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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%

Daily Punch 3-7-25 On The Go survival skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed.

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You gather as you walk

On the Go Feat 15

General Skill
Prerequisite legendary in Survival, Frequency Once per day

Pick up your food as you go.. As you move through an environment, you can make a survival check for any survival action at normal speed. This includes subsist action.

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Daily Punch 3-4-25 Undead Stamina zombie power for DCC RPG

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take the hit!

Undead Stamina
Level: 1Range personalDuration: instantaenousCasting time: reactionSave: none
GeneralYour body is dead, so who cares!
Manifestationroll 1d4: (1) You take the hit and just keep going (2) Hunks are cut off and you just put them back in place (3) You can quickly stich the cut pieces back into place (4) The wound undoes itself after the blow
1failure, power may not be used again today
2-11failure
12-13You reduce the damage you take by 1
14-17You reduce the damage you take by 1d3
18-19You reduce the damage you take by 1d4
20-23You reduce the damage you take by 2d4
24-27You reduce the damage you take by 3d4
28-29You reduce the damage you take by 3d6
30-31You reduce the damage you take by 3d8
32+You completely reduce the damage you take to zero!

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Daily Punch 3-3-25 Nature’s Pharmacy survival skill feat for Pathfinder 2nd Ed.

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The forest provides!

Nature’s Pharmacy Feat 4

General Skill
Prerequisite expert in Survival, Frequency once per day

When you look, you find the ingredients you need. You can spend an hour and make a Survival check. The DC is usually a standard-difficulty DC of a level equal to a potion you are attempting to craft. If you succeed, you can then attempt a craft check as normal to create the potion, but you do not need to provide any ingredients or cost to create it.

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Ring Side Report- RPG review of Old Gods of Appalachia Player’s Guide

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Product– Old Gods of Appalachia Player’s Guide

System- Cypher System

Producer– Monte Cook Games

Price– $7.99 here  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/448863/old-gods-of-appalachia-player-s-guide?affiliate_id=658618 

TL; DR-Missing pieces and price hurt the product.  83% 

Basics-What’s that in the woods?  Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror podcast made into an RPG using the Cypher System by Monte Cook Games.  Let’s see what is in that hollar down yonder!  

System et al- This is the Cypher System you know and love.  You lose points from each pool instead of being dealt damage on a condition track.  Besides that, this is the cypher system that you either hate or love.

Cyphers-  So what’s a cypher?  I don’t think this book even explains it.  That’s a major problem…

Mechanics or Crunch– This gives a decent intro to the cypher system, but it has a major flaw not explaining what a cypher is.  You will learn fast, but the fact the book doesn’t explain this is a problem.  The system is explained decently and you get enough background to play.  The book comes with four complete characters so you can get playing fast. 4/5

Theme or Fluff– Here is the high point of the book.  This book spends lots of time explaining the world of the American coal country during the period of 1900 to a little past WW2.  It’s deep but leaves more room for you to explore. This is honestly most of the book.  5/5

Execution– This is good, but WAY TOO expensive!  This is a 32-page book that costs eight bucks.  AND IT DOESN’T EXPLAIN HOW A CYPHER WORKS!  This should be a free product and there is a free intro version that is 17 pages.  This is a lot of exposition and four characters.  It’s done well, but the art is recycled in the main book, so it’s just too expensive.  3.5/5

Summary– This is a decent product hurt by a few key issues.  If you have this, you have four characters that you can instantly run in someone else’s game.  That’s good. You will understand the rules EXCEPT for what a cypher is.  You will find out quick, but it’s the system name!  Also, the price is WAY too high for an intro product.  This feels more like a free product a company throws out to get interest.  Honestly, maybe just buy the core book which is 3 times as much but over 10 times as long.  83%