https://forum.obsidianportal.com/categories/general-discussion/p33/feed.rss Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:16:27 +0000 General Discussion Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2235/a-personal-plea-for-your-help Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:20:20 +0000 DarkMagus 2235@/discussions
I know that we usually stick to RPG related topics and I hope you do not mind me bringing something like this to the forums but extraordinary circumstances compel me to speak to you all here in this way. I am a grad student at UC Davis. As many of you might have heard on the news and seen videos of there was an incident yesterday afternoon on campus which I and countless others witnessed where students peacefully sitting on the ground with their arms interlinked were maliciously pepper sprayed. There are dozens of videos on you tube showing the event from many different angles. One such video is: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM ":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM

These are my friends and fellow students. One of my friends even received a boot to the face. None of this was necessary.

I urge you to call on the chancellor of UC Davis, who called out the 50+ police in riot gear over a few tents on the public lawn, to resign immediately. She sent out a letter to all UC Davis students and faculty last night speaking in passive voice and absolving herself of all responsibility, which only adds insult to injury. There is a facebook page "event" you can join to show support "https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/245178815543373/":https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/245178815543373/ as well as a page where you can contact her and send her your thoughts "http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/contact.php":http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/contact.php.

This incident has rocked the campus, the community, and is going viral across the country and even the world. Please show your support and tell your friends. This is too big to be ignored.

Thank you and I apologize for veering so far off the usual domains of conversation but I know so many of you and count you as friends that I just had to ask for support.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Much love,

DarkMagus]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2241/browsers-on-op Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:01:50 +0000 HurstGM 2241@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2234/i-love-to-photoshop Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:14:07 +0000 nightstorm 2234@/discussions "Sons of Ether":http://www.flickr.com/photos/princeofcincinnati/5927737098/in/photostream/
"The Oracle":http://www.flickr.com/photos/princeofcincinnati/5770040880/in/photostream/
And a family pic
"Before":http://www.flickr.com/photos/princeofcincinnati/5212191225/in/photostream/
"After":http://www.flickr.com/photos/princeofcincinnati/5212191515/in/photostream/]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2224/frivolity Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:06:25 +0000 RaseCidraen 2224@/discussions
I have two questions/informal poll to pose to everyone:

What is the most frivolous thing you've ever done for your wiki?
What is the most frivolous thing you've ever wanted to do for it?

For me, I've just hit new levels of frivolity due to something I'm working on - I want to get it out of my head before I forget it, so I've spent the last five hours working on the project. I love the concept, it's just a lot of VERY unnecessary work. For something that may not even be used.

So, what are your most frivolous moments?

If you indulge me, maybe I'll indulge you and help you bring them to fruition!


_Edit:_ I realize that the best way to demonstrate frivolity is to actually give you an example: Fortunately for me, I have one that I just finished! I present my completely modular "campaign calendar":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/the-dark-queen-of-the-west/wikis/december-2010

This is designed to display when various events take place during the realtime campaign I'm running - we don't have very many events, but when I do something, I prefer it to be properly done, despite the fact that I don't believe I'll ever really go back into the past for the campaign. I realize there's not too much to look at, but that's mostly what makes it frivolous :)]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2222/mistborn-rpg Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:17:52 +0000 libranchylde 2222@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2155/calls-for-cthulhu Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:01:32 +0000 Baalshamon 2155@/discussions
"Episode 1":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRaZl1aE7ps
"Episode 2":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOc0W6JsZFI
"Episode 3":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE7Ctb6PtTM
"Episode 4":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu1RikQPJHE
"Episode 5":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCHi1ylBrsc
"Episode 6":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcB7xN0Pec
"Episode 7":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0dwbfwOYM
"Episode 8 Part 1":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyZMef2Jqc
"Episode 8 Part 2":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sMIIbDOX3U
"Episode 9":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanVUlNcDYI
"Episode 10":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Cfmt9RlDM
"Episode 11":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXiSrSeWpOU]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1762/revising-my-wiki Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:38:54 +0000 gnunn 1762@/discussions
In a fit of envious inspiration, I started tinkering with button images, fonts and graphics. I revamped my main page as a test, though I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the direction its going. I like the clean look of the body layout and text. I also like the font I found for my revamped sidebar. However, I'm not sold on the look of the sidebar. I feel like the sidebar background looks a little too tablet-y.

I'm also having trouble with the inline-block attribute for lining up the sidebar and the content. I've always found this particular attribute to be a bit temperamental. For example, while the sidebar and text line up properly in all browsers on my computer at work and at home, when I view it on my GF's computer, the format breaks and the body text appears directly below the sidebar.

I encountered similar breakage just now when trying to add a border to the body content of the main page. When I added a 2px gray border, it caused the fields to stack, even if I reduced the width of the content area by 5px (i.e. more than any added width from the border) To make matters more confusing, everything appeared normal in OP's preview window, but broke when I saved it and viewed the page.

