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You don't see too many items that are for intelligent (or trained) mounts, so this one caught my attention right away. It may be a niche area, but it's a very cool item and I upvoted it many times. Good luck in the next round!

A whip made of lava? Very cool! I like the bonus effect with combat maneuvers. I look forward to seeing what you come up with for the map round. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

Congrats on making the Top 32! I like that this item has a risk with the natural 20. That really makes it more interesting in play. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

I can only echo what everyone else has said so far. One of my favorite items for sure. Good luck in the next round!

The crows surrounding you and providing concealment is cool, but the ability to merge with the swarm really sold me on this item. Awesome idea! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with in the next round. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Nice item for sneaky types! I upvoted this quite a few times. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

I like the imagery of the bow being formed from a lightning-struck tree branch. And it's very useful to be able to extinguish fires as well as attack with it. Well done and good luck in the next round!

I like this item a lot. Having to remove the flowers to activate and recharging only in natural sunlight really adds to the flavor. Congrats on making it into the Top 32 and good luck in the next round!

Very creative use of the magic stone spell. I love the astronomy theme too. Good luck in the next round!

Congrats on making it into the Top 32 again! I love that a seemingly innocuous stick can turn into a dangerous threat. Awesome item. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Despite the creepy imagery of bees crawling into your throat and out of your mouth, this was one of my favorite items this year. I'm glad to see it made the cut. Good luck in the next round!

Congrats on making it into the Top 32. My druid character would love to have one of these shields of sticks and vines. Well done! Good luck in the rest of the competition.

This is very cool. I like the lasting effect of the shards after the explosion. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

This one was on my keep list. Shark teeth daggers make for cool flavor. Congrats on making it into the Top 32 and good luck in the rest of the competition.

Congrats on making the Top 32! I agree that the nauseate effect is a bit unexpected for butterflies, despite that being a typical effect for swarms. But other than that, a very nice item! Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Congratulations on making it into the Top 32! Pulling your opponents into the Ethereal Plane through your boots is a cool effect. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Nice use of Leng spiders. Creepy, but awesome. This one was on my keep list and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with in the next round. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

A soothing bell and a floating lotus - very zen, I like it! Congratulations and good luck in the rest of the competition.

I passed over this item at first, as I thought it was just a flavorful ring of invisibility, but the second time I read it, I took a liking to the part where your character becomes more and more insubstantial as they move, slowly disappearing from sight. That's a cool effect. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

This item was on my keep list, so I'm glad to see it made it into the Top 32. The rumbling thunder and interaction with electricity spells was my favorite part. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

I like the horse theme that ties this item all together: the saddle blanket, the clasp, and being able to use the gust of wind effect without harming your mount. Congrats on making it in and good luck in the rest of the competition.

Good choice in using a unique shield type. I didn't see this one in the voting, but I would have voted for it if I did. I love the image of the spikes whirling around and sparking against other objects. Very cool! Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Congrats on making it into the Top 32 again! Having a blade made out of sound is a cool idea and countering sonic attacks is a nice mechanic. Always good to see more sonic-based items. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

I like the teamwork aspect and how your allies can join in the howl. Congratulations on making the Top 32 and good luck in the rest of the competition!

The aspect where you can suffocate other water-breathing creatures really drew me in to this item. Well done and good luck in the rest of the competition!

Excellent imagery with the angry whispers and shrieking charges. Makes me want to run a game where the villain is wearing this armor. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

Nice use of obsidian. I saw a number of swarm related items this year, and this one was one of my favorites. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

Congrats on making the Top 32! It's always nice to see some new unique options for sword and board fighter types. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

Clever use of unseen servant. This one was on my keep list and I'm glad to see it made it into the Top 32. Good luck in the rest of the competition!

Congratulations on making the Top 32! As someone who has played worshipers of Desna on many occasions, I would love to have this butterfly guarding my sleep. Good luck in the rest of the competition.

