As requested by Mikko!
List the four monsters that you're voting for to give us an informal idea of how things are shaping up. (Please note that this sampling is far too small to get an accurate assessment. This is just a “gut-feeling” indicator for fun)
I’ve already voted for my 4 monsters and wish I could have voted for 8 as sometimes occurred in past years. That said here are the four I voted for, the four I wished I could have voted for in addition, and one honorable mention:
Voted for:
Geomaw
Narrik
Spiroskek
Deeplit
Wished I could have voted for:
Gloomwasp
Dwarf Agaric
Coryphae
Labyrinth Weaver
Honourable Mention:
Dread Glutton
Narrik
Deeplit
Gloomwasp
and I disagreed with the judges: Aetherling
In alphabetical order, I voted
Coryphae
Deeplit
Dread Glutton
Narrick
Had I had a 8 votes, the next 4 would have been...
Dwarf Agaric
GeoMaw
Gloomwasp
Spiroskek
Gabriel Almer — Gloomwasp
Dana Huber — Blightbore
Kalervo Oikarinen — Dread Glutton
Christopher Wasko — Deeplit
I voted for the blightbore because the judges are wrong on that one.
Geomaw would have been my #5 pick.
In this order:
Deeplit
Dread Glutton
Occularictus
Gloomwasp
The first 3 I voted for unreservedly because they made me excited to create encounters around them, even if I think they might need some edits (some substantial edits in the case of the occularictus). My 4th vote could have been any one of 4 or 5 monsters, and I voted for Gabriel mainly on the strength of his previous rounds.
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So far, the Deeplit seems to be a lock.
My list looks similar.
Dread Glutton
Deeplit
Narrick
Geomaw
Maybe List:
Gloomwasp
Occularictus
Coryphae
I think the Dread Glutton was the weakest of my votes, but I liked it for being an interesting fey, which there aren't yet enough of.
I also think that I, like the judges, did not like the idea of the Narrick at first, but it eventually interested me. It is a memorable encounter, even if you merely make use of them a handful of times, especially as part of a prolonged encounter, such as retrieving an item from a nest of Narricks.
My picks were:
Gloomwasp
Narrick
Dread Glutton
Geomaw
Honorable mentions:
Coryphae
Deeplit
The first three picks had a great combination of good concept, good execution, and the authors did an awesome job in the previous rounds, too.
I had the Geomaw tied with the other two, but in the end it came on top for a better execution, in my mind. Only by a little tough, I still liked the Coryphae and Deeplit a lot. :D
Deeplit
Occularictus
Spiroskek
Narrick
Love this round :)
First of all, the general quality of these monsters was high. I think the previous rounds has mostly filtered the contestants quite well, and now we're seeing a level where the competition is quite stiff.
I want to vote for more than 4, but sadly 4 votes are all I have.
Gloomwasp
Occularictus
Spiroskek
Labyrinth Weaver
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Let's see if this works...
*vertical and horizontal hand gestures tracing straight lines in the air*
"...taulukko... ...kaava... ...lasku... ...luo!"
I cast summon spreadsheet!
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Let's see if this works...
*vertical and horizontal hand gestures tracing straight lines in the air*
"...taulukko... ...kaava... ...lasku... ...luo!"
I cast summon spreadsheet!
Summon Spreadsheet
School conjuration (summoning); Level RPG Superstar 5Casting Time 7-1/2 hours
Components V, S, F (a post on the Paizo message boards)
Range long (anywhere in the world)
Effect one summoned spreadsheet
Duration permanent (as long as Google docs lives)
Saving Throw Will negates
This spell summons a spreasheet. This spreadsheet is visible to anyone who has access to the URL, but only the Master of the Spreadsheet can input any data. The Master of the Spreadsheet is randomly assigned at the time of the casting, but there's a 75% chance that it will always be the same creature. Although visitors of the spreadsheet often believe that the numbers therein contained change magically, the truth is that the Master of the Spreadsheet must count every vote and type them one by one, as well as sort the data correctly. Every time the spreadsheet is modified, there's a 10% chance that the Master of the Spreadsheet did something wrong.
