SamuZai
aripockily

aripockily

patreon


aripockily posts

[Cosmos] Item - Boot Loader

These booots, though useful, were originally created as part of a well-known bait-and-switch scam in the retailer shipping industry that frustrates thousands of I.T. specialists per cycle.

——

Boot Loader
Wondrous item, technomancy, uncommon

You can rearm certain weapons by sliding them across specialized hooks and linear electromagneti...

View Post

[Cosmos] Item - Random Access Mindlink

Renowned researcher Alastair Toorin once said that artificial intellects would become indistinguishable from humans when they can finally concentrate on spells, and the Cosmos shall suffer for it. Figma Tech. says they can absolutely do that for you, and they come in a variety of fashionable styles.

Random Access Mindlink
Wondrous item, technoman...

View Post

[Cosmos] Item - Technoweaver's Holocloak

The original holocloak concept was a scrappy code-loaded jacket developed by anonymous technoweavers, technomagically enchanted to evade the megacorps' omnisensors. Ironically, or perhaps inevitably, Figma Technologies has since produced upscale holocloaks marketed as stylish cyberwear.

Technoweaver's Holocloak
Wondrous item, technomancy, very rare (requires attu...

View Post

[Cosmos] Item - Powerjack

Nodes on the fingertips allow for extremely fine real-time control of the technomantic weave. Such gloves are a requirement for circumventing the most sophisticated cybersecurity.

POWERJACK
Wondrous item, technomancy, very rare (requires attunement)

This glove functions as a holopad and a set of hacker's tools. While wearing it, you ha...

View Post

[Cosmos] Spells

This collection of spells are found across the cosmos. This isn't necessarily the final version, but have been published here for convenience.

Those familiar with the v2 version of Cosmos spells will notice some new additions:

  • Channel Technovirus (Take unauthorized control of your enemies)

  • Gridspace Relay (the Holonet "Grid" demiplane — full rules coming lat...

    View Post

[Cosmos] Armor - Etlas Photon Armor

The best in lightweight defense from Etlas Industries, this reactive photon armor has saved lives in more than 32 percent of unexpected fatal situations.

——

Etlas Photon Armor
Armor (any), technomancy, rare (requires attunement)

Whenever you take damage from an external effect, such as an attack, a magical explosion, a dragon’s breat...

View Post

[Cosmos] Weapon - Shockwave-ExM9

Developed by Empyrean Enterprises as special arms against the batfolk of Ch'k'aku-Beta, the Shockwave series focuses its destructive vibrations into variable shapes.

Shockwave-ExM9
Weapon (coilgun), technomancy, uncommon (optional attunement)

Sonic Weapon. This weapon deals thunder damage instead...

View Post

[Cosmos] Weapon - Arkus-5 Quasar

An older model of energy weapon from the Blue Arc Corporation, these rifles once saw use in military ground deployments. They are still used in backwater or distant planets despite their propensity for overheating.

Arkus-5 Quasar
Weapon (coil rifle), technomancy, uncommon (optional attunement)

Energy Weapon.&n...

View Post

Theme Poll #5

Wow we are back with another installment of the Cosmos. I've played a couple home games in this setting and they've been a lot of fun. I've wanted to return for a while, so this is a great opportunity. It's also another opportunity for me to return to something designed 2 years ago and revise some of it based on what I have learned! The new compendium will be a merged version of all three Cosmo...

View Post

[Cosmos] Weapon - Dead Lock

Though the “Dead Lock” designation actually refers to the proprietary firmware inside an auto-weapon, rim runners commonly call the weapon itself by that name. Some famous voidfaring pirates are known for carrying hundreds of collapsible Dead Lock weapons, turning engagements into terrifying storms of whirling blade and metal.

Dead Lock
Weapo...

View Post

[Technomancy] Item - Cards

Quick Download Links:

[Cosmos] Weapon - Splinterhead K02-A

This weapon best embodies the Empyrean Enterprises motto of "Envision, Experiment, Expand." Essentially a modified scatter rail, this weapon's signature tactic siphons excess energy to pulverize ammunition into concussive shrapnel.

——

Splinterhead K02-A
Weapon (light railbow), technomancy, uncommon (optional attunement)

View Post

[Cosmos] Weapon - Kiloton

The heaviest assault model from PressTech Industries, weapons from this product line incorporates a small nuclear engine into its business end.

——

Kiloton
Weapon (any power-weapon), technomancy, uncommon (optional attunement)

Atomic Smash. This weapon has 2 charges and regains all expended charges daily a...

View Post

[Glimmerreach] Item Cards

Quick Download Links:

[Cosmos] Weapon - Chainwreck

Mass-produced by Empyrean Enterprises, these weapons are standard-issue personal melee weapons for exoplantery assault forces. Soldiers know them by their nickname "Chainwreck," rather than their official designations of Drive-Chain Blade Series Resolute-1 through 4.

