https://forum.obsidianportal.com/categories/player-lounge/p27/feed.rss Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:49:21 +0000 Player Lounge Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1455/a-noob-approaches Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:40:36 +0000 Teknophyl 1455@/discussions
After somehow managing never to be exposed to a DnD game for 37 years, I played my first DnD Encounters game this past Wednesday and I am hopelessly hooked. As someone with a family and a lousy geographic location in the US, I'm hoping to find some folks who can guide me into a game that takes advantage of the net (cam, online tools, etc) and is newbie friendly. Hoping there's a game out there! I'd love to meet on weekends if at all possible.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Tek]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1438/hello-all Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:53:02 +0000 cmdrchristof 1438@/discussions I really like the idea behind Obsidian portal so I'm hoping those I play with do too. Anyway I'm sure I'll bug the community with lots of questions over the coming weeks :)

CC]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1444/hi-everyone Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:48:31 +0000 bcforme001 1444@/discussions
This is my first time being DM, and my campaign starts Saturday, so I'm a little nervous. I've just got the bare-bones up on my wiki "here":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/novanic
If anyone has any advice for tidying up the page and making it look more professional, it would be much appreciated!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1435/duskreign-seeks-to-win-friends-and-influence-people Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:20:10 +0000 Duskreign 1435@/discussions
I am using Obsidian Portal for an ambitious purpose, and one that I am far from completing. I wish to create a complete guide to my campaign world, Wyrmshadow, including archives of every campaign that has taken place upon it's troubled lands and wave-torn shores. So far, I have done quite a bit of the skeletal work for bringing this goal to fruition, but I acknowledge that the mind is as weak as the soul is devoted. I'm trying, though, OPites.

I am also running a Star Wars campaign set in the KOTOR era, Heart of the Force. I'm using the D6 rules because, lucky me, I won a Facebook contest from Obsidian Portal and got the 2nd Edition Star Wars Roleplaying Game from West End Games.

I want to say something from the heart (and my spleen would also like to add something immediately thereafter):

I have met some incredible people here. Our common passion, even if it is just for a unique and fantastic form of personal diversion, has created a solid bond between us, all of us, that we are fortunate enough to share through this wonderful website. Obsidian Portal is more than a place to host information about your rpg campaign, though that's all it might have originally been intended to be. It is, for me and many others, a shrine to our glorious hobby. It's like Facebook for pen-and-paper gaming nerds like me, and like you. I want to thank, with all the sincerity and heartfelt gratitude my typing skills have to offer, the creators and staff of Obsidian Portal. You gave me a safe place to talk D&D with people without looking over my shoulder and seeing the other kids mocking us from across the lunchroom. Or was that just me that happened to?

Now, my spleen would like to say a few words:

What am I even for? Does he need me? Should he be eating a special diet or something, because this guy drinks way too much diet soda, and I bet I'm gonna pay for that somed...

Ok, thanks, spleen.

But I wasn't fin...

yes... yes you were.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1433/hello-and-a-small-plug Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:18:27 +0000 ben_mcfarland 1433@/discussions
(small plug:)
I've been doing a bit of game design, and I'm currently the lead designer for "Streets of Zobeck":http://www.koboldquarterly.com/KQStore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=85 over at "Kobold Quarterly.":http://www.koboldquarterly.com If you like urban fantasy with some crime, noir, and steampunk to it, come check it out and sign up!

thanks,

-Ben.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1434/hello Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:07:27 +0000 EffusiveLight 1434@/discussions Names Joe. I've been gaming since I was 13 and dont intend to stop anytime soon... over the years I have been working on a new game system called Bionica... I live in Fenton Michigan and it has its ups and downs. Game wise I started out with Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition, I picked up the knack for being a Dungeon Master and still to this day love being a game master creating campaigns and the like... always liked telling a good story.

I'm looking to run A campaign in fenton michigan using the game I created, BIONICA, its setting is sci-fi / fantasy ... where magic is an explained phenomon seperated into two schools psionics and kinetics... all types of weapons are available from Mercurial Gunblades to Plasma Rifles to MAWs (Mechanized Assualt Weapons) the game mechanics are simple but I incorporate a d30 instead of the traditional d20.

I like OP but lack the technical know how to get the most out of it... so any tips would be appreciated...

If you have any other questions or comments be sure to drop me a message

With Gusto
Joe]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1427/hello Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:22:37 +0000 jackwhiskey 1427@/discussions
My name is Matt, new to OP, finding it both amazingly useful and hideously tedious. Bane and beauty of wiki, eh?

I live in SF with my wife, currently running a Star Wars campaign using Saga Edition. Enjoying tinkering with the site, but have only run one session of the campaign thus far. Looking forward to more after this weekend! I'm also a writer, chef and blogger if those things are of interest to anyone.

