IRON DM revival!

[Wulf Ratbane]

So what do you say Wulf.

You know, I heard Rune talkin smack about you after the last one.

Not really an option to crank one out during the day today, but if no one steps up by, say, 8:00 PM tonite (when I should be home from my flight), I am game.

Hell, I'm game now if I have until 8:00 PM tomorrow for my entry, if you want to look at it that way.

And I have a built in excuse when I get beat.

EDIT: Just want to say, if you pull me, post the ingredients before 2:30 PM or so, then I can at least think about it on de plane.


Wulf

 

[incognito]

The Brutal nature of IRON DM

it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

(Or: those that attend this message thread regularly get prefrential treatment).

Tuerny: as an alternate, If I do not hear from one of the std 8 by 12:00 EST you will replace the 8th Seed, Psion (sorry Psions) - Wulf's last post will possibly override this, depending on his position.

Wulf: Given the slowness or the boards at times, I am willing to give you, and Witch until 8PM tomorrow, if no one else thinks this is horribly wrong. I will post the ingredients at 2PM EST

Wicht/Wulf - agree?

 

[Wicht]

That's fine by me as I will be gone from the boards most of the afternoon myself.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Re: The Brutal nature of IRON DM

Wulf: Given the slowness or the boards at times, I am willing to give you, and Witch until 8PM tomorrow, if no one else thinks this is horribly wrong. I will post the ingredients at 2PM EST

Some accomodation for schedule is appreciated-- travel today and the media booth for the Breeder's Cup on Saturday will keep me fairly busy until tomorrow evening. But I do have some time "in between" and... and... the stones to tackle Wicht.

If Wicht is game with the extended time, so am I. I hope that noone else has a problem with it as it has no impact on anybody else's round (other than the interminable wait between rounds/judging) but if someone does have a problem with it, I can wait.

Wulf

 

[incognito]

Wicht/Wulf

Unless I hear reasonable objections from the other seeds, plan on being paired.

Wulf, if anything, being on a flight is an advantage - I fly quite a bit and seeing differnt people/places get my imagination stirred.

I will post the ingredients at 2PM (EST), again, but would appreciate naysayers on the extended round to chime in by 12 (EST).

Good luck gentlement - I have read Wulf's prior IRON DM submisisons, and Wicht's story hour, so you can expect scathing commentary if we don't see grade "A" material.

or should I say nemmerlesque

 

[seasong]

As promised, now that it's been brutalized by incognito, here's my own tainted thoughts about my entry.

Irene: Ouch. I included her because, in my head, I was running the scenario and a cranky ghost channeled through. Honestly, however, she's completely unnecessary to the scenario. She doesn't really add anything, and snowball throwing orcish ancestors would probably be more interesting than a violent boulder-dropping poltergeist. Another 24 hours and she'd have been neatly excised from the equation.

Wishing On A Mountain: The extra space given by removing Irene would have been best put to use giving some backstory on the wish-giver at the mountain top. I really should have given some time to the orcish mythology... it could have worked pretty well to have the duty-bound servant of a whimsical orcish god up on that peak.

Teleport: Yeah, the bonus teleport was tacked on. I got desparate . I'm still at a bit of a loss on how to include it without making the scenario stink of cheese, particularly given the target party level of 4-6. Maybe a teleport trap on the way to the duty-bound servant that would set the victim back at the bottom of the last cliff (a ravid to test orcish strength, a teleport trap to test orcish cunning?). As a side note... the ravid doesn't die of exposure because its master only sends it to the pass when someone is coming up the mountain. Poor wee thing.

Slaves Yearning Free: Okay, I didn't explain this very well, but here's the paragraph that should have been in there:

Climbing 'up there' is extremely difficult. It takes a small band of young, well-equipped orcs a few days to make the freezing, sometimes sheer climb, and they still manage to lose a one or two every time they do it. A tired, cold slave inadequately dressed and equipped is very unlikely to survive the first day... still, a slave already near death or highly desparate may try, and every decade or so one might succeed. The orcs are fairly tolerant of attempts. It keeps slaves from trying the seemingly more difficult task of running away (by the time they're that desparate, they're climbing), takes care of burial needs for the near death slaves, and provides solid entertainment in the form of bets for a few evenings (there's always someone who will bet on the slave). A slave who wants to climb the mountain simply declares the intent, loads up as much food as he or she can carry, and goes. The orcs send a few warriors part of the way with the slave to make sure the slave is actually going, but otherwise don't interfere. It's an adulthood rite, after all, and a private matter between a person and his or her gods.

So, I guess in summary, I coulda done better. I hope I do in round 2 .

 

[Mirth]

First of all,

Great scenarios, seasong & ladyofdragons. I always scoop up ideas from these Iron DM contests. Lots of good bits in these two.

Secondly,

Besides Wulf & Wicht, no seeds responding?!?! WTF?!?!?

Chances getting better all the time… [*** wrings hands and crosses fingers ***]

Jay

 

[Tuerny]

Besides Wulf & Wicht, no seeds responding?!?! WTF?!?!?

Chances getting better all the time… [*** wrings hands and crosses fingers ***]

Jay

For me too!

Vaxalon you are going down!

 

[incognito]

alternate smack-talk goodness

Hi Tuerny & mirthcard

Stay tuned to the Message Board Monday morning, that's when I am hoping to send off the next pairing (AFTER Wicht/Wulf). I am hoping to do a doubes (2 sets of 2). Forewarned is forearmed!

If you keep a sharp eye, you could sneak in under the wire - Tuerny was THIS CLOSE to bumping Psion (man Psion, I AM sorry, seriously).

In the meantime, keep up the trash talk - but know that some of the poster's here write SO well. Check out Wulf's: Amnesia/Egg/Spear-Cursed backbiter from last Iron DM.

Wicht/Wulf:

Keep an eye out for the ingredients - coming veeeeery soon.

 

[Griswold]

I'm here , but for a short time only, I have a midterm in the morning (Saterday classes suck!) I need to prepare for so I'd like to go in the 3rd or 4th round if that's cool?

Thanks,
Gris.