The Crooked Moon (1-14) | D&D 2024 | Folk Horror
Explore and escape a haunted land. Brought by forces you do not understand.
$20.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Wednesday - 11:00 PM UTC
Mar 11 / Session 4
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 19–25 Sessions
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The Crooked Moon is a level 1 to 14 folkhorror campaign for D&D 2024. Following in the footsteps of Over the Garden Wall and The Wickerman, you awake aboard a train headed here to Wicker Hollow. No clue how you got there, or how you'll leave. Now you must search fro a means of escape. To aid players new to D&D, this campaign comes with: - 5 Pre-made Characters with usage guides and optional backgrounds Ready to go. - Rules notes and cheat sheets. - Art, maps, and handouts to enhance clarity and immersion.
Game style
Rules as Written (RaW)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(131)
3 years on StartPlaying
413 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi👋, I'm Franc, better known as Golvin. I'd like to be your GM. While I mainly run D&D, Call of Cthulhu, and Alien RPG, my real pleasure is trying new modules and systems. (Cowboy Bebop RPG anyone?) Which has led me to a specialization in running one-shots, often including highly detailed handouts, pre-made characters, and other player aids. I also write the Reviews from the Far Reams Substack newsletter, currently focused on helping others get the most out of Call of Cthulhu 7e modules.
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Creating your character
Choose one of five pre-made characters or create your own. If making your own, please see character creation guidelines below. (See title for character level. Campaign starts at level 1.) --- Character Creation Guidelines --- - All D&D 2024* content plus setting (The Crooked Moon) and Silvery Barbs only.** - Point Buy or Standard Array for stats. (No rolling.) - At later levels, additional magic items for parity with PCs. I provide all allowed content through Roll20. Players can, if desired, use D&D Beyond along side the Beyond20 browser plug in. But, for its higher error rate and technical issues, I discourage newer players from using D&D Beyond. * D&D 2024, at time of writing, is the core trio (PHB, DMG, and MM), Heroes of Fearun, Adventures in Faerun, and Forge of the Artificer. ** With express permission, players can use official 2014 content, but I do not recommend doing so. It is notably less powerful. (Homebrew and unlisted third party content are banned.)
Won't be starting until 2/4, as I'm coming off a 1 to 20 and need to prep. (Most notably, pre-made characters.)
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To participate in the game, you will need: ✔️A Roll20* account (free), ✔️A Discord account (free), ✔️A microphone, ✔️A headset or quiet space (i.e. no background noise please). *Roll20 doesn't do well with touch screens.
What Golvin - One-Shot GM brings to the table
I provide a quick paced module with 📚All available character creation resources through Roll20. 🎨Handouts crafted to enhance your experience (and clarity) 🧝 5 pre-made characters specific to this adventure, including optional backgrounds and "how to use" guides. (More if you're fine with backstories not quite lining up.) 🕰️ A decade running and teaching D&D among other TTRPG
Homebrew rules
As a rule, I run as close to Rules as Written as possible, unless I changes are required or make more sense. (E.g. snakes are immune to the Prone condition, unless you get creative.)
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Golvin - One-Shot GM creates a safe table
After joining, players are sent my Line & Veils and ask for theirs in return. Which are then confirmed at the beginning of the session as part of a mini-session 0. During the game, if anything disturbs you, please tell me, leave an "X" in the chat, or privately message me. I will then remove the offending or skip past it. Likewise, if you feel the adventure is going in an unsavory direction but use an "N" instead. I will also check in if I notice anything is off.
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