This Year the Winner is Bringing the Axe!

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The winner of RPG Superstar 2015 is Monica Marlowe! She will be writing an adventure for our Pathfinder Modules using her winning adventure pitch for Down the Blighted Path, which will release next January!

Monica first won over judges and voters with a magic weapon that helps a cleric aid her party members when they face off against incorporeal undead, an idea drawn from her own experience as a player. She followed that up with the map for a dwarven lady’s stronghold, a new take on a classic "headless" monster, a battle in a vile "hanging garden" of trapped cages and undead, and finally an adventure that brought many of those elements together into a tale of vengeance, undeath, and duty. At each stage she came up with an interesting and unexpected idea and left the voting public wanting to see more. We’re very excited to begin working with her to develop her vision for a Darklands adventure, and congratulate her on winning RPG Superstar!

Thanks and congratulations also go out to all the contestants, staff, judges, and especially the voters who picked an awesome set of finalists! RPG Superstar wouldn't be possible without the community's participation, and we're grateful for the ongoing support the contest receives.

Owen K. C. Stephens
Developer and RPG Superstar Host

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Marathon Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka Clouds Without Water

Congrats, Monica! Definitely a well-earned victory!

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka Amanuensis

Congratulations, Monica!

Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8

Wow! Good on ya! And what detailed and constructive critiques by the judges, l learned a ton just by reading them. So exciting seeing the cover as the announcement! Every year gets better and better! Work knowing we are all behind you excited to see its final form, what an awesome year lies ahead! Steady wins it!

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Designer

Yay, Monica!

Grand Lodge RPG Superstar 2014 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9

Excellent job! Congratulations Monica, and the top 4!

Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9

Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Yes! Congratulations and big hugs from the UK - I knew you could do this. Awesome!

Star Voter Season 8

Congratulations! Way to go!!!

Sovereign Court Marathon Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9

Woop Woop! Congratulations, Monica!

President, Jon Brazer Enterprises

Congrats Monica.

Lantern Lodge RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8 aka Black Powder Chocobo

Congrats!


Crystal Frasier wrote:
Congratulations, Monica. I've been rooting for you ever since seeing your amazing map in round two!

That maps kicks ass 12 ways! It's a great design! Congratulations Monica!

Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9

Congratulations Monica!

Paizo Employee Developer , Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9

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Adam Daigle wrote:

Congratulations, Monica!

We went through this competition with style and grace! You deserve this win!

I was going back through this thread and I only just now noticed my typo in this post.

I meant you.

You went through this with style and grace.

Sorry for the typo.

And congrats again!

Shadow Lodge RPG Superstar 2015 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka mamaursula

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Adam Daigle wrote:
Adam Daigle wrote:

Congratulations, Monica!

We went through this competition with style and grace! You deserve this win!

I was going back through this thread and I only just now noticed my typo in this post.

I meant you.

You went through this with style and grace.

Sorry for the typo.

And congrats again!

HA! I didn't notice the typo until you pointed it out!

Thank you Adam, it means a lot to me.

Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka Rusty Ironpants

Congratulations on a well deserved win, Monica.

RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka Petty Alchemy

Congrats Monica! Next year's big voting stage thread won't be the same without you!

Star Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8

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Congratulations!!! Looking forward to some awesome beards dwarf action.

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8 , Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8 aka DeathQuaker

Petty Alchemy wrote:
Congrats Monica! Next year's big voting stage thread won't be the same without you!

Am I wrong thinking she can still vote?

Champion Voter Season 6, Champion Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Champion Voter Season 9

Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
R Pickard wrote:
Petty Alchemy wrote:
Congrats Monica! Next year's big voting stage thread won't be the same without you!
Am I wrong thinking she can still vote?

Yeah, she can still vote. Every indication I have from Monica is that she intends to be involved next year as well. She just can't compete.

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

Congrats to Monica that was well done.

Dedicated Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9

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To my surprise I hadn't yet congratulated Monica.

I do so now, and add a heartfelt respect for the 3 other finalists and everyone who took the contest seriously.

Christopher, I hope you have a chance to flesh out your module for someone - Paizo or not.

Good luck to all.

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16 , Star Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 8

CripDyke wrote:

To my surprise I hadn't yet congratulated Monica.

I do so now, and add a heartfelt respect for the 3 other finalists and everyone who took the contest seriously.

Christopher, I hope you have a chance to flesh out your module for someone - Paizo or not.

Good luck to all.

Thank you, CripDyke! As part of the contest rules, Paizo now owns the IP for "The Hollowheart Conquest," so between parallel publication and maintaining the integrity of Monica's well deserved victory I doubt it will ever see the light of day as is. That said, perhaps its core concept and construction could be maintained with the details reskinned by Paizo or a 3PP once I've had a chance to prove my adventure writing merits with PFS scenarios and other projects. If that does happen, I sincerely hope to be involved in the project!

Shadow Lodge RPG Superstar 2015 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka mamaursula

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Feros wrote:
R Pickard wrote:
Petty Alchemy wrote:
Congrats Monica! Next year's big voting stage thread won't be the same without you!
Am I wrong thinking she can still vote?

Yeah, she can still vote. Every indication I have from Monica is that she intends to be involved next year as well. She just can't compete.

One and done! I will be back next year, I'm pretty sure you'll never be able to get rid of me now!

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka dien

Fabulous work. :) Congratulations on a well-deserved win, Monica. Livin' da dream!

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