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Awesome, thanks! I just read Arms of the Kraken from #305. Hot damn, I can't wait for AFOC!
Just read that there was a Dragon issue devoted to the Game of Thrones setting. Does anyone know what issue number it was?
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Post whatever you want. If, in the middle of the post, you think to yourself "I seem to be coming off as a bit of a douche," you might want to step away from the computer and post later. I never get that feeling. I always think I come off as a douche :D
Slurp, slurp, hoover, slurp...
All those asking, "Why do people have an issue with templates?" are overlooking the fundamental nature of the gamer-geek. They're all whiners.
There's such a vast amount of material to draw upon that I'll be curious to see what they actually consider the 'best'. IIRC, there was a preview of UA in Dragon that included the barbarian class. I'd *really* like to see that updated to 3.5. The current incarnation of the barbarian class is really more akin to a berserker than a barbarian. I loved the whole anti magic thing, even if the class was utterly broken :D What are you hoping to see in the compendium?
Keep in mind, however, that James doesn't work for Dragon and therefore probably won't actually care. ;) Dammit. This is what I get for working a 58 hour week night-shift and suffering from insomnia :(
Ok, awhile ago I put in my address to check out the minis shipping cost. Now that I've moved, I've found that I can't change the shipping address. This wasn't a problem since again, I was only checking how much it'd cost me to get a few back-issues of Dungeon vs. buying them locally. But now I actually want to buy something, and despite trying every which way I can think of, can't for the life of me change the damn shipping address. Not much point in ordering something if it's never gonna show up...
Out of curiosity, why don't you just use a commercial message board or a freebie like the PHPBB?
Ok, awhile ago I put in my address to check out the minis shipping cost. Now that I've moved, I've found that I can't change the shipping address. This wasn't a problem since again, I was only checking how much it'd cost me to get a few back-issues of Dungeon vs. buying them locally. But now I actually want to buy something, and despite trying every which way I can think of, can't for the life of me change the damn shipping address. Not much point in ordering something if it's never gonna show up...
I've been saying this stuff for ages. Nobody ever listens to me. I'm sure I shout loud enough and use enough abusive words, but still, nobody ever seems to hear me. I wonder why. Out of curiosity, what browser is everyone using? For awhile, I thought it may have been 'cause I'm using Safari.
I'm guessing there will be the following occurances: Erik Mona: Dead of massive brain injury caused by his inability to handle the massive opposing forces of praise versus all the crap he gets online. Much like matter colliding with anti-matter. James Jacobs: Will enter a catatonic state due to the intense shock of the situation, after having steeled himself against all flames. Jason Bulmahn: Turned utterly insane by the freak occurance, begins ranting about the Horned Society spies that are everywhere and how Furyondy needs to be crushed and keeps muttering about some person called Iggwilv...
I'd love to be able to download current issues. Some things are just better done on a computer. But then again, when you think about what those things are, most of them tend to involve maps, which are provided free as a PDF anyway...
You want him to do something - your post made that obvious. His outside activities were getting in the way of that. You want his outside activities to "go away". That part isn't a joke. Now, maybe you don't really want his character to die, but that just isn't cool. No, it was a joke. I don't give a rat's f$$#ing brown, caking a%~@##& if Erik shows up to Greytalk or not. I am asleep during most of it anyway. You people all need to learn how to relax and stop taking yourselves so seriously. Christ, it's a f@%*ing message board, not a gladiatorial pit.
Hurry up and die (your PC I mean). You're keeping Iquander from Greytalk :P Wow. Sometimes, people need to get over themselves and realize a joke when it's told.
Dungeon gets, on average, 2-3 proposals a day. Dragon gets quite a bit more proposals. Them Dragon folk (Jason, I'm looking at you!) can say better. I gotta go now. The D&D game is starting and I want to get a good seat. Hurry up and die (your PC I mean). You're keeping Iquander from Greytalk :P
I like hero points. I used them in the last campaign I ran. In that, a hero point was very powerful so I only gave them out very rarely and only for doing something truly heroic. For instance, I didn't give out a hero point when a PC raced up a burning watchtower and saved two NPC's. I didn't feel it was heroic enough given that there was little chance of the PC getting hurt and even if he was, there were dozens of people there to help him. But then the hero points in that version could automatically cause a critical with maximum damage, so I wanted them to be very rare. I'm about to run a Zombie Apocolypse style scenario using d20 modern. I'm going to use hero points where they basically equal a roll of 20 which can be used any way the player wants. Given the survivability of the setting, I'm going to give hero points out for relatively minor heroic acts, 'cause they're gonna need 'em :D
Yeah, but more people want to get published in Dungeon than Dragon, and guess where they come to ask questions?
