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Setting the Stage Episode 60 – Todd and Skjaald Sagas

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Todd tells us about his world, Skjaald, and his fantasy TTRPG system he’s designing for it called Skjaald Sagas. The main continent for Skjaald is Driktsuung, a place with varied biomes similar to North America. The people of Driktsuung are divided into the Six Realms with different governmental structures for each Realm. All the typical fantasy races are present with a few twists. Magic is deeply connected to the soul in Skjaald, causing changes in the nature of all magical creatures. Dragons are the most affected as they are beings of almost pure magic. Magic also acts as a form of radiation that slowly turns spellcasters into draconic beings.

The Skjaald Sagas system grew out of D&D with d20 resolution and class-like choices based off different personality types called archetypes. Examples include Fighter, Protector, Cleric, Thinker, Coward, and Leader. You roll using your attributes which are also increased through usage. Thus if you want to be a better melee attacker, you either have to attack during combat or state that my character is practicing during downtime. Higher attributes that are associated with a certain archetype allow you to increase the stage of the archetype and unlock new abilities. The point based system allows for easy movement between the different archetypes as your character grows through play.

Skjaald Sagas Links:
World Anvil: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/skjaald-todd-cain
Playtest Materials Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z8BvQk-F7BI6xQtWu7ZwMEMk91bbDujHtZ85kYQ4gwo/edit?usp=sharing

I mentioned Elfquest while talking with Todd about the elves in Skjaald. If you’d like to try Elfquest most of the comics are available through a reader on the creators’ website: https://elfquest.com/reading-room/

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I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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