https://forum.obsidianportal.com/categories/general-discussion/p37/feed.rss Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:19:59 +0000 General Discussion Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1715/dragon-age-rpg Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:48:49 +0000 libranchylde 1715@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1716/i-am-so-freaking-bummed Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:40:20 +0000 Duskreign 1716@/discussions
So, when Gaaran approached me about Rase's online game, I was super excited. I really want to play, and this could be an opportunity to play with some of the awesome folks I've met here in these forums and on this mighty website we all know and love. I was supposed to play tonight when I got home from work. Instead, due to a bunch of ridiculousness, I didn't get home until midnight, and I missed my chance to start playing as mah dood, Simon Cruz.

Bummed doesn't suffice. I am totally depressed about this. :(]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1727/facebook-related-question Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:23:29 +0000 Duskreign 1727@/discussions
Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

- Duskreign.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1723/d-d-4e-online Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:37:58 +0000 Malive 1723@/discussions You can email me at shawnvau178@gmail.com
-Thanks]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1658/memorable-encounters Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:15:15 +0000 libranchylde 1658@/discussions
One of my favorites (and the favorite id my former group) was an encounter I ran in a homebrew world. it was loosely based off Terry Brooks' Shannara series. I had a skull bearer chasing down the pcs, and they thought to distract it by throwing out a hunk of troll ass (yes that's right, how they got it is another story). anyway I had the creature pick it up and throw it at the pcs horse for the hell of it. it criticaled. then backed it up with another 20. couldn't believe it. so I decided that it hit the horse in the head, knocking it out and sending the pc flying. the players loved it. troll ass has been a running joke since]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1718/help-needed-account-items-vs-campaign-items Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:13:30 +0000 Alchemyst 1718@/discussions
I created some "items" in my account. But I'm now working on a new campaign and I can't transfer those items into the campaign unless I redo the items from scratch (and cut-and-paste).

Is there a "transfert" button ?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1707/explosive-runes-d-d-3-5-spell Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:56:33 +0000 Bagel 1707@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1704/the-reinvention-of-dawn-of-darnkess-s-campaign-site Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:16:31 +0000 Dyluth 1704@/discussions
Now the page as it is right now has developed and evolved as I learned new page making skills, and thus isn't entirely consistent all the way through. Hopefully, by months end I should be able to complete the following:

- Design a new Campaign Banner and Home Page graphic to welcome users to the site.
- Make my wiki more organized with more logical categories and easier to use.
- Conform all the wiki pages to the same format and structure.
- Conform all the illustrations I've made to the same format and rough shape and size.
- Create a "Regions of the Galaxy" section in the wiki, to help people appreciate the vastness and wonder that is the Star Wars galaxy.
- Create a "Planet Hoppers Guide" section, that physically shows the viewer where the PC's have traveled to in the galaxy and when they did it.
- Put a higher emphasis on PC made material.
- Make an opening crawl video introduction for every session.

So that's what I'm planning to do in the next month, or two or three if that's what it takes. When all's said and done I truly hope that viewing Dawn of Darkness's page will be as great and fun an experience as being a part of the Star Wars universe itself. Until then, good gaming everyone!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1651/background-thoughts Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:19:02 +0000 Takissis 1651@/discussions
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/eternalmyst]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1699/massive-challenge-every-now-and-then Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:21:20 +0000 twiggyleaf 1699@/discussions
Most of my campaign is set within the confines of relatively appropriate Challenge Rating. (Appropriate to the level of the Characters and the Campaign) but occasionally I feel like putting in something much more potent! (Challenging the characters beyond what they should usually have to encounter). My argument for this is that sometimes, this is how life works out.

(Understand, I am not aiming for Total Party Kill here and it is VERY IMPORTANT that this does not happen in the first two thirds of my campaign, but I am setting a MASSIVE random encounter for my players soon. Theoretically, they should lose, but I believe they will WIN the day. I don't know how, but I am giving them the benefit of the doubt.)