Can you enlighten us with a brief description of how one goes about nominating? I'm asking 'cause of a particular fansite which has missed out being nominated every year.
Any further info? Broadhurst at all?
Although I voted for Dungeon and, especially, the Greyhawk maps (which I still have to get another two of...), I must agree with Monte on the issue of small vs. large company disparity in the awards. It seems hardly fair to pit small publishers up against Paizo.
Ok, ok... I know Erik just closed the other thread down and for good reason. I'm not trying to circumvent that or piss Erik off, so I'll just say a few things first to make everything clear. Firstly, Erik, I'm sorry if this is annoying and obviously if you want to shut it down, no hard feelings. Secondly, can we keep this civil guys? I'll even bite my tongue. This is a rare thing for me so take advantage of it :) Thirdly, I'm not restarting the old thread, rather there was a particular post I found very interesting and really wanted to see some answers to, so if yah could, try and stay on that topic. The post in question was this one, by Sublimity: "I am curious, for those of you who feel the article is too verbose, would you mind giving us a sample paragraph from the article. To continue this little academic exercise, why not show us how you'd edit it if you were Mr. Greenwood's editor? Of course you'll need to make sure that the integrity of the information and purpose of the paragraph remains intact." Obviously, don't post any of the actual article, as that would amount to copyright infringement I'm guessing. But rather, post your edited version. A paragraph will suffice. Again, apologies is this is rubbing you the wrong way, Erik, I was just really curious to see some replies to the above challenge.
You people are no fun :(
Yeah! I feel cheated too! In fact, I think the only way to rectify this situation is if I'm sent a year's subscription of Dungeon for free! :D
No, I want me to write these. Well... I'd leave Irongate for Gary, since it's his pet, and Erik probably wouldn't let anyone but himself do Rel Astra, but the rest are mine, Mine, MINE! :D
I doubt 4e will be a long time away. A couple of years at most. I hope they finally do away with the sacred cows like hit points and classes. That'd give them more opportunity for printing more expansion products. Classes cripple the system. And the more classes you have, the more burgeoning and cumbersome the system becomes. And Yamo. Who cares what you think?
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What happens after the manuscript is submitted? Does it go straight to an editor for revisions and, well...editing? Or do all the manuscripts from a similar time period go into a pile and await a manuscripts meeting, as with queries? I managed to film one of their submission meetings in secret. Unfortunately, the film was destroyed under mysterious circumstances so I can only give you a written account of what happens. First, they get James Sutter to go to the seedier side of Seattle and get an ounce of good dope. Then, they pile the submissions high on a circular table and give thanks to the Grand Pooh-Bah (Erik). Then James Jacobs begins cutting up the weed and passes it to Mike Mearls who uses the submission papers to roll huge joints. These joints are then lit by a sacred wand from Bic and then passed on to Erik. Come morning, any papers that are left, become next months Dungeon magazine.
A poor reaction on my part to being "type cast" as unthinkingly negative/critical. I should have ignored it and moved on. Lesson to me - Don't contemplate a responsive post while listening to Molly Hatchet. :-/ Are you sure you're not Nitescreed?
