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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 79691" data-attributes="member: 546">Hey, I got this idea (and nearly all the events) from the Swashbucler Cards thread in General Forum. This sounds like a fun way to add some excitement to your game for players and DMs alike! Feel free to use them with my Luck Points rules. The Luck Point Rules can be found here:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4717" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4717</a>__________________________________________________CINEMATIC EVENTSRULES: At the start of each session, have eachplayer (including the DM) roll 1d100 once todetermine which Cinematic Event they get tohold and play during the session. Unusedcinematic events are not carried over into thenext session. If you are using the optional  LuckPoint system, the player may opt to spend aLuck Point to get one additional roll on theCinematic Events table. Only one additional rollcan be gained in this manner. Reroll anyduplicate results.01. Handy Rope/Zig-Zag: Play: Your turn.Effect: By sheer luck and daring, you may moveyourself anywhere up to your normal fullmovement rate upon the battlefield, includingaround or through areas threatened by enemies, then take your actions. These enemies arecaught off guard and do not get to make AoO’sagainst you for moving through their threatenedsquares. After taking your actions, you are stillallowed a 5 ft. step as a free action. 02-03. The Old Okey-Doke:Play: Your turn.Effect: You fake left or right, then move theopposite direction. You may take your normalmovement through your opponent’s squareswithout incurring AoO’s. You may not attackand play this card in the same round.04-05. Ha! Missed Me, You Fool!: Play: Any time you miss a saving throw. Effect: You automatically make the save.06-07. Soliloquy: Play: Anytime. Effect: All combat within sound of your voicecomes to a standstill, while you make a heroicspeech. Take as long as you like. 08-10. Just a Flesh Wound: Play: Any time after you are hit in combat. Effect: You look like a mess, but are really okay.You regain all but one hit point lost to theprevious attack. This may not be played againsta critical hit. 11-12. Riposte: Play: After an opponent attacks you and misses. Effect: Immediately get a bonus AoO againstthat opponent. 13-14. On Your Knees, Knave!: Play: Your turn, after all your attacks have beenmade. Effect: A weapon or leg sweep by youautomatically trips your opponent. Oneopponent you threaten is knocked prone. Theopponent takes no damage from the trip,regardless of delivery method. 15-16. Feint: Play: After making a melee attack that misses. Effect: Your prior attack was merely a cleverfeint, setting up for the “real” attack. Makeanother melee attack against the same opponentyou just missed at your highest value. 17-18. Frolic on the Battlefield: Play: Your turn. Effect: You are immune to attacks ofopportunity this round.19-20. En Garde!: Play: Your turn. Effect: In addition to your regular attacks, makea free disarm attack. 21-22. Feet Don't Fail Me Now: Play: Your turn, when you are doing nothingbut moving. Effect: Move at double your rate this turn. 23-24. Glancing Blow: Play: After being hit by a melee attack, and afterthe damage is rolled. Effect: Damage for that attack is reduced to onlyone point. This cannot be played against acritical hit. 25-26. Deadly Thrust: Play: When making a melee attack, before thehit roll. Effect: If you hit, your weapon does doubledamage, plus any other modifiers. For example,a longsword would do 2d8 while a greatswordwould do 4d6 points of damage. This cannot beplayed on a critical hit.27-29. Take That, Scum!:Play: After you perform a critical hit.Effect: You exploit an exposed weakness in thedefense of your opponent. Your weapon’scritical multiplier is increased by one step (x2becomes x3, x3 becomes x4, x4 becomes x5). 30-40. Fade to Black: Play: After being killed, or reduced to negativehit points. Effect: Your hit points are brought to zero. Youare unconscious, but still alive. 41-42. Whirling Dervish: Play: Anytime. Effect: Your AC is temporarily increased by +4this round, and you cannot be flanked until yournext turn. If you are already flanked at the timethis card is played, your opponents are deniedtheir flanking bonus for the remainder of theround. 43-45. Heart of a Lion: Play: Anytime. Effect: You remain conscious and fully able totake actions if you are brought to negative hitpoints. You are still killed at -10 hit points. 45-46. Gritting Your Teeth: Play: Your turn. Effect: Any damage you receive this round isreduced by half. 53-55. Carpe Diem: Play: Beginning of combat. Effect: Your initiative is one point higher thaneveryone else, allowing you to always act firstduring this encounter. This does not alter theinitiative roll for your allies. 56-59. Watch Out, You Clumsy Oaf!: Play: Anytime Effect: A random enemy stumbles, and mustmake a balance check (DC 15) or fall prone. 60-62. Touche!: Play: Your turn. Effect: Deliver a stunning insult to youropponent. The target is flatfooted for theduration of the following round, seething withrage. 63-64. You'll Pay For That!: Play: After being hit by an attack, but only ifyou are holding a drink. Effect: You take no damage from the attack, butyour drink is spilled. 65-66. Butterfingers: Play: When you make a successful attack roll. Effect: Sacrifice half the damage from thisattack to automatically disarm one of youropponent's items. 67-69. Dashing Smile/Evil Snarl: Play: Anytime. Effect: Opponents who can see your face get a -2penalty to all actions this round if they can seeyour devilishly handsome smirk or cruellytwisted snarl of hate. 70-72. Hi There! Bye Now!: Play: At the beginning of your attack. Effect: Gain the benefits of the spring attackfeat this round. 73-74. And You Call Yourself a Fighter?: Play: Anytime.Effect: Gain total immunity to allphysical/melee attacks this round, but only ifyou use Total Defense. 75-77. Disrobe: Play: Your turn, before you make your attackroll. Effect: Make a called shot with no penalty---butonly against an enemy’s garb, dealing nodamage. If successful, the damaged garment isruined and immediately drops to the ground.You must be using a slashing weapon.78-80. Ah, Love: Play: Anytime. Effect: A friendly or helpful NPC displaysamorous interest. It may be physical and/oremotional.81-83. We Meet Again: Play: Anytime (on your turn during combat). Effect: Someone or something turns out to be anold acquaintance or a rival. 84-86. Reinforcements: Play: Anytime. Effect: Help of some sort arrives. 87-89. Gremlins: Play: Anytime.Effect: A mechanical device (such as a crossbowor portcullis) fails to work for one round. 90-93. Lucky Find: Play: Anytime. Effect: Something needed is found (not atreasure in the ordinary sense, maybe a spellcomponent, uncontaminated food and water, keyto cell, escape tunnel, secret door, excellentbottle of wine, the perfect gift [which must stillbe bought], etc.). 94-95. Mistaken Identity: Play: Anytime. Effect: You are mistaken for someone else (toyour benefit or harm). 96-97. Dismissed as Harmless: Play: Anytime. Effect: The PCs are underestimated,misperceived or dismissed as unimportant by anNPC or group of NPCs.98-00. Opposites Attract: Play: Anytime. Effect: A hostile NPC suddenly displaysamorous interest. It may be physical and/oremotional.</blockquote>

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