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So I finally got around to picking up the new 5e core books today — thankfully I had about $100 in store credit at my local shop. Originally I had considered foregoing it, but since I've made 5e homeb ...

I've thought about writing up a "warforged" that would have been a member of the human-turned-construct aristocracy of the "City of the Gods," somehow thawed out of the Sea of Black Ice; granted, they ...

I chose Bissel as the homeland of my favorite 3e character, a pureblooded Suloise sorceress named Quintessa of House Neheli, but that was mainly because of LIVING GREYHAWK™ being that I'm from New Eng ...

Not necessarily "canon," but I've a Suel sorceress with a cubic gate keyed to Aerth (Dangerous Journeys version), Earth (City Beyond the Gate version), Oerth, Uerth (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhaw ...

Regarding Gygax's initial comments about Uerth, I'm wondering if it's not just opposite Oerth in terms of alignment (and possibly geography), but also (at least nearly) magic? I can't help but imagine ...

If I may add two of my own, I attempted to make Ghosts of Saltmarsh faction banners for the Loyalists and the Traditionalists, in the style of the FORGOTTEN REALMS' banners:

https://www.schadenfreu ...

I'm 37 and, likewise, got my start with GREYHAWK simply because I started with 3.5e and it was the default setting, making it easier to get into; it also helped that, at the time, I had a custom chara ...

I taught myself a little bit of German to represent the "Keolandish" tongue — mainly 'cause my last character was an Oktoberfest-inspired folk hero cleric of Wenta Razz

— and while I haven't been k ...

There's also the half-drow, Shensen Tesseril, and the drow, Viirdran Daraqor, from The Shackled City Adventure Path.

"15th century" seems just fine if we also take into full plate armor and spyglasses, no? Honestly I've been growing more accustomed to seeing worlds like Oerth and Toril as being less "Medieval" and m ...

On a similar note, I appreciate that Age of Worms contains the Crimson Octych of Maure Castle… which also saddens me because that particular quest will likely never be complete!

(I recall the Deep ...

As a bit of a followup I was just looking through the LIVING GREYHAWK™ Gazetteer and then at Anna's maps and… I guess I wasn't too far off with my "Keolandish '=' German" comparison since in the Pomar ...

I've been giving this some thought myself, but mainly in reference to languages — and still with the understanding that not everything can or will fit on a 1:1 basis.

For example, since my group us ...

On a related note, the Dangerous Journeys sourcebook, Epic of Ærth, lists a "Keoghtom's board & pieces" among the magickal devices owned by King Malcome IX of Caledonia. Being that Aerth and Oerth ...

I haven't adventured in the Amedio since playing through (most of) the Shackled City Adventure Path, although I've occasionally thought about making a 3e update to 1e's All That Glitters… to tie in to ...

Well, you have the Glossography for the Guide to the WORLD OF GREYHAWK™ Compiled by Pluffet Smedger, the Elder, of the Royal University at Relmord, CY 998, in whose time "magic was not a lost art, but ...

A thought occurred to me: Ærth is meant to be a more magical, medieval alternate-Earth c.1000 years ago, and I recall that there was a fear of Oerth's magic gradually fading…

What if Yarth is a fut ...

DUNGEON #107 has an article about Evard and his big, black tentacles…

(Also the artwork for him reminds me of Alucard from Hellsing.)

Here's an alternate link to that Yarth map (since that link was asking me to download it as an attachment):

Sagard books:

cubic gate that links to Ærth, Earth, Oerth, Uerth, and Yarth.

I recall 3e's DMG II had a section about Saltmarsh as an example on how a DM can generate a town.

(I used its map and the Ghost of Saltmarsh map to determine which buildings weren't already being u ...

Yeah, CGI animated… although it came out in the mid-90's so, naturally, it doesn't hold up so well. Razz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQcu6VbYI7g

Now I'm reminded of Transformers: Beastwars which took place on an ancient Earth with two moons — the second being a super weapon in case the "alien experiment" that was Earth went awry.

My current group's been playing Ghosts of Saltmarsh and my character, a NG cleric of Wenta, is the only one who hasn't bought anything from them — granted, I'm also the only one in the group at all fa ...

My group's not very familiar with GREYHAWK, so the closest to an intentional injection of humor is my cleric character, Kóri Brewster, worshiping Wenta and looking as if she belongs in Oktoberfest.

I've got a copy of Epic of Ærth and have always wanted to run a game set in it, so a connection there would be interesting.

Admittedly a lot of my basis was on the theory that a mortal St. Cuthbert ...

Is there a canon origin to St. Cuthbert? I tried backdating a potential origin date based on the deathdate of the real St. Cuthbert, 687 AD, and the dates given in City Beyond the Date*, which gives m ...

Well, at the moment I'm a player to a referee who's fairly indifferent to lore, but I attempted to help out my group by putting together a "Player's Guide to Saltmarsh" with information from Ghosts… a ...

I've got a document titled "Wheels Within Wheels," but it was detailing information regarding the Circle of Eight.

If not for Ghosts of Saltmarsh, which appears to take place in the 570s CY, I'd de ...

From what I recall of Sagard the map from the first book is very "Ratik-like" (and it is mentioned by name), except that the western portions are all underwater — almost as if the strip of land presen ...

From Hepmonaland you also have:
Etlani (hybrid of Olman and Touv, spoken within Cuhuetla)
Rasol (Ancient Suloise with Olman admixture)
Ralat (pidgin of Olman, Rasol, and Touv)
Tlaman (yuan-ti lang ...