Voted for:
Stonevine Stalker
Pilobolus
Occularictus
Labyrinth Weaver
Also liked:
Deeplit
Dread Glutton
Geomaw
Blightbore
Spiroskek - top vote for being the most original thing in the competition
Gloomwasp - wins for what is in my opinion the best execution of an idea paired with a good concept
Coryphae - it's the only fey that feels enough like a fey for me and it won me over.
Labyrinth Weaver - rule of cool. There's some bad mechanics but I'd hire the author and train them on mechanics. Teaching inspiration is harder then teaching procedure.
Wow guess I'm into bugs
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Narrik – Because Psychotropic Saliva... and the "and it exploded" part makes me think of Galaxy Quest.
Gloomwasp – Because it belongs in a bestiary...and giant wasps terrify me.
Geomaw – It had me from the flavor text, and just got cooler.
Spiroskek – Because I want to see the fear in my players' eyes when they hear "Skek–kek–kek".
All of these win for me largely because I think players will talk years later about "Remember when we fought that thing!"
Narrowed my choices down to my five favorites. Now I have to decide which one doesn't get a vote.
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That was brutal. Tons of great entries I'd want to drop into an encounter! I easily had a top 9 list, and sorting through was tough.
I ended up voting for Gloomwasp, Geomaw, Coryphae, and Deeplit.
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Many good entries. It was hard to decide, but here's what I went with:
Voted For:
- Gloomwasp
- Occularictus
- Coryphae
- Spiroskek
Honorable Mentions:
- Geomaw
- Dread Glutton
- Wimblewyrm
Good luck to everyone! You have all put in such hard work and should be incredibly proud of yourselves. Wishing you all the best :)
In alphabetical order, I voted
Coryphae
Deeplit
Dread Glutton
Narrick
After careful deliberation, I decided to vote for the same list as Anthony.
There were a number of monsters I would vote for if I had enough votes. The four I chose are:
Coryphae
Narrik
Deeplit
Spiroskek
I ended up voting for:
Geomaw
Coryphae
Narrik
Deeplit
Geomaw and Coryphae for the strength of writing, imagination and imagery...
Narrik because it was very tidily written and would creep the heck out of my players in the right environment...
...and Deeplit...because it was just such a great new undead...linked into so much Golarion mythology...you could write a good adventure around this creature alone...
I would have loved to vote for one or two others but I am pretty convinced they'll get through anyhows...
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I was just looking at the overall situation, including past rounds, to see who I think the final 4 will be. Man, I think it's going to be the strongest final 4 in years, with no obvious favorite to win. In recent years I could spot the winner fairly early on, but this year is wide open from my viewpoint.
The 8 are going to have their work cut out for them, that's for sure.
I voted geomaw. The one that really inspired me. Could not decide on he rest, the field was that close and I had no time to figure out some rating system.
I'm a concept voter, I guess. Even if they were not executed that well I went for monsters that I would be excited to use thematically if I tweaked their abilities my self. I chose:
Coryphae
Deeplit
Labyrinth Weaver
Occularictus
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I voted for:
Deeplit
Dwarf Agaric
Gloomwasp
Narrik
It's interesting, because even though I never based on who the designer was, these four designers have been consistently among my favorite. Monica and Chris had my favorite items of the 32 (and the other two were just outside of my keeper list). Charlie and Chris had my 2nd and 3rd favorite map, I voted for Gabriel's, and Monica's would have been vote 9 for me if I had it. It's interesting how these have shaken out.
The above were the clear best in my mind. However, if I had 7 votes, I'd go with:
Labyrinth Weaver
Spiroskek
Blightbore
I don't like any of the others enough to vote for, even if I had 8, but if I had to guess which 8 will win (rather than which ones I like best), I'd say: Coryphae (even though this is one of my least favorite in the whole competition), Deeplit, Dread Glutton, Gloomwasp, Geomaw, Narrick, Occularictus, and Spiroskek
I too vote for memorable encounters when it comes to the monster round.
Deeplit
Gloomwasp
Labyrinth weaver
My fourth vote is going to the geomaw, narrick or occularitos.