Anyone have tips for making inline block more reliable?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2217/started-a-new-story-idea-http-tenureanagogic-blogspot-com Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:01:51 +0000 jbgaming49 2217@/discussions
www.http://tenureanagogic.blogspot.com]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2208/advertisements Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:08:53 +0000 Baalshamon 2208@/discussions
-Steve]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2176/avatar-the-last-airbender-fans Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:01:49 +0000 WolfLord 2176@/discussions
"Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/avatar_adventures

I have links to the rules on my site and anyone making an Avatar campaign feel free to use some of my ideas for your own setting :)

Also, anyone, including people who havent even heard of avatar who have any comments or feedback for my campaign Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order i would love to hear from you! i also have a link to a site where you can watch the show for free and if you haven't seen it i would HIGHLY suggest giving it a shot! It matures rapidly as the show goes on as is by far my favorite animated series i have never heard anything bad about it.

Cheers! :)
--- Dan]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2210/suggestions Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:06:57 +0000 HurstGM 2210@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2207/hidden-campaign Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:36:35 +0000 Baalshamon 2207@/discussions
I really wish that the main page would not show any campaigns that are closed to the public.

On another note; I would love to see the Campaign tab altered a tad too. How about it only shows campaigns that have been updated in the past say 90 days. Put a filter in to let you see older ones. It really sucks to find a great campaign on the front page only to discover it is over.

-Steve
"Star Trek Late Night":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/star-trek-late-night]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2145/an-inspirational-new-campaign Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:20:38 +0000 arsheesh 2145@/discussions
Due to certain responsibilities Dusk has not been as active at the OP over the last year or so, but I'm writing this "OP Editorial" of sorts to draw the forum community's attention to a new campaign site that Dusk is currently launching called the "Duskreign Prophecy":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/duskreignprophecy. Now again, this site is still in the initial stages, with many pages yet to be created. But what immediately struck me about the site was it's cleanness and simplicity of design. Allot of campaign pages I've seen tend to be fairly "busy" and for that reason, distracting. However in his new site Dusk has created a very simple and elegant interface and has been parsimonious in his use of images and text, selecting only those objects that fit well within his overall design. Dusk has even implemented his own unique "character sheet":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/duskreignprophecy/wikis/drogyn-martok which preserves the aesthetic of the overall site. All in all, this is one of the freshest and most innovative sites that I've seen come out of the Obsidian Portal for some time and I hope that is serves as a source of inspiration for those of you searching for inspiration in creating or refining your own sites.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2199/gibson-institute Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:56:37 +0000 JimTriche 2199@/discussions
Stagnation @ "The Gibson Institute":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-gibson-institute

A little over a year ago I practiced a little recursion and used an OP wiki as a general purpose knowledge wiki instead of a campaign specific one. Then my real life intruded and violently so. My son had high lead levels in his blood, and much of the last year has been giving him treatments and some remedial therapy and so forth. He is fine now, and I had a whim to go through my emails (I use a non-family/business email for things like Obsidian Portal and XBox live and various forums) and I see a ton from things I've missed. I have about 10 featured campaigns to go check up on, and a lot of exploring to do.

I am going to try and make a better effort to be here, but the first priority is real life, so I cannot make any promises.

**That being said**, I have seen a bit of interest in "The Gibson Institute":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-gibson-institute and I may have missed a lot of opportunities there as well. I want to promote a few people to co-GM/GM in there so my own issues don't affect the potential in the future, for the purposes of adding people mostly, though pushing for new content never hurts.

If you're interested, post here, tell me why you're a good pick.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2192/to-edit-or-not-to-edit-that-is-the-question Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:24:40 +0000 Baalshamon 2192@/discussions
* The biggest problem I run into is that some of my players, while great players, are terrible writers or worse lazy writers. I am curious to hear how other Narrators deal with poor writing ability of their team. Do you edit their work? Perhaps paraphrase it? something else? I would love to know.

* The second problem we have had over the years is that our campaigns are always a huge sandbox with very official adventures. What do you do when running a sandbox and the Alphas of your team fail to show for a game session? You are left with a couple of players that do not know how to take charge and push the story forward. I hate to always have to create something for them to do. I would love it if they had goals or desire to see the universe on their own. Any suggestions?


-Steve

"Star Trek Late Night":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/star-trek-late-night]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2194/real-life-helping-to-guide-campaigns Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:22:13 +0000 tetrasodium 2194@/discussions I was wondering if anyone else has tried something like this in the past & if they have any suggestions?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2170/dynamic-character-sheets Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:56:19 +0000 Baalshamon 2170@/discussions
Is there a simple guide on how to do so?

