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I can honestly say I have seen some pretty cool items but they have been few and far between. There have been a LOT of very poorly formatted or outright plagiarized submissions.

Actually, what has surprised me is the vast number of items that belong in a book of vile darkness.

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Wow body parts item I like!

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Aaron Miller 335 wrote:
Wow body parts item I like!

You put in on a body part or it involves body parts? :p

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A new one, and it charged its way to the up vote!

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Okay missing all construction requirements but still has more than half the word count left - down voted

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Unimaginative SIAC vs. item including slime...

...going with SIAC.

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Kalervo Oikarinen wrote:
Aaron Miller 335 wrote:
Wow body parts item I like!
You put in on a body part or it involves body parts? :p

It involves body parts, I can just see young Drow racing these for fun.

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Manimal wrote:
Covent wrote:
Manimal wrote:
Also, don't know if anyone has asked this yet in this thread, but is the proper protocol to have an em-dash for slotless, or "none"? Thus far, I've seen quite a few of both (though the em-dashes are usually hyphens or double hyphens).
Slot-less is none as of the third? printing of the CRB I believe, however it used to be an em-dash.
Thanks! That would explain it...I wasn't putting too much weight on that at any rate.

Finally had a chance to check mine at home last night. Was a - in the 4th printing of CRB.

In other news, got to look up my 4th new word of the contest.

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Amy Gillespie wrote:

What is it with Michael Jackson fashion this year? I like my handwear to come in pairs, please!

Left gets jealous of right all the time as it is!

Maybe that's the plan; wear the glove on your left hand and then the two hands will feel more equal.

Or you can just go full-on Two-Face.

...double reference.

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Wow... I think I've got my nominee for worst pricing on the too-cheap side. (They don't make items that good in the game at all... let alone at that price.)

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MicMan wrote:

I simply can't appreciate the abundance of magical helpers that I've seen in this competition so far.

I think you should rename this game to Cropfinder or Harvester or something like this ;-)

Or Kingmaker. :D The agricultural items are probably inspired by Ultimate Campaign coming out this year and expanding Kingmaker's kingdom building rules.

I am disappointed that I'm not seeing more non-farming, Ultimate Campaign-useful items. Maybe next year, or maybe wondrous items aren't a good fit. Or maybe UC flopped and nobody read it compared to Mythic.

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Eric Morton wrote:
I knew that such a thing was possible, and that some people had seen it happen, but I never thought I'd see it myself.

It's like a double rainbow!

(I've had it happen once. Of course, it was right after I couldn't bring myself to vote for two bad items and had used the rare equal button.)

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I loved UC, but I was more focused on the first section than any others. The background generator was really cool, and a very nice inspiration source for new and old players alike. The Kingdom Building rules haven't been something that I've really had a chance to experiment with, since I'm running APs at the moment, and haven't had a chance to touch Kingmaker.

I think the point is that UC essentially provides subsystems, and designing for a specific subsystem is a risky business, as it excludes anyone who is not using that system.

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Garrett Guillotte wrote:
MicMan wrote:

I simply can't appreciate the abundance of magical helpers that I've seen in this competition so far.

I think you should rename this game to Cropfinder or Harvester or something like this ;-)

Or Kingmaker. :D The agricultural items are probably inspired by Ultimate Campaign coming out this year and expanding Kingmaker's kingdom building rules.

I am disappointed that I'm not seeing more non-farming, Ultimate Campaign-useful items. Maybe next year, or maybe wondrous items aren't a good fit. Or maybe UC flopped and nobody read it compared to Mythic.

Or many designers felt that (for Superstar) Ultimate Campaign didn't offer as many exciting options.

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Marco Polaris wrote:
Okay, maybe this is completely unrelated to any item whatsoever, buuuuuuut... hypothetically speaking, can you chase somebody while you are being chased?

Of course.

Haven't you ever watched any Scooby-Doo episodes? Or Benny Hill?

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Samuel Stone wrote:
I think the point is that UC essentially provides subsystems, and designing for a specific subsystem is a risky business, as it excludes anyone who is not using that system.

Agreed. We had one wordspell item in 2012, the last year the judges were handling the duties (and it was an awesome one), but I don't think I've seen one in the last two years. I suspect one would fall flat on its face.

I'm really curious to see how mythic does and if anything makes the Top 32 (or Top 89/whatever we get told about this year). I feel like that's been a bit more integrated into the game, though, than the wordspells.

