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Hey guys, I've been away for the best part of 7 months.

Is anything new happening on this front?

My sympathies too, Chaoticprime. Hang in there, mate.

For my part, I actually see the more long-lived races with ingrained cultural traditions having a stronger effect on the human cultures around them, rather than vice versa. I think that the dwarven an ...

Just read the rest of the thread. If you kicked off your game in Furyondy, the allied nation of Highfolk has a huge population of high elves too! You will find details of them in the Marklands supplem ...

I love talking about elves, so excuse me if this gets longwinded. Not to nitpick, but there aren't supposed to be any high elves from Celene. According to the both the original Gazetteer and the Livin ...

Being largely unfamiliar with Pathfinder, I couldn't say with any authority but I did have a quick look on the PathfinderWiki for some info on Korvosa. I would say you are on the money with the Great ...

I'm 33 and was introduced to Greyhawk when I was 9! I've played in most of the worlds but always come back to Greyhawk. Something has always struck me when talking to players more familiar with other ...

I don't really see Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun getting too interested in joining the Circle of Eight. He just has too many irons in the fires of Toril around that time. His namesake, Khelben "Ravensc ...

From the Living Greyhawk Journal #0, I always took it that Leomund was the plane-hopper. He retires in 574 CY to go wandering when Tenser joins, then Mordenkainen becomes the shadowy ninth member when ...

Hey guys, sorry if this has already been covered at some point.I'm looking for any magical sigils or heraldic crests used by members of the Circle of Eight, both old and new. I figure that coming acro ...

That's interesting, Rasgon. Whoever did the 3D map did indeed place the church of Trithereon where the 2D mapper placed the burned cathedral of Pelor. They also placed the church of Pelor where the ch ...

Oh, and can anybody give me some background on the ruined school of elemental magic? I wonder if they had any links to Furyondian Chamber of Four?

Again, cracker of a map.

Ta.

Damien.

That 3D map rocks! Who is responsible for that?? And how can I convince them to finish it in colour?

Happy

I love the look of the Viscount's castle. For some reason though I thought that mass ...

Thanks very much. Top clarification. I suppose Pentival will not eventually be making it into the hero-god ranks, since his soul has gone down the proverbial chute Bubba Hotep style Wink

Hey guys, I just had a quick read of this great adventure by Steven S. Greer and something very odd struck me. Part of the whole backstory for this adventure involves Saint Pentival of Pelor and I **** ...

Yeah, I understand what you mean about the entry being too long but I just gave it a second look and a fair amount of the material is worth using. Btw I did mention that the DMGII entry occurs after t ...

The 3.5 ed Dungeon Masters Guide II has a section detailing the city of Saltmarsh some years after the U series. It's full of npcs, most of whom would have been there at the time of the U series, has ...

Hey guys. I originally posted this in the main discussion section but it really belongs here I think.

Could anyone please tell me if any of the unique spells of the various priesthoods detailed in ...

I recommend you check out From the Ashes and the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. There used to be some great Living Greyhawk material but I think the link to it is dead, though I hope someone will follow ...

ditto. With qualifications.

Cool

Damien.

Apologies to all for only using a 3.5 perspective here. I'm using a 3.5 rule book and my earlier editions are about 800 km away unfortunately. Do 1st or 2nd edition shed any more light on the subject? ...

Hey guys, just curious if anyone has made extensive use of this tactic in your games? I've been trying to think of ways to make the various armies of the Flanaess look and fight a bit differently for ...

Thanks, mate!

Cracker of a link. Fields of Glory looks like an interesting game too...

Still looking for heraldry for the other Bandit Kingdoms though. Aurdraco? Could you possibly help here?
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Hey guys,
there has been some fantastic Bandit Kingdom info on Canonfire lately. It makes me curious as to where I might find some BK heraldry. I already know Rookroost but what about ...

Impressive. Most Impressive. Happy

I am so pleased that someone from the Living Greyhawk triads has done this! And so comprehensively at that. Thankyou so much!

I hope a few of the other folk ...

This is great! I hope a few more folks involved in the Living Greyhawk Campaign follow your example. It would have to be the first time I've seen an in depth account of how the various Bandit Kingdoms ...

