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So, what you are saying wraithstrike, is I could in theory be a witch with the patron of Enzeitgeist, wonder what that patron spell list would look like. Perhaps it would include
detect poor design flaws and circle of balanced content LOL
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So, what you are saying wraithstrike, is I could in theory be a witch with the patron of Enzeitgeist, wonder what that patron spell list would look like. Perhaps it would include
detect poor design flaws and circle of balanced content LOL
Thilo's work tends to cleave very closely to the "rule of cool" rather than the "rule of balance". That said, any second pair of eyes with a good head for numbers can make his work shine. You can't teach rule of cool to somebody.
To that end, I'd expect the patron spells list to include lots of over-the-top bard spells.
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So, what you are saying wraithstrike, is I could in theory be a witch with the patron of Enzeitgeist, wonder what that patron spell list would look like. Perhaps it would include
detect poor design flaws and circle of balanced content LOL
I was thinking of the drink patron, but was also well played.
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Sorely tempted to actually put a funny post on my company (Flying Pincushion Games) blog, and flesh out the Enz witch patron...
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I don't really see a point. There's no space for cool, unique abilities. It's just nine bonus spells.
...Unless you're inventing the spells, then it's cool.
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An oracle mystery, revelations, and associated curse I think would be more fun myself. =P
I'm not sure you can legitimately put stats to Cursed With Awesome....
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Well, Thilo writes really long reviews, and his crunch fights to cover every edgecase known to man, so a curse that increases casting time would be appropriate.
Of course, the benefits of super long reviews and complex edgecases should start popping up by high level - I could see metamagic funsies.
And, at level 15, MONEY RAINS FROM THE SKY!
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I don't really see a point. There's no space for cool, unique abilities. It's just nine bonus spells.
...Unless you're inventing the spells, then it's cool.
That is actually a rather good point... maybe I'll make some feats that are keyed off of witch patrons because that would be super cool. Tides of War: Patron Feats
TY thread.
Nah, y'all have it backwards! End is a witch with 56 different patrons! Which also means he has 56 familiars....so now we know where he stores all his mojo!
The more salient question is where does he store his cat food?
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Alright, I gotta ask. Thilo, how did that first payday feel?
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Woot, over $600
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Alright, I gotta ask. Thilo, how did that first payday feel?
Not as good as the next one, at the rate this is going. C'mon Day-Job!
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Payday's tomorrow, so I'll tell you then. ;)
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My dear readers!
Next week will see the fruit of my patron's collective generosity, as I start to come to the reviews that YOU asked for - i.e., so far "More Raging Swan Press, more Vathak-supplements"! Expect to see a lot of both next week.
To give you an update, playtesting of the LIC is progressing nicely and will continue this week-end.
The prioritized review for May asked for by Rite Publishing, the Kaiju Codex, will also hit site next week. If you are a patron eligible to a prioritized review, please let me know - the sooner I know, the sooner I can move it up my pile!
Also, I figured I'd provide you a list of what reviews I've published and finalized in the brief time since I've started my patreon, to show you that I am not slacking. ;)
I will continue to track my reviews this way and show you what YOU made possible! You will note a rather significant influx of work-intense reviews here - many big crunchy books that take time...and there are more to come! So once again, thank you for your support and enjoy your week-end!
Here's the list:
Rite Publishing - Gossamer Worlds: Glimmer Gloam
Legendary Games -Mythic Monsters: Emissaries of Evil
Purple Duck Games - Warrior Prestige Archetypes: The Living Monolith
AAW Games - Underworld Races: Colliatur
Raging Swan Press - Urban Dressing: Dwarven Town
LPJr Design - NeoExodus Chronicles: Weapons of Machinesmith Destruction
Fat Goblin Games - Sidebar #1: Shields as Cover
Flaming Crab Games - Once Upon an Encounter: Red Riding Hood
Everyman Gaming - Dragon Companion Handbook
AAW Games - Mini-Dungeon: Summoner's Remorse
Interjection Games - The Sanguine Disciple
Interjection Games - Gadgeteer, Mother of Invention (Revised Edition)
Rite Publishing - The Secrets of the Divine II: Adventure, Earth, Magic and Water
Raging Swan Press- So what's the Human called, anyways? III
Kobold Press- Demon Cults II: Doomspeakers
Legendary Games - Mythic Monsters: Worms
AAW Games - Mini-Dungeons: The Soularium
Rite Publishing - The Secrets of the Iron Titan
Rogue Genius Games - Genius Adventures: Night of the Starbird
Fat Goblin Games - Vathak Grimoires: The Drowning Ceremony
Ascension Games - Path of Shadows
I remain yours,
Endzeitgeist out.
