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First Emissary Report – Play On Con
Our first Emissary has come back from Play On Con in Irondale, Alabama. Revtobiaz has the full write-up on his blog, The Yoko Critic (Warning: header image is SFW, but you may get some raised eyebrows…)
Favorite Quote
As the panel winded down, I took the opportunity to complete my required task and handed out the material for OP. I was shocked to hear that only one or two people had heard about the site. The rest were quite interested in looking into it.
This is exactly why we started the Emissary program. Once you start using Obsidian Portal, it’s easy to forget that it’s fairly new there was a time that you didn’t know about it. It seems so obvious. But, the real truth is that most gamers still have never heard of us.
If any of you are interested in helping us illuminate the rest of the world about Obsidian Portal, we’re always accepting more people into the Emissary program. Just send an email to [email protected] with your username and the cons you attend, and we’ll get you set up!
Updated Feature: Image Uploader
We’ve made some awesome improvements to our Image Uploader feature. Care to see?
At 50% of Actual Size!
First, we made it so that you can upload multiple images at once. We also fixed a few nagging problems, so that now it really works with Internet Explorer. Was that 1 GB of storage space getting you down? We increased it to 5 GB for Ascendant Members. Play around with it. There are many interface improvements, and we’d love to hear what you have to say about them. Tell us if they’re too much, not enough, or just right. That’s it for now, but look forward to future improvements where we’ll add additional file types!
Remember, to pull up the Image Uploader, all you have to do is click on the picture icon at the end of the toolbar above the textbox your typing into.
Contest: Be an RPG Designer
How would you like to be an Game Designer working on a project with Lead Designer Logan Bonner? With your name in the credits and everything? Well here’s your chance. We’re buying one lucky Adventurer a Senior Patronage for Logan’s Open Design Project, the 4th Edition D&D Adventure, The Lost City.
The Lost City is an anthology-style adventure set in the classic ruins of a once-great city: treasure and glory await!
Leading the project is former Wizards of the Coast designer Logan Bonner, lead designer on Arcane Power and author of the fan-favorite adventures The Slaying Stone and P1: King of the Trollhaunt Warrens.
Design in the WotC Style
With Bonner’s guidance, patrons of the Lost City project will be invited to write major sections of the anthology, and will decide details about the city such as its locale, history, and the adversaries player characters face.
As a patron of the project, you have much more influence over the final result than someone who buys an adventure off the shelf. This includes:
- Access to private design discussion and review of playtest materials,
- a complete PDF of the final playtest manuscript,
- a complete PDF of the official 80-page adventure,
- opportunity to contribute design ideas and elements, and
- acknowledgement for your contribution in the credits.
As a senior patron, you gain access to the senior patron discussion and review of materials. You will have complete access to the playtest draft, art, maps, and you have the option of pitching entire sections of the anthology (to design and be credited and paid for your work) — or submit smaller designs such as monsters or item stats. It’s up to you!
So, what do you think? You can work as hard as you want, or do as little as you please, and your names will still show up in the book’s credits! Are you interested? Great! All you have to do to enter our contest is the following:
- Set up a Twitter Account.
- Follow @ObsidianPortal.
- Re-tweet the following message:
RT & enter @ObsidianPortal’s contest! Be a Game Designer for @KoboldQuarterly’s ‘The Lost City’ Open Design Project! http://bit.ly/bwA4Ur
That’s all there is to it. We’ll pick a winner at random next Wednesday at 10pm PST.
Good Luck, and Good Gaming!
The Last Tuesday with Nicole
All good things must come to an end. Today is our last Tuesday with Nicole. But weep not, fellow art fans! Nicole still exists and still does art AND you can still get her to do art for you. Details to follow after the video. The video! Let’s get right to it. Nicole finishes strong by sketching out a climatic scene from this month’s featured campaign Shadowrun – Into The Breach.
Yes, I can say that I’ve been there. But it involved a young red dragon and an infinite bucket of KFC. Don’t ask. Anyway, remember when I mentioned that you can still get her to do art for you? Here’s what she had to say on the subject:
Oh and I do take commissions- I have an estimate sheet on my blog on the side panels if you’re ever interested in character illustrations. I haven’t put up a price for a group shot, but I’m working on that too.
Nicole, our thanks go out to you. You shared your wonderful art with all of us and we hope that when you’re making it big you remember us fondly and don’t mind too much when folks say ‘I knew about her back back in the day when I saw her art on Obsidian Portal!’
We’ve been Nominated for a Second ENnie!
Last year we won our first Golden ENnie, and we owe that tremendous victory to you. You who are our users, our friends, our community, and our heroes. Help us make it two years in a row, won’t you? To vote for Obsidian Portal, please take the following steps:
How To Vote
- Go to http://www.ennie-awards.com/voting/ballot.asp
- Scroll down to 16. Best Website
- Select 1 from the drop down box next to Obsidian Portal
- Vote for your other favorite products (you don’t have to vote in any category you don’t want to)
- Scroll down to the bottom and click Submit my votes
That’s all there is to it. Thanks so much for being there for us over the last year and for helping us make Obsidian Portal the best Tabletop RPG Campaign Management Community in the world!
Forum Moderation and You
Hail Adventurers,
Obsidian Portal is looking for three new Forum Moderators. If you’re interested in being a Forum Moderator then you’ll have to meet the following prerequisites:
- You are a frequent user of our forums
- You can abide by the forum etiquette guidelines
- You are interested in keeping the Obsidian Portal forums a fun and unique
- You have ideas for/ are willing to run contests and promotions to keep your fellow forumites entertained
If you’re selected to be one of our new moderators, you’ll get a complimentary Ascendant Membership and a t-shirt! Interested? Send an email to dan(at)obsidianportal(dot)com with the subject Forum Moderator and remember to include your forum username in the body of the email.
