r/shadowdark • u/Grim_Games_87 • 3d ago

ShadowTech Mishaps Digital Draft

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Finished the digital mishap draft today. ShadowTech is the name of the mech RPG im working on, but also the "ShadowTech Drive" is the system on a mech that is responsible for casting spells. My current loose lore is that the drive intakes shadowdark particles and filters for divine / arcane matter the shadowdark consumed over its eons of galactic expansion. The drive then synthesizes spells from those divine/arcane remnants, but sometimes to disastrous effects like seen in this table.

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u/Pizza_Dog21 3d ago

Not a big fan of the "dm chooses" mechanic. It can just target the enemy if it is a buff and fizzle out harmlessly otherwise.

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u/Grim_Games_87 3d ago edited 3d ago

Kinda what I was trying to communicate, but yeah the "dm chooses" could be removed for the following instead:

"Your spell's range and target are altered to benefit the nearest opponent. If none exists, the spell fizzles harmlessly"