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Or the one time Scooby Doo featured Benny Hill as a guest star?

(That may have been a hallucination induced by a fever)

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Wow. New item. I actually like your back story, even if it doesn't really belong in a wondrous item. Very nicely evocative. That said, unfortunately, I thought it was much better than the actual mechanics benefits of your item.

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Jacob W. Michaels wrote:
Samuel Stone wrote:
I think the point is that UC essentially provides subsystems, and designing for a specific subsystem is a risky business, as it excludes anyone who is not using that system.

Agreed. We had one wordspell item in 2012, the last year the judges were handling the duties (and it was an awesome one), but I don't think I've seen one in the last two years. I suspect one would fall flat on its face.

I'm really curious to see how mythic does and if anything makes the Top 32 (or Top 89/whatever we get told about this year). I feel like that's been a bit more integrated into the game, though, than the wordspells.

Also, there is an entire AP that is currently being published that uses Mythic, while wordspells had the subsystem with no real support from Paizo.

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Cthulhudrew wrote:
Marco Polaris wrote:
Okay, maybe this is completely unrelated to any item whatsoever, buuuuuuut... hypothetically speaking, can you chase somebody while you are being chased?

Of course.

Haven't you ever watched any Scooby-Doo episodes? Or Benny Hill?

(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )

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Cthulhudrew wrote:
Cthulhudrew wrote:
Marco Polaris wrote:
Okay, maybe this is completely unrelated to any item whatsoever, buuuuuuut... hypothetically speaking, can you chase somebody while you are being chased?

Of course.

Haven't you ever watched any Scooby-Doo episodes? Or Benny Hill?

(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )

Make sure to include lots of doors. :)

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Feros wrote:
(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )
Make sure to include lots of doors. :)

Ohh! Good idea. An entire Escherian landscape with doors and stairs!

If only I'd gone with my first Wondrous Item idea- the Banana Peel of Outrageous Laughter. ;_;

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Marco Polaris wrote:

Okay, maybe this is completely unrelated to any item whatsoever, buuuuuuut... hypothetically speaking, can you chase somebody while you are being chased?

I'm just asking. For reasons.

Throw in a hallway full of doors and you've got yourself a Scooby-Doo episode.

EDIT: mental note: when replying to a post from a page back, read ahead. Because I can't really complain about being ninja'd with this much of a time delay.

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Walking to and from lunch today has given me a new appreciation of all of those travelling/endure elements items!

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Sean McGowen wrote:
Cthulhudrew wrote:
Feros wrote:
(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )
Make sure to include lots of doors. :)

Ohh! Good idea. An entire Escherian landscape with doors and stairs!

If only I'd gone with my first Wondrous Item idea- the Banana Peel of Outrageous Laughter. ;_;

Badly want to see you in the encounter round now - just to see you draw that map ;)

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Cthulhudrew wrote:
Feros wrote:
(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )

Make sure to include lots of doors. :)

Ohh! Good idea. An entire Escherian landscape with doors and stairs!

If only I'd gone with my first Wondrous Item idea- the Banana Peel of Outrageous Laughter. ;_;

I wrote up a gag item once. Saxophone of Hillacious Chase Scenes. Magic instrument that, whenever you get involved in a chase, animates itself and follows you around playing loud, raucous music and has a knack for causing you and your pursuer to stumble across police officers, little old ladies with big canes, girl scout troops selling cookies, bathers changing in tents, and couples making out, all of whom get incensed and join in the chase.

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Sean McGowan wrote:
Marco Polaris wrote:

Okay, maybe this is completely unrelated to any item whatsoever, buuuuuuut... hypothetically speaking, can you chase somebody while you are being chased?

I'm just asking. For reasons.

Throw in a hallway full of doors and you've got yourself a Scooby-Doo episode.

EDIT: mental note: when replying to a post from a page back, read ahead. Because I can't really complain about being ninja'd with this much of a time delay.

Yeah, can you write up a crown of pre-reading or something that doesn't use a made up word in it but does just that?

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Sean McGowan wrote:
Cthulhudrew wrote:
Feros wrote:
(Note to self: If I make it to the encounter round, I want to write a scenario where the PCs are both chasing and being chased. :p )

Make sure to include lots of doors. :)

Ohh! Good idea. An entire Escherian landscape with doors and stairs!

If only I'd gone with my first Wondrous Item idea- the Banana Peel of Outrageous Laughter. ;_;

I wrote up a gag item once. Saxophone of Hillacious Chase Scenes. Magic instrument that, whenever you get involved in a chase, animates itself and follows you around playing loud, raucous music and has a knack for causing you and your pursuer to stumble across police officers, little old ladies with big canes, girl scout troops selling cookies, bathers changing in tents, and couples making out, all of whom get incensed and join in the chase.

Now brainstorming a new bard spell: animate saxxity yak.

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I cannot tell a lie, there is an item that is probably based on an originally misspelled word that I love because of it's clever use of the misspelled word.

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Uninteresting item versus broken item....

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Man, second item referencing the Cat Lord, intentionally or otherwise. Maybe it's time I go look up what his deal was; all I remember about him was that he was a very well-dressed guy and also king of cats.

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James Raine wrote:
saxxity yak.

I hope this makes it to the monster round.

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mamaursula wrote:
I cannot tell a lie, there is an item that is probably based on an originally misspelled word that I love because of it's clever use of the misspelled word.

I had the same thought about an item, perhaps the same one. :)

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Never say never. I just upvoted an item that I figured I would never upvote.

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Marco Polaris wrote:
Man, second item referencing the Cat Lord, intentionally or otherwise. Maybe it's time I go look up what his deal was; all I remember about him was that he was a very well-dressed guy and also king of cats.

And everyone wants to be him.

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The lowest word count I've seen so far. It's actually an intriguing item, but I really wish the designer explained how it works. As is, it could actually be very game breaking.

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James Raine wrote:
saxxity yak.

Moo.

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Aaron Miller 335 wrote:
Wow body parts item I like!
Kalervo Oikarinen wrote:
You put in on a body part or it involves body parts? :p

"It puts the potion on the body part, or it gets the decanter of endless water again."

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I tend not to like time-altering items and things that encourage meta-gaming.

Also not a fan of things that alter the way spells work and items that just give bonuses to a skill or other roll.

My favorites are the items that produce a distinct visual affect. Things that LOOK like magic happening.

That's just me.

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Will we be voting on the other rounds also?

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James Risner wrote:
Will we be voting on the other rounds also?

Yes, but it will be along the lines of "pick the 8 best" or something like that, up until the final (module proposal) round where you pick 1 out of the 4 available choices.

In fact, voting purely decides who advances in the other rounds. Unlike this round, where the judges pick from the top X vote getters and make their Top 32 selections (and alternates).

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Is there any other kind of blizzard?

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One liquid/consumable item that isn't essentially a potion.

I've upvoted it a few times now.


ImmortalGlitch wrote:
Haha, finally worked up the nerve to come hang out (for fear of seeing my item surreptitiously poopooed). So much vindication. "Gnomish" my buddies and I have all run into that item and I am so tickled that someone else had the same thought.

Items. There's actually more than one of them, hence my frustration.

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I don't know if it's a common item type or I was just unlucky, but I just ran into four items that store channeled energy (each set against each other) in a row. The items weren't bad, per se, but I found myself going "more of these!? Come on!"

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Jeff Lee wrote:
ImmortalGlitch wrote:
Haha, finally worked up the nerve to come hang out (for fear of seeing my item surreptitiously poopooed). So much vindication. "Gnomish" my buddies and I have all run into that item and I am so tickled that someone else had the same thought.
Items. There's actually more than one of them, hence my frustration.

I think there were even more semi-defective gnomish inventions last year. It was kind of a thing.


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Joseph Kellogg wrote:
Jeff Lee wrote:
ImmortalGlitch wrote:
Haha, finally worked up the nerve to come hang out (for fear of seeing my item surreptitiously poopooed). So much vindication. "Gnomish" my buddies and I have all run into that item and I am so tickled that someone else had the same thought.
Items. There's actually more than one of them, hence my frustration.
I think there were even more semi-defective gnomish inventions last year. It was kind of a thing.

There were, hence my crusade against gnomish stereotyping. Honestly, Krynn was the worst thing to happen to short races. Kender, gully dwarves, tinker gnomes...yeesh.

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finally got the spousal item.

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Actually, I think the thing with "gnomish" is that one item has that word with a question mark, as if the creator couldn't decide whether or not to leave the word in the title.

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Samuel- I'm guessing you're right, but for the love of standards, commit and/or proof-read.

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