Month: March 2025

Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Silver Bark, Golden Blades

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Product– Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Silver Bark, Golden Blades

System- Pathfinder 2nd Ed

Producer– Paizo

Price– $ .99 here  https://paizo.com/products/btq04uzx?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-605-Silver-Bark-Golden-Blades 

TL; DR– More variety at the cost of a bit of story.  95% 

Basics–  What’s happening in the Forest of Spirits?!  A mist has rolled in and people just can’t pass through the forest. Someone has angered the spirits.  Who or what has caused this problem?

Mechanics or Crunch– This adventure has some serious crazy changes!  This adventure starts with the players or GM rolling several D4s.  These COMPLETELY change the adventure.  And I don’t mean small things, but the entire last map!  The adventure has different final bosses, different maps,and different encountres depending on what the rolls are.  This is crazy fun, but it works!  If you want variety, this is the adventure you want.  My one issue is the differences mean you don’t really know where to put the encounters as this is pretty much left up to the GM to decide where the encounters happen.  Good, but if you are used to the adventure deciding where the fights happen, then you might forget to put the encounters in!  I’d like a bit more guidance, so I can better run this adventure.   4.75/5

Theme or Fluff–  This is a fun adventure, but the big issue is the variety means you can’t build too much direct story around it.  There is some, and it works, but I’d like more story of who the bad guys are.  The major story beats don’t change, so that is good.  I would just like a bit more flow with this adventure as a whole.  This is the major issue of American RPGs vs JRPGs-choice and story vs freedom and railroad.  4.5/5

Execution– It’s Paizo.  I almost never have anything bad to say with they way they set up their books, and this is no exception.  Solid production all around.   5/5

Summary–  If this is the future of most of the PFS scenarios, then I’ll be happy.  I can’t be as spoon fed as I was before with complete ease to run an adventure out of the box, but at the same time I also get new variety for my players.  I love what’s here even if the story is less forward.  I would like a bit more story, but the adventure as a whole works well.  95%

Daily Punch 3-13-25 Reject Peace kasatha ancestry feat for Starfinder 2nd Ed

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Let’s get mad!

Reject Peace Feat 1

Kasatha

You have rejected the traditions of your people. You become trained in intimidate and Society. If you would
automatically become trained in one of those skills (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice.
You also gain the Additional Lore general feat for Warfare Lore.

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Daily Punch 3-11-25 Zombie Bite zombie power for DCC RPG

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BITE!

Zombie Bite
Level: 1Range TouchDuration: until save or deadCasting time: actionSave: Fort
GeneralYour bit someone and they begin to rot to death!
Manifestationroll 1d4: (1) Your target begins to turn black and rot to pieces (2) The bit becomes inflamed and its spreads along the veins (3) The target becomes tired and sickly (4) The target slowly change into a zombie like you
1failure, power may not be used again today
2-11failure
12-13The target takes 1 stamina damage. this repeates each day until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
14-17The target takes 1 stamina damage. this repeates each houruntil they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
18-19The target takes 1 stamina damage. this repeates each round until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
20-23The target takes 1d3 stamina damage. this repeates each round until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
24-27The target takes 2d3 stamina damage. this repeates each round until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
28-29The target takes 3d3 stamina damage. this repeates each round until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
30-31The target takes 4d3 stamina damage. this repeates each round until they save or die. If they die, they arise as a zombie in one day
32+The target instantly dies and arise as a zombie in one day

Daily Punch 3-10-25 Strategic Procurement thievery skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed

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This one was too good to pass up

Strategic Procurement 1 hour Feat 20

General Skill
Prerequisite legendary in Thievery, Frequency Once per day

I just… found… this!. Choose a consumable item of your level or lower, and attempt a Thievery check. The DC is usually a standard-difficulty DC of a level equal to level of the item. If you succeed, after an hour, you have the item and do not have to spend any resources to obtain the item. You can not sell this item, and if you do not use the item within a day, the item returns to its owner. The people who previously lost the item do not know it was you that took the item.

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Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Adventure Path #183: Field of Maidens (Blood Lords 3 of 6)

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Product– Pathfinder Adventure Path #183: Field of Maidens (Blood Lords 3 of 6)

System- Pathfinder 2nd Ed

Producer– Paizo

Price– $ 26.99 here  https://paizo.com/products/btq02c11?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-183-Field-of-Maidens 

TL; DR–  Good, but some fluff in the middle.  93% 

Basics–  Ok, but who’s behind all this crap?  Field of Maidens picks up where the book two of Blood Lords left off with our heroes being summoned to find who’s behind the poison plot. But along the way bodies start to pile up…

Mechanics or Crunch– The crunch here works well.  Paizo understands their system the best, and it shows.  The combats were balanced, and my all undead party had monsters where they could FINALLY use negative energy to damage.  There is some serious social interaction along the way as well as a bit of exploration.  Fun all around.  5/5

Theme or Fluff–  The adventure works, but some of it feels like fluff. This adventure has the characters go after a newly undead creature from the first book.  As they track them down, they learn about the new creature, but some of the events along the way are kind of out of left field.  There is about a third of the adventure in the field of maidens that felt like it really wasn’t necessary. It works, but it’s a bit of fluff that might not really build out the main quest.  4/5

Execution– Paizo knows their stuff.  Paizo made this so there is good art, hyperlinks, good layout, and an easy to read style that makes this easy to approach.  Solid production all around. 5/5

Summary–  This adventure is fun, but be ready for the filler episode.  The middle third isn’t really necessary, but the rest does advance the plot.  The monsters are fun, combat enjoyable, and the social interactions are well done.  It’s a well done book with a bit of filler.  93%