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thegurullamen
2008-11-02, 10:57 PM
Okay, I'm going to jump on yon bandwagon and make a vote for voting for the new note up a whatever. I'll follow through on it, so just place your votes below and I'll get to work.

Voting continues until noon CDT Election Day + 2 (Thursday for you non-voters.)

Category Class


{table=head]Category|Votes
Creature|
Class| 7
PrC|
NPC|
Item|4[/table]

Subcategory Arcane

As it's so hard to classify classes without delving into twenty nine different non-exclusive aspects, I've split it up into several categories, starting with archetype.


{table=head]Archetype|Votes
Arcane| 7
Divine| 1
Martial/Fighting|5
Skill|2
Other (please specify)|[/table]

Secondary Power Sources/Themes and Features Souls/Spirits, Invocations/Rituals with Armor and Weapons (Exotic) and Allied Creatures

Choose One:


{table=head]Secondary Power Sources|Votes
Arcane/Hermetic|
Divine|
Martial| 1
Natural/Elements (Normal, Wu Jen or Otherwise)|
Souls/Spirits| 10
Planar- Pos./Neg. Energy|
Planar- Shadow|
Extraplanar/Extranatural|
No Additional Source| [/table]

Choose One or Two of the Following:


{table=head]Features|Votes
Stealth| 1
Armor and Weaponry (Exotic)| 5
Allied Creatures|5
Spells/Spell-likes|
Invocations/Rituals| 9
Attack Buffer/Bonuses|
Energy Attacks|
Resistances/Immunities|
Leadership|
Reconnaissance/Spying|
Tactics| 1
Turning|
Crafting/Creation (Item, Creature, Etc.)|
Transportation| 1
[/table]

EDIT: Oy, I'm an idiot. Forgot to link this thread to the winning class' thread. Anyway, here it is, the Warmelder (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98298)

afroakuma
2008-11-02, 11:05 PM
ANOTHER one? Good lord. :smalltongue:

I think this has been meta'ed to thorough death.

Will you be hosting the finished contest, thegurullamen? Or will you be asking one of the current contest MCs to do so?

Also, please bear in mind that Vote Up A Prestige Class, Vote Up A Paragon Path and Vote Up A Campaign Setting are all taken.

That is all. Carry on.

thegurullamen
2008-11-02, 11:11 PM
I think this has been meta'ed to thorough death.

I did not know that. Hell.


Will you be hosting the finished contest, thegurullamen? Or will you be asking one of the current contest MCs to do so?

Sure, I'll host, though this is mostly just a joke. But whatever, I could use a pet project on top of dman's PrC contest.


Also, please bear in mind that Vote Up A Prestige Class, Vote Up A Paragon Path and Vote Up A Campaign Setting are all taken.

The hell you say. We on these boards do what we want! And where the heck is vote up a CS? I have many an insight to offer.

afroakuma
2008-11-02, 11:18 PM
Myself, Shadow_Elf and Zeta Kai, respectively, are currently working on running these contests.

Icewalker
2008-11-02, 11:32 PM
And I was about to post a 'vote up a vote up a creation' thread.

afroakuma
2008-11-02, 11:35 PM
The meta is going craaaazy.

Zeta Kai
2008-11-03, 12:39 AM
I hang my head in shame for having given birth to such a beast... :smallsigh:

BTW, Vote Up a Campaign Setting will begin shortly after the next VUAM (3.X) is finished.

Magnor Criol
2008-11-03, 12:41 AM
Actually, it doesn't really sound like thegurullamen thought of this in any context with the "Vote Up A..." threads...he just wants another contest. =p

Also, I wouldn't really call the "Vote Up A..." threads contests. There's no competition, at least not one where a forum member - participant wins out above others; simply voting for aspects.

Zeta Kai
2008-11-03, 01:11 AM
Actually, it doesn't really sound like thegurullamen thought of this in any context with the "Vote Up A..." threads...he just wants another contest. =p

From the OP's own secondary comments, it sounds exactly like that was the idea.


Also, I wouldn't really call the "Vote Up A..." threads contests. There's no competition, at least not one where a forum member - participant wins out above others; simply voting for aspects.

