Exit Poll - Round 2

[Maurice de Mare]

Someone has to create the exit poll thread and this year it appears I will start the one for round 2.

After some deliberation I have selected the following contestants for advancement:

Brian Duckwitz — Agoravore
Brian Fruzen — Emberling
Jacob W. Michaels — Guttersnipe
Kalervo Oikarinen — Dusk Serpent
Kenneth Elliott — Grymp
Mike Kimmel — Chimney Troll
Mikko Kallio — Immured
Sam Harris — Face in the Crowd

Sam Harris is my wildcard, his monster was the first I read and although not perfect it is sticking around in my mind, gaining traction and that is something.

Note:
There is always someone tabulating the votes, please be that someone ;>

[Andrew Black]

There are six I like because I liked both their Wondrous Item and their Monster.
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Andrew Marlowe -- Scourge Vial, Kaliswyrm
Emmanuel Green -- Crest of the Fallen, Nafligo
Jacob W. Michaels -- Poltergeist Knot, Guttersnipe
James Casey -- Gossiper's Gourd, Filth Dragon
Mikkio Kallio -- Deck of Falling Houses, Immured
Tyler Beck -- Deck of the Hellwasp's Sting, Selachipoda

Still debating where I might put the other votes.

[Pedro Coelho]

There you go.

Exit Poll Spreadsheet

[Maurice de Mare]

Pedro Coelho Mendes Bueno Barbosa wrote:

There you go.

Exit Poll Spreadsheet

Thanks Pedro, you are that someone!

[Garrett Guillotte]

Brian Fruzen — Emberling
Christopher Wasko — Timberjiff
Jacob W. Michaels — Guttersnipe
Mikael Sebag — Miscaster
Mikko Kallio — Immured
Rich Malena — Bogle
Tyler Beck — Selachipoda
Victoria Jaczko — Chwal

[Scott Fernandez]

Andrew Umphrey – Mugrog Gremlin
Christopher Wasko – Timberjiff
Emmanuel Greene – Nafligo
Mark Nordheim – Portrait Phantom
Mikael Sebag – Miscaster
Mike Kimmel – Chimney Troll Best monster of the round IMO.
Tyler Beck – Salachipoda
Victoria Jaczko – Chwal

--Monsters of Vrock

[Monica Marlowe]

I voted for Kaliswyrm and Guttersnipe.

[Feros]

mamaursula wrote:

I voted for Kaliswyrm and Guttersnipe.

Gee, why Kaliswyrm I wonder, I wonder? ;P

The 8 have chosen to support are:

Andrew Marlowe — Kaliswyrm
Christopher Wasko — Timberjiff
Emmanuel Greene — Nafligo
Jacob W. Michaels — Guttersnipe
Mike Kimmel — Chimney Troll
Rich Malena — Bogle
Robert Brookes — Disir
Victoria Jaczko — Chwal

I tend to vote for concept, then linked to Golarion, then stats, and finally quality of writing overall. Sometimes one aspect is strong enough to overwhelm a decided lack of other criteria, but not usually.

All of these have strong concepts and some have decent ties to Golarion. That was my one disappointment with a rather good group of monsters: most had either a small reference to Golarion without a real tie or had no reference whatsoever.

[Monica Marlowe]

There are others I like and I may add to my vote, but my other favorites are also doing well on their own. Now I return you to your regularlyy scheduled exit polling.

[Mark Griffin]

I voted for

Guttersnipe
Immured
Chimney Troll
Filth Dragon
Grymp
Kaliswyrm
Selachipoda
Miscaster

and that's pretty much the order from most favorite to least favorite (but still favorite!)

[Steve Miller]

Cypherplasm
Guttersnipe
Grymp
Miscaster
Chimney Troll

[Haakon Sullivan]

Waterway Mistress
Timberjiff
Filth Dragon
Shattered Dryad
Portrait Phantom
Chimney Troll
Nightflower
Chwal

[French Wolf]

Chimney Troll
Filth Dragon
Dusk Serpent
Immured
Shattered Dragon
Portrait Phantom
Guttersnipe
Nafligo

And that's the order I favoured. The top three stood out for me.

[Steven Helt]

Thus far, my six votes are:

kaliswyrm
agoravore
guttersnipe
chimney troll
steel miser
chwal

[Fern Herold]

Chimney Troll
Emberling
Timberjiff
Guttersnipe
Grymp
Selachipodia
Immured
Agoravore

[Lightminder]

they are all better than anything i drafted for practice, but here is my exit poll

Brian Lefebvre — Waterway Mistress
Brian Duckwitz — Agoravore
Calder Rooney — Ammut, Bearer of Hearts
Christopher Wasko — Timberjiff
Iain Reid — Living Drug, Shiver
James Casey — Filth Dragon
Kenneth Elliott — Grymp
Sam Harris — Face in the Crowd

looks like timberjiff is a common choice

[Curaigh]

I still have comments to make, but I finally finished reading all the entries. I have to say I am impressed with the overall quality, much like the items the R2 bar is way higher than in the past. Congrats to all, but since I can only vote for eight...