Oh, and the Free City of Greyhawk of course! Embarassed

Yeah, Nyrond did not weather the war well. They lost too many men fighting indecisive battles with the Fists in Tenh at Ternsmay and again against the North Kingdom and Bone March in the Flinty Hills. ...

Hey guys, I'm just curious if any of you Keoland, Gran March, Ulek, Yeomanry and Celene enthusiasts would care to hazard how many troops each of those nations committed to the struggle against Iuz aft ...

Oh, and Welcome to Canonfire! Nice to have you aboard... Smile

Nice one.

Basically he started a World War and made some opportunistic land grabs....

If you google "history of the greyhawk wars" you should get a reasonable account (though what might best ...

I disagree with you there, Thanael. I think the difference between a blacksmith expert of 10th level and a rogue or bard of 10th level is quite simply the fact that even a bard or rogue who has reache ...

I'm pretty sure that the 0-level nobodies of earlier editions translate to professional classes in 3.5 ed. The vast majority of your cityfolk would be 1st level commoners, which translates pretty well ...

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the Zeai (Sea Barbarians) are still around? I recall reading about them in the Blackmoor entry for the Greyhawk gazeteer a while back but that is the first and la ...

I believe that there has been some traditional rivalry between the churches of Hieroneous in Furyondy and the Shield Lands. I think one might be called the Church of the Archpaladin and the other the ...

I'd like to extend my complements on that article, Rasgon. I've had enormous fun fleshing out the former Heartstone company members in my own Greyhawk Wars campaign. I've even placed the Shady Dragon ...

Thankyou, Icarus! You've summed up my intentions with the thread much better than I. Happy

Damien.

Thanks, Cebrion. I already noted Oteta's answer. I just think it is one of several plausible answers rather than a definitive one. AFAIK, the person in question is not explicitly either an agent of Te ...

Hey guys, cool idscussion. It's not that I'm not interested in the tangent that the Robilar/Bilarro authenticity storyline tangent engenders Wink

but I'm actually much more interested in what is goi ...

I was just browsing through my copy of Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk when I chanced upon an interesting passage regarding special encounters at the Green Dragon Inn.

A chill breeze teases the ...

Hey guys, I'm just curious if anyone has a nice picture of King Belvor? If so, would you be willing to point me in the right direction? As I have many, many NPC's running around as recurring character ...

Hmmm, fun, fun, fun! Much of my response is 3.5 ed but I'm sure you could tweak this for similar results no what edition you play.

First of all, I'd have the assassin be employed by a mastermind n ...

The way I've been doing it for a very long time is pretty standard, roll 4d6 for each stat, take the best 3 and generally things work out pretty good. When I adopted 3rd ed, I added in that the hero s ...

Crikey! I suppose I should thank my lucky stars that I've never been in that situation. 23 years of gaming and never anything remotely like it. I've had obnoxious players before but never a DM or grou ...

I just noted something from the new Oerth Journal #25. It has a bearing on this discussion so I thought it might be worth drawing your attention to it. The Obsidian Citadel sidebar on page 17 mentions ...

Hey guys, I'd like to add my congratulations for an excellent edition to the Oerth Journals. I especially enjoyed the updated Mordenkainen and the Ur-Flannae Amulet of Fortitude. In fact, I noted with ...

Well said, Jose. Ties everything together nicely.

Damien.

Thanks very much. I know that Lareth has made appearances in 4th ed, but apparently this was a 3.5 adventure that listed him as 15th or 20th level....

Ta.

Damien.

I had a high school ancient history teacher who made a comparison between the defences and tunnel works of Armengar in the Riftwar Saga with the Hittite capital of Hattusa (?). I think it was an attem ...

I recently heard that there was a mod or dungeon released online right before 4th ed. came out regarding an update of Lareth and what he is up to. Does anyone know anything about this? It was news to ...

Impressive... Most impressive. I second any attempts at earlier maps, particularly of the Occluded Empire.

Damien.

Most insightful. Thankyou all. I think for my campaign I would cautiously take a middle ground of saying that the Ur-Flan were a more settled, technologically and magically developed off-shoot caste o ...

