So, running a campaign, and one of my players is a warlock whos arcane focus is a gun. its not a real gun, its just an arcane focus, but, it inspired me to want to make a warlock pact boon that is like an arcane focus. I also like making things multipurpose so it was designed to be fully setting/genre agnostic in its mechanics.
- Pact of the Focus - Your patron gives you an eldritch focus, an implement with which to cast your spells. Your eldritch focus can be used a number of times equal to 2 + your proficiency bonus. When you cast a spell through your eldritch focus that requires you to roll a d20, you can use your reaction to expend a use and give yourself advantage on that roll. You regain all expended uses on a short rest. If the spell calls for more than one d20 roll(i.e, the multiple beams from an eldritch blast), you only gain advantage on one of them. As a bonus action you can summon or dismiss your eldritch focus into an extra dimensional space.
- Eldritch Invocations - War Focus - When you cast a spell through your eldritch focus, you can add your charisma modifier to the damage rolls of that spell.
Focused Assault - When you cast a spell through your eldritch focus that calls for a ranged spell attack, you can use your reaction to expend a use and ignore half-cover.
Spell Slinger - 5th When you use your reaction to give yourself advantage on a spell that calls for more than one d20 roll, you can gain advantage on a number of those rolls equal to your charisma modifier, instead of just one.
Quick Draw - 5th When you use your bonus action to summon your eldritch focus, you can, as part of the same bonus action, cast a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.
Misfortunes Symbol - 5th When you cast a spell through your eldritch focus that forces a creature to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can use your reaction to expend a use and give that creature disadvantage on the roll. If the spell causes multiple creatures to make saving throws(i.e, multiple enemies caught in a fireball), a number of them equal to your charisma modifier have disadvantage.
Grounding Point - 7th When you cast a spell through your eldritch focus that has a duration of 1 minute or more, you can use your reaction to expend a use and double the duration of the spell, up to a maximum of 24 hours.
Gilded Token - 12th Once per day, when you cast a spell through your eldritch focus, you can use your reaction to ignore the spell’s material components with a gold piece cost that is less than or equal to 100 x your charisma modifier. You must finish a long rest before you can use this invocation again.
Pact Battery - 15th When you take a long rest, you can store a number of warlock spells equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down) in your eldritch focus. at any time before your next long rest, you may use your reaction to expend a use and cast one the stored spells. The spells you store in your eldritch focus can be of 3rd level or lower.
Long ago a hard-fought battle took place here. A group of heroes from all over the the world teamed up to take down a massive colossus animated with ancient magic.
The heroes were victorious and the colossus fell. Over the centuries the landscape changed, but the remains of the giant construct still serve as a remainder of how those heroes of old saved the kingdom.
Still, anyone evil enough and knowledgeable enough can reanimate the stone giant once more to wreak havoc across the land.
Will these rookie adventurers be able to put a stop to those plans? Or will the colossus eventually destroy everything across its path?
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Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 60 ft. Components: S Duration: Instantaneous or 1 hour (see below)
You choose a nonmagical area of dim light or darkness that you can see within range and can manipulate a 5 ft. cube of it in the following ways:
You can double or halve the area of darkness and dim light cast by the shadow. The change lasts for 1 hour.
You cause simple shapes—such as the vague form of a creature, an inanimate object, or a location—to appear within the shadow and animate as you like. The shapes last for 1 hour.
In addition you can create a 5 ft cube of shadow, casting 5 ft. of darkness and 5 ft of dim light that extinguishes nonmagical bright light. This change lasts for 1 hour.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three non-instantaneous effects created by it active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
Suggested Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, & Wizard
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Presiding over a series of forested foothills and mountainous valleys that divide two rival kingdoms, the mist-shrouded barony of Siirvyn has seen more than its share of war over the past generations. Betrayal, invasion, and massacre are all too common motifs in the barony’s long history, leaving all sorts of scars on both the landscape and the people who dwell within it.
Adventure Hooks:
Rumours of a treasure draw the party to Siirvyn, apparently concealed in a vault beneath the ruined castle of a long dead baroness Taviaa. Surely it won’t be too hard to locate a single ruin in a land frequently beset by war, right?
The party arn’t the only one combing across the barony looking for something. A hardluck knight seeks her brother after he vanished on a foolish quest, and might be willing to help the party out of jam if they aid her in search.
Folk of the barony tell of Grimcackle, a great black winged beast that moorlands that’s sometimes heard laughing over the desolate battlefields but is only ever seen by the lost and the desperate. To heed the old stories it plunders the old battlefields of it’s choicest riches, hoarding the wealth of the dead over centuries of war.
