Nice little write up for the location.

Not a City Image though. It does not focus on the architecture/location and how that expresses history or the society there. It is an exercise in show, don't tell. This one does not do that.

Still nice material for the setting though. Go to Comment

Nicely done. Well Written. Good Visuals. Go to Comment

Love the initial quote. The text is akward to read in spots. (I have only seen it since the wall of text has been broken).

Conceptually it is good. This post seems to be missing the answers to some basic questions and some immediate ones.

Where abouts do these monsters live? Do they attack other things than people? (I mean then why aren't the cities full of these things?)

How do we know about them killing things?  Perhaps description of the wounds? (and the result of an implied large claw)

The pack size means a lot of food that can hear them.

Sonar? They are stealthy, but can be heard.

They also seem to possess some form of intelligence as they appear to communicate with each other,  (replace the comma with a period).

If we can't percieve them, how do we know there are others (or groups)? How do we know they seem to be intelligent? How do we know they communicate with each other?

 

Good concept.  Execution just needs some umph

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I found the original not only to be more interesting, but better formatted. http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/wh/dlfiles/owa_coin_color.pdf

Warhammer Piece for those that care.

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Not ready to be released yet.

The Gods and Goddesses do not realy match the introduction. These are more like a traditional pantheon rather than a rationalist abstract one.

I don't see why Gods that are rational and abstract have to have totem animals/ birds

Are these deities manifest? Do they walk aroudn the world? Why do we need appearances?

...And weapons? Are we supposed to fight your deities? Are there symbolic appearances to the weapons, if there are... what are they?

Gods are innately magical. Why do they have magic listings? Is that their spells or spells they can gift? Go to Comment

I have 200 some odd ideas and partial submissions in my Mail and G-Docs. I just randomly choose one and polished it up. Go to Comment

If you were a Science Villian, the first thing you need to figure out is the escape route. So he has one.

It is not what you suspect. You see, you have to be twice as honest on the wrong side of the law (Thank you Dillon). It is about your Reputation and such. You don't damage your rep. If you are not "in their society", you would be a danger. If you were a danger, you would either be dead or too risky to contact. If they even thought you would of installed an external self distruction, he would never get another job. Yet, clients would never hire him again if anyone suspected anything wrong like that. You get exactly what you get and no suprised. And Hammer still has an escape route.

Really, his escape route is an email drop.

You see, he would never take the psychotic client. You know the ones, "Kill everyone who knows anything about this base?" kind. First, those people would never hire an outside person anyways. After all, it could leak out through the missing person. They probably would never get his name (he works through referal) and Hammer would never accept a request, if Hammer didn't know he was safe and he knew the villian/ organization. Yet, one can not be too careful.

His escape route. If you are going to see someone who might be a danger, you set the email timer. If The Hammer don't check back, the email goes out to every one of his clients. "I have been comprimised. Rescue me or defeat X (and here is the address and here is everything on the target), or I send out the location of your project. You have 72 hours."

Every villian, hero, and super agency, will respond. Now... this escape route would be spread around the Villian Community. Everyone would know it would happen. If anyone who would get his name (as a referral) and would check out, they would know about this.

So if you are an unknown quantity or seemingly dangerous, you don't get a face to face. You get remote contract, maybe if you get contact. Unless the Hammer knows you, you are never going to see him. He will design the thing and let it go. His Wrenches will build it, then leave. You pay ahead of time (only heroes and organizations get credit... they will pay off).

It is only a few beings that get Face to Face time. Most of those were villians he was hanging out with when captured.

Most of the time he is in his lair, drinking Kona coffee, designing things in his HOLO CAD system, and using his rolodex to determine supply sets, and a few lawyer contact layers creating shell companies.

I do like Draco's ideas . Go to Comment

This is really in the wrong category. It is actually a plot.

As plot goes, it is sort of interesting, but it is very, very hard to pull off. You need to keep people alive (explain how we had thief from the future, when our thief got gicked by that orc band?) Foreshadowing is a nice idea, and something to deal well with, but again hard to pull off. Having played TimeMaster and C0ntinuum (the Time Travel game), this is harder to pull off than you think.

That aside, there are only a few lead ins... and needs some more. There are loose ends. And you need to explain the Time God in your pantheon (which in some worlds will be easy and in others, hard). Go to Comment

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I run Urban Fantasy and Paratime/Waunderer games all the time. This is the perfect location for that kind of game,, either as a place to start or a place to pass through. Go to Comment

Okay. You need to format your sentences and paragraphs to make this readable.

