Element of Surprise
Tech power · Level 1
power-typeTechlevel1concentration
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Hellish Rebuke — It's reskinned Hellish Rebuke -- same 2d10 fire reaction-style retaliation against the creature that just hit you, only now flavored as a tech sabotage charge instead of hellish flames. ✨
React to being hit: force the attacker to Dex save or take 2d10 fire damage, half on a success.
Damage
●●○breadth · any time you get hit
TargetingSingle
Use whenyou take a hit and want to punish the attacker immediately
ScalingDamage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 1st.
!Requires you to be damaged first — cannot be pre-cast or used offensively.
firekinetic
Pairs withtanky Tech caster · retaliatory build · high tech save DC
You expel a sabotage charge at the creature that attacked you. The creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. It takes 2d10 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Overcharge Tech. When you cast this power using a tech slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 1st.
- Casting Period
- 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
- Range
- 60 feet
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Concentration
- No