IRON DM revival!
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Durn, wish I'd read the thread last night!
I am SO in (but it appears as an alt)!
I am SO in (but it appears as an alt)!
Fast Learner
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Or... early this morning (would have had to use the time machine to read it last night, and that would have been cheating). 
incognito
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That filled up rather more quickly than I expected!
We do indeed have enough players.
Here is the finalized list, please chime in if you wish to be moved off the list, to give the alternates a chance.
1) alsih2o
2) Wulf
3) Wicht
4) Griswold
5) seasong
6) Rune
7) Lady of Dragons
8) Psion (you will not have to go first, but give way to alternates if you are stapped for time this week)
Alternates
A1) Tuerny
A2) mirthcard
A3) CTD
Note to all who go in late...sigh...I feel badly, that is the nature of Iron DM...I did wait until after noon for our west coast pals.
Given that Nemmerle is mssing in action, I am going to start this round early.
As before the rules are simple:
I pair people off as competitors and give them a set of 6 "ingredients".
The ingredients are elements that must be used in the designing of a scenario/adventure - which should be written up in overview form - players can be as specific as they like - but detailed stat-blocks and the like are not weighed as heavily as uniqueness and playability of the ideas.
The results are then judged by me and the winner moves on to the next round. . .
players will have 24 hours from the posting of the ingredients to post their entry - which should give plenty of time for someone who is not immediately around when the ingredients are posted to get their entry done. Entries usually range from half a page to a page and half of writing (three or four paragraphs) - overly long entries run the risk of boring the judge
As usual, we ask that those not involved in a round not post any suggestions or ideas about the posted ingredients.
The Iron DM is a grueling competition, and I am not nemmerle, so you can expect differnt (but not necessarily less harsh) critique and selection of a superior story.
I'll give another 40 min or so for assorted comments and last min changes, and then we are off to the races. For those selected, let me know in advance via email if you don't want to be one of the "first" pair selected at (**coff**) random.
We do indeed have enough players.
Here is the finalized list, please chime in if you wish to be moved off the list, to give the alternates a chance.
1) alsih2o
2) Wulf
3) Wicht
4) Griswold
5) seasong
6) Rune
7) Lady of Dragons
8) Psion (you will not have to go first, but give way to alternates if you are stapped for time this week)
Alternates
A1) Tuerny
A2) mirthcard
A3) CTD
Note to all who go in late...sigh...I feel badly, that is the nature of Iron DM...I did wait until after noon for our west coast pals.
Given that Nemmerle is mssing in action, I am going to start this round early.
As before the rules are simple:
I pair people off as competitors and give them a set of 6 "ingredients".
The ingredients are elements that must be used in the designing of a scenario/adventure - which should be written up in overview form - players can be as specific as they like - but detailed stat-blocks and the like are not weighed as heavily as uniqueness and playability of the ideas.
The results are then judged by me and the winner moves on to the next round. . .
players will have 24 hours from the posting of the ingredients to post their entry - which should give plenty of time for someone who is not immediately around when the ingredients are posted to get their entry done. Entries usually range from half a page to a page and half of writing (three or four paragraphs) - overly long entries run the risk of boring the judge
As usual, we ask that those not involved in a round not post any suggestions or ideas about the posted ingredients.
The Iron DM is a grueling competition, and I am not nemmerle, so you can expect differnt (but not necessarily less harsh) critique and selection of a superior story.
I'll give another 40 min or so for assorted comments and last min changes, and then we are off to the races. For those selected, let me know in advance via email if you don't want to be one of the "first" pair selected at (**coff**) random.
seasong
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Oh, and 3-4 paragraphs is probably a bit short - most of the stuff from the last Iron DM were about 5-7. If you prefer 3-4 paragraphs, that's cool with me, mind .
edit: Actually, I mis-estimated, too. A fair number of them were around 10+ paragraphs, and 3 page-downs. Yipes!
.edit: Actually, I mis-estimated, too. A fair number of them were around 10+ paragraphs, and 3 page-downs. Yipes!
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ladyofdragons
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okeydoke. Everything except friday night is good for me, since that's game night, and my existing campaign has to take precedence. And it's ok to collaborate, yes? My hubby & I usually design adventures together.
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