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Roll20 Virtual Tabletop
June 2012
Hey Killervp...have you ever used the WOTC VT? if so can you make a comparison...I know you play pathfinder. Is the Roll20 system neutral? dlaporte
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Let the edition wars begin!
June 2012
edited June 2012
Hey Arsheesh...I realize I'm a little late to the game on this discussion but my intent was not to go into any heated debates...I, and my group, are going through the final stages of 4E burn out after giving it a reasonable try. Since we are going …
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Let the edition wars begin!
June 2012
I don't know Ninestar...for my part, I'd say that I gave 4E a pretty fair shake and I'm a 40 year old nerd. I submit that they created a pretty sound GAME for very WOW like combat. (let me add here that one of our players is an avid WOW player and…
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Let the edition wars begin!
June 2012
Well StepheWollett, we should establish some standards. I was leaning way out over the line...and I measured to the extreme, farthest point of the 'splash zone.' So, If I measure to the point of impact I really only reached about 10 feet...with a …
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Let the edition wars begin!
June 2012
I may talk with the guys and see about checking out Hackmaster. @StephenWollett: We have definitely tried some of the 'classless' systems (GURPS comes to mind), but we keep coming back to the class based games. No preference on my part. I don'…
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Let the edition wars begin!
June 2012
Wow...Leonidas...strong feelings? Not that I blame you entirely. For my part, I wouldn't say that 4E sucked...it's just that it's a sham to call it D&D. I think they made a good tactical miniature game. I call it 'Dungeon the Gathering.' Ou…
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Crimson Skies for COTM May 2012
June 2012
wooo hooo!
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Replacing the standard Obsidian Portal top navigation bar
May 2012
You know Job, I use chrome and I noticed your comments tab dropping into a second row...I assumed it was intentional...wish I had spoken up sooner...oh well. dlaporte
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Email Notification Fix
May 2012
I have heard a similar quote...'repetition is the mother of skill' taught to me by a martial arts teacher many years ago. wootersl...well, if it did exist it would have prevented me from bombarding my poor friends with emails while edited page af…
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Email Notification Fix
May 2012
oops...sorry...this is what you get when you don't read all the posts...I see that Magavendon already gave you that tip...duh...anyway...I GUESS the GM over-ride makes sense...but it doesn't seem like THAT much effort to get everyone to change the s…
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Email Notification Fix
May 2012
edited May 2012
ok...I THINK this is it... Go to your profile and click the 'edit my account' button next to your username. scroll down to the 'email notifications' section un-check the boxes that say 'receive notifications on...' Tell your players to d…
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Email Notification Fix
May 2012
edited May 2012
I'm not sure how I did it...can't for the life of me find the setting...but...In my wikis my email notification defaults to 'unchecked.' I remember finding and changing the setting...but I seem to have lost it. Going to poke around and see if I ca…
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Crimson Skies for COTM May 2012
May 2012
My first time joining in on this discussion...I'm all for it. Crimson Skies!!!! dlaporte
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Board Games?!
May 2012
edited May 2012
I own a copy of a really great game called 'Rebuplic of Rome' Fantastic simulation of life as a Roman senator. Only played it once...could never find enough like minded people to play...I feel your pain Rase. dlaporte "violent skies":http://ww…
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Game Structures
May 2012
Loved the blog...definitely stimulated some thought. As a sort of counterpoint...I have great memories of lot's of pre or in between session 'role' playing (Arsheesh I'm not sure but I think you meant 'role' when you typed 'roll')...anyway...I can …
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Beta Testers Needed for wiki page versioning feature
May 2012
Same observation...I have a 'ton' of versions as well.
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New ways to die
May 2012
Ladies and gentlemen...tonights gm...Charles Manson.
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Violent Skies
May 2012
Thank you both for your replies... Job...good call on the buttons...I'll see if I can tone down the gloss a bit...The sidebar is very much a WIP. I've wanted to add a comments button...I've thought of adding a second set of nav buttons at the bo…
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Violent Skies
May 2012
Oh...one more thing...All of you out there who are making videos for you sites...well...add that to the list of things I think I'd like to try...both for the overall look and feel of the site...and just for the pure creative joy of it. So...If you …
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New ways to die
May 2012
Well...Nothing new here...but waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day...1st edition tomb of horrors...TPK at the mouth...the whole damn party jumped in! (dumb teenagers!) On another note...playing palladium many years ago...I was a player. One of th…
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My Obsidian Portal experiment has failed...
May 2012
Clap.....clap......clap........clap......clap....
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Naming an Item
April 2012
I went with Morcu Drac Dagnir(elven)...dragonbane shadowbow(common)...or Shadow for short.
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Naming an Item
April 2012
Well...I'll be moving into a new place in the next couple of months...I've got a huge basement with lots of room for building my own 'lair' I may make reference to yours if you don't mind.
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How to Make Maps for Your Campaign (For Free!)
April 2012
I like that idea as well...I can see using it...uh..once I get done with my maps...which looks like it might be sometime next year...grin. Dave
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D&D4e Character sheet template
April 2012
Hi All, I can see that this is an ancient thread (grin) but I'm cobbling together a character sheet of sorts for my 4e campaign. I'm sure the code is clumsy and and there are probably better ways to pull off what I've done (I'm a total noob as far…
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How to Make Maps for Your Campaign (For Free!)
April 2012
BTW, I signed up over at cartographers guild so I may be posing this idea there as well. dlaporte
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How to Make Maps for Your Campaign (For Free!)
April 2012
Well...as for the survival issue, I'll be explaining that away as the power of the gods and such. There is a story behind the initial devastation and the things that follow, to include the intervention/sacrifice of the gods to protect life and stab…
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How to Make Maps for Your Campaign (For Free!)
April 2012
Well...I can say that I've been goofing around with a couple of different tools for map-making: CC3 and Hexographer. (my one map is done with hexographer). CC3 isn't as quick and easy to use as I had hoped, and hexographer doesn't quite produce th…
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The "Review my Campaign" thread
April 2012
Hi All, Review request! KillerVP was kind enough give "violent skies":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/violent-skies/wikis/the-characters a review back in march. Still got some stuff to flesh out, but I've arrived at an overall look and I…
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Naming an Item
April 2012
edited April 2012
Thanks! I like the 'sniper' angle. Don't know why it didn't occur to me before. Thanks Beaumains...or maybe I'll refer to you as Bow..mains if you come up with a KA name. :p dlaporte (Dave) "violent skies":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campa…
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