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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 54 – Dylan and The Faerun Crystal WarDylan tells us about his campaign, set in the official Forgotten Realms setting! At long last Setting the Stage is covering the big D&D setting. Set sometime in the future of Faerun, Dylan’s campaign focuses on a sentient and malevolent crystal that wants to mind control everyone in the world.…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Dwarves Part 4Location Dwarven subraces are separated by location. The Hill Dwarves are the most commonly seen by other Cimmerians, residing above ground. Hill Dwarves are concentrated in Jord and Balin’s Holt, but there are smaller communities throughout the city-states. Mountain Dwarves live on the surface and inside caves of the Terror…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Dwarves Part 3
Subraces There are four subraces of dwarves separated into four kingdoms. The Hill Dwarves, the Mountain Dwarves, the Deep Dwarves, and the Duergar. Each of the four subraces resides primarily within one of the four dwarven kingdoms and is led by one of the descendants of King Cogard. Hill Dwarves:…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 53 – Maia and Pinehurst Academy
Maia is our guest today presenting her actual play campaign, Pinehurst Academy. Maia used the City of Mist system for her game. From the City of Mist website, “In City of Mist you play ordinary individuals with powers that emanate from myths and legends investigating supernatural crimes and mysteries in…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Dwarves Part 2
History The dwarves were created alongside the other races of the Conclave. They fought against the goblins in the Goblin War the same as the others. Unlike the others, from the beginning the dwarves were led by Karnafaust, First High King of the Dwarves. As the humans progressed they copied…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Dwarves Part 1
Physical Description Dwarves are a strong and stocky race. They stand around four feet tall and are considerably broader than the other races of Cimmeria, often weighing close to 200 pounds due to their larger girth. Their increased size gives dwarves a formidable resistance to poisons, both virulent and recreational…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 52 – Arin & Caleb and Black Flare
This week’s stars are Arin and Caleb from the Black Flare podcast. Arin is the GM for the podcast using the Delta Green rules system and Caleb is the podcast’s producer and editor. They work together to create a phenomenal, slow-building horror story. Delta Green is an RPG for telling…
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Continue reading →: My Mother’s SongsMy mom died over a decade ago and its taken me a long time to go through all the things I saved from her house. Most of the large items were quick. The smaller items took longer. The photo albums took forever. I’m nearing the end of that project and…
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Continue reading →: Season of Ghosts PF2EPaizo’s Season of Ghosts is one of the most recent adventure paths set in Tian Xia, Golarion’s version of China. Normally, I’d review the four part adventure path as four blog posts devoted to each one. I’ve decided to take a different route for this adventure path though. I’ve mentioned…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 51 – Amanda and the Delicious Homebrew
This week’s guest is Amanda, another member of the Quelmar organization. Quelmar was featured previously in episode 32 with James, the original creator of Quelmar. Amanda is a Quelmar DM and is currently DMing a Quelmarized version of Hitpoint Press’s Heckna!. Her interview focused on her homebrew campaign without a…
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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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78 – D&D in Suburbia (Ryan and Serenity Springs) – Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs
Ryan tells us about his new adventure, Serenity Springs! It's a cozy little suburb. Or at least it seems like it at first. Until you realize its in a dimension like Ravenloft and evil entities lurk around every corner to threaten the citizens and visitors with awful, gruesome death. Just don't bleed on Mrs. Dotty's petunias!You can follow the Kickstarter for Serenity Springs at this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grinningportal/serenity-springs-campaign-setting-for-fantasy-ttrpgs?ref=7ob6pyIf you'd like to know more about Ryan's other projects you can check out his website: https://grinningportalgames.com/And you can follow Grinning Portal Games on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grinningportal.bsky.socialOur website: https://gocorral.com/stsWant to be on the show? Fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/U11TbxtAReHFKbiVAJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/p97dfEauFjSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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