Players are looking high and low in order to find for themselves some Stacked Decks and this guide is here to aid you guys in getting you the information you need on it.

A Stacked Deck is a simple deck of cards that is used in recipes for Furnishing. It is known for its rarity considering that its a Legendary rarity resource. It weighs about 0.3 kg in terms of inventory capacity.

This item can be traded with other players.

Finding a Stacked Deck is very rare and there are even servers where players have never heard of anyone ever owning it.

The Stacked Deck has a chance to drop from Tier I, II, and III Supply Containers and Tier I, II, and III Ancient Chests.

One also has a very rare chance to find them in the Trading Post provided that someone is actually willing to sell one. The item in question is worth at least 10,000 gold and some even say that theyd be willing to pay anywhere between 15,000 to 20,000 gold for it considering how rare it is. So for those of you who happen to see that someone is selling one for below 10,000 gold then its basically a steal at that point.

Stacked Deck can be used to create the Basic Loot Luck Trophy Furnishing item which requires a player to have a level of 150 for that profession. A Stacked Deck is only one of the items and the player would need the following in order to craft it:

Players will also need to use a Tier IV Workshop to start the crafting process.

That about does it for this legendary piece of crafting material thats ultimately just going to be used to increase ones luck. For more guides on New World, you can check out our guides on Small Halibut, gold farming, and more here.

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The Navy did not confirm to Naval News how many IRCPS missiles the converted stealth destroyers will be able to carry at once, though it has been reported that up to 12 of these weapons could be loaded onto each ship in the future. This would mean two APMs would take the place of each of the AGS turrets. This may seem like a limited number, but each one of these missiles will reportedly be some 34 and a half inches in diameter and could be 30 feet or more in length. By comparison, a Tomahawk has a length of some 20 and a half feet, including a rocket booster necessary to fire it from a VLS cell, and less than 20 and a half inches in diameter.

IRCPS' expected dimensions are based on what is known about the U.S. Army's ground-based Dark Eagle Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system. Dark Eagle and IRCPS are using the same missile design, with a common unpowered hypersonic boost-glide vehicle on top, with how they are launched being the only difference between the two.

These missiles, like other designs using hypersonic boost-glide vehicles, use rocket boosters to get their payload to a desired speed and altitude. Once there, the vehicle separates from the rest of the weapon and glides back down toward its target, flying along an atmospheric trajectory at a hypersonic speed, typically defined as anything above Mach 5.

Boost-glide vehicles are also designed to be highly maneuverable, allowing for more unpredictable movements over the course of their flight compared to typical ballistic missiles, even those with advanced maneuverable reentry vehicles. This presents significant challenges for opponents in terms of detecting the incoming weapon and responding to it, including any attempts to intercept the threat. Giving an enemy less time to react also reduces their ability to relocate critical assets or just seek cover. All of this, in turn, means hypersonic weapons present an ideal choice for penetrating through even the densest air and missile defenses to strike high-value and potentially time-sensitive targets.

The DDG-1000s are the most advanced and survivable surface combatants the Navy has available to it now, despite years of watering down of their capabilities, including by adding external systems that increase their radar signature. Integrating IRCPS onto these destroyers could open up new missions for them, either while operating independently or as part of larger surface actions groups. Their stealthy qualities, in particular, would improve their ability to get within range of their targets, even ones relatively deep inside enemy territory, even just to hold them at risk as a deterrent during a major crisis.

At the same time, questions have repeatedly been raised about the exact operational utility of a class of three ships. At present, the Lyndon B. Johnson, which left port for its first sea trials in August, isn't even expected to be commissioned until 2023. All three examples are expected to be assigned to a developmental unit, Surface Developmental Squadron One, though the Navy insists that they will make regular operational deployments.

The Navy originally planned to buy 32 DDG-1000s, but scaled that order back multiple times before settling on purchasing a trio of these destroyers. This had the knock-on effect of sending the unit cost for each one of these ships skyrocketing, from the original estimated price tag of $1.3 billion in 1998 to more than $9 billion by September 2020, according to the Government Accountability Office. It's not clear how much refitting the Zumwalt class vessels to fire IRCPS, or other potential upgrades, such as new radars, might add to this price point.

