Hello everyone. I have a few simple questions about submitting adventures to Dungeon and figured I would ask the experts (all of you). So...
I want to write an adventure using Malcanthet but complete unrelated to the Maure Castle Adventure Path. Since I don't have every issue of Dungeon (yet) I was wondering if Malcanthet has been used alot or if she is a relative newcomer to its pages? I don't want to do something that's been done a million times already.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I understand that Malcanthet was invented for the Maure Castle first installment in Dungeon. As such, she doesn't have much history at all in the game. However, she is also a mover and shaker behind the scenes in the Savage Tide AP, and as such there might well be, as yet unrevealed, plans for her in the immediate future.
She's also mentioned in the Fiendish Codex 1: hordes of the Abyss. You may want to check that book out as well.
I understand that Malcanthet was invented for the Maure Castle first installment in Dungeon. As such, she doesn't have much history at all in the game. However, she is also a mover and shaker behind the scenes in the Savage Tide AP, and as such there might well be, as yet unrevealed, plans for her in the immediate future.
So would it be silly to use her in an adventure? What I mean is, do you think the Powers That Be would think, "OH, not ANOTHER adventure with Malcanthet! No way!" or ... ?
Hades, first off, welcome to the neurotic and anxious mass of aspiring Dungeon writers. Writing adventures is a blast, but it is also frustrating if you don't have the patience and perserverence it takes. There is a lot of guessing and a lot of waiting involved.
I suggest reading through this thread to get a good feel for the whole process and getting the latest behind the curtain info from the Dungeon staff on what they are and are not looking for. Also, make very sure that you are familiar with the Dungeon Submission Guidelines, which you can download from this site along with the styles sheet and Standard Disclosure Form.
OK. Now, as for writing an adventure that is built around Malcanthet, I recommend you focus on a different villainess. She gets quite a bit of mention throughout the STAP and plays some key parts in the adventure path in later installments. If it's a good adventure, you should be able to replace her with someone of your own creation or another femme fatal.
Anyway, good luck!
Hades, first off, welcome to the neurotic and anxious mass of aspiring Dungeon writers. Writing adventures is a blast, but it is also frustrating if you don't have the patience and perserverence it takes. There is a lot of guessing and a lot of waiting involved.
I suggest reading through this thread to get a good feel for the whole process and getting the latest behind the curtain info from the Dungeon staff on what they are and are not looking for. Also, make very sure that you are familiar with the Dungeon Submission Guidelines, which you can download from this site along with the styles sheet and Standard Disclosure Form.
OK. Now, as for writing an adventure that is built around Malcanthet, I recommend you focus on a different villainess. She gets quite a bit of mention throughout the STAP and plays some key parts in the adventure path in later installments. If it's a good adventure, you should be able to replace her with someone of your own creation or another femme fatal.
Anyway, good luck!
Thanks for all the info - all of you! Something occurs to me...actually a few things occur to me...
There seem to be a lot of talented writers trying to get published in these two magazines. Are there other publications for people to submit Adventures? Are Dungeon and Dragon the only RPG/D&D magazines in the game? It just seems a little hopeless when I read over all the posts that talk about the endless waiting, the rejections, the anxiety. Its hard to believe that only two magazines exist where writers and gamers can submit material and try to get published.
There are quite a few d20 3rd party publishers out there to write for. Aside from Dungeon, I would say Goodman Games is the next best. In some ways even better. I believe ENWorld also does some publishing. There is also Green Ronin Publishing, Mongoose Publishing, and a whole slew of other publishers out there. I would suggest going to your local hobby store and take a look at the mix of gaming books and supplements they have and jot down the publishers' names or websites and look into them.
The cool thing about writing is that you can always shop your ideas around. Just cuz one publisher turns you down, another may find that it is exactly what they've been looking for. You just never know.
Wow. That's awesome. Thanks man!
Wow. That's awesome. Thanks man!
Your quite welcome, Hades. Good luck with your writing!