tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post8930761326806667612..comments2023-12-24T09:23:11.590+00:00Comments on A Sword for Hire: Top 5: Nightbloom by Nicholas WaskoMikko Kalliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993661189723068135noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-60551999121509442352014-10-05T01:31:34.482+01:002014-10-05T01:31:34.482+01:00So now that the contest is over, I wanted to discu...So now that the contest is over, I wanted to discuss a few of the things I'm planning to change after the contest. First, the revisions I'm planning to make as a result of the judge's comments:<br /><br />1) Include shadow spore frequency for normal light (1 hour; dim light would become 10 minutes).<br />2) Make the save against spore infection be a -8 in complete darkness, and the save must be made each round, rather than when the lighting changes.<br />3) Specify infection for “living creatures” to allow undead allies.<br />4) Only creatures with 9+ HD who succumb to the spores become shadows, and they become greater shadows instead. Perhaps limit these shadows’ ability to create spawn.<br />5) Add greater shadows to organization entry.<br />6) Scrap “no mortal could match” from the intro description.<br />7) Include “nightshade” in its name.<br /><br />Now, a few clarifications about some of my design choices:<br /><br />1) The descriptive text about the jungle environment is based on the idea from [i]Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Undead Revisited[/i] that each nightshade is affiliated with a preferred Material Plane ecological niche, and is specialized for conquest of that domain (land, sky, underground, ocean depths). Because of limited word count, I focused on that instead of specifying that they usually reside on on the NEP; essentially, I used the same descriptive text strategy as the Nightwave.<br />2) To a certain degree, ecosystem destruction is its goal; while I certainly overlooked the scope of the shadow spawn cascade (it definitely needed to be scaled back), eating away at whole biospheres should be the result if these things make it into the Material Plane.<br /><br />Thanks again to everyone who voted for the nightbloom!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676945663593890524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-52692115758758423702014-09-29T00:39:34.007+01:002014-09-29T00:39:34.007+01:00Great job, Nicholas. I knew I was competing agains...Great job, Nicholas. I knew I was competing against some very creative people—the nightbloom proves it. Congratulations and good luck!Joe Kondrakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823837802573662407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-51216308558665658182014-09-28T00:05:28.935+01:002014-09-28T00:05:28.935+01:00This is actually Nick's monster, I'm just ...This is actually Nick's monster, I'm just a cheerleader :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616523818154396628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-82671195416451720502014-09-27T23:14:05.226+01:002014-09-27T23:14:05.226+01:00Nice Christopher,
The manifest spores is an inter...Nice Christopher, <br />The manifest spores is an interesting ability. Metamagic SLAs? Nice, :) I like the poison stats for the spores, good call. <br />good luck -ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-39259760273250806892014-09-27T20:43:51.343+01:002014-09-27T20:43:51.343+01:00You're absolutely correct! I'll adjust my ...You're absolutely correct! I'll adjust my comments accordingly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981006670842146633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-46667706794103536982014-09-27T20:24:14.440+01:002014-09-27T20:24:14.440+01:00Actually, Mikko, I think the numbers are in order:...Actually, Mikko, I think the numbers are in order: each of the Empowered SLAs has a feat, totally to 10, and the attack bonus and save DCs are augmented by the desecrating aura, no?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616523818154396628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699951736004887261.post-34156666675966844082014-09-27T20:06:57.520+01:002014-09-27T20:06:57.520+01:00HECK YEAH BROTHER!!!!
That is allHECK YEAH BROTHER!!!!<br /><br />That is allAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616523818154396628noreply@blogger.com