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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 8 – Atti and Blades in the DarkI talked with Atti about the Blades in the Dark system and setting produced by Evil Hat Productions. Blades is set in a gothic, steampunk ci ty centuries after an apocalypse closes the gates to the afterlife. Without a way to their eternal rest, ghosts wander a world where the…
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Continue reading →: Wizards of the Coast OGL DebacleWizards of the Coast had a leak recently about some changes they were planning to the Open Gaming License (OGL) for D&D. For those who don’t know the OGL allows other companies and individuals to produce content and sell it using the rules for D&D. Without the OGL, the vibrant…
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Continue reading →: The Dragon Hegemons: Red and BlueRed: Invernix and Sartoria Invernix and Sartoria were a mated pair with Invernix as husband and Sartoria as wife. They ruled in the Northern Terror Mountains around Horror Peak. Invernix was slightly stronger and took a more active role in managing the red dragon realm. He even got involved in…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: PanPan is the son of Hermes and Dryope, a dryad. He has a body just like a satyr. He invented the syrinx while chasing a nymph named Syrinx who disappeared into the reeds. He loved the reeds as well, so he made an instrument out of them named for the…
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Continue reading →: The Dragon Hegemons: IntroductionThe dragon hegemons were ten pairs of powerful dragons, all the direct descendants of the divine monsters, Echidna and Titan. Each pair had a different relationship and a different color. In the early years of Cimmeria the dragons feared Sadroston’s power, but after the great hero died, they felt free…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: HeraHera is daughter of Cronos and Rhea, the wife of Zeus, and the queen of Olympus. She is often trying to prevent Zeus from cheating on her or getting revenge on the women he does cheat with. Due to her husband’s constant infidelities she is often angry. Hera presides over…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 7 – Unaz and ZiernaUnaz tells us about his campaign world Zierna, a traditional continent based fantasy world. In recent history Zierna was attacked by elemental archons which conquered vast swaths of territory. Thousands of humanoid refugees have taken shelter from the fire archon in the dwarven realms where they are safe. Unaz has…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: JingoDuke Jingo was the majordomo of Nomingburg for nearly one hundred years. He pacified the civil strife that ruled the city after Tracy’s second death during the Draco-Gith War. Unfortunately, Jingo could not live forever. Near the end of his life he was assassinated by the Second Alliance Exiles as…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: AthenaAthena is the daughter of the Titan, Metis, and Zeus. After Athena’s conception a prophecy was made that Metis’s son would be greater than his father. To avoid the birth of one who could overthrow him as he had overthrown his own father, Zeus had to do something. Acting without…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: ChirrigarChirrigar was a fire giant and the Great Lump, the dictator of Dorrowsan. He created the ice city using a piece of quartz and a magic scepter from a dragon’s hoard. Chirrigar used the scepter to control the people of Dorrowsan, but he never had a particular aim for this…