I like the flavor of this item and the creative way of how the wielder can reform the blade. The heat vision is also very cool. Congratulations and good luck in the rest of the competition!

Thank you everyone for the kind words and comments!

It's been a long project, but I've finally completed the last few pages!

The entire picture book (minus the map at the end, which can be found in "Sound of a Thousand Screams") is available on Flickr.

Zuddiger's Picnic

Zuddiger's Picnic (no text)

Enjoy!

Thanks for the kind words. I uploaded two more pages today.

I'm glad you all find my doodles to be useful.
This week's update features a grumpy, angry troll.

Zuddiger's Picnic
Zuddiger's Picnic (no text)

You're welcome. :)

Three more pages have been uploaded.

Thank you Elizabeth, those are fantastic! I have one request, though: can you perhaps make the images available without the text, as the description of the book says the text would be on the facing page of the page with the image. That would be great!

Two more pictures added today. I also uploaded a set without text.

Zuddiger's Picnic

Zuddiger's Picnic (no text)

I started drawing as soon as I read James' forward. :)
I don't have the whole picture book done yet, but here's a preview of the first 6 pages.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43674445@N03/sets/72157624692543714/

I'd also love to see what other artists have come up with.

14. Star of Desna

Dimensions: 35 ft long, 30 ft wide, 20 ft high ceiling
Description: Torches are mounted on the colorful walls of this chamber in a star-shaped pattern. A hole in the ceiling opens every night at midnight, acting as an observatory for the night sky. The body of a dead fey creature lies slumped over inside a small cage against the back wall. If anyone touches the body, it crumbles to dust. Dozens of tiny butterflies fly up from the dust, racing towards the ceiling.

Mud Sorcerer's Tomb is one of my favorite Dungeon adventures. I loved all the little riddles that hinted how to avoid traps and such.

I've never ran Sleepless. I'll have to go check it out!

My votes went to:
Ardorwesp
Astrumal
Liesinger
Splorudra

Congratulations to all of you! I'm looking forward to seeing the monsters.

I read through the updates and I am wondering, since it just says scenarios set anywhere in the Inner Sea region, is there a spoiler-free compilation anywhere of the settings used for the already published scenarios? I just don't feel like writing one that is set in an area that has already been done a lot.

Here's a quick list of locations for the Season 1 scenarios.

I can't seem to find the guidelines to create a 1st level character for PFS....any help would be appreciated.

Check out the Pathfinder Society guide.

I rewrote my outline, partially as a writing exercise and partially because I plan to run this for my home group in a couple of weeks. I got a little carried away with its length. I think we'll be devoting a bit more than a 4 hour session to play it.

Since you folks were kind enough to give me ideas, I thought I would share in case anyone else can make use of it.

Poisonous Secrets (expanded outline)

Hi Ekmule,

After reading this, I'm assuming English isn't your native language. I suggest getting a friend to look over your grammar before submitting. As written, this would create a lot of work for the editors.

The first thing that caught my attention was the stat block at the end. Detailed stat blocks do not belong in the initial proposal. This simply takes up way too many words. Taking it out would free up some space to go into more detail about the festival of the winter father and the curse.

Intro and Summary:
This is a good start, but more detail would be better. Why has the daughter of the mayor been kidnapped? Is the "test of random encounter" meant to be the required optional encounter? There shouldn't be any random encounters. All encounters should relate to the overall story. I learned this the hard way in my previous rejected submissions. Finally, who is the ice witch in the mountain? Is she the boss villain and the satyr is her minion? What are her goals and what is her involvement in this scenario?

Encounter 1 The wrath of wolfs

A Fire starts during the festival of the winter father and a pack of wolf with a satyr attack the group.

Nice work combining an environmental hazard (the fire) with the monsters. This should make for an exciting fight. Why are the wolves and satyr attacking though?