Hello everyone. I know this topic must be an old and oft-explored one, but can somebody please point me towards some info on the Ur-flan. I've had a pretty good look around this site and come up near ...

I suppose if one allowed themselves to fret too much that that the Old One's assassin's were right around the next corner they might worry themsleves into an early grave... Smile

Does anyone hav ...

Anyone have any idea when Riggby was born? Judging from the picture of him in Expedition to the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk I would have put him in his late 70's at the time of his death in 598 (?) CY. S ...

My second campaign arc heavily involved "Cairn-raiding". The adventurers were all level 1-4, based out of Greyhawk City and seeking their fortunes. I used a lot of the old one-shot adventure cards fro ...

Although T1-4 is my favourite campaign, I actually like Against the Giants a bit more as a stand alone if for no other reason than Obmi turns up!

My favourite supplements are City of Greyhawk and F ...

Rachleach? Was that the ancient elf spirit possessing a druid in the City of Greyhawk Boxed Set? I always liked the idea, although I confess that the reason why was that it reminded me somewhat of the ...

Wow! This is exciting stuff! Smile

I tried to get ahold of some Furyondy information a couple of years ago, thinking the best I might be able to get was a timeline of events. One of the triad membe ...

In addition to basing my xp on role-playing rather than "challenges", I award my guys xp for making their own spells, and for researching formulae for magical items. I also award xp for my characters ...

At the risk of drawing ire for making a real world comparison, perhaps it could be a rough fantasy analogue for Greenland? Although I've never had cause to use them, it would be a great place to set s ...

I like to make common a bit rarer in the provincial towns and villages, and literacy too. I've had some great games with players trying to communicate with a farmer or two in western Furyondy who only ...

We'll have to agree to disagree there, Varthalon. Levelling in 3.5 is definitely a cause for celebration if the DM does his job properly. The highest level character I've had in 3.5 is 10th level afte ...

Rossik, a couple of suggestions for NPC interactions for your campaign...

I'd make heavy use of Otiluke for your mage npc particularly if it is going to be a long campaign. Get some real pathos goi ...

That's true. Grimmri Fischer from the Fellowship of the Torch was just over 400 when he copped it during the war in Furyondy. And for the record, according to his background he led a very full life of ...

Great topic! I have found that themes need to change as the game progresses in order to keep things fresh. Over the last 7 or 8 years of real time (8 years of Oerth time) my game has evolved from ligh ...

I'm not against plane-hopping within limits. I've had a few guys head to the Ethereal, Astral and Shadow Planes, Sigil and the Outlands but not actually between worlds. In my experience one game world ...

What a fantastic idea! I for one would love to see a rough delineation of the oeridian tribal lands before the conquests of the Great Kingdom. Has anyone looked into this in the past?

Ta.

Damien ...

Ok, this is a topic near and dear so I feel an urge to waffle! I do aplogise for digressing a little from the original topic...

Happy

For my part I too approve of elves being very long-lived. ...

Thanks very much indeeed! I clearly have some work to do before the game session tomorrow night! The plan is to have Chendl all but broken after a near 3 month siege by the forces of Iuz, with nasty l ...

Very informative thread. Actually, I quite like your idea that Eraj could be Yrag's son. IMHO Yrag should be considerably stronger than 12th level in spite of canon but I know that his levels have var ...

There was a good Living Greyhawk column written about Robilar and his lands. You can find it here. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20080109a

I think it may contradict Robert J. Kuntz t ...

Thanks very much! Exactly the sort of info that I am interested in! And quite different than what I expected to boot. I was expecting a small contingent of griffon cavalry and a large number of archer ...

I certainly agree that it fits too. The City of Greyhawk boxed set is set before The Adventure Begins so there isn't even a need to make it reconcile along your lines. There is also precedent for Yrag ...

Hey guys. I'm looking for as much information as I can find on the Obsidian Citadel and what forces Mordenkainen has at his disposal there. I am well acquainted with the information in the old boxed s ...

Thanks again. Not a bad 3.5 approximation for the original's powers, I think. The rod of beguiling certainly explains how a younger Rary might have managed to get past the first few minutes with the P ...

Thanks very much for the prompt reply! I'll be sure to update my entries with a 3.5 version as soon as possible.

