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I suppose it depends how vindictive you want the Marchioness to be. She could declare the lands of the two fugitives forfeit and offer a bounty for their death / arrest. That should make the PCs' live ...

3) How often do they meet (once per month seems logical, pun intended!)?

Key question here is do they travel to Mitrik / Veluna City by magic or do they walk / ride. If the latter then once a ...

Great work. Really brings the world and characters to life.

Welcome back to Greyhawk.

There are literally dozens of adventures set in or near the City of Greyhawk but my top two suggestions for a long campaign would be to either:

- Frame it around the ex ...

The adventure Pandemonium in the Veins in Dungeon 96 has arena maps and underground areas as I recall.

The City of Greyhawk Boxed Set (if you can track down a copy) has a variety of dishes referenced as I recall, including the roast stirge mentioned above. Worth checking out if you can.

Temple of El ...

Anna's online map covers the lands around the Sea of Dust but obviously only so much you can glean about culture etc. from a map (however magnificent):

http://ghmaps.net/onlinemap/onlinemapsuperhd. ...

So basically a caricature of Islam, with polytheism nominally a part of it.

This is how I read it and not something I would mess around with. If you're 100% sure your players can get on board with ...

On a train so no access to books but from memory, there is a high priest of Kord in Cauldron (Shackled City) and, I think, in Sasserine (Savage Tide) as well.

Pretty sure there is also a high pries ...

(the oft-criticised opening of Vecna Lives! being a case in point).

I've seen criticism of the fact that the Circle of Eight was brought back to life in subsequent supplements, but I don't recall ...

IMHO the issue with FR was never the number of high level NPCs (as per the 1987 boxed set and 1E products there were probably as many as GH) but rather how they were used and abused by TSR / WotC.

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From what I understand, female ligers are fertile, while male ligers are sterile. Crossbreeds of polar and grizzly bears are always fertile. Mules and hinnies are rarely fertile. It depends on how clo ...

Never really considered this in any detail but have had cross-breeds have offspring in my campaigns (generally half elves).

I have always followed a rule, though, that only two elf parents can prod ...

I too remember the earlier version though I don't recall playing it (not through any issues I just tended to focus on the various WW2 scenario mods available).

Will definitely take a look at your n ...

Pandemonium in the Veins in Dungeon 96 is set in and around an arena and includes gladiatorial combat. The Dragon issue for that month also highlighted arena combat as I recall.

Anyone else ever done anything this obvious? Smile

I couldn't do this. My OCD wouldn't let me.

Carrion Crawlers. Low level/HD but the paralysis can wreak havoc. I still fondly remember a pinned down party outside the ruined keep in the D&D Basic Red Box adventure discovering the carrion cra ...

Agreed. That's always been one of the great things about Greyhawk for me. You can literally use almost anything and find a place for it in the setting. My default position on published content has alw ...

I suppose it depends on the era you are playing in and the type of campaign you want to play. Nyrond is a great setting that should be ripe for any type of campaign from dungeon-crawling to political ...

I like it. Good work.

Almor is an area I have sadly neglected both in research and in play so seeing it being developed is always welcome. One of the things that always bugged me about the GH Wars ...

There was one published in Dungeon 200 (covering 1-200) and another published in Dungeon 221 (covering 201-221). Dungeon 221 is the last issue published. Both indexes identified GH adventures (and art ...

Opening up the possibility that Iuz and Vecna were mortal antagonist long before either ascended to godhood.

Wow. Now that's a possibility to conjure with. What if Kas served Iuz all along and betr ...

There is no guarantee the board game will be tied to the Realms too. It may just be an opportunity to throw Greyhawk folk a bone. The boardgames they do seem to be themed pieces anyhow, like the Raven ...

Not sure [url=http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/board-games/temple-elemental-evil]this bodes well for a 5E Greyhawk.

It's clearly set in the Sword Coast so shoe-horned into FR. Not goo ...

The only canon reference I could track down is in the unpublished but readily available Ivid the Undying (pp.74-75) in the entry on Darnakurian's Doom. This doesn't give much but seems to indicate the ...