Immured
Guttersnipe
Portrait phantom
Shattered Dryad
Selachipoda
Kaliswyrm
Grimp
Chimney troll

These were my YES's one is a YES-
Good luck everyone.

[Sean McGowan]

This was super-tough. Good entries just kept piling up as I kept viewing. But I've only got eight votes to give, so here's how it went:

Andrew Marlowe — Kaliswyrm
Jacob Michaels — Guttersnipe
James Casey — Filth Dragon
Mike Kimmel — Chimney Troll
Mikko Kallio — Immured
Rich Malena — Bogle
Sam Harris — Face in the Crowd
Tyler Beck — Selachipoda

Best of luck to everyone!

[Pedro Coelho]

Christopher Wasko — Timberjiff
Emmanuel Greene — Nafligo
Jacob W. Michaels — Guttersnipe
Joseph Kellogg — Shattered Dryad
Kalervo Oikarinen — Dusk Serpent
Mike Kimmel — Chimney Troll
Mikko Kallio — Immured
Tyler Beck — Selachipoda

I'm keeping the spreadsheet updated.

[Tom Phillips]

Votes cast:

mugrog gremlin
cypherplasm
timbergiff
nafligo
guttersnipe
chimney troll
immured
chwal

Good luck, everyone!

[Maurice de Mare]

Pedro Coelho Mendes Bueno Barbosa wrote:

I'm keeping the spreadsheet updated.

Thanks again!

I think there are three clear favorites, but the battle for the remaining 13 places is pretty much in contention.

[verdigris]

Guttersnipe
Chimney Troll
Immured
Chwal
Kaliswyrm
Nafligo
Waterway Mistress
Living Drug, Shiver

[frank gori]

Scott Fernandez wrote:

Mike Kimmel – Chimney Troll Best monster of the round IMO.

--Monsters of Vrock

Seconded

[Zesdead]

Chimney Troll was a clear winner for me also...surprised to see so little love for the Living Drug, I thought it was a great entry for the Urban brief, and so readily expandable as a concept for other Golarion drugs.

[Mike Welham]

I wish I had 16 votes. It would have made things much easier. :)

I ended up voting for the chimney troll, cypherplasm, filth dragon, guttersnipe, immured, portrait phantom, selachipoda, and shattered dryad.

[Mikko Kallio]

So now I can breathe again? Wheeeeeeeeeew.. gasp gasp. Wow, thanks for all the support, votes and input! Once I'm finished with my r3 entry, I'll try to find the time to write a lengthy post in my monster's thread that explains some of my design choices and summarizes what I learned this round!

Thanks again!

[Mike Kimmel]

GM_Solspiral wrote:

Scott Fernandez wrote:

Mike Kimmel – Chimney Troll Best monster of the round IMO.

--Monsters of Vrock

Seconded

Aww, shucks. :)

Thanks so much, everyone, for your support!

[Jacob W. Michaels]

As Mikko and Mike said, thanks. Obviously I appreciate all the support so much!

[Andrew Marlowe]

Yes as has been said before me, Thank you.

[Victoria Jaczko]

I'm very grateful for all the feedback and support I've received and it's been hard keeping my mouth shut. You have my thanks and know that I will be going back to my monster thread and discussing my choices and what I'd do different once I am able.

Best of luck to my fellow contestants who are, frankly, remarkable. I am amazed and thankful to be among them. :)

[James Casey]

While I am extremely grateful for all of the comments and critique, I am mostly flattered that some of you thought enough of my dragon to cast your vote for him! Thank all so much!

[Christopher Wasko]

I share all the aforementioned sentiments, and am very grateful to everyone for your critiques and support!

[Kalervo Oikarinen]

Thank you for the votes and critiques. Whatever the result may be, many valuable lessons have been learned.

This poll reminds me of last year when Lonesome Rider was hanging in there around the middle. :)

[Maurice de Mare]

Well good job people on the exit pole: The Disir was a dark horse we didn't see coming and the agoravore was only popular in the polls?

Shame about that one.

[Tripp Elliott]

Maurice de Mare wrote:

Well good job people on the exit pole: The Disir was a dark horse we didn't see coming and the agoravore was only popular in the polls?

Shame about that one.

All in all though, your poll did a respectable job of picking the top 16. SKR did say there is often some jockeying for position along the threshold, so that may be reflected in the results.