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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Patreon Rewards March 2026The Patreon rewards for March 2026 are here! A fun little button to put on your backpack/bag to show off your love for D&D and other RPGs. Support the show on Patreon to get goodies like this every three months, along with ad-free episodes a day early!https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Humans Part 1Physical Description Humans are physically on the larger end of humanoids in Cimmeria, but with far more variance in their cosmetic features. Humans stand five to six and a half feet tall and weigh 100 to 300 pounds. Their hair color varies from blonde, red, brown, or black, but with…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 77 – KPop D&D Hunters (Dan and Idols of the Neon Dark)Dan talked with me about his Kickstarter campaign, Idols of the Neon Dark. It’s a D&D 5e supplement that tries to bring the fun and atmosphere of K-pop to Dungeons and Dragons. The media frenzy around KPop Demon Hunters inspired Dan to create a product based on the musical genre…
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Continue reading →: World of Darkness China RPG Review Part 1Time for a Chinese based review look at the World of Darkness book line! I looked at a bunch of World of Darkness books. I wrote a massive review of all of them together that was really too big to post as a single blog post. Instead, I’ve split them…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Lycanthropes Part 3Location Lycanthropes live everywhere in Cimmeria. Those who can control their transformations blend in with others of their humanoid race. Lycanthropes with less control must move to the edges of civilization where their wild selves can run free. Thus, most lycanthropes who are “out of the closet” live by themselves…
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Continue reading →: Capital & Ideology Book ReviewA lot of my learning comic books are gifts from my dad who is also a comic book lover. He got me Capital & Ideology for Christmas 2025. It’s a comic book adaption of the economics book of the same name. The original book was about how the structures of…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 76 – Flying Island Worlds (Alan and Fractus)Alan tells us about his Daggerheart campaign setting, Fractus, that launched on Kickstarter recently. Fractus was a normal planet until it exploded and stopped halfway through. Now bunches of asteroids rotate a swirling magical maelstorm at the center of the planet. The people of Fractus survive on the asteroids which…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Lycanthropes Part 2Subraces There are numerous types of lycanthropes when they are defined by their animal form. Despite that, it is more helpful to separate lycanthropes by how they acquired their condition. Natural lycanthropes were born that way due to their lineage. Infected lycanthropes became that way due to a bite from…
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Continue reading →: Comic Book LearningI love learning from comic books. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. It’s just so much easier to absorb information when the visual components are actually visual instead of described. Since comics aren’t as serious as a textbook, they can be easier to understand. Relatable writing that…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Lycanthropes Part 1Physical Description Lycanthropes are humanoids of any kind that possess the natural power to turn into an animal. Typically the animal is a mammalian predator such as a wolf, bear, or tiger, but all sorts of lycanthropes have been observed. Sharks, eagles, rats, and boars are frequent. While in animal…
