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RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16 , Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 8

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pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.

Well, aren't the genders determined by the iconics in the case of class-specific items?

Star Voter Season 8

I'm already getting pairs of items I've both seen; is this just randomness, or does the overall pool seem small-ish?

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nkerklaan wrote:
I've yet to see a really good shield. I think shields were the real hard mode.

One of the items I'm stealing is a shield. But the argument could easily be made it's just a wondrous item reskinned into a shield.

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nkerklaan wrote:
I've yet to see a really good shield. I think shields were the real hard mode.

I was just thinking the same thing.

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Drejk wrote:
Lots of items showing that their authors have good ideas but really need editorial oversight and better system mastery to execute those ideas in decent way.

lots of this


Mikael Sebag wrote:
pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.
Well, aren't the genders determined by the iconics in the case of class-specific items?

Most of the gender assumptions I have seen are not on class specific items.


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Out of 100-something words of description the item ability was 25 words. I checked.

Sovereign Court

Random, completely unrelated school and spell, though it still has a proper school and spell alongside it. But its still better than the other item.

Lantern Lodge Dedicated Voter Season 8

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Hmmm... perfect formatting, spelling, but I have no idea what this thing actually does v. poorly formatted SIAC item.


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My item came up. Awesome! The item it was paired against was awesomer. Bummer.


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No, the 25-of-actual-powers-item, you won't win with the other item just by exchanging places with it.

Marathon Voter Season 8

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nkerklaan wrote:
I'm already getting pairs of items I've both seen; is this just randomness, or does the overall pool seem small-ish?

I think it does this intentionally. There's been at least four times where I would go from "Item of A versus Item of B" into "Item of B versus Item of A". I think it does that just to make sure I'm not just going B, B, B, B, B and that I am actually checking the items. Like, if it sneaks a repeat vote in, it's probably checking that your votes match and you're consistent.

Dedicated Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9

Yes, create multiple new things in your one entry...

Silver Crusade Star Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9

I'm seeing a lot of entangle mechanics.


I like this shield.

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Mikael Sebag wrote:
pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.
Well, aren't the genders determined by the iconics in the case of class-specific items?

Yes, but that's not what I mean. It's not pronouns, it's assuming that only individuals of one gender would desire or require a particular item.


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pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.

Gender-neutral language in the singular is difficult to pull off if you end up having to use a pronoun.

*edit*

Didn't see your follow-up post. Yes, that is a problem. Still, most manly-man barbarians aren't going to wear the frilly underarmor of silky goodness. (Or at least many of them will be unwilling to admit they do.)

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Does a +1 longsword (not actual item, but might as well be) count as a unique item when you give it a cool description and two paragraphs of backstory, but no other unique abilities?

Star Voter Season 8

Moik wrote:
nkerklaan wrote:
I'm already getting pairs of items I've both seen; is this just randomness, or does the overall pool seem small-ish?
I think it does this intentionally. There's been at least four times where I would go from "Item of A versus Item of B" into "Item of B versus Item of A". I think it does that just to make sure I'm not just going B, B, B, B, B and that I am actually checking the items. Like, if it sneaks a repeat vote in, it's probably checking that your votes match and you're consistent.

Actually, I didn't mean repeat pairs (although I've gotten those too) but just pairs made up of items I've both seen.

The overall amount of repeating items I'm seeing is really high, like there's some I've seen 5 or even more times.

Sczarni RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 , Champion Voter Season 6, Champion Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Champion Voter Season 9

Only one item to be DQed for flirting with the wordcount and failing...

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JJ Jordan wrote:
My item came up. Awesome! The item it was paired against was awesomer. Bummer.

I sincerely hope you voted for your own item regardless.

Unless it was up against mine, of course.

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Keep seeing variation on "Weapon of Many Things"


Nazard wrote:
Does a +1 longsword (not actual item, but might as well be) count as a unique item when you give it a cool description and two paragraphs of backstory, but no other unique abilities?

Yes, albeit only within rare magic settings. Not in Pathfinder's generic fantasy suitable for Super Star, though.