They are contests, just not contests that you can win. There are winners, losers, underdogs, & landslides. Anything in which the results are determined by voting can be considered a contest.

streakster
2008-11-03, 01:14 AM
I hang my head in awesome for having given birth to such an awesome thing... :smallsigh:

BTW, Vote Up a Campaign Setting will begin shortly after the next VUAM (3.X) is finished.

Slightly incomprehensibly fixed for you.:smallsmile:

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 01:14 AM
New plan: Vote Up a Contest. Everyone start! If I care to remember, I'll keep track of something!

I look forward to the VUaCS! If my life weren''t so hectic, I might have done my own!

Magnor Criol
2008-11-03, 12:57 PM
Well, that clinches it then.

This meme's taken on a life of its own! It can reproduce now! Everyone flee before it's too late! :smalltongue:


New plan: Vote Up a Contest. Everyone start! If I care to remember, I'll keep track of something!

Well if you're going to do this Vote-Up-An-X style, you gotta do it proper, methinks. You have to come up with several categories, and a number of options within each category. Hold voting for each category spread over set periods.

This could be difficult to do for a contest, though. Tough to narrow it down to categories.

afroakuma
2008-11-03, 01:01 PM
Depends what we're referring to. For homebrewable material, it should be easier. As long as he holds to the high formatting standards :smalltongue: we :smalltongue: ourselves :smalltongue: ascribe to.

Vadin
2008-11-03, 04:06 PM
Alternatively, we'll now have a Vote up a Vote Up a Thing Contest! We are now voting Edition.


{table=head]Edition|Votes
3.x/Paizo|
4e*|[/table]

* Note: I can't homebrew 4e because I don't know the rules so if 4e wins, the contest is over and nothing will happen. Good voting!

Do you actually intend to follow through with this Vote-Up-A-Contest Edition vote, or is this whole thing a joke playing off the "Vote-Up-A" meme ZK started?

Honest question.

Because if you are planning on actually following through with this, just skip ahead to actual voting, because it's clear you will only vote up 3.5 things.

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 04:10 PM
Sure, I'll host a real contest. I'm using the day to gather my thoughts. Feel free to post random ideas or comments while I get my stuff together. Categorical things begin tonight at midnight.

Vadin
2008-11-03, 04:41 PM
I was really just wondering if you were going to actually have 3.5 or 4e be up to a vote, or if you were only going to go ahead if there was an overwhelming vote for 3.5. Just letting you know, there are quite a lot of us who would love to see more 4e homebrew and would prefer a contest or a Vote-Up-A be done in 4e.

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 05:03 PM
I was really just wondering if you were going to actually have 3.5 or 4e be up to a vote, or if you were only going to go ahead if there was an overwhelming vote for 3.5. Just letting you know, there are quite a lot of us who would love to see more 4e homebrew and would prefer a contest or a Vote-Up-A be done in 4e.

Can't say I'm opposed to the idea, I'm just not the guy to do it. I'm not a big 4e fan and I'm new to 3.x homebrew, so there'll be enough there to occupy me for a while. Sorry.

Vadin
2008-11-03, 05:06 PM
Then you should probably append that voting thing up there. As it stands, you seem to be giving (and immediately taking away) the option that this might be in 4e.

Shadow_Elf
2008-11-03, 05:19 PM
I hang my head in shame for having given birth to such a beast... :smallsigh:

BTW, Vote Up a Campaign Setting will begin shortly after the next VUAM (3.X) is finished.

I apologize, for I too had a hand in this. If I had never ripped off your idea, no one else would have :smalltongue:.

afroakuma
2008-11-03, 05:21 PM
No, I would have, Shadow. I think I may have tipped it when I started VUAV 2 immediately after the previous contest's completion. The fault is, I am sorry to say, entirely mine. :smallfrown:

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 05:47 PM
Screw all of you, this is my thread. I claim all of the blame! It's mine, all of it!!! (maniacal laughter)

Vadin
2008-11-03, 05:51 PM
If we're starting voting already, I vote for Class.

Zeta Kai
2008-11-03, 06:08 PM
Screw all of you, this is my thread. I claim all of the blame! It's mine, all of it!!! (maniacal laughter)

"It is not yours save by unhappy chance. It might have been mine. It should be mine. Give it to me!"
-Boromir, The Lord of the Rings, Book II, Chapter X

On-topic, I vote for Class. I'm curious to see what you can do, Gurullamen, that hasn't been done before.

