The 2024 Pumpkin Spice RPG Contest

"Pumpkin pie spice" is a blend of 5 different spices. Which one is your favorite?

  • Allspice

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • Cinnamon

    Votes: 15 40.5%
  • Clove

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • Ginger

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • Nutmeg

    Votes: 9 24.3%

Snarf Zagyg

Notorious Liquefactionist
Supporter
It's true! A shot at the prize is always better than no shot at the prize...

Yeah, I kept at various ideas, and none of them fully cohered. I think that if I return to this particular one at some point, I might be able to make it a little better; it makes sense to me, but I understand that it would require more polishing and atmosphere. But somewhere between my ideas for (1) dystopian Charlie Brown, (2) The Great Pumpkin (spice), (3) a game about players vying for control of the main character, and (4) a game that relied on outside resources for the mechanics, and those would influence the gameplay ... I think I managed to convey the gist of what I was going for.
 

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The Great Pumpkin
D&D 5e Warlock Patron
(not playtested at all)


Legends of the Great Pumpkin have spread across myths and lore for generations. To some, he is a fairy tale, and his stories inspire a mixture of fear and wonder. But to those who have dared to follow the legends and find this mysterious being, he is a powerful patron. His acolytes are only most fiercely devoted, and are defined by their strong sincerity, determination, and hope. In kind, he rewards them with powers of imagination and kindness, especially in the face of skepticism from those that would claim this powerful being isn't real. To join forces with a Great Pumpkin patron, a warlock must first locate one by spending an entire Halloween night in the most sincere pumpkin patch.

Great Pumpkin Features

Warlock Level - Feature

1st - Great Pumpkin Spell List, Pumpkin Spice Casting
6th - Faith in the Great Pumpkin
10th - Safeness of Sincerity
14th - Unending Devotion, Great Pumpkins

Great Pumpkin Spell List

The Great Pumpkin lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Spell Level - Spells
1st - Goodberry, Disguise Self
2nd - Pass Without Trace, Spike Growth
3rd - Plant Growth, Magic Circle
4th - Grasping Vine, Guardian of Faith
5th - Commune with Nature, Wrath of Nature

Pumpkin Spice Casting

Starting at 1st level, the Great Pumpkin inspires all of your spells to be infused with the power of Pumpkin Spice. All magic modified in this way give off feelings of fall and the harvest. Most conjured food and beverage will taste of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and occasionally allspice. Some powerful warlocks are capable of making Goodberries in the form of small candies, or Conjuring Water as if it were apple cider. All other spells also take on an eerie orange and pumpkin-like feature.

These modifications make spells mysterious, even to other magic users. All ability checks to counterspell, dispel, or identify spells cast with Pumpkin Spice Casting are made at disadvantage.

Additionally, you can cast the spell Conjure Food and Water once per long rest. However, you can only summon pumpkins as food, and pumpkin spice latte as beverage. Unlike the spell, these creations are not bland, but full of flavor. Like the spell, they spoil after 24 hours.

Faith in the Great Pumpkin

At 6th level, you can close your eyes and take an action to channel all your faith into the Great Pumpkin. During this time, you can see through solid objects to a range of 30 feet, even though your eyes are closed. Within that range, you also see with darkvision if you don't already have it. This special sight lasts for 1 minute, or until you open your eyes. You cannot perceive colors with this vision. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Safeness in Sincerity

The followers of the Great Pumpkin are the most sincere, and only the most sincere foes can threaten them. At 10th level, you may activate Safeness of Sincerity as a reaction any time a foe attempts an attack or harmful spell targeting you. The foe must make a Charisma check against your Spell Save DC. On a failed check, the foe must choose a new target or lose the attack or spell. This ability doesn’t protect you from area effects, such as the explosion of a fireball.

You may use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, after which you must make a long rest to use it again. Uses where the foe succeeds on their check do not count as uses of this ability.

Unending Devotion

At 14th level, your devotion to the Great Pumpkin is so great that it transcends the mortal plane. When you fail a third Death Save, you are instantly transported back to the pumpkin patch where you first met The Great Pumpkin. Additionally, you are stabilized and healed 1 hit point. After using this ability, it cannot be used again until the next full moon.

Great Pumpkins

At 14th level, you can use the spell Conjure Food and Water at will. However, you can only summon pumpkins as food, and pumpkin spice latte as beverage. Unlike the spell, these creations are not bland, but full of flavor. Like the spell, they spoil after 24 hours.
 

Yalım

Explorer
Pepo, the Pumpkin Planet
Pepo is a planetoid megaflora in the shape of a massive jack-o’-lantern, 5 miles in diamater. A massive flame at Pepo’s core grows and fades to mark the passage of the day, and the entire planet enjoys eternal tropical weather. But danger lurks below Pepo's surface. The planet is in a natural state of decline, hastened by extractive harvesting. As Pepo's nights grow ever longer and colder, strange and hostile creatures have begun to surface from its depths.

This PDF is a planetary overview and a gazetteer for a small planet that you can drop in any old section of wildspace for your players to engage with. It's the ideal environment for growing the many ingredients of our contest's flagship latte, but it's also an adventuring location best suited to a low-to-mid level party, with a variety of interesting locations and lurking threats.

pepo-map.jpg
 

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