The decision to add only a relatively limited number of IRCPS missiles, which would be intended for use against very high-value targets, rather than more traditional VLS cells to the DDG-1000s, could add to an ongoing debate about the Navy's overall conventional missile-launching capacity. It has been noted that the service's fleet structure plans, which remain in flux, generally involve retiring ships and submarines with significant numbers of VLS cells.

This is particularly true of the Navy's desire to divest a significant portion of its Ticonderoga class cruisers and the expected retirement of the four Ohio class guided-missile submarines. The service has said it plans to acquire new large surface warships and so-called "large payload submarines," as well as a fleet of large-displacement unmanned surface vessels (USV), which could have their own missile magazines. However, any new classes of large surface combatants or missile-carrying submarines are still years away from becoming a reality and Congress has expressed skepticism about plans for large USVs.

There has also been some discussion about the potential for increasing the missile-carrying capacity of the Navy's future Constellation class frigates. Before it selected a design, the service did change its requirements for those ships, increasing the number of VLS cells each one had to have from 16 to 32.

In 2019, the Navy said it could add between $16 and $24 million to each one, and potentially cause delays in delivery, to add another 16 VLS cells to any of the competing designs. As The War Zone has reported, the Constellation class design the service eventually selected is longer, wider, and displaces substantially more than the ship it was based on, the Italian subvariant of the Fregata Europea Multi-Missione (FREMM), or European Multi-Mission Frigate. This is in part to allow for "future growth," which might raise a possibility that space has been built in to allow for the addition of new missile-launching capacity as time goes on. At the same time, the Navy has talked about adding other capabilities to these ships, including directed energy weapons.

For the Navy, we know thats a distributed maritime operations concept that is driving a smaller, more distributed fleet [with fewer] large vessels, and more lethal, smaller vessel. That means frigates. So we should have that debate over whether we should put that next dollar into a 33-year-old cruiser, or whether we should invest in the Flight III [Arleigh Burke class] DDG," Chief of Naval Operations Gilday said back in April. We cant just be counting VLS tubes and satisfying ourselves that thats the sole metric were going to look at.

The Navy has clearly decided that arming its DDG-1000s with IRCPS missiles in the coming years is an important part of that overall plan to increase the lethality of its fleets.

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After an eventful month that saw the wettest October day on record for San Francisco, a second weather system this week is expected to bring more light showers to the Bay Area on Wednesday evening.

A cold front dropped more than one inch of rain in some regions of the North Bay mountains on Monday, with San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay and lower elevations in the East Bay receiving less than an inch of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The majority of showers dwindled by Monday afternoon.

As of 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, 24-hour precipitation totals included 1.89 inches at Middle Peak at Mount Tamalpais, 1.26 inches in Kentfield, 0.23 inches in downtown San Francisco, 0.12 inches in Fremont and in Oakland, 0.13 inches in Livermore, 0.05 inches in Redwood City and 0.06 inches at the Mineta San Jose International Airport, according to the weather service.

A pretty similar weather system is set to arrive on Wednesday night into Thursday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Warren Blier.

Its nothing like what we saw back on Oct. 24th, he said. Santa Rosa and Mount Tamalpais could get 0.75 inches of rain, San Francisco could get 0.10 inches of rain, the South Bay could receive less than 0.10 inches and the Berkeley Hills could see 0.25 inches of rain.

Theres essentially no wildfire risk left and thats because of the enormous amount of rain we got in the October storm, Blier said. This is a series of weaker weather systems that is coming through and that Oct. 24 system didnt end the drought but its a step in the right direction. Every bit helps.

The rain system will travel from the west and temperatures are expected to range in the mid-60s for the majority of the Bay Area, although some places could reach the low 70s on Wednesday before the second rain system arrives. On Thursday, it could reach the mid-60s, but will be still pretty mild for this time of year, Blier said.

The weather systems this week will pale in comparison to the atmospheric river that soaked Northern California last month and brought some of the highest rainfall totals on record for October, but will still be welcomed to help further alleviate wildfire and drought conditions in the state.

Another weather front is expected to bring more rain early next week, according to the weather service.

San Francisco, which received 7.04 inches of rain last month, had 750% of its normal average of 0.94 inches for October, according to the weather service. Meanwhile, Oaklands rainfall total of 5.32 inches was 605% its usual average of 0.88 inches and San Jose got 2.16 inches of rain last month, measuring 408% of its typical average of 0.53 inches.

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Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.

Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth to Headline in Holiday ConcertTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth will headline a holiday concert at the Metropolitan Opera on December 13.Kristin Chenoweth: Christmas at the Metis a one-night-only event that will spotlight songs from her newest album, Happiness is... Christmas! Chenoweth's longtime collaborator Mary-Mitchell Cambell will serve as musical directorwith Richard Jay-Alexander directing. For more information and tickets click here.

Zachary Quinto and Calista Flockhart to Star in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Geffen PlayhouseBroadway alums Zachary Quinto and Calista Flockhart are set to star in a new production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse. Directed by Gordon Greenberg, the play will run from April 19 through May 22, 2022. Flockhart and Quinto will play Martha and George, respectively. This production joins the previously announced Geffen Playhouse season that includes Power of Sail, starring Bryan Cranston and Amy Brenneman, and Dominique Morisseau's Paradise Blue. Also newly announced to the season is Matt Schatz's musical A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill and Fernanda Coppel's King Liz.

Terrence McNally Honored by New York Citys Historic Landmarks and Preservation CenterThe lateplaywright Terrence McNally will be honored by New York City's Historic Landmarks and Preservation Center on November 3. A Cultural Medallion will be placed on the home McNally shared with his husband, producer Tom Kirdahy, for more than 20 years. This comes after the previously announced celebration of life that took place on November 1 and the dimming of theater lights that will also happen on November 3 at 6:30 PM ET.

Jonah Platt Joins Cast of Indie Comedy The ListJonah Platt, a former Broadway.com vlogger who took fans backstage as he made his Broadway debut in Wicked, will appear in the upcoming comedyThe List, according to Deadline. Melissa Miller Costanzo directs the film, which was written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo. It centers on Abby, a woman who is about to get married when she finds out her fianc Matt (Platt) has slept with a celebrity from his free pass list. The cast also includes Chrissie Fitt, Will Peltz, Zach Reino, Halston Sage, Christian Navarro and Gregg Sulkin.

Rachel Dratch & Ana Gasteyer's A Clsterfnke Christmas Gets Release DateThe upcoming holiday movie parody A Clsterfnke Christmas, written,produced and starring Saturday Night Live alums Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer, has a release date! The comedy, which also features Broadway alum Cheyenne Jackson, will premiere on December 4 at 7PM ET on Comedy Central as part of the network's31 Day holiday extravaganza, according to Variety. Vella Lovell and Ryan McPartlin also appear inA Clsterfnke Christmas, which follows Holly (Lovell), a go-getter real estate executive from New York City who heads out on assignment to a small town to buy up the quaint Clsterfnke Inn and transform it into a mega-resort. First order of business? She must convince the inns spinster owners (Gasteyer and Dratch) to make the sale. Check out Jackson's behind-the-scenes pic below!

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Join Sucharita Kodali, vice president and principal analyst of Forrester, to learn the ins and outs of a pitch deck Nov. 9 at noon. Kodali will discuss what not to do so you can focus on creating a successful pitch deck.

Kodali, an expert on eCommerce, omnichannel retail, consumer behavior and trends in the online shopping space, serves digital business strategy professionals. She is also an authority on technology developments that affect the online commerce industry and vendors that facilitate online marketing and merchandising.

In her research, Kodali covers such consumer-oriented topics as eCommerce forecasting and trends, merchandising best practices, conversion optimization and social computing in the retail world. She has also authored "The State Of Retailing Online," a joint study conducted annually with NRF.

To attend the presentation, RSVP to Vantage@mail.wvu.edu.

For questions, contact Tanya Smigocki at tanya.smigocki@mail.wvu.edu or 347-423-5008.

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The time has come! Below Deck Season 9 has arrived, and our dreams of living vicariously through the crew without having to live on deck are alive again.

Of course, the idea of sailing to fantastic locations and living on a mega-yacht sounds like full glamour. However, fans know the reality is, well, different. This season, get ready for drama, fighting, and a beautiful view thanks to this seasons location.

The Bravo franchise, which has been so successful its sparked several spinoff shows, follows the lives of crew members who perform duties while working on chartered yachts. Most of us could only dream to board one of these vessels.

Theyre incredibly expensive, but before you jump into applying to every job opening there is on a ship like this (if there are even any available), the workers have very challenging jobs. Which we learn really fast while watching this reality show.

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But since Below Deck is filmed in warm, tropical locations, the view is always incredible. For long-time fans of the show, youll already know that eight out of the past nine seasons have been filmed in the Caribbean.

