Cinders of the Cataclysm
Die Hard meets Blade Runner meets Fifth Element meets Fallout/Wasteland. Cinders of the Cataclysm is a science fantasy cyberpunk adventure in a dystopian, postapocalyptic world where the only surviving civilisation is in one megacity. And this time you play the action hero!
They say that the gods used to watch over us and the world was a peaceful and prosperous place. They say it used to be green and full of life, until we turned our backs on the gods and "embraced the Shadow", whatever that means. The Cataclysm scorched and scarred our world. In one gigantic, apocalyptic event everything we knew was turned into a barren, toxic wasteland. In the blink of an eye, there were suddenly no more nations, varying cultures or languages. All of it, wiped out in searing fire.
On top of the shitpile that is this world is Fusion City, the single surviving spec of civilization. A monument to our greatness as a civilization. It's a trash heap full of opportunistic, greedy people clawing their way to the top of the food chain just so they can stomp on others.
I say it's fucking bullshit. There are no gods and if there ever were, they abandoned us. So fuck 'em! I'm just trying to survive and fight against the tide to make the world a better place for everyone.
Cinders of the Cataclysm [CotC] seamlessly blends "action hero" with "slice of life". Your character is a larger than life hero, but in the grand scheme of things, they're still a person. Common sense and a solid amount of careful planning is necessary to survive this neon dystopia!
This Worldanvil site is the RPG codex for the CotC setting. Here-in you will find a plethora of characters, factions and plots. This is your one go-to location for all things Cinders of the Cataclysm. You want to deep-dive into this strange world filled with mystery, intrigue and horror? This is your place!
Where to start?
Cinders of the Cataclysm is a massive setting with rich lore that one can get lost in for hours on end, so let's not faff about but get you started immediately! Click the button below to get immersed!
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Health and life
I don't really have much to complain about, to be honest. I am tired. Exhaustion is a thing and I'm still living through it. Overall, I'm doing way better than a year ago, but it's still much of an uphill battle.
CD10
This system has reached "finished" in terms of design. I still need to devote some time to read through the thing and update texts that might be out of date, and I need to write the guides for porting settings as well as the Keeper guides on how to run games.
A fair few of those guides have already been written, but there's still a few to go.
The Foundry module is still being updated for V10, and I'm making decent progress.
For supporters, there is now a progress list with what is left to do before CD10 is considered 1.0 Retail. You can find it here in the Progress Report
C2D10
This system works really well and in spite of minor changes here and there, based on playtests, we're having a ton of fun, and the system is flexible enough to handle everything the players throw at it.
Foundry
Haven't had time to work on the CD10 module during November, but several updates have been made to C2D10. The updates are available on my github.
Settings
Uh...nothing? Didn't have neither time, nor energy, for worldbuilding this months. Sorry :(
Celenia now has a unified place to access all the things with the url: www.celenia.se. It leads to the primary setting of Cinders of the Cataclysm, but the navbar can take you anywhere within the Celenia universe!
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