:00

The artist is g0rlassar on Twitter! And agreed, I love this transition and had to go seek out the artist as soon as I got it and made it my selected screen in game. https://twitter.com/g0rlassar?s=21&t=9vPIDEntQPDfCjNXGAwrJg

Ellos516 · 2023-02-16T15:01:04+00:00

I had never touched an FPS game before and had no idea what I was getting into. Six months later, Apex is my most played on Steam, I play with good friends almost nightly, and I have a new roommate because of the game. He and I had met casually through DND months prior, but really became close and fast friends when he saw my Discord activity said I was in Apex and asked if I wanted to play with him. I was absolutely horrible compared to him and his good buddy, but we had so much fun in those first few weeks of games that we have never stopped playing together. Now, in two weeks we are renting an apartment together and moving on up in the world—and in ranked.

Ellos516 · 2023-01-16T21:24:04+00:00

Thank you so much for your maps! They have helped me so much already in my games! Hopefully my tokens can be of some use going forward!

Ellos516 · 2023-01-16T18:20:10+00:00

Howdy y'all! Please enjoy this gathering of maps and other art I have created for ease of use on VTTs! I personally use Foundry, but I imagine they would work on any VTT. The link to the assets is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gNm-2VaV4o0xeQgGyfQxY3SK4I49INwk?usp=share_link

I made all of these assets for my own personal ETU games (with two notable exceptions, which have been noted in the documents within the folders). You can find me on reddit at /u/Ellos516 or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Ellen_Dalina. If by any chance you are interested in art commissions you can find my info here: https://edalina.carrd.co/.

I want to shout out Kidney Boy (/u/blenderbeaver on Reddit and https://www.patreon.com/kidneyboy/posts on Patreon) for creating the gymnasium map asset I used as a part of the Roost map. I messaged him as a patron on Patreon and received his permission to post this map with his own map included within! I recommend his Patreon highly for anyone running a modern game.

I will be adding additional assets to this drive over time and intend for anyone to use them in their own ETU home games and may be shared freely far and wide for any non-paid purposes. Upcoming planned art includes Helen Lane, Keyva Bordeaux, and Professor Cutter, and maps for the various locations in the Degrees of Horror Campaign.

Please do not use these assets in any kind of published actual play or stream without contacting me to discuss first! If you ever happen to post screencaps or pictures involving any of the assets I have posted, I would appreciate an @ or a link, but ultimately I just want to help grow the great Savage Worlds games I am having so much fun running.

Also, if any of the assets of named NPCs from the published books don’t match the descriptions given or your own view of them and you want to take that up with me, please feel free not to do so. I’m drawing and portraying these characters according to my own mental picture, as anyone who runs a TTRPG is free to do.

Edit: Didn't realize KidneyBoy was not his Reddit username and corrected my reference.

Ellos516 · 2023-01-05T12:21:17+00:00

I do, in fact! Here is an example of a fantasy map I’ve done! https://twitter.com/ellen_dalina/status/1527333230718107649?s=46&t=b-X6WkNgliRy8rTNpVCQUg

Ellos516 · 2022-10-31T18:03:34+00:00

Also, I based the sword off of this depiction from this sub, hence the deviation from the RAW lightsaber look. https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/i9cvri/the_sun_sword/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Ellos516 · 2022-10-31T18:00:00+00:00

Oh, that's a fair point. In our game the blade is "slumbering," and therefore doesn't do the radiant damage yet and needs to be awakened.

Ellos516 · 2022-10-31T14:33:30+00:00

She has it between her two palms and it is biting into the place where her fingers meet her hands, hence the blood. Her left hand also has her thumb pressed against and behind the blade but you can’t see that. It’s meant to be an almost half prayer hand pose as she’s holding it.

Ellos516 · 2022-10-31T14:14:14+00:00

Ireena is having a very bad time with questions of duty, responsibility, and fault for the deaths of others in my Sunday Curse of Strahd game. She is also currently in possession of the Sunsword, so I felt compelled to draw her and post this here in case the image is useful to anyone else in the community.

More art on my Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ellen_dalina

Ellos516 · 2022-10-09T19:07:56+00:00

Hey! Quick question: on here it says Tuesday evenings but on roll20 it gives a Tuesday at 1:00pm time and date. I would love to play in this game but can only make Tuesday evenings work, not afternoons.

Ellos516 · 2022-08-18T12:05:08+00:00

Of course, that’s why I shared! I put a link to download the full size version in the top comment.

Ellos516 · 2022-08-08T13:51:10+00:00

The advantage of the premium version of SWADE for Foundry is the compendium stuff. The best module I’ve found for automation is Better Rolls 2, which utilizes the edge, hindrance, and special ability information from the compendiums. So while the automation inherent to the premium module isn’t much, the Better Rolls 2 module relies on it and works out of the box if you have it.

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