Game-Warper's Optimization Challenge #2: Dragonwrought Kobolds are True Dragons

[daremetoidareyo]

Hello, welcome to the the

Game-Warper's Optimization Challenge!

Round 2: Dragonwrought Kobolds Are True Dragons

In this round, you will build a character that is eligible to take the Dragonwrought feat at 1st level under the assumption that doing so definitively allows you to treat that character as a True dragon. If you don't understand what that means, just wait a week for the giantitp boards to poke that particular dead horse with the loquacious stick. You can use any benefit of being a true dragon that you can cite from an allowable source.

This character build will be from levels 1-20.

This competition is based on the Iron Chef Competition rules.

Allowable Sources: Same as the Iron Chef Competition.

Rules: We will follow all of the entry rules and requirements of the Iron Chef Optimization Challenge for this contest except Judging and that you are limited to a single entry.

PAY ATTENTION THIS IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL, WE ARE NOW USING RANKED CHOICE JUDGMENTS:

Judging: By Entering an entrant into this contest, you agree to become a judge. That's right. This is pay to play. Judging works like this:

1. Once all of the submissions are made to the chair: ME (daremetoidareyo) at the end of the challenge period, they will be posted to the forum by the chair.

2. Entrants will read all of the entries and score the other builds by the following metrics:

If there are two entries: The judge will address the following 4 categories: Originality, Power, Elegance, and Use of the ingredient. Each category will need at least two sentences explaining the judge's thoughts and ideas about the build. The submitter only judges the other contestant's build. Both Contestants will share the gold/plated silver medal.

If there are 3-6 entries: The Builds will be assessed in the following 4 categories: Originality, Power, Elegance, Use of the ingredient. Each category will need at least one sentence that evaluates how the build performs in those categories. The submitter only judges the other contestant's builds, not their own. The Judge will then rank each of the builds based on the insights received through the assessment of the build categories from first to last (first place, second place, third place, etc.) If a submitter fails to provide a judgement to every other entrant, all of the scores received for their build rendered by other entrants are treated as zeros. If you want to win, you have to judge.

To determine the medalists, Each build will then receive a number of points depending on what ranks they received from judges. The point gain rubric for this formula is this:

1st place = Number of Contesants -1
2nd place - Number of contestants -2

Each of the builds will then have a tally of the total points from between the judge's rankings. The highest point total wins.

If there are 7 or more entries: Builds will be assessed by the following 4 categories: Originality, Power, Elegance, Use of the ingredient.

There must be at least one sentence addressing the your Elegance of the Build.
There must be one sentence that begins with "What i liked most about this entry was....."
And there must be one sentence that must begin with "An area of this build that needed more attention was...."

The submitter only judges the other contestant's builds, not their own. If a submitter fails to provide a judgement to every other entrant, all of the scores received for their build rendered by other entrants are treated as zeros. If you want to win, you have to judge. We then move to the ranked choice system explained in the "If there are 3-6 entries" section above.

OVERALL Simply use the established definitions of the rating categories (originality, power , elegance, UoSI) from the Iron Chef Optimization Challenge.

3. These judgments are PMed to the chair, You can send google doc links or similar formats so long as i don't have to sign up for anything, and I will cut and paste the judgments into the thread.

4. We tally up and determine the winner There is no dispute process, so these scores may wildly fluctuate and some contestants will potentially have to manage feelings of injustice on their own. If someone actively works to game this judging system we will edit it in the future to preclude optimization that hurts the spirit of the contest.

So there it is. Show me your tiny dragons!

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DEADLINE For Entry: November 1st Midnight, Eastern Standard Time in the USA.

[daremetoidareyo]

Previous Rounds
Round 1: Flawed Commoner

Announcements
I will post edits and announcements here. For example, if you didn't read the judging section of the above post, you wouldn't know that we are using a ranked choice system to determine winners.

Don't worry too much about providing extensive snapshots like in Iron Chef. Tell us what your true dragon kobold does differently or better than other true dragon kobolds. That's where the real gold lies.


