https://forum.obsidianportal.com/categories/campaign-portal-building/p38/feed.rss Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:02:44 +0000 Campaign Portal Building Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2307/help-with-images Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:15:23 +0000 KenSee 2307@/discussions
I am trying to spruce up my campaign wiki by including images as links to wiki pages. One problem: I am not code savvy and have no clue how to.

Anyone got any advice?

I appreciate yall's help putting up with my noobish questions.

-Ken]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2305/using-the-forum-for-your-campaign-site Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:08:41 +0000 TheMazeController 2305@/discussions
Pardon my ignorance but

Is there a way to make sections of the Forum on your campaign page private? If I want a player only section of the forum for scheduling games and internal chatter can I make a sub forum viewable only to members of the campaign?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2304/new-formatting-for-the-characters-pages Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:39:06 +0000 JohnHutchenreuther 2304@/discussions
It seems to be possible, based on the dynamic sheets you can select for your game system, but I have no idea how to go about doing this without using a sheet on the list. Can anyone tell me how, or point me in the direction of some instructions?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2308/confusion-over-invites Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:24:02 +0000 The_Grim_MacKay 2308@/discussions In looking at various invite problems, I note there is a suggestion to use their account names instead of their email address. This implies that in order to be Invited to a campaign, you must FIRST have an Obsidian Portal account. Is this correct? Not being able to Invite an outside party (even if they need to set up an account afterwards) seems... well, rather useless. I'm hoping I'm faced with some other issue, technical or otherwise, but if membership in Obsidian Portal is a prerequisite to being invited, I was unaware of it.

Please enlighten me.

thanks!


The Grim MacKay]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2216/i-want-fans Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:38:50 +0000 nightstorm 2216@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2291/ascended-membership-alternate-payment-options Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:22:48 +0000 Jocularity 2291@/discussions
So i looking at the features available for the Ascended membership accounts, and almost all of it is something i really want for my games and would be willing to pay for. The thing is though, i'm really not a fan of having a credit card. Don't even currently own one.

My question is though, Is there any available available alternate means of paying for premium accounts, Ideally such as PayPal? Or if not, would it be unreasonable to hope to see it in the future?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2279/l5r-otasan-uchi-map-needed Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:34:28 +0000 Sommerset 2279@/discussions
I still have the giant wall map from the old box set, but I haven't been able to hunt up a digital version online - suitable for editing, printing, altering, etc.

Anybody have anything like this?

Thanks!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2277/hero-game-character-sheet-css Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:04:02 +0000 bluesguy 2277@/discussions
Has anyone created a Hero Games Character CSS? I see a lot of Character Sheets for other systems.

Just wondering

David]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2244/creating-hot-spots-on-a-map Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:13:41 +0000 Wild_Gazebo 2244@/discussions
I'm trying to pretty up my wiki so I've been messing around on a test site. I think I've pretty much decided on my theme but I'm still working on some of the organization and layout.

So to cut a boring story short: I need some help. I really have no code experience and everything I've done so far has basically been cut and pasted with some trial and error thrown in for spice. I have figured out how to create an image/map that has 'hot spots' on it so that you can simply click a section and it rushes you off to what ever you linked it to...and I've figured out how to blend background images with a custom site menu...but I haven't managed to blend them together.

What I would like to do is have the capabilities of this "page":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/silvertears/wikis/testmap with this "page":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/silvertears/wikis/geography

So I'm using this code for the 'hot spot' page:










And I'm using this code for the background/menu page:












So I guess I'm asking is there a way to simplify or blend these two disparate ways of putting the image on the screen so that I can still line up the image at the top and have clickable hot spots on the map?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2237/group-emails Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:57:32 +0000 nightstorm 2237@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2247/poser Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:59:11 +0000 Baalshamon 2247@/discussions
thanks
-Steve]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2242/underline Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:37:59 +0000 Savannah 2242@/discussions
Thanks in advance! (And hi! I finally gave in and made an account after being tired of not being able to organize my notes the way I wanted :P)]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1720/looking-for-some-advice Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:33:13 +0000 Dungeons_With_Dee 1720@/discussions
I was just looking for some advice, or feedback from experienced DMs (or unexperienced idc), as this is my first campaign.
Any feedback whatsoever: negative, positive, or neutral I don't care. I just can't seem to find people who are willing to give me some feedback. But I need some in order to make it the best that I can.
So if you have time, I'd appreciate anything you have to add.
Thanks, Derek.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2099/population-vs-housing Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:30:08 +0000 vstraydogstrutv 2099@/discussions
The setting is medieval fantasy, D&D 3.5 to be specific.

Thorps, hamlets, and even small villages are usually agricultural centers that have large familial units who work to plant, cultivate, farm, ranch, and harvest goods for themselves and larger portions of whatever kingdoms they're a part of. Once we get into larger villages, towns, cities, and metropolii(?metropolises?metropodopoliseses?) the familial units taper down in scale - on average.

What I've come up with:

A thorp will have at least 20 people as designated by the DM's Guide. Divide the population by the average familial unit which could contain between, say, 5-10 persons. To keep it simple, let's say 7 on average. This means that the thorp will have approximately 3 homes (not necessarily including businesses, churches, etc.)

Hamlet at least 81 population, 6 in home per average, 14 homes total.

Village 401, 5 in home per average, 80 homes.

Small town 901 pop, 4 in home p/aver, 225 homes.

Large town 2001 pop, 4 in home p/a, 500 homes.

Small city 5001 pop, 3 in home p/a, 1667 homes.

Large city 12001 pop, 3 in home p/a, 4000 homes.

Metropolis 25001 pop, 3 in home p/a, 8334 homes.

