Thor's Day: The Thunder Frog for 13th Age

In the Duchy of St. Cuthbert, a brutal and ancient war rages between the rats and the frogs near Piper's Crick.  Neither side remembers how it started or even why, they simply know that the other is their mortal enemy.  Each side quests for a better weapon, spell, or artifact to rid this world of their most hated adversary.  And the frogs may have found the path to righteous victory first...

THUNDER FROG

"Aye, verily yon rat!  Yes, thou.  See how doth flesh burns with the call of my brother, the lightning.  And now your bones and organs are pulverized with the arrival of my sister, the thunder."

-The Thunder Frog, a literal gift from the Gods

2nd level [ANIMAL] 
Initiative: +6

By This Hammer +7 vs. AC - 5 damage
        Natural Even Roll: Target takes the escalation die in additional
        damage.

R: Blitz +7 vs. PD (1d3 nearby targets)  - 7 lightning damage

R: Donner +7 vs. MD - 7 thunder damage

        Natural 16+: Target is dazed.

Nastier Specials
Ride the Thunder: Thunder Frog may fly.

His Hammer Always Returns: Thunder Frog may make an additional attack each round.

AC 18

PD  16               HP 40

MD 14

Thor's Day: Man-Thing for 13th Age

Long, long ago, the High Druid created a protector of the Nexus of All Realities in the Wraithwood.  She chose a random, hapless victim to bear this great responsibility, in this case, a local villager. Her magic remade him.  His sole purpose to guard the Nexus and ward off the frightened and the frightening.  To this day he roams the Wraithwood, watching, studying, ever certain that whatever knows fear burns at the touch of this Man-Thing.

MAN-THING

"Ahhhhhhhh, I'm BURNINGGGGGGGGGG!"

-The Last Words of Clubber Duvall, The Fearless One.

7th level [CONSTRUCT] 
Initiative: +1


Burns At The Touch +12 vs. AC - 20 fire damage
        Natural Even Roll: 5 ongoing damage.

C: Slam +12 vs. PD  - 30 damage,
        Natural 16+: The target is grabbed.

Ooze: Man-Thing may use his plant matter body to find his way through any barrier in 1d3 turns.

Nastier Specials
Invulnerable: Man-Thing regains the escalation die x 2 in hit points each round.

Awareness: Man-Thing is immune to sneak attack damage.

AC 23

PD  21               HP 108

MD 17

Thor's Day: Fin Fang Foom for 13th Age

According to legend, the creature once thought to be native of the Valley of the Sleeping Dragon was actually the navigator of a starship from a planet called Kakaranathara. Theirs was a race of peace, but the alien we know as Fin Fang Foom - meaning "He whose limbs shatter mountains and whose back scrapes the sun" - led a group of dissidents to the stars, setting out to conquer other worlds. Arriving at some point in what we now know as the Duchy of St. Cuthbert, Foom and his cohorts were confronted by a cadre of wizards, and every member of the dragon's crew were slain, except for Foom. Escaping, Foom found in well-hidden tomb on an island on Baelia Lake and imbibed a potent herb that placed him into a long, deep slumber.

FIN FAN FOOM

"We are, all of us, living in the shadow of Fin Fang Foom."

-Mastermage Viola Puten, Head Mistress of the Hexenschule.

Huge 10th level [DRAGON] 
Initiative: +9


Limb from limb +15 vs. PD - 174 damage
        Natural Even Roll: The target loses 1 recovery.

C: Toxic breath +15 vs. PD (1d3 nearby or far away enemies)
 - 60 poison damage, and 20 ongoing poison damage

        Natural Even Roll: The target loses 1 recovery.

        Miss: 30 poison damage.

R: Telepathic +15 vs. MD - 160 psychic damage

        Natural Even Roll: The target is vulnerable until the end of the
        battle.

Mastermind: When the escalation die is even, Fin Fang Foom gets an extra standard action that turn.

I AM FIN FAN FOOM!: Fin Fan Foom uses the escalation die.

Wings: Fin Fan Foom can fly.

Nastier Specials
Gifted Intellect: Fin Fang Foom's gets an extra standard action every turn. 

C: Trample +15 vs PD (1d3 nearby enemies) - 150 damage
      Natural Even Roll: Target is weakened.
      Natural 16+: Target is stunned.