When Greyhawk fans get material like the Adventure path which is a shoe-in fit for their setting the Eberron and FR fans are told they can convert it. Then when specific material shows up for FR or Eberron the Greyhawk fans complain from on high. Well, with FR it's not as hard, but with Eberron, it's significantly more difficult. Greyhawk has a different feel to it. Sure, you can use ideas from FR or even Eberron adventures or articles, but shoe horning them into the setting is usually out. If you can imagine the following scenario. Picture yourself as Conan in Conan's world. Suddenly, you see a Tardis appear. Doesn't fit, does it? That may be an overblown exaggeration, but it illustrates my point. FR is high-magic, high-fantasy. Eberron is uber everything, all over the place, in your face. Greyhawk has high magic and high fantasy, but it has it as a subtle undertone. There is a complexity in the setting that makes something like, say, the NWN Shadows of Undrentide plot, seem like a Tardis appearing in front of Conan. But the reverse isn't true. FR is high enough in magic and epic heroes that shoe-horning an Eberron adventure in, makes barely a ripple in the setting's flavour. And FR is pulpy enough that an FR adventure or material can be easily inserted into Eberron. And a GH adventure or material, is low-key enough that with a few additions, it can be easily inserted into either.
This will be a perfect fit for Harbis. . . port town and cash cow for the oligarchial Kingdom of Joipar, one of the Six Realms of Wistera's northern continent. I'm sure I can use the text too, especially if there's a lot of foods and taverns. Harbis is often used as a cultural showcase to justify the political status quo, and a bunch of specific descriptions/flavors of city locales would fit very nicely. Sounds a lot like Hardby, port city and cash cow for the oligarchical Domain of Greyhawk, one of the Free Cities of the Flanaess. :P
Board bashing is an ancient and time-honoured pastime, that is taught through osmosis to each new generation of posters. It started over 2,000 years ago. Back then, people just stood around in big groups and whoever talked the loudest, got listened to. When someone they didn't like came along, they stoned them to death. Jesus tried to show them PHP, but they just weren't ready for it...
The sad thing is, is that most of the anti-Realms spam and most of the Anti-Eberron spam (and even sadder, most of the anti-Wil spam) comes from a hardcore of Greyhawkers. A couple of years ago, it would've been the reverse. FR fans spamming anti-Greyhawk. But yeah, I'll pay that these days it seems to be the GH fans are the most vociferous. Personally, I'd wish they'd shut-up. They make GH fans like me look bad... well... maybe in my case, it's that they make me look *worse*, but you get my point :D
It's simply more polite and productive. *blink* . . . *blink* Did I miss something? I'm sure Hell didn't freeze over. Did the world end whilst I was asleep? I'm confused.
No one here is suggesting 4 FR articles every issue, just like no one here is suggesting 4 Eberron or 4 Greyhawk articles every issue. We are not sending "a message" here, just balancing things out a bit. So what you're really saying is that you're going to put out an issue that focuses on Greyhawk with 4 Greyhawk articles in it, aren't you? Hah! I'm on to your plan! How very cunning of you to admit it right in our faces by saying you WON'T be doing it! I'm going to go and spread this goss... err... news to every Greyhawk messageboard across the net! Vive le Greyhawk!
His writing is a clear cut above most game writing I see these days, and his style makes me start thinking of adventure ideas as I read (and isn't that the whole point?). I haven't read the article in question but this reminded me of Carl Sargent's writing style. The biggest reason I'm a fan of his work is that you can literally pick a paragraph at random from any book he's written and there will usually always be some sort of adventure hook in it. Reading through Ivid the Undying is like DM heaven. You go into fits of ecstasy over all the adventure hooks just leaping off the page at you :D
Reading everyone else's posts on this thread is both comforting and inspiring to know that despite facing possible rejections on submissions, you all have the emotional fortitude to continue on to see your intellectual works published in an established and well known magazine. I have no emotional fortitude. If I get rejected, I'm going on a hunting trip to Washington... -evil grin-
Although the Dragon folk can address this better than I can... one of the main reasons FR stuff "has to be in Dragon" is because it's one of the only places such material CAN go. WotC generally puts out one Forgotten Realms book a quarter, and aside from that, there's really not a lot of places for the FR fan to get more material. Only one per quarter? Umm... hate to break it to you, guy, but that's a LOT of FR material. Really don't need more. FR fans are well supported.
Oh, come on, admit it, you laughed. It's not like he doesn't bring it on himself. It's like a cable TV channel package. He chooses the 'Whiner' channel packaged with the 'Feedback Loop' channel so that he can get the 'Attention' channel for free :D
Hmm... interesting. I thought you weren't allowed to submit Dundjinni maps. This makes things a lot easier. Also, I think Fluid (who make Dundjinni) have lowered their prices. I seem to recall the main program being something like $70 and the add-ons (which are essentially essential) being $30 or so dollars each. Now the program is $40 and the add-ons are $12. Still expensive, but not as expensive as I remember.
