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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Fey Part 3Subraces There are dozens of subraces of fey, far too many to describe them all. The most prominent fey are described here, with many less common subraces living in the woods and wilds of Cimmeria. Centaurs are one of the largest fey subraces as a horse-human hybrid. Satyrs are a…
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Continue reading →: STS Patreon Rewards June 2026This quarter we’re going with a simple mug. Start your day off with a critical hit! I’ll send out the rewards at the end of the month. If these look cool to you, sign up for the Setting the Stage Patreon! Or if you’ve missed them they’re available on the…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 83 – Call of Cthulhu’s Garden (Hem and The Sprouting)Hem tells us about their actual play campaign, The Sprouting. Within the world of The Sprouting, Earth’s history diverged during the 1800s when an eldritch horror was summoned into our reality. The horror lay in wait for centuries, building up a secret army of plant monsters. In 2020, the plant…
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Continue reading →: World of Darkness China RPG Review Part 7Continuing our Chinese based review of the World of Darkness book line! The Hunters Hunted Hunters Hunted came out before Hunter: The Reckoning and deals with a different kind of Hunter. Hunter: The Reckoning details normal people who become gifted with supernatural power and become the Imbued. Hunters Hunted details…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Fey Part 2
History Fey existed long before the Olympians came to Cimmeria. Many species of fey came into being during the Golden Age of Cronus. Their position was closer to divinity than humans thus their disdain for mortals has existed for centuries. Fey in ancient times were often antagonistic towards humans with…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & FortunesGeorge tells us about his D&D actual play called Fears and Fortunes. The campaign follows the adventures of Sly, granddaughter of the Seer of Bearuport. Sly accidentally releases a bunch of ghosts from her late grandmother’s tarot deck. She and her band of companions must find the fourteen ghosts that…
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Continue reading →: World of Darkness China RPG Review Part 6Continuing our Chinese based review of the World of Darkness book line! Hunter: The Reckoning Hunter: The Reckoning provides rules for playing as humans that fight back against the monsters of World of Darkness. After humans witness magic or monsters, sometimes they become Imbued. A force known as the Heralds…
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Continue reading →: Descript for Setting the Stage?I gave Descript a try for editing Setting the Stage. It worked well, but I think I’ll continue with Audacity for now. The main advantage of Descript for me is transcript editing. The program detects different speakers and what they’re saying with decent accuracy. It’s very easy to edit out…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Fey Part 1
Physical Description Fey have no unifying physical appearance across the different subraces. All of them are vaguely humanoid. The different subraces have some part of the natural world joined with part of their humanoid form. Leafy dryads, water naiads, horse hybrid centaurs, or goat hybrid satyrs are all examples of…
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Continue reading →: Outer Invasion (Chapter 13)Chapter 13 is done! We’re closing in on the end. I’ve started Chapter 14 as well and 15 and the Epilogue are outlined. I’ve set a goal of writing 1000 words a week that should have me finish by the end of Summer. Chapter 13 – Return to Shalerton Blendegad,…
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83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting) – Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs
Hem tells us about their actual play campaign, The Sprouting. Within the world of The Sprouting, Earth's history diverged during the 1800s when an eldritch horror was summoned into our reality. The horror lay in wait for centuries, building up a secret army of plant monsters. In 2020, the plant monsters struck, ruining infrastructure and attacking population centers across the world. One hundred years have passed and our heroes learn that the next stage of the plant apocalypse has begun…We also discussed some of the difficulties and pleasures of actual play podcasts and how the RPG community varies internationally (Hem is in Iceland).If you want to try listening to The Sprouting its available on all major podcast platforms. You can learn more on The Sprouting's website.For other shows produced by Hem check out Blighthouse Studio's website.Hem mentioned The Lucky Die actual play show of theirs several times which used D&D 5e.And the broader network of Fable and Folly has their website too.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stageon Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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