"Wonderous" Items vs. "Wondrous" Items

[Caelesti]

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

HerosBackpack wrote:

Because the template provided in the round one rules doesn't have commas in cost and price

BTW, that's because the ZZ in the wondrous item template isn't a number. If you were to put a number there (like for an item submission), you'd add the comma separators (which you can see is done in the Core Rulebook, and most American publications).

And I'm glad I caught myself on that, because I almost submitted with the wrong format (2 000 000 gp, for example, a ridiculous price so that it bears no relation to my actual submission), but spent about 10 minutes comparing mine to ones from previous Top 32 entries that had no comments on formatting errors. I unfortunately left all my Pathfinder books back at home aside from the GameMastery Guide when I came up to stay with my parents for Christmas, so I couldn't actually crack open the Core Rulebook to compare to those, or I would have.

[Tobias Mullen]

Caelesti wrote:

And I'm glad I caught myself on that, because I almost submitted with the wrong format (2 000 000 gp, for example, a ridiculous price so that it bears no relation to my actual submission), but spent about 10 minutes comparing mine to ones from previous Top 32 entries that had no comments on formatting errors. I unfortunately left all my Pathfinder books back at home aside from the GameMastery Guide when I came up to stay with my parents for Christmas, so I couldn't actually crack open the Core Rulebook to compare to those, or I would have.

Don't let not having the Core Rulebook on hand trip you up. If you have access to the internet, you have access to the Pathfinder rules.

I was browsing the Core wondrous items on a break at work and ran across an item that had mechanics that were very similar to the one I was building for this year.

Back to the drawing board. But, I probably would have missed it if the PRD wasn't so easily accessible.

[Caelesti]

Tobias Mullen wrote:

Don't let not having the Core Rulebook on hand trip you up. If you have access to the internet, you have access to the Pathfinder rules.

I was browsing the Core wondrous items on a break at work and ran across an item that had mechanics that were very similar to the one I was building for this year.

Back to the drawing board. But, I probably would have missed it if the PRD wasn't so easily accessible.

Oh, I certainly do use that for reference, but (for me at least) it's just not even in the same ballpark as how convenient it is when you've got the book open right in front of you. If I actually do make the cut (somehow), I'll be glad to have all my reference material on hand for the future rounds, since I'll have been back home for most of a month by then.

[Matthew Morris]

Caelesti wrote:

Oh, I certainly do use that for reference, but (for me at least) it's just not even in the same ballpark as how convenient it is when you've got the book open right in front of you. If I actually do make the cut (somehow), I'll be glad to have all my reference material on hand for the future rounds, since I'll have been back home for most of a month by then.

Just become a subscriber and get the PDFs too! ;-)

[Jacob Trier]

You could just use firefox and install the spell checking plug-in to alert you right in the "add new post" window. Works like a charm.

wondrous No red line

wonderous Red line

[Clark Peterson]

Caelesti wrote:

I unfortunately left all my Pathfinder books back at home aside from the GameMastery Guide when I came up to stay with my parents for Christmas, so I couldn't actually crack open the Core Rulebook to compare to those, or I would have.

I don't use the books. I use the PRD (link) or d20PFSRD (link)

If you have the internet, you have the rules and the books.

Seriously, as I sit reading items and typing responses I have many tabs open on my browser (chrome, naturally), one is the paizo message boards, one is the judges chambers forums, and one is the PRD and another is d20PFSRD. I dont have a single book open in front of me.

Clark

[Ziv Wities]

I'm actually taking a serious crack at re-formatting the PRD for my Kindle, because the PRD's great and I hate reading it in bulk off a screen.

I've made some brave attempts so far, but not there yet. A nice side-project while we wait for Round 1...

[LazarX]

Matthew Winn wrote:

AdamWarnock wrote:

When you think of Ultimate Badass of Evil, you see Darth Vader and hear his voice

Close, but no cigar. When you think Ultimate Badass of Evil, you hear an Iron Lung, THEN you hear his voice. For some reason, the lack of a background respirator is absolutely essential. No pathetic wheezing, no fear.

Which makes no sense, but a facts a fact. The thought of Darth Vader wheezing like a bronchial grandmother just before assassinating minions haunted my dreams for years growing up...

huuugh pssssh, huuugh psssh...

When it comes to Evil Gravitas, they're both topped by James Earl Jones in his take on the iconic Evil High Priest in Conan.