{"id":2313,"date":"2013-03-18T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2013-03-17T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T19:17:26","slug":"celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtos &#8211; Immortal Rulers of the Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?attachment_id=2310\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/sidhe1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sidhe1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2310\" alt=\"sidhe1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sidhe are superior fighters, their serpent reflexes and superior bows making them good hand-to-hand fighters and archers. They also have superb cavalry mounts in the form of drakes, which are faster and more ferocious than most other races. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?attachment_id=2311\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2311\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/sidhe2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sidhe2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2-300x148.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2311\" alt=\"sidhe2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe2-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most dangerous elements of the Sidhe are the sorcerers, ancient beings so steeped in elemental magic that the oldest have assumed terrifying serpent forms, combining potent magic with raw, primal ferocity.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?attachment_id=2312\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/sidhe3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,254\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sidhe3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3-300x119.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2312\" alt=\"sidhe3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sidhe3-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sidhe in Celtos are actually four different factions. Each representing an elemental power. Players choosing the Sidhe will have to decide which of those elements suits their playing style. Thunder and Lightning, Ice, Earth and Stone or Eternal Fire will each have different elite warrior types to compliment the Sidhe rank and file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sidhe are superior fighters, their serpent reflexes and superior bows making them good hand-to-hand fighters and archers. They also have superb cavalry mounts in the form of drakes, which are faster and more ferocious than most other races. Perhaps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/celtos-immortal-rulers-of-the-elements\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celtos"],"views":2725,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-Bj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2136,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/02\/celtos-playtesting\/","url_meta":{"origin":2313,"position":0},"title":"Celtos Playtesting","author":"Tony","date":"February 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Saturday saw the first playtest of the new Celtos rules by anyone outside the four of us involved in developing the game. 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