AC 26

PD  20               HP 648

MD 24

Thor's Day: Venger for 13th Age

Venger was originally a noble human but millennia ago made a pact with the Nameless One and chose to be mentored by the evil entity. This tutorship in sorcery would cost him both his humanity and human form, with the essence of his former self being locked inside a cenotaph located at the edge of the Realm. If the key to that vault is ever used to unlock it then Venger would be redeemed of evil and transformed back into his human and humane self.

Venger commands armies of monsters such as orcs, bullywugs and lizard men but relies especially on a shadow demon for spying. For locomotion Venger favours his nightmare steed; a demonic black horse that can fly.

Venger also has a sister named Karena who is evil like her brother. Sibling rivalry and a dispute over ownership of the Ring of the Heart resulted in Venger imprisoning his sister in an enchanted cave in the Hills of Never.

VENGER

"He seeks to find a way from his realm into ours.  We cannot let that happen, as we lack the necessary totems to stop him here."

-Oakey Sarsaparilla, an expert on the Realm of Dungeons and Dragons.

6th level wrecker [CAMBION] 
Initiative: +4

Plots Within Plots: Venger uses the escalation die.

Wings: Venger can fly.

C: Necromancer +11 vs. PD - 21 damage
        Natural Even Roll: Target may not use the escalation die until
        the end of their next turn.

       Natural 16+: Target loses 1 recovery.

R: Arcane Blast +11 vs. AC - 25 damage
      Miss: 12 damage.

Nastier Specials
R: Shadow Magic Assault +11 vs. MD (1d3 nearby targets) - 21
       damage

C: Wing Buffet +11 vs. PD  - 21 damage
      Natural Even Roll: Target is knocked prone (at -4 AC and -4
      PD until they spend move action to get up).

AC 22

PD  20               HP 100

MD 22

Thor's Day: Baron Karza for 13th Age

Over 1,000 years ago, Chief Scientist Karza trained the young royal, Arcturus Rann, to fly using glider wings. However, in one class, he cut Arcturus' wings, forcing the youth to grab onto Karza in order to stop falling and they landed safely, if somewhat unceremoniously. Although not actually named, it was quite evident that Karza later used the Master Assassins to climb the tower where Arcturus' quarters were, but they were noisy and the youth was alerted before they could reach him. Arcturus engaged them in combat using his wings, but the assassins all died before they could reveal their master's name. Concerned by the apparent conspiracy against the royal house, Arcturus' father, Lord Dallan Rann, then commanded Karza to train his son to be the first Micronaut. Arcturus was Karza's only pupil during this time. Arcturus later left on his 1,000-year journey into the Microverse and discover new worlds.  Upon his return he learned that Karza had usurped the throne and murdered his father.  After an epic battle, Karza was banished from the microverse.

In his new home, the Baron has fashioned a base out of the remains of Citadel Steel Jag, at the southwestern tip of the Duchy.  There he studies magic and plots his conquest of the microverse.

BARON KARZA

"Never go to Citadel Steel Jeeg.  Aye, its in ruins, but its not empty.  Go there and an all you will find is horror and death."

-Lady Selene Thunderstar, Leader of the Adventurer's Guild in Newhom.

8th level wrecker [CONSTRUCT] 
Initiative: +8

Master Strategist: Barzon Karza uses the escalation die.

C: Rocket Hand +13 vs. PD - 38 damage
        Natural Even Roll: Target is stuck.

       Natural 16+: Target is vulnerable

R: Optic Blast +13 vs. AC - 40 damage
      Natural 16+: Target is knocked prone.
     Miss: 10 damage.

Nastier Specials
Psi-Powers: 
R: Psi-Blast +13 vs. MD - 35 damage
      Natural 16+: Target is knocked hampered.
     Miss: 8 damage.

Weapon Systems: 
R: Missle Pods +13 vs. PD (1d3 nearby enemies) - 30 damage
     Natural 16+: Target is knocked stunned.



AC 24

PD  18               HP 144

MD 22

Thor's Day: OMAC for 13th Age

OMAC appears seemingly out of nowhere and fairly randomly.  Many believe he is a construct of Saint Cuthbert, himself.  An exotic and enigmatic guardian of the Duchy that bears his name.

OMAC

"Oh, $&%*!"