I think, and wiser minds than I will correct me if I'm wrong here, the Temple was conceived as a big complex worshipping elemental evil (the archomentals or Princes of Elemental Evil) whose primary pu ...

The original Dragonlance ogres were called Irda so don't know if this is what you are thinking of:

http://www.dlnexus.com/fan/rules/11604.aspx

Don't recall anything GH canon or otherwise though. ...

Probably also worth mentioning that both the Shackled City and Savage Tide Adventure Paths in Dungeon are set in (or at least start in in the latter case) a southern colony established by the Sea Prin ...

The Earth Dragon worshiped by the Slave Lords might be associated with (or even another name for) Tiamat as well. Slavers presented the Earth Dragon as more of an elemental being or nature spirit, but ...

Red Hand of Doom has a fully mapped and populated Fane of Tiamat complete with cultists although as I recall most were hobgoblins.

This location was then updated for 4E in the first 4E Draconomicon ...

I'm inclined to ignore the Greyhawk Wars as one big conflict and have the individual conflicts play out, preferably with the Great Kingdom surviving in some form.

The evil decaying empire of Aerdy ...

Found it.

The adventure is Provincial Prior Cause in Dungeon 96. It appears to be set in Ratik in a region called Caledon(?) and is set just before events in The Bloody Eye (the Jozan novel I beli ...

Always meant to get these to see if there was more GH than the passing reference you mention below.

IIRC there was also a Dungeon adventure tied to the Jozan story but can't remember the title or i ...

There's a relatively recent (4E) adventure in Dungeon where the PCs play as pixies but I would have to check the reference.

Sure there is at least one older Dungeon adventure (a short one as I reca ...

I can visualise a cohesive church that honours several gods but the place of each of the many religions in society is something I struggle with.

A single church for the whole Flanaess?

Not nece ...

Thanks for the thoughts Rasgon.

As the previous thread I started that you link to above suggests, I still have issues with a variety of competing religions in a more gritty GH. I can visualise a co ...

Forgive (or not) the thread necro here but my thoughts have returned to this topic (mostly due to rewatching GOT before the new season comes out) and another issue I would want to address in GH is the ...

Armistice in Dungeon 84 is set in the Rakers close to the Pale so you could try to link that in.

Who used to collect these rare pieces of Greyhawk lore from the 90's? I decided to spotlight a few of MANY cards from this era.

I've got a complete boxed D&D Trading Card set from 1993. Nev ...

A couple of thoughts:

The Druid Guide leads the watch patrol that comes to the rescue despite her normal duties being leading patrols out into the hinterlands beyond Istivin. She was the only comma ...

I did and placed it in Western Sterich which is where Living Greyhawk placed it. Brindol becomes Mittleberg in Sterich and the rest of the adventure is set further west.

There is a map that rotate ...

Whilst not canonical, I think warforged can fit in GH although as others have said, they should be much rarer than in Eberron.

Rediscovered old magic works particularly well and Grey Mage's idea ha ...

So once the magazines go on hiatus, what's their plan for subscriptions? To me, the hiatus seems like the ideal time to grab a quick subscription (for a day/week/month/whatever the cheapest options a ...

Thanks for fixing the link Smillan. Had another though about this last night - if they are moving ToEE to FR as posted elsewhere, then will this be a more generic or FR adventure. Surely they can't mo ...

Just noticed this little titbit tucked away in the announcement of the last D&DN Playtest. Should be accessible to all [url=http://www.wizards.com/DND/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4news/20130920url]here

If you just want ideas for locations there are plenty of random generators on line (search random D&D dungeon generator and you should find plenty. In terms of books, you can't go wrong with Ultim ...

I read an article by Iquander titled Starting In Saltmarsh. It referenced a way to tie U1-3 and A1-4. It was a good read. I can not remember where I found the article. Maybe someone else can help ...

Good spot! Downloading now.

As I recall, the Darlene map is 1 hex to 30 miles.

What you describe as wanting is something like the Pathfinder Society of Golarion.

And we already have the Seekers for that Smile

Put me in the *meh* camp, although I'm with Ceb; if I were playing Next and they gave me a usable mega-adventure, either saving me from converting the 1e version or giving me an entirely new, usable a ...