——

Chainwreck
Weapon (any chain blade weapon), technomancy, uncommon (optional a...

View Post

[Radiance] Feats - Ellumaran Feats

This is the isolated page for the feats found in the Reign of Radiance compendium, so that you can print them if you wish.

——

DESIGN COMMENTARY

The feats here can be divided into three groups, which fulfill 3 purposes during character creation:

  • Combat-Oriented. The Radiant Warrior feat empowers your fighting sty...

    View Post

[Radiance] Monster - Glow Wyrm

Here's the independent page for the Glow Wyrm. The glow wyrms are monsters unique to Ellumara. No one's quite sure if they're natural or experiments, but they're there all the same.

——

DESIGN COMMENTARY

Of course, these are a play on "glow worms." I'm sure there's some fun moments here when players are sent to kill some glow worms but they then realize the...

View Post

[Radiance] Monster - Glowforged Guardian

This is the individual page for the Glowforged Guardian, the mysterious huge constructs that were left behind by Ellumara's founder. Don't mess with them because they will cleave you in half. They are perhaps clues to the founder's disappearance...

——

DESIGN COMMENTARY

These constructs are CR 19 - deliberately dangerous so that no one shou...

View Post

[Compendium] - Reign of Radiance

Download the pdf to check out the Lumemancer Archetype — a unique mechanic that allows you to swap in new subclass features — as well as a lumemancer spell list, 8 radiant feats, 6 light spells, 72 adventure hooks & discoveries, 32 radiant items, and 10 radiant foes, inc...

View Post

[Preview] - Reign of Radiance

This is a preview for May's Reign of Radiance compendium! This 57-page compendium presents a Lumemancer Archetype — a unique mechanic that allows you to swap in new subclass features — as well as a lumemancer spell list, 8 radiant feats, 6 light spells, 72 adventure hooks & discoveries,...

View Post

[Collab] Bonus Adventure - The Collector

Here's some bonus collaboration content organized by the awesome Kelfecil's Tales! They are a prolific adventure/content writer for whom I was able to contribute artwork for. You'll recognize the artwork for the Orb of the All or the Nothing and 2024-05-30 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

[Radiance] Weapon - Gleam

This magical relic was once the personal weapon of Elmond Brighthammer, the once grand archmage, High Beacon, and luminous founder of Ellumara the Radiant City. Legends speak of the sword's deadly efficiency in battle, cutting through magical darkness with ease. Though the sword disappeared along with Elmond after the Vanishing, archivists speculate it still remains within Ellumara's border...

View Post

[Radiance] Item - That-Which-Hungers-For-Light

Is this thing a cloak? A portal to another plane of existence? An open maw poised to consume? All answers shall be revealed once the cloak is donned...

That-Which-Hungers-For-Light
Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement)

Sentience. An unknowable eldritch being from the darkness before light speaks t...

View Post

[Radiance] Shield - Magnified Aegis

Originally designed to augment and manipulate lumemancy, this ancient invention has since been enchanted to work with any form of magical energy. Specialized Luxwatch teams typically employ at least one member with such a shield.

Magnified Aegis
Shield, rare (requires attunement)

While you wield this shield, you have advantage on Intel...

View Post

[Nightmares] Item Cards

Quick Download Links:

[Radiance] Item - Hololight Prism

The precursor to arcane holographic devices, these carefully-crafted prisms refract arcane photon energy to produce magical illusory images. Some artificers can encode imperceptible imperfections into the crystal to produce custom illusions.

Hololight Prism
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

This refracting ...

View Post

[Radiance] Armor - Coppercoil Plating

The individual plates of this armor are held together by charged copper wiring and the magnetic lightning of Corespark technology. When charged, the plates crackle with arcing energy, powerful enough to illuminate an entire room.

Coppercoil Plating
Armor (breastplate, scale mail, or splint), very rare (requires attunement)

While you we...

View Post

[Radiance] Weapon - Thunderstrike

Early aspects of railbow technology can be traced back to this innovative Corespark assault tool. The pro: an unstable energy-inefficient power core in the weapon launches projectiles from this crossbow at deadly speeds. The con: there's an unstable energy-inefficient power core in the weapon.

Thunderstrike
Weapon (heavy crossbo...

View Post

[Winter] Item Cards

Quick Download Links:

[Radiance] Weapon - Plasmalyte Ring

Harmless versions of these discuses are used by athletes in Ellumara's undercity. Their unpredictable flight patterns allow them to blindside unsuspecting athletes when they return to their throwers' hand.

——

Plasmalyte Ring
Weapon (chakram), exotic, uncommon (requires attunement)

Exotic. You are only...

View Post