Daily Punch 6-9-21 Pedagogy cleric domain for DnD 5e

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More ideas for all the knowledge based characters out there!

Pedagogy

Knowledges is power, but power not shared is useless. Knowledge must flow and be told. You and your god specialize in teaching others all the things you know. These insights will help you better understand the world around you and help all you serve better understand themselves and others. Go cleric spread the good words to others!

Cleric LevelSpells
1stcomprehend language, detect mgic
3rddetect thoughts, animal messenger
5thtongues, sending
7thdivination, compulsion
9thlegend lore, modify memory

Bonus Proficiency

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency in a number of tools or languages equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Disciple of Knowledge

Also starting at 1st level, your wisdom helps with your knowledge. When you make a Intelligence skill check, add your Wisdom modifier as well..

Channel Divinity: Speed Learning

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to deliver a bold of knowledge to another. As an action, you choose one skill or tool you are proficient in and touch a creature. For 10 minutes, the target has proficiency with the chosen skill or tool.

Assistant

Beginning at 6th level, when you do the help action with another character, in addition to advantage, they add your Wisdom modifier to the roll as well.

Mind Strike

At 8th level, you learn how to now directly strike to a foes mind. Gain the eldritch blast cantrip as a cleric spell but instead of force damage it does psychic damage instead.

Fail Forward

Starting at 17th level, when you see someone attempt a skill check with which you are proficient, you can spend a spell slot of the highest you have available so long as its level one, to give the target a reroll on the check. This may only be attempted once per check.

Ring Side Report-RPG Review of Starfinder Society Scenario #1-16: Dreaming of the Future

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Product– Starfinder Society Scenario #1-16: Dreaming of the Future

System- Starfinder

Producer– Paizo

Price– $5.99 here https://paizo.com/products/btpya08w?Starfinder-Society-Scenario-116-Dreaming-of-the-Future 

TL; DR-Good introduction to the world of Starfinder Society.  92%

Basics–  Starfinder!  Society calls!  New Starfinders are needed to help find the pieces of an old tablet that will open a long lost vault in the stars.  This adventure is four short scenes that are all tied together in one adventure.

Mechanics or Crunch-This is a good introductory adventure that has some exploration, combat, space combat, and a bit of social interaction.  The only downside is the pieces may be a bit easy for most players.  Even pregens have an easy go of this one.  But it’s fun nonetheless.  4.5/5

Theme or Fluff– This adventure is four short adventures that all tie together.  It’s a bit rough between the pieces, but the goal of this one is to be more an intro to the world, Starfinder Society, and the system. It does a solid enough job with a decent story providing the basics of the world and story of it.  4.5/5

Execution– PDF? Yes.  Hyperlinked?  Yes.  Good layout, handout, and all the other basics make this a solid adventure.  The pieces I don’t like are the maps that you have to buy because the maps are marked up.  I understand why, but it’s still annoying.  That’s the worst part of the execution, so that is not bad at all.  4.75/5

Summary-. Dreaming of the Future is a solid introduction with a few rough parts.  The rough parts are all due to the episodic nature of this one.  The pieces are short but that helps with new players learning the system.  If you want a fun quick adventure for a new group of Starfinders, you would have a hard time finding a better one than this one.  92%

Daily Punch 6-8-21 Debilitating Learning spell for DnD 5e

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How about instead of a save we use a skill check? What do people say?

Debilitating Learning

1st-level enchantment

Casting Time:1 action
Range:30 feet
Components:V, S, M (a book)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You impart your knowledge to three creatures with an Intelligence score of 5 or higher and possibly overwhelm the target. Choose nature, religion, arcana, or history, and make an Intelligence check for that skill. Each target must make the check as well. If their check is lower then your check, they are stunned.

At the start of each of its turns, the target can make another skill check with the DC equal to your check to end the effect. On a success, the spell ends. Damaging the target instantly ends the effect.

When the effect ends, the next check the target makes using that skill is made with advantage.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the number off affected targets increases by one for each slot level above 2nd.

Daily Punch 6-7-21 Knowledge Bringer warlock pack for DnD 5e

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Time for a warlock that is based on knowledge?

Knowledge Bringer

None know what you found, but it offered you knowledge. Dark, fel knowledge that no one else knew. Knowledge is power and power corrupts, and this creature offered you enough knowledge to give you all the power you ever need. May you stay strong enough to not be completely corrupted by it.

Advanced Learning

Starting at 1st level, you gain a spell book and two 1st level spells and two cantrips from the wizards spell list. You can add more spells to the book as a wizard does from the wizard spell list. When you take a short rest you can prepare as many spells are you are able, but you must prepare individual uses of each spell. To cast a spell multiple times, you must have prepared it multiple times. You are still limited to your maximum spell level based on your level.

Learn Through Experience

Starting at 6th level, if you succeed against a save from the wizards spell list that spell appears in your spell book. You need not be able to cast the spell yet to add it to your spell book this way.