Mid- to high-level paladins have a decent pool of Lay on Hands, two Attacks, Divine Smites, and Auras that give buffs to your party members, plus additional skillsets. They’ve got a little bit of everything, which makes them flexible for multiclassing…to a point. Because of the restrictions on multiclasses (you must have certain Ability Scores be higher than 13 in order to take levels in a given class), and the fact that paladins are spread thinner (Strength and Charisma by default, and usually you’ll try for a strong Constitution as well), you’re much more limited in your multiclass options than you might realize.
Rough Choices
The worst options for you to choose are monk and ranger, because then you need a strength and charisma score of 13 at minimum for your paladin to multiclass at all, then a dex and wisdom score of minimum 13, and your constitution score is probably decent if not excellent…which means you would need 4 or 5 of the 6 ability scores to be good with those multiclasses. If your stats are so good you can pull that off, more power to you, but it would be rough.
Reasonable Choices
Paladin + Cleric
This looks like it has potential on the surface. The features from a Divine Domain, depending on what you choose, can give you some boosts, but most of the paladin’s spells are cleric spells too, so you aren’t gaining much in the way of casting. If you pushed it to second level, your main boon is Channel Divinity, which can also be cool, but you don’t get another use of Channel Divinity, just another option. If you’ve got a paladin with an acceptable wisdom score, it’s a workable option, but not your best.
Paladin + Druid
There’s nothing functionally wrong with this multiclass. If you’ve got a high enough Wisdom for the multiclass, you’re mostly fine; you can make melee weapon attacks in beast form, so your divine smite will still work just fine (it’s an ability, not a spell). However, druids won’t wear metal armor. Which means your paladin has to opt for leather or hide, and without a decent Dex score (in addition to decent Wis, Cha, and Str) you’re going to take more hits than you may be prepared for. Maybe wild-shaping is worth your while, maybe it’s not, but it loses points for the armor thing.
Paladin + Rogue
Taking a level or two in rogue is mostly worth it for the sneak attack potential and the Cunning Actions. Normally, paladins wear heavy armor to keep their AC high–but since you need a decent Dex score to take levels in Rogue, you might decide to use medium armor instead, with the benefit of not imposing disadvantage on your stealth rolls. In this case, it’s a question of whether or not the stealth (hiding for sneak attack’s sake, perhaps) is worth sacrificing an obscenely high AC.
Paladin + Sorcerer
Despite sorcerers relying on an ability score you’re already good at, this class doesn’t have much to offer you aside from spell slots–which can be great for you, and makes it preferable to the Wizard option, but in and of itself doesn’t do too much. Use your sorcery points to create extra spell slots for yourself and use that divine smite or other smite-y abilities. In general, I suggest you favor sorcerer over wizard, since if nothing else you get a sorcerous origin that offers some benefits and you’re using a stat you’re already definitely prioritizing.
Paladin + Wizard
If you find yourself running out of Divine Smite slots, maybe a level or two in Wizard will benefit you. It requires a decent Intelligence score, but at first level you get two new first-level spell slots and three cantrips. Nothing about the wizard aside from extra slots and cantrips is particularly useful to you, though, so this multiclass is best done if you have a good role-play reason to take it.
Righteous Choices
Paladin + Barbarian
Your stats align perfectly on this bad boy, so no need to worry about the prerequisites. Don’t worry about Unarmored Defense unless it exceeds your AC in armor–wearing armor won’t stop rage effects. You can attack recklessly at 2nd level, which translates to increased odds of a crit, and when you crit you can use a Divine Smite, doubled…it’s a pretty sweet deal.
Paladin + Bard
You have very few bonus actions to spend as a paladin (the best are your smite spells, but you won’t use smite on every turn), so when you take a level in bard, make the most of that Bardic Inspiration. You’ll also snag additional spell slots for smiting, and the Song of Rest and Jack of All Trades features give you utility outside combat. It’s a nice way to stay well-rounded.
Paladin + Fighter
It’s all about that Second Wind and Action Surge. Since by now you have two attacks per action, that’s four attacks total! You also gain an extra fighting style; use it to fill a gap in your existing repertoire or to amp up something you’re good at already (remember you can only take each style once). With Second Wind, you can save your Lay on Hands for your fellow party members.
Paladin + Warlock
The warlock is a decent multiclass option at minimum because the spellcasting ability is the same as the paladin’s–however, it’s all in what your Otherworldly Patron can do for you. Personally I recommend Hexblade (you can curse an enemy so that against them you crit on a 19, increase your damage, /and/ regain HP if they die) or the Undying (spare the dying could be clutch in a near-TPK situation). Plus, Eldritch Invocations at second level can grant you additional abilities.
