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Ring Side Report-RPG Review of EB-02 Voice in the Machine for Dungeons and Dragons 5e

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Product– EB-02 Voice in the Machine

System-DnD 5e

Producer– DMs Guild

Price– $ 4.99 here https://www.dmsguild.com/product/299680/EB01-Voice-in-the-Machine?affiliate_id=658618

TL; DR– Solid rescue adventure!  93%

Basics–  ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH!  Continuing the Oracle of War storyline (or maybe starting it), the players are asked to go on a rescue mission into the Mournlands.  Will they find the missing salvage crew, survive the warforged separatists, and understand what’s up with the crazy talking box?

Mechanics or Crunch– This adventure is a bit higher level for the players.  It’s written for tier one, but one wrong step or even a few bad rolls can tank this quickly.  The adventure forces stealth, which for a party of pure beatsticks isn’t as much fun as they hope.  Overall, it’s doable and not too far outside of expectations, but I think toning down the challenge as written would help with this.  4.5/5

Theme or Fluff-This is a really fun adventure setting the tone for the Oracle of War story as the players finally get into the main event.  It’s actually a dungeon crawl.  Which is always nice to see, but it’s set in a town.  So why don’t they go around?  That’s the one part that kind of puts a damper on the situation.  Otherwise, it’s a good intro to the meat, story, and setting of this campaign.  4.75/5

Execution–  PDF?  Yep!  Hyperlinked? no…  I really like what’s in this with two versions of the adventure for the pretty version and the simple printer version as well as the newspaper that you can hand out.  I still like hyperlinks as it will help me hop around between parts of the adventure!  But amazing art, font, and layout make this a dream to read.  Aside from my love of hyperlinks, this is a really well done adventure.  4.8/5Summary–  I love Eberron.  I love playing in the Mournlands.  I also love a good dungeon crawl.  This is all three.  The missteps are minor and if you look at your group and see a bad mix for some parts, then as a GM a few changes will help.  Also, you may have to add pieces to keep your players from skipping the adventure.  “Voice in the Machine” is a solid start to the real campaign of Oracle of War. 93%

Daily Punch 6-2-20 Emergency Cleric Training feat for DnD 5e

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How about a feat inspired by the last for for DnD 5e? How much Carbon 2185 should go into DnD 5e?

Emergency Cleric Training Training

Prerequisite: non Cleric Class

You have trained with clerics and mastered quick blessing that you can use to keep your friend in the fight.  Gain the following:

  • Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • Once per day, you can cast healing world or cure wounds at the highest spell level a cleric of your level could cast. You regain this ability after a long rest.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 3-10-20 Investigative feat for DnD 5e

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We have to types of perception so why not let you play with that for passive perception as well.

Investigative

You’re analytical and methodical paying much mess attention to the wide world but focusing on the little details.  Gain the following benefits:

  • Increase your Intelligence by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • Your Intelligence(investigation) skill replaces your Wisdom(perception) for passive perception.
  • When asked to make a Wisdom(perception) check, you can instead make an Intelligence(investigation) check.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 2-11 and 2-12 Skill Cleric spells for DnD 5e

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Played DnD last weekend. What does every cleric tell out before every skill check?

I CAST GUIDANCE!

Let’s help those helper clerics be a bit more versatile.

Rapid Assistance

Divination cantrip

Casting Time: reaction
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: next action

You touch one willing creature making an ability check. The target can roll a d2 and add the number rolled to the ability check.

That’s the cantrip. How about a 1st level one?

Additional Help

1st-level Divination

Casting Time: reaction
Range: Touch
Components: S
Duration: the current action

You touch one willing creature making an ability check. The target can roll a d6 and add the number rolled to the ability check.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 1-24-20 Weapon Blanch spell for DnD

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How about something to help against those critters who need a little extra to take down?

Weapon Blanch

1st-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

You touch a nonmagical weapon and choose a material type. Until the spell ends, that weapon is coated in a thin layer of that material allowing the weapon to count as that material type to overcome damage resistance and immunity.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can touch one additional weapon for each spell slot above 1st. All weapons much be coated to the same material type.

Thoughts?