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Continue reading →: Cimmerian Timeline Part 40
Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 39 533BCE: King Shardamar became King of Gazeara. 531BCE: A vicious group of thieves moved into Gazeara. Burglaries, robberies, and murders sky-rocketed. The town guard were unable to apprehend the criminals. 530BCE: King Shardamar worked with the wizards of Greshen Dale to install scrying dweomers throughout…
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Continue reading →: Ten Candles RPG
My friends and I were planning a twenty year reunion for our group last year, but it got delayed due to COVID. Once we were all vaccinated we rescheduled our twenty year reunion to be a twenty-one year reunion! Not all of us could make it, but we got together,…
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Continue reading →: Cimmerian Timeline Part 39
Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 38 This entry covers the events of Blendegad, Galandir, and Tereman prior to their first engagement with the githyanki in Shalerton. 967BCE: Galandir was born to elven parents in Valor’s Forest. 880BCE: The human settlements around Valor’s Forest suffered a number of monster attacks. They petitioned…
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Continue reading →: Early Kingdoms Done, What Next?
With the style change done and the Early Kingdoms period mostly completed for my D&D blogging, what’s next? There’s 300 years of history to cover between the Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali and the current campaign year. While it might make sense to just start from Kruk-Ma-Kali’s death and work towards ~400BCE,…
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Continue reading →: Style Change
I’ve been mulling over a writing style change to the D&D section of the blog that I’ve decided to implement. The capitalization of different races in D&D is a little strange. Normally you wouldn’t capitalize a word like “elf,” but what do elves speak in D&D? They speak Elvish and…
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Continue reading →: Cimmerian Timeline Part 38
Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 37 Here’s the story of Kruk-Ma-Kali condensed into timeline entries! As well as the conclusion to Shortrastor’s royal line. Of course more happens to Kharad-khor after Kruk-Ma-Kali’s death, but that will be covered another time. 722BCE: Kona-Ranor gave birth to Kruk-Ma-Kali. 710BCE: Kruk-Ma-Kali’s psionic powers emerged.…
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Continue reading →: Cimmerian Timeline Part 37
Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 36 In working on Kruk-Ma-Kali’s story I realized I hadn’t filled in the gaps for Shortrastor. Kruk-Ma-Kali provided the end of her life. I felt I’d already touched on her life in other ways that a full narrative post wasn’t really needed to finish out her…
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Continue reading →: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 13Previous: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 12 Kruk-Ma-Kali’s tomb was eventually found and raided by the Second Alliance. The Alliance members sought Kharad-khor, having heard rumors of its magical power to win battles. The traps and creatures of the tomb were defeated by Tagenadi, Torin, Amalius, Aldarian, and Terroc. At…
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Continue reading →: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 12Previous: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 11 Kruk-Ma-Kali’s assassination and his “last will and testament” led to immediate infighting amongst his generals. They were unified by Kruk-Ma-Kali’s hidden telepathic influence. As that power disappeared, those who used to be friends became bitter enemies. The generals occupying Bradel Fields and Jipangu…
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Continue reading →: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 11Previous: The Days of Kruk-Ma-Kali Part 10 Kruk-Ma-Kali’s return to Trung Town was met by month long celebration. Captive slaves fought in mock battles to reenact the army’s victories. The food of Eastern Cimmeria was freely available to all. Kruk-Ma-Kali dispersed a purse of silver to every goblinoid that came…





