Arcane Overdrive

Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell using spell slots

You have learned to flood your spells with excess energy to sustain them without your focus. You gain the following benefits:

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

Overpowered Casting. When you cast a spell that requires concentration, you can choose to cast it without requiring concentration by using a spell slot at least one level higher than the spell’s base level.

Volatile Sustenance. A spell cast this way has its duration modified. For every level the spell is upcast above its base level, the spell lasts for 1 minute (to a m

Been playing Werewolf: The Apocalypse for the last few months at a local comic shop. Setting is modern day Appalachia with Cryptids that we are hunting down.
The game has been great until tonight. We were investigating a lumber company that has been doing illegal logging and stirring up local monsters on the process.
The plan was to kidnap one of the sons of the owner for information, we went to a local bar to meet him as prospective buyers and lured him out onto the patio where we would be away from other people.
It turned out he had a body guard, things got ugly, and I unloaded an MP40 into his guard.
Once again, we lured them outside, where we would be alone. This was a major poin

The True Cost of Homelessness in California: A $30 Billion Crisis

Homelessness in California is not just a humanitarian crisis—it is a financial catastrophe costing taxpayers tens of billions of dollars every year. While many discussions focus on housing and shelters, the true costs extend far beyond these visible expenses. When factoring in healthcare, law enforcement, infrastructure damage, lost economic activity, and other indirect costs, the state’s spending on homelessness may reach as high as $30 billion per year—equivalent to $105,000–$175,000 per homeless person annually.

Breaking Down the Costs

1. Direct Government Spending on Homelessness

California has si