Tag: DnD 5e

Ring Side Report-RPG Review of EB-EP-02 Rolling Thunder

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Product– EB-EP-02 Rolling Thunder

System- DnD 5e

Producer– DMs Guild

Price– $6.00 here https://www.dmsguild.com/product/335587/EBEP02-Rolling-Thunder?affiliate_id=658618

TL; DR-A great train robbery!  98%

Basics-Time for a train heist!  Can you infiltrate a train, get all the pieces, and break into the vault all while not alerting the entire Breland military? This is a multi table event that can be run with a single table as well.  Now to our thoughts.

Mechanics or Crunch– THIS IS NOT A COMBAT ADVENTURE!  Big alert on this!  If the party is down to kill everyone all the time, they will not have fun!  But, if you want to flex your non-combat expertise, this will be an amazing experience.  The crunch here is well done and the new mechanics are well executed.  I would like a bit more fighting so the fighter with no skills still gets to do a bit more.  From cooking to social to even some puzzles, this is a fun change from the standard kill everything adventure.  4.75/5

Theme or Fluff– Since this is not a dungeon crawl, the fluff here has to be tight.  And it delivers!  There are a lot of materials here to make this feel like an upper class train ride.  Players duck between cooking, gambling, social, and even some stealth all while trying to blend in.  There are a lot of pieces to the puzzles of this adventure, but honestly they all fit well together in a great picture. 5/5

Execution–  PDF?  YEP!  Hyperlinked? Yes there are bookmarks.  The adventure is set up with enough information that you can run as a multi table event or single table easily.  The handouts are well done and easy for the players to read.  The adventure reads well and quick, so there is no confusion on what is going on.  This team executed another solid adventure.  5/5

Summary-I love the new format of epics in DnD.  I love more players being able to play.  That makes me happy, and would alone be worth a good review.  But, the Eberron team is constantly delivering solid adventures that I love.  This is no exception.  If you want to be part of a train heist that is amazing to play and easy to run, then grab this adventure.  98%

Daily Punch 1-27-21 Shield Master feat for DnD 5e

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Thinking more about shields. Let’s make shields more awesome!

Shield Master

Prerequisite: Proficiency with a shield

You’ve master turning blades and punches with your shield. You gain the following benefits:

  • Increase your Strength or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • While you are wearing using a shield, reduce any damage you take by your proficiency modifier.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 12-30-20 Dangerous Food spell for DnD 5e

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Be it soup or beer, food as weapons has been in the media lately.  That give me an idea..

Dangerous Food

2nd-level transmutation

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a piece of fruit)
Duration: eight hours

Five juicy pieces of fruit appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration. A creature can use its action to eat one peace of fruit. Eating a berry restores 1d4 hit point.

Alternatively, a piece of fruit can be used as a weapon.  You can make a melee or ranged attack up to 30 feet as an action.  You are considered proficient when you attack with the fruit. If it hits, the target takes 1d6 magic bludgeoning damage and all enemies engaged with the target make a Dexterity save or take 1d6 magic bludgeoning damage as well.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, increase the number of fruit pieces by 1 for each slot level above 2nd.

Daily Punch 12-14-20 Building Strike feat for DnD 5e

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Ok, one more version of this feat for DnD this time!

Building Strike

You spend extra time charging up your strike. Gain the following benefits:

  • Increase your Dexterity or Strength by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • You gain a bonus action that you can use before an attack. If you spend a bonus action before your attack, increase the damage the next strike deals equal to your Strength or Dexterity modifier to the next attack you make this turn.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 11-9-20 Disfigure spell for DnD 5e

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I’ve been thinking of some spells I’ve seen in movies where the villain curses the hero, and the hero is disfigured. Can we do something like that?

Disfigure

5th-level necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 30 days

You throw raw hate at a target in range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. If the target fails, you inflect a horrible curse upon the target bending its physical form to break spirit and spine. The target has a -2 penalty to saves and checks with one ability, a -10 feet penalty to its speed, or a -1 penalty to all attacks for the duration of the spell. A target can be affected by multiple castings of this spell, but each casting must cause a different effect.

A wish spell is the only spell can can end this effect early, you may end this spell with a thought at any time, or your death ends the curse as well.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th or 8th level, the duration is 1 year. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 9th level, the spell lasts until it is ended by a wish spell.

Daily Punch 11-2-20 Wracking Cough spell for 5e DnD 5e

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I hurt my upper respitory a few years ago, so when the seasons change, I start barking. Normally it draws looks, but for some reason, this year I get a bit more stares…

How about a spell for that?

Wracking Cough

2nd-level necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 50 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: concentration, up to one minute

You point at a creature in range and whisper vile words at it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, it becomes infected with a fast acting disease as it begins to cough uncontrollable tearing its lungs apart from the inside dealing 2d6 necrotic damage. Each round at the start of the creatures turn, it must make another Constitution saving throw. If it succeeds the effect end, but if it fails it continues to cough taking 2d6 necrotic damage. Then all creatures that are engaged with the target must also make a Constitution saving throw. Upon a failure, the creature is affected by the spell taking damage as above. If a creature saves against this spell once, it is immune from this one casting of the spell, but can be affected again by a different casting of this spell. Immunity to magical diseases prevents a target from being affected. The cycle of infection continues until all creatures save against the spell or you are no longer concentrating on the spell.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.

Daily Punch 9-18-20 Arrow of Animal Summoning wondrous item for Dnd 5e

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The Wife had an awesome idea, so I am stealing it!

Arrow of Animal Summoning

Wondrous item, uncommon

This arrow is made from the antlers of a stag and carved with runes. When a creature fires this arrow, they may whisper the name of an animal that can be summoned by conjure animals. If the arrow strikes a creature, the animal is summoned as per the spell and attacks the target. The summoned animal stays summoned until it is killed, the spell is dispelled by a spell, or the target is killed. The spell is not ended otherwise. The arrow becomes a regular arrow after the spell ends.

Thoughts?