Encounter 2 The bridge

This fight start when the group see a group of goblin want to destroy the bridge that go to the tumulus of eternal ice. The fight during 6 rounds and each round, a little joke with a goblin try to break the bridge with different object. (All objects is useless to cut this bridge)

The goblins trying to destroy the bridge is my favorite encounter in this scenario. I'm a little confused when you say all objects are useless to cut this bridge. Is there any way the goblins can actually destroy the bridge or are they meant to fail?

Encounter 3 The curse of snow
Player heard a strange poem and the curse are started. Each character fight ice zombie but he can stop the curse if they discover the title of this poem.

So a cursed poem is raising ice zombies from the dead? That's cool, but where did this poem come from and how would the PCs go about discovering the poem's name?

Encounter 4 The ice avenger
A tempest comes and all players need to go in the camp of woodcutter. Some ice elemental come to fight.

What if the PCs don't take shelter in the woodcutters' camp? You can encourage them to do so, but you can't force player action. Who summoned the ice elemental? Is this part of the curse as well?

Encounter 5 Guard of Dolmen
A little group of satyr defends the dolmen and try to stop the group.

What happens in between encounters 4 and 5 to lead the PCs from the woodcutters' camp to the dolmen? Is this tomb where the boss is hanging out trying to complete the ritual?

Encounter 6 Atrish the druid satyr
The boss tries to accomplish the ritual. The satyr is a specialist of invocation and tries to submerge the group with them.

This is much too vague. What does the ritual do and what does the satyr need to do in order to complete it?

Conclusion
If the daughter of mayor is possessed by the artifact. She tries to join the pathfinder society and want to gain some power with it.

If Artrish is not killed then he goes to inform the situation to an ancient white dragon in the mountain.

What is this artifact anyway? The scenario seems to revolve it, but you never describe it. Earlier, you said Artrish reported to the ice witch in the mountains, now you say he informs a white dragon. Is he working for both or are these two meant to be the same character?

I love the overall feel of this submission, a race against time to stop the curse, but it could be cleaned up quite a bit. Good luck with your future submissions!

Congrats Yoda8MyHead! I'll look forward to reading it when it comes out.

Thanks for taking the time to critique my proposal, guys. Your questions and insight have given me a lot to think about.

Hey, Elizabeth. It's great to see you building on your RPG Superstar 2009 success by pitching for the PFS scenarios. I believe you've already done one? If so, I think that's fantastic!

Yup, I did #28: Lyrics of Extinction.

I love a good mystery adventure, so I enjoyed reading this submission. Thanks for sharing it. Here are my thoughts.

Intro:
Death by lightning, rather than a traditional murder weapon is a nice twist. But what happens if the PCs confront the opposing investigators right away to get to Will's body? This reminds me of the adventure "Entombed with the Pharaohs," where the PCs are meant to face a rival group throughout the adventure. This is a really cool idea, but is challenging for the DM to run, since some aggressive players will want to kill off their rivals right away.

Encounter 2:
As above, foreshadowing is nice, but what if the PCs want to fight Payden and his agents here? After all, the Lumber Consortium is hindering their investigation by keeping them away from the body.

Encounter 4:
I like the hobgoblin druid offering a blessing, but I'm not sure that he should always smugly refuse to reveal all that he knows. What if the Pathfinders make a really good Diplomacy or Intimidate check? What if they use magic to question him? Also, what would the PCs have to do to disrupt logging in the woods? The entire town of Falcon's Hollow is dependent upon the logging industry, so this could cause some serious problems for the locals.

Encounter 5:
Having the option for a temporary alliance is nice. However, since the PCs will eventually end up fighting Payden, Naruma, and Drealen, maybe you should replace Payden with someone else. I don't think such an important NPC should be killed off. Also, what if Naruma is spotted by one of the PCs and doesn't escape for the final battle? Finally, where did these dragons come from and what are their goals? Do the characters just end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up getting attacked by the dragons?

Overall, you have a nice mix of investigation, diplomacy, combat, and environment hazards (if the optional collapsing bridge is included). Bonus points for the tie-ins to the GameMastery flip mats. Keep trying and good luck on your future submissions!

Thank you both for the comments.