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Ring Side Report-RPG Review of Oracle of War- The Iron Titan

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Product– EB-EP-01 The Iron Titan

System-DnD 5e

Producer– DMs Guild

Price– $4.99  here https://www.dmsguild.com/product/308553/EBEP01-The-Iron-Titan?affiliate_id=658618

TL; DR– Something for us all!  95%

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Basics–  Multi table event?  With my home group?  OH YES!  I’ve been part of lots of multi table events, but never one at home with a solo group.  The Iron Titan picks up with the players dealing with the giant they adventured under in the first Oracle of War adventure causing havoc in town.  How well does a multi table event translate to home?

Mechanics or Crunch– This adventure is pretty much the same event in both the multi table event and the single table.  The multitable event has rules for multiple tables, and it’s well written.  There are small sections added to this adventure that help you run it as a single table event.  The players honestly don’t get a different experience in terms of single table crunch vs a multi table event.  That’s quite frankly awesome.  5/5

Theme or Fluff– The story of this one is simple.  Zombies come.  You kill zombies.  Then Big Moe attacks, and you run around Big Moe killing pieces of him till you win.  Here is where something strange happens.  This is a battle interactive, and I liked it when I ran it with several other tables.  But I think I like it MORE as a single table event.  My players felt like they were the stars.  They blew up both arms then went for the head.  In the multitable event, you turn off a hand, but then another group does that as well.  That’s kind of strange…  It’s a fun story where everyone gets to play, but this multitable event actually runs better in single player mode!  4.5/5

Execution–  PDF?  Yep!  Hyperlinked?  No, but it doesn’t really matter (I’d still like it though).  This is well done.  I think the hyperlinks are needed more here than ever as this gets long and finding the sections you need on the fly is pretty important.  Overall I like what I see.  It reads fast, is well set up, and let’s you go from downloading to playing in about 10 minutes.  And you can play well after 10 minutes!  Solid execution in this one but I miss my hyperlinks.   4.8/5

 

Summary– I like this adventure, but this goes beyond me liking the adventure.  We’re in the middle of the plague.  Some people can’t make it to a regional con.  Some people have limitations on where they can play.  Some groups can’t travel.  Now every group playing the Oracle of War campaign can play this.  Of all the things I like about this adventure, that’s the best part-accessibility.  More groups will have the shared experience of this adventure.  You will enjoy this kaiju killing adventure, but the fact that any group anywhere can play this makes this a homerun I hope I keep seeing more of.  95%

Daily Punch 4-14-20 Heavenly Hitman class for DCC RPG

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One more DCC RPG class!  How about a cleric/rogue?

 

Heavenly Hitman

Sometimes a church needs to fix a problem.  Sometimes that problem takes the form of a person.  In these cases the church sends someone specially trained in the ways of the faith to solve those problems employing spell and stiletto to silence these heretics.

 

Level Attack  Crit Die/ Table Action Dice Known Spells Max Spell Level Ref Fort Will
1 0 1d8/II 1d20 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1d10/II 1d20 1 1 1 1 1
3 2 1d12/II 1d20 2 1 2 2 2
4 3 1d14/II 1d20 2 2 2 2 2
5 3 1d16/II 1d20 3 2 3 3 3
6 4 1d20/II 1d20+1d14 3 3 4 4 4
7 5 1d24/II 1d20+1d16 4 3 4 4 4
8 5 1d24/II 1d20+1d20 4 4 5 5 5
9 6 1d30/II 1d20+1d20 5 4 5 5 5
10 7 1d30/III 1d20+1d20 5 5 6 6 6
Titles
Level Title (all alignments)
1 Assaulting Alterboy
2 Death Decon
3 Massacre Minister
4 Murder Missionary
5 Brutal Bishop

 

Skill\Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Backstap 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
Sneak silent 3 5 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16
Hide in shadows 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Climb sheer surfaces 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
Pick locks 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
Find trap 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
Disable trap 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
Forge documents 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4
Disguide self 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Read languages 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
Handle poison 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4

 

Channel Harm Check Damage
1-11 Failure
12-13 1d6
14-19 2d6
20-21 3d6
22+ 4d6

 

Hit points: A heavenly hitman gains 1d6 hit points at each level.

 

Weapon training: A heavenly hitman is trained in these weapons: blackjack, blowgun, crossbow, dagger, dart, garrote, longsword, short sword, sling, and staff. Thieves can’t use any armor besides leather armor.

 

Alignment: Heavenly Hitman walk the line between the orders of a church and the chaos of murderers.  They tend to be neutral because of this.

