Today's post was inspired by my latest action figure purchase. In game Ollie is a glider, but according to the game's lore he's a shapechanger and companion of Sky (who's a member of Midas' crew).
Real Name: Ollie
Team Affiliations: Shadow, Ghost, Midas' Crew
Large Celestial, Neutral Good
Armor Class: 12
Hit Points: 21 (6d10)
Speed: 20 ft./ 50 ft. fly
Challenge: 1/4 (50 XP)
Str 14 (+2) Dex 16 (+3) Con 10 (+4) Int 8 (-1) Wis 14 (+2) Cha 12 (+1)
Saving Throws: Wis +4
Skills: Perception +4
Senses: passive Perception 14
Languages: Guff, Understand but can't speak Common
Unique Trait
Mount: Ollie can carry one medium sized or two small sized riders
Hat Form: Ollie can take the form of a hat. In this he is indistinguishable from an inanimate object, though he can still see.
Actions
Slam: Melee Attack. +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) bludgeoning damage.
Though I'm sure no one is complaining, it's been a while since I've talked about Fortnite on here. I still play daily and I'm enjoying the new season (though it's really changed how the game is played). While the last season focused on the Greek gods, this one has a wasteland theme. There are also collaborations with Fallout and Marvel (which I believe is going to be the focus of the next season). Watch the trailer and then check out the new 5e magic item I've statted out based on one of the new consumables.
Nitro Splash (Potion, Rare)
Harvested from the wasteland that has formed on the Island and possibly connected to Pandora's Box, this potion energizes those it touches. Nitro Splash increases its user's speed by 10', and grants them a charge attack that does 1d4 bludgeoning damage and they gain the Siege Monster trait (they deal double damage to buildings and objects). Additionally, they can move across liquid surfaces as if under the effects of a Water Walk spell. While under the effects the users feat seemed to be wreathes ethereal flames. The benefits of Nitro Splash last for 5 rounds.
If tossed on the ground the splash from a Nitro Splash will affect all creatures within five feet of impact.
I haven't statted any Fortnite characters out in a while so I thought I'd stat out a major player in the games narrative. Midas is a master of espionage and has formed multiple covert organizations. He has served as an antagonist in Fortnite during multiple seasons. You could introduce him into your game as a big bad or perhaps he recruits the players to his newest organization.
Code Name: Midas
Real Name: //Redacted//
Team Affiliations: Shadow, Ghost, Midas' Crew
Medium Humanoid, Lawful Neutral
Armor Class: 14 (Dexterity)
Hit Points: 125
Speed: 30 ft.
Challenge: 5 (1,800 XP)
Str 14 (+1) Dex 18(+4) Con 13 (+1) Int 16 (+3) Wis 16 (+3) Cha 18 (+4)
Cunning Action: On each of his turns, Midas can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Engage, or Hide action.
Curse of the Golden Touch. Any nonmagical item or creature that Midas touches turns to gold. If the target is a creature, it must make a
DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature magically
begins to turn to gold and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at
the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the
creature is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or
other magic.
Actions
Mutliattack: Midas gets two attacks.
Pistol: Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6+3) piercing damage
Golden Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
ft., one target. Hit: The target must succeed on a DC 13 saving throw
against being turned to gold. On a failed save, the creature begins to
turn and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of
its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is
petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other
magic.
The previous Fortnite season was medieval themed and the new one feels very cyberpunk. I’m down for that because this looks cool. Also looks like there is an Attack on Titan crossover, which is cool.
I've had an idea for a piece of crossover art for a while. Inspired by the Agent Peely skin, I wanted to combine my favorite Fortnite character, Peely, with classic Nick Fury. Recently my friend, Travis Herman, opened up his schedule for commissions. I originally wanted the sketch on a SHIELD Sketch Cover comic, but this Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars cover also seemed pretty appropriate (and my comic shop, Super-Fly Comics & Games had it in stock). I asked him to combine Peely with cover Steranko's iconic Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4. He really did a phenomenal job of paying homage to that cover, but also adding some nice details. For example the battle bus in the background with loopers diving is *chef's kiss*.