My blog is here: http://loquaciouscoyote.blogspot.com
My campaign is here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-ascendance

I'm open to advice on how to improve my campaign's wiki, from organization to formatting.

Thanks!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1431/how-do-you-do-op Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:09:20 +0000 JonathonVolkmer 1431@/discussions
Salutations! It seems I have been remiss in failing to introduce myself here despite having been a member for nearly nine months. While that's a fine gestation period for a human being, it's a bit on the long side for an online persona. So: hi, how are you all? I've been lurking and poking about, and I may just start speaking up a bit more as I get ready to use Obsidian Portal in an active campaign for the first time this fall.

I've been playing pen and paper RPGs since my freshman year of high school and running them for my friends since the year after that (which comes to about 10 years now, if you're curious about my age). We started, as I'm sure many others did, with Dungeons & Dragons, specifically Editions 3/3.5. I converted to Savage Worlds almost exclusively somewhere around 7 years ago, although I have played the occasional 3.5 or D20 Modern game (and, briefly, a lone 4E game) since then.

I prefer running games in SW for bookkeeping reasons (and also out of habit and familiarity, at this point), although I like to learn new systems and then heartlessly scavenge the best bits of them for my own dark purposes. A game run by me (or a character played by me) generally means a gray-scale of morality, as opposed to black and white good versus evil, and I hope that that feeling shows through in my writing about those things.

Well, that's my history as a gamer in a fairly large nutshell.

Sincerely,
JTV]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1389/why-hello-there Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:53:10 +0000 Dericious_Ramen 1389@/discussions
My gaming style is rather brutal for the most part, I love necromancy and large axes/hammers. Nothing is more satisyfying to me than when a DM takes the time to describe the gruesome aftermath of a horde of zombie (or spirits) rampaging the countryside, or a simple hammer to the face. Finesse, for the most part, is for the wimps who can't take a hit. Hypocritically, I like playing the rogue. I'm also a good cleric, if anyone in the Duval/St. Johns/St. Aug area needs a player.

Anyways, I've been on OP a while (notice I didn't say active) and have just recently began using it as a primary source of organization and display. Starting with my 4e campaign (which is horrible by the way) and eventually organizing and running a 2nd 2.0 campaign. So far, things have worked out perfectly for me (aside from my hatred of textile/wiki code). I'm not the biggest fan of creating a full blown adventure log, so don't expect much there. Actually... don't expect much at all from anything. No worries.

Anyways, glad to join the community. Check my campaign (ADnD 2.0 only please, http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/scatteredpaths) and drop me some suggestions if you wish, I'm open for improvement.

-Ramen]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1419/greetings-from-northern-california Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:21:51 +0000 erwin 1419@/discussions
Really digging the site here, loving the fact that my recently started campaign has a home now.

I'm looking forward to further developments, hoping to see some expansion for more html coding and stuff.

And uh, just a little character crunch: Got into tabletop briefly back in '00 with 2nd ed. D&D. Just recently started playing again back in March when my cousin invited me into his 4th ed. D&D "campaign":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/marvels-monsters . Just this week, I had my first stint as a 4e DM in my own "game":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/deicide too.

But yeah, hope to see this site, and everyone's game pages grow.

Take care,
-E]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1416/newly-joined-player-from-ottawa Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:56:00 +0000 Jobbo_Fett 1416@/discussions
Long time DnD or other RPG player but only recently discovered this place. Currently residing in the nation's capital and I've got quite a bit of free time so if anyone wants another player for their group drop me a line.

Aside from that I'm pretty laid back and don't have much of a preference on race or class as I tend to try them all. That and I'd like to think of myself as a nice guy.

Cheers.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1403/recruiting-for-a-replacement-in-d20-modern-pbp-plane-jumping-game Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:03:11 +0000 successwarrior 1403@/discussions
A couple of months ago, I asked my players to check around for a site where we could keep all our game information. A little over a week ago, one of them pointed me to Obsidian Portal. He and I surfed around for a couple of hours and now we are calling this place home for our game. OP states that it was built as a tool for tabletop games but it fits our PbP needs beautifully.

I've been playing RPG's since about 1981 when my parents gave me the basic box set for Christmas (much to their chagrin). My best friend and I killed off dozens and dozens of characters in the Caves of Chaos and rolled those little dice until they were pretty much round.

Since then, I've played in or read the rules to many, many games like so many of you that I have been reading about here. Right now, I'm running a d20 Modern PbP game and I am intrigued by the Dresden Files and may have to purchase the books, even if it's just for the read.

