Authorial Highlights Work began in earnest on project SNO-51. No more dribs. No more drabs. I’ve set myself a work schedule and so far I’ve stuck to it. There have been difficult problems here and there, but I’mve averaging about a 1,000 words per day just on this alone. There are some things I’m […]
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Carpe Blogiem: Call for Players for Chronicles of Ceteri II
I’ve got a few open spot in my current GURPS campaign for my Sunday group (C-Team) and Monday group (B-Team. The game will be nominally from 2pm EST to 6pm EST (C-Team) or 7:30pm to 11:30pm (B-Team). I’m looking for folks who can reliably be there, is friendly, and can do a bit of roleplaying. System mastery […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting History V
Ok. Here’s Part V. I’ll be talking about the the 20th Century and its impact on the world of the ceteri. A Circle of Death Founded in the late 19th century, the Stygian Circle was created by the mysterious sorcerer Lanius. Not much is known about Lanius before he appeared the small hamlet of Vernichberg in Germany […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2018 – A Year In Review
Here are how things went for me in 2018: The Good (What I did well or that went well) I got contracted for a small item (which was published in GURPS Monster Hunters 6: Holy Hunters and in Pyramid #3/122: All Good Things). That was novel and very cool I was among the privileged few […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – December 2018
Authorial Highlights My Pyramid article “Chevaliers and Commanders” (originally titled Cavaliers and Commanders”) was published in Pyramid #3/122: All Good Things. My other Pyramid article “Native American Crusaders” was published in the same issue. This, along with the small box in GURPS Monster Hunters 6: Holy Hunters was part of my short contract I hinted […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Setting History III
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 […]
Continue readingCarpe 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 […]
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