Sadroston

Sadroston was created by the Olympians when they moved to Cimmeria. Sadroston was imbued with special power by the gods, making Sadroston into a powerful magical beacon, but one of indeterminate race and gender. The five races of the Conclave, human, elf, halfling, dwarf, and orc, all claim Sadroston as one of their own. Different groups have different traditions for whether Sadroston was a man or woman. Archeologists have studied for centuries and remain unsure. Whoever Sadroston was, they were powerful.

Sadroston led the Conclave of Cimmeria to war against the goblins that originally inhabited Cimmeria. They were the sorcerer who defeated the Phoenix god of the Goblins. Sadroston guided the different leaders of the Conclave to work together to achieve this goal. Sadroston wished to ensure that the people of Cimmeria would be safe and secure after the passing of their great hero.

Sadroston had children and cared deeply for them. King Aeëtes manipulated this love by arranging for one of Sadroston’s children to be in Colchis during a blood moon. As the red moon rose, Hades brought his forces up from the Underworld to secure the soul of Aeëtes. Sadroston’s child would’ve been caught in the crossfire if Sadroston hadn’t rushed to their aid. Sadroston obliterated the army of Hades. With their family safe, Sadroston swore that they and their family would never return to Colchis or lift a finger to help Aeëtes again.

After the events at Colchis, Sadroston withdrew from public life to spend more time with their children and grandchildren. Sadly the Conclave declined without Sadroston’s guiding hands. Sadroston enjoyed their retirement and died at a physical age of around 200 years. They were taken at an extremely late age or quite early, depending on which Conclave race tells the story.

Sadroston’s passing opened the door for new threats to the people of Cimmeria. While their body was still warm, the dragons of Cimmeria planned to attack and conquer everything south of the Terror Mountains. The death of the first Cimmerian hero heralded a century of domination by the evil dragons.

I’m Isaac

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.

Setting the Stage Podcast

86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. 86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen)
  2. 85 – Medical Doctor D&D (Justin and Oops! All Healers!)
  3. 84 – Horseback Riding D&D Camp (Michael and SaddleSnaps)
  4. 83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting)
  5. 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes)