Charity Fundraiser - our own setting search!

[Teflon Billy]

I've helped judge RPG product for ENWorld in the past, and would do so again if the load became too heavy for Morrus.

I think it's insane to not give the Authour a cut of some kind of the profits.

20% sounds about right.

 

[Agnostic Paladin]

Cut for the author, no cut for the author, whatever, it matters not to me. If Morrus wants to publish me, I'm willing to see the profits go to charity. (So consider the email I sent you to be my entry.)

Seems like almost as good a way to get into the industry as winning the Wizards contest would have; besides once Morrus publishes the main book, he'd probably be willing to talk about doing supplements or expansions (at normal paid rates).

 

[derverdammte]

I'd be up for it, but haven't we ruined our chance of anonymity by already posting to the winner/loser thread? There are some awesome proposals on that thread, and it would be a shame to see them go to waste.

Other than that, just post with clear directions and I'm totally there. Oh, and a deadline.

Are you thinking 100 pages for the final product, or something shorter?

 

[Torque]

The one pitfall I can see is that probably a lot of settings were rejected by WotC because they were too similar to one of the ones they chose as winners, despite being creative, well-written, etc. We might want to wait a while before doing this, or we could well end up with a setting very similar to the one that WotC picks.

Apart from that, it sounds like a great idea, and I would definitely be willing to submit mine.

 

[Maraxle]

The one pitfall I can see is that probably a lot of settings were rejected by WotC because they were too similar to one of the ones they chose as winners, despite being creative, well-written, etc. We might want to wait a while before doing this, or we could well end up with a setting very similar to the one that WotC picks.

Good point. This will definitely require some thought.

However, even if the idea is similar at the one page level, I would be willing to bet that the 2 ideas would come out different enough by the end of the process to both stand out.

Another thought - who has ownership of the idea and also the finished product? How much control does the writer retain?

 

[Aaron L]

Sounds like a great idea!

 

[Umbran]

Not a bad idea.

To keep it manageable (and perhaps more fair) you might want to limit it to one submission per member.

As for judging, having all board members vote on the first submissions might be intractable, or simply ill advised. If the submissions come from the board members, and the votes come from the board members, you may see the votes spread pretty thin, as people will tend to vote for their own work. You'd prefer the winner to win by a large consensus, rather than by just a few votes....

For the first round, you might want to do as you did for the ENnies - have the boards elect a panel of judges. After they've narrowed it down to 10 or 15 proposals, you can then let the full membership vote.

What charity? Well, the simplest would be to allow the winner to choose. If you prefer, you can either desgnate one yourself, or again hold a poll to choose an appropriate charity.

 

[Horacio]

I love the idea, Morrus. I really love it!
Go for it!

 

[Femerus the Gnecro]

The one pitfall I can see is that probably a lot of settings were rejected by WotC because they were too similar to one of the ones they chose as winners, despite being creative, well-written, etc. We might want to wait a while before doing this, or we could well end up with a setting very similar to the one that WotC picks.

Heh. So what?

Just so long as we get ours done first

-F

 

[Vicente]

This is a great idea. Good luck, you´ll have an incredible amount of work.