Cheers.

Damien.

I'm in the process of doing my own Circle of Eight 3.5 conversions and, wherever possible, trying to remain true to the old text in the City of Greyhawk boxed set. This has necessitated recreating a ...

Just my 2 cents on the back and forth above. Like many people who frequent Canonfire, I grew up on 1st ed. and have witnessed the ups and downs of the whole thing over the years. With each new edition ...

At first I tended to concentrate on the River Quarter and the Old City myself simply because the city is so huge, characterful and well detailed. Once my PC's were comfortable there, I started giving ...

Does anyone know if any of the Circle of Eight other than Jallarzi have a familiar? I recall that Jallarzi has Edwina the pseudodragon, and a 3rd edition source might have listed some sort of construc ...

So can anyone get involved in the Greyhawk wiki or is it by invitation only?
I've never been involved with a wiki and I've noticed that there is plenty of people missing from the characters section. ...

I know that I'm coming into this one late but I'll throw my 2 cents in anyway. There are plenty of reasons given above about the artist's decision to make him a baldy but how about an "in-game" reason ...

I've actually never read or played Gargoyles. For the ones that I have read Child's Play bakes, takes and eats the cake by far...

As for Living Greyhawk mod summaries, bloody oath what a great idea ...

I particularly like the way that Sargent revisited many of the npc's from the City of Greyhawk boxed in From the Ashes. I think Sargent had a particular flair for investing personality in his characte ...

I'm with Bubbagump on this one. Most 3.5 campaigns have their house rules down at this point and if your home campaign is working already there is no sense in trying to reinvint the wheel.

Having ...

I agree that it could have been a formal ratification of an earlier accord, although I'm curious to know if it actually says in any supplement that the Day of the Great Signing was actually in Harvest ...

This is something that has been niggling at the back of my mind for some time so I thought I might gain some different perspectives. Does anybody have a timeline of the war that actually works? My own ...

I am in the habit of summarising my game sessions. It might be fun to do an article on the history of Boneheart. I just came across another candidate for a former member of the Lesser Boneheart tonigh ...

Thanks for the help with Ormuz and Patch, Cebrion. As I mentioned at the start of the thread I'm already using the "Gord's Greyhawk" site. What I was hoping for is a more in depth description and back ...

He may also have been working against the interests of the Scarlet Brotherhood in the Amedio. If you include the cities of Cauldron and Sasserine in the World of Greyhawk it appears that under the gui ...

Aurdraco, you mentioned that three of the Boneheart were slain at Chendl when Belvor broke the siege in autumn of 584.

Firstly, how did you arrive at autumn of 584? My own timeline of the war is fa ...

I was under the impression that none of the Circle of Eight were aware of his treachery until the Day of the Great Signing in Greyhawk. Bigby, Otiluke and Tenser were making one final round of checks ...

I've always taken that to be a picture of Artur and Maskalayne too. It makes sense that the Count of Crystalreach would try to deal with the "Tyrant of Grabford" (as I've called him in my game) person ...

Anyone care to speculate about what Tenser might have been doing during the Greyhaw Wars? I seem to recall that Bigby, Otto and Mordenkainen were quite active in Furyondy for at least part of the war. ...

My Greyhawk Wars campaign is at a pivotal stage and I'm looking for info on a few of the Boneheart that were slain by the end of the Wars (mainly so I can give my mid-to-high level characters a crack ...

I'll be running the battle in my home campaign in two weeks. I'd be happy to post a summary in this thread afterwards if it is appropriate. Can any of you worthies confirm the involvement of Patch? I ...

Just so. As far as the Bronze Band is concerned, I would argue that Incosee and his fellows earned their knighthoods in the protacted loss and then reclamation of the Shield Lands from the Horned Soci ...

In spite of what that article says, I believe that Lady Valdaresse Sharn had already bought the farm prior to the Great Northern Crusade. The "From the Ashes" boxed set claims that she was slain at Cr ...

Hi all. Can anyone tell me who where I can find any details about the Battle of Critwall Bridge? I also need to know who would likely have fought at the Battle of Critwall Bridge, troop numbers etc. I ...