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Forget for a moment the failed formatting, the technical glitches, the poor cost calculations or the bad descriptions. What if the competition was just based on the naming of item itself?

With absolutely no other criteria ... I present a few of my favorite item names:

DWARVEN SONGWOOD

PROTEAN HORN

ARCHIMEDEAN LEVER

JAR OF IMPRISONED ECHOES

These are just a few .. I really liked a lot of them, but these names really captured the idea of wondrous item for me.

I was reading the judge bios and I see that Peter has taken on film study and is interested in making films for gamers and gaming fans.

This is my personal request for any filmmaker when it comes to bringing the popular gaming genre to the silver screen. This is totally subjective. Here are my TOP 2

DRAGONLANCE - One of the better stories in my gaming history. I loved the novels, loved the old AD&D DL series of adventures and would love to see this made into a live action movie series. I always thought this story could be an epic film series ... ala....Lord of the Rings.

please ... do not mention that crappy animated garbage, with Keifer's deadpan delivery of Raistlin's spells. It was unwatchable to me.

BATTLETECH - why hasn't anyone secured the rights to this series of epic novels and seriously popular tabletop miniature game? In 1986 I bought the beginner box set and immediately got hooked. CGI has come a long way to pull off a live action telling of one of the classic stories ... Grey Death Legion, Wolves on the Border (my favorite) or Mike Stanpole's Warrior series.

would be illegal to discuss what might have been if you had made the TOP 32?

I thought I had a better Round 2 entry than an item ... Maybe we could just post the names of your prospective Round 2 entry and we can explore them if the name strikes a chord.

whatever happened to the old adage "Less is More"?

So many items with a verbosity that only Charles Dickens or Edward Lytton could be proud of.

I have seen a ton of items over 280 word count and it seems that they could have been more concise and still got the point across.

just an observation ...

good luck all

only about 15 hours to go ...

The schedule says that voting begins when the submission deadline has been met.

will there be a conversion period between submission and voting? or will we really be able to vote at 5:01pm tomorrow?

just curious

GOOD LUCK all participants !!!

the individual rounds have been posted .

Do your submissions have to be part of the same overall idea? Can my initial Item submission be completely removed from any train of thought I might have for Rounds 2 thru 4?

just curious

thank you

This may be the wrong place to post this thread, but I have a question about Pathfinder Modules. Are all of the non-AP stand alone modules all 3.5/OGL? Are there any stand alone modules written for Pathfinder rules system and not 3.5?

I am trying to bridge a gap between the end of an AP and getting the group to 20th level before we shelf them for a while. If there are any PAthfinder Modules, can someone suggest any at level 15+ ?

I can write my own adventures to get my group to 20th, but i am interested in seeing what is available.

Thank you

Can someone point me to the rules that cover armor and shield Break DC and Hardness?

Found it easily for normal items, but rules covering armor and shields has been elusive. Probably just an oversight on my part.

Trying to calculate a sunder attack .... any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Does anyone know if there is an alternative method to awarding XP on an individual character by character basis?

I persoanlly do not like shared XP, where the slugs in the party get the same as the truly active members, especially those that go above and beyond simple hack-n-slay techniques.

I have not tried a true search as of yet ... was hoping someone might have created one or know of one, before I start my quest or create my own.

Voting has done me a seriously painful service ....I thank the judges for these glimpses into the designs of others.

I thought I had a nicely balanced and themed item (no more info than that), but I see
where I could of added a couple things to make my item better.

If I happen to pass on to the next round, despite my minor technical errors, I will take these lessons with me. I do know that I will be better next year for sure, should I fail this year.

Good luck to all.

I read somewhere in the long list of threads leading up to the voting that you would have to do a hefty some of voting to see the same item more than once. The possibility also existed that you may even be able to view your own submission ....what I am finding strange is that I have voted about 15 or 20 times since yesterday and in that very short amount of instances I have seen 3 seperate items twice.

Is this supposed to correct ...... I get the voting method and each item has been paired with a different entrant, I originally though I must of hit the back button and was revoting on a pair.