Or better yet, if I give someone a Word Doc of the sheet could they make it for me?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2154/drama-cards-for-star-trek Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:17:55 +0000 Baalshamon 2154@/discussions
_If not familiar with Google docs, click on the file button to the left to download the original document and to see better resolution images._

Check them out and let me know what you think.

-Steve]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2184/printing Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:54:49 +0000 Baalshamon 2184@/discussions
I am also looking for a company that can print my drama decks for the palyers to use. The cheapest I have found so far will still run me close to $30 a deck for 162 plastic coated playing cards.

Last thing is dice. I need a company that can make me 6 sided dice numbered 0-5 without breaking the bank. I figure for our team we will need about 150 dice in three diffent collors. (100 black, 30 red, 20 green)]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2120/deck-plans Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:27:38 +0000 Baalshamon 2120@/discussions
"Star Trek Late Night":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/star-trek-late-night/wikis/main-page]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2166/pornagraphic Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:56:09 +0000 Baalshamon 2166@/discussions
PG13? (some nudity but no overt sex)

I fully understand that anything approaching NC17 or X ratted is out of bounds but what about the rest?

"Star Trek Late Night":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/star-trek-late-night]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2175/artists-needed-for-browser-based-strategy-mmo Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:54:34 +0000 GorbagGutripper 2175@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2158/blinding-shield Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:24:07 +0000 Ivellius 2158@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2152/table-for-running-a-city-street-chase Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:42:51 +0000 JDarkshadow 2152@/discussions
http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/75911/street_chase_table.JPG]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2038/tabletop-rpg-themed-podcast Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:41:08 +0000 EricAusley 2038@/discussions
We discuss our own perspective on the state of games, and other topics. We have a tendency to disagree with each other on various points and debate them (sometimes at length). In general , our topics are table-top RPG themed. We don]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2150/multiple-gms-on-a-accsended-account Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:10:38 +0000 Jvirtue55 2150@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2144/more-input-needed Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:47:55 +0000 morkleb 2144@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2113/play-by-post Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:29:04 +0000 HurstGM 2113@/discussions
1) How often should it be required to post?
2) How was combat handeled?
3) What were your experances as a GM or player and what would you keep or change to improve?
4) Who did the dice rolling?
5) Any advice on EXP?

These are my general questions but if anyone has anything else that might help i would apprecate it.

Im not posting the site link or anything as im not looking for players here. Im really looking for advice on how the game mechanics of the PBP will work]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2098/youtube-videos Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:08:38 +0000 GamingMegaverse 2098@/discussions Anyone else notice this?
killervp
"A God...Rebuilt":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-god-rebuilt]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1735/is-it-wrong-to-want-to-tpk-your-group Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:59:04 +0000 LaughingVrock 1735@/discussions
So I had a recent session that was just one big fight....A town my player's characters were in was besieged by a multitude Mephistopheles and their role was to help in some way. To make matters worse, none of the party members were near each other in the fight.

To set the scene, there were 20+ zombies, 8 gnashers (think langoliers but on short stubby legs), 6 gargoyles (not D&D gargoyles, more nasty). There are 7 players but only 5 showed up for this session and their characters are 2nd/3rd level. Before everyone showed up I preset the monsters and characters on the map. The character were awoken to screaming and when they went to assist, they came on the effects of some psychotropics. Their assessment of time and distance were so warped they could not keep together in the confusion of the town in chaos.

When the fight started, they were in various parts of the town and there were about 12 villagers still hadn't found a place to hide (they were trying to get to one of the stone buildings). All the player's save one immediately went to attack the closest creature to them. None of the creatures were 'easy kill', the zombies were the simplest and they had 39 hp each (which low for this game). Now the fight was designed that if you kept moving, they couldn't attack you, just follow you around the town. The NPC had it bad, they could be overrun and finished off.

So, as the players fought their immediate surroundings, the monsters closed in on whatever was closest and after about three rounds villagers started dying and the party found out that they could brute force their way through this encounter. One player did have his character help the villagers, running and directing them to get them to safety, he only stopped to take the brunt of attacks while the villagers ran ahead.

Well to make a long story longer, the managed to save 4 villagers out of 12. I only counted 2 of them as actual 'saves' as these were the two the 'heroic' character had helped. One was saved by game master coercion, the other merely coincidental, happen to be running in the same direction as one of the characters trying to get away.

None of the monsters were new to the players/characters and most of the party had known each other for a long time. The real problem is a strong lack of leadership in the group and the two players who could actually pull of the role would rather not do it. There is an issue with heckling anyone trying to give orders. I did not expect them to kill everything and there was a lot of random movement, no-one was bum rushed. I was surprised that no-one tried to even seek out another player and there were some statements to the effect "I didn't know where you were, everything was in chaos" as if some of the players overcompensated for player knowledge to justify being obtuse.

This is not the first time this has happened and I was kinda enough to let those actions slide, but at this point I feel I should have just TPK'd the party and be done with it. thoughts?]]>