Just popping in a quick note. I have posted my first full Template Fu review on Andrew's entry.
Just thought I'd check everyone is happy with my format and depth before I continue when I get home from work.
If you think I have missed any aspects you would like to see covered, let me know, either here or via PM.
Just popping in a quick note. I have posted my first full Template Fu review on Andrew's entry.
Just thought I'd check everyone is happy with my format and depth before I continue when I get home from work.
If you think I have missed any aspects you would like to see covered, let me know, either here or via PM.
Very well-done review Anthony, if you have the stamina to do one of these for all top 32 then you seriously rock. I can't wait to see the review of mine!
Evening all. I'm Terry, I'm 28, and I hail from that land of everlasting rain they call the UK. I almost studied Chemistry at university, and then decided on English. I now help carry washing machines for a living.
I found D&D at university, and I've played 3.5 rules for seven years, on and off. I've watched this contest for a while but I've never entered till now, so making the top 32 from the get-go was... surprising, heh.
Congrats to the top 32. Jacob, I'm expecting a mind blowing monster from you :)
Well, I *was* feeling less stressed than last go-around, but not anymore, Orcus! Thanks for nothing! :)
Rob, wow! I thought I was ahead of the game, but I'm going to take a couple more days to fiddle with it.
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Well, I *was* feeling less stressed than last go-around, but not anymore, Orcus! Thanks for nothing! :)
Rob, wow! I thought I was ahead of the game, but I'm going to take a couple more days to fiddle with it.
Mine's in as well. Off to draw some maps and read through old encounters with the judge's commentary track turned on.
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First of all why are you all posting here and not obsessively pouring over your next round submissions? *glower!*
;)
Really looking forward to what you all continue to show this year!
Do we have anyone from NC this year? Or did the past several years spoil us? Because if there aren't any Tarheels this year, I suppose I'll have to mentally wish the best of luck to either the clique of biology grads and/or the folks from NJ (originally from north Jersey myself).
I am from the Raleigh area .. Garner Actually but all my PFS games are done in Raleigh. I don't say go Tarheels though .. I say go Wolfpack! ... but if you aren't from here you might not know the difference and if i say go State! It probably means something different to each of you.
i would also like to say best of luck to all of you in the top 32! I can't believe I made it! So glad to be here among such great writers!
I cut my teeth on Bargle, carrion crawlers and harpies in the Red box and was hooked.
Aw, man. I remember that so well. I was 9 years old or similar and me and my friends tried that adventure so many times. The first fight was so hard! The Carrion Crawler TPKed almost every party we put at it. We only managed to defeat it using the Elf and his sleep spell.
And the Harpy's are behind a locked door that only opens once you are 2nd level. We talk about the glory days and the realism of old school gaming but can you imagine a level-locked door in a modern module. You would be laughed at.
Bargle became an recurring villain for us, and then we went to the Isle of the Dread and then... wait, I should stop now. I'll update my profile instead. You've given me some inspiration, Sir.
OK, Hello All!
My name's not Evil Paul. In fact, it's not even Paul. That's just an alias I created based on an old "campaign" in the 90s where I played a deranged lich adventurer with a squad of skeletal knights at his bidding. Very silly.
No, my name's Iain and I've been gaming since I was a kid. It started with Heroquest and Talisman, and then the D&D Red through Silver boxes and then one thing led to another and before I know it I'm running the UK Living City campaign and spending most of my free time writing and editing modules and going to cons. I've also written mods for Living Greyhawk and (pre- When Things Got Organised, aka pre- 3rd Edition), for 2nd Ed and Star Wars con games. Nothing published though.
I actually played 4th Edition for a while (boo-hiss), which is good in it's own way, but I was drawn back into the fold by the Pathfinder Adventure paths, which I honestly think are the best series of modules written for any system, EVER. Yes, caps.
Things have calmed down for me, and I mainly play home games now. I also play a lot of board games and card games. Can I plug Netrunner on a Pathfinder Site? Oh, well, too late. It's great.
When not rolling dice, trading wheat for sheep, or flopping cards I live near London with my lovely wife and equally lovely but monkeyish 18 month old daughter. Both are avid gamers, but in the latter's case the games tend to involve hiding behind the curtain before peering out and shouting "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Both have a obsession with shoes.
Later,
-Iain
Not just a brotherhood of NC competitors. It's a brotherhood of NC winners. We're all about winning here. Right, Mike? ;-D
But all joking aside, NC competitors have had an amazing track record in RPG Superstar. One year, three of the Top 4 were from NC, and there have been other NC folks in prior competitions, as well. Meanwhile, I've got a growing brood of younglings I'll be putting through their paces for someday taking their shot at the competition, too. My two oldest girls are already familiar with the Pathfinder Beginner's Box and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. So, they're coming along just fine.
Monster submitted. I could only go over it so many times before my eyes started to cross. Now time to cross my fingers instead.
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Not just a brotherhood of NC competitors. It's a brotherhood of NC winners. We're all about winning here. Right, Mike? ;-D
But all joking aside, NC competitors have had an amazing track record in RPG Superstar. One year, three of the Top 4 were from NC, and there have been other NC folks in prior competitions, as well. Meanwhile, I've got a growing brood of younglings I'll be putting through their paces for someday taking their shot at the competition, too. My two oldest girls are already familiar with the Pathfinder Beginner's Box and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. So, they're coming along just fine.
