🌙THE CROOKED MOON — D&D 5.5e Folk Horror Campaign🌙

Creating your character

There will be a custom PDF file for Character Sheet Creation, which provides high editability, making it a perfect vehicle for character creation even with the numerous changes to the system I usually employ in my games. The following are the general rules regarding character creation, including general guidelines and variant rules: 🎲𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗦! All will roll 4d6 and keep the highest 3 rolls to determine each of the Ability Scores for their characters. Each player gets to roll two sets of results, re-rolling all results below 8 and re-rolling the whole set if no results are above 14, and taking the preffered of the two sets. ✨𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚. Experience (XP) is not a used mechanic. All characters level up at the same time when reaching certain milestones in the story. This is also known as Milestone Leveling, and prevents any single player character from getting stronger than any other. 💰𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦. You get 3 options for Magic Items your character can start with: A) One Uncommon magic item of your choice, excluding the following: Bag of Holding, Broom of Flying, Decanter of Endless Water, Immovable Rod. B) Up to 3 Consumable Points which you can spend to have Consumable Magic Items, like spell scrolls, potions and the like. Commons cost 1, Uncommons cost 2, and Rares cost 3. Nothing above Rare allowed. C) One Rare magic item which I get to choose for your character, and which will be cursed. The curse will be tailored to your character.

Preparing for the session

🖥️ A functional computer (laptop or desktop), with a reliable internet connection 🌐 A browser, prefferably Google Chrome, with which to view and interact with the Owlbear Rodeo VTT and the 5e content website 🎙️ A working microphone and, optionally, a webcam 🎧 Comfortable headphones and a quiet workspace 🤖 A Discord account and a StartPlaying account 🤟 A friendly and respectful attitude towards all players, including the Game Master ✅ No D&D, Owlbear Rodeo, or tabletop experience needed 🔞 Must be 18 years or older to play — no exceptions

What Sol brings to the table

My games are run almost entirely over Discord, with bots in place to take care of dice rolls and ambient music. Owlbear Rodeo is my VTT of choice, since it is much more streamlined for beginners in relation to other options such as Roll20. I am a very skilled and experienced roleplayer with a background in theater and creative writing, so I will do my best to create a fertile environment for the emergence of powerful roleplay moments and satisfying narratives. If you wish to learn more about my GMing style, check out my profile. I run a homebrewed version of D&D 5.5e, containing a lot of rules taken from various different third party sources and independent homebrew writers (me included), each personally and rigorously translated, balanced, modified, playtested, and documented. Here is what I can promise in my version of the system: - 17 Reimagined Classes, each offering entirely distinct character fantasies and avenues of mechanical depth; - 67 options for Species (not including subspecies, lineages or ancestries) to allow for all sorts of characters to make themselves into heroes and work through the conflicts that arise due to the circumstances of their bloodline; - A list of pre-set Backgrounds and all the tools to create your own, along with an expanded Feat list, building and expanding upon the options found in the new Player's Handbook; - 1100+ Spells, unlocking the true potential of spellcasters by giving them an arsenal of a scale hitherto unseen; - A reimagined version of the Weapon Mastery system inspired by Ryoko’s Guide to The Yokai Realms, allowing for a broadening of the versatility and complexity of playing a Martial class, and putting them truly on par with the versatility of classes like the Wizard. - A swathe of general rules tweaks that add mechanical cohesion to the game (especially at higher levels). All of this will be available in a series of channels in my Discord Server. I also have, available for all players, sourcebooks that highlight the rules of the game in their entirety.

Homebrew rules

🌟𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦. If an effect or ability requires you to use a Bonus Action to use it, you can use it as an Action instead if you wish. You cannot use the same Bonus Action effect more than once per turn. ⚗️𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦. Potions can be taken as a Bonus Action. If you do so with a Healing Potion, you roll the dice, but if you take the potion with your Action, you regain Hit Points as if every die had rolled its maximum possible result. You can also throw a potion at a creature. Likewise, other items that are stored on vials and weigh less than 2 pounds, like Oil, Alchemist's Fire, or Acid, can be thrown as a Bonus Action in this same way. 💪𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘. If you carry too much weight for your Strength score to handle, you will gain progressive debuffs. 🛡️𝗘𝗡𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗦. You gain a bonus to your Armor Class and all your Saving Throws equal to half your Proficiency Bonus, rounded down. This rule exists to avoid negative Saving Throw modifiers at low levels. ‼️𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗦. If a creature at 0 HP that is not Stable gets healed, it must make a CON Save with a DC of 10 + their Proficiency Bonus + 2 each time they succeed on the save, or they gain 1 lv of Exhaustion. 🔪🔨𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚. There are special rules in my games that encourage harvesting crafting components from felled monsters, and using them to craft magic items. These rules can be found in the book Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting, and are also written in their entirety in my Discord Server. 📖𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗦. You gain a number of bonus Tool or Language Proficiencies of your choice equal to your Intelligence Modifier. If you have a negative Intelligence modifier, you must choose one of these proficiencies that you gain from other features to have it removed. 👁𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦. If your character undergoes a traumatic experience, or a situation of extreme mental stress, you will be asked to roll a DC 15 INT, WIS, or CHA Save (your choice). If you fail, your character gains a form of Madness. You can revert a failure by interacting with other player characters and working through your traumas with them during rests. 💥𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗝𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦. If you take damage equal to or greater than half your MAX HP from a single effect, you’re conscious, and have at least 1 HP after the damage, you must make a DC 15 CON Save, or suffer a random pain shock effect. If you are unconscious when you take the damage, or if the damage reduces you to 0 HP, you must make a DC 18 CON Save, or suffer a Lingering Injury depending on the type of the damage you took. 💀𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦. Death Saves are rolled in secret by the DM, instead of by the player. The result is communicated to the player through DMs, but they cannot divulge the result of the save to other player

How Sol creates a safe table

NOTE ON CONTENT WARNINGS The list of trigger/content warnings below is a list of things that will, almost certainly, appear in the game. Other than the things outlined and mentioned below, additional triggering contents may come up during play. To make sure no one is put off by a topic they find sensitive, I always address, before character creation, any possible limits and boundaries, in the form of Lines and Veils, for each player, until we have made a comprehensive list of all things we should avoid in play. More rules regarding safety measures are detailed in the Discord Server in which the game will take place.