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I'm somewhat inspired by CAS's Ubbo Sathla, and also by Harn's Ilvir and his Invashu creations. I don't know that I'd use a god, per se, although a foul avatar of Beltar breeding monsters in the DeepO ...

I absolutely love that that last picture! It reminds me of the Humungous from Mad Max II :)
I'll second the sentiment that its been a long time since I've seen BW art that's this crisp and smooth. ...

Another note. I think it’s interesting how the mechanics of the game can affect an implied cultural relationship. I think it’s implied that the demihumans of BCMI D&D have a very homogenous cult ...

...One thing I've always found strange about things like Oriental Adventures is that they seem more inclined to try and recreate an authentic cultural experience, discarding the trappings of the game ...

I don't know if there is an earlier source, but it is definitely mentioned in Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk.

[edit] whoops, I was a little slow on the draw :)

There was a big movement during the TSR days to link together all of their game worlds into one sort of 'multi-verse'. It was strongest in the 90's but you can see it as early as Murlynd's adventures ...

I started as a player with 1st ed., but didn't really get serious about D&D until High School when I ran TOEE converted to 2nd. edition (and it basically took all of high school to finish). By th ...

Cosmology changes are annoying, but they don't necessarily have to break a setting. Counter to my gut feeling, sometimes no explanation for the changes is the best thing.
As Saracenus pointed out, l ...

These swords are great, thanks for sharing. I especially like your inclusion of the current owners - nice touch!
There are a couple of things that I noticed while reading that I think can be improve ...

Ah Spellfire, brings back some good memories of high school, trying to get Strahd's card.
From what info. I could gather, Thorvid's card did have the Greyhawk label attached to it. However, the Sp ...

Wow, I'm really surprised that this many people found Thrommel. I mean, I knew some campaigns would, but it isn't what I would call easy. Maybe my players and I are just slow, but the first time I e ...

I've never used the affiliations option from PHB II in my campaign but I have used the prestige class, Mage of the Arcane Order from the Complete Arcane to represent members of the Greyhawk Mages guil ...

...by using the rules for (I'm gonna burn in hell for this one) a warforged.

Sorry this is off-topic, but I'm, glad to see that I'm not the only one who likes Warforged. None of my players chose t ...

To tell you the truth in the 2nd and 3rd ed. games I've DMed I've never seen a link between the speed of level progression, character growth, and/or meaningful interaction with the game world.
The xp ...

That's true, I forgot the Barbarians and the SB were already there. I wonder what the Brotherhood's grand plan would be if the Imperium still existed? Maybe they would see the Imperium as corrupt an ...

If they were somehow able to avert the Twin Cataclysms then I definitely see a cold war situation with both sides fortifying the border between their nations. Tensions would be very high, both the Su ...

I'm running a next generation Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil set in CY 594. The campaign is just two years old in real time which accounts for only about seven months of game time.

I chose ...

I used psionics quite a bit during second edition and included them in my long running Temple of Elemental Evil Campaign. In the Complete Psionics Handbook they state that psionics were taught to the ...

Dude, this is awesome. I love how each of the cultists is dressed in a different era's interpretation of the cult - nice touch! Mordy does seem to get more sinister with each edition... Laughing

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I can see what you guys are saying, and this opinion obviously isn't popular... but to me, a world without these villains is not Greyhawk. Tharizdun, Iuz, and Vecna are used so much because they are ...

I've always loved the Illithids as evil overlords, and Giants make good pawns for them since they generally have low Will saves. The only hitch you might find is that given the Giants' high CR you'll ...

Yes, Fighting Fantasy!

I remember the old D&D paperbacks but aside from the artwork they really didn't do anything for me (I did have a puzzle set though that was the cover that had that elf sn ...

I liked this article, but I'm a big fan of everything Tharizdun. It could be criticized for name dropping, but I thought it did a good job of tying into the (sometimes disconnected) history of materi ...

The funny thing is that most of the FR underdark stuff was inspired by the classic Vault of the Drow adventure. If you have it, that adventure as well as Descent into the Depths of the Earth are all ...

That sounds very interesting. I picked up Return when it came out and never got a chance to play it, although I've always wanted to. The coolest part about updating it for 3.5 is incorperating all t ...

Yeah, the Far Realm was created by Bruce Cordell in The Gates of Firestorm Peak at the end of 2nd edition. It was made a part of the core cosmology from the very begining of 3.0 with its inclusion in ...

Wow. Rasgon, that's some impressive research! I just thought I'd tack on a couple of thoughts.

It doesn't quite jive with the tanar'ri origins in Faces of Evil, but the Fiendish Codex, as well as ...

Thanks for the maps Rasgon, they really help put the ancient civilizations into context. Vecna, Ahlissa, and the ancient Flan are always being hinted about and alluded to, but its hard to conc ...

Worldwide D&D day is great, its the one day a year when my players let me take a break from DMing and I get to be a player. Plus you get all sorts of cool free minis (which was a good ploy, I nev ...

I am very excited for this product. Having never had the chance to play or DM in the great dungeon in previous editions (just never happened for some reason) I am looking forward for my chance. I pa ...

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Wow! That Bliddoolpoolp statue is awesome! Gives me inspiration to start working on my model of Imix for the conclusion of the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (I'm sure I still have at least ...

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Hellow fellow Hawkers, I'm not sure where everyone lives here, but if anyone is from southern Ontario (or are visiting Toronto at the begining of July) you might be interested in checking out a play t ...

I hope it's going to be based on the article by Fred Weining in Dragon #298 (and its sequel in Dragon #300). That was a very good, serious look at the setting.

I agree, the vault articles were amaz ...

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I am indded planning to run RTTOEE. I would like the PC children to be the children of the Heroes that sacked the Temple.

Cool! I am currently doing the exact same thing and we are o ...

Here is a link to an interview with EGG where he answers many questions concerning Tharizdun:
http://web.archive.org/web/20021224010520/www.greyhawk-codex.com/codex/greyhawk/religion/tharizdunq.htm
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This isn't Greyhawk specific, but issue 340 of Dragon is all about astrology, so if your player is looking for things for their character (spells, feats, ideas) its a great resource. It covers the in ...

The Shadar-Kai (from Fiend Folio) might be cool to use if you want to utilize Vormaerin's fey idea but really like the dark aspects of the Drow. There's a really good 'ecology of...' article on them ...

How have peoplr handled the 'aswering' ability handled in 3.5? I was thinking of giving wielders an attack of opportunity (possibly combined with True Strike?) against any one opponent who has hit th ...

That's true about the northern crusade, but all I needed to know was a good sampling of Iuz's forces (the relative mixture of which races and classes). Pre-crusade material for the area is fine since ...

Perfect, thats exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

I'm starting a campaign soon that begins on the northern border of Furyondy (but won't be there for long). I want to start it off with an encounter with a raiding party from Iuz. The LGG doesn't rea ...

4E in 2008 - soon or distant - YMMV. To me, its just around the corner.

Am I completely out of the loop? Where is everyone getting this 4th edition in 2008? Is this just an educated guess, or ...

And when I saw that the strand that spoke of the Blood War passed through the lower planes and then directly through the heart of mankind, I truly knew fear."

According to the old 2E boxset Hell ...

Well the Book of Aberrations is out and an accompanying article by Bruce Cordell in Dragon. He wrote Gates of Firestorm Peak which is among my favorites not implicitly set in GH. Has anyone else used ...