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WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")
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kawaiiryuko
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Section 7 Contradictory?
Hmm.. Is it me, or does anyone see a problem with the process that WotC is going to use?
They want to strip the pages of the cover letter so that each entry only has a number, yet they want us to put a name on each of the 1-page entries (see Section 7 in their template)?
Or is there a response to this somewhere that I've missed in the FAQ?
Hmm.. Is it me, or does anyone see a problem with the process that WotC is going to use?
They want to strip the pages of the cover letter so that each entry only has a number, yet they want us to put a name on each of the 1-page entries (see Section 7 in their template)?
Or is there a response to this somewhere that I've missed in the FAQ?
Re: Section 7 Contradictory?
The name on the bottom of the submission is so that it can be linked to the cover page in case they get seperated.
The position, bottom left corner, is so that the name can be covered, while a number is added and it can be photocopied, so that an anonymous entry is what the judges see.
Thus when a judge says that entry number 278 is one of the ten, she then goes through her copies (the originals), and finds the one with 278 on it. She then looks at the name, and goes through the contact pages (if they got seperated - quite possible with "bins" of entries arriving daily now). and matches the name on the bottom left to the name on the cover sheet, and she can then contact the proper person.
Nothing wrong there... just your overworked imagination....
kawaiiryuko said:
The name on the bottom of the submission is so that it can be linked to the cover page in case they get seperated.
The position, bottom left corner, is so that the name can be covered, while a number is added and it can be photocopied, so that an anonymous entry is what the judges see.
Thus when a judge says that entry number 278 is one of the ten, she then goes through her copies (the originals), and finds the one with 278 on it. She then looks at the name, and goes through the contact pages (if they got seperated - quite possible with "bins" of entries arriving daily now). and matches the name on the bottom left to the name on the cover sheet, and she can then contact the proper person.
Nothing wrong there... just your overworked imagination....
kawaiiryuko
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Whew! 
Good to know.
Good to know.Re: Re: THE FR CORE ETHOS STATEMENT
It's far more true of the Forgotten Realms, from what I know of Realms history. You'd really have to stretch things to describe the ends of the Roman, Egyptian, Greek, or Sumerian empires as "cataclysmic" (hell, the Romans kept calling themselves an Empire for a long time after the place where we currently mark their end) -- and none of them were founded on knowledge of the intricacies of technology. That may have helped with the successes of imperial effort, particularly in Rome's case, but had nothing to do with the founding of said empires.
Xeriar said:
It's far more true of the Forgotten Realms, from what I know of Realms history. You'd really have to stretch things to describe the ends of the Roman, Egyptian, Greek, or Sumerian empires as "cataclysmic" (hell, the Romans kept calling themselves an Empire for a long time after the place where we currently mark their end) -- and none of them were founded on knowledge of the intricacies of technology. That may have helped with the successes of imperial effort, particularly in Rome's case, but had nothing to do with the founding of said empires.
1 entry per idea
Could anyone please confirme me that there has been a rule addendum regarding one entry per idea?
I recall from the day I read the whole thread that we were not limited to 1 entry per idea. I've been through the FAQ, but there isn't anything regarding this.
Thanks.
pd: I want to thank AV and all the others out there who answer these type of questions (I guess time and time again).
Could anyone please confirme me that there has been a rule addendum regarding one entry per idea?
I recall from the day I read the whole thread that we were not limited to 1 entry per idea. I've been through the FAQ, but there isn't anything regarding this.
Thanks.
pd: I want to thank AV and all the others out there who answer these type of questions (I guess time and time again).
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Re: ethos statement
Now here's a guy who knows how to distill things down to their basics.
BTW, Hallmark coming out with a DnD line anytime soon?
yragthecareful said:
Now here's a guy who knows how to distill things down to their basics.
BTW, Hallmark coming out with a DnD line anytime soon?
Undead Pete
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Re: ethos statement
Hey Gary,
On another note.... how does one go about sending in freelance ideas for greeting cards? I may want to change careers.
p.s. It is a serious question
yragthecareful said:
Hey Gary,
On another note.... how does one go about sending in freelance ideas for greeting cards? I may want to change careers.
p.s. It is a serious question
jester47
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Re: Re: THE FR CORE ETHOS STATEMENT
What tells us it is a core ethos sentance? Simply the fact that you have to change the subject and the object of the sentance for it to aplpy to another world.
Well lets look at the sentence. To make this easier lets put it in the active voice:
The cyclic rise and cataclysmic destruction of empires founded on knowledge of the intricacies of magic dominate the history of Faerun.
The object is easy to change: The history of BLANK.
Change just the object and BLANK shares the same ethos as Faerun.
However, the subject of this sentence is a humdinger, because there are two. First we have "the cyclic rise" then we have the "cataclysmic destruction" these are both modified by "of empires founded on knowledge of the intricacies of magic." Change any of these three elements in the subject and you change the ethos.
If you change magic to technology, you have changed the ethos. A better core ethos sentence for the real world is:
The cyclic rise and slow decline of empires founded on the application of knowledge dominate the history of Earth.
You have to change some things for it to fit earth, which means Earth Ethos /= Faerun Ethos (duh.) This means that the sentence does describe the ethos of the forgotten realms with some accuracy.
Aaron.
Xeriar said:
What tells us it is a core ethos sentance? Simply the fact that you have to change the subject and the object of the sentance for it to aplpy to another world.
Well lets look at the sentence. To make this easier lets put it in the active voice:
The cyclic rise and cataclysmic destruction of empires founded on knowledge of the intricacies of magic dominate the history of Faerun.
The object is easy to change: The history of BLANK.
Change just the object and BLANK shares the same ethos as Faerun.
However, the subject of this sentence is a humdinger, because there are two. First we have "the cyclic rise" then we have the "cataclysmic destruction" these are both modified by "of empires founded on knowledge of the intricacies of magic." Change any of these three elements in the subject and you change the ethos.
If you change magic to technology, you have changed the ethos. A better core ethos sentence for the real world is:
The cyclic rise and slow decline of empires founded on the application of knowledge dominate the history of Earth.
You have to change some things for it to fit earth, which means Earth Ethos /= Faerun Ethos (duh.) This means that the sentence does describe the ethos of the forgotten realms with some accuracy.
Aaron.
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