Spell contest?

[insecure]

With both a PrC contest and a monster contest, and possibly a item contest too, what do you think about having a spell contest too? Will there be too many "contest" threads? Is it a good idea?

[Tempest Fennac]

I thnk it's a good idea. Would you suggest a key word to base the spells for the contest around, or were you going to do it based on schools or something else?

[insecure]

I think a keyword centered contest is better, 'cause it would be too broad if we're using schools.

[Collin152]

Well, I'd participate, so it's a grand idea.

[Eurus]

That would be nifty... Spells based on one keyword, huh? Might take some thought to make sure it's a broad enough concept that everyone doesn't come up with the same spells, but it sounds like it could be really fun.

[RTGoodman]

If you do it, I might take part (if I can think an interesting entry).

One thing I was thinking is maybe divide it up to low-level (1st-3rd), mid-level (4th-6th), and high-level (7th-9th) spells for the purposes of judging so you'll be comparing things of similar power levels.

[Eurus]

Probably a good idea. If that was the case, though, would participants be allowed one submission to each power bracket?

[RTGoodman]

That'd be up to whoever's running the contest. I'd probably say one entry only, though. VT's Creature Competitions are one-entry-per-person, and I think the official contests only allow one entry even if there are numerous categories. The official [ISLE] Contest was like that, I think, since there were awards for Best Island, Best Secret, Best Inhabitant, Most Humorous Entry, and stuff like that.

[insecure]

Probably a good idea. If that was the case, though, would participants be allowed one submission to each power bracket?

Yes.

One thing I was thinking is maybe divide it up to low-level (1st-3rd), mid-level (4th-6th), and high-level (7th-9th) spells for the purposes of judging so you'll be comparing things of similar power levels.

I like that idea. And i prefer to find the best spells by votes.

Any thoughts?

[RTGoodman]

I like that idea. And i prefer to find the best spells by votes.

Yeah, that's the way to go. Grouping by power level still helps out when there are a lot of people voting, since people don't say, "Wow, that 9th level spell has an awesome effect! It gets my vote!" while the cool, but less powerful, low-level spells get left in the dust.

[insecure]

Yeah, that's the way to go. Grouping by power level still helps out when there are a lot of people voting, since people don't say, "Wow, that 9th level spell has an awesome effect! It gets my vote!" while the cool, but less powerful, low-level spells get left in the dust.

Maybe we should have three contests, one for 1-3 spells, one for 4-6 spells, and one for 7-9? So you have to make three spells, all with the same keyword, and then, one, two, or all of them can win in its own category.

What do you think?

[vegetalss4]

sounds like a great idea when do we start

[Tempest Fennac]

My only problem with needing a spell for each catagory is that it would probably hinder less creative people (I'd allow the perticipants to just enter 1 or 2 of the catagories if they want to).

[insecure]

So far, i/we've came up with these rules.

• One submission per participant.
  
• You can make a 1st-3rd level spell, a 4th-6th level spell, or a 7th-9th level spell, or any combination of those.
  
• There will be a keyword you'd have to build each spell around.
  
• You can edit your submitted spells as much as you want until the deadline.
  
• We will find the best spells by voting.

Do i miss something? Any thoughts?

[insecure]

*Bump* And some filler text.

[Tempest Fennac]

I'm fine with that set-up. Did you want some key-word ideas?

[insecure]

I'll try to start a thread now and see what happens.