Thanks you Radiating Gnome for the feedback, and thank you pour for the competition. I look forward to the next round!
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Iron DM 2010 Discussion Thread
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Pbartender
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The judgment for round 1, match 3 has been posted.
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InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
Wicht
Hero
I've got them and am working on it now.
ender_wiggin
First Post
Damn, another set I really like. Karma is going to catch up and punch me in the face when it's my turn. In any case, good luck, contestants. I'm looking forward to what you guys cook.
Sanzuo
First Post
Thanks for handling this match Pbartender. You're a pretty tough customer.
Pbartender
First Post
Thanks... I think?
Just remember, "That which does not kill you, only delays the inevitable."
For me, I think the most difficult thing is distilling the entire judgment down to the salient points. There were a lot of things that I could have rambled on about forever, but necessarily shorted for the sake of brevity in the official judgment.
Radiating Gnome
Adventurer
Okay, I have a week of being mostly out of touch coming up -- I'm off to Alaska.
My next match to judge starts Sunday at noon, and is between Allenchan and Ajanders. I have provided CNN with a set of ingredients that he can post for me on Sunday.
The problem with my being on the road is that it's going to be hard to get to the judging in a timely manner. I expect to be working from the hotel a couple of days in the middle of the week, so I would hopefully be able to get the judgement posted Tuesday or wednesday next week, but that may hold things up. And, if the internet is not reliable up there in the Klondike (or at least in the hotels we're staying in), I might not be able to get to judging this until the following weekend.
I hate to be the cause of that kind of delay.
Will one of the other judges take over this slot for me? I'll trade it for a slot later in the contest, and/or buy you a drink a Gencon.
Oh, and looking ahead, please don't schedule me for second round contests before Saturday. (or, well, you could start a contest on Friday that I would get the results of on Saturday, I guess). I'll provide a second set of ingredients to CNN, just in case.
-rg
My next match to judge starts Sunday at noon, and is between Allenchan and Ajanders. I have provided CNN with a set of ingredients that he can post for me on Sunday.
The problem with my being on the road is that it's going to be hard to get to the judging in a timely manner. I expect to be working from the hotel a couple of days in the middle of the week, so I would hopefully be able to get the judgement posted Tuesday or wednesday next week, but that may hold things up. And, if the internet is not reliable up there in the Klondike (or at least in the hotels we're staying in), I might not be able to get to judging this until the following weekend.
I hate to be the cause of that kind of delay.
Will one of the other judges take over this slot for me? I'll trade it for a slot later in the contest, and/or buy you a drink a Gencon.
Oh, and looking ahead, please don't schedule me for second round contests before Saturday. (or, well, you could start a contest on Friday that I would get the results of on Saturday, I guess). I'll provide a second set of ingredients to CNN, just in case.
-rg
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CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing (He/They)
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Kitchen Stadium, where Match 5 is well underway. Dungeon Masters Wicht and Green Dice are chopping, dicing, and pan-searing the ingredients that Chairman InVinoVeritas has provided, and the smell is...fascinating. Let's go down to the floor for a closer look.
No, that's not calamari...that is a Fertile Illithid. I have seen this aberration cooked up in many different ways, from high-fantasy villainy to sci-fi crossovers of deep-space treachery...but never in a maternity ward (hatchery? nest? containment pod?) In general, these brain-sucking, mind-flaying monsters add a strong Lovecraftian flavor to any dish. But a "fertile" one? That is a very specific, very disturbing type of illithid. Until today, I had never given much thought to the reproductive cycle of these horrible things...and now it's the only thing I can think about.
Thanks a lot. ::shudder::
Wicht is hammering away at what appears to be a Dilapidated Stableyard. Is he attempting to clean or repair it for its intended use? Or is he merely moving the detritus around a bit to suit his fancy? Whatever he is doing, the horses don't seem to mind.
Meanwhile, Green Dice is chatting with one of the show's suppliers, our Kindly Fishmonger. I suspect they are discussing an aquatic location of sorts...let's listen in...
GD: But I don't want it to be TOO fishy. Do you have anything a little less...aquatic?
KF: You realize I am a fishmonger, right? I am all about fish and money.
