Since it appears that no-one has any objections to me holding a round of Iron DM, I hereby declare the Games to be Open !
Since this is my first attempt at such an undertaking, I’ll go easy with the rules and impose less stringent deadlines.
1. Each pair will be given a list of 6 (six) ingredients to be used as well as 1 (one) extra ingredient which can be used instead of any of the six.
Note: In judging I will continually be asking myself: “Could this ingredient have been replaced with any other, without sacrificing the adventure ?” For example, if the ingredient is an athach,, and you use it as guardian,, then that athach could just as easily have been an advanced girallon or a hill giant with some levels. If the ingredient is, say friendship, ,try to be certain that a sense of loyalty or duty wouldn’t advance the story just as well .For my part I will try to make the ingredients specific enough.
2. I will post all of the pairings and their ingredients at the same time. Each pair will have 96 hours (that’s 4 days) to post their entries. As is usual, we will be on our honor not to look at the entries until our own is posted.
3. The first 8 (eight) contestants to apply will be accepted. I hope that the deadline is flexible enough to allow all of us to know in advance if we will be able to participate, so for the time being I will not be looking for alternates.
4. In judging I will, obviously, be looking to see if all of the ingredients have been used, then to see how they have been used (see NOTE above), and finally I’ll be going on my own feeling as a DM (I’ve got 18 years of experience). No points, no formulas.
That’s all, please feel free to sign up below, and I wish you the best of Luck.
Since this is my first attempt at such an undertaking, I’ll go easy with the rules and impose less stringent deadlines.
1. Each pair will be given a list of 6 (six) ingredients to be used as well as 1 (one) extra ingredient which can be used instead of any of the six.
Note: In judging I will continually be asking myself: “Could this ingredient have been replaced with any other, without sacrificing the adventure ?” For example, if the ingredient is an athach,, and you use it as guardian,, then that athach could just as easily have been an advanced girallon or a hill giant with some levels. If the ingredient is, say friendship, ,try to be certain that a sense of loyalty or duty wouldn’t advance the story just as well .For my part I will try to make the ingredients specific enough.
2. I will post all of the pairings and their ingredients at the same time. Each pair will have 96 hours (that’s 4 days) to post their entries. As is usual, we will be on our honor not to look at the entries until our own is posted.
3. The first 8 (eight) contestants to apply will be accepted. I hope that the deadline is flexible enough to allow all of us to know in advance if we will be able to participate, so for the time being I will not be looking for alternates.
4. In judging I will, obviously, be looking to see if all of the ingredients have been used, then to see how they have been used (see NOTE above), and finally I’ll be going on my own feeling as a DM (I’ve got 18 years of experience). No points, no formulas.
That’s all, please feel free to sign up below, and I wish you the best of Luck.
