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Jim_Mount
in Creating party bonds August 2016

Every campaign, the first session is "cooperative party building" based on this article. For Age of Serpents, it was very important to establish ties because the PCs were expected to trust each other strait away in an emergency. So here is a copy of…
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in Image Map and Fading Pics August 2016

You know, I just took a good hard look with my glasses on and it seems the maps on the map page are not, in in fact, faded and sepia'd by my code... which is strange because I could have sworn they were before.
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in Image Map and Fading Pics August 2016

I was wondering how you did that thing. Gifs in there? Genius! Also, waaaay beyond my skill set atm. But that won't stop me from mulling it over and playing around with it. I have this idea down the line of doing an episode guide as the campaign dra…
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in CSS changes? August 2016

I've had no issue with my own CSS, and my site looks exactly the same as it did. I make heavy use of it it and to be perfectly honest, I am a damn sloppy coder. It would be helpful to know what precisely can and can't be altered here, or what code s…
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in Help please August 2016 edited August 2016

Hi! 1. There are two areas to upload custom art on your /settings/style-settings page. One for the banner (which is before or above the selectable OpPortal backgrounds) and one for the background (which is below or after those same images). It kinda…
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in Chicago: Age of Serpents August 2016 edited August 2016

Legacy of Fiends! Not entirely satisfied with their role in the outcome of the war for Black Widow Bluff, the heroes nevertheless agree to a well-deserved feast in their honor. Secrets and intrigues are whispered among the guests and hosts, but wi…
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in Chicago: Age of Serpents August 2016

Thanks!
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in Back to top August 2016 edited August 2016

Well, I am thinking that getting my "back-to-top" button to fade in after scrolling the page is impossible without Java. But I'm happy I at least sussed out how to fix it in place (relative to viewport), because for the longest time I couldn't get i…
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in Chicago: Age of Serpents August 2016

Brand new adventure log is up, for those inclined! Fight With All Your Mites!
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in Character portrait from media library August 2016

It's kinda... let's just say it needs updating. I'm not sure why, but I get wound up seeing the same picture multiple times in my library. Another example: If I include a pic of a character in a journal entry, and later that same NPC warrants their …
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in [Blog] Thursday Features Thread August 2016

This is why I don't do DMPCs any more. Unless I intend from the beginning for them to die. Then its a can't lose -- the players celebrate the death of a dud or mourn the loss of a beloved friend. Pray for Likki ...
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in Back to top August 2016

Yes? Kinda? Something like this Am I just being picky?
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in Character portrait from media library July 2016

I always thought that was somewhat odd, too. My players posted images to the forum before the campaign began of what they thought their characters should look like but these images had to be reuploaded to their character pages. So they appear in the…
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in Chicago: Age of Serpents July 2016 edited July 2016

Thanks! I'm working on a new wiki page index as we speak :) Edit! Finished it. I based it on the Table of Contents page in an old issue of "Jungle Stories" from 1948. I also feed on praise like peanut M&Ms.
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in Another Gaming Poll July 2016

My players usually post to the forum, and then request that I format and place on the site: but I'd rather they do it themselves. I do give out Fortune Points for involvement with the website, but they seem a little afraid of messing with what they …
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in Nominate COTM Here! July 2016

Second X-Com. Great styling, that image map on the wiki page is amazing, and enormous creativity and love for the genre displayed throughout. I'm looking forward to delving more into the journals. Well done cgregory!
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in Service Impacting Event 7-24-16 Midnight EST (Resolved) July 2016

Yay! Glad and impressed that got sorted so quickly. Well done!
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in Your Gaming Group July 2016 edited July 2016

Quite true. I don't hold fictional characters to the same standards as I do real people. There is a difference between an author's voice and the voice of a character. The author makes Haley look like a badass, which is cool! Anyway, we're not deba…
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in [Blog] Thursday Features Thread July 2016

Wait, don't tell me, I think I got it worked out!
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in [Blog] Thursday Features Thread July 2016

Dammit I'm still trying to work out the tankard challenge. Kudos for not providing the answer, though you might have given me too much to drink in.
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in Your Gaming Group July 2016

Quite right. I've been accused of trying to be "politically correct." I mean, that deflects any and all criticism of insensitivity and wins the argument right? What can I do but bow out gracefully?
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in Your Gaming Group July 2016 edited July 2016

I think non-heterosexual males, women, and transgendered individuals have had enough of "innocent... tounge in cheek" jokes about who is and isn't a "traditional" nerd.
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in Your Gaming Group July 2016

I realize that it was a joke, and probably that you don't understand why that section displays gender-bias. Which is why I didn't say it was sexist, or call you sexist. I'm sure you are a stand-up dude. But to start with: What difference does gender…
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in Your Gaming Group July 2016

Might this poll be reworded to remove the gender-bias?
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in The first step is to admit you have a problem... July 2016 edited July 2016

Don't write any HTML or code. Just highlight what you want linked and hit the little chain icon.
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in New Forums - Link back to Obsidian Portal Home Page? July 2016

Don't get me wrong. The new developers have been great at listening to our suggestions. Hmm. Perhaps in the interim if a direct link isn't available from the forum profiles to the site profiles, that we can have links in the forum profiles? Unless t…
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in New Forums - Link back to Obsidian Portal Home Page? July 2016 edited July 2016

It would be nice if the forum profiles linked instead to the Ob Portal profiles. The forum bios are kinda... not great. It is nice to click on a user and see the more detailed bio they usually have there--badges, campaigns, etc.
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in Map system annoyance venting July 2016

Would it be possible for visitors (i.e. not signed in) to see the map markers please? I'm using them as kind af a storytelling tool.
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in Nominate COTM Here! July 2016

Thanks Skidace! It means a lot, and I'm glad you are enjoying the campaign! I just did some work on the landing page and put a new adventure log up. Canny 3.5ers will recognize the scenario being lifted from an old Dungeon 92, but subverted so the g…
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in Community Forum Software Update July 2016

I tried to shrink the banner image in my sig, and though it appeared to edit correctly on my profile page, it still appeared at original size in the forum post. Also, can we straight up delete forum posts?

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Jim_Mount

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