While the art and layout is great, my favorite thing here is how open-ended and playable it is. I like that it’s a decision point for the players, and that The Shrouded Sovereign is deadly without necessarily being a party wipe, and not fighting them is just as (perhaps more) rewarding. Excellent design!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.765 | 4.765 |
| Theme | #4 | 4.588 | 4.588 |
| Written Tone | #6 | 4.412 | 4.412 |
| Visual Execution | #6 | 4.412 | 4.412 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
A perfect continuation of the first great adventure of the dying world.
The tone and ideas play very well and the art was necessarily grotesque and fitting. 5/5
It makes me anxious to know what the PCs might choose to do with Aldon's life and the dark rewards of this creature.
(You know what? f you Aldon)
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Delirious Garnish Gourmet KnightThe written tonality is on point, and the illustration as well as the overall art direction is really nice.
It's messy in a MÖRK BORG-way, yet succeeding with not overdoing it. A little more white space could probably be given to the right hand side, but it's a nit-pick.
If there had been more space I would've loved a table or input on what "forbidden knowledge" the Shrouded Sovereign could've given me.
Overall a really good piece. Well put together and a great visual execution!
Submitted
The Mad Hatter's TeapartyThe more and more I look through entries for this jam, the more I realise that there's a lot of good graphic design on most things Mork Borg related. Case and point, I love the image of the Shrouded Sovereign as it is beautifully horrifying. The thing I love about it however is that depending on how you play it, and what route your players take, the Sovereign could either be a boss the players have to fight, or a benefactor, because the alternative is working for the Shadow King who is probably just as trustworthy as the soul sucking ghost.
I think if there’s one nit pick I have, its the bite attack. The bite itself is alright for a monster like the sovereign, and the save DR isn't unfair for Mork Borg. However I feel like it should have another attack, nothing major just a simple attack it can use instead of the bite.
The Shrouded Sovereign is, overall, a solid entry. Its a boss monster with an interesting motivation that could see the players side with it, and some solid artwork and writing to bring it to (un)life.
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Something Wicked StirsThank you for the feedback! This was my first time writing something with a statblock for the game, so I kept it fairly standard, but thank you for the encouragement to branch out and experiment a little more. There was more that I wanted to add in general, but I started running out of space (and time! I started working on my entry on Sunday, lol). Thank you again for the kind words~!
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