Shroomy, I took a gander at what we all posted originally as well. Our semi-finished series has very little elements of the ideas we bounced around back then. I will tell you this, though. It is definitely dark and has a lot of Cthulhu elements. Its kind of reminiscent in some ways to The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, IMO.
Sounds cool. I love dark, I love Cthulhu, and I love those two movies. This must be printed.
All of the important Paizo people, this adventure must be published!
All I can tell you people is that the amount of e-mail I'm sending and receiving from my 4 collaborators now that we've been given the green light to "send it in for evaluation" has increased by a factor of four.
I really don't know how we're managing to keep it all straightened out, but somehow it's working. I thought I was creative, imaginative and a good DM before this project. Matt, Steve, Tom and Ashavan have knocked me off my high chair, then picked me up and are rebuilding me like the "Six Million Dollar Man"....I'll come out of this project stronger, no matter what happens finally....but I gotta figure out a way to turn off the theme music in my head.
I just saw this!!! So awesome! It sucks that I was too busy to participate before. I eagerly await "round 2" so I can jump on the bandwagon. :-) Great job, guys!
-Amber S.
Medesha,
Due to a big move and other committments, I had to drop out of the project back in June. However, I requested to be copied on all of their e-mails, which they have graciously done.
I have to say, it's been truly amazing to watch this process take shape. These 5 guys are like hummingbirds in both their writing and their idea generation. Even the maps are exceedingly cool.
I still can't believe they were able to coordinate such an undertaking without ever meeting face to face. . . right now, they are still working through their ideas, and fine-tuning things based on Paizo's feedback. Right now, my "Adventure Collusion" inbox has over 200 e-mails in it so far, with much more to come.
Good luck Ashavan, Matt, Steve, Tom, and Stephan! Well done!!
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426 and still counting! That much eMails I received by now, not counting the ones I wrote to the others...
Sometimes it gets confusing about what to do now, and what the others think, but it works - somehow!
And yes - I would love to someday meet the others face to face... maybe one day!
And - I so hope it gets published and you guys out there like it!
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...I thought I was creative, imaginative and a good DM before this project. Matt, Steve, Tom and Ashavan have knocked me off my high chair, then picked me up and are rebuilding me like the "Six Million Dollar Man"....I'll come out of this project stronger, no matter what happens finally....but I gotta figure out a way to turn off the theme music in my head.
I thought I was creative, imaginative and a good DM before this project. Matt, Steve, Stefan and Ashavan have knocked me off my high chair, then picked me up and are rebuilding me like the "Six Million Dollar Man"....I'll come out of this project stronger, no matter what happens finally....but I gotta figure out a way to turn off the theme music in my head.
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...Due to a big move and other committments, I had to drop out of the project back in June. However, I requested to be copied on all of their e-mails, which they have graciously done. ...
But hey, without you, those little pests below our city would have no stat blocks! Thank you for those, because (especially those) where VERY HARD to make!
Yeah Tom...but since we're both German, our theme music has a disturbing tuba background...and it's a polka!!!
I just saw this!!! So awesome! It sucks that I was too busy to participate before. I eagerly await "round 2" so I can jump on the bandwagon.
Ditto. I'll be on a camping trip sponsored by the Department of Defense (I'm in the Army) until the end of October. When I get back, if there's still room, though...
I just saw this!!! So awesome! It sucks that I was too busy to participate before. I eagerly await "round 2" so I can jump on the bandwagon.Ditto. I'll be on a camping trip sponsored by the Department of Defense (I'm in the Army) until the end of October. When I get back, if there's still room, though...
Round 2? We haven't even gotten round one done yet. :)
GGG
Round 2? We haven't even gotten round one done yet.
I wanna be, I wanna be like G3.
The best thing about having 4 other people working with you on a project is that the editing and proof-reading ensures that the product you turn in is better than it might be from just one or two sets of brains.
It has certainly made me a much better DM, as I know so many more rules now. Our team has some really good strengths--Koldoon is excellent with grammar, Steve writes compelling encounters, Herr Dryder spots inconsistencies like a well made German laser (must have something to do with is job) and the Great Green God has a very good sense of the "overall story" and the "feeling and image" we're trying to portray (plus his own adventure for this 3 parter is just outstanding!!).
The Were-platypus even helped with some stat-blocks.