-Rogan Verlani, bandit leader of the River Runners Gang

6th level wrecker [CONSTRUCT] 
Initiative: +7

Increased Density:  OMAC adds the escalation die to damage

Decreased Density:  OMAC is immune to being grabbed,
                                   hampered, or stuck

C: Army Man +11 vs. PD (1d3 nearby enemies) - 18 damage

Fight On +11 vs. AC  -  21 damage
     Miss: 8 damage

Nastier Specials
Blasts: Fight On can be a ranged attack.


AC 22

PD  20               HP 90

MD 16

Thor's Day: Grendel for 13th Age

Grendel is some sort of unknown, abstract spirit that possesses or infects different individuals, and even societies, over time. There has been some discussion over what exactly the core character of this spirit of Grendel is, for the people it has infected have had fairly different personalities and have acted in seemingly very different ways. They may be crime lords, avenging mothers, madmen, emperors, mages, and protective warriors--not much seems to link them together. Grendel is often characterized as evil, or the devil, but that is not exactly it, or at least that is not all of it.

GRENDEL

"He is a fiend!  A vile spawn that survives...no thrives in spite of the Gods' hatred of him.  Bring me his head!"

-Katarina Malifaux-Rhyme, Duchess of St. Cuthbert

Large 12th level wrecker [CONSTRUCT] 
Initiative: +9

Aggro:  Grendel uses the escalation die

Slayer +17 vs. AC - 180 damage
     Natural 16+: Grendel can make a double-bladed staff attack
     Miss: 20 damage

[Special trigger] Double-Bladed Staff +17 vs. AC — 180  damage

Spines +15 vs. PD (1d3 nearby enemies) -  80 damage

Menace +18 vs. MD - The target loses the benefit of the escalation
                                     die.
     Natural Even Roll: The target becomes vulnerable until the end
                                    of their next turn.

Nastier Specials
Laser Sword: Slayer gains, Natural Even Roll: the target becomes stunned until the end of their next turn.

Shooter: Slayer can be a ranged attack and gains, Natural Odd Roll: the target becomes hampered until the end of their next turn.


AC 28

PD  22               HP 720

MD 26

Fear Threshold: 120 Hit Points

Thor's Day: Idol of Perrin for 13th Age

During the 11th Age, the Zel'Zophres Academy supplied the Empire with it's most learned and capable wizards.  But above all, the Academy was renowned  for it's specialization and near perfection of the school of Divination.  The accuracy of their Diviners allowed the Empire to flourish and no wizard was greater at that art than Pherosian the Watcher.  Pherosian's greatest tool was his Eyedol, which focused and enhanced his scryings.  The wizard and the Academy were paid handsomely for his creation by several patrons and before the Master Diviner's death, he had created a total of 13 of his Eyedols.

In the current Age, only three have been recovered, all within the Boneyards of Perrin, what many scholars believe to be the site of the Zel'Zophres Academy.

Idol of Perrin (Eyedol of Pherosian)

Bonus to attack and damage with arcane spell or attack: +1 (adventurer); +2 (champion); +3 (epic).

Foresight (Idol): When you make a saving throw, gain a +1 bonus; +2 (epic). Quirk: You see a vision of your funeral. 

Diviner (Idol): By spending a Recovery, you may cast Scrying as a Utility Spell starting at 3rd Level.  When you reach 7th Level, you no longer need to spend a Recovery and Scrying has a recharge of (16+).

Thor's Day: Rektor the Warden Hammer for 13th Age

Nearly 2000 years ago, the dwarven High Jarl of Hammerhome, Grimshaw Blackfell was gifted with Rektor, the Warden Hammer by Moradin to protect the dwarven capital from a perilous siege.  The mountain walls had nearly been breached by Thassamar Toosmart, First Boss of Goblins, and little hope remained in the dwarven city.  However, Grimshaw, wielding Rektor, smashed the ranks of goblins until he reached Toosmart himself and bashed the Goblin King's brains from his skull. 

For 1300 years, each High Jarl of Hammerhome would be given the Warden Hammer upon election to the position. 

However, it was with great shock and a good deal of horror when High Jarl Feldar Ironfurrow discovered the weapon had been stolen during the reign of his predecessor, High Jarl Koll Fireplume.  Apparently, Koll decided to keep the matter a state secret and had a ceremonial replica crafted to replace it.  While Feldar was horrified, he understood the decision and adopted it, fearing unrest and revolt from his citizenry.

So, for the last 700 years, the first state secret each newly elected High Jarl learns is that Warden Hammer has been stolen and is then placed in charge of the Anvil, the dwarven secret service pledged to find and retrieve Rektor.  Unfortunately, the Anvil has not been very successful.

