I and several other Iron DM allstars have put together a grand player event in the spirit of the Iron DUngeon Master Event. The Iron DM allstars are all top five finishers in the tournament. By far these are the best darn collection of DMs this side of Monte Cook's table.
Called the Iron Player Championships, the event is designed to be an RPG tournament that breaks the mold of other RPG tournaments. The idea was to combine all the good stuff about the tournaments that we liked, and try to deminish all of the negative stuff. The tournament judges the entire array of player skills and not just one or the other. Players will be judged by no less than 3 DMs as well, testing their ability to adapt to change in styles.
We also wanted to deminish the time required and yet give everyone a feel that they completed an adventure in the end, not just 1/3 of one. A little bit longer than a normal game (7 hours which includes some timely breaks), players will venture into an ancient grove to prevent an dioablical hell cult's grand scheme. The adventure contains a good balanced amount of tactically challanging combat, brainteasing puzzles and multifaceted traps.
Players design their own character, a brief background and each table comes together to decide on the origin of their team. Because these are Iron calibar DMs, the adventure will be tweaked depending on your origin and team background. Players are judged by the DM on how they perform during certain tasks as well as how they contribute to the team overall. Each team will delve into three DMs' views of the world over their adventure.
The adventure is designed so that the PCs decisions impacts their experience in a non-linear fashion. Where as there is an "end goal" how you reach that goal will impact what that goal is and what happens during it. Every team also gets some type of closure on their adventure, so even the team that decided to wander around the grove all day, fighting Fey Devils would experience the end results of their actions.
The event has took off, selling out in the first week and we're in need of extraordinary DMs who are eager to be apart of an amazing event. The event is Thursday, April 14th, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Because of the unconventional module, we need DMs who can perform off the cuff and bring their own flavor, charisma and style to the event. Each table incorporates the personal DMs own flavor, giving the event a more natural non formualic feel.
If you're interested leave some contact info and we'll bring you into the process.
Nathan
"dreads"