Games_n_Geeks
Hello!
I've been a member of Obsidian Portal for a while now but never really used it very much. I joined a local game that used it a bit more but even then, it kinda petered out. I'm planning to run a Star Wars RPG game and use the website to coordinate the group as well as have discussions OUTSIDE of gaming time and I was planning to pay for the Ascendant membership to help me with this. While somebody else suggested Facebook, well, I don't really like that format.
Anyway, here are my questions regarding the membership:
1. If I am GM and I have 5-8 players, will ALL of us have to pay for membership to get the benefits of the calendar, forum, etc.?
2. If I am GM and one of my players wants to have a turn at GMing and we're going to play a totally different campaign, will he have to upgrade to Ascendant or can we use my account for this second campaign? I ask this because we might have 2 or more campaigns that the group will swap between.
3. Is there any way to copy/download/save all the info we put in as backup or just before the Ascendant membership runs out?
I think that's it for now. I hope someone can help with answers. Thanks!
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2. Ascendant features are keyed to the GM, so your friend could of course have a campaign of his own but he would need to be Ascendant to have the features.
In other words--Ascendant flows downward from GM to player, but not from player to GM.
3. No need to, if you downgrade from Ascendant to free no data is deleted or removed, but it becomes read only.
So for instance you will still be able to view forums threads but you won't be able to reply or start new threads.
There is a "campaign backup" in the Settings but beware that is more like a lot of raw data that a straight export (ie. You cannot easily use the results of a "campaign backup" to rebuild a site with a couple of clicks).
I've signed up for Ascendant but the Forum feature is quite a let-down... the lack of text formatting capabilities is quite surprising given what other forums can do years and years ago now. Any help?
Hey, but GnG, I'm still sure you have made the right move!
twiggyleaf
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CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
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bq. 2. If I am GM and one of my players wants to have a turn at GMing and we're going to play a totally different campaign, will he have to upgrade to Ascendant or can we use my account for this second campaign? I ask this because we might have 2 or more campaigns that the group will swap between.
While what Travis said is correct, that isn't the full story. My players and I take turns GMing and typically what we do is I create the campaign page and then promote the current GM to Co-GM. That way they have access to all the features. However, I do have access to any GM only pages as the account holder and "main" GM.
It just means he uses GM only pages with links them in GM only sections to signify pages he doesn't want me to go visit. There is a implied trust between him and I that I don't go read his GM only sections. After all, why play if I already know all the secrets. If you don't use GM only sections then there is no downside to the Co-GM setup.
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XCom: Defiance - Campaign of the Month November 2016
So far, I'm getting the hang of things but still getting frustrated regarding the Textile functions in the forum. I have one line that is prefaced by h2. and it just shows that text while another line prefaced by h2. shows the next text in Heading 2 format. Unfortunately, it also applies the Heading 2 format to the next line.
Adding p. does not really give me a new paragraph. I'm trying to space out paragraphs by 2-3 lines of space but I am unable to do so.
For reference, I am using http://redcloth.org/textile/page-layout/ as my guide to help me format my posts, but it's usually a hit-and-miss, with mostly misses.
but an actual extra line with nothing on it. Again, no clue why. Personally, I have given up on Textile since my HTML and CSS skills have improved through building campaign sites. Textile is a simplified way of producing HTML, which is great if you a) don't know much HTML and b) aren't extremely particular about how your site looks and are satisfied with very basic markup. For me, the latter was unacceptable so I resurrected my HTML skills to ensure precise (sometimes to the pixel) placement and markup. If HTML and CSS is within your grasp, I would highly recommend using straight HTML and CSS to get the results that you are looking for.
When creating an entry on the Calendar, is there a way to see who made the entry and maybe even edit the entry?
It is important to point out that this is on their profile at the main Obsidian Portal Page. The Community Forums and the Support Site each have their own profiles on them. To get to a main profile, click on the players avatar picture from your Campaign Page or manually put it in the address bar in the following format:
https://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/Username