VOTE for Monster design contest.

[Lilly]

This is the compiled list of Eligible entries, with CR ranges:

Please PM your votes to VOTE. VOTE here

The voting categories are (Dun Dun DUUUUN!):
Defination of Mostly: At least 50%. So if you have two monsters out of three in a category, you qualify for it.
[List][*]Best overall monster: It says monster (singular) but I mean entire entry.[*]Best low level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly under CR 5[*]Best mid level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly between CR 5 and 12 [*]Best high level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly over CR 12[*]Best expansion of the theme[*]Most usable as an encounter[*]Most usable as a PC race[*]Flumph award: (Funniest or most useless)[*]A cookie: This award will not be voted on, but I will award it to an entry that I deem worthy.

The Spawned, beasts of the planes. by Rykounagin CR 4-16
The cadre of suffering by Frojoe21 CR 15-16
The song birds by Frojoe21 CR 3-5
Illusid, Living Illusions by Sucros CR 1/2 – 4
Contrary to popular belief by Bingo Bob CR 1-5
Now I lay me down to sleep by The Vorpal Tribble CR 6-20
The Clockworks by Zeal CR 1-5
Pets and Pests by King of Griffins CR 1-4
They came from Santa Cruz by LeifVignirsson CR 2-8
Capu-capu conglomerate by palcosmo CR 1-12
Wizenfolk by foXXtail CR 1/2 – 4
Horror movie zombies by sacreddemon CR 2-6
Evolution by Snommelp CR 1-5
Elements Eternal by The Glyphstone CR 6-8
The Pordeii by Serraphin CR 1-7
Little Golems by Sacrath CR 2-5
Curses! by Cantankerous CR 4-15
Notable Creatures of the Southern Plains by Rimx CR 1/10 – 5
A bunch of good outsiders by Gramakin CR 5-15

[Snommelp]

So, I'm guessing that we only get one vote, yes? Also, is it safe to assume that it's bad form to vote for your own entry?

[Lilly]

You get one vote per category, and it only matters to your conscious if you vote for your own entry, but I'd recomend voting for whatever you think is the best one.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

How long does everyone have to vote?

And btw, thanks for putting on the contest and getting everything together ;D

[Snommelp]

I'm making a helpful post, for a change: below is a list of which entries are eligible for which CR-based categories. Also listed below is whether an entry is eligible for Most Usable as a PC Race. Please note that, regardless of what is said below, all entries are eligible for Best Overall, Best Expansion of the Theme, Most Usable as an Encounter, and the Flumph Award.

The Spawned: Character Race (CRs 4, 9, 16)
Cadre: High-Level (CRs 15, 15, 15, 16)
Song Birds: Character Race, Low-Level (3, 4, 4, 5)
Illusid: Character Race, Low-Level (1/2, 3, 4)
Contrary: Character Race, Low-Level (1, 3, 5)
Sleep: Mid-Level (6, 10, 10, 20)
Clockworks: Low-Level (1, 2, 5)
Pets: Low-Level (1,2, 3, 4, 4)
Santa Cruz: Low-Level, Mid-Level (2, 5, 8)
Capu-Capu: Character Race, Low-Level (1, 1, 12)
Wizenfolk: Character Race, Low-Level (1/2, 3, 4)
Zombies: Low-Level, Mid-Level (2, 4, 5, 6)
Evolution: Low-Level (1, 3, 5)
Elements: Mid-Level (6, 7, 7, 8)
Pordeii: Character Race, Low-Level (1, 1, 5, 7)
Golems: Low-Level (2, 3, 5)
Curses: Character Race, Mid-Level (4, 5, 8, 11, 15)
Southern: Character Race, Low-Level (1/10, 1/2, 1, 3, 4, 5)
Good: Mid-Level (5, 6, 8, 9, 15)

If I didn't put your entry down for a category you think it fits into, PM me. Now, off to bed!

[Gorbash Kazdar]

By the by, I added some more info to the Rules & Guidelines thread regarding voting in case you have any questions.

[Cantankerous]

I actually like the entries this month. Far less entries, so not as much time spent reading so much!