Don't think he has but there is some background and some interesting ideas [url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3497&[//url]here

Not aware of a canon guild in Istivin but no reason why there should not be one.

Also worth noting that Lashton of Greyhill and Algorthas the Sage are both prominent or active in Istivin so you cou ...

That's terrible. I was pretty peeved when they dropped a whole bunch of GH classic dungeons onto the Empires of Nerath board game map but this takes the biscuit. Agree that this probably means GH is d ...

The other key difference for me is that GH is, at its roots a magical medieval setting whereas FR is the epitome, and perhaps the first example of a kitchen sink setting.

GH has kings, queens, nobl ...

However, I'd like to point out that Paizo-hawk did the job of expanding upon the World of Greyhawk in a manner that avoided all the negatives you listed above.

That's a good point, and some of t ...

Agreed that this is a great topic and can't argue with anything you've said, CruelSummerLord. I would argue, though, that the reasons for almost all of the differences you have highlighted come down t ...

...You don't have to use the word "and" in "one hundred and twenty three," and I believe that's actually frowned upon by mathematicians, but it's what I always do.

As an editor, I feel compelled to ...

I read Armitage's post differently, Cebrion. I read it as saying that 3.x edition tried to solve the 'golf club syndrome' problem of needing a dozen different weapons just in case you run into any o ...

This happened to a lot of monsters in the transition from 1E/2E to 3E and later including vampires along with IIRC demons, daemons, demodands, devils and other evil outsiders as well as constructs lik ...

Not sure about conflicts although the giant raids into Sterich in the Against the Giants series certainly foreshadow what is to come in the Wars.

Iuz is obviously a continuing menace in the north ...

I remember B6 The Veiled Society being pretty innovative when I read it although I never played it or ran it. You can get a PDF at the link below:

http://www.dndclassics.com/product/17102/B6-The-V ...

Dark Sun has half-dwarves (called Mul) which are set out as a distinct race. The race should have incarnations in 2E (Campaign Setting), 3.5E (in the Dragon / Dungeon adaptations I think) and 4E (Camp ...

In terms of GH adventures, it depends where your campaign is set. Age of Worms is set in GH by default so there are useful adventures in different settings. Suppose I should say the following contains ...

I agree with vestcoat, the guild and the temple would be very well connected in legal circles and would want to see the miscreant brought to justice. Even if there are no offences of impersonating a g ...

I've always intended to use a cross between Alfheim, which you've mentioned, and Kyonin from Golarion. It's my standard approach in Greyhawk where areas are poorly developed in canon and one of the th ...

Interested in views on where the latest PF AP could be set within Greyhawk. Initially thought Stonefist for the snow and ice but given the connection to Baba Yaga, could this be set in Perrenland some ...

Belated response but have not looked at the original. Have contemplated converting the 3.5E Expedition to Castle Ravenloft adventure but not got anywhere yet. There is a 4E Barovia adventure in Dungeo ...

This is a very good question which all of the above posters have answered well but for me, I think it is that GH, throughout its history has remained internally consistent even when different authors ...

I love this idea. It has certainly got me thinking, especially as I started looking at similar ideas for Sterich, particularly Mittleberg in the west (from Red Hand of Doom). The ruler of the city has ...

Welcome Kefrem!

My point of view on psionics (certainly in AD&D) is similar to those already expressed in that a random dice roll determined ability and frankly, a successful dice roll seriousl ...

You're not alone Lanthorn. I liked a lot of the individual elements of the wars as extrapolation of GH's history but what I disliked was lumping them all together into one great conflict. This smacked ...

My first GH group became rulers of Hommlet and nobles of the Viscounty of Verbobonc.

I also had a roguish PC once who gathered a mercenary army in the Free City of Greyhawk and then marched to Narw ...

This is a very clever system which, as you note, could apply to contacts for any character.

Suspect it could be modified relatively easily into a loyalty system for henchmen, followers or hirelings ...

I'd always thought the CoG boxed set date was 581CY but can't for the life of me remember where I got that from.

Given the presence of Iuz, Mordenkainen, Tenser, et. al. in Greyhawk, and their frequent use as plot instigators, devices, villains, and foils in canonical adventures and material, Greyhawk's claim to ...

