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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="12574" pageid="6165" ns="6" title="File:Tristat preview4.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-05-06T19:16:39Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12573" pageid="6164" ns="6" title="File:Tristat 2d6.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:35:41Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12572" pageid="6163" ns="6" title="File:Tristat stat.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:31:57Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12571" pageid="6162" ns="6" title="File:Tristat skill.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:31:36Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12570" pageid="6161" ns="6" title="File:Tristat initiative.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:31:12Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12569" pageid="6160" ns="6" title="File:Tristat attribute.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:30:44Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12568" pageid="6159" ns="6" title="File:Tristat attack.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:30:02Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12567" pageid="6158" ns="6" title="File:Tristat preview3.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="1905396" timestamp="2025-04-08T05:00:00Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12566" pageid="6068" ns="0" title="Dungeon Scrawl" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="1223200" timestamp="2025-04-07T06:57:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="34725" prev="34516" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="12565" pageid="6157" ns="0" title="Multi-sided token" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="1223200" timestamp="2025-04-07T04:10:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="34724" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2025-03-31T13:59:55Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>