Whitewood Forest

The Whitewood Forest lies in the southwest of Cimmeria. While many coniferous trees grow within the forest, the main variety are deciduous white birch trees. The white birch bark peels off in thin layers that provide writing material for the people of Xoria. The verdant ecosystem supports a number of berry bushes and small animals such as squirrels, rabbits, porcupines, and birds. Deer reside in the forest as well as a variety of magical creatures.

Whitewood Forest was once home to King Croshan and his elven kingdom, but the majority of them fled into the Underdark to become Dark Elves at the start of the draconic occupation. The elves that remained still refused to bow to the dragons. They went deep into hiding for the century of dragon tyranny. During the occupation Whitewood Elves maintained little of their original refined culture, becoming more like the beasts of the forest to survive. Today they are more willing to interact with outsiders than other elves, but have lost the renowned craftsmen reputation present in other elven communities. Whitewood Elves collect the bounty of the forest to trade for textiles and metal objects.

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

83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Hem tells us about their actual play campaign, The Sprouting. Within the world of The Sprouting, Earth's history diverged during the 1800s when an eldritch horror was summoned into our reality. The horror lay in wait for centuries, building up a secret army of plant monsters. In 2020, the plant monsters struck, ruining infrastructure and attacking population centers across the world. One hundred years have passed and our heroes learn that the next stage of the plant apocalypse has begun…We also discussed some of the difficulties and pleasures of actual play podcasts and how the RPG community varies internationally (Hem is in Iceland).If you want to try listening to The Sprouting its available on all major podcast platforms. You can learn more on The Sprouting's website.For other shows produced by Hem check out Blighthouse Studio's website.Hem mentioned The Lucky Die actual play show of theirs several times which used D&D 5e.And the broader network of Fable and Folly has their website too.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stageon Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. 83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting)
  2. 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes)
  3. 81 – Biopunk 2287 RPG (Seiya and Synesthesia Synthetica)
  4. 80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara)
  5. 79 – Dragon Age Degenerates (Zoe from Degenerates with Dice)