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Campaign Setting Showcase- Week 18

Started by Elven Doritos, August 29, 2006, 04:57:10 PM

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Elven Doritos

August 29, 2006, 04:57:10 PM Last Edit: September 02, 2006, 08:10:37 PM by Jürgen Hubert
I guess I'll handle this deal while Ishy's dealing with his laptop problems, no big.

So, we've got...

1 - Urbis by Jurgen

2 - Xiluh by sdragon

3 - Ari by Limetom

4 - Jade Stage's Formerian Empire, Luminous Crayon

...right?
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Wix of Bel-Air

#1
August 29, 2006, 05:03:31 PM
Astraea? Urbis? Xiluh? Right? Edited?

EDIT: Spam.
 
Eats brains here! Ugh!
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
[spoiler=Cthulhu]"To obtain a deep, restful, and fulfilling sleep, you must first submerge yourself in your cyclopean city of hideous non-Euclidean geometries beneath the sea, and then let your body die. But don't worry! As long as you continue to emanate enough evil thought-energy to influence and control your many worshippers throughout the untold eons, they will resurrect you when the time comes. I guarantee it!" [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Wash]
Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."

(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."

(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"

(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stanza 11]
No! penury, inertness and grimace,
In some strange sort, were the land's portion. "See
Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly,
"It nothing skills: I cannot help my case:
'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place,
Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
[/spoiler]

Elven Doritos

#2
August 29, 2006, 05:04:31 PM
Astraea won this week's, so it's out of the running.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Wix of Bel-Air

#3
August 29, 2006, 05:07:24 PM
Crap, I rolled a 3. The Void!
Eats brains here! Ugh!
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
[spoiler=Cthulhu]"To obtain a deep, restful, and fulfilling sleep, you must first submerge yourself in your cyclopean city of hideous non-Euclidean geometries beneath the sea, and then let your body die. But don't worry! As long as you continue to emanate enough evil thought-energy to influence and control your many worshippers throughout the untold eons, they will resurrect you when the time comes. I guarantee it!" [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Wash]
Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."

(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."

(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"

(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stanza 11]
No! penury, inertness and grimace,
In some strange sort, were the land's portion. "See
Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly,
"It nothing skills: I cannot help my case:
'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place,
Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
[/spoiler]

Elven Doritos

#4
August 29, 2006, 05:09:41 PM
Uh, Wix? This is the thread for next week. I dunno what you're doing. ;)

Please keep the thread as spam-free as possible (I can't believe I'm the one saying this, crap). I don't want to have to sift through posts.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

So-Keher

#5
August 29, 2006, 05:16:48 PM
lol just to clarify (i have one source so far) is it 4 weeks to get submitted a second time (with a new setting)?
My Setting:
Tiabela - Linky!

Elven Doritos

#6
August 29, 2006, 05:17:33 PM
Yeah, that sounds about right-- once a month. We like to have a variety of settings spotlighted, and it's only fair to give other people a chance.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

So-Keher

#7
August 30, 2006, 11:28:44 AM
wow still only two? seems odd
My Setting:
Tiabela - Linky!

Elven Doritos

#8
August 30, 2006, 11:29:57 AM
Not particularly. Maybe the Setting of the Week needs a bit of a kick in the ass-- any ideas for an overhaul?
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

SDragon

#9
August 30, 2006, 11:46:26 AM
Quote from: Elven DoritosNot particularly. Maybe the Setting of the Week needs a bit of a kick in the ass-- any ideas for an overhaul?

kick in the ass? overhaul? two participants?

so jurgen and i are having a traditional fight-to-the-death over this?

sound fair 'nuff to me....
[spoiler=My Projects]
Xiluh
Fiendspawn
Opening The Dark SRD
Diceless Universal Game System (DUGS)
[/spoiler][spoiler=Merits I Have Earned]
divine power
last poster in the dragons den for over 24 hours award
Commandant-General of the Honor Guard in Service of Nonsensical Awards.
operating system
stealer of limetom's sanity
top of the tavern award


[/spoiler][spoiler=Books I Own]
D&D/d20:
PHB 3.5
DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
MM2
MM5
Ebberon Campaign Setting
Legends of the Samurai
Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans
D20 Modern

GURPS:

GURPS Lite 3e

Other Systems:

Marvel Universe RPG
MURPG Guide to the X-Men
MURPG Guide to the Hulk and the Avengers
Battle-Scarred Veterans Go Hiking
Champions Worldwide

MISC:

Dungeon Master for Dummies
Dragon Magazine, issues #340, #341, and #343[/spoiler][spoiler=The Ninth Cabbage]  \@/
[/spoiler][spoiler=AKA]
SDragon1984
SDragon1984- the S is for Penguin
Ona'Envalya
Corn
Eggplant
Walrus
SpaceCowboy
Elfy
LizardKing
LK
Halfling Fritos
Rorschach Fritos
[/spoiler]

Before you accept advice from this post, remember that the poster has 0 ranks in knowledge (the hell I'm talking about)

Lmns Crn

#10
August 30, 2006, 01:20:37 PM
Interestingly, this is the first week in our history of the Setting Showcase where all the participants (so far, at least) are settings that have been showcased before.

I'll consider throwing the Jade Stage into the mix for a possible other round, perhaps focused on a specific nation or area, to make things less intimidating to potential readers. But that still wouldn't solve the problem that there's no "new blood" in the mix this week.

C'mon, you non-setting-submitting people! We need new things to read!
I move quick: I'm gonna try my trick one last time--
you know it's possible to vaguely define my outline
when dust move in the sunshine

Ishmayl-Retired

#11
August 30, 2006, 07:32:04 PM
Okay, so dealing with that "kick in the ass," what exactly could we do to spice this up a bit?
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Matt Larkin (author)

#12
August 30, 2006, 07:57:01 PM
Quote from: Luminous CrayonC'mon, you non-setting-submitting people! We need new things to read!
I think many of us want to have things a little more polished before submitting anything.  I don't really have any specific ideas on what I would even want feedback on, and I'd want to work on presentation a little.

Also, for many users, I believe classes have just begun, which may affect many people's time to dedicate to this for a few weeks.
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Lmns Crn

#13
August 30, 2006, 08:28:28 PM
Quote from: Phoenix KnightI think many of us want to have things a little more polished before submitting anything.  I don't really have any specific ideas on what I would even want feedback on, and I'd want to work on presentation a little.
While this is a valid concern, it should be emphasized that the Showcase is certainly not limited to "finished" or "polished" work, not by a long shot. The feedback that it ideally should generate is a useful tool for further refining and polishing your work.
Quote from: http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?6384Adopt-A-Setting-Project[/url] and Random Encounters ideas into the Setting Showcase, and encourage a DM other than the setting's author to run a short vignette in the featured setting, in close correspondence with the setting's author? Why not feature the Showcased setting's ideas as priority topics in the Draw Someone Else's Work thread? I'm sure there are many other cool options; there really is a wealth of interesting activity here, and a lot of it has potential to make the Setting Showcase a little more peppy.
I move quick: I'm gonna try my trick one last time--
you know it's possible to vaguely define my outline
when dust move in the sunshine

So-Keher

#14
August 30, 2006, 09:14:25 PM
Yeah I agree with Luminous, it just seems that the Showcase is a bit anti-climatic right now. I really like the idea of incorporating the Adopt-a-Setting because it gives a hands on view of settings which cannot be gleaned from just reading their material. However, classes are just starting like Pheonix noted which might pose a problem.
My Setting:
Tiabela - Linky!
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