Here are the previous comps

#1: E6 Flawed commoner

[Bronk]

Don't worry too much about providing extensive snapshots like in Iron Chef. Tell us what your true dragon kobold does differently or better than other true dragon kobolds. That's where the real gold lies.

I like this! Trying to wrangle the Iron Chef form wasn't a particularly fun part of the process last time and evidently no one liked the result anyway.

How simple a look are we talking? Just a few lines of "whatever1/something else10/etc.", a full stat block, or still somewhat of a level by level breakdown?

[daremetoidareyo]

Prove that you're viable at low levels, and pick a level where you have all the tools you need to do your dragonwrought thing well and explain from there.

If you want to do snapshots like iron chef, go ahead.

[WhamBamSam]

I have entirely too many ideas to decide between. This is going to be fun.

[noob]

How about the reverse where dragons would count as true kobolds?

[daremetoidareyo]

Bronk, there are a couple of tricks for wrangling the table. You can build it in a spreadsheet on Google Sheets or Excel or numbers if you have a Mac and then you can copy and paste it into the PM. What you have to do is click that top left button, the what-you-see-is-what-you-get button, first.

[jdizzlean]

possibly, in for a bookmark at least :D

[RaiKirah]

I am unsure if I have any ideas that warrant putting together a build. Partially paralyzed by the wealth of options. Also don't really think I have the TO chops to play with Dragonwrought Kobold to any real level of awesome. We shall see!

[daremetoidareyo]

How many maybes do we have as entrants?

[jdizzlean]

i am a definite.

[Bronk]

I'll be a maybe... I'm working on it, but I'm still in the planning phase. Time is harder to come by this month! Thanks for the table advice too, by the way.

[RaiKirah]

I'm a definite maybe. I've got an idea I'm interested in, now I need to see if I can make it work and then see if I have the time to polish it to submission form.

[WhamBamSam]

I'm honor-bound to get something in.

[daremetoidareyo]

If anyone needs an extension, just let me know

[RaiKirah]

we've got a week left, right? Should be enough at this point.

[Bronk]

If anyone needs an extension, just let me know

Thanks... I’m not sure yet. I’ll know where I’m at after the weekend.

[jdizzlean]

i made a few boo boos, but should be able to correct them and submit in time.

[daremetoidareyo]

We have one entry! Keep them rolling in!

[WhamBamSam]

I'm struggling with my usual problem of wanting about 10 more feats and finding myself a bit swamped this week. I may end up needing an extension.

[daremetoidareyo]

I'm struggling with my usual problem of wanting about 10 more feats and finding myself a bit swamped this week. I may end up needing an extension.

We shall reconvene at 11:59PM on the night of the 8th.

[Bronk]

We shall reconvene at 11:59PM on the night of the 8th.

Just checking to make double sure... does this mean we get an extra week? If so, that would relieve a lot of stress!

[daremetoidareyo]

Just checking to make double sure... does this mean we get an extra week? If so, that would relieve a lot of stress!

Yup. Let that stress fail its death saving throw

[daremetoidareyo]

I have a single entry in. Thursday night is the deadline, do we need a few more days?

[RaiKirah]

I should be good to go

[WhamBamSam]

I think I'll be able to make the deadline.

[daremetoidareyo]

As per a request via PM, make that friday night at 1159 PM Eastern Standard US time

[RaiKirah]

As per a request via PM, make that friday night at 1159 PM Eastern Standard US time

Oh good - that gives me more than 20 minutes to come up with some fluff (though now I also feel honor bound to actually provide sources as well, sigh)

[WhamBamSam]

I was about to ask for an extension too. I spent too much time dithering between two builds and need a little longer to actually finish the one I finally decided on.

[daremetoidareyo]

I was about to ask for an extension too. I spent too much time dithering between two builds and need a little longer to actually finish the one I finally decided on.

Do you need till Monday?