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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 442659" data-attributes="member: 527">Yep.  I think I disagreed with about 25% of the decisions in the previous Iron DM -- and those I disagreed with I often disagreed with strongly.  But, so it goes; thats why you have one judge.  (Tangent: Hmmm, that makes me wonder if you could run this contest as a poll format.  Somehow I dont think it would work, and if thats so then part of the fun must be seeing one judge do his thing.)Analysis: Wulf's (it was Wulf, wasnt it?) entry last time with the Cursed Backbiting Spear and the Evil Monks is still probably my favorite thing to come out of the Iron DM contest.  Its interesting to note that its got the same elements of moral ambiguity as his current entry.  Why, then, do I like the previous one much better than this one? Is it possible that there is an element of "justice" in the previous one that is missing here?  Fara has chosen to corrupt herself and so if the PCs should end up killing her they aren't totally unjustified.  With the Dryad, the corruption seems inadvertent and if she gets killed it would be much more of a tragedy.  (Note that I am considering these consequences first; Wulf may run a game where players think first and act second, but the scenario should be suitable for the majority of players, not only experienced, thoughtful players. ;-)Anyway: dont get me wrong and think I dont like Wulf's scenario.  (I will be printing it out in a second and storing it away in my binder of "Favorite Iron DM Things" so it has a lot to recommend it IMHO.)  Just offering some thoughts now that the judging is done.</blockquote>

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