Author Archives: Kallak
Obsidian Portal Campaign of the Month March 2016 – Ptolus, City by the Spire
Greetings all and welcome back. This month we are joined by GM UselessTriviaMan for an in depth look at Ptolus, City by the Spire – March’s Campaign of the Month! Whispers say this city is ripe with danger, intrigue, magic and adventure – so stay close and be ready for anything!
Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – Plotting a Mystery
Author: ketherian
While quest-based (or, “kill it and take its treasure”) games are the norm, mystery-based games are subtly different:
| Quest-Based | Mystery-Based |
|---|---|
| A McGuffin** is required | No McGuffin is required |
| Action oriented | Information oriented |
| Traditionally epic | Traditionally not epic |
| Mostly combat | Mostly skill challenges |
| Linear plot | Clues/Key scenes |
** mcguffin (n): an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot.
Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – A Chat with TableSmith’s Bruce Gulke
Author: Kallak
Hello everyone, and welcome to another Words in the Dark Thursday Feature. For this week, I had the opportunity to sit down with the creator of probably my favorite program related to tabletop gaming: TableSmith’s own Bruce Gulke.
Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – You Got Gaming In My Anime
Author: ChainsawXIV
Aside from being things that normals put in the “kids’ stuff” category, tabletop RPGs and anime don’t appear to have a lot in common, so right about now you may be asking yourself, “Self, why is there a blog post about anime on Obsidian Portal?”
