5e Homebrew Contests Chat Thread

[Ninja_Prawn]

Greetings, everyone. We've had a few 5e homebrewing contests now, but I feel like there's been a general lack of direction and structure to them, so I was thinking it might be a good idea to have a centralised 'chat thread' where we could record the results of previous contests, float ideas for new ones and generally stimulate some interest in the concept. What do you think?

As a starting point, who would be interested in a second spell-brewing contest? I would be willing to host one if there's enough interest.

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Hall of Fame

Spoiler: Base Class Contests

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Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Base Class Contest I	No Theme	JNAProductions	Professional (Flashy)
Base Class Contest II	Light and Dark	JNAProductions	Astromancer (Mr.Moron)
Base Class Contest III	Homestead	JNAProductions	Reaver (weaseldust)
Base Class Contest IV	Making History	weaseldust	Living Legend (JNAProductions)
Base Class Contest V	Tactics and Leadership	JNAProductions	Tactician (clash)
Requilac's Base Class Contest I (VI)	Neither Sword nor Sorcery	Requilac	Inventor (WarrentheHero)
Requilac's Base Class Contest II (VII)	Terror	Requilac	Sleepwalker (Mourne)
Requilac's Base Class Contest III (VIII)	The Elements	Requilac	Shaman (pygmybatrider)
Requilac's Base Class Contest IV (IX)	Does Not Meet Expectations	Requilac	Destined (MoleMage) & Mesmer (pygmybatrider)
Requilac's Base Class Contest V (X)	Winter	Requilac	Wintreborn (MoleMage)
Requilac's Base Class Contest VI (XI)	Monster Mash	Requilac	Elemental Scion (daemonaetea), Golem (MoleMage) & Lycanthrope (theVoidWatches)
MoleMage's Base Class Contest VII (XII)	Remix Mastery	MoleMage	TBC

Spoiler: Subclass Contests

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Regular

Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Subclass Contest I	It's Technical	MoleMage	Circle of Progress (Ivellius)
Subclass Contest II	It Came From Beyond	MoleMage	Mirrorkin (Ninja_Prawn)
Subclass Contest III	So You Don't Have To	MoleMage	Circle of the Conclave (Icecaster)
Subclass Contest IV	Other Media	MoleMage	Pinball Wizard (nickl_2000)
Subclass Contest V	Five Stars	MoleMage	Circle of Stars (Evil the Cat)
Subclass Contest VI	Bunch of Fives	MoleMage	College of the Luchador (nickl_2000)
Subclass Contest VII	Luck	MoleMage	Fate Sorcery (Man_Over_Game) & Way of the Chance Dancer (Oubliette)
Subclass Contest VIII	Something Borrowed	MoleMage	TBC

Slapdash

Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Slapdash Subclass Challenge I	Love	Amechra	None
Slapdash Subclass Challenge II	Reach for the Stars	Ninja_Prawn	Stellar Bloodline (MoleMage)

Spoiler: Spell Contests

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Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Spellbrew Contest I	No Theme	DracoKnight	Gingerbread Cottage (Ninja_Prawn)
Spellbrew Contest II	Change	Ninja_Prawn	Mammon's Cash Shower (Devcon1)

Spoiler: Monster Contests

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Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Make a Monster (I)	Wildcard Elements	Steel Mirror	The Carrion King (Dire_Stirge)
Evolving Slaadi Hybrids Challenge (II)	Slaad Hybrids	RickAllison	None
Monster Design Contest (III)	Shapeshifters	JNAProductions	Yubsharasehn (Requilac)

Spoiler: Adventure Contests

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Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Adventure Making Competition I	No Theme	JNAProductions	None

Spoiler: Miscellaneous Contests

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Contest	Theme	Host	Winner
Base Class Contest V (Misc Category)	Tactics and Leadership	JNAProductions	J'zzalshrak, the Errant General (Devcon1)

[Final Hyena]

Spells themed on Monster Munch you say? Who wouldn't be interested?!

Also nice job on gathering and presenting everything.

Hmmmm Monster Munch....

[Ninja_Prawn]

Spells themed on Monster Munch you say? Who wouldn't be interested?!

Also nice job on gathering and presenting everything.

Hmmmm Monster Munch....

Are you... hungry, Final?

It could be a good theme though. I might run with it, if there's an... appetite for it!

*tumbleweed & crickets*

[Final Hyena]

Are you... hungry, Final?

What? Don't be silly. You brought it up not me! I haven't even had them in years!!!!
Damn diet cravings.

For some serious suggestions;
Movement; Moving others (forcibly or willingly) and yourself, tethering creatures together etc.
Maltesers; Spells that are balls, maybe they bounce around affecting multiple targets or ignore cover etc.
Assassin; getting into positions to kill and spells to quickly/silently kill etc.
Jaffa Cakes; Spells with misleading names.

[Ninja_Prawn]

Jaffa Cakes; Spells with misleading names.

"Look, I know it's called the Eldritch Evocation of Doom, but it's actually classified as an illusion for tax purposes."

[Ninja_Prawn]

So, apart from Final Hyena, is no one interested in a spell contest? That's a shame.

I guess we could do a subclass contest... there haven't been any of those for a while.

[JNAProductions]

I could maybe do a spell contest? I've never made spells before.

[Mr.Moron]

Random Idea I had. Flesh out a class stub:

Original Poster creates the first levels of class, establishing the name, broad mechanical strokes (casters vs non-caster) and the first hints at what the sub-classes might do. Other posters than complete the rest of the remaining 17 levels to make the class whole. With voting as normal on the results.

This might be interesting because rather than working with a loose theme or an anything-goes grab bag. Folks are trying to create the best version of a particular thing. Presumably winning would be more about "who made the best thing" rather than "who made the variety of thing with broader appeal"

Other possiblities in this vein:

Re-implement a missing class from a previous edition.
Implement a given a Prestige Class or idea from a previous edition as sub-class/archetype for the core set.

In each both cases be it "Finish the Stub" or the porting exercises, the winner would determine what the next thing is. The latter options require familiarity with older versions but given what I've seen of the Homebrew forum and all the ports people already do, enough folks are to have a good base for this sort of thing.

[Ninja_Prawn]

Random Idea I had. Flesh out a class stub:

Original Poster creates the first levels of class, establishing the name, broad mechanical strokes (casters vs non-caster) and the first hints at what the sub-classes might do. Other posters than complete the rest of the remaining 17 levels to make the class whole. With voting as normal on the results.

This might be interesting because rather than working with a loose theme or an anything-goes grab bag. Folks are trying to create the best version of a particular thing. Presumably winning would be more about "who made the best thing" rather than "who made the variety of thing with broader appeal"

Other possibilities in this vein:

Re-implement a missing class from a previous edition.
Implement a given a Prestige Class or idea from a previous edition as sub-class/archetype for the core set.

In each both cases be it "Finish the Stub" or the porting exercises, the winner would determine what the next thing is. The latter options require familiarity with older versions but given what I've seen of the Homebrew forum and all the ports people already do, enough folks are to have a good base for this sort of thing.

Could work, for sure. I guess it's somewhere between a contest and a collaborative exercise/parlour game...

I'd probably contribute, if someone started a 'stub'.