What is most shocking about the Warden Hammer's fate is that it was stolen by dwarves of Hammerhome.  Garvin the Shadespeaker, cousin to the rogue Ori Bludnehare, who defied his King and settled his Mine near the Drudge, hired a band of thieves known only as the Gloaming to steal his people's greatest treasure.  Garvin was convinced his Idol of Perrin would work in taming the Drudge and the kuo-toa that thrived there, but wanted the Warden Hammer in case something went wrong.

Unfortunately for Garvin and all of those living in Blundenhare's Mine, the Shadespeaker was wrong about the safety of his scryings and about his people's security with the Warden Hammer.  

The Warden Hammer has waited over 700 years to be unearthed by adventurers. 

Rektor the Warden Hammer

Bonus to attacks and damage when using the weapon: +1 (adventurer); +2 (champion); +3 (epic).

Flurry (two-handed melee weapon – recharge 11+): When you make a basic attack, make a second basic attack against a different enemy as a free action. Quirk: You hear the voice of Rektor squalling at you to "Git to slayin'!"

Protection (melee weapon – recharge 6+): When you make a basic attack with this weapon, gain a +4 bonus to all defenses until the end of your next turn (champion: +5; epic: +6). Quirk: You hear the voice of Rektor reciting the oath of the Great Kings of Hammerhome.

Vanity (melee weapon): When you hit with this weapon, deal +1d6 damage to that enemy if you are the only one engaged with it (champion: +2d6; epic: +4d6). Quirk: Tells you its story of the time it wielded Grimshaw Blackfell in slaying the First and Only Boss of Goblins. 

Thor's Day: Celaeno Fragments for D&D 5th Edition

CELAENO FRAGMENTS 

Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement by a magic user)

• As a bonus action, you may open a portal to Celaeno, a distant planet that contains a huge library of alien literature.  The portal is 10' x 10' and ends when you will it.
• You may cast the gate spell once per day.

• You may cast the dispel good and evil spell twice per day.

• You may cast the dominate monster spell twice per day.

• You may cast the dominate person spell twice per per day.

Thor's Day: Book of Eibon for D&D 5th Edition

BOOK OF EIBON 

Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)

• You gain a +2 bonus to your Spell Save DC.

• You may cast the plane shift spell once per day.

• You have advantage on Arcana, History, and Religion skill checks.

• Your spells may ignore the vulnerabilities of aberrations and treat their immunities as vulnerabilities.


"The book is supposed to have been written by Eibon, a wizard in the land of Hyperborea. It was an immense text of arcane knowledge that contained, among other things, a detailed account of Eibon's exploits, including his journeys to the Vale of Pnath and the planet Shaggai, his veneration rituals of Zhothaqquah (Eibon's patron deity), and his magical formulae—such as for the slaying of certain otherworldly horrors. "

Thor's Day: Sybylline Books for D&D 5th Edition

SIBYLLINE BOOKS 

Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement by a wizard)

• When casting divination spells, you don't require any material components.


• You gain a +3 bonus to AC.

• You may cast the augury spell once per day.

• You may cast the hunter's mark spell three times per day.

"They were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, that according to tradition were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and were consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire."

Thor's Day: The Book of Power for D&D 5th Edition

RAUDSKINNA (THE BOOK OF POWER)

Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement by a cleric, sorcerer, or wizard)

• As an action, you present and invoke the book of power. Each fiend that can see you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is charmed by you for 1 minute or until it takes damage. While it is charmed by you, it is friendly to you and other creatures you designate.


• You gain cold, fire, necrotic, and radiant resistance.

• Any necromancy spell you cast deals an additional 3d6 on its damage roll.

"A legendary book about black magic, alleged to have been buried with its author, the Bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson of Holar."

Thor's Day: Huginn for 13th Age

Antwerp 1946
After allied forces were recently expelled from the port by Nazi reinforcements, remote viewers of Project: Crystal Ball have confirmed reports from survivors of the attack that the enemy wielded mind over matter...and worse.

HUGINN

"They were in our heads!  Their mouth's weren't moving, but we could hear them...in our minds.  They showed us terrible things.  Awful things.  And then Jimmy...uh...Private Scott got tossed up in the air, at least fifty feet and he landed next to me with a sick thump.  Like a bag of concrete hitting the pavement.  Y-yes sir, I ran.  I didn't know what else to do...I didn't know what else to do..."

