🌕D&D 5.5e MOONS OF MADNESS - Bloodborne Eldritch Horror🌕

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, re-rolling the whole set if no results are above 14, and taking the preffered of two valid 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 thorough read of my StartPlaying profile and of the trigger warnings for this campaign, to make sure my games are right for you. 🤟 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 the 5th Edition D&D system, completely compatible with the new rules coming out for the 2024 version of the system, but also 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; - 60+ 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, 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 requires you to take a Bonus Action to use it, you can take an Action instead if you wish. You cannot take the same Bonus Action more than once per turn. 🆘𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛'𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥. When you are reduced to 0 HP in combat, you can make a CON Save with a DC equal to the damage that brought you to 0 HP (min 15). On a success, you don't go Unconscious, but stay at Death's Door, a heavily debuffed state where you can act in limited ways, but still make Death Saves. 💪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. 🧿𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦. The influence of the Eldritch Moons, and the horrors that lie below them, may call for an INT, WIS, or CHA Saving Throw, progressively eroding your sanity on a failed save. ‼️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 for each previous success on the save, or they gain Exhaustion. 🔪🔨𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚. Some of the rules I use, found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting, encourage harvesting components from felled monsters, and using them to craft magic items. 📖𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗦. You gain a number of Tool or Language Proficiencies of your choice equal to your Intelligence Modifier. If you have a negative Intelligence modifier, you must lose one of these proficiencies that you gain from other sources. 💥 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗝𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦. If you take damage equal to or greater than half your Max HP from a single effect, you must make a Saving Throw, or suffer a meaningful debuff depending on whether or not you are Unconscious either before or after taking the damage. ⚗️𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦. Anything in a vial can be taken with your Bonus Action. If you do so with a healing potion, you roll the die, but if you take the potion with your Action, you regain Hit Points as if every die had rolled its maximum possible result. 💀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 players. 🎲𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗦. A 1 or 20 on the die, for ANY D20 TEST, results in a Crit, with an additional effect applied depending on if it's a fail or success.

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.