I am currently looking for a replacement player for one of the characters in my game. The female character (nickname "CB") is going to be taking levels in telepath and also sees symbols in her dreams. I'm looking for someone that is a team player (since all the characters are friends) and is able to roll with a mish-mash of rules. The players and I are using d20 Modern as the base but there are bits and pieces of other rules making their way into the game along with some homebrew stuff. One of the reasons that I love OP is that it's going to allow us a place to assemble all the House Rules. If you love being a chaotic character as a player that can quote rules, this is not the game you're looking for (insert jedi hand wave). If you want to play as part of a group of friends trying to get home and want to take an active role in game mechanics and storyline, drop me a line.

You can read more about the game here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/benders

I'm glad to have found the site and I've been spending some time surfing around the different games being played. Lots of cool ideas here and I'll be following along some of them.

Thanks,
Alan]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1392/hoping-to-get-started Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:07:09 +0000 DarenVanir 1392@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1350/new-and-looking Fri, 28 May 2010 23:16:32 +0000 Blauer 1350@/discussions
I am new to OP, and have had a number of years RPG'n at tables, but never at an online site. I'm ready and willing to try this out. I am in the US Army, and am currently stationed in Germany until September. I haven't Gamed in about 3-4 years, and want to get back into it. What I have played, and have supportive books for: AD&D, D&D 3E, D&D 3.5, Eberron, Palladium Fantasy, Rifts, Twilight (not the movie), Iron Kingdom, Serenity, and Iron Heroes. If anyone is running a game within the worlds I have listed, Please feel free to contact, or leave a post here. I'd like a PBP type game, since I'll be in Germany, and then all over the states. I would really love to get back into, and start playing again. I feel that this site may be my best avenue for that.

Thanks for your time.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1391/looking-for-more Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:33:23 +0000 PaulShotwell 1391@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1369/loving-the-portal Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:13:41 +0000 FrankSirmarco 1369@/discussions
Just wanted to drop a line and say that I love the site, and am excited to build my campaign page.

I've been a role-player for nearly thirty years (D&d, V&V, CoC, and Pathfinder), and it's refreshing to have one place to consolidate all of my campaign info.

I'm currently playing a 5th level Ranger in "this":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/e-towngeeking Pathfinder campaign, and GMing in "this":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/cthulhusupremusest Call of Cthulhu campaign.

I (along with 7,000 other people it seems) have benefitted greatly from gnunn's sidebar how-to, and have incorporated it in to my Cthulhu page.

I would love some input on the page, so please check it out when you get the chance.

Thanks and see you on the forums!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1377/when-in-rome Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:29:15 +0000 MatneyX 1377@/discussions
I'm Dave... husband, father, musician, composer, sound designer, Cadillac owner and enthusiast. I'm 27, and I've been rolling dice for the last 15 years (and I have the THAC0 to prove it!) I used to run the largest non-Cam LARP in Salt Lake City (before Cammies ruined us), and now I co-ST a Vampire: the Masquerade forum game.

I'm in the [long] process of developing a play-by-post World of Darkness game. Would it be too cocky to say "keep an eye on it?" (campaigns/king-county) At the very least, I should have a map with a few hundred hours put into it up within the next week or so.

Anyway... glad to be here. Hopefully I can meet more people locally and internationally, and maybe we can all game some day.

Cheers.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1361/want-to-play Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:46:28 +0000 DJScoobyfl 1361@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1322/enjoying-the-site Tue, 11 May 2010 17:02:30 +0000 imperialjunkie 1322@/discussions
So far I enjoy the tools, though I have to get used to using a wiki. I like the idea, though, and it will make the world of Eberron easier for my players to access. They don't all have/read the campaign guide.

Thanks for having me!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1323/hello-from-nicole-from-tuesdays-with-nicole Tue, 11 May 2010 22:56:01 +0000 calabacita 1323@/discussions
A little about my gaming history: I've played only for 2 years and I haven't DMed anything, but I'm working on that ;) I've played a couple one shots in the Scion, Exalted and a 4E Shards of Alara setting. My first experience with playing a long-term campaign was a 3.5 Accordlands game as a Deverenian paladin. When 4E launched, I started playing it right away. I'm currently in an Eberron campaign, playing a human artificer named Leonora D'Cannith--and I love playing an artificer. She's only level 2, but I'm hoping to get her to epic level.