 

Magic: A heavenly hitman cast spells as a cleric.

 

Divine Wrath: A heavenly hitman chooses not to heal, but instead focuses on hurting.  Instead of healing as a cleric, a heavenly hitman can instead choose to make a channel harm check when the heavenly hitman makes a backstab and succeeds.  Instead of damage, the heavenly hitman makes a 1d20 + heavenly hitman level + personality modifier roll and consults the table below. You add your normal attack and backstab damage to the damage.

 

Thieving skills: A heavenly hitman learns certain skills that aid his divine pursuits. A heavenly hitman can pick locks, find and disable traps, sneak silently, hide in shadows, climb sheer surfaces, forge documents, pick pockets, and handle poison.  These function as a theif’s skills.

 

Luck: A heavenly hitman adds their Luck modifier to their backstab damage.

 

Action Die:  A heavenly hitman uses his action dice for any normal activity, including attacks, skill checks, and spells.

 

 

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 4-3-20 Conceal Beast primal spell for Pathfinder 2nd Ed.

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How about hiding your pet in Pathfinder 2nd ed?

 

Conceal Beast                     SPELL 1

Transmutation

Traditions primal

Cast [two-actions] somatic, verbal

Range touch; Targets 1 creature you control; Duration 1 day

The target transforms into a baby form.  Its stats still remain the same except for its weight and size which become normal for a baby of that species.  With an action or reaction you can end conceal beast.  The spell also ends if the target takes damage or attack another target.

 

 

 

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Daily Punch 3-16-20 Return To Sender combat feat for Starfinder

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Love grenades in Starfinder.  Everybody is a wizard with fireball!  How about being able to return that back to whoever sent it your way?

 

Return to Sender (COMBAT)

If you swing just right, you can send what comes at you right back.

Benefit: As a reaction when a grenade is throw at you, you may make an melee attack.  If your attack value equals or exceeds the attack value of the person throwing the grenade, you can return the grenade to the targets square where it explodes.

 

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 2-19-20 Foul Blessing spell for DnD 5e

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One last reaction spell for DnD 5e.

 

Foul Blessing

1st-level enchantment

Casting Time: reaction
Range: 30 feet
Components: V
Duration: instantaneously

A creatures making an ability check that you can see within range must make Charisma saving throws.  If the target fails this saving throw makes, the target must roll a d8 and subtract the number rolled from the check.

 

 

 

Thought?

Daily Punch 12-5-19 Gloves of the Rock Crusher wonderous item for DnD 5e

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Time to help those unarmed characters characters crank up some damage!

Gloves of the Rock Crusher

Wondrous Item, very rare

These warm leather work gloves betray the magic inside. While wearing these, you add double your Strength or Dexterity modifier to damage rolls you make with unarmed strikes and natural weapons. Such attacks are considered to be magical.

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Daily Punch 11-13-19 Force Punch spell for Castles and Crusades

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Ok, something the new school has over the old is wizards and clerics with cantrips that make them a wizard, not a fighter with crappy stats.  Let’s fix that!

 

FORCE PUNCH, Level 0 wizard, illusionist
CT 1 R 50 ft. D Permanent
SV none SR yes Comp V, S, M
A ball of force is throw from the casters extended finger at  a single target. The caster must succeed with a ranged touch attack to hit the target. The force punch deals 2 +1 per 2 caster levels damage if it hits.
The material component for this spell is a pebble.

Daily Punch 11-12-19 Channel Light Divinity spell for Castles and Crusades

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Alright, time to run some games of C and C, and I want some modern in my OSR.  Here is spell for the clerics out there.

 

 

CHANNEL LIGHT DIVINITY*, Level 1 cleric , 2 druid , 2 illusionist
CT 1 R 30ft. D permanent
SV see below SR yes (h) Comp V, S, DF
When the caster yells a prayer to the heavens, all creatures in the areas are healed  for 1d4 hit points of damage. No saving throw is needed when the spell is cast by a cleric or druid. All undead creatures may attempt a wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 hit points damage.

The illusionist version of the spell acts in the same manner with one important exception. The spell recipient of the spell must make an intelligence saving throw. If the creature fails the saving throw, the spell acts normally. If the creature makes the saving throw, the spell fails as the creature realizes that the spell is an illusion. An illusionist cannot cause damage to undead.

The reverse of the spell causes 1d4 hit points damage to living creatures. In those situations, a successful wisdom save indicates half damage if cast by a cleric or druid, or no damage if cast by an illusionist.

 

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