I'm also going to take this time to plug some of the game content I've created based on Fortnite.
Agent Peely (5e) - My favorite Peely skin and original inspiration for the art above.
I was browsing YouTube and saw this short from the official Fortnite YouTube channel. You can’t eat Peely! Okay, I mean his best friend, Jonesy did make him a smoothie at one point, but he got better.
Note the link plays the video from another channel, but I copied it from the official Fortnite one.
Fortnite’s last season was super chill and all about vibing. That was a nice change from the previous chapter’s war for the island. Now a new threat has appeared and in the season cinematic takes out two of the Seven.
I love that the Paradigm, the previously missing and thought traitorous member of the Seven is taking lead. The new villain, the Herald, looks cool too. She’s giving me Cube Queen vibes. Looking forward to learning more about the Chrome.
The new battle pass looks fun. I’m always down for my comic crossovers and Ghost-Spider/Spider-Gwen is a great addition. Also loving the Meowcles variant, Meow Skulls.
I recently picked most of the new Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War series. Once I get the last issue, I’ll review it and make some new 5e gaming content.
I know some folks hate all of the crossover things companies do with Fortnite, but as you've probably guessed based on my posts, I am not some folks. Darth Vader is a part of the newest Battle Pass and this short teaser animation recreates the beginning of one of the most frightening and tense scenes of the Star Wars flicks.
Batman/Fornite: Zeropoint was a six issue miniseries released by DC Comics in 2021. The story begins with a strange crack in the sky that is a portal to the island setting of Fortnite. Batman find himself mutant and without his memories, fighting in an infinite loop. While his memory is wiped each loop, his battle damage and muscle memory sticks with him. He finds Catwoman and feels a connection to her. To make progress, he writes messages on his gear, much like the protagonist of Momento. During this time a mysterious group, revealed to be Dr. Slone and IO, watching him and sending forces against him. He fights various characters and even goes toe to toe with Snakeyes of G.I. Joe! Eventually Batman and Catwoman break out of the Loop and team up with Deathstroke and several Loopers (Fortnite characters), find the ZeroPoint and eventually make it back to their realities. The end of the story is rather sad because Catwoman and Batman remember their history, and Catwoman resentfully leaves Bruce again. The last big reveal is that Dr. Slone has joined up with Lex Luthor and the Batman Who Laughs for some nefarious purpose. This leads us into the one-shot, Batman/Fortnite: Foundation.
Batman/Fortnite: Foundation begins with the Justice League trying to stop Lex Luthor and a large group of villains from entering a portal similar to what Batman entered in the previous miniseries. In Gotham City a mysterious figure crashes into the harbor. Batman finds this armored metahuman, who calls himself the Foundation. After fighting and realizing they have a mutual foe, they team up to stop the Batman Who Laughs and the villains. The story ends with Foundation and the Batman Who Laughs fighting in the Zeropoint. It seems that the Batman Who Laughs has lost his memory and Foundation (who is voiced by and looks like Dwayne the Rock Johnson in armor) leaves him to battle the other Loopers, thinking he's not a threat. The final pages reveal that because of his Nth metal crown, the Batman Who Laughs retains his memories and getting to the Zeropoint was his plan all along.
As a fan of Fortinte and DC Comics, I really enjoyed this crossover. It made the weird Battle Royale nature of the game make sense in continuity to the DC universe. Also, as far as I can tell it is officially in the greater DC omniverse and these stories are cannon. The art is great and the characters are fun. I will say there is a serious tone in the comics that doesn't fit the greatest with Fortnite at times (like Fishstick's death or the Batman Who Laughs headbutting Tomatohead and seeing his head explode), but ultimately it works.
Since the Batman Who Laughs is one of the big bads of the series, I decided to give him 5e stats.
Code Name: The Batman Who Laughs
Real Name: Bruce Wayne
Team Affiliation: Dark Knights, House of Conquest, Justice League (former), Legion of Doom, Secret Six
Medium Humanoid, Lawful Evil
Armor Class: 19 (Unarmed Defense, Nth Metal Crown)
Hit Points: 150
Speed: 30 ft.
