Dear Game Master,
I have been running D&D and other TTRPGs for more than ten years.
“Born on the third night of the harvest month, under a full moon” is a line I have read in many backstories, and nothing ever came of it at the table. The stars were flavor, and flavor is the first thing we forget by the third session. In this book a sign is not a line in the backstory, it is a part of the character sheet: a passive ability, an active one, and powers that wax and wane with the moon.
It is made for 5th Edition, 2014 and 2024 rules both. You can take all of it or only the pieces you need, from pure flavor to full mechanics:
- Twelve zodiac signs, each with a passive and an active ability, and powers that change with the moon phase
- Eight moon phases, with three ways to track them, from a single note to a full calendar
- Five subclasses, from the Oath of the Stars to the College of the Spheres, plus 20+ feats and 25+ spells
- Six organizations and frameworks for worlds with other calendars, several moons or no stars at all
See you under the stars.
P.S. Start with The Twelve Signs and let every player pick one before the next session. The rest of the book can wait.
