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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ranes" data-source="post: 1028153" data-attributes="member: 4826">When I got into 3e, which was only just over a year ago, I had been out of touch with D&D for several years. I was ignorant of almost everything D&D-related that had been written or published since the late eighties. Nevertheless, as soon as I heard about the WotC fantasy setting search (which I learned about soon after coming across EN World), I decided to enter it.I discounted the idea of reworking one of my old campaigns. Instead, I sat down with a notepad and decided to try to think of something new. I narrowed down a list of basic concepts to four ideas and considered each carefully, until only one remained. I spent weeks thinking about that single idea before drafting the outline that I would eventually submit. In fact, I didn't even commit a single key stroke to the word processor until the very last day of the challenge. Even then, I watched England getting kicked out of the World Cup before I retreated to the study. (My approach may seem arrogant but, over the years, I've found that I often produce my best work when I'm under pressure.)Off went the proposal, a couple of hours later. I knew from posts on these message boards that my chances of success were infinitesimally slim but I enjoyed the process, so winning didn't matter, although of course it would have been marvellous.Like most, my submission never made it beyond that first round. So it goes. So what's the point of this post? Well, just to share my recent discovery. A few minutes ago, I read a synopsis of FFG's Midnight. It made me laugh and cringe at the same time. It is very, very similar to my proposal or rather, my proposal was very similar to it; I appreciate that it was in development before I even put pencil to paper, let alone sat down at the keyboard.On the one hand, given the fact that FFG published Midnight to what seems to have been a fair amount of critical acclaim, I cannot help but feel that my somewhat convergent concept wasn't too bad. On the other, I can't help wondering what the Wizards judges must have thought of my submission, as they were surely aware of FFG's project at the time. I belatedly plead not guilty to the charge of plagiarism.Er, that's it. I just needed to get that one out of my system, not that it matters. Thanks.</blockquote>

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