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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 41 – Peter and Tales from Elsewhere (Clockworld)Peter tells us about Tales of Elsewhere, his own RPG system that he’s using for his campaign. Characters are made with a Culture (where they’re from), a Profession, and an Inciting Incident that sets them on their adventuring path. These different traits combine to decide your character’s skills which are…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Goblins Part 2History The goblins were the first people of Cimmeria. The great Phoenix burned across Cimmeria and out of the ashes came the goblins. They worshipped their creator and the other animal gods for centuries. After the Trojan War the Olympians came to Cimmeria with the races of the Conclave. The…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Goblins Part 1
Physical Description Goblins are small, wiry humanoids with pointy ears, sharp teeth, and a mischievous glint in their eyes. Their skin tone varies, but it tends to range from green to gray, and some even have a sickly yellow hue. Their faces are often adorned with warts and wrinkles, adding…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 40 – Kevin and Wing Women
This marks the first of a couple episodes where I got the chance to interview different people/groups nominated for one of the 2024 CRIT Awards. Kevin tells us about his campaign and actual play podcast, Wing Women. The campaign uses the Powered by the Apocalypse Night Witches rules system developed…
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Continue reading →: Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades RPG ReviewRighteous Blood Ruthless Blades (RBRB) tries to emulate the wuxia books and novels of the 1980’s. Wuxia is a subset of martial arts stories where the characters have progressed into supernatural abilities. Movies made by Ang Lee or Zhang Yimou are good examples of more modern wuxia films that worked…
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Continue reading →: D&D 3rd Edition Oriental Adventures RPG ReviewOriental Adventures was a supplement for 3rd edition D&D. It still requires the base game to play, but the book is much bigger than the other 3rd edition supplements. It was one of the most popular supplements. It had tons of new content for DMs and players. A lot of…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 39 – Jeph and Big Campaign
Jeph started playing D&D in school with a group of friends as most typically do. They played a couple different small campaigns, swapping between different DMs. One constant in their group was “Big Campaign,” the world that Jeph ran that everyone always came back. Jeph has run Big Campaign for…
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Continue reading →: Flying Swordsmen RPG ReviewFlying Swordsmen is the next RPG in my review hit list. The system is a derivative of D&D 3rd edition under the OGL. Just like other d20 systems you resolve most actions by rolling a d20 plus something to hit a target number. Everyone is a human and picks a…
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Continue reading →: Jury DutyI got my first jury summons this year! Which was funny for me because my wife has gotten a summons nearly ever year. She’s supposed to get the jury summons letters! Not me! The letter came with instructions for checking in on Thursday night before the scheduled reporting date on…
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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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