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 06:12 PM
"It is not yours save by unhappy chance. It might have been mine. It should be mine. Give it to me!"
-Boromir, The Lord of the Rings, Book II, Chapter X

(whines like Frodo) Myehhhhnehhhh...! Le'mme alone!! Sam, help! Your master commands you!!


On-topic, I vote for Class. I'm curious to see what you can do, Gurullamen, that hasn't been done before.

No pressure, right? I'll try to be as original as possible, but no promises. Then again, I won the Unswerving Faith PrC contest. Who'm I kidding? I got this. [/George Lopez]

kopout
2008-11-03, 06:19 PM
I vote for Item. We have not had one yet.

streakster
2008-11-03, 06:28 PM
Class

Because I want to see how long this madness can continue...

Owrtho
2008-11-03, 06:46 PM
Class. Cuz they're fun.

Owrtho

arguskos
2008-11-03, 06:49 PM
Item [Artifact], just to be different.

-argus

thegurullamen
2008-11-03, 06:54 PM
Votes counted.

Shadow_Elf
2008-11-03, 07:38 PM
Class. Just 'cause.

puppyavenger
2008-11-03, 11:19 PM
Item(artifact)

Lyndworm
2008-11-03, 11:23 PM
I, too, cast my vote for Class!

Zack

aaron_the_cow
2008-11-03, 11:25 PM
ITEM [Low Level] FTW

vegetalss4
2008-11-04, 05:49 AM
here's another vote for class

thegurullamen
2008-11-04, 01:10 PM
This is now a Vote Up a Class thread. Choose your archetypes wisely.

Saint Nil
2008-11-04, 01:26 PM
I like the sound of an Arcane class.

Vadin
2008-11-04, 01:49 PM
Yeah, I could go for arcane, but only if it includes all magic that isn't divine (all magic that isn't divine being binding, truespeak, incarnum, shadow magic, and...well, that's pretty much it.)

If Arcane doesn't cover all those possibilities, then Other- Incarnum.

thegurullamen
2008-11-04, 01:52 PM
Yeah, I could go for arcane, but only if it includes all magic that isn't divine (all magic that isn't divine being binding, truespeak, incarnum, shadow magic, and...well, that's pretty much it.)

If Arcane doesn't cover all those possibilities, then Other- Incarnum.

I'll lump those under Arcane.

puppyavenger
2008-11-04, 01:58 PM
Arcane for the Win!

BooNL
2008-11-04, 02:15 PM
Go go Divine!

Zenos
2008-11-04, 02:30 PM
I'd say Martial. Could a skillmonkey too. But my vote is for Martial.

streakster
2008-11-04, 02:38 PM
Arcane Come on, new invocation class...

horngeek
2008-11-04, 04:32 PM
Martial/Fighting

Shadow_Elf
2008-11-04, 04:39 PM
Skillmonkey!

Common, you guys know you want one...

Owrtho
2008-11-04, 04:51 PM
I'll go Skill.

Owrtho

Lyndworm
2008-11-04, 05:46 PM
I cast my vote for Martial/Fighting.

Zack

Zeta Kai
2008-11-04, 07:57 PM
I'll vote for Arcane. I'd like to see a different kind of magic than what we've already seen. Sure, it will take no small amount of imagination, but the potential payoff is great.

FMArthur
2008-11-04, 08:07 PM
Make it Other: Arcane/Martial!

aaron_the_cow
2008-11-04, 08:09 PM
Arcane FTW

thegurullamen
2008-11-04, 08:18 PM
Make it Other: Arcane/Martial!

I have no problem incorporating the two, but that's the next step. The other category is for things that don't fit the current theme, like, I dunno...Ooze-fueled battle chugger. Whatever the hell that is. Pick one or the other (Martial sounds like a better choice for the concept as I envision it) and I'll incorporate the overall idea into the next round.

FMArthur
2008-11-04, 08:21 PM
Change my vote to Martial, then.

Baxter190
2008-11-04, 08:40 PM
Arcane 08!

Suzuro
2008-11-04, 08:50 PM
Martial! ...yeah!


-Suzuro

thegurullamen
2008-11-05, 01:02 PM
And the masses did speak and they did choose the Arcane. Next up, the real grit of the class: features and such!!!