-Testimony of Sergeant Timothy "Skip" Perkins on what happened at Antwerp.

4th level scrapper troop [HUMAN] 
Initiative: +4

R: Telepathie +9 vs. MD—10 damage 
     Natural Odd Roll+: On their next attack, the target rolls 2d20 to
    hit and keeps the lower roll.

R: Telekinese +9 vs. PD—8 damage 
     Natural 16+: The target takes an additional 8 damage and is
     vulnerable.


AC   20
PD   14                             HP 54
MD  18

Fear Threshold 14 HP

Thor's Day: The Book of Thoth for D&D 5th Edition

THE BOOK OF THOTH

Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement by a cleric)

• Your spell save DC and spell attack bonus each increase by 3.

• You gain a +3 bonus to Wisdom saving throws.

• You can cast the spell speak with animals at will.

Thor's Day: The Cacodex for the Cypher System

Rumors insist that this legendary tome is the journal of a cultist, who identifies themselves as J.L.T., chronicling their cult's actions, step by step, to bring about the Silent Wave, which ended the Fifth World.

THE CACODEX

Level: 1d6+3
Form: The Cacodex is a worn and battered book whose covers are the shells of some extinct creature and the pages are the skins of numerous humanoids.  Blood, fecal matter, and other bodily fluids are used in place of illustrations, their odious shapes, seeming to warp and undulate out of the corner of the reader's eye.

Fell Pslams: While in possession of the Cacodex, the reader may bear 2 additional cyphers.

Thanoturgy: While in possession of the Cacodex, the reader gains a +1 asset to the use of all esoteries.
Summon Horror (13 Intellect): While in possession of the Cacodex, the reader my summon a Level 1d6+2 Horror from the Psychoasis.

Depletion: -

Thor's Day: Mjolnir for the Cypher System

MJOLNIR

Level: 10
Form: Mjolnir is a short handled hammer that was forged by dwarves for Thor, the God of Thunder.  The hammer (Medium Bashing Weapon) inflicts 8 points of damage.

Hammer Throw: The wielder may hurl Mjolnir short range and inflict 6 points of damage.  Mjolnir will return to it's wielder's hand at the end of the turn.

Thunderstruck: The wielder may inflict 4 damage to all creatures in immediate range.

Odin's Blood: The hammer grants its wielder an additional 10 Might.

Depletion: -  

"Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the hammer would not fail; and if he threw it at anything, it would never miss, and never fly so far as not to return to his hand; and if be desired, he might keep it in his sark, it was so small; but indeed it was a flaw in the hammer that the fore-haft was somewhat short."

Thor's Day: The Sword of Omens for the Cypher System

THE SWORD OF OMENS

Level: 10
Form: The sword normally appears as a dagger (light bladed weapon) with the Eye of Thundera closed, that inflicts 4 points of damage.  However, as an action it becomes a longsword (heavy bladed weapon) with the Eye of Thundera open, that inflicts 8 points of damage.  

Thundercats, Ho!: The wielder may broadcast his location by projecting the Eye of Thundera into the sky as an action.  All allies within long range who see the symbol immediately gain a recovery roll.

Blast: As a longsword, the wielder may make a medium ranged attack that inflicts 4 points of damage.

Eye of Thundera: The sword grants the wielder specialization in Light Bladed Weapons, Heavy Bladed Weapons, Medium Ranged Weapons, and Perception while wielded.

Sight Beyond Sight (4 Intellect): You may use your Perception over a long range.

Depletion: -  

Thor's Day: Tizona for D&D 5th Edition

TIZONA

Magic weapon (sword), artifact (requires attunement)

• You gain a +4 on attack and damage rolls with this magic weapon.

• Any creature that makes a melee attack against you has disadvantage on the roll.

"I am Tizona, made in the year 1040."

Thor's Day: Claiomh Solais for D&D 5th Edition

CLAIOMH SOLAIS

Magic weapon (sword), artifact (requires attunement)

• You have advantage on attack rolls with this magic weapon and it deals 4d8 radiant damage.

• When you attack a creature whose size is large or smaller with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut the creature in half and dies. A creature is immune to this effect if it has legendary actions. Such a creature instead takes an extra 4d8 radiant damage from the hit.

"Sword of Nuada, the king of the gods in Irish mythology; in legend, the sword glowed with the light of the sun and was irresistible in battle, having the power to cut his enemies in half."