Category: Systems

Daily Punch 7-31-20 Transfer Trauma spell for Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed

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Ran an adventure for GenCon 2020. Had a blast doing it, but a player instantly go crazy. How about a spell that can fix that… for a cost.

Transfer Trauma
• Cost: 5 magic points; 1D4 Sanity points
• Casting time: 1 round
Even the most powerful general knows when to sacrifice a few few peons, and you a no good to the gods if mad. When cast on a target, you link your mind to the target. The target will experience your trauma instead, taking all Sanity loss for you at double the rate for the next hour after the initial sanity loss for casting the spell. An unwilling target may counter the spell with an opposed POW roll each time they would lose sanity. If pain is inflicted upon the target when when the spell is cast, it gains one penalty die on the opposed POW roll for each point of damage made during the casting
Alternative names: Mind Bridge, Dark Link of the Mad

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Daily Punch 7-30-20 Thug rogue archetype for DnD 5e

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Working on a project, and this didn’t quite make the cut. How about a rogue that gets down an dirty.

Thug

You don’t work in the dark. You walk right up to somebody, face to face, and get to work. And that work is bloody. You might hate that work, or you might love it. You might be self employed as a bruiser, or you might be the hired muscle that a cartel throws at the mouthy. In either case you are the one who walks up close and hurts people.

Bone Breaker

Starting at level 3, you don’t have to stick to small tools. You can use any weapon to do sneak attack damage. The normal sneak attack rules still apply as the target must be unaware or you and an ally are both engaged with the target.

Right in the Face

At 9th level, you revel in the carnage of a fight. When you are engaged with a target, your sneak attack are now d8s instead d6.

Stunner

At 13th level you’ve mastered getting people attention in a way they definitely don’t want. A number of times per day equal to twice your Strength modifier, when you make a sneak attack, the target must make Constitution saving throw (DC equal to 8 + Strength modifier + proficiency modifier). On a failure, the target is stunned until the end of your next turn.

Working alone

When you reach 17th level, you’ve learned how to break bones all by yourself. A number of times per day equal to your Strength modifier, you may deal your sneak attack on an attack with which you would normally not be able to do so.

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Daily Punch 7-29-20 Blinding Flash cantrip for DnD 5e

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How about a cantrip to do some psychic damage, up close and personal?

Blinding Flash

evocation cantrip

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous

Finishing the final words of the spell, you real back and punch the target in the head. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 psychic damage, and the target has disadvantage on Wisdom(perception) and Intelligence(investigation) checks for one round.

The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

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Daily Punch 7-28-20 Mystic Drive Starship Power Core alteration for Starfinder

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I like starship combat in Starfinder, but I feel that people who have pilot a bit to awesome in space. How about letting a few others take the wheel… or the con.

Mystic Drive

Your engine isn’t a drive of steel and fusion, but an arcane heart pulling at the very strings a magic to bend reality around. By casting spells, saying prayers, or altering the fabric of reality, you can pilot this craft instead of moving a control stick. Increase the BP cost of any engine by 10%, rounded up, and decrease the PCU of the engine by 5%, rounded down. You may use pilot or Mysticism to pilot this starship.

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Ring Side Report-RPG Review of EB-03 Where the Dead Wait

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Product– EB-03 Where the Dead Wait

System-DnD 5e

Producer– DMs Guild

Price– $4.99 here https://www.dmsguild.com/product/302373/EB03-Where-the-Dead-Wait?affiliate_id=658618

TL; DR– Solid semi-side episode of an awesome campaign. 95%

Basics– Time for Dawn of the Dead in Eberron?  You’ve escaped from the Warforged with a magic talking box, but now the dead hunger for you in the Mournland.  Can you get out, keep the box, and stop the dead from eating you?

Mechanics or Crunch–  The crunch here is strong!  It’s a fun adventure. Mechanically it works well.  It might be a bit much for some players if they don’t think straight and want to do a smack down outside with an army of undead and don’t keep track of what’s happening with the NPCs.  Overall solid, but sometimes the hint stick may be needed to help if the players just can’t keep themselves from killing themselves.  4.5/5

Theme or Fluff-Combine Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead 2, and From Dusk till Dawn, and you have this adventure.  It’s fun.  It’s mostly a side adventure, but it doesn have a major plot tie in.  Even the filler episodes of this campaign are fun.  5/5

Execution–  PDF?  YEP!  Hyperlinked?  No… I like these adventures.  They are a blast to run as they read quick and I feel I can tie the player into the story.  Reads quick, layout is nice, art makes me feel like it’s the 1920s between the wars period, and the additional newspapers are a great touch.  Just give me my hyperlinking to move easily through the materials, and it would be perfect.  4.75/5

Summary-Oricle of War keeps delivering.  This isn’t the main plot for the most part, but honestly you won’t care.  Solid plot, decent mechanics, and a good execution make this an adventure to play if you want to get deeper into this campaign.  95%

Daily Punch 7-27-20 Chirurgeon feat for DnD 5e

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Had an alchemist who heals not be trained in medicine He’s got arcana, so let’s fix this.

Chirgurgeon

Prerequisite(s): Alchemist

When you think about it, people are just really just complex alchemical homunculi, and you know how to tinker with homunculi! You gain the following benefit:

  • You may use Intelligence(arcana) in place of Wisdom (Medicine).
  • Add your Intelligence modifier to all hit points healed via any spell you cast.

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Daily Punch 7-22-20 Poison Fueled alchemist feat for Pathfinder 2e

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How about we help those little alchemists deal with all the things they keep breathing or drinking?

Poison Fueled Feat 12

Alchemist

Prerequisite(s) Poison Resistance

Your blood has become used to having a healthy dose of toxic chemicals to the point you almost need it now. You resistance to poison damage is equal to your level now and when you take persistent poison damage you now heal that much each turn instead. You still roll to end the effect as normal and can not elect to keep the damage going. If the damage is multiple damage types, you still heal as long as the persistent damage contains the poison type.

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Daily Punch 7-20-20 Sword Bunny feat for DnD 5e

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Too much anime, but a term that would help your tiny heroes who want to wield BIG weapons might be helpful here.

Sword Bunny

Prerequisite(s): small size

You might be small, but that doesn’t mean your weapon has to be! You gain the following benefit:

  • Increase your Strength or Consitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • When you wield a heavy weapon, you no longer have disasdvantage.

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Daily Punch 7-17-20 Aegis arcane and divine spell for Pathfinder 2e.

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We’ve got quen for 5e and Starfinder, so it’s time for Pathfinder 2e!

Aegis Spell 1

Abjuration Force

Traditions arcane, divine
Cast

Two Actions

 

somatic, verbal
Duration 1 minute

You surround yourself in a shimmering light of of protective force. This shield has 10 hit points and these hit points are lost first before any others. When the shield loses all it’s hit points, if the creature that hit you hit with a melee attack and is within five feet, it is blasted with a burst of light. The target must make a Fortitude saving throw or be blinded for one round.

Heightened (+1) The aegis hit points increases by increases by 5.

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