#krig dms

how to be a cool DM (and also take neat selfies) in two simple steps

step 1: aquire chromatic power orb (sphere shaped rainbow LED light)

step 2: wield power over the human mind (use some basic colour psychology!)

So i loooove touch spells, and i think they are a great adition to any characters list of spells. Lightning damage not your thing? Try out these variations!

Shocking Grasp (original spell)

Evocation Cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous

Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing armor made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage, and it can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn.

Blazing Hands

Flames erupt from your hand to scorch to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing flammable clothing. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage, and it must use its next bonus action to put the fire out or take an additional 1d8 of fire damage.

Frostbitten Touch

Frost spreads from your hand to deliver an icy attack to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is damp, wet or standing in water. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 cold damage, and it’s movement is halved the next turn.

Vampiric Scratch

Claws emerge from your fingers to graze to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is below half of its max HP. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 necrotic damage, and you regain half as many hitpoints.

Rotting Fingers

Rot spreads from your hand to infect a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target has any level of exhaustion. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 poison damage, and it has to succeed on a constitution saving throw or be poisoned for one round, taking an additional 1d4 of poison damage. 

Phantom Grip

Illusory magic surrounds your hand to trick a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target has already taken damage this round. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 psychic damage, and must succeed on a wisdom saving throw or have disadvantage on its attack roll the next turn.

Oozing Palms

Suddenly the door slams open. Before you stands the biggest tiefling you have ever seen, or rather.. You think it’s a tiefling, she has the horn and tail of one, but all of you know despite that that tieflings do not have tusks.  In her hand you see a crumpled up paper, and she is sporting a manic grin on her face as her eyes fall on the three of you and she starts to approach you.

it also had all the players simultaneously groaning in disgusted realization, and exclaiming things like “no, fuck you”, “i fucking hate you” and “im dissasociating” when i introduced the newest NPC