Crooked Moon Subclasses – Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, and Rogue
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In our last video, we met alchemical berserkers, ghost-whistling bards, and druids who turn into walking forests. But we’ve only scratched the surface of what Crooked Moon has to offer with its monstrous classes. Today, Crooked Moon takes us deeper into grave-bound fighters, plague monks, fire-and-brimstone paladins, and rogues who gamble with fate itself. Let’s dig in.
Welcome back to Eternity TTRPG—your go-to source for all things D&D. This is Part 2 of our look at Crooked Moon’s subclasses. If you missed Part 1, definitely check it out—we covered everything from the barbarian and bard, to the cleric and druid subclasses. Today, things get darker and even cooler.
1. Fighter: Barrow Guard
Barrow Guards are warriors bound to the grave. They carry within them fragments of lingering souls, represented by something called Draugr Dice. Think of them like necrotic fuel cells you can spend to summon a ghostly steed, reduce incoming damage, or literally choke enemies with spectral hands from the beyond.
As you level up, your deathly powers expand—your phantom charger can teleport through walls, enemies take psychic damage just for hurting you, and eventually, you become an eternal crypt lord – something like a lich – who doesn’t age, doesn’t need to eat or sleep, and commands the dead like it’s second nature. It’s a knightly subclass with a strong touch of gothic horror.
2. Monk: Warrior of the Pestilent Haze
If you’ve ever wanted to play the personification of a plague (I think of the D&D 3.5e Blackguard Prestige Class), this is it. Pestilent Haze monks cultivate disease inside themselves, unleashing it through claws, cursed strikes, and clouds of choking miasma. You can infect enemies with your plague, communicate with vermin like rats and insects, and later your contagion grows so virulent it even bypasses resistances.
At the peak, your plague ignores immunity and spreads like wildfire—turning you into a walking epidemic. It’s part folklore pestilence demon, part grim reaper’s shadow, and absolutely terrifying to imagine at the table.
3. Paladin: Oath of Castigation
These paladins are divine inquisitors – like witch hunters – sworn to root out evil and burn it away. Their oath spells and Channel Divinity let them clap enemies in fiery chains, sniff out lies, and strike fear into the corrupt. As their power grows, they radiate an aura that lets their allies burn through fire and radiant resistances, and eventually, they literally embody cleansing flame.
The paladin’s capstone, Fire and Brimstone, makes them immune to fire, extends their reach with lashes of divine flame, and punishes any enemy foolish enough to step into range. Think Judge Dredd by way of holy fire—relentless, terrifying, and impossible to escape.
4. Ranger: Grim Harbinger
This ranger comes with a chilling companion: the Grim, a spectral omen of death—often a ghostly black dog—that fights alongside you. You seal a creature’s fate with your Omen of Doom, causing it to take extra necrotic damage, and your grim manifests to harry them with bites and baleful howls.
As you level, your doom powers get stronger: necrotic damage cuts through resistances, your grim becomes tougher, and you can even curse enemies with vulnerability to yours and your grim’s attacks. It’s part folkloric death omen, part monster-hunting ranger, and it oozes grimdark style.
5. Rogue: Sinner
Sinners are rogues steeped in vice—gamblers, cheats, and scoundrels who cut deals with malefic powers. Their signature ability, Hex Slinger, lets them twist their Sneak Attack dice into curses, hexes, and bursts of bad luck for enemies. They carry a magical jinx weapon—maybe a pistol, maybe enchanted playing cards or dice—that channels their luck-bending power.
As they grow stronger, they can steal inspiration, double down on curses, and even call on their infernal ‘friends in low places’ to reroll attacks or turn hits against them into misses. If you’ve ever wanted your rogue to feel like a cursed gambler or a devil’s dealmaker, the Sinner has that flavor.
And that’s Part 2 of our dive into Crooked Moon. Grave-bound knights, plague monks, fire-fueled paladins, spectral rangers, and sinful rogues—you can really feel the book leaning into the Halloween, darkness vibe here.
Next time, we’ll wrap things up with the final five subclasses, so stick around for Part 3. But I want to hear from you—if you had to pick between these five, which would you bring to your table? Drop your thoughts in the comments, and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you don’t miss the finale. to this series.
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