CleverNickName
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It's happening again!
The balmy heat of summer has scarcely faded, yet everywhere you look there are cardigans and scarves and back-to-school backpacks. Did you notice the delicious, warm, and spicy aroma wafting in the air? That slight chill in the breeze, carrying notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger? Did you see the lines of minivans and teenagers outside your local coffee shop? Did you notice the sudden abundance of white coffee cups, each with a signature cardboard collar across the middle?
That's right, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has returned to Starbucks, which means my Annual Pumpkin Spice RPG Writing Contest has returned to EN World! This year, we're going darker. We're going richer. We're going stronger. The theme is Pumpkin Spice Espresso.
The Pumpkin Spice Espresso RPG Contest
Who: RPG fans, creative writers, artists, and lovers of all things Pumpkin
What: This is a writing/art/creativity contest for RPG fans
Where: Post your entry right here, in this thread
When: Entries are due before midnight, October 1st (12:00 a.m. PST)
Why: a chance to win bragging rites, a gift certificate, and maybe other prizes.
In a nutshell: you create something for your favorite tabletop role-playing game, and post it into this thread. Then on October 1st, I'll gather up all of the submissions and put them into a two-week survey for all members of ENWorld to vote on. The entry that has the most votes on Sunday, October 19th will win first pick of the prizes! The entry with the second-most votes gets second pick of the prizes, and so on, until all prizes are gone.
Here's the official rules:
The Prizes
This year, we have an AMAZING list of prizes, with more being added every few days! The list so far:
The usual fine print applies: no purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc.
List of Entries (so far!)
Rubiaceae, the Pumpkin Spice Dragon by @CleverNickName - a Legendary dragon for 5E D&D
Pouch of Mysterious Spices by @Whizbang Dustyboots - a new magic item for Pirate Borg
Arsenal of the Pumpkin King by @Steampunkette - an entire suite of pumpkin-themed magic items and monsters for 5E D&D
Pumpkin Patch and Espresso-Fueled Pumpkin Head by @Vael - a custom Environment and Adversary for your Daggerheart game
The balmy heat of summer has scarcely faded, yet everywhere you look there are cardigans and scarves and back-to-school backpacks. Did you notice the delicious, warm, and spicy aroma wafting in the air? That slight chill in the breeze, carrying notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger? Did you see the lines of minivans and teenagers outside your local coffee shop? Did you notice the sudden abundance of white coffee cups, each with a signature cardboard collar across the middle?
That's right, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has returned to Starbucks, which means my Annual Pumpkin Spice RPG Writing Contest has returned to EN World! This year, we're going darker. We're going richer. We're going stronger. The theme is Pumpkin Spice Espresso.
The Pumpkin Spice Espresso RPG Contest
Who: RPG fans, creative writers, artists, and lovers of all things Pumpkin
What: This is a writing/art/creativity contest for RPG fans
Where: Post your entry right here, in this thread
When: Entries are due before midnight, October 1st (12:00 a.m. PST)
Why: a chance to win bragging rites, a gift certificate, and maybe other prizes.
In a nutshell: you create something for your favorite tabletop role-playing game, and post it into this thread. Then on October 1st, I'll gather up all of the submissions and put them into a two-week survey for all members of ENWorld to vote on. The entry that has the most votes on Sunday, October 19th will win first pick of the prizes! The entry with the second-most votes gets second pick of the prizes, and so on, until all prizes are gone.
Here's the official rules:
- Submissions must be posted into this thread.
- Once it has been posted, you cannot edit it, for any reason, after the polls have opened. Once voting has begun, submissions are considered "locked" and any posts that get edited (visible by an automatic watermark in the lower-right corner of the post) will be disqualified. So don't forget to proofread, and make sure your final version is posted before the deadline!
- All submissions must include "Pumpkin," "Spice," and/or "Espresso" in some way: it can be the name of a character or NPC, it can be an actual spice for an actual beverage, it can be the MacGuffin that drives a whole adventure...it's all up to you. The more frequent and creative your use of Pumpkin, Spice, and/or Espresso, the better!
- Your submission must be something that can be used in a tabletop RPG of your choice. Anything goes: it can be a new magic item or spell, it can be an encounter, a battle map, a custom mini, a character, a whole adventure...again, this is all up to you. And it can be for any version of D&D, or Pathfinder, or Call of Cthulhu, or Honey Heist, or any other tabletop RPG game you want! It can even be a whole new RPG of your own design! Remember that your entries will be judged by your peers, though, so take that into consideration.
- Only one submission per user. If you post more than one entry, be sure to delete the first one before October 1st...because only the first one will be entered and the rest will be ignored.
- You must submit your own original work: no plagiarism, no AI-generation, no copying previous entries, none of that nonsense.
- Entries posted after midnight on October 1st (12:00 a.m. PST) will be ignored, so don't be late!
The Prizes
This year, we have an AMAZING list of prizes, with more being added every few days! The list so far:
- a $25 gift certificate to EN Publishing's Online Store
- a $25 gift card to Starbucks (obviously)
- The WOIN Starter Box Set from EN Publishing
- "Autumn Forest Path," the full set of digital battle maps for any VTT platform, from @DiceGrimorium
- The complete Shield Maidens set, by Mongoose Publishing (4 books + dice + screen + CD)
List of Entries (so far!)
Rubiaceae, the Pumpkin Spice Dragon by @CleverNickName - a Legendary dragon for 5E D&D
Pouch of Mysterious Spices by @Whizbang Dustyboots - a new magic item for Pirate Borg
Arsenal of the Pumpkin King by @Steampunkette - an entire suite of pumpkin-themed magic items and monsters for 5E D&D
Pumpkin Patch and Espresso-Fueled Pumpkin Head by @Vael - a custom Environment and Adversary for your Daggerheart game
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