While I've heard of The Black Moon Chronicles and it's placement on Oerth, admittedly all I know about Western Oerik is the "Sundered Empire" lore from the 3e-era of Chainmail…

…which reminds me I ...

My local group has been playing through Ghosts of Saltmarsh sporadically since late June, so I spent a good chunk of the summer writing out a Ghosts of Saltmarsh as well as the human, demihuman, and h ...

-I've seen people say that (it's on of JRR Tolkien's assumptions, IIRC), but I don't see why why 18th Century tech' would have to kill off the elves, or even magic. Magic would still be handy to have ...

I tend to see the Suel as a mixture of the real life Aryan peoples and what the Nazis thought the Aryan people were like (of course that opinion's colored by the Scarlet Brotherhood's existence).

Lately I've been trying to learn a few German words and phrases to spice up my Keolandish-speaking, dirndl-wearing, 5e cleric of Wenta, Kóri Brewster. Razz

It's moments like this that I wish I wasn't such a stickler for "canon." Razz

I've been helping my referee out with Ghosts of Saltmarsh — including making a "Player's Guide to Saltmarsh" that includ ...

So it's a bit of a stretch, but it seems Volo's Guide to Monsters have demoted Raxivort of the Xvarts from "lesser deity" to "demigod" status — granted, we already have Iuz taking up the Chaotic Evil ...

I've typically seen them referred to simply as "wizard-clerics" or "sorcerer-priests," although I've taken a liking to "holy magi" or (from a 3e mechanical perspective) "mystic theurges."

I'm just ...

See, this is why I've grown more comfortable looking at Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms as more "early Renaissance" than "medieval." Makes some of the anachronisms a lot less jarring. You know… like ...

I suppose I'm not surprised? I recall hearing ages ago that they wanted to reboot the WORLD OF GREYHAWK® back to 576 CY, and as an ardent fan of 3e… I'm honestly not against that.

Hell, when contem ...

Any idea of when this adventure takes place? Whenever I need to cross the WORLD OF GREYHAWK® with the FORGOTTEN REALMS®, I typically use an "X+784 CY = Y DR" formula (taken from "Legacies of the Suel ...

…I feel like taking a page out of Calvin and Hobbes and creating a "Zagygball."

Is there any other source besides the LIVING GREYHAWK™ Gazetteer that talks about Vatun NOT being worshiped by the Suel Imperium? It seems the Thillonrian barbarians are the only ones paying him any m ...

For one character of mine I renamed "Mage of the Arcane Order" to "Guildmage of Greyhawk" using the "chained demigod" explanation for the Guild's spellpool…

…with said "demigod" being Dorgha Torgu ...

I was permitted to reflavor the "Mage of the Arcane Order" to "Guildmage of Greyhawk," tying it in to the Guild of Wizardry (also helps that one of the Spellpool explanations involved binding a demigo ...

I've considered making an update for UK6 All That Glitters… that would tie it in to the Shackled City Adventure Path (since I recall Meyer's maps, at least, putting it within that same region of the A ...

The reversal of this thought came to mind recently; I had contemplated adding Fortubo, the former Suel-turned-Dwarven deity to the general Dwarven pantheon that could be used throughout the FORGOTTEN ...

So Iuz is "[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_(2001_film)]the One?"

That's honestly why the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is my favorite setting book (at least of the ones I own) since it's, like, 99% lore — making it easy for me to base any edition's campaign on.

I re ...

…actually I'm now reminded of a cubic gate I wrote up that allowed access to Aerth, Earth, Oerth, Uerth, and Yarth, with its sixth-side "shattered and inoperable" — the idea being that the sixth-side ...

Poor Sagard…

I like the idea of Dorgha Torgu if for no other reason than because I combined the "Mage of the Arcane Order" prestige class with Greyhawk's Guild of Wizardry (akin to the FORGOTTEN REALMS'S "Guildwiz ...

This reminds me of my (small) attempt at making a Flanaess calendar:

was the "Day of the Great Signing?" I know it was in Harvester, 584CY, but I don't recall ever hearing what day it was held—if I ...

I'll be honest, at this point I'm just excited for anything GREYHAWK related; plus I'm a sucker for anything involving lore.

…I just have to wonder when/if we'll get anything DRAGONLANCE or EBERRON ...

Would it be fair to re-purpose crossbow related feats for use with firearms?

I suppose I have an easier time excepting firearms in settings that have a very late Medieval/early Renaissance feel to ...

I'm a simple man so I tend to imagine Slerotin and the other Mages of Power as pure-blooded Suel, although I wouldn't preclude them from being influenced by outside sources; The Shackled City Adventur ...

I've thought about this at times myself, though admittedly I tend to give Common a later date of creation—basically I imagine it coming about as a result of the early, pre-Overking Aerdian civilizatio ...

Admittedly I always liked to imagine that the mysterious white material was less like natural sand and more like powdered glass (to explain the need for wearing a wet cloth over one's mouth and nose), ...

It might be a more appropriate adventure than at first realized; I hope I'm not stepping on any historical toes (and I appreciate being corrected), but my impression of the Suel—based on history, appe ...

I was under the impression that the "Zeai" were an offshoot of the Thillronian barbarians, but it's been awhile since I read up on 'em; so going down Rasgon's list we should have:
01 Neheli (Neheli-A ...

Shame on me for not joining Canonfire! ages ago; well, better late than never, I suppose. Smile

I got into WORLD OF GREYHAWK® due to 3e using it as the default—kind of a cheap excuse, but being ...