🌔The Crooked Moon 🌔| D&D 2024 | LGBTQIA & Beginner Friendly!
Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where long‑forgotten horrors are revealed to those who dare to enter.
$28.00
/ Session
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7 players following this game
Weekly / Wednesday - 10:00 PM UTC
Oct 28 / Session 0
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
4 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In a crooked house lives a Crooked Man with a crooked grin. He raises crooked arms to a Crooked Tree at the edge of midnight and hears the whispers of the Old Ones. They speak of a beast that stalks the darkest woods and darkest hearts, a crown of horns upon its head. If you lose your way and feel a warm breath that chills you to the bone, run. Follow the songs of harvest time, and before long, you’ll find revelry in the dancing shadows of blazing wicker. No matter your story, these lonesome, misty rails will deliver you to where the hallowed cannot save you. Now is the time to brave the dark wood, beware the witching hour, and weave your own dreadful folktale underneath the Crooked Moon. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕 Welcome to the world of Druskenvald! A crooked place of neverending night. Here, you'll embark on the fated path leading you along the story of this dreadful folktale. Full of horror, laughs, and the weight of freeing a land gripped in the claws of sinister evil.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(15)
3 years on StartPlaying
255 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Howdy! I'm Elliot, I've been a Dungeon Master for about years and I specialize in light-hearted horror. I've experimented with loads of different systems and have been working as a DM in professional settings for four years now. Although I have a strong passion and love for D&D, my background is mostly in the arts and theatre (surprise surprise). I’ve got a degree in acting and have taken numerous improv classes, all of which I use exclusively to run D&D now! I’m currently working on getting into animation, but in the mean time I thought working through start playing would be a nice gig. All of my games are focussed on storytelling with a heavy side of scares, with that, I try to make sure I have a lot of safety tools in place so that everyone at my tables feels comfortable enough to fully immerse themselves in roleplay. I have a 0 tolerance policy for homophobia, bigotry, sexism, transphobia or any other kind of blatant prejudice, as someone who identifies as queer and mixed raced, I am firm in creating a safe and welcoming environment for anyone who wants to play at my table. All in all, I’m a huge queer nerd who loves telling stories with people and wants to ensure everyone has a fun time in my games!
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Creating your character
🌙 2024 Rules 🌙 Level 1 🌙 Point Buy or Custom Array (6, 10, 11, 14, 14, 18) 🌙 Starting Common or Uncommon Item In session 0 we will discuss further, as well as once you join the game I will content share everything! Including the cool new species and subclasses for this setting.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🌙 Discord (Mic required, camera preferred! I will usually be on camera) 🌙 DndBeyond 🌙 Roll20
What Elliot brings to the table
Horror relies on its atmosphere, so I aim to build the scene as best I can. 🌙 Kenku FM for music and sound effects 🌙 Maps and NPC Art 🌙 Rule of Cool (within reason!) 🌙 Roleplay heavy, with some deadly combat mixed in.
Homebrew rules
I have most of my house rules outlined on my server, for your future reference. In the meantime here are some of the big ones: 🌙Improved Critical Hits (Natural 20s do rolled damage + max dice damage, eliminates the feeling of rolling two 1s on a crit) 🌙 Cure Wounds heals maximum dice 🌙 Strictly NO PvP, this includes stealing from each other 🌙 Heroic Inspiration - every PC gets one reroll per session
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Webcam
Platforms used
Safety
How Elliot creates a safe table
I take player safety very seriously - just because we're playing a horror campaign does not mean I want to trigger people or make them uncomfortable! 🌙 Colour cards used at the table (Red, Yellow, Green) 🌙 Consent Sheets 🌙 Session 0 🌙 Open Door policy Please still check the content warnings ahead of time - while I do try my best to be as accomodating as possible, there are some things that are prewritten in this campaign (like insects and clowns) that I can't unfortunately avoid!
Content warnings
Safety tools used