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in [Announcement] Obsidian Portal - management team update (Aug 2015) January 2016

I'm not a major player in the Obsidian Portal community, but I want to commend you Andrew. I recognize exemplary professionalism when I see it, and you're exactly what was needed to keep this site alive. Your service to the users of this site is wha…
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in Obsidian Portal - site update (Jan 2016) January 2016

SonuvaCRAP those are going to be useful. Thank you!
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in Sci-fi or Hi-fi? January 2016

My Favorite MattDamon !http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/UselessTriviaMan/My%20Favorite%20MattDamon_zpspieehrcg.jpg!
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in Merry Christmas! December 2015

...and to all a good night. May your ale be cold and your dice be hot. =)
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in Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback December 2015

Yeah, you're right. I haven't ever tried to share my OneNote file with anyone else, but it'd certainly be do-able if the players were up for it. My players don't generally have laptops/tablets at the table though; they usually access all of the OP c…
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in Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback December 2015

I have heard many sing the praises of OneNote. The primary downside for me was that it can't really be shared with the players, unless we're all sitting there with laptops at the table. If (when?) OP crashes, OneNote will probably be my stopgap temp…
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in Share the Pain: 15 years worth of Character Sheets decanted to Paper Recyling December 2015

Oh no, no no no... I thought you were expressing interest in my old Dragon magazine collection. Sorry for the confusion.
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in Core Features December 2015

The GM's ability to post and share secrets with individual players is, for me, absolutely a core feature. Wiki Maps Email Notifications Community Forum I don't see the need for characters, items, or adventure logs to be separated into their o…
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in Share the Pain: 15 years worth of Character Sheets decanted to Paper Recyling December 2015

twiggy, are you expressing interest in them? (I haven't pitched 'em yet.) I've got a small collection of old stuff I'll be selling, but I probably won't tackle that until after the holidays.
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in Share the Pain: 15 years worth of Character Sheets decanted to Paper Recyling December 2015

Oddly enough, I'm doing something similar right now. I'm in the process of going through my entire gaming collection and culling a LOT of the old stuff that I'm realistically never going to use again. It wasn't easy to decide to let go of several…
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in Happy Holidays! November 2015

...I can't believe I ate the whole thing. Happy holidays, Portalites! I ended the long weekend with a bang: Two of the six player characters died spectacularly last night. Details will be forthcoming. :-D "Ptolus":https://ptolus-city-by-the…
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in Formatting Wiki Page w/Columns November 2015

Would using a table suit your needs? I've been doing a lot of that lately. "For example, my Firearms page":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bryan.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/firearms - UTM "Ptolus":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bry…
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in Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback November 2015

I initially joined OP pre-Reforge, but only tinkered with it a bit back then. I had no horse in that race when the Reforge fell apart the way it did. However, since becoming Ascendant (June) and gaining access to all the cool features that includ…
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in Weird Bug October 2015 edited October 2015

Sorry killervp, I didn't realize you're having an issue separate from what Keryth987 described above. I think the problem he describes isn't a bug, but a misunderstanding of the site features. Yours, however, sounds like an annoying friggin' bug…
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in Weird Bug October 2015

...I'm not sure I agree. This specific item isn't really a bug; the player's account simply has "receive all notifications" turned on. I just recently enabled this for my own campaign use, and now my username is selected whenever I edit/create a…
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in Weird Bug October 2015

Yeah, I've had the same issue with a player receiving emails for all updates. Have them turn off notifications and that'll go away.
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in Can not start New topic in Forums on owned campaign September 2015

Forum topics seem to be working fine for me. I added a new one and replied to an existing campaign forum post with no errors or difficulties.
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in [Notice] Email Fix Live September 2015

Outstanding!
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in User Name September 2015

My user name came from a fun conversation I had with a friend. She noted that if I had a super power, it would be my extensive knowledge of completely useless trivia. And thus, "Useless Trivia Man!" was born.
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in Hey everyone! Just discovered this discussion board: New GM here from Rexburg, ID September 2015

Welcome, Aericks! If you'd like to save yourself some time and effort, there are some really well-done galactic maps out there you could totally "borrow" for your campaign. "The Traveller Map":http://travellermap.com/ "The Star Wars Galacti…
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in How Young is Too Young? (Introducing Kids to Gaming) September 2015

For the record, "Fuzzy Heroes ain't expensive.":http://www.fuzzyheroes.com/catalog.php?item=2&catid=Fuzzy%20Heroes&ret=fuzzyheroes.com%2Fcatalog.php%3Fpage%3D1%26category%3DFuzzy%2520Heroes I created simple custom Word doc character sheet…
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in What's your geek cred? September 2015

Thanks guys, I'm just glad to contribute. :-) "Ptolus":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bryan.obsidianportal.com/wikis/main-page
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in Sick, Sick Puppy September 2015

Heh, I read the thread title and was expecting something far different within. Hope you get to feeling better, Alex! Kick back on the couch and watch some classic geek flicks to help you mend. Always works for me.
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in What's your geek cred? September 2015

Oh, VERY nice. I once built a set piece out of a styrofoam disc. That was when I learned the hard way that you don't use spray paint on styrofoam... !http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/UselessTriviaMan/Campaign%202009-2011/188599_210734345…
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in Sci-fi Nerd and GM August 2015

Muahahahaha... I played a convention one-shot of Star Wars Traveller earlier this year. It kicked ass.
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in 4 Rooms in 3 Hours? Players too cautious and slowwwww August 2015 edited August 2015

The party leader/spokesman role was known as the Caller in 1E D&D. While it can cut down on the multiplayer overtalking problems Kissthesky described, in practice (in my experience) it has only worked well in a straight-up dungeon crawl. For pre…
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in Sci-fi Nerd and GM August 2015

For anyone interested, "someone has created a Star Wars skin for Mongoose Traveller.":http://happyjacks.proboards.com/board/39/ap-star-wars-mongoose-traveller Just sayin'. :-) (Check Bill Roper's threads on that subforum for the .pdf downloads…
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in Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback August 2015

Thank you Jerry!
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in [Announcement] Obsidian Portal - management team update (Aug 2015) August 2015

Holy cow! I got sidetracked by real life for a few days, but MAN am I a happy camper tonight. This is incredibly wonderful news guys, and I'm gonna add my own congratulations to the heap threatening to bury Alex's desk. Welcome Andrew, and tha…
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in YouTube Videos August 2015

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