But in the end... practice drawing maps. Copy them from adventures. Learn how to use Campaign Cartographer or Photoshop or Dundjinni. A crisp, clean, and good map turnover is one of many ways to impress the editors. Designing adventures is more than just writing. Pity Dundjinni is ridiculously expensive and the maps are proprietary and can't be used in Dungeon...
I gave both mags a try, but only Dungeon is getting renewed. Now I understand why you subscribe to Dungeon. If you didn't, you'd have nothing to complain about! That'd really put a kink in your social life, wouldn't it...
There have been so many threads lately about this person, but who is he? After exhaustive analysis of threads and message boards, spanning back as far as the 90's, I have gathered enough evidence to form a picture of this enigmatic figure. Here is my interpretation of his stats: Erik the Mona CR 4
Paizo Shirt: this red shirt is so ugly that it forms a field of repulsion around the target which serves to protect him. Unfortunately, this has no effect on fanbois, but it does grant a +2 bonus to his innate, summon fanboi ability. Scepter of the Editor: this weapon is mace-like, with cruel, bent metal spikes protruding from the ball end. Old blood has congealed and turned black on its haft and been polished smooth by the constant use of this weapon throughout the 29 year history of the magazine. It is passed down from editor to editor in a horrific ritual of sacrifice and pain, where the previous editors get eaten by their successors. Whip of Flaying: this weapon is very versatile as it enables its user to strike at a foe from almost any distance, even across the ether! Primarily used for whipping underlings, it has recently surfaced as a particularly powerful weapon against ether whiners, who predominate throughout the ether and strike cowardly blows in relative anonymity. Dodgy: this is a new feat which grants a +1 bonus on any Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate check that involves tricky questions about future issues of Dungeon or Dragon magazines.
Not letting rejection letters get you down is the key. Eh, rejection wouldn't bother me. I mean, if you can't see my brilliance, then it's most likely 'cause you're blinded by it :D I can hardly fault you for that. 'tis a burden I have to bear. Sigh. Writing new proposals immediately after a rejection not only keeps your mind off the rejection by letting it focus on the hope for the new proposal, but it also keeps setting your name down in front of the editor. Nice idea but writing a query sortof requires that you have the adventure all but done. I had to rewrite my query a dozen times and every time it wasn't satisfactory because the adventure hadn't been nailed down properly. Once I figured out how the adventure was going to play, which required a lot of work in itself, I found the query was easy to write. Point is, that a lot of work goes into one query. There are dozens of hours behind those two little pages. When we see lots of proposals by the same person, and once we start recognizing a name, well, that's one way we can tell a writer is serious about writing. Who wants to be a serious writer? I make my living from looking menacing and sitting on my ass, staring at CCTV feeds. Why would I want to bother being a writer? I just want to get a bit of extra cash on the side. I mean, really, how many of your published authors are 'serious' writers? I bet my bottom dollar that most of them are just amatuers having a hack and have day jobs that have nothing to do with writing. Not all of us want to be editors of Dungeon.
I wonder if any of the editors had to go through the submissions process? Submitting two proposals right after a rejection? Sheesh! Do they even realize how long it takes and how much work goes into just the query?
Age 38, been playing since 1980...mature content? No; because DM's that want that kind of thing can easily modify the adventure to be more "R" rated anyway. We don't want to give the anti-gamer community more ammunition by having some parent go crazy when they find an "adult" issue of Dungeon among their teenage kids' D&D collection. Well said. 29.
That's a great resource, that. I had almost every Dragon from, like, #61 on to about 200 I think, but due to a complicated set of circumstances, lost them :( The archive was the next best thing. I'm looking forward to the compendium. There is so much neat stuff that needs converting that you just don't find in 3.5 these days 'cause it's a different audience that writers are catering to. Ooh, I wonder if they'll convert the Bard from the Best of Dragon... "Bardsss are nasssssty!"
Aww, they're just kidding with you. Of course it'll be all in it's original form. I mean, why wouldn't they cater to the 0.001% of the market that you represent? It'd be silly to ignore you!
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