It's interesting to see how others voted. It was a difficult choice for me, as there were quite a few I liked a lot. I ended up assigning each monster a score in 3 roughly-defined areas to get a composite, and then voted for:
Dread Glutton
Geomaw
Gloomwasp
Wimbleworm
Oh so close were:
Occularictus
Deeplit
Voted, then PMed Pedro about who. I will say that it could have gone several different ways. I thought there was one that was head and shoulders above the rest (oh what the heck, it was the Coryphae), I obviously was going to vote for myself, but there were five or six that my remaining two votes could plausibly have gone to and for now only myself and Pedro know where they went.
I tried to base it solely on the monsters, not previous work, even though I kind of think the maps are more likely to be indicative of who I'd like to see win (but then I would think that!). As a result, apart from myself, I didn't vote for any of the people I'd have placed in the top five based on the previous round, though they were certainly positioned respectably.
Okay, that was hard to decide and down to the wire! I changed my vote a couple times, and just barely had time to fully read and consider all sixteen statblocks, descriptions, and judge comments ... but I think I managed to give them all a fair shake.
My final votes went to the Wimblewyrm, Coryphae, Spiroskek, and Blightbore.
Oh-so-close were the Narrick, Deeplit, Dread Glutton, and Aetherling.
And, honestly, there were quite a few clever ideas and sparks of creativity even in what I would consider the lower half of entries, so I'll probably smile at whoever advances and be disappointed at whoever doesn't.
In case it's of interest to anyone else, this is the way I summed up the entries in my notes:
Wimblewyrm - tiny albino acidic-horned burrowing dragon by Treant's Crossing guy
Coryphae - willowy dark dancing fey ensnaring partners by Cliff Dwellings guy
Spiroskek - insectoid motorcycle on wheel by Griffon Falls town gal
Blightbore - big radioactive blightburn worm by Tree Fort gal
Narrick - mouth-chested headless fear-tasting biped by Axe-shaped Stronghold gal
Deeplit - light-manipulating fire-headed dwarf undead by Drowning Temple guy
Dread Glutton - creepy spore-spreading fungal fey by Cyclops Stronghold guy
Aetherling - small force-seeing, -shaping, and -throwing fey by Fallen Serkai guy
Labyrinth Weaver - maze changing spider beast by Fancy Brewery guy
Gloomwasp - radiation-emitting, light-altering wasp beast by Steam Caverns guy
Geomaw - large crystaline swallow-whole predator by Salvation's End guy
Pilobolus - large, floating, gas-filled fungus by Melting Glacier guy
Occularictus - gore-dripping, vision-stealing eyeball swarm by Dino Graveyard guy
Dwarf Agaric - psychedelic glowing mushroom creature by Smokemount Hold guy
Deep Desire - telepathic shapeshifting mimic predator by Fleshlairs Escape guy
Stonevine Stalker - petrifying, rock-throwing vine creature by Water Gardens guy
Best wishes to all! :)
Okay, that was hard to decide and down to the wire! I changed my vote a couple times, and just barely had time to fully read and consider all sixteen statblocks, descriptions, and judge comments ... but I think I managed to give them all a fair shake.
My final votes went to the Wimblewyrm, Coryphae, Spiroskek, and Blightbore.
Oh-so-close were the Narrick, Deeplit, Dread Glutton, and Aetherling.
And, honestly, there were quite a few clever ideas and sparks of creativity even in what I would consider the lower half of entries, so I'll probably smile at whoever advances and be disappointed at whoever doesn't.
...Best wishes to all! :)
I was watching your progress as the seconds ticked down. I got very concerned seeing the time you took between entries. Good job getting it done!
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Ha! Thanks! :)
Wow. Once again, the exit poll is spot-on for accuracy!
Congrats, Top 8! :)
One of my favorites didn't get through, but I did accurately predict the top 8. I guess that's something.
Congrats to all of top 8! Both the 4 people I've voted for and my 2 alternates got trough! :D
Can't wait to read everyone's next round submission: it looks very cool (also, more maps!).
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Looking forward to the battles with the Underground Fire Monkey King!
