Tuesday December 15th, 1998
Ray posted this to the list about a new contest:
OK, you've been asking for it, and now you're getting it.
1) here's the deal:
We're starting preliminary discussions on a new game. So,
your mission, should you undertake it, is to create a sub-quest.
The subquest should be something that's clearly related to the larger issues of the game period, be interesting, and have a payoff beyond the obvious, I.E. get the really good sword, earn money, etc.
Is that tough enough for you?
Here's some even more perplexing limits. You can't use ANY characters that I've created in the books. The characters of the game, obviously, are who they are (as yet unnamed), so any NPC' you create must be new and original to you. Also, you can't 'follow up' on old story lines and themes from either the books or the games, so no 'get the other great sword in Elvandar (from BaK),' or 'find the other gobblin camp in the mountains,' (from RtK), or 'return to the Mac Mordain Cadal and see if Rhuarge left some treasure the dwarves missed (fat chance).'
2) here's the prize:
There's more than 1.
First prize will get a galley (I have to go digging to see which one's I have laying around. I think I've got a Merchant Prince, but I'll have to go check).
Second prize will get an autographed book, either Krondor (if you already don't have it or you want it with an autograph) or the next one.
Third prizes (yes, plural) will get an autographed map of Midkemia created as a premium for RtK by Serra. There will be at least 3 of those, if not more. (I'm feeling generious, but not too much--I've got to buy a price mailing tube to send those out.
OK, you have until January 31st to e-mail me your entry. Do not post to the list until I say it's OK.
Here's what you have to stick at the bottom of the entry:
I hearby grant to Raymond E. Feist, Sierra Studio, it's heirs and assigns, the right to use the above material in any way they see fit, without further compensation or condition. All character names, place names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are the exclusive property of Raymond E. Feist, The Bitter Sea Company, Midkemia Press, and/or Pyrotechnix, Inc., and/ or Sierra/Studio.
OK, there you go. Knock yourself out.
