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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 91571" data-attributes="member: 3424">Congratulations on winning the first heat, Reuben.I have an entry in the contest myself, and I found that the most challenging part of it (apart from the page limit) was to make all the elements (encounter, location and NPC) interesting, independent and reusable.I liked the encounter in &quot;Put to the Sword&quot; because it presents a dilemma that challenges the players as well as the characters, and is independent and reusable apart from the location and NPC.&nbsp; For higher-level parties, the NPC could be a stone giant instead of a lizardman, for example.However, I thought that allowing the NPC to survive could have increased the interesting and reusability factors.&nbsp; The &quot;one-armed fighter&quot; concept could have been played up, and there could be many roleplaying opportunities if the PCs heal him and help him overcome his depression.&nbsp; Terva could become a recurring NPC - he could try to develop a one-handed fighting style, quest for a regenerate spell to heal himself, fall under the influence of the Hand of Vecna, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 91571, member: 3424"] Congratulations on winning the first heat, Reuben. I have an entry in the contest myself, and I found that the most challenging part of it (apart from the page limit) was to make all the elements (encounter, location and NPC) interesting, independent and reusable. I liked the encounter in "Put to the Sword" because it presents a dilemma that challenges the players as well as the characters, and is independent and reusable apart from the location and NPC. For higher-level parties, the NPC could be a stone giant instead of a lizardman, for example. However, I thought that allowing the NPC to survive could have increased the interesting and reusability factors. The "one-armed fighter" concept could have been played up, and there could be many roleplaying opportunities if the PCs heal him and help him overcome his depression. Terva could become a recurring NPC - he could try to develop a one-handed fighting style, quest for a [I]regenerate[/I] spell to heal himself, fall under the influence of the [I]Hand of Vecna[/I], etc. [/QUOTE]

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