QtR 30 is open for submissions!
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QtR 30 is open for submissions!
“What's done in the dark always comes to the light” (J Ward)
The Fraternity of Shadows is now accepting submissions for the next Quoth the Raven, our annual Ravenloft netbook.
This year is a special year as it will be issue 30!
It wasn’t 30 years since we started QtR netbooks, mind you (it was released more than once a year when it started, then later it settled to once a year).
What about the number 30? What mystery is it hiding?
We have consulted famous vistani numerologists and this is what we learned from them:
1) Numerology: This is the number of the intellect. Some may regard the number 30 as lonely. Others rightfully see it as a number of fierce dedications and service to whichever it is that they are studying at that time.
A good number for the FoS…
Numerology again : the number 30 is also a powerful number that is associated with manifestation, balance, and the law of attraction. If you are seeing this number everywhere, it is a sign that your angels are trying to get your attention!
2) Dream Interpretation: Superstition says that if you dream about the number 30 it means someone is lying to you. To see anything related to the number 30 in your dreams usually means that someone or something lacks truth. Someone is lying to you, or something is not what it seems.
Something is hidden from us, we can feel it!
3) It is also the number of vertices in the Tutte–Coxeter graphic
Now we’re getting somewhere!
But where?
4) In years of marriage, the pearl wedding anniversary.
A pearl is a hidden thing… it’s secreted in the darkness …
5) Geometry: The number of edges of a dodecahedron and icosahedron.
6) Music: The total number of major and minor keys in Western tonal music, including enharmonic equivalents.
See #3
7) 30 Days of Night: This comic series takes place in Barrow, Alaska, so far north that during the winter, the sun does not rise for 30 days.
In the series, vampires take advantage of the prolonged darkness to openly kill the townspeople and feed at will…
So this year’s theme is: "Darkness! Things left in the dark, and hidden decay"
As always, we are looking for anything related to Ravenloft, Masque of the Red Death, or horror in general. The theme is deliberately open ended, but still a suggestion, not a restriction. If you have something great that doesn't fit in with the theme, send it in anyway!
Ruleset doesn't matter! We accept articles using any edition of D&D rules, or even other systems. Canon setting doesn't matter either: 2e/3e canon shared world, 4e Shadowfell Domains, 5e reimagined setting, homebrew worlds, send them all in! Some of the best articles don't have any rules text at all! And if you're interested in having your rules converted to another system, let us know. There are lots of volunteers eager to help.
BUT: do not overformat your articles (we will painfully remove it all anyway, to put our own look to it!)
See our submission guidelines for official rules.
Submit your articles to QTR@fraternityofshadows.com. The deadline is September 30th, 2023, but feel free to send your articles in early, especially if you're looking for feedback.
"A full set of (game) rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a black hole" (Adams)
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Well, the Black Vault thread certainly fits for this one. As does Mephisto's (I think its Mephisto who talked about doing this) stating out the Ravenloft Characters/Items from the TSR cards (something long hidden/forgotten).
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I suspect that the sheer evilness of my maniacal laughter is undercut by the way I'm bouncing with glee.
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But you know, a submission doesn't have to be following the suggested theme.
There was once, a while ago but still, that none of the QtR submissions were about the suggested theme
We knew many would find it maniacally inspiring
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Darkness, eh? Let see what I manage to do. One will be Barovia, I was conserving it for number 30.
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What was the suggest theme then?Joël of the FoS wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:10 pm
There was once, a while ago but still, that none of the QtR submissions were about the suggested theme
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NihilPizza wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:52 amWhat was the suggest theme then?Joël of the FoS wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:10 pm
There was once, a while ago but still, that none of the QtR submissions were about the suggested theme
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I do not recall that, and of course QtR didn't mention it as it was irrelevant.Pizza wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:52 amWhat was the suggest theme then?Joël of the FoS wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:10 pm
There was once, a while ago but still, that none of the QtR submissions were about the suggested theme
"A full set of (game) rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a black hole" (Adams)
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We should probably add to our standard disclaimers about theme and ruleset:
Canon setting doesn't matter either: 2e/3e canon shared world, 4e Shadowfell Domains, 5e reimagined setting, homebrew worlds, send them all in!
Canon setting doesn't matter either: 2e/3e canon shared world, 4e Shadowfell Domains, 5e reimagined setting, homebrew worlds, send them all in!
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Indeed! Added to first post.
"A full set of (game) rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a black hole" (Adams)
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I should get back to work on my stories and this year's Register of Monsters, shouldn't I?
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Please do! I, for one, would enjoy the results.Baron Von Stanton wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:28 pm I should get back to work on my stories and this year's Register of Monsters, shouldn't I?
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IanFordam wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:45 amPlease do! I, for one, would enjoy the results.Baron Von Stanton wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:28 pm I should get back to work on my stories and this year's Register of Monsters, shouldn't I?
"The latest Register of Monsters is here!"
"Oh, lemme see... 'Now with added demon lard...'"
"Don't you mean 'demon lord'?"
"No, 'lard,' this year's edition is a cookbook."
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You think I wouldn't read that? I would totally read that.Baron Von Stanton wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:14 pm "The latest Register of Monsters is here!"
"Oh, lemme see... 'Now with added demon lard...'"
"Don't you mean 'demon lord'?"
"No, 'lard,' this year's edition is a cookbook."
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We already have a submission for QtR 30
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