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 readingCategory Archives: Carpe Blogiem
Carpe 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 […]
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 reading