GD: Yes, yes, but I want to avoid the usual cliches...Atlantis, mermaid cities, talking fish with coins in their mouths...
KF: Are you sure?
GD: No...
Chairman InVinoVeritas has called for A Thousand Lotus Blossoms to be brought in. There is much discussion about this ingredient; each word seems to require a judgment call on the part of the DM. A thousand: is this an exact number or a vague concept? Lotus: there are dozens of types of lotus out there, and they are all very different. Blossoms: what kind of blossom, and why the focus on this specific part of the plant? When you put this plant into a fantasy story, what does it look like? An ingredient like this gives the DM a great deal of flexibility (and liability.)
Next we have a classic ingredient, Interrogation Techniques. In all of my years of playing D&D, I have seen this ingredient get used in adventures and it rarely works. DMs seem to like this ingredient far more than the players do--there will be an intricate situation where a hostile NPC has information that the heroes need, but the PCs just hack him to bits on sight. The challenge with this ingredient will be to make it necessary without railroading...the judge will be looking for situations where interrogation techniques are not just a means to an end, but are the ONLY means to an end.
Our last ingredient is a wonderful, dazzling little plot device called The Solitary Flame at the Center of It All. The first thing I thought of when I saw this ingredient was the magical Clan Relics of the old BECM days...the Forge of Power maybe, or the Crucible of Blackflame. Ah, those were the days! But dwarves and halflings have come a long way since the Companion Rules Boxed Set...clans are little more than a footnote in a character's background, if they are mentioned at all, and these awesome relics have faded from the game.
But I digress.
This ingredient is a trap for the DMs. The temptation will be to turn it into some sort of McGuffin that doesn't really do anything, or to over-metaphorize it into something that tries to do too much.
Thanks a lot. ::shudder::
Wicht is hammering away at what appears to be a Dilapidated Stableyard. Is he attempting to clean or repair it for its intended use? Or is he merely moving the detritus around a bit to suit his fancy? Whatever he is doing, the horses don't seem to mind.
Meanwhile, Green Dice is chatting with one of the show's suppliers, our Kindly Fishmonger. I suspect they are discussing an aquatic location of sorts...let's listen in...
GD: But I don't want it to be TOO fishy. Do you have anything a little less...aquatic?
KF: You realize I am a fishmonger, right? I am all about fish and money.
GD: Yes, yes, but I want to avoid the usual cliches...Atlantis, mermaid cities, talking fish with coins in their mouths...
KF: Are you sure?
GD: No...
Chairman InVinoVeritas has called for A Thousand Lotus Blossoms to be brought in. There is much discussion about this ingredient; each word seems to require a judgment call on the part of the DM. A thousand: is this an exact number or a vague concept? Lotus: there are dozens of types of lotus out there, and they are all very different. Blossoms: what kind of blossom, and why the focus on this specific part of the plant? When you put this plant into a fantasy story, what does it look like? An ingredient like this gives the DM a great deal of flexibility (and liability.)
Next we have a classic ingredient, Interrogation Techniques. In all of my years of playing D&D, I have seen this ingredient get used in adventures and it rarely works. DMs seem to like this ingredient far more than the players do--there will be an intricate situation where a hostile NPC has information that the heroes need, but the PCs just hack him to bits on sight. The challenge with this ingredient will be to make it necessary without railroading...the judge will be looking for situations where interrogation techniques are not just a means to an end, but are the ONLY means to an end.
Our last ingredient is a wonderful, dazzling little plot device called The Solitary Flame at the Center of It All. The first thing I thought of when I saw this ingredient was the magical Clan Relics of the old BECM days...the Forge of Power maybe, or the Crucible of Blackflame. Ah, those were the days! But dwarves and halflings have come a long way since the Companion Rules Boxed Set...clans are little more than a footnote in a character's background, if they are mentioned at all, and these awesome relics have faded from the game.
But I digress.
This ingredient is a trap for the DMs. The temptation will be to turn it into some sort of McGuffin that doesn't really do anything, or to over-metaphorize it into something that tries to do too much.
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Pbartender
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Oof... Unfortunately, we'll be right in the midst of closing on a new house and moving next week. If IVV can't trade with you, though I will.
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