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Many thanks to everyone who has swung by and posted here. The competition for this round is pretty amazing, and I greatly appreciate people taking the time! "advice for the future Practice" Really ? and exactly how far has your strict Practice schedule gotten you in one of these competitions? ever make it pass the first round ? such arrogance.
yup, I'm kind of a big deal . . . in Brazil.
Randy has got my vote this round and every round so far (holy crap, have I become a super fan?) What I'm voting for is who I think is the best overall writer and so far that's Randy hands down. The 2 elements I liked most about this lair were: 1. The creepy slaves. The twisted broken hands (like a Rakasha's backwards hands) was a great touch. these slaves don't really do any work, they exist only to be food and to act as walking healing potions for the vampires. 2. The demons who are munching on a slave while other slaves sat nearby and watch. For some reason I found that very freaky scene (in a good way) I wish that the villain stat blocks had been posted with this round it would have been easier to see what each contestant was trying for. it was a pain to jump back and forth.
I voted for Randy Dorman. This round was great and all of the other rounds were great too. At this point in the contest how do you not vote for the entire body of work? I hope Randy makes it! I really really want to know what he can do with his own creation. Hecateus done by the guy who created him would be awesome!
how wild would it be if all 8 chose the same villan ? that would be an apples to apples comparison!
Hecataeus
I like this villain--you don't have to boil babies or "want to destroy all life as we know it" (tm) to be a bad guy. He has 1) believable motivation, 2) blindness to what makes him a villain, and 3) the ability to logically be a recurring threat (how many times have you rolled your eyes wondering why the villain left the hero in a death trap instead of just shooting him? That's not an issue here). A DM should be the best roleplayer at the table, and this guy just begs to be played with relish! Exactly!
Randy Dorman - Hecataeus, Master of Constructs
Hecataeus may dress as a cliché but as a villain concept he most certainly is not cliché. To me the cliché villain is the warrior in black armor and skull helmet or the lich king with an army of zombies. Neat Ideas but I've seen it a million times. The author took a chance and hit a home run. Everyone is getting caught up with how he dresses and his lack of murderous intent. How many social misfits do you know that dress really cool? Of course he dresses like a dork he has no social skills! He thinks everyone else is too stupid to fathom his advanced fashion sense. Why should a villain have to kill an entire village for the party to hate him? Sure if a villain kills a bunch of NPC's you would go after him. But what if he disintegrates your favorite magic weapon, erased your spell books or polymorphed your Barbarian into a rabbit and kept him as a pet (sorry can't just resurrect him he's in a hutch)? Trust me you would spend Levels trying pull this guy apart. Hecataeus gets my vote!
Not to be a jerk, but it seems to me that if you broke the rules you should be out. The influence those posts had on voters can't be taken back. It's not fair to the people who did the right thing and kept quiet. The rules don't say "will be strongly warned" they say "will be disqualified".
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