Ashenfell: The Broken Cycle

Creating your character

We’ll create your character together before your first session so they have a place in the ongoing story from the moment they arrive. You’ll start at level 3, using rolled Ability Scores (or Point-Buy, if you'd rather not roll). You'll have three arrays to roll, with the option to choose one of the three rolled arrays or reverting to Point-Buy. Your character sheet will be built on D&D Beyond and imported into Foundry VTT; I’ll help set it up and explain any Ashenfell-specific abilities. Ashenfell uses D&D 5e alongside custom Soul Classes, Core Arts, and other forms of progression. Bring a character concept, personality, and a goal rather than trying to build the entire sheet alone. We'll work through it all together!

Preparing for the session

You’ll need access to the Foundry game and my Discord server before we play. Please test your microphone ahead of time to ensure proper quality and connection, and review the character sheet and any custom abilities we set up together. You do not need to memorize the world’s lore before joining.

What Mutt brings to the table

I provide the Foundry VTT game, character sheets, maps and scenes, Guild Slates, custom modules/animations, and the setting material needed to understand your character’s place in Elyndor. I’ll help new players join the ongoing story and make sure their characters have reasons to care about what is happening now. My games mix character-driven roleplay, exploration, mysteries, and tactical fights. Enemies have motives, conversations matter, and creative uses of the environment can change an encounter. I welcome bold ideas and use the rules to give choices weight; success, failure, and consequences all help move the story forward. Expect dark fantasy with danger and difficult decisions, as well as humor, friendship, and moments of genuine hope.

Homebrew rules

Ashenfell uses D&D 5e as its foundation and adds setting-specific character progression. Soul Classes express a character’s unusual path and can develop through play. Most Adventurers awaken a Core Art at level 3, with later growth tied to the campaign’s progression system. You all, however, will start with a special Divine Boon. I’ll explain the rules relevant to your character during creation and keep their abilities on your Foundry sheet. Any additional house rules that affect your build or regular gameplay will be discussed before your first session.

How Mutt creates a safe table

Before you join, we’ll discuss the campaign’s themes and any subjects you want excluded or kept offscreen. Ashenfell contains dark fantasy, violence, danger, prejudice within the fictional world, and characters dealing with loss and inherited trauma. I’ll share relevant content warnings in advance and check in when a storyline introduces something more intense. At any point, you can ask to pause, skip, or change a scene by speaking up or messaging me privately. You do not have to explain why. We’ll address the concern and continue in a way that works for the table. I also welcome a check-in after difficult sessions and will revisit boundaries as the story develops. Additionally, upon joining, you'll receive an RPG Consent Checklist that will only be seen by me.