However, I don't know what the magic number of contributors is. I feel we might be at maximum saturation now, because I don't know if our e-mail inboxes can take much more punishment.
...at least we're not peddling ED products...
Part 2? If Part 1 doesn't make it to publication, I'd sure like to try part 2 of a collaborative project, but beyond that it's a toss-up for me. I'm finding out that writing adventures in a formal style, using strict rules about how they're written and composed is not really up my alley. However, I'm in all the way on this one.
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...Part 2? If Part 1 doesn't make it to publication, I'd sure like to try part 2 of a collaborative project...
HA! You said it!!! Beyond all the pain we gave you with rewriting this, or thinking about that again, and the time you needed to be "away from D&D" you're still... A GEEK!!!
Part two I will only start, if you are with me! But not after a short time off of sumbission work! Maybe an hour or so ;)Hail to all geeks!!!
Yeah Tom...but since we're both German, our theme music has a disturbing tuba background...and it's a polka!!!You could always switch the mental radio dial to Rammstein.
Du...Du hast...Du hast mich!
I always liked Ich Will from Rammstein. :-D
I always liked Ich Will from Rammstein. :-DYeah Tom...but since we're both German, our theme music has a disturbing tuba background...and it's a polka!!!You could always switch the mental radio dial to Rammstein.
Du...Du hast...Du hast mich!
Well, the whole lyrics are...Du hast mich gefragt und Ich hab nichts gesagt (you asked me and I didn't say anything)....and that never gets anything done when working on a collaborative project, now does it?
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Well, the whole lyrics are...Du hast mich gefragt und Ich hab nichts gesagt (you asked me and I didn't say anything)....and that never gets anything done when working on a collaborative project, now does it?
Yeah, I guess you're right. Sounds good in German, though.
When I'm writing, if I need a little bump to help develope my villians, I look to a little Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for inspiration. 'Red Right Hand', 'O'Malley's Bar', and some of his older stuff really help get the evil flowing.
I just came up with the idea of an adventure which is written by all those guys frequenting this board.
That means:- First we will decide which of the plot ideas posted will be OUR plot. (10 ideas might be enough to choose from)
- Thereafter, everybody is free, to post ideas, NPCs, items, encounters, stats, etc...
- Finally, someone (propably the guys who had the idea ;) starts putting things together, and starts drawing the maps.
- It will be send in to paizo via eMail, and as the authors, all the names of the contributers will be written.I don't know if this would work out, but if someone ist interested...
Any thoughts on this. Do you think this might work? What do the editors at paizo think about this.
Just thought it would be great to have an adventure from the Dungeon-Board in "our" magazine...
Well here it is nearly two years after Tom posted this on the site and it's mostly history now. If the curious reader where to travel back to the first few pages of post he might find all manner of chaotic brainstorming that went the only way it could - straight into the Far Realm. The Seeds of Sehan were born here and mind yourself that there are spoilers to be sure. But beyond that, this was the birthing spot for something greater than any near-mindless slimy green outer god. This was the point were the first proto-were-cabbages looked up from their newly sewn patch and said "Three-part arc? Yeah, we can do that."
But wait, there's more....
;)
GGG
Perhaps we should post the 1238 e-mails that I received and sent during the creation of Seeds of Sehan in this thread so that everyone could see how brilliant we really are? ;)
No?
Okay.....
Seriously, it's been a great experience. Paizo is a wonderful company and I was so lucky and blessed to hook up with Koldoon, Steve Greer, Great Green God and Dryder. I've only met Steve so far, but I consider him and the rest my friends anyway.
Thanks again, Paizo--and the 5 person writing (wrecking) crew. I'll never look at passive language passively again.
Even if I never publish anything else again, I'll remember this for the rest of my life and those three magazines will be passed down to my grandkids as the geeky legacy that grandpa left them.
Perhaps we should post the 1238 e-mails that I received and sent during the creation of Seeds of Sehan in this thread so that everyone could see how brilliant we really are? ;)
No?
Wow, and there's only been 7000+ posts in the messageboard we've had since last October?
;)
GGG
Interesting. I haven't had a chance to read through those adventures yet. I knew that they were written by several board-junkies, but I didn't realize that story arc got it's start on the boards. Now I'll have to move those closer to the top of the reading pile.