Absolutely right, Neil. :)
My daughter will be running her first PFS scenarios this weekend at a local game gathering, and I imagine she will be jumping into the competition soon (school and theater currently take up most of her time during this part of the year, though).
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Excellent. Our plan for dominating future generations of the game industry is coming together nicely. :-)
Careful soon there may be a Neil Spicer Hive Mind...we will all be assimilated into extraordinary Adventure Paths force to find Super Star magic items in every treasure horde, and fight well designed NC monsters and villains. Actually that doesn't sound all that bad...where's the cool-aid?
We are all Spicer.
There's just something about North Carolina that makes people want to retreat into a fantasy land...
I kid.
Welcome, Top 32! It's nice to see so many veterans from the trenches in years previous, as well as the bevy of first timers.
I'm gonna have to agree with Steve. We're keeping it in OK this year.
I had done some brain storming, and had a couple of concepts. After narrowing it down, I'm almost done. Need to make it pop, but still be clean and polished.
Is it bad that I'm seriously nervous? I'm usually super low-key, but now I'm all goobed up. Anxious, excited and scared all rolled into a bundle of nerves.
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The nerves are normal...Just wait until the moments before the next reveal.
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Then the moments after are no picnic either but that's entirely different.
I can't seem to find the torcs, must be all these shadows.
Well, I *was* feeling less stressed than last go-around, but not anymore, Orcus! Thanks for nothing! :)
Rob, wow! I thought I was ahead of the game, but I'm going to take a couple more days to fiddle with it.
Hahaha, any time Jacob :)
I'm just waiting on some feedback, then (hopefully) it just needs a final round of polishing.
I should do better in the monster round this year, because now I have a secret weapon: a girlfriend to help me stuff the ballot box!
Wow, either I'm turning into a mini Neil or I am going much more in-depth on my reviews this year, they are monsters! :D
Another one just posted, completing the 3 Andrews.
Next up, the Brian block ;)
To all contestants who have submitted their beastie, I too have a beastie I am willing to share via PM, so PM me if you want to see what might have been ;)
Joseph, that didn't work for me two years ago. I think it just means my critter got two votes instead of one. :)
*sigh* I knew I should've done laundry before Tuesday, just in case. Made some time to do it today and my washer stopped working! :(
I guess I've got a little more motivation to win now, since I've got repairs to pay for. :)
Alright then, the game is afoot. I submitted my monster, so best of luck to all!!!
Is round 2 anonymous? Meaning when they are posted, I know we're not to comment on ours, and I intend to not comment on any while voting is happening, but is it a blind vote again?
It's not anonymous, because the judges want to be able to look at your future entries in the context of what you've done before, since they are looking for superstar designers, not just superstar items and monsters.
I've come up with three creatures so far and they're all terrible. I mean, I could enter them and be ok, but none of them seem to me like they will be winning entries.
I came up with a cool evocative name for one and Googled it to find out it was a racial slur.
I plan on having a finished creature by midnight EST and to post it early tomorrow (after sleeping on it before I hit send).
So...maybe I'll enter on of the beasties I've come up with or maybe I'll have something completely new...I can't wait to find out.
I came up with a cool evocative name for one and Googled it to find out it was a racial slur.
Eeep! Good thing you caught that!
Hey all! Best of luck to you in the monster round! I submitted mine yesterday after cooking it up on Tuesday and sleeping on it. I have a handful of concerns about it, which are compounded by the wait, but I think its concept is pretty solid. Here's hoping the judges and voters enjoy it!
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GOOGLE everything....I once found out the cool name of an item was also the name of a Space Ship in a popular sic-fi series that I don't follow. However, I bet many others do, and that would have evoked the wrong image for the item.
This is also my first foray into actual monster design, so I looked at a lot of prior Paizo monsters of the same CR to use as models. Hopefully that doesn't hurt me.
Looking back, I should probably introduce myself now too! I'm a graduate student in music education in Storrs, CT, with a specialization in traditional Irish music. I'm a presently home with the flu, but hopefully my fever will break this weekend and I can start working with the chilluns again soon. Although I haven't attended any Paizo conferences, I love the company and its products; it's the only game system I consistently play with my own groups.
Congratulations once again to the other contestants, I'm thrilled to be in the company of such creative minds! Looking forward to the next round!
Well, "easiest" is a matter of opinion. This is the first round that your work will be publicly dissected. It's a lot of pressure to keep quiet if you're misinterpreted or misrepresented by the judges or the voting public. We've had some great competitors over the years get DQed because they couldn't keep it bottled up.
I googled my monster name, and saw to my horror that it was the name of a League of Legends character. Then I looked closer, and saw that it was just a post in their "fan creations" forum. Crisis averted!
So right now, the pressure is off!
Except now you are being judged on the body of your work. Sure you might get enough votes to be in the top half of the first elimination round, but if your beastie doesn't have some mojo or show off your understanding of the rules it will hurt you in the later rounds.