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I was reading a few posts on another thread and I am slightly confused....

Is the Word Count Tool provided accurate?

I read where some say keep your work to 250 words and you'll be OK and another says 290 and you should be alright....Am I to take from this that the Counter is not completely pinpoint accurate?

Can someone clarify that point for me.

Thanks.......

The contestant is given a month to draft and refine a wonderous item, I like the time frame, but I am curious about the successive rounds. What is the idea behind just 3 days to produce all entries leading up to the final four who get a week to submit an adventure proposal?

Is it not true that the actual parameters of the later rounds are not revealed until the winners are announced?

Is it to deliver the pressure of deadlines to the contestants?

just curious why?

once again i have not read every post....so this mayy have been covered as well....sorry for any redundancy.

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the entry has to be a wonderous item, but can it be evil in nature?

I apologize if this has already been covered.

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What if your item requires a chart?

Example: Bag of Tricks

Are there any rules for that or does it just have to meet the 300 word minimum?

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I have a couple of questions about Round 1...

1. Does the item cost matter? and consequently the relative power based on the item's cost?

2. Is there any advice on class-specific items or should I keep it more universal?

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I will be submitting for the first time....just something i have seen over the past couple of years and thought that I would take a stab at it.

My Question:

Does it matter at what level the adventure is designed?

Do the judges prefer low, mid or high-powered adventures? or...

Is it based solely on the imagination, content and playability of the adventure?

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Does anyone have a list of Wizard or (Magic-user) Guilds in the city of Sasserine?

Howdy all....

I have a general question about Damage Reduction (DR) and though I have been playing D&D for many years...i am fairly new to D&D 3.5 and DR.

The Gargoyle Quotoctoa has two seperate DR values...one is of course innate (DR 10/magic) and the other is a function of his crown (DR 5/Adamantine).

I have read the DR rules in the DM's guide and i have to say that I found it under-explained. The way i understand it is that DR is basically used againt all normal or natural non-magical attacks and that magic can overcome any DR...so long as it meets any special circumstance refered to after the slash.... the only thing I am having a problem understanding is ...if magic does overcome all DR...then why put "magic" after the slash? Wouldn't that be considered common knowledge and redundent? I feel that I do not have a handle on the true workings of DR....can someone please help me to understand it completely?

Example:
If Quotoctoa has 2 DR values as stated above...and was being attacked by a PC with a MW Greataxe...in this case would Qoutoctoa reduce all damage sustained by 15? and if a PC had a +1 magic Greataxe would the magic negate the DR10, but still have damage reduced by 5 due to his 2nd DR?

Thanks for any help anyone can give.