Whilst I agree with those above who categorise Greyhawk as core D&D and Sword and Sorcery, I think that rightly or wrongly (and I think wrongly) Forgotten Realms has taken that niche from our favo ...

Here's my 2e plug...get your hands on the "Complete Guide to Thieves"
-Lanthorn

I'd second this. Regardless of edition, this is a brilliant sourcebook on thieves guilds and it even has a random g ...

My GH Boxed set is more two books, the maps (wherever they are??!) and some crushed cardboard that was once the box.

I'd buy a re-release.

Hi Maz. Welcome to Canonfire.

First question I would have is whether everyone at the table is having fun? From your post it sounds like you aren't at least and in that case you have an issue. If yo ...

We're currently running Skull and Shackles off the western coast of Hepmonaland. It works well there and makes for some interesting encounters between the Free Captains and ships from the Scarlet Bro ...

-Hmmm... This link seems to be dead, but this is what I downloaded from it a while ago wrt Marner ca. 591 (it's long. sorry):

http://ratik.rpga-apac.com/index.php

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Thanks, this is reall ...

-I DM Ratik scenarios (I have Quasqeton set in Kalmar Pass), and I down-lowded a lot of the Ratik/Bone March Living Greyhawk stuff, but I'm not familiar with those Paizo scenarios. But, FWIW, you ...

Not sure if this belongs here or in the Heresy forum but here goes...

I mentioned some time back, in a long forgotten thread that was doubtless about something else, some plans I had for setting Pa ...

He was a Keoland triad at one time in LG.
Hmm... I didn't know that. I guess that's a really good thing/
On the flip side though, WotC seem almost like it is trying to kill itself.

I'm not sur ...

The announcement of another "rebirth" of FR is disappointing but from the readouts I've seen (I'm on GMT/BST so watching it live on a work night was impossible) they are not going to solely support th ...

If you want a spark for your creativity, why not roll on the Character's Place of Birth table from the WoG Glossography and use that as the current location.

Of course, you then need to determine ...

Personally, I'd begin with a lot of emphasis on the different culture and for that I'd borrow shamelessly from published sources.

The OD&D Gazetteer - Great Khan of Ethengar has some good stuff ...

I agree the vision of Dyvers is particularly dark and would require some explaining in a setting that is otherwise canon but due to the mechanics of D&D (in any edition), we are naturally guided t ...

Brilliant! Have only started reading this but I love the idea!

Great find Rasgon.

Don't know about the books but there were articles in Dragon that gave a lot of useful background around the Chainmail warbands that related to Western Oerik.

It would take me a while to dig up the ...

Ok, this is a tricky one because I've spent much of my life hungering for new GH material that this colours my views of some modules.

Absolute favourite is probably the T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evi ...

It looks a lot like westen Oerth to me.

Yep. That pretty much matches the Empire of Lynn area in the Dragon Annual #1 map. Good spot finding this.

...I'd much rather see Greyhawk of course. I would also like to see the menagerie of Core deities removed altogether from the Core books. Come up with a stand-alone, generic set of Core gods if they ...

My one big complaint with 4e is that combat takes too long. We've got a limited amount of time to play each week, and it seems like many times we have to rush through the non-combat/story building par ...

I appreciate I am likely in the minority here as someone who has bought and enjoyed 4E as a simple to use system, particularly for encounter design. That said, there are things missing from it that I ...

I would assume that after the events of Rise of the Scarlet Tide in Dungeon #85 which is partly set in J'bhulgolboth, tales of the brave adventurers who (hopefully) returned from the city would leak o ...

I'm still not convinced that atheism needs to necessarily be as unlikely as some are stating here. The average village priest would be able to cast a handful of relatively minor spells which may or ma ...

The Sterich ones aside, I thought most of these referred to regional plots to be developed within the LG campaign although I have not done any checking of LG modules to back that assumption up.

Aren't the Seekers archaeologists, although they are more of the raid the tomb-steal the magic kind?

They are based in Urnst but have lodges all over the Western Flanaess including in Greyhawk itse ...