[Kobold Quarterly] The Relics of Power Contest!

[Kobold Quarterly News Minion]

Sometimes you need a little help fighting monsters, especially when one or more have completely wiped out your stalwart band of adventurers—several times. Kobolds, of course, recognize the necessity for adding a little firepower to the group when that sort of thing happens.

To assist all those hapless, soon-to-be-dead-meat adventurers out there, Kobold Quarterly is starting a new contest, the Relics of Power contest! This time around our focus is on artifacts. We want you, our fans, to design some amazingly useful and interesting artifacts that adventurers can use to vanquish all those nasty villains and powerful monsters that keep pestering them. Each artifact will be evaluated by a panel of industry professionals and by the fans. And, yes, fame and prizes play a part in this.

So, what do you need to do? First, read all the stuff below, then start designing!

Here’s how it works: To enter this contest, your artifact submission MUST…

• Be sent to the Relics of Power Contest—that is, to relicsofpower(at)koboldquarterly(dot)com—no later than June 30, 2011, by noon PST. (That’s a little less than two weeks from now!)
  
• Be submitted as a doc, docx, or rtf attachment.
  
• Read Relics of Power Submission [insert artifact name] in the email’s subject line. Your full name and contact information should be in the body of the email (not in your attachment).
  
• Be designed for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game/3rd Edition D&D, 4th Edition D&D, or the AGE system.
  
• Be 800 words or less, follow the format used for artifacts in each system, and have the appropriate flavor text and lore to flesh out your creation.
  

Who's judging?
Wolfgang Baur (KQ, Dungeon, Dragon, Planescape...you know this guy),
Jeff Grubb (Midgard, Al-Qadim, all-around-RPG-legend), and ...
Christopher Bodan (Kobold Quarterly, Privateer Press, Zombie Skies, and Soda Pop Miniatures.)

Minor and major artifacts are welcome! And they don’t necessarily have to be completely combat-oriented—have fun with them. Find all the extra details and other rules here, at Koboldquarterly.com.

-The Kobold Quarterly News Minion.
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-Small but Fierce.

[Wolfgang Baur]

Last day to enter this contest! Write up an artifact by midnight and you could win publication and some cool prizes.

[Marc Radle]

Man, I'd love to enter this, if only I had the extra free time (stoopid freelance jobs! :)

[Erik Freund]

I just noticed this, and I want in. The official rules here and on the website say "noon", yet your post above says "midnight." Which is accurate? Also, what timezone is midnight?

I know my chances are slim with only having several hours to dev, but man, I want in!!

[Marc Radle]

Erik Freund wrote:

I just noticed this, and I want in. The official rules here and on the website say "noon", yet your post above says "midnight." Which is accurate? Also, what timezone is midnight?

I know my chances are slim with only having several hours to dev, but man, I want in!!

The great and powerful kobold mines are on the west coast, so if I had to guess, I would think it would be west coast time ...

[Wolfgang Baur]

My mistake, so I'd be willing to take an entry late. And yes, Kobold time is Pacific time.

[weirmonken]

Erik Freund wrote:

I just noticed this, and I want in. The official rules here and on the website say "noon", yet your post above says "midnight." Which is accurate? Also, what timezone is midnight?

I know my chances are slim with only having several hours to dev, but man, I want in!!

I feel your pain, Erik. I saw this on the final day, too, and immediately had an idea I was super-psyched about.

Good on you for rushing to meet that deadline. You're a better man than I.

For now, the "Crown of Wind and Waves" will only see development for my home campaign.

[Erik Freund]

What's sad is that within a few hours of submitting it, I realized a couple fundamental changes I could have made to take it from "pretty cool" to "really awesome." *sigh* If only I had been paying more attention and had more time.

Still, devving on a deadline was quite a rush. I enjoyed the experience nonetheless!

I'll see you next contest, Weirmonken!

[weirmonken]

Erik Freund wrote:

What's sad is that within a few hours of submitting it, I realized a couple fundamental changes I could have made to take it from "pretty cool" to "really awesome." *sigh* If only I had been paying more attention and had more time.

Still, devving on a deadline was quite a rush. I enjoyed the experience nonetheless!

I'll see you next contest, Weirmonken!

You better believe it, Erik!

I am completely jealous that you get Jeff Grubb to critique your item.

If you're really in the mood to develop, though, why not get involved in the new Open Design project, Dark Roads and Golden Hells as a patron? We've just started and, based on what I've seen of your work from the RPG Superstar contest, I suspect this will be right up your alley.

Otherwise, good luck in the contest!

[jocundthejolly]

Any news on this? Looking forward to seeing the finalists.

[Wolfgang Baur]

Yes, the judges have made their decisions on the nominees, and we should see those entries posted on the KQ blog later this week!

[xellos]

And the relics are up... Voting started today. Very curious about what people think. ^_^

[xellos]

Well, today is the last day for voting in the Relics of Power contest. Check them out if you haven't had a chance. ^_^

[Marc Radle]

... and the last I checked, a 4E item was in tbe lead.

Just sayin' ;)

[xellos]

The winner was the Gordian Knot by Mario Podeschi, a PFRPG item. It was a close, last-day race with the 4E Izellia's Branch by David Adams. Congrats, all. ^_^