Can you read your piece outloud? If you do so, you will find a couple easy to correct errors.

The desolving weapons are interesting, but oddly explained. They don't regenerate do that? Are they one use only? If the assassin was any good (and he was by your prose) then all of these weapons should of been used up.

If he had to sneak the weapons into their hands, so they would kill themselves? Why not send them as gifts (annoymolusly of course).

The compulsion to kill oneself is odd since the weapons used against the target. Go to Comment

Actually, you should review this: Five Best Tips for Posting on Strolen's (and Other Places). It is a summary of what we are going to tell you anyways.

Now I want you to make sure to break up your submission into digestable chunks. Make sure each section is labeled. Make sure to put a space between paragraphs. It increases readability.

Each section, in a plot, should have a purpose... like a set of chapters in a novel have a purpose. It should include the parts of the setting that should be important, important non player characters, and any dramatic events the players are probably going to get involved in. You should always find something in one section, a clue, a piece of information, a trail, a smoking gun, that leads you into the next section.

Remember, you are writing this plot so other people can use it, so it needs all the "cool pieces" for them to use.

Also remember to link out to other submissions. Knights of Greed for example. They would make a great Society Submission. Go to Comment

Odd double submission, so to be different, I am deleting the first one. Go to Comment

Now as a member:

Of this kind of chart, I have seen better, but I have seen worse too. This one does not cover the areas I like to see, but in concept it is a good sub. Go to Comment

Starting out: You both were quite accusational. While not a direct attack, you implied one. Please be a bit more careful.

First, copyright is not the concern of members. It is the concern of admins and site owner. So if you have a concern, bring it up to the admins in the apporpriate forums or via PM.

Second, copyright (in the US where the server is) is only enforced (listed as violated) when it infringes upon the value of the work in question. So the question we ask is, "does this submission (in its limited form) mean fewer people will buy the original work?" A question that can not be answered, as it can be argued that because they saw this submission they might be more inclined to buy the complete work.

(In the case of the work sheet, it means less textbooks would be sold for those useful pages. Now if the professor bothered to type in his own list of formulas, even if based loosely upon the text book, there would be less chance of infringement).

Aside: The source was listed as derived. I would of liked to see the original link/ source to properly credit them, but okay a google search find it.


If the work devalues the name or works of a copyright work, then the work could also a source of contention. Thus the Sex books for D20 created issues as they reduced the value of the D20 properties (despite the open license at the time) and opened the owners of said property up to litigation (as they can be listed in any suit brought and they have deeper pockets). And notice that nobody paid attention to that net book until someone published it in form (and oddities of perception....)

Now it was totally pirated and presented as a substitution for buying the book, then it is obvious agress.

If every site that used elements of a copyrighted work were sued, most gaming sites on the internet (except those using D20s open license material and only that material) would be shut down.

You notice how many are still open?

There is no money in it, as it would cost them more in legal fees that it would be worth. And the bad PR would put a dent in the company's retail listing, as gamers would go "well ptuh on you dude."

Having worked in the industry, most game companies see fan sites as helpful advertising for their game systems. Now if we were making money at this, there might be a concern. But since we are not and everyone who is truly interested in the material will get around to buying actual product, it is good for them. Go to Comment

Whjy are you struggling with this? Go to a movie site. Go look up WWII movies. Get plots. Go to TV sites, look up WWII (and Korean War) TV shows (COMBAT!) and pillage some plots.

The question I really need to ask is why? Why are you doing thiis. Finding what you are looking for in this listing will help you decide on their plots. Go to Comment

Constellations are really just the best way to mark time through the year. Once regions are assigned, other astrological elements can be used.

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You know, I am having a problem with that. I have one for every game I have run. Fields for Cyberpunk, Earthfire and Bannu for Champions (if you have played it for as long as I have, since 1981 you would have two too), Kendall in Amber, Sir Marx in Traveller (Alien noble, 3 foot foxoid), Sir Arriones in Fantasy Hero, The Hanged Man in Boothill, and so many, many more. Go to Comment

Hewdamia's depths of detail becomes more and more impressive folks. Make sure to link the other Constellation article to this as well. Go to Comment

That is okay. We forgive you. The dieties... well.

Now your penance will be to code Settings and Web Links to proper satisfaction. Go to Comment