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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…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: AntapikeGeneral Antapike was a prominent commander serving the Xorian King Demotinira. There were no great wars during Antapike’s tenure as a Xorian general, but he was greatly involved in politics. During the succession crisis that followed Demotinira’s death Antapike falsely executed Princess Tarigananata. In truth, he escaped with her to…
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Continue reading →: Characters of Cimmeria: HephaestusHephaestus is the son of Hera. She attempted to make a child on her own after Zeus gave birth to Athena with no apparent mother. The result was the ugly Hephaestus. His appearance was so repulsive that Zeus immediately cast the infant down from Olympus. When Hephaestus hit the ground…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 4 – Rikh and SkyfRikh’s campaign world is called Skyf. It is an Alderson disk, a type of megastructure built around a star. The star sits in the center of the disk and bounces up and down to create a day and night cycle. The powerful Majisters created Skyf as a home for thousands…





