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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: HadesHades is the son of Cronus and Rhea and one of their five children who was swallowed at birth. After the Titanomachy Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades divided the realm up. The land would be for everyone and they played dice for the sky, the sea, and the Underworld. Hades got…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 6 – Lloyd and KalgradLloyd tells us about his ten player campaign in Kalgrad. The PCs started off by taking on Lord Farquad after encountering Shrek. The campaign stakes ballooned into the the PCs vying to protect the fate of magic itself. Lloyd also talked with me about how to steal the good parts…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: AnajakazeQueen Anajakaze of the Amazons led her people to their greatest heights in Cimmerian history. Born of an Amazon and Zeus, she was raised in secret until one of the many wars between Xoria and Dradelden brook out. Anajakaze became queen and ended that war by marrying King Jevaninada. The…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: HermesHermes is the son of Maia and Zeus. He is the god of exchange, commerce, thieving, messages, shepherds, cowherds, orators, travel, and athletics. His sacred animal is the lamb. He invented most sports the Cimmerians compete in and the lyre. He escorts the dead to their afterlife. He has a…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: TarigananataPrincess Tarigananata was the heir to the throne of Xoria, but her ascension was ruined by her younger brother, Prince Jevaninada I. Jevaninada convinced the rest of the court that Tarigananta was possessed by a demon and she fled Xoria. Tarigananata worked with General Antapike to reclaim her kingdom during…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: DemeterDemeter is the daughter of Cronos and Rhea. She is the Olympian of the soil. She makes all things grow in the spring and summer, but she gets depressed when her daughter Persephone goes to Hades. During Demeter’s sadness few plants grow. The months get harder and become winter. When…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 5 – Darrell and Jungle JingleDarrell’s campaign is named Jungle Jingle. Darrell’s campaign is a more open “bottom-up” world where the adventures and surrounds are built as the players explore. The players are journeying through a jungle towards a distant objective, but the campaign is really more about the journey than the destination. Darrell has…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: SherlockSherlock is a wizard that lives in a magical tower close to Harbinston. His quest for ultimate power drove him to find the tower, which now grants him the power he wished for. Unfortunately, his life is now tied to the tower. He is unable to leave and must occasionally…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: DionysusDinonysus had a special birth. Zeus and Persephone had a son named Zagreus. Hera hated him as she hated most of Zeus’s children and she released some Titans to go kill him. They caught up to the infant and ate him. Zeus came down from Olympus and threw the Titans…
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Continue reading →: Making the Setting the Stage IconThe idea for the Setting the Stage name came from a pun on campaign settings and that also being a word for setting up a stage in theater, just like campaign settings are the stage for a D&D campaign. The icon has a further pun with setting a plate. And…