The only exception to this rule was in 2018 when Season 6 was filmed from Tahiti. So, its not going to be a surprise to learn that the Season 9 location is in the Caribbean, too. For this season, crew members are working aboard the luxury yacht off the coast of St. Kitts.

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The larger of the two Caribbean Islands, which also includes Nevis, is quickly becoming a trendy island for the superyachts like the one the Below Deck crew work on to park for the winter before setting out when the weather is warmer elsewhere.

The crew members aboard the yacht likely wont get to experience the extreme beauty of St. Kitts during the winter-park time of the season. Instead of swimming in the warm waters and hiking through the dream-worthy landscape of the island, which includes lava formations and tropical forests, the Below Deck crew will primarily take in the views on the boat while working.

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The yacht in Season 9, called My Seanna, has been featured on the series before, including Season 6 and Season 8. Typically, the crew is helmed by Captain Lee Rosbach, who has been a staple for eight years.

However, theres been a change in leadership this year. Not because Captain Rosbach did anything wrong, but something had to pull him away.

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The long-time captain revealed on a promo trailer from Bravo that something has come up and he has to leave the shop to attend to personal matters on land. In his absence, Captain Sean Meagher steps in.

Its not known yet if the captain change is temporary or permanent. Hes not going to be the only new face, but thankfully some favorites are returning this season, including chef Rachel Hargrove and first mate Eddie Lucas.

Below Deck Season 9 airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.

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Its just a week since the second season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks was released for streaming on Paramount+, and its already feeling like were in the most unbearable break between seasons since Captain Picard had his name forcibly changed to Locutus of Borg. But theres a light at the end of the wormhole, Lower Deckers: in a Tweet sent on Wednesday, October 20th, 2021, series creator Mike McMahan strongly hinted that Lower Decks books and comics were on the way!

The conversation started when Twitter userOleg Ryzhikov asked why we dont have any Lower Decks comics or books yet.

He soon got a response from John Van Critters, the VP of Star Trek brand development: There are definitely people that know whats up with that, Tweeted Van Critters. Were just pretty good at not leaking stuff.

A couple Tweets later, McMahan confirmed that supposition:

Van Critters dryly replied that they should consider adapting the series to the page, and McMahan replied, Ugh, if only we had been working on this for ages! What were we thinking?

From this exchange, it seems pretty hard to deny that we have Lower Decks tie-in books and comics on the horizon. Theres no details yet on where they might be published, but IDW currently holds the license for Trek comics (as readers of the currently ongoing Year of Mirror are already well aware).

Also, if this exchange with Pulp & Politics is accurate, then we may also have some more delicious tie-in products in our future Im talking about taco seasoning!

This makes sense, since the replicators on California-class vessels (like the Cerritos) are programmed with the best Mexican food in all of Starfleet!

What do you hope to see from the Lower Decks tie-in books and comics, and why is it a Captains Table one-shot comic featuring Captain Carol Freeman? Were waiting to hear from you, Lower Deckers! Let us know what you think, either here in the comment section or over on social media @comicsbeat!

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A lot of drama went down this season on Below Deck: Mediterranean, and a lot of it had to do with stewardess Lexi Wilson. There was the infamous hot tub blowup first, with Wilson getting physical with crewmates and yelling obscenities. Then there was the crew day off later on where, after a lot of needling from Mathew Shea, Wilson used some derogatory language that got her fired from the boat. She might have been gone, but she was certainly not forgotten at the reunion special that she declined to attend. Her co-stars had a lot of revelations to share and Wilson, per usual, didn't hold back with her reaction.

The most shocking revelations from the Below Deck: Mediterranean Season 6 reunion on October 18 came from chief stew Katie Flood and bosun Mzi Dempers. Flood told Andy Cohen that Lexi Wilson's first blowup was actually a lot more violent than what was shown and that producers had to step in to stop her. Similarly, Dempers shed light on Wilson strangely calling him Afrikaans during her blowup. He claimed that Wilson was later saying on her Instagram that he wanted to be white and doesn't "support Black people." When asked about the reunion on her Instagram stories recently, Wilson wrote (via Reality Blurb),

Its laughable! Katie really wanted her 2 mins of fame extended. I swear these Z list wannabe celebs let alot of things go to their heads.

