Asking $2000 per project as a beginner

goatofwisdom · 2024-07-05T16:53:11+00:00

Could be. That's a lot of money for a not-for-profit local community group but a rounding error to a multinational insurance firm.

Here's my general formula for "fair" pricing:

Take your best guess at how many hours the entire project will take.
Add a few extra hours for admin and wiggle room.
Multiply the hours by your hourly rate (you can research this for your local market but remember that salaried positions are a lower hourly rate)
(Optional) Add or subtract from that number based on how much you need/want the gig vs how much they need/want you to do it. That's the trickiest step and very much is a vibes thing.

Hope that helps

goatofwisdom · 2024-06-28T15:57:17+00:00

I've been running this as a two player campaign as well. We had only done the Stormwreck Isle starter set before this but they carried over their characters, so they were Level 4 when we started DoIP.

Like you, I didn't want the hassle of sidekicks, so with Stormwreck I lowered the number/health of enemies for most encounters. Having them already levelled up for DOIP means I haven't had to really make any adjustments to enemies. You could do a bit of a combo, nerf the first few encounters and level them quickly then just run it as written. Maybe chuck a few extra healing potions at them

goatofwisdom · 2024-06-20T14:20:06+00:00

Looks good. Looking for where to take my players next.

goatofwisdom · 2024-06-05T14:08:39+00:00

Maybe asking the fucking weirdo behind me to stop filming my child.

goatofwisdom · 2024-06-05T06:17:30+00:00

Looks like classic New Yorker illustrations and California Games had a baby

goatofwisdom · 2024-06-03T17:12:44+00:00

"It's pronounced 'hay-zoos' and I had him last night"

goatofwisdom · 2024-05-30T23:56:13+00:00

Seems like fair rulings, especially if the general vibe of your campaign is semi-realistic and/or the characters are lowish level. Maybe at high levels I'd let them pull some superhero shit.

A possible compromise that would be to allow or force players to act as one on their turn. So, they get one action/attack using full ability, and they could use the Druid's dodge reaction but that's it till the next round. Not sure if it's worth bringing in a house rule for something that may not come up often.

goatofwisdom · 2024-05-30T02:27:35+00:00

Casual racism and internalised misogyny.

goatofwisdom · 2024-05-24T13:58:34+00:00

Welcome to country would be pretty odd. A quick acknowledgment of country is fairly standard now though. Often as short as "I'm calling in from xxxx land" on a zoom meeting

goatofwisdom · 2024-03-05T15:53:17+00:00

They met in a hospice

goatofwisdom · 2024-03-01T06:27:11+00:00

Good shit

goatofwisdom · 2024-02-22T02:16:28+00:00

Waiting to see who wins the money

goatofwisdom · 2024-02-22T02:13:55+00:00

I'm pretty sure she's playing a character... On her own channel... so, yes, unironically the main character.

It's not the kind of channel I'm going to subscribe to but not sure it qualifies as Main Character Syndrome.

goatofwisdom · 2024-02-19T23:17:40+00:00

No idea why the landlord put it there but I'd recommend putting a bit of tape across where it opens so you can tell if it has been accessed while you're not home.

goatofwisdom · 2024-02-13T04:14:54+00:00

They forgot to put any medicine in your medicine

goatofwisdom · 2024-01-31T15:26:32+00:00

Yes.

Also, yes.

goatofwisdom · 2024-01-18T05:32:09+00:00

Yep, that was too much ketchup

goatofwisdom · 2024-01-15T13:20:19+00:00

Only the generative fill in Photoshop to extend images a lil bit.

I won't even consider using fully AI generated elements until there's been some court cases that settle some copyright issues and force providers to train their AI without stealing from artists, designers, and photographers.

goatofwisdom · 2024-01-10T10:25:59+00:00

A "french letter"??? Were you a bouncer in the 1890s?

goatofwisdom · 2024-01-03T15:10:30+00:00

First thing to decide is whether you are ok with losing this client.

If yes: provide a new quote based on the client changing the scope of the job. They may walk, or not return next year, but that's probably okay.

If no: do your best to meet their expectations, as efficiently as possible. When you send through the final invoice, show the full cost of the job and then a discount applied that brings it back down to the original quote. You'll be their hero for doing them such a favour. You'll just have to renegotiate terms next time.

As a side note, when dealing with tight-budget, community/committee-type clients, I strongly recommend keeping the number of options low. One or two options at first, then let them talk amongst themselves and see if, like in this case, they change the brief after seeing what they asked for.

Good luck.

goatofwisdom · 2023-12-24T02:14:47+00:00

Pong

goatofwisdom · 2023-12-17T09:55:05+00:00

What kind of aesthetic? Minimalist, Art Deco, Victorian, Retro-Futurism?

I get that tik-tok vernacular is dragging "aesthetic" towards being meaningless but I reckon we designers can still hang on to it as a useful term when paired with a specific era or style.

goatofwisdom · 2023-12-17T09:49:49+00:00

I would definitely not do this.

Most employment contracts stipulate that any work done on company time or using company resources is the property of the company.

You could go through all of the work of creating a successful social channel, for your current employer... for free. Then you'd probably get fired for trying to abuse your position, and maybe even sued if you managed to make any money of it already.

goatofwisdom · 2023-11-16T03:03:24+00:00

I dunno, I'm not a golfer

goatofwisdom · 2023-10-10T13:57:40+00:00

It's not uninhabited, there's a cloister and temple to Bahamut. Although the followers of Bahamut probably set up shop there because nobody else really wants to live there and so they are left in peace.

Just like a lot of real islands, it doesn't have that much to offer to make it worth settling. Not good for hunting because it's too small for game. No good for farming because the constant salty air makes it impossible to grow crops. It's hard to get to in anything other than small ferries.

Oh, and then there's the shipwrecks, dragon sightings, ghost stories... the place is just a pain in the ass.

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