Just a curiosity

Could it happen that you are in the voting booth and behold two items appear and one is very familiar. One you know very well because you submitted it. You try to stay objective , you scan your submisssion and giggle a little at what you think is a very clever creation. Before you auto-vote "keep", "awesome", "fabulous" or whatever the appropriate thumbs up button will be, you read the opposing submission.

You start out with a snork, then a sneer, then ........ OMG ......... This item is freaking great. Yours pales in comparison.

What do you do?

First off ..... Will that even be possible?

Is it bad form to ask how many possible entries will enter the general voting? Am I understanding the process correctly that the general vote will supply the judges with 64 and they will choose the top 32 from that select group?

Can we have a ballpark figure of total entries to be voted on? If that is a no-no I withdraw the request.

I have seen in other threads where Sean has stated some entries are already DQ'ed .... Is that just easily noticeable mistakes ..... Like word count infractions or plagiarism that get the pre-vote boot?

The rules say that voting will start on December 20th ... is that the first we will be able to see the submitted item?

Just wondering if I could view early submitted items?

thanks

Is there any rule as to how many Special Abilities a sword can have?

Example

+1 Flaming, Shock, Frost, Undead Bane Longsword

this sword would be a total of +5

+1 magic enhancement
Flaming +1
Frost +1
Shock +1
Bane +1

any help would be appreciated .....

I was reading a few posts on another thread and I am slightly confused....

Is the Word Count Tool provided accurate?

I read where some say keep your work to 250 words and you'll be OK and another says 290 and you should be alright....Am I to take from this that the Counter is not completely pinpoint accurate?

Can someone clarify that point for me.

Thanks.......

The contestant is given a month to draft and refine a wonderous item, I like the time frame, but I am curious about the successive rounds. What is the idea behind just 3 days to produce all entries leading up to the final four who get a week to submit an adventure proposal?

Is it not true that the actual parameters of the later rounds are not revealed until the winners are announced?

Is it to deliver the pressure of deadlines to the contestants?

just curious why?

once again i have not read every post....so this mayy have been covered as well....sorry for any redundancy.

Thanks

the entry has to be a wonderous item, but can it be evil in nature?

I apologize if this has already been covered.

Thanks

What if your item requires a chart?

Example: Bag of Tricks

Are there any rules for that or does it just have to meet the 300 word minimum?

Thanks

I have a couple of questions about Round 1...

1. Does the item cost matter? and consequently the relative power based on the item's cost?

2. Is there any advice on class-specific items or should I keep it more universal?

thanks

I will be submitting for the first time....just something i have seen over the past couple of years and thought that I would take a stab at it.

My Question:

Does it matter at what level the adventure is designed?

Do the judges prefer low, mid or high-powered adventures? or...

Is it based solely on the imagination, content and playability of the adventure?

Thanks....

Does anyone have a list of Wizard or (Magic-user) Guilds in the city of Sasserine?

Howdy all....

I have a general question about Damage Reduction (DR) and though I have been playing D&D for many years...i am fairly new to D&D 3.5 and DR.

The Gargoyle Quotoctoa has two seperate DR values...one is of course innate (DR 10/magic) and the other is a function of his crown (DR 5/Adamantine).

I have read the DR rules in the DM's guide and i have to say that I found it under-explained. The way i understand it is that DR is basically used againt all normal or natural non-magical attacks and that magic can overcome any DR...so long as it meets any special circumstance refered to after the slash.... the only thing I am having a problem understanding is ...if magic does overcome all DR...then why put "magic" after the slash? Wouldn't that be considered common knowledge and redundent? I feel that I do not have a handle on the true workings of DR....can someone please help me to understand it completely?

Example:
If Quotoctoa has 2 DR values as stated above...and was being attacked by a PC with a MW Greataxe...in this case would Qoutoctoa reduce all damage sustained by 15? and if a PC had a +1 magic Greataxe would the magic negate the DR10, but still have damage reduced by 5 due to his 2nd DR?

Thanks for any help anyone can give.