I’ve crossed another accomplishment threshold for the GoCorral Blog! The Races of Cimmeria section is complete!

As the Cimmeria stuff has migrated and expanded here I’ve added other sections. It started as an online repository for information about the Cities of Cimmeria. That was for the players in my campaign to have easy access to extra setting info (that they barely used).

After that came the Characters of Cimmeria to support the Xorian Wars Campaign Log that I originally posted on the Order of the Stick Forums. Readers on the forum could come to the blog if they wanted additional info on a character or place.

Then came the Timeline and the expansion of the Characters section to include Historical NPCs. While the timeline project had started before the campaign log concluded, it kicked into high gear after the end of the campaign log.

Along the way the personal side of my blog got abandoned. I don’t really have a problem with that.

The Races of Cimmeria section was the final piece I had planned for Cimmeria before a different stage of work began.

The work on Races of Cimmeria is completed. The permanent pages for that are already available to look at while the individual blog posts are scheduled to publish from now until October 2026. That includes more RPG reviews as well. BIG backlog of content built up at the moment! I expect to return to posting on Mondays and Fridays at some point soon.

I’ve dreamed of publishing a book of some kind for a long time. I liked the idea of it being a side job as well. My main job produces more concrete good in the world while my side job provides joy to the world (ideally).

The next step for Cimmeria is to format the material I’ve written into something resembling an RPG book for D&D. Along with that formatting I’d like to produce a bunch of additional content for a future crowdfunding campaign. That content includes:

  • At least one class archetype for each of the main classes
  • Additional magic items
  • Additional feats
  • Additional spells
  • More monsters to fight
  • A campaign to go with the setting that will take characters from level 1 to 10
  • The Outer Invasion novel I started for NaNoWriMo (Still need a better title)
  • Custom Magic the Gathering cards for different parts of Cimmeria lore

I’ll get all that done and then plan on having a tidal wave of content for a crowdfunding campaign of some kind. There will be a slow trickle of all that stuff on this blog prior to the deluge.

Absent some other prompting, I’ll be working on that bullet point list for a while.

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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.

Setting the Stage Podcast

86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. 86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen)
  2. 85 – Medical Doctor D&D (Justin and Oops! All Healers!)
  3. 84 – Horseback Riding D&D Camp (Michael and SaddleSnaps)
  4. 83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting)
  5. 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes)