Pitches wanted (fantasy RPG) | 10 cents per word

[This opportunity was posted 30+ days ago and has expired.]

If you have an idea that isn't specifically called for, feel free to send it over unless it's on the "Do not pitch me" list.

Before pitching, please familiarize yourself with the rules for submission over on patreon, and check out the article index to make sure what you are pitching hasn't already been published.

DO NOT PITCH ME

• Repeated material: Please do not submit work you have published elsewhere on the internet, and look over the article index to make sure you're not pitching thematically similar things to previous articles.
• Full Classes or Subclasses
• Spells
• Magic Items
• Monsters

PLEASE PITCH ME

• Fantastic Locations: Up to 1,500 words talking about a fantastic location that can be placed into any campaign setting. A evocative name is critical here. No one wants to go to Jim's Tower when they see it on a map. But they will be desperate to go to the Tower of Shattered Time. If your pitch doesn't have an evocative name that immediate grips me, it's unlikely to move to the outline stage. These should be the kind of locations players could get excited by when seeing them on a map. These articles are high-level macro descriptions of locations, not room-by-room encounter based locations. See the attached example to see the kind of thing we're looking for.
• Traps: I am looking for simple traps that can be placed into almost any location. Traps should follow the general layout in XGtE (Level & Threat>Trigger>Effect>Countermeasure)
• Puzzles: I am looking for a variety of puzzles that can easily be placed people's games. Puzzles should follow the general layout in TCoE (Difficulty>Puzzle Features>Solution>Hint Check>Customizing the Puzzle)
• Teamwork rules: I'm looking for rules that allow players to combo their moves together. Think in the avengers when Iron Man bounces his repulsor beams off Captain America's shield, or when Hawkeye shoots an arrow with Antman on.
• Short Adventures: These should run under 2,000 words and take 1-2 sessions to complete. They need to have an interesting set up that hooks the players quickly, several smaller encounters (these can be random tables of SRD monsters), as well as a memorable "boss" battle. Please read the adventure guide attached for information on how to layout your adventures.
• "Random" Tables: These can be almost anything, I'm happy to see lists of taverns, NPCs, trinkets in a giant's pocket. The only thing I care about is that they are thematic and interesting!

HOW TO PITCH

Please email your pitches in a separate email with the subject line "Pitch, [Pitch Name], [Your Name]". If I like your pitch I will ask you for an outline and we will proceed from there.

We pay $0.10/word and typically are commissioning <2,000 words at a time from any one writer, and its almost always the writer working to a theme we set. I want to get that number up though, and it's on my roadmap as we bring in more money to raise our rates.

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[This opportunity was posted 30+ days ago and has expired.]