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Tabletop Gaming's Biggest Problem
April 2017
Bloodiedporcelain (yikes, what a screen name!) " Let me make it very clear: If you don't commit these acts and you stand up against it when you see it happen, the article is not about you. It's about people who share a whopping two (three if you inc…
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Whatcha working on?
January 2017
edited January 2017
I've been way too busy to visit the forums (sorry!). Here are the four top games I've got going with two different groups: https://crusade-1.obsidianportal.com/ https://spacecraftspycraft.obsidianportal.com/ https://gotham-on-the-brink.obsidianport…
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Favorite Combat System
March 2016
edited March 2016
I'm all in on 4th Ed GURPS if you keep it simple. Like Fate, it uses the same mechanics for in and out of combat situations and I've yet to see cause any problems but I will also admit that I am a stickler about keeping it simple. Yes, there is mo…
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Fudging Rolls
February 2016
edited February 2016
I have strong emotions on fudging die rolls. This is primarily because the following sequence happens: 1) I create the best adventure I can 2) The players tend to go in an unexpected direction (which causes less and less despair as I have gotten …
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Favorite / Most-hated Creatures and Foes
February 2016
edited February 2016
I have the same preferences as Killervp. I don't like throwing around a lot of mooks that are there to die quickly proving how tough the heroes are. Instead I prefer to have relatively few but memorable combat scenes. In a recent adventure I ha…
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Your Proudest Moment
February 2016
Great story, Mae. I was running a post-Republic Star Wars campaign for a group of kids and a friend who was the father of some of the kids. The group was trying to get to this really distant planet where they believed a force artifact was locate…
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What Inspires you?
January 2016
Nearly forgot: Add Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman to the list.
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What Inspires you?
January 2016
You've mentioned a lot of the sources that I use but I have a few more to add to the list: Gibbon's "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" for really big macro thinking Nearly all books by Lois McMasters Bujold, she builds more interesting charac…
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502 Bad Gateway
January 2016
I just started getting unrelenting 502 errors this morning. I can't even get the support page to come up. This seems to be the only place I can go to report the error. I see that Andrew was trying to get the servers updated Friday/Saturday. Here…
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Plot Club, Redux
December 2015
Keep me in the loop if you guys find a new home. Part of the value of OP is getting to take part in this community, which has already been sadly diminished.
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Core Features
December 2015
In descending order of importance: - Wiki - Characters - Adventure log - Calendar - Forums - Email notifications All of the above are critical, below are the nice-to-haves: - Maps - Campaign search - Community Forums (very nice to have) …
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Scale for Donjon random world map
December 2015
edited December 2015
Having hiked those distances with light gear and nice roads in good weather with the Boy Scouts, I would argue that 20 is the reasonable maximum for adventurers carrying gear and that it would drop fast after that. Spells might help in a fantasy se…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2015
Thanks SkidAce! Learn something new everyday around here.
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2015
Guess it Is my turn. Overall I am slightly better off than I was before the Reforge. There are a few items that I miss, like having an Items menu option next to the Wiki, Characters, and Adventure Log but I do like the look better and the search t…
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Shadowrun 5e through Obsidian Portal
September 2015
Emerald Echoes is NICE! I look forward to seeing what you do with it next.
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User Name
September 2015
Believe it or not, NikMak, I enjoy finding out what the dice will do next and they've led me to some epic moments I would not have had otherwise. Check out "The Bones: Us and Our Dice" and you'll better understand. http://www.amazon.com/The-Bone…
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User Name
September 2015
Yes, NikMak, I get to play but my luck is traditionally very bad so I enjoy it less than I otherwise might. For example, earlier this year I was the primary combat character in a Pathfinder adventure path and fumbled 4 times in a row. Another …
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User Name
September 2015
My handle was made up on the spot when I was signing up for Obsidian Portal. I had seen all of your cool screen names and was a bit nervous about coming up with something classy and yet having meaning for the group. I was, am, and forever will be …
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Adventure Hook Thread
May 2015
Here's one that happened to me in real life. A man walks by, his face contorted in fury as he speaks into a cell phone, "I tried out that arsenic you sent me last night and it didn't do a THING for me! Are you going to send a fresh shipment tonigh…
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Plot Club, Redux
October 2014
I'd like to join the club. I've got the opposite problem from most people, I've got WAY more plot ideas than I have time to run. This would give me a chance to unload them on somebody else and perhaps I can finally get some sleep. "... no pla…
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ADMINS...Please clean up abandonded Campaigns.
October 2014
I agree with cgregory, I much preferred seeing just the most recently updated campaigns regardless of the fan count. I also stumbled across some great campaigns and it was nice that the active new campaigns kept bubbling up to show me new things. …
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New Reforge Issue Tracking List
November 2013
Thanks, madartiste, I see Dawnhawk's comments now. Crimsonknave, that was how the old OP worked as well. You could either create/edit the page or upload an image but you couldn't do both at the same time. Looks like it hasn't changed in the Ref…
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New Reforge Issue Tracking List
November 2013
Is anybody else having troubles with the Character Link in the Adventure Logs? The Wiki Link works fine but the Character Link does not appear. I'm using the latest verison of Firefox and am not the GM of the campaign I was attempting to update.
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Gray on White Text Boxes
October 2013
I am ascendant and that worked and was wonderful! Thanks!
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Gray on White Text Boxes
October 2013
I second this request. This one change has made OP nearly useless to me.
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Reforged Site: Too Narrow
October 2013
Slightly off topic, does anybody else have problems with the edit screen after the reforging? White characters on a light grey background? I don't know about the rest of you but it totally wrecks my ability to use OP. I'm a noob so I don't know h…
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