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[IRON DM] Spring 2004 Contest Thread FINAL JUDGMENT POSTED, CHAMPION ANNOUNCED!
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<blockquote data-quote="carpedavid" data-source="post: 1520978" data-attributes="member: 6971"><p>Well, I'm fresh off the plane from Vegas, and I see that I managed to wind up a loser on both sides of the Mississippi <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. However, I did have a ton of fun in both cases, so I can't complain much.</p><p> </p><p>Nemm - thanks for your kind words. I, personally, thought it could go either way, and I understand why Wulf judged as he did.</p><p> </p><p>When I first got the list of ingrediants, I had a few flashes of inspiration - namely the keep on the border of the mortal and spirit world, and the queen of the dreamweavers. However, neither of those really gave me much direction in involving the PCs. At that point, I didn't even have a conflict to build an adventure off of.</p><p> </p><p>It wasn't until I finally hit upon the idea of casting death as the "final enemy" that things began to fall into place. Lord Eimin needed a domain to rule over, which led to the Forbidden City of the Dead. That lead to the idea of an oni army, and the desire for conquest, and thus, I finally had a conflict to base the adventure around.</p><p> </p><p>Even then, though, I struggled for a long while, trying to figure out how to integrate the PCs. Regrettably, it wasn't until an hour or two before the entry was due that I actually managed to figure that out, so it ended up being less substantive than I typically like my adventures.</p><p> </p><p>Best of luck to both competitors in the final round (though I'll rooting for Nemm, so that I can say I lost to the Iron DM <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carpedavid, post: 1520978, member: 6971"] Well, I'm fresh off the plane from Vegas, and I see that I managed to wind up a loser on both sides of the Mississippi ;). However, I did have a ton of fun in both cases, so I can't complain much. Nemm - thanks for your kind words. I, personally, thought it could go either way, and I understand why Wulf judged as he did. When I first got the list of ingrediants, I had a few flashes of inspiration - namely the keep on the border of the mortal and spirit world, and the queen of the dreamweavers. However, neither of those really gave me much direction in involving the PCs. At that point, I didn't even have a conflict to build an adventure off of. It wasn't until I finally hit upon the idea of casting death as the "final enemy" that things began to fall into place. Lord Eimin needed a domain to rule over, which led to the Forbidden City of the Dead. That lead to the idea of an oni army, and the desire for conquest, and thus, I finally had a conflict to base the adventure around. Even then, though, I struggled for a long while, trying to figure out how to integrate the PCs. Regrettably, it wasn't until an hour or two before the entry was due that I actually managed to figure that out, so it ended up being less substantive than I typically like my adventures. Best of luck to both competitors in the final round (though I'll rooting for Nemm, so that I can say I lost to the Iron DM :)). [/QUOTE]
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