Category: DnD 5th Ed.

Ring Side Report- RPG Review of Space Station M – Monster Manual Zines for 5e, DCC RPG, SURVIVE THIS!!, and System Neutral rulesets

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Product– Space Station M – Monster Manual Zines for 5e, DCC RPG, SURVIVE THIS!!, and System Neutral rulesets

System- 5e, DCC RPG, SURVIVE THIS!!, and System Neutral rulesets

Producer– Bloat Games

Price– $10.00 here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/434966/Space-Station-M–Monster-Manual-Zines-for-5e-DCC-RPG-SURVIVE-THIS-and-System-Neutral-rulesets?src=hottest_filtered&affiliate_id=658618 

TL; DR-Solid retro player toys and monsters 97%

Basics– Time to fire the cold beam and then fire some missiles!  Space Station M is a love letter to Metroid video games, being both a monster manual and an armory with art and creature breakdowns for all the classic monsters you find in almost every Metroid game.

Mechanics or Crunch– This book gives you the crunch of Metroid!  You have the monsters you expect and they do the things you think they should do.  I didn’t feel anything was broken or game breaking in either the foes you face or the toys they drop when they die.  I am impressed that this is both the monster manual and the treasure vault for these in one.  5/5

Theme or Fluff– If you know what you are getting, you are going to get a solid product.  This is NOT an adventure.  It’s monsters.  If you expect a story you can play through, you will have a bad time.  But, the book says that explicitly, so it’s not a trick on their part.  What is here is solid, and the monsters feel like they should.  The equipment is almost everything you would expect, but I miss the grapple beam and the ball power ups.  4.75/5

Execution– PDF? Yep.  Hyperlinked?  No….. Solid Art?  Yep.  Good layout? Yes.  Overall these are a solid books with good art, layout, and a fun art style.  The things that I miss are hyperlinks and maybe pictures for all the equipment.  Nothing is horrible and it’s a perfectly good product, but I’ve grown to expect hyperlinks.  4.75/5

Summary– This is a solid product, if you know what you are getting.  I thought there would be an adventure.  That is completely on me.  It makes no claim to that.  Once I got over that, I saw the product for what it is:  solid, retro game vibes and modern mechanics for my favorite sci-fi franchise.  I’d like a few more toys and hyperlinks, but you will enjoy this if you want monsters and items to throw into your 5e, Survive This, and DCC/MCC games.  97%

Daily Punch 5-11-23 Stored weapon rune for Pathfinder 2nd Ed

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More god of war ideas that Pathfinder needs!

Stored Item 3

Conjuration Magical
Price 55 gp
Usage etched onto a weapon

A stored weapon can change into a commonly worn item ranging from a ring, bangle, neckless, or any other item. As a reaction you can restore the item to its normal shape. As an action, you can restore the item back to the worn item.

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Ring Side Report- Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

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Product– Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

System- DnD 5th Edition

Producer– Wizards of the Coast

Price– $36 here 

TL; DR– kind of fitting for what we have been seeing from WotC.  73%

Basics–  Time for the War of the Lance… again.  Learn the basics of the Dragonlance setting and play through the most famous adventure.

Mechanics or Crunch– This book adds a bit, but not much, in terms of game mechanics.  You get a bit of background on the setting’s most famous addition, the kender, and you also get rules for mass battles and sidekicks.  Overall, it’s not bad, but it’s not much.  For this world, I would expect more, especially given the crazy things that have happened with magic, moons, and divine magic.  What’s here is good, but there is not as much as I would hope.  4/5

Theme or Fluff– This is a let down.  There is a story that is decent, but it’s been done.  Why not modernize the setting or deal with the fallout of many of the books?  This just feels like a rehash of things or a reboot.  Couple that with the fact that the whole setting is given 20 pages of background and you get something that works, but it’s not a solid effort.  3/5

Execution-You can buy a decently made book.  But there is no PDF available, legally.  You can buy a computer version via DnD Beyond, but you must deal with DnD Beyond.  It’s got good layout and text, but those two things itself knock this down many pegs.  4/5

Summary– This book feels like many of the most recent setting books WotC is putting out.  There are a few pages of setting and then an adventure.  You have a GIANT world out there with lots of stuff and you get 20 pages.  I just feel this isn’t done well.  If you want to replay the war of the lance and you want 5e to do it, this will be your book.  If, like me, you wanted a solid introduction to the system and you wanted it to tie in to where the world is now, then this will not be your book.  73%

Daily Punch 1-4-23 Mountain Stance feat for DnD 5e

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Why not have stances for DnD?

Mountain Stance

prerequisite: monk unarmed attack feature

No force can move you! As an bonus action, you can enter the stance of the mountain. You can only be in one stance at a time When you do, gain the following benefits:

  • Gain advantage on any saves to remain where you are, remain stationary, and remain upright. Enemies gain disadvantage on any attempts via attacks, spells, or abilities to remove you or knock you down.
  • When you are upright and have both feet on the ground, one attack you make each round gains bonus damage equal to 1/2 your level, rounded down.

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Daily Punch 1-2-23 Camerlengo’s Hammer artifact for DnD 5e

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How about something typical?

Camerlengo’s Hammer

Weapon (any hammer), legendary (requires attunement by a divine spell caster)

You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The DC of any divine spell you cast increases by 3, and you gain a +3 bonus to spell attack rolls as well. This item functions as a holy symbol.

When an incapacitated creatures is struck three times (requiring three different attacks) on the head, The creature is instantly destroyed with no capacity for regeneration, resurrection, true resurrection, or returning to life in any capacity. The body instantly is reduced to ash with no heat, and the soul is freed from any binding contracts it made with alive. The soul is then instantly judged and sent to an afterlife based on its action in its life as would any moral in that situation with the soul being unable to use any negotiated contracts to forgo punishments or gain power post life. No outside force can prevent the transfer of this soul to its deserved afterlife.

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Daily Punch 12-26-22 Linked Bag wondrous item for DnD 5e

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Time make santa’s sack for DnD!

Clockwork Familiar

Wondrous item, vary rare

This bag can be crafted of any material with the only limits being it must have a draw string and the edge of the bag must be inscribed with runes as part of its creation. If a person knows the combination of runes can inscribe them onto a door over the course of an hour and link the bag and the door. The bag can be opened nearly impossibly size up to a size of the linked door. As an action, you can open the bag and it opens a portal to the linked door. Anyone one or thing can move freely from the door frame to the bag and back and forth. When the bag is closed or runes removed anyone in the doorframe or bag entrance are ejected. They may choose which open they are ejected from.

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Daily Punch 12-14-22 Clockwork Familiar wondrous item for DnD

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I want a clockwork buddy for DnD as well!

Clockwork Familiar

Wondrous item, rare

The creature made of metal, cogs, and springs follows you around and does your bidding without question. As a bonus action you can command the creature. I has a speed of 30 feet and a climb speed of 30 feet. It has AC 10 and 10 hp. It as a move and an action each turn. It can not attack, activate magic items, or cast spells, but it can carry items up to 5 pounds and do any other actions such as administering a potion or handing items to other characters. If it takes enough damage to be knocked out, it repairs itself after a long rest.

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