Quick preview of R4 Encounter design challenge


RPG Superstar™ General Discussion

Designer, RPG Superstar Judge

1. Your encounter must use one (and only one) kind of monster from Round 3 (it can be more than one monster of that kind, such as 3 graytooth deathslicers, but not "1 graytooth deathslicer and 1 thunderfoot brinewallower").

2. The R3 monster you choose must be someone else's monster.

3. You can use other monsters (from Bestiary, Bestiary 2, and Bestiary 3) in your encounter.

4. Your encounter must include a trap.

Get crackin'!

R3 monsters revealed Tuesday!

Liberty's Edge Contributor , Star Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 9

Cool!

Are you also opening up the encounters for playtest?

RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka motteditor

I like that. I was really surprised last year when the twist wasn't that we had to use the previous round's monsters. (I bet there would've been a ton of pyreblooms and gorgeworts.)

I assume they'll be open for playtests again, considering voting doesn't open right away after the reveal.

Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6 aka Albanus

Oooooh! I like it!

Shadow Lodge RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka DLandonCole

Very interesting... do haunts count as traps?

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7 aka primemover003

Ooo, my thinking cap is on now! Traps eh? Devious.

--Falling Vrock trap

Designer, RPG Superstar Judge

The schedule accounts for a week between "entries revealed" and "voting begins," so yes, there is a playtest phase.

Haunts are not traps. Traps are traps. :)

Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Dedicated Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka Steven T. Helt

Dude..I love traps. Traps on the fly are an invaluable skill in the Iron GM competition.

Star Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9

Nice! looking forward to the monster for two reasons now :)

Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 9

That's going to be a really interesting and challenging round - using traps intelligently in an encounter is tough. Good luck!

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