How do other DMs (players) feel about this policy?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1691/sanguine-s-slaying-songs-of-the-snowy-season Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:00:31 +0000 Ryqoshay 1691@/discussions All is calm, all is right
Severed limbs are scattered around
Holey bodies all tossed in a mound
Sleep in eternal peace
Sleep in eternal peace

Silent night, holy night
Comm]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1667/party-art Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:36:31 +0000 jmoeray 1667@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1684/and-still-more-art-mara-wip Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:27:36 +0000 arsheesh 1684@/discussions
So I used to do quite a bit of sketching in highschool and took a drawing class my Freshman year of college. Since then life has gotten busy and I haven't made time for drawing. However I've always regretted this. You see I used to love to draw, it was one of the few things I was good at in highschool and it provided me my primary creative outlet back then. At any rate, I've been meaning to get back to drawing for some time, and moreover have really wanted to learn how to paint. Well, I discovered GIMP last January and, after being inspired by the artwork of my fellow Opites decided to go for it.

I started with an old "rough sketch":http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/arsheesh2/Age%20of%20Legends/Mara1-1-1.jpg of a character (Mara) that I had done for my Age of Legends campaign about a year ago. I had scanned the image into my computer back then in order to upload it to my site. The image is pretty low resolution, but since this is really just a trial run for me I'm OK with that. Anyway, I then did some web research on how to paint in Photoshop (most of the GIMP tutorials were woefully bad). Once I was confident that I understood the basics, I went to work on painting the face of Mara.

It took allot of trial and error trying to figure out flesh tones and blending, but after several hours I feel that it is starting to come together. I wanted to share my WIP with you guys since it was your creativity that inspired me to take up artwork again. At any rate, here is what I've got so far: "Mara WIP 1":http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/arsheesh2/Age%20of%20Legends/Mara_WIP_1.jpg. As you can see, I haven't gotten very far. I still need to add highlights to the hair, and I feel like there is something wrong with her neck, but I'll get to that later. At any rate, thanks Dusk, SHIN and Dyluth; you guys are really the ones that provided the impetus for me to want to learn how to do this.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1680/lucyna-tomek-bartek-adam-julek Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:17:43 +0000 julekmeister 1680@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1678/best-conundrum-ever Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:47:11 +0000 Poutine_Paladin 1678@/discussions
I'd like to vote for CotY. You all, however, have made it so ridiculously difficult. Too many factors to consider for too many fantastic sites. When's the deadline for this vote, anyway, because I don't want to vote by first impression (or first half-hour or even full-hour inspection) but there's too many links, buttons, histories, characters............I'm going nuts in the best possible way, here.

Congratulations on all your hard work and the results of said effort, but daaaaamn.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1666/i-m-going-to-run-an-epic-level-game Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:54:24 +0000 gaaran 1666@/discussions
The characters are yet to be determined, but they will be level 21. They will probably begin in sigil, retired adventurers enjoying their new lives. There will be some sort of hook. The first portion will use the basic outline of the Death's Reach module from 4e. The players will have to go to death's reach, an ancient battlefield from the dawn war, and now the gateway that souls use to pass into the afterlife, because Orcus has found a way to enter the area, and if he is not stopped, he will gain power unimaginable. However, the real reason he is going there, is because he's being tricked by Vecna to retrieve the dormant soul of Timesus, the Black Star, a Primordial.

Unfortunately, they will get there too late to stop Vecna's archangel from taking Timesus, leaving the party to face off with Orcus. After they do so, sealing Death's Reach back up, they must find out who that other creature was. Their investigation will lead them to Osterneth, the Bronze Lich, and Vecna's mightiest mortal servant. Over the course of their research, they will find out that within her heart beats the actual Heart of Vecna, which he gave to her. They can kill her, but unfortunately they don't possess the power to destroy the heart. For that, they need the only weapon that has tasted Vecna's flesh, the Sword of Kas.

After Kas was destroyed by Vecna for his betrayal, his soul did not pass through Death's Reach, but instead was captured by Mephistopheles for reasons known only to him. However, that means that the party must head to the 8th level of hell, Cania, and make a deal with the devil. In exchange for Kas, the party will have to search through an ancient citadel in the frozen wastes, barred to all immortal beings, and bring to him the secrets within. Upon their success, Mephistopheles frees Kas from his icy prison, for the party to do what they will.

After all of this, the party finally can destroy the Heart of Vecna, giving them the ability to harm Vecna. They must travel to the plane of Pandemonium to find Vecna's secret tower and confront him, once and for all.

So there you have it, that's the story, but I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for encounters and tricks and whatever for epic level characters I would love to hear them!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1657/i Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:09:12 +0000 Everdark 1657@/discussions
Just sayin'. That is all. Discuss.