Lexi Wilson has been very vocal in her opinion that the cast and crew have unfairly made her out to be the villain this season. (Hence why she firmly refused to be at the reunion.) However, Below Deck: Mediterranean alum Malia White indicated at the reunion that Wilsons edit was actually pretty forgiving in light of everything that apparently wasn't shown. In response, Wilson slammed White during her Instagram Q&A, saying,

Malia Maritime Law is an insider for production, she [intentionally] and maliciously tries to get information about crew and influence them to drink, anything to stay on their good side and stay on TV.

Malia White is no stranger to facing criticisms during her five seasons of Below Deck: Mediterranean. Lexi Wilson has in fact alleged in the past that White only pretended to care about the death of her father when they were bunkmates in order to make herself seem better on the show. Also last season, White got a huge backlash for reporting Hannah Ferrier to Captain Sandy for undeclared drugs onboard and getting her fired, which she only has some slight regrets about now.

At Season 6s reunion, though, there were apparently many regrets to go around. Captain Sandy echoed her previous statements. Despite Mathew Shea having feuded with Lexi Wilson all season, he refused to speak on his former coworker who wasn't there to defend herself. Nevertheless, Shea had plenty of excuses for his own behavior and actually claimed that Captain Sandy was the worst captain he's ever worked with.

And so the drama continues. Still, it's not looking very likely that Lexi Wilson will be asked or volunteer to do Below Deck: Mediterranean again. In an Instagram post, the ousted stewardess said, So Glad its over on to the next project. Probably Mathew Shea won't be getting another free pass from Captain Sandy again, either.

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In all honesty, Kickstarter offers a home for two primary nerdy food groups. Which ones? Well, enamel pins and tarot cards, of course. The advent of Halloween season also means the time has come for all things magical. And Wyrmwood Gaming wants to help you make your next impulse buy. On offer? A set of incredible tarot cards with a twist entitled Corrupted Tarot.

The Kickstarter shares:

Seventy artists equate to a whole lot of artists. And the cards themselves feature all of their incredible talents. So if you practice, these tarot cards will make for an incredible tool to help focus your intentions. But even if you dont, tarot decks offer 78 stunning art pieces in every package.

However, the theming of this tarot deck takes the cards to a whole new level. The creators explain:

In essence, the Corrupted Tarot deck reveals new sides to traditional tarot fixtures. Tarot with a twist. In tarot, each card has an understood meaning. But this deck offers darker or different perspectives on the cards

For instance, the suit of swords has traditionally symbolized the darkest of all suits. But this deck seeks to remind us it also contains some of the most beautiful blessings. Inspiration, rationality, justice, and forgiveness all have their home in the suit of Swords as well.

And in contrast, the suit of cups often appears as the most joyous cards in a tarot deck. But the Corrupted Tarot deck looks at them through a new lens. Here, the Cups cardsdive into a world of emotional isolation, where every individual stands alone. The realm of the Fae is reflected strongly in our corrupted Cups: capricious, cruel, and cold-hearted, these predatory creatures feel too deeply and too wildly, but still cannot connect with each other.

Take a glance at some of the gorgeous cards on offer. The artists have also shared all of their artwork on Corrupted Tarots official website.

This Kickstarter was funded in just twenty minutes. You can support this tarot with a twist from now until Halloween.

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Mzi Dempers has one word to describe the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 6 crew's much-talked-about time in Split: "debaucherous."

After intriguing us with some hints about what went down during the post-charter season outing in the Season 6 finale and at the reunion, the deckhand, along with the rest of the Lady Michelle crew, spilled even more details on the trip in the Below Deck Mediterranean After Show, which you can check out, above, by signing up for Bravo Insider.

The Season 6 crew answers all of your burning questions about the trip, from who first came up with the idea to why we often don't see the charter season end like this. And yes, things got just as crazy as you think. "We carried on the party for, like, four days straight," Mathew Shea shared in the Below Deck Med After Show, with Courtney Veale adding, "We just went even more wild than we had already done if that's even possible."

However, some yachties are still living by Katie Flood's "what happens in Split stays in Split" mantra. "That was our moment to have fun off-camera, so it's off-camera [laughs]," Malia White said in the Below Deck Med After Show. "It's off-camera for a reason."

To hear all the jaw-dropping moments from the crew's stay in Split, as well as the yachties' truly heartwarming final thoughts on Season 6, sign up for Bravo Insider, above.

Want more Below Deck Med? Catch up on Peacock.

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