Seeing Red (Combat)
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Author: fineyoungmisanthrope
Daily Punch 10-15-15 Haphazard Slash feat for Pathfinder
Haphazard Slash (Combat)
Sometimes you just need to get that last hit in there to not die! It might not be pretty, it might not even be graceful, but if the other guy is dead, later in the bar it can be the most amazing attack ever swung!
Benefit: When you make a full attack, you can gain one extra attack at your lowest attack bonus – 5. This may result in a negative attack bonus. Add all other modifiers to this last attack as normal.
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Daily Punch 10-14-15 No Lost Blade Time feat for DnD 5e
How much is a feat worth? Who would take a feat for just one extra attach each turn? Let’s find out.
No Lost Blade Time
You blades move quickly. So much so it’s a blur to the eye. You gain a bonus action each turn that can be used to make a single extra attack. This is not an extra attack action, but a single attack. If you are welding two weapons, you may make an attack with each weapon. If you have the action surge power, you may spend your action surge to take two full attack actions as part of the bonus action.
Thoughts? Is this too much, not enough, or just about right?
Daily Punch 10-13-15 Impulsive Fighting Style for DnD 5e
If you can thing through your actions, you can also throw caution to the wind!
Impulsive
When you take the attack action, you can forgo your reaction for this round,from the start of this turn until the start of your next turn, to instead gain an extra attack as part of this action. You add all modifiers to the attack and it’s damage as normal.
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Ring Side Report- RPG Review of The Served Brandolyn Red
Product-They Served Brandolyn Red
System– DCC
Producer– Goodman Games
Price– $7 here http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/159410/Dungeon-Crawl-Classics-2015-Halloween-Module-They-Served-Brandolyn-Red&affiliate_id=658618
TL; DR– An awesome starter adventure! 95%
Basics-It’s a good day for a white wedding! Until the groom’s head is chopped off and the bride is poisoned. Then, players and the guests of the wedding have to find out all the twists and turns in this adventure and recover the groom’s head to properly bury the man. Why did this happen? Only you can find out!
Mechanics or Crunch-Ah, the DCC RPG funnel! Hit the players hard and see what falls down. It’s a time honored tradition. This adventure has all the great pieces of one, and the mechanics match enough to challenge first and zero level players as well as bringing enough weird to the party. 5/5
Theme or Fluff-This adventure is one that you as a GM have to bring to life. There is a lot going on here, and it kind of goes in two directions. Only one direction gets the PC’s paid, so they won’t care about family struggles as longs gold happens. If you can bring that part to life, it’s a fun side of the adventure. But, most parties and games won’t even care about some below the surface details that the adventure has due to the second part being a bit off base. It’s fun, but a bit too unwieldy with the second story not bringing as much to the party as the first. 4.25/5
Execution– This is a DCC RPG book put out by Goodman Games themselves, so it’s going to be good! The art is great, the pictures are phenomenal, and the layout is simple enough to help every GM run a fun adventure. The book even has detailed family trees that you can use to enhance the substory that I complained about in the theme section. Even the hex crawl simple map is a great addition to the game! This simple adventure has the tools and talent needed to really help you make a great time for the players. Also, it’s out in time for Halloween, so get this now! 5/5
Summary-I love this one so much it might become my new favorite funnel. My players get a place to explore. I get some story to build off with a subplot that is fun, if a bit of a strange addition. The mechanics of the adventure are built well enough that it’s got enough challenge to keep things interesting, but not a killer curve to destroy a party. From the art to the layout, this is a phenomenal adventure and an excellent introduction to DCCRPG, and if a group was looking for a place to start, this is probably the best adventure to throw your friends and yourself as the GM into. 95%
Daily Punch 10-12-15 Scald spell for Shadowrun 5e
I’m teaching at a college, and in chem class we’re covering specific heat. Water has the highest specific heat I can think of. Let’s use that in SR!
