Greyhawk's Crooked Moon

Creating your character

Character Creation in Custom Campaigns Starting Level Characters typically begin at Level 1, but this can be adjusted depending on your group’s desired tone and experience. Whether you're fledgling apprentices, disgraced nobles, or unlikely allies pulled into something bigger, starting small makes your growth—and your choices—feel earned and impactful. Session 0 & Creation Timeline All character creation happens during a dedicated Session 0, where we align your backstories with the world, build meaningful PC relationships, and customize the campaign to reflect your party’s motivations and goals. Whether you want noble intrigue, supernatural horror, or full-blown pirate chaos, it all begins here. Stat Generation Choose between point buy or standard array—both encourage balance and intentional builds. If you're aiming for a more heroic or gritty feel, we can tweak this system during Session 0. Character Sheets & Tools We’ll use D&D Beyond for character management and Foundry VTT for immersive, digital play—with full integration. If you’re new to the tech, I’ll guide you through it step by step. Sourcebooks & Content Rules All official WOTC content is welcome (Tasha’s, Xanathar’s, MotM, etc.) UA, third-party, and homebrew content is by request only—if it fits your character’s story and the campaign tone, we’ll talk it through Homebrew options may also unlock through play, based on story progression Narrative Focus Every campaign is tailored to your party’s emotional and thematic core. Whether your characters are bound by vengeance, duty, ambition, or fear, I’ll weave your arcs into the world. Characters with clear motivations, strong ties, and space to evolve thrive in these custom stories.

Preparing for the session

Tech Requirements Microphone: Required — clear audio is essential for roleplay, teamwork, and horror immersion. Webcam: Optional — not required, though welcome if you enjoy face-to-face play. Up to Date Brower & Stable Internet: We’ll be playing through Foundry VTT for maps and gameplay, and using Discord or Google Meet for voice chat.

What Pacts & Polyhedrals - Asmo brings to the table

🎲 Gameplay Environment Platform: Foundry VTT — fully integrated, atmosphere-rich experience with dynamic lighting, soundscapes, and journal entries. Voice Chat: Discord or Google Meet, whichever fits the group best. Session Length: 3–4 hours per session, with story-focused pacing. Player Level: 1 to start, progressing to level 8+ by the finale. 🗺️ What I Provide Custom Maps: Original Handouts & Artifacts: Rich Lore & Worldbuilding: Session Recaps: 🎭 My GM Style Tone: Starts grounded and eerie, evolves into paranoia, dream-horror, and full-blown existential dread. Voices & NPC Flavor: Yes, I do character voices. Expect whispers, gurgles, and cryptic messages. Ambient Music & SFX: Composed and Curated audio landscapes that match each scene. Combat: Tactical and meaningful—every fight matters. Rule Style: Rule of Cool > RAW when it enhances story or player creativity. That said, I do know the rules and can run tight encounters when needed. 🧠 What I Expect from Players in Custom Campaigns Collaborative Storytelling: You don’t need a five-page backstory—but you do need to bring curiosity and care. These campaigns are built around your characters, so who you are (and who you become) will shape the world. Consent & Safety First: Whether you want intense horror, heartfelt drama, or chaotic comedy, your comfort is key. We’ll set clear boundaries together and use group-voted safety tools to ensure everyone has fun. Session 0 Included: Every custom campaign begins with a collaborative Session 0. We'll workshop characters, align themes, and lay narrative groundwork to make sure everyone has meaningful personal arcs. Final Vibe Check My goal is to build a campaign that feels like your story—not just another module. Whether you want emotional depth, corporate satire, or eldritch terror, we’ll design the tone and pace together.

Homebrew rules

House Rules (Mechanics) Next, review any house rules or custom mechanical tweaks your table will be using. This ensures everyone understands how you’ll handle certain situations differently from the D&D 5e core rules. In our game, we’ll be using a few house rules to amp up the fun and keep things flowing. Powerful Critical Hits: We’re using a variant to make critical hits more exciting (and deadly). Whenever you score a natural 20 on an attack, instead of the normal “roll damage dice twice” rule, you maximize the damage dice and then roll them once. In other words, a crit automatically deals the maximum damage your weapon or spell could do, plus you get to roll the damage dice and add that on top. (We still add any relevant modifiers at the end as usual.) This way, critical hits feel truly powerful – a reward for your heroic strikes! Example: If you crit with a longsword (which normally does 1d8+STR damage), under this house rule you’d deal 8 damage (max of 1d8) + roll 1d8, + your STR mod. Blind Death Saves: To heighten the tension of those moments between life and death, we’ll be rolling death saving throws “blind.” This means when a character is unconscious and making death saves, the outcome won’t be immediately public. One way to do this is the DM rolls the death saves in secret (or the player rolls but doesn’t announce the number). The table will only know if the character ultimately stabilizes, remains unconscious, or dies – not the exact count of successes or failures in the moment. This simulates the uncertainty of hovering at death’s door; your character wouldn’t know how close to the light they are, and it keeps everyone on edge. (Don’t worry – the DM will keep track honestly. If you’re at 2 fails, your character certainly feels an ominous chill!) Potion Handling: Gulping down a healing potion in the heat of combat should be quick. Our house rule is: drinking a healing potion yourself is a Bonus Action, while administering a potion to someone else is still a full Action. This encourages clutch self-heals without completely sacrificing your turn. Additionally, to keep things fast, we’ll stick with standard healing roll results (no max-heal freebies unless a feature grants it). For example, if you have a healing potion, you can quaff it on your turn as a bonus action and still attack, but if you want to feed it to a fallen ally, that takes your action (since you have to fumble with pouring it down their throat).

How Pacts & Polyhedrals - Asmo creates a safe table

In Session 0, we'll establish clear boundaries and expectations to ensure a respectful and enjoyable experience for everyone. We'll use Stars & Wishes as a regular tool to reflect on what’s working, what could improve, and what players are excited to see more of. We'll also outline and discuss any content sensitivities, and build a shared understanding of the game’s tone. Open communication is key—if at any point a player feels uncomfortable or needs to adjust something, I’m always open to feedback and additional safety tools. My goal is to create a game space that supports immersion, creativity, and trust—where we can explore horror and mystery without ever sacrificing comfort or consent.