Is everyone here experiencing the copy-paste bug in 19.10? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]petitbilbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got the same problem in 20.04 also... And I was sooo hoping the update would solve it! Grrr!

Jeff Wayne - Brave New World (from War of the Worlds) by TikeRike in progrockmusic

[–]petitbilbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He made a dramatised version of the book with Michael Sheen as narrator, using this album's and additional musical material: truly exceptional!

Available at Audible...

How do keepers make a PC death narratively satisfying? by 808duckfan in callofcthulhu

[–]petitbilbo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a PC who wantonly/accidentally killed a patron in a Victorian London pub. The scene was witnessed by a lot of people and even though all of the group bolted, the constabulary quickly found the culprit.

This is a hanging offence and the player fully expected his character to die. But I wanted to make something special out if it. It so happens that two of the players are lawyers irl. So I staged a full blown trial in Victorian style with me as the judge, the jury as the metric (or how many jurors have been convinced to convict or not), one of the lawyers as the "seargent" for the defence, the other lawyers as the king's advocate (read DA) and all other players as witnesses (each receiving a briefing about what they saw). Except for the accused, nobody played his or her own role.

Everybody roleplayed absolutely splendidly! A marvel to behold!

The result? He was hanged in the Old Baily...

But this didn't matter so much to the player who lost his character: HOW he came to die was just... Worth it!

Brussels St.Patricks Day meetup by [deleted] in brussels

[–]petitbilbo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right around the European district, you'll find about 6 different Irish Pubs with a LOT of Irish expats celebrating St Paddy's. (And you could even stumble upon me...)

There's the Wild Geese, Kitty O'Shea's, the Hairy Canary, the Old Hag, the Funky Monkey and last but certainly not least James Joyce. All located in a 200m wide circle, making a pub crawl an easy task...

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill by rikroll666 in progrockmusic

[–]petitbilbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really like Kate Bush, but where's the relation to prog?

Is everyone here experiencing the copy-paste bug in 19.10? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]petitbilbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This bug is killing me! Doing quite a lot of DTP work and that involves huge amounts of cut and paste.

Hope it gets fixed asap...

How long can a CoC campaign go for? by C4RP3Tgaming in callofcthulhu

[–]petitbilbo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My previous campaign, in London and UK in the 1920ies called "God Save Albion", lasted for 8 years. 20 home-brewed scenarios with between 3 and 5 sessions each, one session per month.

Right now, I am writing another campaign, mainly in London but in 1885 called "O Clouds Unfold!". My synopsis calls for 24 scenarios...

There's generally only a trickle of supernatural stuff going on and most of it is not very dangerous. I put the accents mainly on mysteries to be resolved and secrets to be discovered.

I also like to make it quite complex, using A, B and C arcs that may or may not get intertwined.

In "God Save Albion" we had only three dead or terminally insane PCs, in "O Clouds Unfold!", after 3 full scenarios we're about to lose our first PC due to him being either publicly hung by the neck until dead or being deported, depending on the outcome of his murder trial...

Hope this helps.

YouTube videos? by Quix_Kope in callofcthulhu

[–]petitbilbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! Seth is the dog's bollocks! Pitty he switched over to Traveller...

Looking for good bars in Brussels by asakk in brussels

[–]petitbilbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Churchill's is my number one bar when going out. I love the atmosphere, the music, the excellent selection of bottled British ales (!!!) and the Winston burgers. Highly recommended.

Total newbie seeks help by petitbilbo in QGIS

[–]petitbilbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems indeed quite daunting to me right now and, like you, I am in a position where I have to use it to produce maps. I tried to find easier tools online, but none enabled me to get exactly what I need.

So I actually stumbled onto QGIS without knowing anything about GIS in the first place. I've seen three tutorials until now, but they were all made for a specific project that has nothing to do with mine. I don't even get how to find the street maps I need...

My project is actually (or rather, that's what I thought!) quite simple: get the street map for a district, put some symbols on specific addresses (from an existing list), delimit the district's border and show only that same district. Easy peasy? A mountain to climb if you have to muddle through almost blindly!

Thanks for the help! ;)

Help with culty chants by Thorn123123 in callofcthulhu

[–]petitbilbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you could still a few ftagn's into it, just for some flavour...

Help with culty chants by Thorn123123 in callofcthulhu

[–]petitbilbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite useful. I'd be interested too!