After The Holy Book Closes

Creating your character

Please attend my free one-on-one character creation session, or at least find time to talk to me extensively over text. This world has a LOT of custom rules, the most important being your character having a Demon, who acts as a mentor, familiar, and source of magic all in one. Otherwise, session 0 will be go on for WAY too long and there will possibly have to be multiple sesh 0s. Do not show up to session 0 expecting me to teach you the entire system and help you make a character. If you're very familiar with the Kids on Brooms system, exceptions can be made, but you should still at least communicate with me over text a decent amount in order to accomodate for the various house rules that fit into the lore.

Preparing for the session

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What Luciano Sterious-Cortese brings to the table

I enjoy providing free character creation sessions and short solo prologues for this game in order to acclimate you to the world. I also love badly sketching memes of funny moments in our campaigns and might with inspiration sketch player characters or well liked NPCs. As needed, I will provide sketches of important references, mostly floor plans, important NPCs, or graphs in order to understand more complex parts of the world's lore. As for audio, I do character voices, though I am not a professional VA, i use ambient music, and I plan at some point to begin producing and incorporating my own original music exclusively for my campaigns. Like most my campaigns, there is a set arc for the story, but the actual content that appears on the way depends on the likes and interests of the players. If there's an interest in ciphers, I'll include more cipher based puzzles, etcetera.

Homebrew rules

There isn't enough room here to explain in depth the homebrew rules, because After The Holy Book is almost its own KOB hack in content. However, to be brief --Leveling system --Light combat system (WILL) --Coven system (schools of magic that allow different areas of powers and higher chances of success in using the one you specialize in, but require teamwork due to limited areas) --Special Items --Unlockable Skills based on growing closer to NPCs and completing personal character arcs and most importantly DEMONS In ATHBC, your magic comes from a mutually symbiotic contract with your Demon. Demons are your mentor, familiar, and source of magic all at once, and usually are a constant companion-- and often act as a parental figure or guardian. A player's Demon will always be well intentioned and genuinely care for their witch, but they have their own problems and are haunted by mistakes that they struggle not to have you repeat. Demons represent the central theme of the game, of the older generation having to help the new generation fix the mistakes of the past, and thus are extremely important to the story and your character-- thus the insistence on pre-session character creation, because your choice of Demon will likely affect your character. There are two premade Demons in ATHBC, one of which is required to be chosen by a player for plot reasons, but players are heavily encouraged to help create their very own demon or give the GM a direction to follow in creating one for them.

How Luciano Sterious-Cortese creates a safe table

There will be a discord channel for lines and veils that can be added to at any time for any reason without question (unless you're using it to be a jerk.) X card rule is in place, though since I am often distracted gming, players should try to use it primarily through my DMs, out loud, or even through use of the discord soundboard. After session, I will always check in, especially after sessions with darker content, and usually when any player needs a bio break I will make it a full break for everyone and to check in. Also, before each session that might especially touch on a new sensitive topic or go into it more intensely, I will warn players so they can prepare emotionally.