FMArthur
2008-11-05, 01:13 PM
Martial/Transportation

Owrtho
2008-11-05, 01:41 PM
souls/spirit, and Stealth & Tactics.

Owrtho

streakster
2008-11-05, 01:59 PM
Souls/Spirits

Invocations/Rituals
Armor and Weaponry (Exotic)

Zeta Kai
2008-11-05, 03:14 PM
I vote for Souls/Spirits, with Invocations/Rituals.

Vadin
2008-11-05, 03:28 PM
Souls/spirits and Armor and Weaponry (Exotic)!

afroakuma
2008-11-05, 03:35 PM
Souls/Spirits with Armor/Weaponry and Invocations/Rituals

thegurullamen
2008-11-05, 03:38 PM
Souls/Spirits with Armor/Weaponry and Invocations/Rituals

I have used an extraordinary number of slashes in this contest.

afroakuma
2008-11-05, 03:51 PM
I am partly to blame, though, aren't I? :smallcool:

puppyavenger
2008-11-05, 03:52 PM
souls/spirits with invocations/rituals and allied creatures

aaron_the_cow
2008-11-05, 05:27 PM
Souls/Spirits, with Invocations/Rituals FTW

Shadow_Elf
2008-11-05, 09:17 PM
Exotic Armor and Allied Creatures.

I'm thinking of a heavily armor dude with a bunch of beefy meat shields.

horngeek
2008-11-05, 09:33 PM
Souls/Spirits for secondary power sources.

For features...Armor and Weaponary andInvocations/Rituals

Sort of reminds me of Shinigami from Bleach

Mewtarthio
2008-11-05, 09:49 PM
Well, it looks like Souls are winning the power source vote, so I'm going to vote for Allied Creatures and Invocations/Rituals, because those look like fun things to acquire with that sort of power source.

vegetalss4
2008-11-06, 04:45 AM
souls/spirits
and
inovocations/rituals
and
Alies

Luean
2008-11-06, 10:13 AM
Ooooh, just found this thread.
(Some days ago i wanted to start a "Vote up an artifact" thread, but i was afraid, that the homebrew gods would eat my soul, if i started another "vote up <something> thread)

Soooooo, i'll vote for something new!
souls/spirits + invocations/rituals + allied creatures

Well...not really new...but i like this combination...reminds me of Shaman King

thegurullamen
2008-11-06, 01:04 PM
Contest is over, the winner is an Arcane Class with Souls/Spirits, Invocations/Rituals with Armor and Weapons (Exotic) and Allied Creatures as features and themes. Good lord, what have I done to myself?

The class will take time to homebrew, but I'll get to work as soon as possible. Thanks for the votes!

afroakuma
2008-11-06, 03:00 PM
Should be pretty interesting and flavorful, actually.

Owrtho
2008-11-06, 03:08 PM
So... it's gunna use rituals, to enhance its exotic equipment while stealing souls, to power itself and enhance allies?

Owrtho

thegurullamen
2008-11-06, 03:31 PM
So... it's gunna use rituals, to enhance its exotic equipment while stealing souls, to power itself and enhance allies?

Owrtho

[weeps]

At the moment, my thoughts are leaning towards a not-sucky soulknife, except more broad in its scope and utilizing soul power (Incarnum/arcana-with-a-soul-flavor) as opposed to psionic power. With enough different aspects to keep people happy, of course.

puppyavenger
2008-11-14, 02:39 PM
so this dead?

DrakebloodIV
2008-11-14, 02:47 PM
How about uses a soul-binding knife to kill a ghost and use it's remains in a ritual to gain power. Something like the grim reaper but with an exotic weapon

Zeta Kai
2008-11-14, 02:49 PM
Word on the street is that The Guru Llamen is still working on this class. Expect it in the next couple of weeks.

thegurullamen
2008-11-14, 06:23 PM
No, it's not dead. It takes time to homebrew a class. Especially considering I'm trying to be relatively creative with it. Please note all release or post dates I say in the near future are abstract ideas; could be, maybe, kinda sorta? I am working diligently on it, though, and hopefully it will be up to par with the original (and afroakuma-run) Vote Up A...'s.

EDIT: Here's the link to the winner, the Warmelder (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98298)