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Legend of Avantris: The Crooked Moon
Welcome to Druskenvald, demi-plane of dread. Will you survive or are you already done for?
$20.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Monday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where long‑forgotten horrors are revealed to those who travel through the mist. There, in a crooked house lives a Crooked Man with a crooked grin. He raises crooked arms to a Crooked Tree at the edge of midnight and hears the whispers of the Old Ones. They speak of a beast that stalks the darkest woods and darkest hearts, a crown of horns upon its head. If you lose your way and feel a warm breath that chills you to the bone, run. Follow the songs of harvest time, and before long, you’ll find revelry in the dancing shadows of blazing wicker. No matter your story, these lonesome, misty rails will deliver you to where the hallowed cannot save you. Now is the time to brave the dark wood, beware the witching hour, and weave your own dreadful folktale underneath the Crooked Moon. ***The Crooked Moon is a folk horror tale about life, death and everything in-between. I will provide an exclusive PHB from which you can select new races (pretty darn cool ones I might add), new classes , new spells, new backgrounds and they are all out of this world. Plus you'll get to find magic items that will scale up along with your character level! You will get to experience a bunch of multi-phases bosses which is a quite nice change! Finally, almost every enemy/monster has a weak point you might discover in-game and exploit to live some unusual combat encounters. The session 0 and the first game session won't cost anything so you may see if me and the game suit you!
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Meet the Game Master
2 years on StartPlaying
About me
Hi folks! I have been a DM since DND5e came out and I played since 3.5. I know my DND rules inside out but I'm a pretty friendly DM nonetheless and everyone gets a chance to shine. I am not here to play against you nor to kill you (until the final boss fight that is), we'll tell your stories together. I will be DMing some 2024 5e.
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Creating your character
I will provide in advance a PHB including everything new in the Crooked Moon. We will be creating characters in session 0 altogether. -For in-game purposes, I require that your race comes from Druskenvald (I will provide PHB) -You may pick any class from the official books (except setting books) or any new class featured in the Crooked Moon -I will provide the same generous stat array to everyone that you may place where you please
Players need not worry about party composition. Play what you want to play regardless of the roles, it's my job to make sure everybody has fun and be creative if there's an unfilled role.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You simply need discord. I use FoundryVTT and all you will need is a link I'll provide in due time.
What Carl Dussault brings to the table
I will use every official map on FoundryVTT along with the official tokens. I will use the official Crooked Moon soundtrack to put us all in the proper ambiance. I stick to the official rules and ask my players the same but I'm good with the rule of cool as long as it does not take anything away from any class. What I mean here is I will say no to something if there's an existing class feature that fulfills the intended purpose and the player basically asks to do it "for free" whereas it would cost someone else something mechanic-wise.
Homebrew rules
-Healing potion: Action gives max healing, Bonus action you roll the die. -Crit: You give full damage plus the usual damage roll to avoid snake eyes (enemies have the standard double roll). -Death saves are made in secret to prevent meta last minute healing -When you reach 0 hit points, you'll get up with an exhaustion level (do not stack within a single combat). -All enemies have their max suggested HP. -I am not trying to kill you but some bosses might go harder on you. I will go all out against the players in the final fight and I will very much try to kill you at that point (staying within the rules, no worries). -I may not be actively out to kill you but dumb decisions have a tendency to lead to un-aliveness.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Carl Dussault creates a safe table
Should the table need to know anything, please communicate it in session 0. Just be aware that this is a folk horror story and there sure are a lot of hard/disgusting topics.
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Safety tools used