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I too must place myself on this noble board of hopefuls.
Agin gongrats to Hill Giant, and many thanks to Paizo for this fine opportunity. I have learned much, and will be posting my failing article when okayed.

YES INDDED CONGRATS.
It has been a blast, thanks once again to Paizo, and more directly to the big wheels driving this open call. I look forward to the next.
I too will post my runner up submission once we see the official ok.

Both...

WOW, it seems like you may have had some bad blood in the past with a publisher...

My advice would be to self publish your work, as I doubt anyone in publishing will grant you complete ownership of the materials, and just "make their cut" so to speak. With ownership comes the ability to do just as you say... tell them to F#%# off, which from a publishers standpoint is unacceptable. They invest dollars in a project expecting a return, the greater the return the better. If suddenly you decide to yank your material, because they dont own it, they loose not only the potential profits from the material, but the investment, and the continued threat of additional losses of a lawsuit from the creator... you.

With the availability of POD, and self publishing, you may have much better results than trying to find a publishing company that will meet your demmands.

DM's have a tendancy to want to backstory each and every thing we create. It's ingrained into our psyche's from years of trying to make the fantastic seem real. It's not really a bad thing, but it is something to be aware of.

"where did the 50 foot slime monster come from, how does it breed, what are its goals?" Then all the players want to do is kill it... but that was the whole point, right?

I'm with you. I dont think I ever created a magic sword without a backstory. But my players wanted to know what it could do, not where it came from.

There are, of course, exceptions. I have players that love backstory as much as I do- as well as those that just want to kill the 50 foot slime monster with their new sword...

Thank You,
Will do.

Should those of us that are currently in round two of the Gamemastery open call wait until the winner of round two is announced before submitting an item for this contest?

(also posted on the RPG contest questions thread)

Should those of us that are currently in round two of the Gamemastery open call wait until the winner of round two is announced before submitting an item for this contest?

AARRGG!

Black waves of dispair...

I knew I hit the D%$n button too soon!

I swapped my monster from a monsterous humanoid to an aberration at the last minute, and forgot to adjust the base attack!!!...

This roller coaster ride is killing me!

I just need to forget about it for awhile..

Ahh...
Another opportunity to give myself ulcers...
I'm in.

Now, need more ideas...

Holy Crap!
Mine's away....

After several nervous minutes of my finger hovering over the send button, mind racing with "what if's", heart pounding with doubt and terror, I finally just clicked the D#%n button!

Good luck to all, as gut wrenching as today was, I have enjoyed the entire process.

Thanks again to the Paizo team for this opportunity.

May the best one win.

Every time I hear the complaints about 4th edition D&D, and how it is the end of the world, I look over at my game shelf.

Hero 5th Edition Revised (which makes it a 6th edition)
Savage Worlds Revised (a second edition within 2 years of the first, not to mention the Explorer's edition)
Call of Cthulhu 6th edition
Paranoia XP
Shadowrun 3rd, or is it 4th, edition
Battletech: Total Warfare
Gurps 4th edition.
Deadlands: Savage Edition
DC Heroes 3rd Edition

Christian Johnson

Consider me sufficiently chastized. You are of course absolutely right. And to be fair, grumble as I might, I still shell out the money.

As a freelancer, I MUST switch if everyone (the publishing community) does. That said, do I as A gamer, WANT to switch? No.
When TSR sold out, or got bought out or whatever, Wizards seemed to rush to the plate with 3.0, which was fine, to some.
I lost a few gamers that were just unwilling to shell out the cash for a new spin on the same game. Then came the capitalistic smack down of 3.5. Sure, it fixed some broken rules, but a good DM had probably already done that "house style". I dont know, it seems like the big $$ is viewed as the most prudent reason to recreate the game, not the outcry of players. But from a buisness standpoint, it's viable. The clothing industry has done it for centuries.....or we'd all be wearing skins.
My own gaming group is split, some hate the idea of swapping out YET AGAIN, others see it as a way to keep from getting stale, burning out. I've been playing some form of D&D for close to 20 years now, and the game has improved, but it's still the same game.
The problem is, the hard core gamers will be on the fence. Some will want to swap, some wont. The question is what will the next generation of gamers do? The chances of young people in our "throw it away" American lifestyle suddenly regressing to the WWII era "save everything, you dont know when you'll get more" mentality is slim. RPG's aren't computers, the shelf life is a little longer, but it seems in this day and age, if you can't toss it and bring out a shiny new box, you'll rot.
What should Paizo do??.... Whatever it takes to survive.
If I have to make the swap to keep freelancing, I will. If Paizo has to make the swap to stay in buisness, you will.

I'll be there to try and sell you my ideas either way.

Whether I lke it (4.0) or not.

Thanks to all for the congrats, I was actually quite stunned that I made it to the second round. I'll be more than happy to share in my failure should I not make it on from here. Now it's off to the computer... for some work instead of surfing...

New to this forum/messageboard, but I've been looking thru this one and thought I could help.
I too am interested in the change Paizo has made to Pathfinder, and am eagerly waiting for submission guidelines.
But I believe I can answer a few questions that have been posted here.

WOTC has released submission guidelines for Dungeon/Dragon submissions, check out their DND homepage and look at the news section....

I would recommend to any freelancer that they become intimately familiar with both the SRD, and Open and Closed game content for any third party distributer before you decide it is OGL. Dont get in trouble using something that's not yours. Most likely ANYONE you submit such content to will just reject it, and possibly reject you as well. But in the event something that is CGC gets thru into a piece and is actually published, YOU can be held legally responsible for the copywright infringement. Not to mention your freelance carreer and reputation could be permanantly damaged beyond repair.

Do some research, do some homework, when in doubt, make up your own stuff, dont use someone elses. Stick to the SRD is the best advice if you're unsure. Good luck all.