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Statues come to life, exploring the city, but always keeping an eye on their old neighborhood.
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Caldera is my new fantasy setting for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. Two million people are packed into a city of street levels stacked on top each other like pancakes. Why? Because the leaders figured out that the emotional and creative energy of people living close together creates magic. This is an article about the rock beneath the city ( Read more... )

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It's not 100% official yet, but I have a fantastic job. I'll post details once they're final. Now that I've gotten business out of the way, I can get back to fun.

So two notes. First, I moved my Caldera stuff over to Obsidian Portal (if you like Caldera, please vote for it!). Second, I wrote up the mura (ratling) race for 4E.
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Saw this article in Kobold Quarterly: Inspiring Terrains: Alleyways. It's perfect for Caldera.

I hadn't planned on posting today. I had a tough day lay-off) and spent my time doing other, more important things. However, as I peeked over some of the Bloodsand Arena material that previews the Wizards of the Coast's Dark Sun setting, I thought about life and death in Caldera ( Read more... )

Nothing too exciting today, setting-wise. Finishing up castes with the lowest of Caldera's four casts: Servilla.

Caste Servilla: Workers & Farmers


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I took a shot at creating a couple notable people you might bump into on the crowded streets of Caldera. I borrow from mearls's excellent Stat Blocks for Roleplaying article for describing these NPCs.

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I've rewritten the introduction to my article on Caldera's Magic. Thank you to Raven and Joshua for speaking up when something smelled. ;)

Most of the article remains the same, so I won't repeat it all here. You can read the full article on my wiki.
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