Knowledge Application

Starting at 10th level, up to a number of times per day equal to your Intelligence modifier, when you cast a spell you can gain advantage on the spell attack or cause one target to suffer disadvantage on a save against the spell.

Advanced Application

Starting at 14th level, the dark master blesses you far beyond others that it controls and other warlocks who follow lesser masters. You can prepare one additional wizard spell that you know that is at the maximum level of a wizard of your level per day. You must have this spell in your spell book.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 6-4-21 Equipment Expert feat for DnD 5e

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Been thinking about alchemist fire and bottles of acid. Let’s make them more useful.

Equipment Expert

You’ve gotten good at throwing around your toys.  Gain the following benefits:

  • Increase your damage of alchemist fire by 1d4 for every other character level you have starting at 2nd level and the DC of your alchemist fire is 8 + proficiency bonus + your Dexterity Modifier.
  • Increase your damage of acid flasks by 1d6 for every other character level you have starting at 2nd level.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 6-1-21 Splash Critical feat for Pathfinder 2nd ed.

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I want to splash lots of damage around in Pathfinder.

Splash Critical Feat 4

General
When you hit your target, every around feels it! When you critically hit a target and the weapon does splash damage and effects, treat the splash damage and effects as if it was a critical hit for modifying damages and effects, typically doubling the damage. Other feats, abilities, and items that modify critical hits and effects are applied to splash damage and effects as well

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Daily Punch 5-31-21 Right On Target (Combat) feat for Starfinder

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Played some Starfinder this weekend, and had a player hit the target intersection of for a grenade TWICE with a natural 20! They were not amused… Let’s fix that!

Right on Target (COMBAT)

Your grenades hit home with the most force.

Prerequisite(s): Proficiency with grenades.

Benefit(s): When you throw a grenade at a group of targets and one of the targets is in one of the four squares at the intersection you throw the grenade in to and you score a critical hit, the grenade does double damage to that one target. The target is still allowed a save as normal.

Thoughts?

Ring Side Report-RPG Review of Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20: Operation Vanguard

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Product– Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20: Operation Vanguard

System- Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20

Producer– Modiphius

Price– $6.99 here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355128/Achtung-Cthulhu-2d20-Operation-Vanguard?affiliate_id=658618 

TL; DR– Almost perfect but not what I wanted.  97%

Basics–  Time to go, soldier!  You just stopped a Black Sun ritual, so now it’s off to stop more Nazi shenanigans!  What could they be doing off at sea?

Mechanics or Crunch-Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 does almost all the things I want and does them right, and this adventure has that as well.  Solid monsters and encounters lead you through a stealth to destruction mission with lots of fun along the way.  Just well done crunch if you like the 2d20 system.  5/5

Theme or Fluff– The theme/fluff/story is where I have my one major problem.  The story itself is great.  Investigate Nazi base, destroy, stop bad guys-all the fun things players want to do in Pulp Weird War II.  But, this was billed as the sequel to the starter adventure, and it is, but it’s just a second adventure after the first.  They are not connected in any real way.  It doesn’t tell as much of a continuing story aside from “go destroy more weird stuff.”  Go destroy the weird stuff is honestly 90% of A!C 2d20, and that’s why my players and I are here.  But, I wanted the escape from France of the last adventure.  My players LEVELED the castle in the last one as nothing stops evil like 40 TONS of stone to the head.  So my expectations were slightly let down.  If you don’t have the same expectation, you will have a blast.  4.5/5

Execution– PDF? Yes.  Hyperlinked?  Yes, extremely well done.  I LOVE THIS PRODUCT.  A page with pictures to cut out to give to players for handouts, hyperlinks EVERYWHERE, easy to read, nice stat blocks, and TWO VERSIONS as a less graphics intensive one makes my tablet run better all make me a happy GM.  This is how I want books made.  5/5Summary– Oh A!C 2d20… you make me so happy.  It’s a well done, slick system, and this is a well done slick adventure for it.  I just wish this was more “direct sequence” and less “continuing adventures”, but oh well.  If you don’t have my singular crazy obsession with continuity, then you will absolutely LOVE this book.  From crunch, to story, to just general production, I’m glad to have this one. 97%

Daily Punch 5-27-21 HUD eye augmentation for Starfinder

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I pay way too many video games with heads up displays. Time for that in Starfinder!

Heads Up Display Ocular Implant

Item Level 5; Price 2,825; System Eyes
This small implant is placed into your eye but leave most of your eye intact. You gain access to your computer at all times assuming that you have linked the computer to this augment. You can move the display in your vision to be full view or occupy a small area. This does not distract you but you must still use normal actions to interact with your display. This enhancement can be linked to any non-archaic weapon you have to also allow you to gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls as you network and analyze your attacks with telemetric and biometric data with your weapon and computer.

Thoughts?