Category: Systems

Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Bounty #15: Treasure off the Coast

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Product– Pathfinder Bounty #15: Treasure off the Coast

System- Pathfinder 2nd Ed

Producer– Paizo

Price– $24.99 here https://paizo.com/products/btq02akz?Pathfinder-Bounty-15-Treasure-off-the-Coast 

TL; DR– A solid intro. 100%

Basics– Why not make money!  It’s time to speed run an adventure!  You meet a quest giver in a bar, and she offers you money to get some treasure.  How could this go wrong?  

Mechanics or Crunch– This is a basic paint by number adventure, and that’s not a bad thing.  You have some social interaction, then some skill challenges, and lastly some fighting.  It’s not the deepest interaction, but if you want a quick con demo, this is my go-to.   5/5

Theme or Fluff–  We got devil worshipers, boats, and water goblins.  There is enough story and fluff here to draw you in for the hour.  Again, don’t expect crazy levels of detail, but there is enough to have fun for an hour-long game.  5/5

Execution– It’s a Paizo one-hour, one-shot.  Decent story, decent pictures, and a simple map.  I get out of this exactly what I expected.  5/5

Summary– I do a lot of evangelizing for PFS, and when I’m at cons where people just don’t know what RPGs are, this is the adventure I’ve landed on bringing with me.  Bar, quest giver, boat, skill test, fight, wrap up.  This is exactly what I expect from a bounty, and I love this one.  100%

Daily Punch 7-25-26 Enhanced Construction wizard focus for Pathfinder 2nd Ed

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Built Better


Enhanced Construction Focus 1

Uncommon Concentrate Focus Wizard
Range  30 feet; Targets 1 undead you summoned

You’ve sewn and grafted additional bits onto your undead. The target gains 2 hit points and +1 status bonus to damage per rank of spell used to summon the undead.

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Daily Punch 7-23-25 Crescendo bard focus spell for Pathfinder 2nd Ed

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OVER HERE!


Crescendo Focus 1

Uncommon Bard Composition Concentrate Focus
Range 30 feet; Targets 1 ally and one enemy
Duration 1 Round

The music swells and eyes turn to you. Attempt a Performance check against an enemy’s Will DC. If you succeed, an ally in range becomes invisible to the target for the duration of the spell. You can not target yourself with this spell.
Hightened(4th) You can target up to four allies and four creatures. You still can not target yourself with this spell.

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Daily Punch 7-17-25 Autoinjector advanced customization for Starfinder 2nd Ed.

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HELP!

Here is a advanced customization for your robot companion as a mechanic.

Autoinjector: Once every hour, your drone can use a single action to initiate an emergency injection sequence to a friendly target in melee range, restoring Hit Points equal to its level to the target. If your drone is superior,
it instead restores Hit Points equal to twice its level.

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Daily Punch 7-16-25 Lifting Straps equipment for Pathfinder 2nd Ed

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Get a grip!


Lifting Straps Item 10

Invested Magical
Usage Worn gloves; Bulk –
Price 1,000

These magical leather straps are wrapped around your hands and the things you need to move You gain a +1 item bonus to Athletics checks and a +1 circumstance bonus to Athletics checks to lift a heavy object, Escape, and Force Open. Unlike other items, this will stack with other item bonuses in these categories. When you invest the gloves, you either increase your Strength modifier by 1 or increase it to +2, whichever would give you a higher value.

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Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge

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Product– Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge

System- Pathfinder 2nd Ed

Producer– Paizo

Price– $24.99 here https://paizo.com/products/btq02epv?Pathfinder-Adventure-Rusthenge 

TL; DR– A solid single town dungeon crawl 98%

Basics– Where is the dead guy from from?  A man walks to the village and dies.  You join a village elder to find where he came from, why he died, and how to stop the death toll from rising!  Why is everything rusting and falling apart along the way?  

Mechanics or Crunch– I love solid low-level, one-town adventures.  You end up in a town, and within a short bit are delving the dungeon.  The fights are fun, but balanced.  There are not just fights but also enough things happening to give the bard and the rogue something to do.  There is not a ton happening outside of town, so the exploration based ranger will be a bit bored, but it’s balanced in enough ways to make this a solid play.   5/5

Theme or Fluff–  We’ve got cults, traps, undead, and the friends we make along the way.  There is a story the players can unravel and build upon to have a blast.  It’s not one note, but it is a dungeon crawl for most of the adventure.  That is always a blast.  5/5

Execution– This is Paizo!  They know what they are doing.  BUT!  I feel one thing was left a bit loose. There is a way the players can mess with a major end event, but they won’t know about it till they get there.  I feel the GM is in the same boat.  I’d like that emphasized a bit more.  Aside from that, this is a fantastic adventure. 4.75/5

Summary– This adventure honestly feels like the first Diablo to me.  You have a town where bad stuff happened, and you have to delve a dungeon under it to solve the problem.  AND I LOVE IT!  I had a blast, the players had a blast, and the story came through.  It’s got a slight problem, but overall, I’d suggest this to any GM who wants the One town, one dungeon experience.  98%