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Snow, you just succeeded in completely confusing me ???

[Sucros]

Dang, I'm going to have to ponder this one. Lots of good entries this time.

[The Glyphstone]

Has anyone noticed that only one entry actually qualifies for the High-Level encounter category?

[Serraphin]

I actually noticed about half way through doing my own entry...and had a CE desire to alter my entire beasty to be over CR12 :P

Lemme just add my thanks to Lily and Gorbash (and anyone I don't know about) for puttin this together. Enjoyed getting the ol' grey matter working again.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I have the highest CR creature in this contest... don't I qualify?

[Snommelp]

Snow, you just succeeded in completely confusing me ???

Sorry, how did I confuse you? I made my post a bit late at night, so I may not have been all together coherent...
As to the CR specific awards, yes, VT, you have the highest CR, but your other three onsters are midrange, so your entry as a whole is "Mostly Mid-Level."

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I thought when we voted on the ranges we chose one of the monsters, not the entire category? Thats how I voted on them... doesn't make much sense to me to vote for one as midrange for example when one of the creatures may be high, another low, and two just happen to be in between.

[Snommelp]

*shrug* The way the contest was laid out, the categories in question are these:

[List][*]Best overall monster: It says monster (singular) but I mean entire entry.[*]Best low level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly under CR 5[*]Best mid level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly between CR 5 and 12 [*]Best high level encounter: The best set of monsters that is mostly over CR 12

It says "set of monsters," not "single monster." So under these rules, only one entry fits the High-Level category.

EDIT: I guess Glyphstone didn't catch it, but there would have been a way to be eligible for every category. One monster below CR 5, one monster at CR 5, one at CR 12, and one above CR 12. 50% of the entry fits each category. I'm glad Glyph didn't catch that, or if he did he didn't follow through with it.

[The Glyphstone]

Nope, didn't notice it....That would have been really easy, though, just alter the HD of my elementals..... ;D...darn.

[Sacrath]

Thats ok, you don't have to sweep the board every time do you?

[SirAnon]

Man I had a great idea and didn't have time to finish writing it up. Mabye next time. Good luck guys!

[sacreddeamon]

Just a quick FYI on mine, its a Disease along with a CR 2, 4, 5, and 6 creature. TECHNALLY it can go for low and Mid, but I am guessing it is mostly low.

[Lilly]

We need more votes! I'm gonna cut off voting on the 11th at 12:00pm EST, or 10:00am MST. So that's next Tuesday. Winners will be announced soon after that.

[Rykounagin]

Fun stuff. 23.5 hours to go. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

[Lilly]

This is your 21 and a half hour warning!

Get all your final votes in, there are some really close votes so every vote counts, I mean it. I don't want anyone to have to fight to the death for a tie-breaker.

[Frojoe21]

Oh yes please!!! Let us fight to the death.

[The Glyphstone]

Vote, vote, vote, vote for the original elementals!!! ;D

[Snommelp]

Original Elementals? Sure, they're not my competition, I don't care.
It's gonna be really funny if all you win is Flumph, Glyph. I'm not expecting that to happen, but it would still be really funny.

[The Glyphstone]

That would be funny.

But why do you imply that they're not original? the Animus and Mortis elementals had their names suggested by other people, but i came up with the concept myself...

[The Vorpal Tribble]

*casts Nightmare on Glyphstone*

[The Glyphstone]

*Helm of Telepathy, boo-yah* :)

[LeifVignirsson]

Now, now... if anyone deserves the most worthless monster around here, it is me... Remember, Monstrous Banana Slug... Toe-foo... Need I say more?

Hi, folks, this is LeifVignirsson for the commission to prove that Monstrous Banana Slugs and Toe-foo are, in fact, worthless saying, please... vote often and vote without shame...

[Snommelp]

But why do you imply that they're not original? the Animus and Mortis elementals had their names suggested by other people, but i came up with the concept myself...

I wasn't. Sorry if the tone sounded that way. It's one of the flaws of the internet; tone is left up to the reader. I meant it as questioning, like "what, them? Okay."