Oh dear, I have a cold that has gone to my chest.
So my wife can sleep, I have decided to battle through and try to catch some sleep downstairs.
The cough is winning, so it looks like a long night of voting ahead.
That really sucks. I'm just getting over a chest cold and my cousin—who is one of my gaming group—is just recovering from pneumonia! So take care of yourself man!
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I can see that I don't have to tell you to use this as an excuse to vote. ;)
Hmm here's an interesting--SQUIRREL!!!
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Infravision is so 2nd edition. All the cool kids have darkvision now.
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I've read the repeated posts to this effect, and I have to say I don't really get it. Maybe it's just me, but passive voice just doesn't bother me. Sounds fine. I typically try to avoid it anyway because I know it bothers people, but I've never really understood the rancor it provokes. I guess I'm just weird...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.
MeIn scientific and technical writing people are supposed to use the passive voice. If you read/write a lot of this material, you get used to it.
For magic items and fiction and such, an active voice is probably better. "Uttering the wondrous whatchamagigs command word and flipping it on its head reveals its true power." Its just more dynamic.
That's why I bring it up and why you should really read items before being the contest. You'll know what's already out there and you will know what kind of writing style to use if you aren't deeply familiar with it. Also asking others to read your item and critique it is the best advice I could possibly give. :-)
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Oh dear, I have a cold that has gone to my chest.
So my wife can sleep, I have decided to battle through and try to catch some sleep downstairs.
The cough is winning, so it looks like a long night of voting ahead.
Get better man! And make it to Marathon Voter ;-)
Where does this "greater medium," "lesser," etc stuff come from? I've seen at least two, possibly three, wondrous items that include this kind of information in the statblock at some point, and I can't tell where the writers got that particular phrasing from. It's not from any edition of the game that I can think of.
Less ramblin more praise plzkthxbai.
It's better if it's not forced.
Ok, I think I'm taking a break till the cull. It's too much work, pre-cull.
When will the cull be?
When will the cull be?
Hasn't actually been announced, but since we only have two weeks of voting I'd guess by the end of the first full week at the latest. Possibly sooner depending on how many votes go in.
New item! Not bad either.
Like the mechanics, but don't like the backstory. Upvoting.
Misspelling in the title. Drink!
Why...with the rhyming...
You know what this round needed? More gloves.
Ugh. Not only have I seen spells-in-a-can, there are also some class features in a can, joke items, items beginning with an apology for bad writing, items beginning with the backstory of some NPC, and items designed specifically to counter one ability of a specific class. In fairness, I have also seen some truly cool items, which I would love to see in the Top 32.
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I thought I had given my item a very clever skill semi-prereq. While I haven't seen anything else that works like my item, I've now seen at least three other items that require that same skill.
Takeaway? There are *no* unique mechanics.
two items over 200k, wouldn't pay the sticker on either... and they are both helms
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I don't know if I'm just in a better mood or what, but most of the items I'm seeing tonight are decent, and several are quite impressive.
I'm wondering if there's been a mini-cull already, or if some of the items were eliminated by DQ. I've been seeing a lot fewer items with wrong formatting / repulsive natures as of late.
Or maybe I'm just getting lucky.
Another new item! Kind of interesting as well.
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An item based off of kindergarten schoolyard insult fights.
...and I upvoted it.
Mithral seems more bourgeoisie to me, but whatever.
Damn free association. Every time I see that item, the first thing that comes to mind is the Pixie's Kitten in Sandpoint.
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Damn free association. Every time I see that item, the first thing that comes to mind is the Pixie's Kitten in Sandpoint.
Ah yes, my mother's place of employment in our Jade Regent campaign.
Well, that item made me think of Blue's Clues.
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No, no, no, no! Why did you turn it into a magic weapon at the end?! It was good the way it was! Also, did you factor that into the cost of the item, or is the person buying a wondrous item and getting a magic weapon at no extra cost?
No, no, no, no! Why did you turn it into a magic weapon at the end?! It was good the way it was! Also, did you factor that into the cost of the item, or is the person buying a wondrous item and getting a magic weapon at no extra cost?
If that's the item I think it is, it's a really, really crappy weapon. Like, really bad. The classes likely to buy it also have a 1/2 BAB. I upvote it anyway.