TOPIC: 2027 Ultra Rare Ideas Please - Include Reprints

Bryan (Calandros) wrote: FoP Demonic Pact

1/game: For room all attacks and damage spells gain 10 damage, you take 5 damage whenever performing an attack or casting a spell.

Could also include healing spells, or adjust damage done or taken

I don't really need Dave trying to kill himself faster by casting spells.

Dougout wrote: Belt of Thorns Reprint.

Charm of the Gunslinger. May use 2 1H Ranged Weapons. - Ranger

+2 Chaos Pistol - similar to chaos canon, added effect - Ranger +Damage vs undead - cleric and Paladin banish evil outsider on “20”

I love the Charm of the Gunslinger. I was just thinking about this the other day.

Book of can trip, tome
Gives access to 1 shock damage can trip that us unlimited use and get spell bonus (this is based off the 2025 grind ability)

Forged document
Scroll, rogue
Common
When successful at rogue test turn this in to get the clue and the rare.

UR Reprint: Skull of Doom, and have some easter egg / interaction in the dungeon(s) for daring to use it.

I always thought the "Warning: The Skull of Doom is an ancient artifact that should be wielded with caution as it is infused with the stain of evil and darkness."

Line in TokenDB is one of the most flavorful sentences in the whole thing!

Ideas for thematic reprints:
Bracelets / Charm / Gloves of the Cabal (2013): the Cabal is Totally Not a Cult!
Bowl of Spirit Sight (2013): pierce through the Void to glimpse forbidden lore
Carter's Tome of Insight (2015): insight into the unknown is a common theme
Gregor's Tome of Focus (2019): a magicky tome seems appropriate enough

Not exactly thematic but the effect works well with the theme:
Figurine of Power: Tortoise (2013)

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Some ideas for new URs:

Mark of the Ancestors: +1 to Will saves; as SA may awaken another player from Endless Dream (1/game)

No fight against Cthulhu Kthala would be complete without an Elder Sign a Mark of the Ancestors, would it? Intentionally somewhat weaker than the appreciation UR Mark of the 3rd Tenet , but with a kicker that may make it more useful for this year.

Charm of [Blood god]: +2 to Melee damage; -1 to Will saves; Dreamer's Folly (see tokendb.com for details)
Dreamer's Folly: during coaching, the wearer may make a Dream save. On a success, increase the bonus to Melee damage by +1, but suffer an additional -2 penalty to Will. This may be performed up to two times (for a total of +4 to Melee damage and -5 to Will). On a failure, lose the bonuses granted by this effect (but retain the accrued Will penalty), suffer an additional -3 penalty to Will, and this effect may no longer be repeated.

Leaning into the "it is dangerous to use it" theming presented in the 2027 notes, the base is somewhat weaker than the Arcane Charm , encouraging you to draw on the power of the lesser god at least once, but if you fail and the god notices you ahem borrowing its power, it revokes the additional benefit while leaving your sanity drained.
(Hm... +4 surpasses the power of a volunteer UR and is on par with a Relic, which might make this too strong, even with the Will penalty. Maybe limit it to just one invocation? Or maybe make this an Ioun Stone?)

I wouldn't mind seeing a +2 Rod of Persuasion making a comeback, will have been 11 years since it debuted back in 2016.

EDIT: It would also make a great novelty weapon in forcing cultists to talk by 'persuading' them

Reprint wish list:

+2 Rod of persuasion
+2 assassin's Crossbow
Ektdar’s Tinkering Tool

Cranston’s Helpful Hat - since we have steampunk aesthetic weapons coming

New ideas:
Marks for the different cults that give you 1/game powerful effect but make you more susceptible to Dreaming
Mark of Blood - sacrifice up to 10 Max HP gain + damage for every 2 max HP lost this way for the rest of the room. Loose 5 will save.
Mark of Decay
Marl of Discord
Mark of the Grave - if you were to die instead take no damage loose 10 will save 1/game
Mark of Plagues

+2 Voidbane sniper
2 handed weapon
Useable by bard, fighter, ranger, rogue
+10 damage to evil outsiders
(Rogues may sneak attack with this weapon. Not bypassing the 1 turn setup without use of other items)

Brand of the Defiant
Goes in mark slot

1/game auto pass failed will save. Take 20 damage

Don't think it has been done, but damage scaled by difficulty might be relevant, and not something DMs have to track.
Normal 5 dmg, hc 10dmg, nm 20 dmg, epic 30dmg.

Charm of Unholy Change: Allow an additional polymorph form per room.

Bead of Craving: +2 treasure chips

Gloves of the Flying Fist reprint

Carter's Tome of Insight reprint

Figurine of Power Owl reprint

Necklace of warding: Monster can't use non-area attacks on you if it has other valid targets

Figurine of Power Panther reprint

Skull of Desecration: similar to Skull of Doom but higher damage wheel

Mystic Charm: +2 saves, or +3 saves if you have a Ring of the Sacred Circle

Necklace of Expertise: similar to crown, but 2/game

Gloves of Greed: Rogue gets additional token from Treasure Boxes

Duck of Discord - turn in to coach, flip a coin;
Heads: gain the effects of UR Special & Eldritch Runestone.
Tails: Duck is returned to the player, they get -1 to-hit, damage, AC, saves, & initiative for the game.

Brooch of Blood - 1/room, take 5 damage to activate. For the rest of this room, your melee attacks deal +5 damage. If you do not deal any damage during a round of combat, take 5 damage.

+3 Dirk of Decay - (4,5,6,7) -3AC, -2 monster AC on hit

We're supposed to keep Kthala asleep, right? So, for a very silly/holiday run:

Scroll of Jigglypuff: Puts all beings not singing that Pokemon's song to sleep -- including party members not singing along IRL. Comes with a magic marker.

Also: Enough turkey legs will put Kthala into tryptophan coma. "Enough" varies by run difficulty. Rare legs count for one point, URs and Relics count for more.

Lantern of Revelation - Slotless - Usable by All

As an action, negate invisibility, displacement, and mirror image effects for one round for the entire party. (1/game)

Note: Using the Lantern of Revelation may be dangerous for the user depending on what is revealed.

(also counts as a light source)