WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")

[whatisitgoodfor]

And don't bother with non-medieval I don't care how good the proposal we are no looking for Shadowrun.

Hmm...

What does this mean? Are they not even the least little bit interested in someone creating a new setting for their D20 modern system?

Another question would be whether or not they would even consider a setting that isn't euro-centric?

I seem to recall someone tossing around an idea for Arabian Adventures a couple of months back. That setting would clearly violate the medieval suggestion, but still falls under the general category of appropriate fantasy.

 

[Tom Cashel]

well, that didn't take long.

Hey, gimme a break, all right? I'm at work.

 

[2WS-Steve]

Purposes

As far as why they're doing this I can think of two reasons.

1) Nice marketing gimmick; plus the potential reward is probably large enough to get the very best freelancers interested.

2) I've always kind of seen Greyhawk as the campaign setting for First Edition and Forgotten Realms as the setting for Second Edition. Perhaps they figure it'd be worthwhile to have a newish setting for Third Edition.

 

[Christian]

I like it. I've been meaning for years to sift through my eight billion pages of jotted notes & put together a readable & meaningful summary of my campaign world. (From 1st Edition AD&D, natch. Of course, some of the notes are 2nd and 3rd Edition-based.) Even if I don't get past the first round (a 99.99% likelihood, optimistically speaking), the mere existence of this contest will inspire me to get going on this ...

 

[Oracular Vision]

I also would like to know what is meant by medieval, does it have to be in Europe? Can it just be from about that time frame, but based somewhere else? And what if we wanted to have one from an earlier time, with a little bit lower technology level? There are so many things you could do with this, still using all the core rules, limiting only the weapons and armor, and the magic items found. New simplier ones could make up the new setting book. This will help us weed out poor choices, thanks.

 

[Angelsboi]

It is real. I have an email about a question i had from a friend of mine. Its VERY real. If you are going to wait, then you, my friend, will miss out.

As for who are the heros? Im going to name my campaigns own Iconics.

 

[erinsaga]

a quickie...

sounds like a great idea.

except for one thing. Unless I use express delivery there is no guarantee that I can get a physical letter to america on time. Me = unemployed after the computer business took a nosedive and the ol' euro funds are *very* low.

I know a physical competition would limit the amount of timewasters responding but any chance of a european mailing address or maybe an email address?

(having said that, I will definitely be sending a snail mail copy as well but me doubts it will get there in time.)

 

[Duvall]

Re: a quickie...

Unless I use express delivery there is no guarantee that I can get a physical letter to america on time

Well, I work in Bellevue, WA, which is a stone's throw from Wizards Corporate Offices in Renton, so if you are willing, you could email me your stuff and I could print it out and mail it locally. Problem is you'd be trusting a stranger, but I leave the option open to you. Just contact me via the email in my profile if you're interested.

 

[coyote6]

Re: Re: a quickie...

Well, I work in Bellevue, WA, which is a stone's throw from Wizards Corporate Offices in Renton, so if you are willing, you could email me your stuff and I could print it out and mail it locally. Problem is you'd be trusting a stranger, but I leave the option open to you. Just contact me via the email in my profile if you're interested.

You have to include a signed form; that would probably have to be faxed.

(Well, I suppose he could print the form, sign it, scan it, & email the scanned image to be printed.)

 

[Zulkir]

Still answering

Folks,

Yes we have our own R&D many of them will be submitting. Judging will be done blind. All R&D submittees are under strict gag order. If they talk to anyone about their ideas before we judge - it is eliminated from consideration. And yes, part of the reason we are doing this is that two of the biggest campaigns came from out of house.

Regarding Europe, please note that entries must be "postmarked" by the deadline. Sending it early from Europe is still a good idea though.


Regarding d20 Modern - no we are not interested in submissions for d20 modern only D&D. And no we are not limited to Eurocentric. Medieval should be read as a time period or a technology level not a cultural or geographical location.

AV