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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Githyanki Part 4Relations with Other Races Githyanki have poor relationships with all other races. To a githyanki, another species is a means for entertainment and nothing else. They rarely interact with other races outside of demanding something. Those githyanki that form more equitable bonds are likely to leave githyanki society and become…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 67 – John and Blittle League BlaseballJohn tells us about his actual play show, Blittle League Blaseball! The show is based on the now passed internet phenomenon, Blaseball. In Blaseball, baseball teams play against each other while using magical and technological powers. Their furious battles satisfy the Elder Ones and prolong the time before the Antediluvians…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Githyanki Part 3
Subraces There are two subraces of githyanki, those that are loyal to the Lich-queen and those that are not. Loyal githyanki are the overwhelming majority and referred to as githyanki. Dissidents are known as githzerai. Githyanki: Githyanki serve the Lich-queen and live in the Astral Plane. They raid other dimensions…
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Continue reading →: Laser Eye Surgery?If I ever found a genie in a bottle one of my selfish personal wishes would be to have perfect eyesight. I hate wearing glasses. And the genie is the best way for me to fix that. Maybe I’d wish for world peace or to end world hunger before perfect…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Githyanki Part 2
History The origin of the githyanki race is lost to time. They existed within a mortal realm at one point, but moved to the Astral Plane. Were they escaping a threat? Or had they consumed all resources in their home plane and moved on to find greener pastures? Whatever their…
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Continue reading →: Plan for Cimmeria NovelI’ve been thinking about writing a novel set in Cimmeria for a while. I’ve always wanted to write something set in the campaign world, but it took me a while to land on the idea. The basics is to cover the story of Blendegad, Galandir, and Tereman that I outlined…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 66 – KC and LiaraKC Broadhead is a certified life coach who uses D&D and other TTRPGs as a motivational force for his clients, mostly young men and boys. He meets with each person weekly to check on their goals for self improvement. Based on their progress each client is rewarded some building points…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Githyanki Part 1
Physical Description Githyanki are humanoid creatures from outside the normal reality of Cimmeria and Earth. They are tall and thin, often standing more than six feet tall, but rarely weighing more than 200 pounds. They have yellow skin with brown patterned markings that are distinct for each individual. Their skin…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Dragons Part 4Location Dragons are spread throughout Cimmeria and the world beyond. The different varieties of dragons can be found in different habitats based on their elemental type. Fire and ice dragons prefer mountains. Acid dragons prefer swamps and forests. Lightning dragons prefer the desert. Non-elemental dragons prefer plains and hills. Wherever…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 65 – Al and the BackroomsAl from the Point of Insanity Game Studio and Podcast is here to talk about a couple of different things! We started off by discussing the Dark Sun campaign setting, which was a post-apocalyptic campaign setting released for D&D in 1991. Next was the changes in D&D over the editions/years.…
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Susannah tells us about her world, the Dragon Knight Universe! She's written books and published two podcasts set in the universe. It's an alternate history of Earth where magic and monsters are real, but hidden from most people behind a veil of secrecy. To fight the monsters, witches created the Dragon Knights, a group of people with magical powers similar to those of dragons. The Dragon Knights succeeded and the world is mostly safe now, but new threats are always lurking around the edges of reality.The Thornvale and Felhaven podcasts are available on all your favorite podcasts. You can learn more about them on the Thornvale Podcast website.And the book published for the Dragon Knight Universe, Deep Hollow, is available on Amazon.The Actual Playce Discord Server is a great place to discuss actual plays as a fan and as a creator.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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