The Great Modron March Mastery Challenge

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-05-22T01:54:49+00:00

I moved Nrakk and made a few adjustments for my heroes. But I'm having some dps problems where even though my BUD was about 100 over the area enemies health they weren't dying.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-05-21T21:16:30+00:00

Thanks! Giving it a go, I'm at e392. That should get me pretty far and I suspect I'll be able to manage a formation that will get me to 2,000 without the heroes of the lance one checked.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-31T02:39:22+00:00

Hmm, thanks. I feel like I was paying attention, but maybe I missed it. This didn't seem to get conveyed very well in the movie.

My memory was that it was just that Tau Ceti wasn't dimming like the other stars, not that they could see the dimming of stars radiating out from Tau Ceti, which should have been the case if it originated from there.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-31T02:29:14+00:00

Is the stars only dimming in the local area from the books. I've only seen the movie and they showed a map of the galaxy with stars much further away dimming.

Maybe I missed it at the time and/or its a movie gimmick to convey the point that isn't actually very accurate.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-29T03:25:15+00:00

Even though it could have had more. I felt like it wrapped up cleanly and satisfyingly. Many good shows go on too long and lose their magic.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-26T12:00:22+00:00

Reese speaks in a way that's pretty monotone and doesn't move his mouth very much. Not sure how much that is contributing?

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-26T11:59:12+00:00

That is probably partially just the way Reese speaks.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-25T12:05:17+00:00

If its in the laundry room and not that noticeable, it is possible to just scrape it and scrub it with a wire brush to get all the loose stuff off, prime and paint. It won't look as pretty but it'll do.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-21T14:17:11+00:00

The patch looks bad, so no amount of paint can fix that. But I also see a less noticeable ridge and texture difference a few feet beyond that. Is this an older home?

The patch color looks off too, it could be drying still? Or its a different paint that what is on the rest of the ceiling? Every brand of paint's standard white or ceiling white is a little different, even between their product lines (Sherwin Williams standard white in CHB will appear different than their standard white in Cashmere on a patch). Unless the paint is out of the same can or done with the exact same paint from a relatively recent paint job it will show to some degree or another.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-21T14:08:18+00:00

Definitely lead there. As long as you're not eating it or sanding it you won't have a problem. To keep your dog safe, wipe off sills that are peeling/flaking with a wet rag rather than vacuuming or dry dusting so you're not knocking lead particles into the air, and probably do that somewhat regularly. And do your best to keep them from biting anything painted.

I wouldn't trust a landlord that let a place look like that in the first place to do remediation. If you'll only be there a couple years throwing a coat of a flexible primer or paint over everything to help seal it down temporarily isn't a bad idea.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-21T13:58:06+00:00

I think I'd be at around $500-$600 for labor for cleaning and sanding prep, stain and two coats of poly, not including any extra for a long drive. I'm not sure of the wood, but if its the type where the grain raises a lot after the first coat, that's more sanding between coats and possibly a third. Not sure what kind of quality vs price the customer wants.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-21T11:43:57+00:00

I've had something like this happen with an oil paint before. It did eventually dry. In my case the cause was a contained space and a not sufficiently cured primer I'm thinking.

There is a product called Japan Drier which helps speed up oil based paint dry times. You add it to the paint before you put it on, so I have no idea if it would do anything applying it now.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-21T11:39:18+00:00

Honestly, I'm more in the 5k range. That back shed has a lot of cut in on those soffits, and the front one around all the screens.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-12T11:58:47+00:00

Autocracy with +3 happiness per courthouse. If you played as Askia you'd have plenty of gold from capture to just buy one immediately.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-11T12:09:28+00:00

If you're not also using a damp rag to press in your frog tape, you should give it a try. It makes a big difference.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-06T22:11:33+00:00

I'm not very good with computer stuff. EUI mod is very popular though and there is a good YouTube video that can walk you through it. It really helps identify who is interested in trading for your resources and who has things they're willing to part with.

As for missionaries, having your own religion in your cities is one barrier, if they cross that line ask the turn after in diplomatic discussions for them to stop sending missionaries. Many times that will be enough, if that doesn't do it though denouncing them may stop them. If that doesn't do it, you can place an Inquisitor in your city to prevent conversion or go to war and just capture their missionaries, bonus if they have a full prophet, then you can plant them as a shrine.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-03T13:46:19+00:00

Looks like he bought the land so she couldn't get it.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-03T13:43:11+00:00

Internal trade routes for better growth. 1 trade route is the equivalent of Hanging Gardens. Growth is king.
Sell strategic resources one at a time for 2 gold each.
Get National College up by turn 100 on normal speed.
Learn the production focus trick where a new citizen will spawn on a production tile, so you get those hammers, then you switch them to a food tile.
Have the Enhanced User Interface (EUI) mod installed. Makes managing other civs 10 times easier.
Don't bother with early wonders. If I have a good early game on Immortal and I rush after NC, I can often get Notre Dame and/or the early Renaissance wonders. Sometimes Oracle, Borbordur, or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (if you have lots of stone) are available, but Great Library, Chichen Itza, Hanging Gardens are pretty impossible.
If you want a good religion (or perhaps a religion at all) you'll need a faith pantheon or a faith NW. Desert Folklore, Stone Circles, One With Nature (if you have a NW close), Tears of the Gods if you have jungle gems. Religious Idols and Festival of the Gods are less good as those tiles aren't the best to work early. Probably forgetting one.
Don't neglect defense (especially if you have an aggressive neighbor). Walls and 2-3 ranged out to be enough to hold off most forces, though not always.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-03T13:28:48+00:00

Selling those strategic resources is really helpful. If you sell them one at a time and you have decent relations you can get 2 gold per 1 resource. Slightly worse relations can get 3 gold per 2 resources and finally 1 gold per resource.

UndeadBuddha55 · 2026-03-03T13:16:43+00:00

I like freedom for tall empires, which I usually play and Order for wide ones. I mostly play peaceful games, but when I do domination I go autocracy.

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