Challenge: 12 (8,400 XP)
Str 18 (+4) Dex 18 (+4) Con 18 (+4) Int 18 (+4) Wis 18 (+4) Cha 18 (+8)
Languages: The Batman Who Laughs can speak and understand all modern Earth languages
Unique Traits
Broken Mind: The Batman Who Laugh's twisted mind grants him many boons. He has advantage on all Wisdom saves. His mind can't be read and anyone attempting to do so must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 15) or take 2 (1d4 psychic damage). Additionally, he has advantage on all Saving Throws pertaining to being charmed or controlled. He is immune to fear and madness effects and spells. He is immune to the effects of Smilex or a Hideous Laughter spell/effect.
Cunning Action: On each of his turns, the Batman Who Laughs can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Engage, or Hide action.
Evasion: The Batman Who Laughs can dodge out of the way of certain area effects. When he is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexerity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage on a successful save and half damage if he fails.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day): If the Batman Who Laughs fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance: The Batman Who Laughs has advantage on all saving throws related to spells and magical effects.
Second Wind: On his turn, as a bonus action, the Batman Who Laughs can draw on his stamina reserves to heal 1d10+12 hit points. He can't use this ability again until he takes a short or long rest.
Uncanny Dodge: When an attacker his the Batman Who Laughs with an Attack, he can use his reaction to halve the damage.
Actions
Mutliattack: The Batman Who Laughs gets two unarmed or chained attacks and one headbutt attack.
Batarang: Ranged Weapon Attack. +9 to hit, range 60/120 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4+4) piercing damage.
Chain: Melee Weapon Attack. +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6+4) bludgeoning damage.
Headbutt: Melee Weapon Attack. +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4+4) piercing damage.
Unarmed: Melee Weapon Attack. +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6+4) bludgeoning damage.
Legendary Actions
The Batman Who Laughs can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from one of the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The Batman Who Laughs regains spent actions at the start of each of its turn.
Attack: The Batman Who Laughs makes one unarmed or chained attack.
Move: The Batman Who Laughs moves up to half of his speed.
Nth Metal Crown
Legendary Armor
This twisted crown of Nth Metal grants its wearer darkvision of 120 ft. In addition it grants a +1 bonus to AC, advantage on saving throws vs magic, and an headbutt attack (reach 5 ft, 1d4 piercing damage that ignores damage resistance).
Just sharing this because of my boy, Peely. I really wish that would have been an emote for him. And a reminder that I have more 5e Fortnite inspired content.
It looks like after the intense battle stories and intrigue that started Chapter 3, Season 3 of Fortnite is going to be more laid back and fun oriented. The end of the Cinematic Trailer does show a mysterious figure watching. I assume it’s the head of the Imagined Order, Geno. As always there are are a couple of outside universe characters showing up in the Battle Pass. This time we get Darth Vader and Indiana Jones.
I absolutely love the Battle Pass skins this season. Looking forward unlocking them all.
While technically the Looper (whatever character you play as) is the primary protagonist of Fortnite's story, Jonesy is the deuteragonist of the story.
Code Name: Jonesy the First
Real Name: John "Jonesy" Jones
Team Affiliations: Imagined Order (formerly), The Seven (ally), The Joneses
Medium Humanoid, Neutral Good
Armor Class: 12 (Dexterity)
Hit Points: 100
Speed: 30 ft.
Challenge: 5 (1,800 XP)
Str 14 (+2) Dex 14 (+2) Con 14 (+2) Int 16 (+3) Wis 10 (+0) Cha 14 (+2)
Cunning Action: On each of his turns, Jonesy can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Engage, or Hide action.
Second Wind: On his turn, as a bonus action, Jonesy the First can draw on his stamina reserves to heal 1d10+12 hit points. He can't use this ability again until he takes a short or long rest.
Actions
Multiattack: Jonesy the First can make three attacks
Classic Pickaxe: Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8+2) piercing damage. This damage ignores and object's damage threshold.
