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in Whatcha working on? December 2016

So... To get more non-spambot content on the front page: Whatcha working on these days? Me, I've got a bunch of irons in the fire again. * For my once-per-fortnight Ptolus campaign I'm currently prepping a ginormous section of the Dungeon -…
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in Featured Campaign of the Month December 2016

Congratulations!
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in Featured Campaign of the Month December 2016

Finals Week takes precedence over just about everything else in the universe. Apparently, feeding your offspring is one of the very few items higher on that priority list. Or so I've heard. S'all good @Kallak.
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in WHat I would love... December 2016

A lot of people have commented that it would be great to be able to add more navigation buttons. No clue if that's in the works, but there is a workaround that a lot of us have used to some good success. You can add your own navigation links on e…
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in The "Review my Campaign" thread December 2016

I'm tinkering. Again. In the last session, the characters found a map of the entire layout of the vile Temple of the Ebon Hand, and I created this quick navigation setup to go along with the map digitally. I'm pretty happy with it, but wondering …
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... November 2016

No game this Friday, as most of us have other R/L commitments this week (my son's birthday, for me). But we're all champing at the bit to get back to the action. We're all anxious to finish off the rest of the Temple of the Ebon Hand. I've said i…
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in Public Sheet Sharing. November 2016

Linking a character to someone who isn't part of your campaign? I honestly don't understand at all what benefit that would add. I'm genuinely not trying to pick on you at all, but that's a really nitpicky request and I don't see what value that woul…
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in Adventure Log "post date" November 2016

You can definitely change the post date, but the year only goes forward a decade. My workaround (since my campaign world doesn't do our calendar) is to put the in-game date on the Subtitle line. It's not quite what you were wanting, but it's free. :…
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in A small list. November 2016

That's not a pointless argument, B1. It's an explanation of why the site's support team isn't going to waste time (and it WOULD be a waste of time and resources) to add something that is actually very unnecessary.
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... November 2016

Holy crap guys, this campaign's starting out great. Three of my six players contributed in-character adventure log entries!! I'm proudest of Yona's, because it's the first time I've seen my high-schooler niece put forth this kind of effort on any ki…
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... November 2016

Session 1: CSI Ptolus We had a fantastic time. The players are still learning 5th Edition (and one is learning just what an RPG is and how it's played). They chose to go after the Case of the Missing Girl plot hook, and we're off on a merry chase. E…
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in Linking Wiki Pages between one Another November 2016

That's correct, links can't have special characters. My workaround is to simply change the text of the link. [[Delver's Guild]] won't work, but [[Delvers Guild | Delver's Guild]] will display the apostrophe just fine.
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in Featured Campaign of the Month November 2016

Congratulations!
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... October 2016

And @Maesenko, you should mark April 22-23 2017 on your calendar. It's going to be a really fun weekend.
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... October 2016

We're BAAAaaaack... It was a great start. Everyone had a great time, new player introductions went very well, and I think this just might be the start of something spectacular. Session 1 will be this Friday, and then we'll be going to a once-pe…
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in Gender selection on D&D 5e character sheets October 2016

Don't worry devilpants, you're most definitely not the first person to be confused by the Male-Female radio button check boxes on the character page. :-)
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in dungeon room ideas October 2016

An open 50x50 room with a 30' ceiling, filled with a forest of metal pillars, ten feet tall and 3-4 inches in diameter, evenly spaced every five feet in a grid pattern. If PCs move into the room, from above they hear a series of gut-wrenching, clang…
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... October 2016

It's all coming together nicely. Looks like we'll probably stick with 5E, and I've already gotten confirmations from all seven (!!!) players. Yeah, that's about two more than I initially wanted, but I am comfortable with running larger groups. Done …
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in Linking to a Character October 2016 edited October 2016

And you'll have to make sure that the character name is lowercase, with hyphens instead of spaces in the name. [[:useless-trivia-man]] is correct, while [[:Useless Trivian Man]] won't work at all. The same syntax works for both characters and ite…
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in Featured Campaign of the Month October 2016

If I weren't in the running for the 2016 COTY I'd happily step up. ;)
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... October 2016

Two weeks until the return to Ptolus! Five confirmed players, with two additional maybes (depending on real-life schedules). We roll up characters on the 28th. (And we might even actually roll back the edition to 3.5!)
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... September 2016

The bad news: our group's "temprary hiatus" since the end of June has become a full-fledged disbandment due to various life... things. The good news: I've got a completely different group of players (all in my own family) begging me to run a campaig…
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in Linking to Chat Services September 2016

There isn't one integrated with Obsidian Portal, but I've been hearing very good things about Discord. I haven't yet taken the plunge with that app, but then I typically just use text messaging with my players.
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in How can I remove the zebra striping from my Tables? September 2016

I change the table colors all the time. table{border:1px solid black}. {background:#aca}. |\5. *THE BASICS OF PTOLUS* | {background:#eee}. |_. [[Languages]] |_. [[Game Rules | 5E Rules]] |_. [[Technology]] |_. [[Firearms]] |_. [[Homebrew]] | {bac…
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in Accessing Private Messages from mobile devices July 2016

Thanks Kallak! That's a lot of hoops to jump through just to get to my inbox through my phone. I much prefer using my laptop/PC (and I'll continue to use those for my editing), but at least now I can help that player access his campaign invitatio…
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... July 2016

Okay, that was far too simple. I probably wouldn't have ever figured it out without help. Thanks!
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... July 2016

Okay guys, what the hell am I doing wrong with my signature?
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... July 2016

Well crap. How 'bout this then?
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... July 2016

Test.
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in Community Forum Software Update July 2016

Sweet! Testing, testing...

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