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Soap Up with GeekyClean *UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER!*
Update: We have a winner! Congrats to @Milambus! We’ll run another contest very soon!
If you saw this tweet: I want a +2 CHA bonus from @GeekyClean and @ObsidianPortal! http://bit.ly/b3WKyr and clicked the link, it means that who ever posted that tweet probably read our monthly newsletter. Did you know that our newsletter is full of great info, sneak peeks at up coming features, contests, and coupons for Ascendant Members at DriveThruRPG.com? If you have a copy in your inbox, check it out! If not, you can sign up to receive it on your Account Management page of your Obsidian Portal profile.
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So enough about that. What’s all this +2 CHA about then?! Well of course you know all about the fine geek soaps from the fantastic people behind GeekyClean, right? Well now they’ve used some kind of magic to make actual dice into actual soap! And it comes in 7 color/scent combinations! And we have one to give away! Here, take a gander at this:
The big ones are actually soap! I know, I was amazed too! So if you want a shot at winning this contest, all you have to do is follow these two simple steps:
- Follow ObsidianPortal on Twitter.
- Tweet the following message: I want a +2 CHA bonus from @GeekyClean and @ObsidianPortal! http://bit.ly/b3WKyr
There you go. It’s that simple. Good luck, and remember to read your monthly newsletter!
Free System Friday: Risus The Anything RPG
It’s Free System Friday! Feel like playing something new? Why not try something free while you’re at it! This week’s offering is Risus The Anything RPG by S. John Ross.
Risus is a complete Role Playing Game (RPG) designed to provide an “RPG Lite” for those nights when the brain is too tired for exacting detail. Risus is especially valuable to GMs assembling a quick convention game, or any late-night beer-and-pretzels outing. While it is essentially a Universal Comedy System, it works just as well for serious play (if you insist!). Best of all, a Risus character takes about 20 seconds to create
In my opinion stick figures are awesome, and stick figures with ray guns are only more so. Grab the rules, grab some friends, and play today! Don’t forget to drop S. John Ross a note of thanks, a critique, or a word of encouragement!
Tuesdays with Nicole – Tabitha ‘TJ’ Jordan
Gather round the ol’ cold cathode children, it’s time for another Tuesday with Nicole. Your response to the last episode was overwhelmingly positive, and we thank you for that! This week, she dives head first into the realm of Scion. Let’s watch, shall we?
Beautiful and deadly! Want to know more about the campaign TJ comes from? Check out the campaign. Want to know more about Nicole? Check out her blog! Do you have a Character, NPC, Monster, or Event that you’d like to see Nicole sketch? Leave her a note telling her all about it!
Free System Friday – Adventure Forge
It’s Free System Friday! Tired of your current RPG system? Try a new one for free! Today’s offering is Adventure Forge by Game Designer Stephen Gordon.
Adventure Forge is set in Europe a century after Rome fell to Germanic invaders. Roman tyranny is
dead, but so too is civilization. Much of what was known before is rotting away in musty books.
Treasures lie dormant in forgotten ruins. There is no magic, but the idea of magic has overtaken the
world as superstition has spread.This setting is different in one major way from historical Europe. Small bands of Neanderthals have
survived in remote places. They stay away from large groups. Their appearance is rare enough that
people from larger towns are mostly unaware of their existence. The people who do know of them call
them “brutes.” Occasionally they attack remote villages for food and weapons. They are powerful
enemies individually, but they don’t fight in a coordinated fashion like other humans.
This is low fantasy RPG done right. Grab the rules, grab some friends, and play today!
Free System Friday: Yags is Another Game System
It’s Free System Friday! Tired of your current RPG system? Try a new one for free! This week’s offering is YAGS! What’s YAGS? Why YAGS is Another Game System. Yay Recursive Acronyms!
First play tested in 1995, Yags was designed as a simple, modular set of rules for low fantasy games. Today, the core rules provide a system that can be picked up and used immediately in a semi-realistic modern setting. Additional modules provide rules for creating characters in both historical and hard science fiction settings. Yags core rules are the same for any setting, and characters are compatible across settings, but the way characters are generated and the options they have available to them can change between settings and genres.
Take it from us, this system is not only a lot of fun, it’s free! Grab some players, grab the rules, and play YAGS today!
Introducing: Tuesdays with Nicole!
Nicole Jekich is an up-and-coming artist and blogger from Seattle, and she’s won in all of our Stat & Art contests. After weeks of begging and pleading she has graciously agreed to share her talent with us in a new biweekly segment called Tuesdays with Nicole. In this segment, she’ll take an item, character, NPC, monster, scene, or encounter and bring it to life with her art! How will she do this? See for yourself!
Interested in having your content showcased by Nicole? Leave a comment here, or message calabacita with a link and a brief message on why you think she should sketch it!
