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I have a site idea but I don't know it it's appealing. It may be more casual-creator oriented than the kind of hardcore homebrewers that seem to be here. I have a feeling everyone is kinda experienced and comfortable with their tools, already able to complete full books independently. I'm from...

What Time Is It feels kinda strong. But I'm in a party that has a lot of melee, and summons a lot of creatures, so it would probably just be must-use for me. I feel like the target should gets +1 to save per adjacent enemy.

I feel Rule 0 is the cleverest mechanic. I can't otherwise think of something else where I went "Ah, neat. Good way to do it." out of being generally impressed with the elegance and effectiveness. I'm not sure if that's D&D-specific or shows up in every system already.

Whaaaat :/ Dang... I misread the email I got from them then. Thought it was a notification it was about to start.

It kind of sounds like something Conan-esque would be desirable. Something without a lot of magic. I'm in a D&D 3.5 pirate campaign that play that way by simply pre-veto'ing anything magical. The party is loaded up with lots of mundane oddities we never considered before like Splintering Bolts...

Interesting. Are there more contests like this? I know Paizo has RPG Superstar starting up next week.

One approach which may help in figuring out non-combat activities is to approach the game from either playing as, or DMing for, a party of commoners. I'm in a commoner campaign right now and it has definitely pushed us outside the box of normal D&D. We now know what the overland fatigue rules...