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You've probably already seen pumpkin spiced coffee drinks at your local coffee shop, and possibly a pumpkin spiced pastry of some kind at the bakery. Well, that spicy little treat is just the tip of the iceberg...in the coming weeks, that blend of five spices will spread to literally every product you can imagine, and a few that you never would have guessed. First will be the coffee and pastries, sure. Then it will spread to pumpkin spiced donuts, popcorn, ice cream. Then it'll start getting weird: pumpkin spiced candles, motor oil, drywall, 401(k) contributions, it will be everywhere.
And it's about friggin' time, if you ask me. This summer was way too hot, far too smoky, and just far too long. I'm done with sunscreen and mosquitos and wildfires and rattlesnakes...I'm ready for scarves, sweaters, and delicious spiced coffee. It feels like I've waited two years for that spicy herald of autumn to finally return. So in the spirit of All Things Pumpkin, I'd like to announce that it is finally time for my favorite EN World event: the 4th Annual Pumpkin Spice RPG Contest!
The Pumpkin Spice RPG Contest
In a nutshell: you create something for your favorite tabletop role-playing game, and post it into this thread. Then on October1st 15th, 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 October 30th 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
Each year, there is a whole assortment of pumpkin-spice themed prizes for our participants to choose from. This year, I have five prizes on deck, and I'm hoping to add more:
The usual fine print applies: no purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc.
List of Entries
Hero Sandwiches - a HERO System adventure by @DrunkonDuty
PSL Elemental - a new monster by @WisteriaWarden for 4th Edition D&D
Coven of the Lantern Hags - a memorable encounter for 5th Edition D&D by @CleverNickName
Skinimon - a pumpkin-spiced NPC for the Modos 2 rules set, created by @GMMichael
The Happy Halloweeners - a collection of Halloween-themed familiars for D&D 5.5E by @DaydreamTiger.
The Autumnal Caverns - a pumpkin-themed RPG map by @Deset Gled.
And it's about friggin' time, if you ask me. This summer was way too hot, far too smoky, and just far too long. I'm done with sunscreen and mosquitos and wildfires and rattlesnakes...I'm ready for scarves, sweaters, and delicious spiced coffee. It feels like I've waited two years for that spicy herald of autumn to finally return. So in the spirit of All Things Pumpkin, I'd like to announce that it is finally time for my favorite EN World event: the 4th Annual Pumpkin Spice RPG Contest!
The Pumpkin Spice 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 15th (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
Here's the official rules:
- Submissions must be posted into this thread.
- Submissions can be anything. Write an adventure, draw a map, invent a custom monster or magic item, create a whole new RPG, draw some artwork. As long as it's RPG-related, and created by you (not plagerized or AI-generated), it's valid.
- Once your entry has been posted, you cannot edit it, for any reason. Submissions that have been edited (visible by an automatic watermark in the lower-right corner of the post) are disqualified. So don't forget to proofread!
- All submissions must include "Pumpkin," "Spice," and/or "Latte" 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 Latte, the better!
- Your submission can be anything. It's worth repeating: in this contest, anything goes. You can create a new magic item or spell, or an encounter, a battle map, a custom mini, a character, a whole adventure...it's all up to you. And it can be for any version of D&D, or Pathfinder, or Call of Cthulhu, or Disaster Sword Lesbians, or any other tabletop RPG game you love. It can even be a whole new RPG of your own design... we've seen a couple of those over the years.
- Only one submission per user. If you post more than one entry, be sure to delete the first one before October
1st15th...because only the first one will be entered and the rest will be ignored. - You must submit your own original work. This is also worth repeating. No plagiarism, no AI, no copying/resubmitting previous entries. Original works only!
- Entries posted after midnight on October
1st15th (12:00 a.m. PST) will be ignored, so don't be late!
The Prizes
Each year, there is a whole assortment of pumpkin-spice themed prizes for our participants to choose from. This year, I have five prizes on deck, and I'm hoping to add more:
- a $50 gift certificate to EN Publishing's Online Store
- a $50 gift card to Starbucks
- a $25 gift card to Dunkin Donuts
- a digital copy of Pumpkin Spice - A Magical Cozy RPG by Archon Games (delivered as late pledge through Backerkit, delivery in February 2027).
The usual fine print applies: no purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc.
List of Entries
Hero Sandwiches - a HERO System adventure by @DrunkonDuty
PSL Elemental - a new monster by @WisteriaWarden for 4th Edition D&D
Coven of the Lantern Hags - a memorable encounter for 5th Edition D&D by @CleverNickName
Skinimon - a pumpkin-spiced NPC for the Modos 2 rules set, created by @GMMichael
The Happy Halloweeners - a collection of Halloween-themed familiars for D&D 5.5E by @DaydreamTiger.
The Autumnal Caverns - a pumpkin-themed RPG map by @Deset Gled.
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