I’ll get the bad news out of the way: unless your paladin has a 13 intelligence, this isn’t a feasible multiclass. I know you’re probably focused on boosting charisma, but them’s the breaks. The artificer will earn you a few new spell slots, but they’ll be of a lower level than your next set of Paladin slots. The low-level artificer abilities just aren’t going to make up for the losses you incur by not taking a different multiclass or sticking with Paladin, I’m sad to say. The best thing you stand to gain is a few magic items from the Artificer’s Infusions, but let’s be real here: it’s probably not worth it. Only take this one for roleplay reasons.
The house fire was blinding, and when it finally died down, all that was left was ashes and bones. It seemed, for a moment, that the tragedy had finally passed, until the ash and soot from the burning flames coalesced into a screeching, fog-like creature, eyes fiery red and claws sharpened, ready to bring more malice into an already pained community.
Fire wraiths. When a wraith is formed, its body collapses in on itself and its soul becomes suffused with negative energy that creates the wraith-like creature. Oftentimes, only creatures that have sold their souls to another being from a lower plane become wraiths, and only few among them become sootwraiths. When a creature that has given its soul to something from the beyond dies violently in a fire, and the blaze consumes them, sometimes rather than becoming a normal wraith, the creature becomes a sootwraith, infused with fire and smoke, and ready to use its detrimental nature to raise more flame.
Undead Nature.A sootwraith doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Friends and companions. Sootwraiths are oftentimes not intelligent or tolerant enough to allow any creature to fight alongside them, but when a necromancer or other powerful mage is in command of the sootwraith, it may work alongside other creatures such as wraiths, ghouls, ghasts, skeletons, zombies and other undead, as well as ghosts. It may command its own specters, even if it is not commanded by a greater evil than itself, and it is not uncommon for sootwraiths that were created in the same fiery end to band together.
If you’re not familiar with 5E rules, don’t worry! Roleplaying games are about letting your imagination run wild as you create your own characters and stories. The rules provide support for your imagination and structure for your hero, but take a back seat to the FUN play at the table.
For those new to roleplaying games entirely, we are providing Jake’s Shmowzow Guide to Roleplaying Games with every copy of the Core Book exclusively on Kickstarter. It’s a simple guide to get any person started having fun with the Adventure Time RPG. Written by Ray Winninger, co-designer of the DC Heroes RPG and former Executive Producer of Dungeons & Dragons, the guide includes the needed core rules from the 5E OGL, a simple step-by-step explanation of the simple ideas you need to understand to begin play, and finally a walk-through of the character creation process. All guided by Jake!
Adventure Time has its roots in the older editions of Dungeons & Dragons, with episodes and story arcs that grew from the pastiche fantasy adventure that the second and third editions laid out so beautifully. We believe that the high-quality design of 5E—and its very nature—are well-suited to capturing the open-ended excitement and sense of wonder that are at the core of Adventure Time. If Dungeons & Dragons gave birth to Adventure Time, using 5E for Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game brings everything full circle and is true to the spirit of the series.
We believe that we can craft and implement the world of Ooo and the features of the Adventure Time RPG best in 5E, empowering you with the feeling that you can be any person you want to be and that anything can happen when you step out your door for adventure!
But how, exactly, do you explore Ooo? This is a tabletop roleplaying game built using the Dungeons & Dragons rules, basically. In fact, if you are familiar with those rules, you already know all about how to play Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game.
If you’re not familiar with those rules, you don’t need to worry. Dungeons & Dragons is a game about letting your imagination run wild; it is a game that is played through conversation, is moderated by dice, and takes place in your cranial. As you adventure through the amazing land of Ooo, stuff will happen. There is a player, called the Dungeon Master, who will tell you about that stuff.
As a brave adventurer, you will want to respond to your Dungeon Master with awesome heroic actions. Your character will have a set of attributes and some skills and powers that provide options for those reactions. But you can respond however a person could respond (if that person was a Wildberry Person, with an axe!). However you respond, you will tell the Dungeon Master what you want to do.
Once you choose your action, it’s time to get mathematical with it. You will roll a twenty-sided die and add a bonus number to it, based on the attribute (or skill or power) that is most applicable to the action. If the total number is high enough to equal or exceed a target set by the Dungeon Master, you will succeed, and the skill or power will dictate the results of that action.
And that’s all there is to it! Imagine what the Dungeon Master tells you, have a conversation with the Dungeon Master about what you want to do, and roll a twenty-sided die to see if it works. Three simple steps to exploring (and loving!) the Land of Ooo.
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