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WhatGravitas
Explorer
Sounds interesting enough. And it's an open call... time to get some creative juices flowing!
Cheers, LT.
Cheers, LT.
JediSoth
Voice Over Artist & Author
I got the e-mail (probably everyone on Paizo's mailing list did). It's a great idea. I probably won't participate though, for two reasons:
1) I'm doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year, so my November is going to be pretty busy.
2) I'm more of a fluff than crunch person: I understand the rules well enough to make my games fun, but I don't grok them in such a way that I can design new things very well.
I could probably do OK for the first challenge, but I know my areas of talent do not lie along the same plane that they're looking for in a game designer/adventure writer.
Good luck to everyone who tries out, though!
JediSoth
1) I'm doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year, so my November is going to be pretty busy.
2) I'm more of a fluff than crunch person: I understand the rules well enough to make my games fun, but I don't grok them in such a way that I can design new things very well.
I could probably do OK for the first challenge, but I know my areas of talent do not lie along the same plane that they're looking for in a game designer/adventure writer.
Good luck to everyone who tries out, though!
JediSoth
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
I got an idea and started sketching it out before double checking the rules. Whoops! They want a wondrous item, not a weapon. I decided to keep going, just for the practice. I used the Aztecs for inspiration. Its probably slightly underpowered given its creation cost, but a coup de grace attack is hard to figure. Technically true resurrection should work on the victims and if this were an official entry I'd have removed that, even though I think its dumb that true rez works on the soulless. As it stands now, this comes in at exactly 200 words.
I also used semi-colons. I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Enjoy it for your game!
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Sword of Xitecka-Telacop
In the jungles far from the known kingdoms lie the twin cities of Xitecka and Telacop. Banding together to resist foreign invaders, they have used the death magic of the Xiteckian priests and the craft of the Telacop masters to create swords for their warriors. The blades are created from magically empowered obsidian, identical in all but appearance to the best steel. They each have a handle of bone from a jaguar the warrior must have slain for himself before being considered worthy of a Sword of Xitecka-Telacop. Recent tradition encourages warriors to engrave a stylized pictogram on the handle celebrating every major victory achieved using the sword.
A Sword of Xitecka-Telacop allows the wielder to make a coup de grace attack as a standard action. Opponents that fail their Fortitude save and die must also make a Will save (DC 10 + damage dealt) or have their soul cleaved, preventing the victim from benefiting from the following spells: limited wish, raise dead, resurrection, reincarnation, speak with dead, or true resurrection; miracle and wish work normally.
Moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, death knell, death ward, Price 22,315gp; Cost 11,157 5sp + 893 XP.
I also used semi-colons. I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Enjoy it for your game!
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Sword of Xitecka-Telacop
In the jungles far from the known kingdoms lie the twin cities of Xitecka and Telacop. Banding together to resist foreign invaders, they have used the death magic of the Xiteckian priests and the craft of the Telacop masters to create swords for their warriors. The blades are created from magically empowered obsidian, identical in all but appearance to the best steel. They each have a handle of bone from a jaguar the warrior must have slain for himself before being considered worthy of a Sword of Xitecka-Telacop. Recent tradition encourages warriors to engrave a stylized pictogram on the handle celebrating every major victory achieved using the sword.
A Sword of Xitecka-Telacop allows the wielder to make a coup de grace attack as a standard action. Opponents that fail their Fortitude save and die must also make a Will save (DC 10 + damage dealt) or have their soul cleaved, preventing the victim from benefiting from the following spells: limited wish, raise dead, resurrection, reincarnation, speak with dead, or true resurrection; miracle and wish work normally.
Moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, death knell, death ward, Price 22,315gp; Cost 11,157 5sp + 893 XP.
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
Agamon
Adventurer
I wrote up an awesome and unique (IMHO) description/history/stats for an item in their treasure card contest a while back that looked poised to win, only to take second to someone cheesing out with the nostalgia card (and everyone knows Paizo's love for nostagia). I think I'll pass. 
Keep in mind that Paizo can't publish material that ties into official "nostalgia" sources like TSR's campaign settings, the Great Wheel, etc.
Also, provided you get past the first round, all subsequent rounds are voted on by the general public, so thinking that you have a swell tactic to sway the judges doesn't necessarily mean much this time around after the first round.
--Erik
Also, provided you get past the first round, all subsequent rounds are voted on by the general public, so thinking that you have a swell tactic to sway the judges doesn't necessarily mean much this time around after the first round.
--Erik
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