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<blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 7516837" data-attributes="member: 62721"><p>Thanks very much! I'm thrilled that Carriage Court won through.</p><p></p><p>In the last few years, the competition has become harder.</p><p></p><p>The word count on the first round makes it a true test. Increasing the elements through the rounds has made a challenging task that much more difficult. Competing in the past has made me a stronger writer, and a stronger DM. It's made me question things in a more critical light, to ask why a certain element needs to be <em>this thing</em> and not this other thing. And I can see, by the caliber of entries put forth by my competition, that I'm not the only one who's become better through past competition.</p><p></p><p>Iron DM is always a test, and I'm pleased to have risen to the occasion this year. I feel like these adventures are some of my best work.</p><p></p><p> [MENTION=57112]Gradine[/MENTION], Writ In Blood was an evocative, fascinating adventure. The whole theme throughout was delightfully dark, with a full-fledged haunted realm for the PCs to explore. When I first read it, I wasn't sure which way the judges would go; I think yours is much stronger than mine in a few specific areas, including on some of the elements. I think the judgements, even though they all fell my way, were close in each case. I look forward to squaring off against you next year.</p><p></p><p> [MENTION=60965]Iron Sky[/MENTION], [MENTION=34958]Deuce Traveler[/MENTION], [MENTION=67]Rune[/MENTION], thank you all for the tremendous amount of work you've put in judging these entries. I have never been a judge for this competition; I find the very idea of it daunting and intriguing in equal measure. I don't envy you some of the choices you had to make, there were truly some fantastic entries in this competition. But I'll thank all of you for the hard work and dedication to make this happen.</p><p></p><p>I won't talk any more about my process. I think I've prattled on enough in the last few posts about how The Culling of Carriage Court progressed from early idea to finished entry. If I do end up putting together the full adventure, I will post a link here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MortalPlague, post: 7516837, member: 62721"] Thanks very much! I'm thrilled that Carriage Court won through. In the last few years, the competition has become harder. The word count on the first round makes it a true test. Increasing the elements through the rounds has made a challenging task that much more difficult. Competing in the past has made me a stronger writer, and a stronger DM. It's made me question things in a more critical light, to ask why a certain element needs to be [i]this thing[/i] and not this other thing. And I can see, by the caliber of entries put forth by my competition, that I'm not the only one who's become better through past competition. Iron DM is always a test, and I'm pleased to have risen to the occasion this year. I feel like these adventures are some of my best work. [MENTION=57112]Gradine[/MENTION], Writ In Blood was an evocative, fascinating adventure. The whole theme throughout was delightfully dark, with a full-fledged haunted realm for the PCs to explore. When I first read it, I wasn't sure which way the judges would go; I think yours is much stronger than mine in a few specific areas, including on some of the elements. I think the judgements, even though they all fell my way, were close in each case. I look forward to squaring off against you next year. [MENTION=60965]Iron Sky[/MENTION], [MENTION=34958]Deuce Traveler[/MENTION], [MENTION=67]Rune[/MENTION], thank you all for the tremendous amount of work you've put in judging these entries. I have never been a judge for this competition; I find the very idea of it daunting and intriguing in equal measure. I don't envy you some of the choices you had to make, there were truly some fantastic entries in this competition. But I'll thank all of you for the hard work and dedication to make this happen. I won't talk any more about my process. I think I've prattled on enough in the last few posts about how The Culling of Carriage Court progressed from early idea to finished entry. If I do end up putting together the full adventure, I will post a link here. [/QUOTE]
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