Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Supernatural Beings III

Today’s post is going to be about spirits, the restless dead, and faeries. Spirits Spirits or “inbetweeners” comprise of things like ghosts (the psychic/spiritual remains of a dead being, typically humans), tulpas (thought forms), poltergeists (animate psychic energy), and similiar beings. All spirits live in the ethereal plane aka Between. Some groups are broken up […]

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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Supernatural Beings II

Today’s post is about the werewolves, vampires, and succubi of the Ceteri setting. These monsters make up part of the “core” of civilized supernatural beings and can be found in most cities or towns. The Forsaken One of the largest and most organized groups of nonhumans, the Forsaken refers to vampires, werewolves, succubi, and nephilim that are […]

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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Supernatural Beings I

With the powers and history posts behind me it’s now time to talk about the supernatural creatures that reside within the campaign setting. First, this post will be broad strokes – assume that most supernatural creatures exist within the setting in some form or another. This post will concentrate on the important monsters that make […]

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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Extrinsic Magic Part I

The last of the paranormal powers posts for The Chronicles of Ceteri is extrinsic magic (it might take two or three entries to do). Extrinsic magic (called “gramarye”) is probably the most common form of magic in the Chronicles setting. It can be understand by anyone willing to learn and meet its harsh requirements. These casters […]

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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Intrinsic Magic

In The Chronicles of Ceteri magic is broken up into two forms: extrinsic magic and intrinsic magic. Extrinsic magic is essentially ritual path magic, while intrinsic magic (often called “rote magic”) encompasses everything else. This includes racial magical powers, chi skills, imbuements, logos (magical words of power), and wyrdling aptitudes (the ability to perform a specific […]

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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Geotrinsic Phenomena

Geotrinsic phenomena includes any paranormal effect not caused by humans, but rather the environment or reality itself. This includes ley lines, ley line nexuses, super nexuses, “dragon wells” (where raw magic comes from), astrological occultations, “places of power”, “Bad Places”, and other similiar phenomena. Three key ands important phenomena that are technically artificial is the […]

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