Voters' Incessant Ramble

[Kamai]

I've seen you several times now, and I think I still don't understand your brilliant idea.

[Antariuk]

Saw my item for the 5th time, and luckily not paired with any one of my favorites!

[Steven Helt]

Just saw an item that appears soaked in magic.

That's what I like to do after a hard day of insurance sales. I run a hot magic bath and just soak in it.

It smells like mango.

[IcedMik]

Steven Helt wrote:

Just saw an item that appears soaked in magic.

That's what I like to do after a hard day of insurance sales. I run a hot magic bath and just soak in it.

It smells like mango.

Luckily there's a magic towel to dry yourself afterwards.

[He'sDeadJim]

Amy Gillespie wrote:

He'sDeadJim wrote:

AGGGHhhhh!!

Still haven't come accros my item!

2 Days of constant voting!!!

NADA.

*Deep Breath*

I'm ok...just keep voting...keep voting...

P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way ...

Hey...I resemble that remark!

[Sir William]

Thanks... person who said something nice about my item! A curse on the person that said something less positive (specifically for being correct).

[IcedMik]

Sir William wrote:

Thanks... person who said something nice about my item! A curse on the person that said something less positive (specifically for being correct).

You're lucky. I've only had the latter one (including the part about being correct)

[Antariuk]

I will continue to stare at you, asian fan item, until I figure out why I'm having a déjà-vu.

[Matt Morris]

Seems like a lot of Perform (X) items, one of which I quite like.

[Jacob Trier]

Marriage item, check

[Sir William]

IcedMik wrote:

Sir William wrote:

Thanks... person who said something nice about my item! A curse on the person that said something less positive (specifically for being correct).

You're lucky. I've only had the latter one (including the part about being correct)

These are of course not for sure, good or bad, but I'm reasonable sure. There are about another 100+ negative comments and maybe a half-dozen positive that could be mine.

Don't be so sure that there aren't positive responses. People seem even more careful posting those comments. There are not as many great items so it makes sense to use caution (not to break the rules about specifics). There are plenty of items I like that I can't say anything about (or someone else might hate). Even the judges disagree about items (or so it seemed in previous years from reading the threads).

[Jeff Lee]

*wipes tears away and holds aching side*

Okay...rainbow poop, check.

This has got to be an item SKR snuck in here, right?

Whoo...gotta catch my breath.

[Monica Marlowe]

To quote my favorite game "Gimme the Brain": "Look, a monkey!"

[Antariuk]

Your item does what? And then this? That is... supercool. Whoever you are, unknown author, I klicked the button three times, just for moral support. But I have to tell you, I immediately though this:

*Redlettermedia voice* "What is wrong with your faaaaace?"

[James Raine]

Starting to worry: 30 pages of this thread and the praise thread, and I haven't seen a comment on either that I could reasonably apply specifically to my item. :/

[Jeff Lee]

TORC!!! DRINK!!!

[Erick Wilson]

Bayleron wrote:

Erick Wilson wrote:

Apple of Alliterative Avoidance

Aura faint enchantment; CL 5th
Slot none; Price 3,500 gp; Weight -
Description
This amazing apple shows its affects after being administered to an affably willing or alternately an argumentative but helpless subject. After that, the creature finds itself averse to alliteration for all time (Will DC 16 negates) when creating all of its Superstar submission sundries, thereby actually acting antithetically to its anterior activities.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, creator must have nearly been driven mad by achieving at least star voter status during an RPG superstar contest, forbid action; Cost 1,750 gp

Heh, I think a little alliteration goes a long way and I never down vote just for that, but when they start to make up words or just force it which is generally obvious then I get annoyed.

lol, yeah I'm not saying never alliterate. It's just one of those things like attunement periods. Nothing wrong with it, but you just see it over and over again.

[Antariuk]

Your item costs several thousand gp to make and I also need a rodent? Infuriating! Who can meet prerequites like that? Madness! Where will it end?

[Jeff Lee]

Erick Wilson wrote:

Bayleron wrote:

Erick Wilson wrote:

Apple of Alliterative Avoidance

Aura faint enchantment; CL 5th
Slot none; Price 3,500 gp; Weight -
Description
This amazing apple shows its affects after being administered to an affably willing or alternately an argumentative but helpless subject. After that, the creature finds itself averse to alliteration for all time (Will DC 16 negates) when creating all of its Superstar submission sundries, thereby actually acting antithetically to its anterior activities.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, creator must have nearly been driven mad by achieving at least star voter status during an RPG superstar contest, forbid action; Cost 1,750 gp

Heh, I think a little alliteration goes a long way and I never down vote just for that, but when they start to make up words or just force it which is generally obvious then I get annoyed.

lol, yeah I'm not saying never alliterate. It's just one of those things like attunement periods. Nothing wrong with it, but you just see it over and over again.

The problem for me is when it sounds forced, like the writer either wanted to get everything with an "A" or "T" sound no matter what, or because they wanted alliteration and it had to have this one particular word as part of the name.

