Healing Surges for Pathfinder 2e

PF2e is designed around the idea that the party will be mostly or fully healed every fight. This benefits the Martials more than the Casters, who lose slots no matter what (a design inconsistency), but also leads to infinite healing situations. The pf2e balance for this is that it usually takes a bit of time […]

Boons & Banes for Pathfinder 2e.

I use Milestone XP for my Pathfinder 2e campaign, which makes sure characters are always the same level, which is important due to how tight the math of the game is. But I also wanted to have a use for XP. Here is a draft version of the old Fate Card system I borrowed from […]

Archetype: Geisha (pf2e)

She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters): Six years, I dragged myself, kicking and screaming, into health clubs, and zilch! Now, one little green blood transfusion from you and… va voom!

[throws off her hat]

Oriental Adventures inspired setting for D&D 5e – Dark Nihon

I decided to create a “Wotc IP free” version of my Oriental Adventure setting book, which you can find on DriveThru RPG. I’ll also add that you can watch a live play of the rules over on Twitch every week by the Warlord of Ippon gang.

Storm Oni Iogaka

In season of the ghost I wanted to turn Iogaka into an oni that would challenge 5 level 5 characters. Here is the conversion/update of her to make her into an oni (some of these updates are specific to how oni’s are portrayed in my game world):

Spinner of Threads bonus Lessons

I wanted to add more character to the patron of one of my PCs patron – The Spinner of Threads (or Sanjin in my game of Season of the Ghost). I thought a good mechanism for this would be the Lesson feats. Since I have alway liked the idea of the Patrons from the DCC […]

Downtime Activities as a Worker Placement Boardgame

I am running Season of the Ghost as my first pf2e campaign. Book 1 had some downtime activities to finish, and Chapter 1 of Book 2 is all downtime activities. As I had a new player this session, I had a concern that he would get the wrong impression of what D&D was, so I wanted to […]

Covetous Shen (PF 2e) (PC list)

Cheeky random encounter for ungrateful player characters

Eye of the Void

Eye of the Void Item 8 Price: 500 gp Usage: Worn necklace Bulk: L The Eye of the Void typically appears as a small, smooth black orb of glass or crystal, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, set within a silver necklace. However, when commanded to open, the true nature of the Eye is revealed. […]

Kagekiri (Shadowblade)

Shadowblade Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th; Weight 2 lbs.; Price 26,308 gp DESCRIPTION On a successful critical hit, this magic longsword deals 2 points of bleed damage, which stacks with any bleed damage already caused by the attack. Each time the wielder strikes a blow that deals bleed damage with this weapon, s/he gains temporary hit points equal to the amount of bleed damage […]