✞ Corvus Cruxum ✞ Gothic Fairy Tale Campaign!
Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign
About the adventure
Corvus Cruxum | 5e Gothic Fairy Tale Homebrew Humanity's most fearful superstitions arise from within humanity itself to plague them. Stories of gruesome creatures built by human hands. Some of these are animated by the magic of necromancers, alchemists or witches, but others are inhabited and given life by hostile spirits or other malign forces. These include gargoyles and scarecrows, haunted dolls and suits of animated armor, stone golems formed of gravestones and mausoleums, and homunculi created by stitchers "Corvus Cruxum" is a long-term homebrew campaign set in an overarching world. Join this grim-dark adventure throughout a more grounded, fantasy setting. Think the domains of dread but with a focus on biblical aesthetic, curses, and brooding war. Mad scientist remote gothic horror meets fairy tale apprehension in this rapid fire Castlevania-inspired campaign!
Game style
Theater of the Mind
“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions.
Weekly sessions, every Thursday at 11am Pacific (2pm Eastern)! *Session zero/sit-in free for new players to get a feel for me as a GM <3
2 years on StartPlaying
605 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, World Builder
Additional details
How to prepare
Stable, reliable internet connection and audio quality required. Video preferred but totally optional. We will be using D&DBeyond for character sheets, and Discord for voice, video, campaign tracking, and battlemaps.
What I provide
I have access to all official content on D&DBeyond* as well as animated battle maps which we will be using via a screensharing VTT method. I prefer this approach as I feel it best emulates an at-the-table feel and reduces the amount of tabs and things for people to keep track of! *We will be using mostly, if not entirely, 2014 content. Any new 5th edition material released with the 2024 version of the rules will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Gameplay details
Session Zero allows the players to take the floor, ask questions about the setting, make requests for content they would (or would not) like to see. We will get you oriented with the Also Dragons server, discuss house rules and general community dynamic, and go through content-consent checklists to gauge levels of comfortability with subject matter that may (but will likely not) arise.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Aftercare
• Bleed
• Breaks
• Debriefing
• Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist
• Open Door
• Session 0
How will character creation work
Characters will start at 3rd level, in call, to allow for discussion of potential backstory connections and to allow consistency with the rest of the party. Nothing worse than a player making a character they are passionate about only to find that it's not a good fit for the setting or the party! There are some other details around equipment and house rules that will be elaborated on in Session Zero and may inform some player choices!
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Medium
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
High
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
• D&D Beyond
$35.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 6:00 PM UTC
May 8 / Session 10
2.5-3.5 Hour Duration
3 / 6 Seats Filled
Schedule
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 18+