[Jeff Lee]

The rhyme scheme in your item will not save it from my scorn.

[Monica Marlowe]

Eric Morton wrote:

Twenty new pages in this thread since just this morning? O.O

Guess I won't be reading every single post after all.

Well, you can catch up while we wait for the monsters.

[Monica Marlowe]

RyanH wrote:

Marathon voter while capturing each item ... that's alot of work you folks are doing ...

Some of us have no lives. No, really. :-) They come up with the best stuff at the end though! I cannot wait to see the tally sheets and everything. Last year it was awesome and a little intimidating.

[Antariuk]

84 words vs. 92 words, and one item can be used to steal the other.

[Jeff Lee]

Hey! My first "This item is prized by..." item. I was expecting so many more. Maybe that's one lesson that sunk in.

[Sir William]

Jeff Lee wrote:

The rhyme scheme in your item will not save it from my scorn.

I expect that the creator will be somewhat forlorn.

[PathlessBeth]

Price: 94750
Cost: 2,375

??

[Monica Marlowe]

137ben wrote:

Price: 94750

Cost: 2,375

??

Inflation.

[Antariuk]

Do not mix beards with fire, just don't. I can't deny that the image is kinda awesome and worth playing out, but sweet Gorum no, go away from my beard!

[CA Lazerdwarf]

If I'm reading this right, it's "Locate Random Object". Maybe your GM will be nice to you...

[Jeff Lee]

Gross. And not very useful.

[Matt Morris]

One wonders what would happen if you walked into the average town wearing some of these items.

[Jeff Lee]

People would scream and run, I'd imagine. Constabulary might get involved.

In my campaign, I might have some of the people wearing blood-dripping items fined for littering and creating a public health hazard.

[Antariuk]

Sweets vs. confected feet? Yuck, those pictures in my mind...

[Jeff Lee]

Again, another item crippled by being too short. If that idea had been thought out more, it could have been really cool.

[Matt Morris]

Jeff Lee wrote:

People would scream and run, I'd imagine. Constabulary might get involved.

In my campaign, I might have some of the people wearing blood-dripping items fined for littering and creating a public health hazard.

And the cleaning bills!

[Monica Marlowe]

I know we discussed this last year and it will come up in the critique threads, but I can't wait that long - Please do not use the phrase (or any similar phrase to this) "The true power of the item is revealed when you..." Your items MUST be in an active voice and it really needs to be dynamic. This phrase is not dynamic. Please take this phrase out of your phrase vocabulary.

Thank you.
Me

[IcedMik]

mamaursula wrote:

I know we discussed this last year and it will come up in the critique threads, but I can't wait that long - Please do not use the phrase (or any similar phrase to this) "The true power of the item is revealed when you..." Your items MUST be in an active voice and it really needs to be dynamic. This phrase is not dynamic. Please take this phrase out of your phrase vocabulary.

Thank you.
Me

The item reveals its true power when you...

[Drejk]

Mike Welham wrote:

Jeff Lee wrote:

*blinks*

"X of Y" is a solid naming formula. Usually. This one I'm not buying though. Some words just don't go together, like if I made an item called the Ox of Gracefulness.

That's short for Oxymoron of Gracefulness, right?

Sorry, I wasn't listening... What moron?

Spoiler:

I am recalling a joke reaction to word oxymoron, not implying that authors of poorly designed items are ones.

[Feros]

mamaursula wrote:

I know we discussed this last year and it will come up in the critique threads, but I can't wait that long - Please do not use the phrase (or any similar phrase to this) "The true power of the item is revealed when you..." Your items MUST be in an active voice and it really needs to be dynamic. This phrase is not dynamic. Please take this phrase out of your phrase vocabulary.

Thank you.
Me

Mamaursula reveals her true powers of criticism when you read her posts in the critique thread after the Top 32 reveal. Until then she is a perfectly average poster.

>:)

Just popping in to be a smart@$$.

[Monica Marlowe]

Squirrels! Drink!

[Jeff Lee]

All the stompy, stompy boots...

[Jeff Lee]

Two new items at once! Woot!

[Jeff Lee]

And back to marbles and thieves...

[Nazard]

Cat lord vs cat lord!!

Cat fight!!!!!

[Drejk]

I think I saw that in Order Of The Stick...

Also, it's really an (quite interesting) encounter and challenge masquerading as wondrous item.

[Jürgen Hubert]

Magic items for fantasy RPGs are usually the wrong place to start with Technobabble.

[Drejk]

Name suggest completely different type of item than it is. I had to restart reading it because I got lost due to completely different expectations...

[Andrew Marlowe]

I'm voting for you because your item is clever,useful and mechanically pretty sound. Tip for next year however: Lose the backstory, it will cost you votes.

[Jeff Lee]

Monkeys vs. Rampant Alliteration: Go!

[Drejk]

And the competitor is really neat item with nice idea. Overpriced for its capabilities but showing that the author might have a great potential. I might even create a keep-file...