Personal journal

Vick's Hangout

Notes on the games I play and the technology I work with.

I use this site to keep track of character builds, solo games, hobby projects, technical configurations, fixes, and experiments I may need again later.

Gaming

Character builds, solo RPGs, wargames, miniatures, and campaign notes.

Browse Gaming

Tech Notes

Configurations, troubleshooting, Linux, networking, security, and development notes.

Browse Tech

Recent posts

Gaming Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Published

Archer v2: My Twin-Blade Battle Master for D&D 5E

My Player's Handbook-only Battle Master inspired by Archer from Fate/stay night, focused on twin-blade combat rather than projection magic.

Planned active character Archer v2 Fighter Solo Curse of Strahd
Tech WireGuard
Updated

Alpine Gateway WireGuard

Notes from building an Alpine Linux gateway VM with WireGuard, dnsmasq, NAT, and a lightweight branch-office design.

Tech Certificate Authority
Updated

Part 4 - Setting up Caddy Reverse Proxy

Part four of the certificate authority series, covering Caddy as the reverse proxy in front of the rest of the stack.

Tech Certificate Authority
Updated

Part 3 - Setting up Smallstep CA

Part three of the certificate authority series, setting up Smallstep CA and the supporting host configuration around it.

Tech Certificate Authority
Updated

Part 2 - Setting up AdGuard Home

Part two of the certificate authority series, covering AdGuard Home as the DNS layer for the environment.

Tech linux
Updated

SSH Certificates

A practical note on using SSH certificates instead of static authorized keys for access control.