I'd suggest at least with your backers that there be some sort of running review priority list via email or something. I know my partner is backing you at the "Prioritized review" status but the effect of that doesn't appear to be very transparent.
For example does he as a backer need to tell you the product to put "at the top of your pile? Let's say I'm willing to toss in another $10 a month and at this level of access my preferences are taken into account, can I say stack that with Jeff's $25 contribution as a priority?
A solid way to handle this would e a google pus doc that is open to comments that your backers can access. They comment or suggest what/when they'd like to see their work reviewed.
Another possible revenue stream would be to share your process via some sort of reviewing seminar that you can charge a minor amount for. I'm guessing you'd get a few takers especially if they can somehow become "EndZeitgeist certified" reviewers.
Just my 2 copper.
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@GM_Solspiral:
I've been asking for prioritized reviews over at patreon and provided updates and the like accordingly both there and on my homepage. I apologize if that is not transparent enough and try to do better. I will explain exactly what "prioritized review" means on both my homepage and patreon. So far, contacting me via homepage and patreon seems to have worked rather well for my patreons...at least, I hope so.
The tl;DR-version is: I ask at the beginning of a month for prioritized reviews on patreon. I do my best to get them done in a month. If something takes longer, I tell the patreon.
Regarding stacking: Generally, no. The level of patronage for prioritized reviews is constant; If a patron elects to ask for only "small" files, I'll provide more than one. But as per the writing of this, I do not consider stacking more than one request for prioritizing a valid option - I'm glad if someone wants to contribute more than the amount I asked for, but that's pretty much it. Things get too muddy if I try to scale multiple people. If, for example, two people told me they'd want the same review prioritized, I'd tell one to please choose another book, since it is already covered.
Now as far as a google.docs-list is concerned, I will dig into that - the suggestion is solid and I think it is worthwhile, though admittedly, I'm somewhat weary of it - say I can't decide whether a product in the top spot should get 4 or 5 stars and think I need more playtesting to fairly judge it. Another scenario would be a day, where I have crunch overload and need some fluffy supplements to recharge my batteries because my concentration is tanked on a given day - as soon as there's a concrete list with numbered spots, that flexibility is lost and I'd spend a lot of time justifying my actions, because, let's face it, I'd be annoyed when someone told me I was next up and then had to see another product be released before that. I think time I'd take to justify that would be better invested in writing reviews.
As I'm writing this, I have finished 2 prioritized reviews for June and am in the process of finishing 2 more, which will all hit site in time before July.
These are, in sequential order:
Flying Pincushion Games - Into the Breach: Cavaliers
Dreamscarred Press - Psionics Augmented: Mythic Psionics
Rite Publishing - Faces of the Tarnished Souk: An NPC Collection
Savage Mojo - Palace of the Lich Queen (I'm currently running this one.)
Regarding certified reviewers: I like the idea, but at the same time, it's a problematic notion since I can't really take responsibility for the actions of other people...will ruminate on that.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Was a criticism just suggestions... Good to know regarding the "stacking" concept. I do think a panel on your reviewing process or seminar would do well.
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Actually I think if Endzeitgeist did a little blog post about other consumer friendly reviewers on the scene that would be cool.
Kind of like a "I appreciate these people going out there and giving honest and thoughtful reviews"
Could definitely use a list of the lads.