Drejk wrote: If they are explicitly wondrous items (I saw two of those) don't feel bad about reporting them - they failed to adhere to rules and will be disqualified anyway. Okay, I've seen a couple that have gone so far as to even list Craft Wondrous Item in the construction requirements.
Still, sucks to have to do it. -_-
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Item 1) Formatted.
Item 2) No attempt at formatting.
> Don't read, just vote for the author who spent 5 minutes to even attempt to format. NEXT!
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Hey, that's pretty clever.
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Whew. Magic items that mess with time are a razor's edge. When they pull it off, it's amazing. When they don't...
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James Casey wrote: Hmmm, have yet to be impressed with anything. Don't lose heart -- there are some really nice items in there.
Of course, you'll only see them pitted against each other...
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So my overall impression so far is that doing something fairly simple and useful in a flavorful way is the best use of this design space.
I've seen a few items I've liked. Elegant, but not mindblowing. Looking forward to something that's both.
Also, I've seen a few +X spiked armor/shield items. The plus is to the item as armor, not the spikes, right? Does it have to be specified? I want to be sure I'm giving these items justice.
I'm seeing a bunch of resource using items (ki, panache, bardic music) that for some odd reason are explicitly only useful to/ usable by one of the classes that grants that resource. It feels like people went out of their way to limit who could use the item for no reason. I don't get it.
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Or they were attempting to venture into a new design space by designing items for the new classes.
First paired rings I actually quite like.
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Thank you author for the quotes and in depth back story for your item.
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Terrible Formatting vs. Terrible Design
.....FIGHT!
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Andrew Hoskins wrote: Terrible Formatting vs. Terrible Design
.....FIGHT!
I've been forgiving terrible formatting on good design. If the item is unplayable, I'm gonna punt it no matter how structured it is.
Think that's my favourite staff so far.
Blarg. Just saw an item very similar to my item. I happen to think my item is better (of course I'm biased ;) ) but it also means the core idea isn't unique which probably means it isn't superstar for either of us. :P
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I'll admit I have a soft spot for entries that earnestly break professionalism...at least when they're well written and punctuated.
For instance, last year's apology entry was adorable.
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Voting has shown me how much of the advice about wondrous items applies to this design space.I hope people didn't disregard the previous years' advice because they thought it wasn't apropos.
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Moik wrote: Andrew Hoskins wrote: Terrible Formatting vs. Terrible Design
.....FIGHT! I've been forgiving terrible formatting on good design. If the item is unplayable, I'm gonna punt it no matter how structured it is. To me, if I see a badly formatted item, I don't bother reading it unless the design on the other item is also terrible. If an author doesn't take the time to follow the most basic contest rules, using the template provided, then they don't deserve an up-vote.
pH unbalanced wrote: I'll admit I have a soft spot for entries that earnestly break professionalism...at least when they're well written and punctuated.
For instance, last year's apology entry was adorable.
There's a certain item that fits this description that I've seen three times already and it makes me smile every time.
I don't vote for it, but I feel bad about not voting for it.
"X item's true power is revealed when Y happens..."
DRINK!!
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ChesterCopperpot wrote: Voting has shown me how much of the advice about wondrous items applies to this design space.I hope people didn't disregard the previous years' advice because they thought it wasn't apropos. Several did, or they hadn't bothered to read the advice in the first place.
Badly overpriced item vs badly underpriced item.... drink.
Luckily, I find that poor formatting and poor design seem to go hand-in-hand, so my job is easy.
I've now seen several feats and energy types that don't even exist in Pathfinder... -_-
And, ugh, so much bad formatting.
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Some people certainly are creative in their avoidance of using the proscribed formatting.
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Kiraya TiDrekan wrote: Blarg. Just saw an item very similar to my item. I happen to think my item is better (of course I'm biased ;) ) but it also means the core idea isn't unique which probably means it isn't superstar for either of us. :P I'm in the same boat. The names were even extremely similar.
I think part of this is the short timetable -- less opportunity to realize you're mining a common trope.
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That's a little convoluted, but dang it's cool! You got my vote!
Andrew Hoskins wrote: Moik wrote: Andrew Hoskins wrote: Terrible Formatting vs. Terrible Design
.....FIGHT! I've been forgiving terrible formatting on good design. If the item is unplayable, I'm gonna punt it no matter how structured it is. To me, if I see a badly formatted item, I don't bother reading it unless the design on the other item is also terrible. If an author doesn't take the time to follow the most basic contest rules, using the template provided, then they don't deserve an up-vote. I read everything but favor items that follow the template and formatting and such unless they are just not up to par, design wise, or the badly formatted item is amazing.
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I'm all for a little descriptive text, but c'mon! Get to the point! At 290 words the item better be awesome, not just a wall of unimportant backstory...
Someone does not likes bards...
On a positive note, 9 of my personal Top 32 spots are now filled.
Drejk wrote: Someone does not likes bards... I think I just saw what you are talking about.
Yeesh.
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It is a skill to write items that are whimsical but not jokey. Kudos to some people who have made me smile!
Hello there, haven't seen you since the night was young!
How many gravity-related items are there?
I've only found 3 items so far to get me excited out of what must be getting close to 100 items viewed since I'm past the 50 votes for Star. And my ideas-to-steal list has only reached 11. I'm feeling better about my chances.
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Wow, I'd never even heard of that spell. Clever use of it.
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Saw an item three times before I realized the name was a joke. Whoops!
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Whoa, I haven't seen an item that causes that kind of effect since 2nd Edition. Nice.
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Moik wrote: I've only found 3 items so far to get me excited out of what must be getting close to 100 items viewed since I'm past the 50 votes for Star. And my ideas-to-steal list has only reached 11. I'm feeling better about my chances. Star is at 100, so you're past 100 items viewed at this point. :)
Will there be a culling again this year?
Please tell me there will be a culling.
Sadly, I've yet to see anything exciting.
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I mark down for making assumptions about the gender of the user.
Drejk wrote: Someone does not likes bards... I'm assuming I saw this item too. And I was sad when I read it. X.x
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Even if I don't win (which I won't), I already feel like I've gotten so much better just by voting and paying attention to this thread.
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I've yet to see a really good shield. I think shields were the real hard mode.
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Im getting annoyed with a particular item that isn't very good, but keeps coming up against much worse competition.
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Lots of items showing that their authors have good ideas but really need editorial oversight and better system mastery to execute those ideas in decent way.
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