Grimwell
09-21-2008, 02:46 PM
IRON DM -- A contest in which DM's are paired off against each other competetively to create adventures that demonstrate their creativity and prowess with the system. Using multiple single elimination rounds the DM's are whittled down until one is left standing supreme.
I saw this first on the EN World forums, near the onset of the 3.0 D&D rules release. It was a lot of fun to watch, and provided everyone with entertainment, and adventures to lift and use in their own campaigns. Click this link (http://www.aquerra.com/IRON_DM/whatisirondm.htm) to read a history of what they were, and the rules used at the time.
If there is enough interest, I'd like to run an Iron DM tournament here at P&PG! Here is how I'd like to run it:
Willing contestants need to step up and say "I'd like to participate!"
I'll pair up contestants and create a tournmanet ladder that will get us to the final round.
We would use the D&D 4th Edition rules.
In each round, contestants will be given six items to use in the 'recipe' for their adventure.
Items will be pulled from the following: Monsters, Persons, Locations, Items, Concepts, or Events.
Each ingredient must be used in the adventure.
Participants will have 24 hours to create their adventure using the forums timestamp as our timer.
Entries, once posted, cannot be edited. We will rely on the honor system wherein contestants don't read their opponents adventures until everyone has turned in.
Entries will be judged by me. My rulings will be final.
Comments from the P&PG community are very welcome, but people need to avoid suggesting how to use ingredients, or what they would do until judging is complete.
The winner of the final round is crowned the "Iron DM"
That's really it. Ideally, if there is enough interest, I'd like to run a sample round open to as many people as possible. I'll give one list and anyone can submit an entry. It will not be judged in the tournament sense of things, but would be a bit of fun and set the examples out before we do a tournament.
If this works, it should be a fun way to explore the new D&D rules, and give everyone new ideas for their adventures.
One final note: The submissions should be micro-adventures. Not full blown 96 page submissions. It should be something that a person can do in a day, without calling in sick to work, and should be fun, not work.
Interested? Post in this thread to let me know. If enough folks are, I'll run a sample round and then set a tournament ladder up!
I saw this first on the EN World forums, near the onset of the 3.0 D&D rules release. It was a lot of fun to watch, and provided everyone with entertainment, and adventures to lift and use in their own campaigns. Click this link (http://www.aquerra.com/IRON_DM/whatisirondm.htm) to read a history of what they were, and the rules used at the time.
If there is enough interest, I'd like to run an Iron DM tournament here at P&PG! Here is how I'd like to run it:
Willing contestants need to step up and say "I'd like to participate!"
I'll pair up contestants and create a tournmanet ladder that will get us to the final round.
We would use the D&D 4th Edition rules.
In each round, contestants will be given six items to use in the 'recipe' for their adventure.
Items will be pulled from the following: Monsters, Persons, Locations, Items, Concepts, or Events.
Each ingredient must be used in the adventure.
Participants will have 24 hours to create their adventure using the forums timestamp as our timer.
Entries, once posted, cannot be edited. We will rely on the honor system wherein contestants don't read their opponents adventures until everyone has turned in.
Entries will be judged by me. My rulings will be final.
Comments from the P&PG community are very welcome, but people need to avoid suggesting how to use ingredients, or what they would do until judging is complete.
The winner of the final round is crowned the "Iron DM"
That's really it. Ideally, if there is enough interest, I'd like to run a sample round open to as many people as possible. I'll give one list and anyone can submit an entry. It will not be judged in the tournament sense of things, but would be a bit of fun and set the examples out before we do a tournament.
If this works, it should be a fun way to explore the new D&D rules, and give everyone new ideas for their adventures.
One final note: The submissions should be micro-adventures. Not full blown 96 page submissions. It should be something that a person can do in a day, without calling in sick to work, and should be fun, not work.
Interested? Post in this thread to let me know. If enough folks are, I'll run a sample round and then set a tournament ladder up!