Assault Rifle: Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 90/270 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (4d8+2) piercing damage.
Background
Agent John "Jonesy" Jones (also simply known as Jones) is a former high ranking member of the Imagined Order and served under the command of Doctor Slone. However, disagreeing with Sloan, he betrayed IO and freed the Foundation and the Seven in order to save Reality Zero. Due to the nature of the Loop, there are many variations of Jonesy (known as snapshots), but Agent Jonesy is the original Jonesy, hence is moniker, Jonesy the First. Jonesy is a good natured troubleshooter and truly cares about his friends and allies. He's got a good sense of humor and believes life should be enjoyed. His best friend is Peely (who may nor may not be a snaptshot of Jonesy based on this video).
At the end of Fortnite Chapter 2, the Convergence was stopped, the Cube Queen defeated, and the island was flipped. No the Imagined Order, led by Dr. Sloan, are trying to take over the island. Luckily for the Loopers (aka players), the Seven (not the Justice League or Vought's team) are leading the resistance against them. It gets a lot of hate, but I have a lot of fun with this game and find the lore and idea of the setting fascinating. Based on recent stories, Fortnite is cannon in both the DC and Marvel universes, among many others. Expect more 5e supers content based off the game in the coming weeks.
Marvel is crossing over with Fortnite again in a new miniseries, Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War. In the series Jonesy and some of the heroes of the resistance seek to find a sliver of the Zero Point lost in the 616. They must find it before Dr. Slone and IO get it. Check out the trailer.
I wanted to post some game stats with this, so I give you one of the major villains in the Fortnite story, Dr. Slone. I've also hyperlinked a few previous Fortnite 5e conversions below. Also, if DC and Marvel can crossover with Fortnite, I'm good with the New Punverse being a part of its Omiverse too.
Code Name: Dr. Slone
Real Name: //Redacted//
Team Affiliations: Imagined Order
Medium Humanoid, Lawful Evil
Armor Class: 15 (Battle Armor, Dexterity)
Hit Points: 100
Speed: 30 ft.
Challenge: 5 (1,800 XP)
Str 12 (+1) Dex 12(+1) Con 12 (+1) Int 22 (+6) Wis 14 (+2) Cha 14 (+2)
Languages: English, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin
Unique Traits
Cunning Action: On each of her turns, Dr. Slone can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Engage, or Hide action.
Actions
Mutliattack: Dr. Slone gets two attacks.
Battle Rifle: Ranged Weapon Attack. +6 to hit, range 90/270 ft., one target, Hit: 15 (3d8+2) piercing damage. (30 round clip)
IO Blade: Melee Weapon Attack. +5 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target, Hit: 5 (1d8+1) slashing damage.
Clone: Dr. Slone can create two Slone Clones. These clones are copies share the same stats as Doctor Slone except they start with 50 hit points and do not have the Clone action. They stay in existence until reduced to 0 hit points or 1 minute has passed. They also cease to exist if Slone is reduced to 0 hit points or incapacitated. Slone can only have two Slone Clones in existence at a time.
Background
Dr. Slone is a high ranking (possibly leader) of the Imagined Order, an ancient organization tied to the Ominversal nexus known as The Loop. They are opposed by loopers known as The Resistance (who's membership includes the debonair Agent Peely). Dr. Slone is intelligent, ruthless, and not above working with villains such as Lex Luthor or the Batman Who Laughs to achieve her goals. While in the field, Slone often carries several pieces of advanced tech, such as Boogie Bombs.
The new season trailer dropped for Fortnite and it involves aliens.
A certain Kryptonian can be seen in his secret identity, so maybe I wasn't as off as I thought when I posted this. Could there be a Justice League angle coming to Fortnite? There are some nice homages to classic alien flicks in the trailer and Rick Sanchez. Based on the design of the ship, I also think Braniac is going to be a big bad later on.
This season might provide some good inspiration for more 5e supers content based on the game. I'm sure Peely and the Boogie Bomb could use some company.
Saving Throws: Wis +4
