Are you ready to be a Superstar?

All I know is that I hope whatever I create hasn't been done already in a previous superstar, or shows up in a 3rd party or WOTC or Paizo product I don't know about. Granted I've spent the last two days going over every item on d20pfsrd just to make sure...but phew...here's to hoping.

When in doubt google the name, then google some key words that are central to the concept. If it's out there you'll run into it of your search fu is strong, otherwise tempt the fates! I also search the spells its based off of to see if anything pings.

--So you wanna be a Vrock superstar and live large?

I think of GTA everytime someone says Vrock.

Also in the interest of staying anonomyous and within the rules, is there a way someone could seek assitance for 'fact checking' things like price of the item and effects? Like from what I'm reading a certain spell that when used in magic items is significatingly lower in cost then what I'm figuring. Being able to ask someone even in say the form of an alias would help to newbs like myself.

Edit:

I.E. I'm worried showing someone the item in private and confidental would disqualify me, even if it was just to make sure the item was mechanically right.

Arg!
Ninja'd by Paizo itself!

The Censer of Dreams in the latest AP volume (part 5 of Shattered Star) does EXACTLY what I've been working on for the past week, except mine was in the form of a Dreamcatcher. I mean EXACTLY right down to the wording on how to block a Night Hag's ability to enter dreams.

Well,
at least I still have time to try and come up with something else.
<heads back to his cave>

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I.E. I'm worried showing someone the item in private and confidental would disqualify me, even if it was just to make sure the item was mechanically right.

It would not, so long as the person you are sharing it with privately is not one of the judges... in fact how would they even know if you showed your item to a friend (or even a couple of dozen friends) privately before you submitted it?

remember before you accept to much advice about your item though that the contests is "RPG Superstar" not "RPG superstars"... and getting through the Item phase with a lot of help could leave you ill-prepared for the later stages.

Your gaming group is probably the best resource you have to find immediate constructive criticism. I mean who else do you know that understands RPG rules at the drop of a hat?

Ask them questions like: Would they keep this item instead of selling it? What kind of character do you think would like this item? Would a character of yours try to buy this item? What other uses could you find with this item beyond what it does? Is it glaringly broken? Could you break this item in gameplay?

I take the feedback like a focus group and make changes where necessary or refine things that are confusing.

--Vrockscar racer

Well still, the feeling for this is "Alright I am so Ready to Rock This!" then when no one is looking. "Oh dear god what am I doing?" :P

Ah the dreaded archetype round... I see you have returned.

what?!?

last year was my first exposure to rpg superstar, so maybe a round like this was a disaster in the past and i just don't know it, but i think doing an archetype will be awesome, even with some random twist. plus, i'd rather do a new base class and 2 new archetypes than do an organization again, though i did learn a ton doing that last year. and, in fairness, i may have enjoyed the organizations round more if i'd had any previous exposure to Golarion (i've been playing Pathfinder for years, RAW, but the other GMs and I do our own world building).

Oh the archetype round is one I'm really looking forward to. I want so badly to try that.