Designer's Notes for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG bonus content

[PK]

Bonus Spell #2:
Land Mine

(Introduced in this Game Geekery post.)

My friend Chris suggested some sort of delayed ground-based harassment spell along the lines of Grease or Glue, but I realized that we didn't have one that simply blew up! Happily, that's no longer an issue. And while I realize some people may cringe at the pun, I'm rather proud of it. :)

The energy cost is obviously drawn directly from Explosive Fireball, but the limit is different; where a wizard with Magery 3 could throw a 3d to 9d Explosive Fireball, he can do a 6d Land Mine. Of course, the tradeoff is that a 6d Land Mine takes half as long to cast as a 6d Explosive Fireball, and it offers far more options when it comes to setting up traps.

[Nymdok]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

That's what I figured ... except why have a picture at all? Do the monster entries in Exploits have an accompanying illustration that goes in that place in the layout?

Oh man. That would be AWESOME. More of that guys work can only be a good thing.

Originally Posted by PK

Why not have one? Pictures are evocative of theme and feel, and thus an important part of any RPG book. Brandon's art does an excellent job (IMO) of conveying the "classic fantasy" vibe, and we want to make sure backers and potential customers can see that.

Agree fully. If guy has extra time (after all of this is over and at the printers) his take on a Squirrel-pion would be great to see!

Nymdok