Tag: Cryptonia

The Critical Importance of a TTRPG Session Zero

The Critical Importance of a TTRPG Session Zero

I have often thought that writing a novel and planning a Tabletop RPG campaign aren’t all that different. Both start with the same process – gathering your characters and establishing your setting. I often spend several weeks before I begin the outlining process considering the major places my characters might encounter. And I try to …

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Freebie Mondays: Meet the Lost One

Freebie Mondays: Meet the Lost One

Not all who wander are lost… Every traveler knows to be wary when passing through Quequena, especially in winter. Though the forest grows thick and lush during the summer months, and rains fall gentle during spring and fall, snow makes the pathways treacherous. And when they fall into their long months of hibernation, the trees …

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Freebie Mondays: Meet the Dragon Lord of Magic

Freebie Mondays: Meet the Dragon Lord of Magic

Not all of the gods were born to the innermost circle… The Festival of Creation is a celebration held by the gods once every century in the depths of the celestial havens. Ostensibly, the purpose is to celebrate the anniversary of the Celestial Mother’s creation, which allowed life to flourish and bloom within the galaxy. …

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Freebie Mondays: Meet the Seed Matron

Freebie Mondays: Meet the Seed Matron

How does a Cryptonian goddess gain ascendency? Smoke billowed from the necks of beakers and liquid bubbled inside thin vials as Tauldar surveyed her latest set of handiwork. She checked the temperature dials of her instruments and made tiny adjustments, all while humming to herself. Here she sprinkled a small pinch of dust and there …

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Freebie Mondays: The End of Death

Freebie Mondays: The End of Death

This tragic tale relates the details of the Reaper’s Death according to the Celestial Mother… “Pardon my intrusion, great mother, but I have come to ask a pressing question.” Agos’s voice, though quiet, echoed through the Celestial Mother’s grand sanctum when he spoke. But his was not an unknown or unwelcome presence within this hallowed …

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Freebie Mondays: Meet the Reaper

Freebie Mondays: Meet the Reaper

In the beginning there was darkness. Until the Celestial Mother pricked her finger and bled light into the world. But still, the darkness remained. As life spread across the galaxy, infinite in its diversity and glorious in its resplendence, the celestial fabric of that early existence remained. Though suns may fill planetary skies by day, …

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