Scald
(INDIRECT, ELEMENTAL)
Type: P Range: LOS Damage: P
Duration: F rounds Drain: F + 2
Geyser
(INDIRECT, ELEMENTAL)
Type: P Range: LOS (A) Damage: P
Duration: F rounds Drain: F + 4
You know why the Stuffer Shacks Soupper Bites burn you so hard? It’s the filling! A few crazy mages are doing the same to their enemies. It’s a tougher spell as it mixes water and fire magic at the same time, but it hurts like the dickens! This spell hits either one target with a ball of super heated water or several targets. The target(s) are all dealt fire damage as heat with none of that nasty extra fire in the area. This damage is treated as fire for purposes of resisting and reducing damage. However, what does happen is the targets are covered in boiling water that sticks on the target doing damage. At the start of the targets first action each turn on its first initiative pass that turn, after the first the target is delta force – the number of rounds since the spell was cast fire damage again as the boiling water burns the target over time. A target can avoid the subsequent damage by using a complex action to remove its soaked clothing or by brushing off the water. If a mage critically cliches while casting this spell, the spell goes off prematurely and coats the mage in the water causing damage as if the spell was cast on the character.
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Ring Side Report- RPG Review of Pathfinder Player Companion: Melee Tactics Toolbox
Product-Pathfinder Player Companion: Melee Tactics Toolbox
System– Pathfinder
Producer– Paizo
Price– $12 here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601257325?keywords=melee%20tactics%20toolbox&qid=1444860587&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
TL; DR– a one-feat-book 77%
Basics-Why do it from afar when you can hurt them up close! Melee Tactics Toolbox provides every up close and personal character with several new options ranging from spells, items, feats, class options, and even new archetypes much live every other player companion product.
Mechanics or Crunch-This is a major crunch book for players, but I wasn’t amazed. There are several new options, but nothing here immediately made me want to build a character based around that theme. Some of the new options seem like new expectations just for expansion sake as the archetypes underwhelmed me like the rogue archetype that strips out all the rogue powers that make a rogue a rogue. Nothing here is objectively bad, but it’s not as amazing as I expected. 4/5
Theme or Fluff-This book has a bit of theme, but not as much as I wanted. You get a few bits and pieces but not near as much as the world books the Paizo puts out. It feels light. 3.5/5
Execution– This book has a ton it it, but it feels a bit overstuffed. There are many things in the book, but it feels a bit like things were thrown in because of the melee thing and that was the sole reason that they made the cut. So, things didn’t flow as well as other books. Also, much of the execution was a bit off as there were a few too many walls of text to really draw me into and through the book. But, as a counterpoint, the book does have a nice font, decent layout aside from a few too many text walls, and some nice art. However, as a counterpoint to that, the book still has the standard Paizo price for its splatbooks which is a little high anyway. 4/5
Summary-This is my least favorite Paizo Pathfinder book to date. Overall, it’s not a horrible book, but compared to Paizo’s other products, I wouldn’t suggest you start with this one. Honestly, this is a one-feat-book meaning that you will find exactly one thing from this book that might, sometimes, help you PFS character. And, you will buy it so you can show your PFS GM the feat/spell/item, so you can legally use it in your game. But, truth be told, you can pass this book by and be ok even if you are a greatsword only fighter. Too many options that are not worth the price, little world and character story, and a less than stellar execution make this a book that won’t find its way into many Pathfinder collections. 77%
Daily Punch 10-09-15 Calculating fighting style for DnD 5e
How about someone who thinks through his/her actions instead of charges in? Let’s make that happen…
Calculating
When you take the attack action, you can forgo your first attack as part of that action and instead gain an extra reaction this round. You can take this reaction at any time until the start of your next turn. Also, if you gain an extra attack via two weapon fighting, you must give up the attack that has your ability bonus added into damage.
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Daily Punch 10-8-15 Shield the Faithful cantrip for DnD 5e
I like characters that protect others. Let’s make a cantrip for clerics who do less damage but help a bit more.
Shield the Faithful
Abjuration cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 50 feet
Components: V,S
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose a creature in range. That creature get +1 to armor class until the start of your next round, and then choose a creature engaged with the primary target to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, that creature is bathed in scorching light and takes 1d6 radiant damage.
The spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
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Daily Punch 10-07-15 Awesome Rage feat for DnD 5e
Today, let’s build on the rage barbarians already get.
Awesome Rage
You are a true source of carnage on the battlefield and a terror to behold. None can withstand your fury! Gain the following:
- While raging, you can reduce the number of rounds you rage by 1/2. If you do so, you gain advantage on all Strength-based attacks.
- Double the damage done from your Rage Damage class feature.
- While raging, you have also have advantage on all Constitution checks and Constitution saving throws.
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