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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pour" data-source="post: 5661732" data-attributes="member: 59411">Haha I think it was pretty obvious time was my enemy on this one. Like Rune pointed out, though, and especially given the championship atmosphere, putting up anything was better than putting up nothing. I've had the great fortune of having more or less unlimited time to work on prior entries, but this last adventure coincided with the responsibilities of the upcoming school year and I admittedly crumbled. Even still, it was kind of exhilarating to be working down to the wire, and I mean within 5 minutes of the entry being due. I'm very happy with second place, and feel like I am a legitimate contender for future competitions. I've previously never made it beyond the first round, so count me thrilled.I'm not sure I should even try defending Blood for Blood, but might as well. Before time and word count had me in a vice, it was my intention to make the Devilish Smile/Wax Poetic much more grizzly, and I'm not sure making it red helped any given the very comical preconceived notions of wax lips. I was thinking more of a hot, melting, off-yellow smear Baa would painfully apply, that gave the appearance of something infernal. It was meant to ultimately be an important clue leading to the Chandlery, in conjunction with Julius' testimony and the unmentioned fact it was poisoned (by Arsanthor). From there PCs might have gone to the Flayers and met the Sisters of the Leash, or else gone to the candleworks, and from there the Temple of the Illuminators. Revelations about Arsanthor would have been discovered and bam. If I only had another day... hehe, they all must say that.The burial shroud was supposed to be the party favor from Lanista Karzes to Lanista Maxas, planted by Baa at Arsanthor's behest, only underlined by the desecration of Magar Maxas' corpse in the yard, thus ensuring blood feud. And the ship at sea, the elven ship which brought Nilanthus to Kypra, was meant to have a little more weight, maybe even been featured. 2000 words is a brutal mistress, though, hehe.Paving Stones of Good Intentions was definitely too metaphorical, being Nilanthus' actions and the results of such folly throughout the adventure. Ah well, I just couldn't bring myself to have PCs hopping stones or anything.All in all, what a great experience, and I am proud of the work I've done and my competitors have done. I learned alot from this go at the title. I feel I've solidified my  style of entry, and enjoyed experimenting with cultural themes and this  last go optional companion characters along the way... There are juicy bits of every entry worth stealing, and I plan on fleshing my entries into more complete adventures for review on ENWorld in the future. Congrats Waylander for your perseverance throughout the competition and ultimate win! And thank you judges for being so damned cool.</blockquote>

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