On a side note, I think that the worst feeling in the world, aside from critically failing a roll at a vital moment, is having to poop and being extremely hungry... _At the same time_. If you eat first, you may force everything out and soil yourself. If you poop first, do you really have much of an appetite afterward? It's a lose/lose situation, really... But... I digress. =(]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1672/i-draw-pictures-too-look Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:20:09 +0000 Everdark 1672@/discussions
"My character S'zeves and his dog Sin from Wyrmshadow":http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e337/olskoolslacker/artz/Szevesandsin.jpg

"My first D&D character, Serus Crow. Also one of my first digital drawings":http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e337/olskoolslacker/artz/Serus.jpg?t=1292455104

"Me, being angry at something that isn't there.":http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e337/olskoolslacker/artz/vincentdecomp.jpg?t=1292455107]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1660/need-a-ruling-3-5e Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:59:14 +0000 Yoshara 1660@/discussions
Here is "Telekinesis":http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Telekinesis

My issue with it is anything that has a check like grappling, disarming, etc says...

"...you use your Intelligence modifier (if a wizard) or Charisma modifier (if a sorcerer) in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier..."

So with this I can see 4 possible solutions, I just don't know which one would be closest to the rules.

1. The stats are based on the caster that casted the spell to make the ring.
2. The character using the ring picks between the two stats, whichever is higher.
3. The character uses the stat based on who made the ring. i.e. if it was a wizard the ninja would use his Int.
4. This item can't be used by anyone other than someone who has this spell in their spell list.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1655/shamless-plug-for-my-player-s-art Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:45:52 +0000 DaGamingMonkey 1655@/discussions One of my players decided to do charcoal portraits of the party members.
I had to give them some public attention since it looks like she put a good amount of time in it.

Here's the link to her work so far. (She says she will be doing more)
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/friday-night-4e/wikis/portrait-gallery

The artist is Blueeyes she plays currently as Falkrunn and also had a character named Harm.
If you get the chance you should read her stuff as well.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1639/is-there-going-to-be-a-contest-for-november-or-december Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:10:32 +0000 Dyluth 1639@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1638/q-workshops-and-their-very-nice-dice Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:04:56 +0000 Dyluth 1638@/discussions
Have a lot of other members of the community here picked up dice sets from Q-Workshop? If not I would definitely recommend them.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1632/slight-change-to-my-campaign-intro-video Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:48:51 +0000 Duskreign 1632@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1633/i-ve-come-to-realize-that Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:43:14 +0000 Everdark 1633@/discussions
I'd like to get everyone's opinion on something, though. What, in your personal opinion, is a _must have_ in every campaign? It can be anything. I'm just looking for some extra ideas/flare.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1646/attachments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:27:19 +0000 Arampur 1646@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1644/one-off-topic-so-poutine-can-get-a-word-in-edgewise Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:20:23 +0000 RaseCidraen 1644@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1634/for-the-forum-for-the-guild Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:45:26 +0000 Everdark 1634@/discussions
I just wanna say thanks again to everyone who has shown love and made my stay here thus far that much more enjoyable.

Anyways, just voicing my opinion. Any thoughts/opionions, folks?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1623/magic-and-warfare Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:08:33 +0000 Falchen 1623@/discussions
Animated soldiers: (clay warriors) Everyone has seen the terracotta soldiers from Asia, with magic they are real soldiers in my game, not the entire army, but a solid chunk of soulless, fearless shock troops. They come in 2 sizes, medium and large, but in general act like lesser golems.

Magic ammunition for siege weapons: Now this is a 2 part, one being exploding with magic energy normal ammunition, the other is a way to break a siege, fire ammunition over the wall that casts a modified summons spell, making elemental, or anything else show up right around the ammunition. This can place troops inside a besieged castle or town without having to scale the walls or crash the gate first.

Undead soldiers: the army that keeps on growing

Unit level buff spells: Mass enlarge, Mass magic weapon

Terrain altering spells, Fog bank, wall of stone, move earth, wind walls

Any other ideas anyone has on the true integration of magic into warfare I would love to hear.

Mike]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1581/props-coins-or-tokens Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:47:19 +0000 Alatheon 1581@/discussions
I know GameMastery makes campaign coins, but those are a little pricey for the number that you get. Does anyone have any suggestions for something that would be distinctive, but not outrageously espensive?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1341/music-in-your-game Sat, 22 May 2010 08:26:20 +0000 gaaran 1341@/discussions