Category: DnD 5th Ed.

Daily Punch 5-10-16 Focused Ability feat for DnD 5E

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I’ve been thinking about yesterdays feat.  Let’s work on it and make it a bit more general…

 

Focused Ability

You’ve trained yourself in one area to be the best that there can be.  Chose one ability score and gain the following:

  • Gain a +1 bonus to the chosen ability score, to a maximum of 20.
  • Gain a pool of three Focused Ability points for that ability.  You can spend one point to gain advantage on an attack, check, or saving roll using the ability chosen for this feat.  You must spend the point before the roll, and this advantage does not trigger abilities like sneak attack that require advantage.  This pool of Focused Ability points refreshes after a long rest.

 

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Daily Punch 5-4-16 Preparation feat for DnD 5e

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I always love characters who just happen to have what they need at any given time to get out of a strange situation.  Let’s make that happen in DnD.

 

Preparation feat

You might not be the smartest one in the room, but you are the most prepared.  When you gain this feat, spend 50 gp and gain the following:

  • Increase your Wisdom or Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • You gain a collection of random “stuff”  these might range from iron chopsticks, bent forks, broken swords, and other items.  These items can not be used in combat, but you can use them to solve other problems.  If you are in a situation where you need a random, non-magical item that is not listed on your sheet, you can make a Intelligence or Wisdom saving throw DC 10.  On a success, you find an equivalent item that will suit your needs for this problem at hand.  These could be using iron chopsticks at pitons for a climb, a bent fork as working thieves tools, or even a broken sword hilt as a hammer.

 

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Daily Punch 4-20-16 Double Strike feat for DnD 5e

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How about a way for a rogue to make a second sneak attack ?  Let’s do it!

 

Double Strike

You know how to make it hurt.  When taking the attack action, can take a second attack, and already used your sneak attack ability that round, you can give yourself disadvantage  on the second attack to make it a sneak attack.  You can perform this second sneak attack even though you have disadvantage.

 

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Daily Punch 4-19-16 Way of the Ninja Monk Monastic Tradition

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How about a monastic tradition based on TMNT?

 

 

Way of the Ninja

Ninjas are masters of disguise, subterfuge, and stealth.  The operate in broad daylight or under the cover of darkness with the goals of observation, infiltration, and assassination.

Mastery of skills

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain the expertise ability as a rogue.  You apply the expertise ability to your Dexterity(stealth), Dexterity(acrobatics), and Charisma(deception) checks.

Killing Hands

At 6th level, you gain the rogue’s sneak attack ability as a rogue two levels lower than yourself.  You may only use this with weapons a monk is proficient with.

One with the Shadows/One with the Crowd

Beginning at 11th level, you can move from shadow the shadow undetected or unseen in a crowd, but must choose one.  If you are One with the Shadows, if you start your turn hidden and in an area of lowed viability, you are invisible until the start of your next turn allowing you to freely move from dark location to dark location undetected.  You are only invisible to creatures you started your turn hidden from.  Also, modes of seeing such as blindsight and truesight will still detect you.  If you are One with the Crowd, you gain advantage on all Charisma(deception) checks and advantage on all Dexterity(stealth) checks made while among a group of non-combatants to become hidden.

The Killing Darkness

At 17th level, you gain the ability to make more then one sneak attack per round.  For each sneak attack you perform in a round, you may pay 4 ki points to perform an additional sneak attack that round.

 

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Daily Punch 4-18-16 Unparalleled Skill ki feature for DnD 5e

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I watched the TMNT movie Friday night.  It was bad but did make me think about a few new monk ideas…

How about this ki feature

 

Unparalleled Skill

You can spend 1 ki point to double your proficiency bonus to Charisma(performance), Dexterity(acrobatics), Dexterity(stealth), Strength(athletics), Wisdom(perception), and Wisdom(survival) checks for one check or one turn, whichever is longer .

 

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Daily Punch 4-5-16 Dancing Shield spell for Pathfinder

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Dancing Shield

School transmutation  Level bard 1, cleric/oracle 1,ranger 1, shaman 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1;

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (a shield)

EFFECT

Range touch
Effect animates one shield
Duration 1 hour/level (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION

You can animate a shield and order it to follow you. The shield floats at forearm height and remains within 5 feet of you, no matter how fast you move. The shield cannot support any additional weight. You gain the AC bonus of the shield while you have this spell active.  If you cast this on a tower shield or any other shield larger than a heavy shield, you take a -2 penalty to all concentration checks, but you do not gain any of the other negatives associated with any shield this spell is cast upon such as an armor check penalty. A dancing shield can be made permanent with a permanency spell (CL 9th, 2,500 gp).

Daily Punch 3-31-16 Shield Bash fighting style for DnD 5e

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The designers of DnD didn’t want to use shields to shield bash. I DO!  Let’s make that happen a different way!

Shield Bash

When you have a shield in your off hand, you can use it as a weapon as if you were performing two weapon fighting.  You do not get to normally add your Strength bonus to damage when you use this ability unless another ability would allow you to.  A regular shield does 1d6 bludgeoning damage on an attack and you are considered proficient with the weapon if you have this ability.

 

 

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