Ok. Here’s Part III. I’ll be talking about the ascendance of the succubi, the Blood Sin, the First Night War, the fall of the succubi, and the coming of the vampires. Succubi (oh, my!) When Lilith was forced to disband her army of followers much of her temporal power was lost as well. She’d carefully […]
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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting History IV
Ok. Here’s Part IV. I’ll be talking about the ascendance of Camelot, its fall, the Venatori, and lots of other little things that in turn lead to the rise of the Conclave amid the birth of a new nation – The United States of America. The Ascendance and Fall of Camelot After Arthur drew the […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting History II
In the second part of the series. In this I’ll be discussing the the creation of the Fae and the after effects of the Tower of Babel being disassembled (no dissemble!). After The Tower Fell Instead of Lilith slinking back into whatever hole she crawled from she decided to stick around. It was then that […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting History I
Whew, this is going to be a long post so I decided to break it up into three parts. This is the first one. In this I’ll be discussing the literal creation of the universe (in Ceteri), the first Fall, the Nephilim, the Garden of Eden – all the good juicy stuff. So let’s get […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting Assumptions
Whenever I build a campaign setting the first thing I do is figure out what assumptions I’ll be using. I typically assume one “major” assumption (sometimes two) that forms the backbone of the campaign and then several linking assumptions that help bring it together. Since I am using real-world religions I’ll try to be as careful […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – November 2018
Authorial Highlights My Pyramid article “Merlin’s Magnificent Menagerie” was published in Pyramid #3/120: Travels and Tribulations. I sent back comments on that short GURPS item along with a bit more material. That’s done. I hope. My non-GURPS project stalled got some headway and there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. And none to […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Introduction
After doing a bit of crowdsourcing to find out if people would interested in a (mostly) brief overview of my modern day secret magic/urban fantasy campaign the Chronicles of Ceteri I’ve decided to do just that. So first, here’s what my session recap page has to say (I’ve reprinted it here because it’s short and […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – October 2018
Authorial Highlights My Pyramid article “The Fifth Attribute” was published in Pyramid #3/120: Alternate GURPS V. I wrote, revised, and submitted my short GURPS item with its shorter deadline. That’s done. My non-GURPS project stalled while I sort some stuff out behind the scenes. I ended up having to toss about 1200 words of material out after […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Call for Players for Chronicles of Ceteri
I’ve got an open spot in my current GURPS campaign for my Sunday group (C-Team). The game will be nominally from 2pm EST to 6pm EST. I’m looking for someone who can reliably be there, is friendly, and can do a bit of roleplaying. System mastery is a plus, but not required. If you’re interested, email me. So […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – August 2018
August was measurably better then almost all of the preceding months of 2018. My writing output wasn’t where I wanted. I average about 3,000 words of creative content per day and take the weekend off to decompress and lately it’s been around 1,500 words and no days off because I’m trying to catch up. Here’s […]
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