Marathon Voter Season 8

Whoa, that shield is awesome. :O Coming across the few superstar items in comparison to the others is really helping me understand how I can make my entry better next year. :)

RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16 , Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 8

pH unbalanced wrote:
Mikael Sebag wrote:
pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.
Well, aren't the genders determined by the iconics in the case of class-specific items?
Yes, but that's not what I mean. It's not pronouns, it's assuming that only individuals of one gender would desire or require a particular item.

Then I agree: perfectly valid grounds for taking off points.

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Drejk wrote:
Out of 107 words of description the item ability was 25 words. I checked.

I am certain I could shave 8-15 words off of 90% of the items I've seen and 50-60 off of at least one of them.

Marathon Voter Season 8

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Jeff Lee wrote:
pH unbalanced wrote:
I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.
Gender-neutral language in the singular is difficult to pull off if you end up having to use a pronoun.

If you're willing to spend word count, it should be enough to swap he/she/him/her/his/hers with the wielder/the wearer/the wielder's/the wearer's.

I've been ignoring pronouns under the 'minor edits that can be fixed in post' voting logic that allows formatting flaws. But I think it's a fair value to apply to voting. It's an inclusiveness thing, so you want designers to have an instinct for it.

Star Voter Season 8

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It appears I have a soft spot for non-combat items, especially social items.

Which I guess makes sense since I'm usually the party spokesman.

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I have yet to see an item with more than 200 words that I liked. Plenty have been up-voted, but none are getting added to my personal list.

I'm also finding it odd that staffs keep coming up against plainly bad items.

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Back, at 121 unique items so far and three in my keep pile.

Lets do this! Star tonight.

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Just saw the craziest ring that also displayed excellent rules-fu. Definite contender.

Marathon Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9

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Im seeing some weird bonuses.

RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka GM_Solspiral

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Let my people GO

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Genuine wrote:

I have yet to see an item with more than 200 words that I liked. Plenty have been up-voted, but none are getting added to my personal list.

I'm also finding it odd that staffs keep coming up against plainly bad items.

I find the items above 200 are generally swiss army knives that either disregard action economy or slot economy. Items below that generally only try to be good at one thing, and that makes them generally more well-designed to me.

Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9

This item, sometimes known as "something completely different..."


Scaling items are too complex thing to try to fit into Super Star. Sorry. And I wrote better scaling items than this one :/


Genuine wrote:

I have yet to see an item with more than 200 words that I liked. Plenty have been up-voted, but none are getting added to my personal list.

It's tough to get through some of the longer ones.


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I'm going to insert a general reminder not to get too specific when talking about items. Exact word counts are probably a bit too much.

Star Voter Season 8

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I'm definitely seeing the less-is-more wisdom regarding word count now that I'm 100+ items in.

I'm trying not to be unduly unfair to high word count items though, just because I think part of it is just the fatigue of so much reading.


GM_Solspiral wrote:
Let my people GO

I think I saw that item too...

Silver Crusade Star Voter Season 8

An item can be amazing, but without following the format, or even mentioning a price ... sad.

RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka GM_Solspiral

3rd time getting paired with what I'm dubbing unintentionally creepy in a windowless van kind of way-named item.


Well, there's at least two magical tech items in the contest...

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Moik wrote:
Genuine wrote:

I have yet to see an item with more than 200 words that I liked. Plenty have been up-voted, but none are getting added to my personal list.

I'm also finding it odd that staffs keep coming up against plainly bad items.

I find the items above 200 are generally swiss army knives that either disregard action economy or slot economy. Items below that generally only try to be good at one thing, and that makes them generally more well-designed to me.

I also think that these categories of items shave about 20-30 words off of what a similar Wondrous Item would need, because the base items are more standardized.

Star Voter Season 8

And there's my first wondrous item.

Sczarni RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 , Champion Voter Season 6, Champion Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Champion Voter Season 9

Up to 3 items over wordcount! Keep 'em coming...

Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8

your a cool item but with no formatting what so ever I can't vote for you over the less cool item that followed the rules.

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