Waaaaay back when, on April 13th, 1996, Iquander posted a list of
possible upcoming articles in OJ, as well as a list of possible
topics and articles, which I've expanded slightly -- and which
are open to anyone who wants to take one and run with it.
Obviously, this list is only a starting point.
Suggested Articles
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FEATURES:
The Underdark of the Flanaess, an Underview.
Dwarves & Dwarfhalls of the Flanaess.
Gnomes of the Flanaess
Sea Elves of the Azure
Irongate: History and Details.
The Spindrift Isles.
Saints in Greyhawk.
Dra-Mur-Shou--City of Illithids.
Shadows of the Depths: The Duergar
Shamans in Greyhawk.
Chronomancy
The Myth of Vatun.
Tzunk and Yagrax--Who Were They?
The Fading Lands
Hierophants Return
Secrets of the Scarlet Sign
Races of Oerth (grunge, beastmen, tasloi, thri-kreen,
half-selkies, and more...)
WITH BOCCOB'S BLESSING
Artifacts of the Baklunish Empire/Suel Imperium/Oeridian
clans/Flan tribes
DYVERS, CITY OF ADVENTURE:
Demi-humans in Dyvers.
Leaving the Oerth Behind: The Spelljamming Guild of Dyvers.
Virtually Any and Everything Else (shops, guilds, NPCs, items,
locations, adventure hooks, "unique" monsters, etc)
THE GOOD OERTH:
Hepmonaland.
The Dry Steppes.
The Sea of Dust
The Plains of the Paynims.
Land of Black Ice.
North of the Land of Black Ice.
Solnor Ocean
"Hyperboria", aka Hyborre
"Zindia"
Being a treatise on the said orders, with prestige classes for 3.5 and kits for 2nd Ed. OAD&D could use a special restriction-less dual classing for Fighters/Rangers/Paladins to incorporate the knightly orders(or each could be presented as an actual class, where a character starts as a squire/groom and progresses through the ranks of the order- ie. level titles). The Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom have already been covered. How about the Knights of the Hart or the belled cavalry of Furyondy, Nyrond, Keoland, and the remaining Knights of Holy Shielding, just to name a few?
"Monastaries of the Flaness"
Being a teatise on the head monastaries and monks of the various cultures. Stats for the various monks would center more on cultural differences, as the monks of deities from the same culture would have many similarities. Thus, the simple solution is to create templates for each of the four cultures: Flan, Oeridian, Baklunish, Seuloise. The Scarlet Brotherhood monk could serve as the basis for Seul monks. I'd prefer 3.5 stats, but OAD&D or 2e would be fine as well(and easy to convvert over in any event). Each culture has at least a single deity that exemplifies the monkish traditions to a greater or lesser degree.
Those are the two I'd like to see the most. I'd also be willing to help out on the project. Just PM me if you want help, for any format/edition.
Suggested Articles
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FEATURES:
The Underdark of the Flanaess, an Underview.
I have ebeen desperately trying to find something like this. The only thing I've come across is Dragon #298. Is there any available resource that features this? I'm looking for something beyond just Drow. I'd like to see a resource that has more information about the Underdark itself, but for the Greyhawk setting.
Amaril, the 2e box set Night Below is basically Greyhawk content written by Carl Sargent without the official GH logo. It's an extended underdark game without drow playing a large role, and may be what you're looking for.... _________________ Allan Grohe<br />https://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.html<br />https://grodog.blogspot.com/
Is that order related to the County of Urnst? I didn't find mention of it in Urnst's LGG entry but think of no other likely site for such an order of knighthood -- based mostly on Urnst's heraldry.
Not sure where all else they're written about, but the Knights of the Swan are mentioned on the County of Urnst LG site. So in answer to your question, yes.
Pardon the dumb question but are you the same Nellisir from the AOL discussion boards of the mid-90s? If so, do you keep up with any of the old guys (QSamantha, Aria 13, Chaos28, Oeridian, Iquander, etc.)?
-OldGuardX
(I just joined today - someone apparently is using "OldGuard" already...)
I was working on an article about Tzunk, Yagrax and the Isles of Woe, for possible submssion to the OJ. However, as discussed in my recent, this is changing rapidly in LG. What are your thoughts on this and should I continue with such an article.
hey there OldGuardX, Nellisir is indeed the same fellow as on the old AOL boards. As you probably know, Iquander is the current Editor of Dungeon magazine. I've not seen mention of the others for quite a while.
Pardon the dumb question but are you the same Nellisir from the AOL discussion boards of the mid-90s? If so, do you keep up with any of the old guys (QSamantha, Aria 13, Chaos28, Oeridian, Iquander, etc.)?
That's the second time in a month someone's called me old (it would be the first, but I obviously don't check these forums this often).
Yes, and essentially no. Nothing outside of running into people at the GT chats on Thursday nights, alas.
Cheers
Nell
(Actually, I keep in touch with Rlarue -- we met via the GH boards and I played in a campaign he ran for a few years, but he wasn't extremely active on the boards)
I was working on an article about Tzunk, Yagrax and the Isles of Woe, for possible submssion to the OJ. However, as discussed in my recent, this is changing rapidly in LG. What are your thoughts on this and should I continue with such an article.
Anced - You might be better off discussing this with the current editor (I'm just an Old Editor, which means I wander around and make all sorts of vague promises and don't follow up), but that said, write it.
The OJ is traditionally edition-blind and canon-blind -- YOUR version of Tzunk, Yagrax, and the Isles are as valid as Iquander's (or even Gygax's, though I may be burned in the Pale for that). I don't know what the LG is up to now, but who cares? If your idea wasn't more interesting than theirs, you wouldn't be interested in writing it.
That's the second time in a month someone's called me old (it would be the first, but I obviously don't check these forums this often).
Yes, and essentially no. Nothing outside of running into people at the GT chats on Thursday nights, alas.
Cheers
Nell
(Actually, I keep in touch with Rlarue -- we met via the GH boards and I played in a campaign he ran for a few years, but he wasn't extremely active on the boards)
I remember RLarue. Good poster but I never met him.
The times changed quickly, once WoG came back from the dead. Around 2000-2001, I dropped out altogether... I recently Googled some of my old posts and nothing came back. Sigh.... Still, those were fun times!
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The times changed quickly, once WoG came back from the dead. Around 2000-2001, I dropped out altogether... I recently Googled some of my old posts and nothing came back. 
Sigh.... Still, those were fun times!