I look forward to being more involved with the online gaming community here at Obsidian Portal.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1329/hello-to-all-the-ad-d-2nd-edition-fans-as-well-as-rpg-fans Mon, 17 May 2010 05:17:43 +0000 tonynyr 1329@/discussions
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300428468509&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1319/thought-i-would-try-op-out-for-campaign-management Mon, 10 May 2010 22:29:53 +0000 templeorder 1319@/discussions
About me: I've created and developed my own game system for years at http://www.incarna.net. Currently going through major revisions for a version 3.0. We have a few groups using it, and i'm starting to make all the materials i built available for free, removing "subscription" locks on them (its slow to make them presentable though). I'm an IT professional (shocking!) running a web development team building collaborative based solutions. I've played every game system under the sun up until DnD 3 came out. Right before that, i built my own first derivative system and quit playing most others (a little DnD, WOD, WHRG and dabbling in others here in there), focusing on my own since then. It broke the D20 mold long ago and i never looked back. I took all my friends with me (3 game groups) and also have 3 play test groups. Two of the play test groups still use it. Small audience, lots of fun.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1315/hey-everybody Thu, 06 May 2010 20:03:55 +0000 VegasDM 1315@/discussions
My full profile is up here ("http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/vlarg":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/vlarg), but here's the basics:

I've been playing various role-playing games since the 6th grade and the old Red Box. I started as a player but quickly found my niche in running games and creating worlds. I hadn't run an old-school D&D game in a long time, and decided to borrow some 4E books from my friends and get to work. I must admit I was inspiried by the webcomic Order of the Stick, which is laugh-out-loud piss-your-pants funny to nerds like me. Obsidian Portal totally helps me keep track of the game. I'd be kinda lost in my own game without it.

I'm also the webmaster/producer of The Ugly Couch Show ("http://uglycouchshow.com":http://uglycouchshow.com). We review TV, movies, video games, table top games, comics, and all things geek, old and new. The video shows come out every two weeks, and we also do a weekly CouchCast covering the week in geek, as well as a blog and geek events calendar. It's pretty awesome. We also have puppets.

So, yeah, check the campaign out, tell me what you think.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1310/new-to-site Sun, 02 May 2010 03:56:41 +0000 mallport45 1310@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1312/not-new-but-new-to-the-forums Mon, 03 May 2010 03:58:43 +0000 gaaran 1312@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1306/introduction-critique-my-site Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:12:33 +0000 Hardhead 1306@/discussions
My group has two experienced roleplayers, one who's RP'd before but never heavily, and two absolute noobs (unless you count WoW as RPing). The only book most of them has read is the 4th Edition PHB, so I've incorporated the Points of Light world into my own. In fact, I like the idea of Points of Light and have been wanted to do something similar since before 4th Edition ever came out, so I took PoL, gutted what little there was of it, and hung it's skin over my own world. So while I have a Bael Turath and a Nerath, I have fully fleshed out stories of their rise and fall that bear no real resemblance to D&D. However, most of it lines up well enough with the little that's in the PHB, so it works for us.

My only big deviation is the monotheistic religion that permeates most of the world, which I did because I wanted something monolithic and catholic-themed for my religion. In the three games we've run so far, I have to say it's been a bigger success than I expected. Players never end up memorizing the dozen gods of any given world and how they interact. But a "us vs them" single god? They wrapped their heads around that one pretty quick, and even the non-clerics understand religion and I have a couple religious characters.

So as of last night, I'm done with the start of my wiki (that makes sense, right?) and I sent out links to my players. But it's still very much a work in progress, and I'd love any tips and critiques of my page.

"The World of Crucible":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/world-of-crucible]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1299/yo Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:11:06 +0000 CHarrison 1299@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1292/hi Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:28:40 +0000 jemmasmum 1292@/discussions
My name is jacqueline, I'm 26 years old and I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons since early 2003, I occasionally ran a game where I was living (depending on players) but have mainly been a player. Was mostly involved with 3.5 but have experience in playing 2nd ed (yes I understand the term THACO) and have also been involved in Werewolf, Vampire and other LARP through Camarilla Australia.

Look forward to getting to know you!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1294/introductions-and-shameless-plug Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:45:49 +0000 munkybut 1294@/discussions
Started up a d20 Call of Cthulhu campaign (http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/cthulhu-crc). This is my first real attempt at DMing and it's turning out much more enjoyable than I had anticipated. Of course, it helps that I'm using terrific source material to work with (Masks of Nyarlathotep). I've perused the ongoing games out there and have been really impressed by some of the site designs, and (admittedly) stole a few ideas here and there.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to poking in and out all of your games in the future here. :)]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1276/neckbeard-reporting Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:43:57 +0000 JimTriche 1276@/discussions
Trying this site out, and must say I'm fairly impressed! Now in discussions with the wife as to whether we can afford the extra $40 a year on the extra features.

Anyhow that's me.
This is what I'm working on:
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/intothebreach

Have a good one!]]>