Ring Side Report-Board Game Review of Mycology
Month: September 2024
Ring Side Report- RPG review of DCC Day 2023 Adventure Pack
Product– DCC Day 2023 Adventure Pack
System- DCC RPG
Producer– Goodman Games
Price– FREE here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/434178/dcc-day-2023-adventure-pack?affiliate_id=658618
TL; DR– HERE IS FREE GOOD STUFF! 100%
Basics– Hey, kid, you want to try some DCC? Here are the DCC RPG game day free RPG adventures. There are two separate adventures for both level 1 and level 2.
Mechanics or Crunch– Goodman games wrote these adventures, so expect the standard level of death and dismemberment as with any low level DCC adventure. It’s hard with sudden deaths, but not overly so. Your first and second level characters will probably survive! It’s standard crunch, but it’s fun! 5/5
Theme or Fluff– Ah DCC, you crazy monster. These adventures are all over the place. If you need Lord of the Rings level of understanding of life, then this is not for you. DCC is more gonzo and these are no exceptions. They are fun, and tell a story, but it’s still crazy! If you, like me, enjoy a crazy story, you will enjoy this. 5/5
Execution– Like Goodman Games adventures and layout? Then you will like this. There are nice pictures, fun maps, and good descriptions of rooms. The overall book is exactly what to expect in terms of layout, writing, and basic construction. And I love that. 5/5
Summary– Go get this. It’s FREE! Use this with the free DCC materials to go play some games. This is just pure fun, pure crazy, and something that you can easily use to get the family and friends in the game. For the price of nothings, this will well worth checking out. 100%
Daily Punch 9-27-24 Rapid Recall lore skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed
What was that lesson again?
Rapid Recall reaction Feat 7
General Skill
Prerequisites master in a specific lore and you fail a skill check
Try try try again! If you fail a lore skill check, you can attempt it again. You must take the second result.
Thoughts?
Daily Punch 9-26-24 Gift Affliction divine spell for Pathfinder 2nd Ed and Starfinder 2nd Ed.
You take this!
Gift Affliction 2 action Spell 2
CONCENTRATE MANIPULATE
Traditions divine
Range 30; Targets 1 creature with a condition and one willing ally with a condition
Defense Fortitude
You gift the pain one friend to another creature. On a failed save, the target gains one condition that the willing ally has. The duration of the condition and effects are not altered. This may result in creatures that can not normally being affected by a condition being affected by a condition.
Heightened(+1) You transfer one additional condition to the target
Thoughts?
Daily Punch 9-25-24 Applicable Knowledge lore skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed and Starfinder 2nd Ed
And mom said learning about cave spiders was useless!
Applicable Knowledge Feat 4
General Skill
Prerequisites expert in a lore that applies to a particular creature
If you learn about something, it pays off! If a lore skill could be applied to a particular creature, then you gain a +1 circumstance bonus on saves and AC against that creature.
Thoughts?
Daily Punch 9-24-24 Share Affliction divine spell for Pathfinder 2nd or Starfinder 2nd
Share the load
Share Affliction 1 action Cantrip 1
CONCENTRATE MANIPULATE
Traditions divine
Range 30; Targets 1 creature with a condition and one willing ally
You help a friend share the pain of another. Transfer the condition currently affecting one creature to the willing ally. the duration of the condition and effects are not altered. This may result in creatures that can not normally being affected by a condition being affected by a condition.
Thoughts?
Daily Punch 9-23-24 Learn through Osmosis lore skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed
Learn through Osmosis Feat 2
General Skill
Prerequisites expert in specific lore
You are just obsessed something to the point everyone around you knows about it too. While someone is traveling with you, they are considered to be trained to one level below your training in a lore skill
Thoughts?
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Ring Side Report-Board Game Review of Pairish: The Building of Sonnie Village
Ring Side Report- RPG review of Starfinder Playtest Scenario #2: It Came from the Vast!
Product– Starfinder Playtest Scenario #2: It Came from the Vast!
System- Starfinder 2nd Ed Playtest
Producer– Paizo
Price– 5.99 here https://paizo.com/products/btq067lz?Starfinder-Playtest-Scenario-2-It-Came-from-the-Vast
TL; DR– Almost perfect space horror. 97%
Basics– In space, no one can hear how good this is. It Came from the Vast! is the second Starfinder playtest scenario. In it, space truckers find an abandoned ship, decide to make money on it, and find it is much more than they originally thought. This time for level five characters!
Mechanics or Crunch– So far so solid! The mechanics on display for the 5th level pregens and the five level adventure all work well. There is a variety of things here that the characters encounter, from monsters to haunts to skill checks. It’s just a solid experience for two hours. 5/5
Theme or Fluff– You’ve heard the beats before, but this song is still different enough to be fun. I too love me some Alien, but this one gets elements of The Thing involved as well. Solid fun all around, and different enough that my players and I all had a blast, even though we knew what was going to happen after we read the adventure description. 5/5
Execution– I liked this adventure, but it’s missing a few pieces. The standard layout of the PFS adventures with pictures at the end are not here. It has a good layout and is easy to read, but the pictures help me show players the monsters and other creatures involved. Also, I like the stat blocks to be separate. These are small things, but it hurts the presentation a bit. This is exactly the same as what I said for scenario one, and I still stand by that. 4.5/5
Summary– This is exactly what I want to see in a Science-Fantasy space horror. You got monsters, you got areas dripping with goo, you got space horrors and discovery, you got magic plant ships, you got ghosts of the dead. This is a fantastic short adventure that is easy to run, and fun for all. Give me back some of the older layout and this would be perfect. 97%
Daily Punch 9-20-24 9-20-24 Fear Me! intimidation skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed
Inspire true terror
Fear Me! two actions Feat 15
General Skill
Prerequisites Legendary in Intimidation
Target Ally suffering from clumsy, drained, enfeebled, stupefied, blinded, dazzled, or deafened condition
You gonna be afraid of them or me!. You can attempt a demoralize check against an ally suffering from the clumsy, drained, enfeebled, stupefied, blinded, dazzled, or deafened. If you succeed, the ally can end as many of the above conditions as they choose, but they gain the frightened condition with a value equal to the number of conditions ended. The value of the ended condition does that matter and only counts for one value of Frightened
Thoughts?
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