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Rhoga Jezeda – Goddess of the Eleventh Hour

From a young age children are taught to fear Rhoga Jezeda, lest she come in the night and eat them. But as the children grow into adults their fear does not fade. It is said that Rhoga Jezeda knows the time and circumstances of the death of every living thing. She is also called the Goddess of the Eleventh Hour, as it is believed that she can hold back and divert death or bring it swiftly down upon her victims before their proper time.

Istrilonius – God of the Long Game

Istrilonius is the patient far-seeing god of planning and strategy. He is slow to anger and slow to act. He takes stock of the situation at hand and considers all possible outcomes and futures before putting the first stages of a detailed plan into action. Istrilonius’ followers pride themselves on always being a few steps ahead of the game, and always having one or more contingency plans.

It is difficult to catch one of the Great Strategist’s followers off-guard. While they are not adept at reacting quickly to unexpected situations, the number of these they encounter are few, as they learn to expect the unexpected. They may be seen to react quickly, but in truth, this is simply the enacting of a plan they have prepared earlier.

Gahn’s Calendar

Crenmar uses the same calendar as many other nations of Gahn. It consists of 13 months of 28 days each, with weeks being 7 days long. Read on to find out more and download a copy of the calendar.

Coinage of Crenmar

This post is part of the City of Steel campaign setting. Feel free to drop everything from Crenmar into your game verbatim, use bits and pieces or just use it for inspiration. Use it and make it your own.


Crenmar mints its own coins, which are used in the city, all over the Sequesterd Sea region, and beyond. Crenmar’s currencies are as follows:

Fonts are gold pieces, bearing on one side the face of Clint Fontaine in profile, the first person to discover resources in Crenmar. On the other side is a depiction of Fontaine Hill, the first mining camp in the city. Fonts are accepted in most middle- or upper-class places in Crenmar, but stars are often preferred. One font is worth ten stars or one hundred picks.

Stars are silver pieces, bearing a five-pointed star on one side, representing Crenmar’s founding members. It is joked that these are the only stars one is ever likely to see in Crenmar, due to the smog blacking out the sky. On the other side of the silver piece is a depiction of the Crenmarian Mint. Stars are the standard unit of trade in Crenmar, and are more widely accepted than fonts. One star is worth ten picks.

Picks are copper pieces, pressed with an anvil on one side and a crossed pickaxe and hammer on the other, the symbol of the city of Crenmar.

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‘City of Steel’ Campaign Setting

This post is part of the City of Steel campaign setting. Feel free to use Crenmar in your own games.


Crenmar is a city of danger, wonder, greed and industry. The city is the leader in Storvia’s iron and steel mining and manufacture industries, as well as being very progressive in the field of clockwork, possessing its own mint and being home to one of Gahn’s largest banks. But like any large settlement, Crenmar has its unsavoury and criminal elements…

Riding the Wave – Roleplaying with Google Wave

Last week I ran my first online roleplaying session. It was my cousin’s idea to start it up, as we now live further apart and he was interested in playing in one of my games. Seeing as neither of us had done it before and my other players were locals, we decided to start a one-on-one game using Google Wave. We’ve only played one session, but it’s going really well. The topic of running a game on a wave has already been covered in excellent detail here, so I won’t rehash it. What I will do, is give a brief run-down of how our game went using the advice mentioned in the linked article and why I think you should give Google Wave a shot.

Swift – God of the Moment

Hearing and deftly catching an unexpected projectile, responding spontaneously with a perfect witty retort, making a split-second decision and running with it to success – these are all times when Swift is with us. God of the Moment, Swift favours those who live and act in the now, not fretting, second-guessing and missing opportunities due to hesitation. It is Swift’s followers who most often make literal leaps of faith.

Swift has a simple outlook and discourages over thinking. His followers espouse the belief that the simplest answer is often the correct one. His doctrine is not lengthy or rambling; it is to the point like all of his teachings. Known as The Only Rules, the doctrine of the God of the Moment says to ‘trust your gut’, ‘seize the moment’ and ‘live in the now’. He asks little more of his worshipers than to follow and live by these rules, thanking him with spontaneous gifts when doing so benefits them.

Tarsis – Goddess at the Gate

I’ve recently been thinking about threshold or liminal gods. It’s a strange concept to have an entire god – or several – dedicated to doorways. However, liminality also refers to being “between” places, times or states. I have created Tarsis – Goddess at the Gate – as an attempt to create a coherent threshold deity for use in roleplaying games. I’ve also included rules for using Tarsis with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and with Savage Worlds. If you find this article interesting, I suggest reading up about Hecate, who Tarsis is heavily based upon.

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