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Wintry Blast |
My new adventure, Wintry Blast, was inspired by opening up a single, simulated pack of Ice Age, a Magic: the Gathering set that came out way back in 1995. Each one of those 15 cards is represented in the adventure in one way or another. Two of those cards, Circle of Protection: Red and Fire Covenant merged together to create one of the six custom-built magic items included in this adventure: the Ring of the Fiery Covenant.
When using Magic cards as inspiration, I like to look at the whole card: the mechanics, the name, the art, the flavor text. I also like to utilize existing D&D 5e mechanics and abilities as much as possible. When I saw the Circle of Protection in my pack I instantly knew there would be an item granting fire resistance in my adventure. Since circles are round and rings are round, a ring of resistance was the obvious choice. Rings of resistance, however, are a bit boring in my opinion. I wanted to jazz up this basic magic item with something extra. That's where Fire Covenant comes in. This card, in Magic terms, essentially allows you to pay life to deal damage to creatures. The cleric/wizard spell, Life Transference came to mind. This 5e spell lets you heal someone by sacrificing damage, but the broad strokes are similar; it's a cost-benefit proposition. After a bit of noodling, this is the final product I came up with. Ring of the Fiery Covenant Ring, rare (requires attunement) You have resistance to fire damage while wearing this ring. Additionally, once per day when you score a hit with any weapon or spell, you may choose to take 10 points of fire damage (reduced to 5 due to the resistance) to deal an extra 10 fire damage. At level 5, you can choose to take 20 points of fire damage (reduced to 10 due to the resistance) to deal an extra 20 fire damage. That's it, a little peek behind the curtain of how Wintry Blast came to be. I look forward to sharing more of the process and particulars in future posts. Thanks for reading!
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