It's the Most Superstar Time of the Year!

I'm very, very, very happy that Wayfinder was mentioned in this thread. ^_^

Multiple times no less. :)

Your baby has grown, Liz. ;)

Well, as usual, I really like the item I've submitted. Let's see if lessons learned from previous years pays off this year. Also, it it a great creative exercise just to get an item ready for entry. Should be fun spending time voting again this year. Don't know if I'll achieve marathon status again....

Reckless, take a look at your profile: you are already a RPG Superstar 2014 Marathon Voter.

It is a mistake, no doubt, but mission accomplished?? ;>

More advice!

* Yes, submit an item, even if it's your first time writing something for Pathfinder.

* Don't wait until the Top 32 are announced before working on your monster. The more lead time you give yourself for the next round, the better off you are. You may have to adjust your monster to fit the R2 rules when they're revealed (frex, last year had the "forest, river, or swamp" limitation), but it's still better than having to start from scratch with just 3 days to go.

* Yes, please read my advice threads. I'm not officially judging this year (I am merely your excellent and charismatic host), but it's still good advice. And we've already had to reject a couple of items for easily-avoided mistakes (such as "this is just a paragraph of text, not a magic item stat block" and "this is a ring, not a wondrous item"). I wrote all of those advice threads to help people avoid mistakes. I want you to do GREAT in this competition.

* Have fun with it! Be a part of the superstar community! Be supportive, give constructive criticism, and participate!

Sean, out of sheer morbid curiosity, can you tell us how quickly the first submission came in?

Tuesday, at about 5:15pm.

Also! Another reminder!

Use the item format provided in the Round 1 rules, which is the format we use in the Core Rulebook. I know we have some other item formats as designed by the art team, but the Core Rulebook format is our standard and that's what format the Round 1 rules tell you to use. The R1 rules even give you a boards-formatted blank magic item template to use for your submission—how convenient! :)

As Ross says, if you check the PRD item tables, the most expensive is 200,000gp. So that's a pretty good line to draw in the sand.

An Amulet Of Mighty Fist +10 would cost at least that to make... AomF could probably go to +7 within this price range.

Darn I was so interested in the ACG playtest that I didn't notice this has already started.

There's still plenty o time to submit a wondrous item (deadline is Jan 1st). :)

Well this Detroit Lions fan made it to the Top 16 on his first try in 2011, then I made Top 4 last year. I didn't even begin designing my items until the contest started, though my experience from 2011 told me to absolutely get to work on ideas for the following rounds immediately. That 3 day turn around is no joke! Just be prepeared for possible twists in later rounds. Look at past Superstar years and you'll have a good chance of guessing what those twists might be ahead of their reveal.

--If you wanna be Vrock Superstar...

Meaningless hypothetical. If I could guarantee my item had the same chance to make the top 32 as the Lions do of making the playoffs, should I take it?

See what I mean? We are tortured souls...

At least I am a Spartans fan also...

Reckless, take a look at your profile: you are already a RPG Superstar 2014 Marathon Voter.

It is a mistake, no doubt, but mission accomplished?? ;>

I think they just counted up how many virtual times I've already voted for my item and done did that thar math.

Mudfoot wrote:

Sigh. Wondrous Items again. Like we haven't seen 10000 of them already. I can see that magic items have the widest range to exhibit creativity, but there are interesting magic items that aren't "Wondrous Items". So it excludes weapons, armour, anything that can duplicate a wand or staff, possibly anything rod-shaped and so on. I remember a mug that (amongst other things) could be used as a +1 weapon to do 1d6 base damage; it was rejected on the grounds that it was a weapon not a WI.

Weapons are weird, because there is a distinction between making a weapon ability and making a unique weapon. Same with armor. And in either case, abilities are essentially limited to 'better at killing things' or 'better at not getting killed'. (If you have an ability for a weapon that isn't just about killing things, like, for instance, mjolnir lets Thor fly, I'm going to guess you can turn it into a pretty cool wondrous item too.)

Myths or Marvel mjolnir?

Marvel - I don't think the mythical one let him fly.

Mjolnir is in Pathfinder already, by the way. You know it as the hammer of thunderbolts: the requirement of the belt of giant strength (and gauntlets of ogre power, in 3E) are references to other enchanted items owned by the mythical Thor.

You can still make it in your first year! I found out about this last year with only 20 hours to make my item, and.. and... TWO PEOPLE said fairly nice things about it!

Fortunately I have now participated in the Blazing 9 Minutes so I should be all set, right?

Ok, all I'll say is I'd better see some Buckeyes entering (posted this in our FB group)

Mine was submitted tonight Matthew so at least one more Ohioan is in the mix.

Marvel - I don't think the mythical one let him fly.

Mjolnir is in Pathfinder already, by the way. You know it as the hammer of thunderbolts: the requirement of the belt of giant strength (and gauntlets of ogre power, in 3E) are references to other enchanted items owned by the mythical Thor.

Marvel Mjolnir probably is closer to being and Artifact.

Ross Byers wrote:

Marvel - I don't think the mythical one let him fly.

Mjolnir is in Pathfinder already, by the way. You know it as the hammer of thunderbolts: the requirement of the belt of giant strength (and gauntlets of ogre power, in 3E) are references to other enchanted items owned by the mythical Thor.

Marvel Mjolnir probably is closer to being an Artifact.

Like the hammer of thunderbolts, its a minor artifact: Beta Ray Bill has stormbreaker and Thunderstrike has, well, thunderstrike, with the same powers as the original mjolnir.

But we're digressing from the topic.

Belle Mythix wrote:

Ross Byers wrote:

Marvel - I don't think the mythical one let him fly.

Mjolnir is in Pathfinder already, by the way. You know it as the hammer of thunderbolts: the requirement of the belt of giant strength (and gauntlets of ogre power, in 3E) are references to other enchanted items owned by the mythical Thor.

Marvel Mjolnir probably is closer to being an Artifact.

Like the hammer of thunderbolts, its a minor artifact: Beta Ray Bill has stormbreaker and Thunderstrike has, well, thunderstrike, with the same powers as the original mjolnir.

But we're digressing from the topic.

Would a Banhammer be a Weapon, a Wondrous Item, both, an Artifact???

And how would it compare to Mjolnir?

Would a Banhammer be a Weapon, a Wondrous Item, both, an Artifact???

And how would it compare to Mjolnir?

You'll have to ask the PMG how he would classify his... seriously, some of the people on the boards made him an actual physical Banhammer.

It's a +5 Banhammer, to be precise.

It's a +5 Banhammer, to be precise.

I'd add the bane ability, specifically against spammers and trolls.

I try to get out, but they keep dragging me back in.... :P

Getting free is tougher than you'd think sometimes. ;)

-Ben.

Just wondering... when should we expect to see the rules for the second round posted?

I would bet on just before/after the 32 are announced.

-Ben.

Listening to the recent Know Direction with Sean K. Reynolds as a guest right now, and I have to say- he doesn't sound at all like I thought he would. He's got like this DJ/movie star deep voice. Sean- you should do voice over work. You ought to ask the Goblinworks guys if you can voice some of the characters in the MMO.

Ha! Thanks. :)

Listening to the recent Know Direction with Sean K. Reynolds as a guest right now, and I have to say- he doesn't sound at all like I thought he would. He's got like this DJ/movie star deep voice. Sean- you should do voice over work. You ought to ask the Goblinworks guys if you can voice some of the characters in the MMO.

The EVIL ones of course - and the demons and devils. :D