fascinating and horrible ideas for fantasy TTRPGs

Rolled for damage

You roll your ankle on your attack. Take 1d4 of damage. You are unable to Dash and have disadvantage on any Acrobatics checks for 1 minute.

Goodbye, Roast Beef!

Your miss is so spectacularly bad that you cut, smash, or blast your middle toe clean off. You’ll deal with the emotions of that later but for now, you can’t dash for 1 minute.

See you next fall

You overextend yourself and fall while attacking. You take 1d6 damage. You are also prone. You must spend half your movement standing up. If you were engaged in melee combat, you will provoke an attack of opportunity when you stand.

Have a nice trip

You trip over your own feet. You are prone. You must spend half of your movement standing up. If you were engaged in melee combat, you will provoke an attack of opportunity getting up.

Butterfingers

You drop your weapon and must spend an action picking it up.

I can’t do anything right

You miss so badly that you lose confidence in yourself. You have disadvantage on all attacks for 1d4 rounds and disadvantage on all CHA checks and saves during this time.

Not so funny bone

You bang your elbow on your attack. You have disadvantage on all STR and DEX attacks as well on casting spells that require somatic components for 1d4 rounds.

My toe!

You hit your own foot for 1d4 damage. Your movement speed is reduced by half for two rounds.

Oof!

You pull a muscle while attacking. You will have disadvantage on all athletics or acrobatics checks until you can take a short rest.

Thwack!

On a melee attack, your weapon gets stuck in your opponent’s armor and you lose your grip on it. You must spend an action dislodging the weapon to recover it. When you do, you provoke an attack of opportunity.

Too close!

If you tried a melee attack, you missed widely enough to provoke an attack of opportunity from your target.

Paper cut

You create (or just now notice) a tiny sliver in between two of your fingers. You take 1 HP of damage and have disadvantage on all Concentration and Sleight of Hand checks for the next 1d4 rounds.


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Weakness Illusion Ring

Wearing this ring makes you appear weak to any potential enemies. To remove the illusion from yourself, you must remove the ring.

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