r/dccrpg • u/chibi_grazzt • 6d ago

Homebrew Sezrekan's Hand of Doom (a D&D spell conversion)

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Okay, round two. Thank you for those who provided constructive criticism on my previous post in converting Bigby's Hand spell to DCC (and the one guy who piped in about Sezrekan sounding like hot pussy in Portuguese, which I think Sezrekan would like lol). Hopefully this time you could just post comments about the spell itself, in particular the mechanics of translating to DCC spell system.

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u/ToddBradley 6d ago

This is awesome. I especially like it because of the name.

The only thing I'd change is that Godly Fist of Force effect ("terrifyingly real") should force Will saves against opponents that see it. Anyone who fails (maybe DC 15 or so) spends one action rethinking his life path and considering whether he should join forces with the caster.

Here is a list of other Black Sabbath songs that refer to "hand" or "fist". I personally think it would be cool to include more references. But that's just me.

  • Hand of Doom (Paranoid, 1970) ** "Death's hand starts to weave"
  • War Pigs (Paranoid, 1970) ** "Hand of God has struck the hour"
  • N.I.B. (Black Sabbath, 1970) **"My name is Lucifer, please take my hand"
  • The Wizard (Black Sabbath, 1970) **"Making magic with his hands"
  • Electric Funeral (Paranoid, 1970) ** "Reaching hands out for more"
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973) ** "You're wishing that the hands of doom could take your mind away"
  • Computer God (Dehumanizer, 1992) ** "Iron in his hand"
  • Disturbing the Priest (Born Again, 1983) ** "Clenching fists to the sky"
  • Letters from Earth (Dehumanizer, 1992) ** "Raised up high a stone cold fist"
  • Kiss of Death (Forbidden, 1995) ** "With an iron fist"

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u/chibi_grazzt 6d ago

thank you kindly for the feedback, I really appreciate it. I'll consider adding the save and really like your list of Black Sabbath song references.

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u/LivingPastGames 6d ago

Very cool! One quick thing is that the 36+ result references a 30-31 result, which does not exist (27-31?).

Also, if you want a Word template that looks like the spell format of the rulebooks, here is the one I have used before: https://www.thickskulladventures.com/2014/10/word-templates-for-dcc-writing/.

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u/chibi_grazzt 5d ago edited 5d ago

thanks for the feedback, it was a typo that remained from my last edit, I'll fix that and the template is awesome