These all seem relatively plausible to me, but again, any further insight or suggestion is welcome! Thanks!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1919/wiki-page-name-issues Wed, 11 May 2011 01:45:50 +0000 Calion 1919@/discussions
Secondly, I'm having an even stranger problem with the links to the "Help":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sydarksun/wikis/help page that I made. The link to the Help page on the Help page works just fine, but on my new "Main":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sydarksun/wikis/main-page page, even though the [[Help]] link is formatted the same way, the links show up red, want to go to a new page, and if I create that page, it's named "Help-0." The only thing odd about the Main page is that it was originally copied and pasted from my Wizards page, linked above.

What's going on here?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1839/ned-help-with-npc Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:48:24 +0000 HexIron 1839@/discussions
So far what i have in mind is to act like the narrator in Jim Henson's "Storyteller", an old man with a nack for stories and love for adventure.

Ideas I have had so far have been for him to be like G-Man from half life, an extra planar being who has seen the potential in the heroes and has some plan in mind for them. He would posses otherworldly knowledge, but never let the characters to know this, but he will be able to help them in times of need with information, which he will reagard as "something I heard'. If this is the case, Im not sure how to play him or spec him.

Another idea is have him be a fellow adventurer, shape shifter, intrigued by the chance to learn the tales of the heroes and simply follow them around. Essentially he would spy on them for his own amusement.

Also, I thought about making him work like ninja ninja from afro samurai, just following them around everywhere, babbling.

Any help on how i can do this or better ideas would be great, THANKS!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2041/form-fillable-html-table-code-generator Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:52:15 +0000 JonathonVolkmer 2041@/discussions
"HTML TABLE CODE GENERATOR":http://www.impressivewebs.com/html-table-code-generator/]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2221/main-page-sugestions Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:16:41 +0000 JaymesBolton 2221@/discussions
Game Background:Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated "L5R") is a fictional setting that covers in detail the fantastical land of Rokugan, a nation whose culture and history is based on that of feudal Japan. It was originally a card game but then was developed into a RPG as well. The story is driven in large part by decisions made by the card game tournament winners held each year.

Campaign background: As mentioned some of the story decisions are based of what the winner of the card game tournaments want to happen. This has led to some very....interesting..... twists in the story line including coups, alliances between millennium old enemies, and other such things. The goal of my campaign is to change some of those more interesting twists into a reality that pleases me more....or something even more twisted and horrible depending on the decisions and whims of my players.

OK, now that a little background was presented I would love to hear peoples suggestions for front page goodness. Thanks in advance to everyone for even the smallest idea!

"Changing History":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/l5r-changing-history]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1785/inter-campaign-wiki Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:50:13 +0000 TheDemiurge 1785@/discussions
Is this possible?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1279/is-it-possible-to-upload-a-picture-to-the-wiki Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:30:11 +0000 Yuven 1279@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1881/changing-wiki-page-names Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:48:15 +0000 globetrotter1004 1881@/discussions
When I click on edit, the page field is missing and it only shows the page title in large Green letters.

I would like to be able to edit without having to delete the entire page, can anyone help?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2212/staff-of-tiamat Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:39:46 +0000 vstraydogstrutv 2212@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2172/using-a-dsf-variable Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:19:42 +0000 wolfhound2 2172@/discussions
Ok, so say I have a DSF span on a record sheet



From what I can tell, while that value is still blank, it automatically turns into an input field. "Click to Edit"

What if, for styling, I want to use that value later (I realize that it might not always be the input I expect, but assume for the moment that I know it will be a numeral between 1 and 10)?

How do I display that value "dsf dsf_prowess" elsewhere on the sheet? ????]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2206/wiki-pages-with-numbers-in-the-title-won-t-link Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:22:40 +0000 DamienMaster 2206@/discussions
I'm having a bit of a technical problem.

I can't seem to link a wiki page (using the standard buttons in the editor) to any page named with numbers in it.

I have 3 journal entries called; Blood Simple, Blood Simple V.2 & Blood Simple V.3

The code looks like this

Session 30 Authors: [[Blood Simple | Arribacca]] [[Blood Simple V.2 | Manco]] [[Blood Simple V.3 | Tyr]]

And comes up as

Session 30 Authors: Arribacca [[Blood Simple V.2 | Manco]] [[Blood Simple V.3 | Tyr]]

The first page is fine, the 2nd and third don't work and view as the native code on the final page...

I've had this issue with other pages, anytime I 'number' them- Part '1' etc...

Here's the actual page (my home page) entry is at the bottom.
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/roguetraders

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks guys...]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2195/adventure-log-read-more-breaks Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:08:55 +0000 Genevieve 2195@/discussions
Is there a way to insert a 'Read More' type of break that would show up on the main Adventure Log listing page but not the specific Adventure Log post?

Thanks in advance!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2191/doing-a-play-by-post Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:12:27 +0000 Banenight 2191@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2188/dms-r-us Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:24:03 +0000 LordNightwinter 2188@/discussions

http://dmsrus.wordpress.com/]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2177/editing-certain-pages-on-site Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:35:36 +0000 krymorin 2177@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2173/where-s-the-devkit Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:42:38 +0000 wolfhound2 2173@/discussions
it says to download the devkit so we can develop locally and get it working before we attempt to upload. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. So I am attempting to do that....

So.... where's the devkit? "Github says this":https://github.com/obsidianportal/dynamic_sheet_templates

Removing DSTs since they are stored in database now.

And I don't see a way to download the devkit. (the instructions say click "Download Sources" ... none such, and the "Download" button shows no files).]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2162/wiki-etiquette Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:20:20 +0000 Palantier 2162@/discussions