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I read a lot of blogs every day, around 90. Or at least I have them on my RSS reader. A few are book review sites, which I follow mostly to enter their contests for free books. I read the reviews too, but mostly watch them for the free stuff. I've won quite a few books now, Paul keeps saying I need to focus on the lottery, but I think the odds are a bit different. None of those contests require anything from me, except to fill out a form. Easy-peasy.
But I just won a book from a D&D gaming blog for writing up a description of a magic item. I'm kinda proud of that. That something I wrote up, that came from my mind, won. I don't think there were a lot of entries, like 9. But still, I won. Go me. It's the little things these days I focus on.
Here is the contest:
Come up with a description for “The Left Hand of God” to be used in an RPG setting. If it impresses our judges enough, you win a copy of the novel! You can make it a plot hook, crunch it out as a 4E item, or even make it an NPC (perhaps it can hang out with the Atropal). Just leave your entry in a comment (or a link to your entry in a comment) to enter. Full article with the book review here.
This was my entry:
Left Hand of God, wondrous magic item
The Left Hand of God is part of a set of simple looking gloves, with the holy symbol of the god (DM’s choice, can be and alignment, though Chaotic is best) stitched along the cuff.
Once a day the wearer can activate the glove, and an exact duplicate of the wearer is created. The only difference between the two beings is the original is wearing the right hand glove, and the duplicate is wearing the left. The two beings can now split up and be twice as effective. There is no mental communication between them. If the duplicate tries to tell the original what he/she has been up too, the original immediately forgets the knowledge (a third party can fill him or her in). The two will join up, the memories of the duplicated being lost, when the sun next sets or rises (which ever is first). The effect can also be ended early if the two beings clasp their gloved hands together.
But I just won a book from a D&D gaming blog for writing up a description of a magic item. I'm kinda proud of that. That something I wrote up, that came from my mind, won. I don't think there were a lot of entries, like 9. But still, I won. Go me. It's the little things these days I focus on.
Here is the contest:
Come up with a description for “The Left Hand of God” to be used in an RPG setting. If it impresses our judges enough, you win a copy of the novel! You can make it a plot hook, crunch it out as a 4E item, or even make it an NPC (perhaps it can hang out with the Atropal). Just leave your entry in a comment (or a link to your entry in a comment) to enter. Full article with the book review here.
This was my entry:
Left Hand of God, wondrous magic item
The Left Hand of God is part of a set of simple looking gloves, with the holy symbol of the god (DM’s choice, can be and alignment, though Chaotic is best) stitched along the cuff.
Once a day the wearer can activate the glove, and an exact duplicate of the wearer is created. The only difference between the two beings is the original is wearing the right hand glove, and the duplicate is wearing the left. The two beings can now split up and be twice as effective. There is no mental communication between them. If the duplicate tries to tell the original what he/she has been up too, the original immediately forgets the knowledge (a third party can fill him or her in). The two will join up, the memories of the duplicated being lost, when the sun next sets or rises (which ever is first). The effect can also be ended early if the two beings clasp their gloved hands together.