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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Outsiders Part 3Subraces Outsiders are a multitude of physical and spiritual forms. All have a measure of magical power and a connection to their native planes outside the world of mortals. Angels are creatures of good opposite to demons which are creatures of evil. Beings of law uphold divine law when no…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Outsiders Part 2
History Outsiders have existed throughout Cimmerian history as the messengers of the gods. All of Cimmeria’s greatest heroes have interacted with outsiders in some fashion. Angels sent by the gods aid heroes. Demons and beings of law impede mortals when their ego’s outgrow their position. The largest incursion of outsiders…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 90 – Zombies in Iceland (Hem and VARÚÐ! Dead Island)Hem returns! Our previous guest from Episode 83 back with another BRP horror game. This time about zombies taking over Iceland. Three brave family members receive a special package that might put an end to the Endtimes. They just have to get the package off the island and into the…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Outsiders Part 1
Physical Description Outsiders have no unifying physical characteristics. While many of them are humanoid in appearance, others take wildly different shapes. The subraces of outsiders are unified by ideology rather than biology. Thus, within an outsider subrace there can be drastic differences in appearance and physical capability. Outsiders do have…
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Continue reading →: Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition RPG ReviewIn addition to taking a look at BESM 4th Edition for a canceled Setting the Stage episode, I also read Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition (MnM). And despite being purpose built as a superhero system, I think it’s one of the worst I’ve seen. Mutants and Masterminds grew out of…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 89 – Bunnies vs. the Borg D&D (Avery and Traumwald)Avery presents her world of Traumwald which means Dream Forest. Traumwald was a peaceful, magical world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals of all kinds. Their peace was shattered by the attack of the Ichal, a biomechanical hive mind species similar to the Borg. The Ichal are led by the dark god…
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Continue reading →: BESM 4th Edition RPG ReviewAn RPG review that isn’t about a China focused game? Is this blog allowed to do that? YES! I’ve even done it before when I reviewed the Marvel Multiverse RPG at the start of 2024. I read BESM 4th Edition as part of my research for a Setting the Stage…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Water Races Part 4Location The water races live within the Caspian and Aral Seas of Cimmeria. Many of them live around the edges of the water near the land and islands. The deeper areas belong to locathah and scrags that can survive at those depths. A few of the water races live in…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 88 – DM & Roleplaying Tips with Balance of Aksio (Jay + Sandra! and 3RPG)Our guests today are Jay and Sandra from the 3RPG podcast. Their podcast is a talk show, typically with three hosts. Unfortunately the third host Chris was unable to make it. Jay and Sandra are working on a RPG product dubbed The Balance of Aksio. It’s a new narrative fantasy…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Water Races Part 3
Subraces The water races are varied in visual appearance, but all are able to swim and live anywhere within the waters of Gaia. The different subraces do not typically live in the same communities besides those around Cecilia. Locathah: Locathah have humanoid bodies with webbed limbs and the head of…
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90 – Zombies in Iceland (Hem and VARÚÐ! Dead Island) – Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs
Hem returns! Our previous guest from Episode 83 back with another BRP horror game. This time about zombies taking over Iceland. Three brave family members receive a special package that might put an end to the Endtimes. They just have to get the package off the island and into the hands of some researchers. Hem plans on releasing a new episode every day through October as part of the spooky season.The title of the show is "VARÚÐ! Dead Ísland" with Varúð pronounced like Vahr-ooth. You can learn more on the VARÚÐ RPG website.This is Hem's first video show, so you can watch VARÚÐ! Dead Ísland on YouTube as well as listen to it on your podcast app.All other associated info is available on the VARÚÐ RPG Linktree.For other shows produced by Hem check out Blighthouse Studio's website.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.
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