Search found 92 matches

I admit I don't like the low magic aspect you mentioned though. Monty Haul magic campaigns aren't good either, but I love at least a medium level of magic items and powers, especially from NPC enemie ...

No, really.

http://self.gutenberg.org/article/WHEBN0000046925/Greyhawk

Maybe I'm confused but I thought the Gutenberg project was all about publishing material that had entered the public domain ...

I know there's a history of them being written up as sorcerers and that there's use of the word in their descriptions and some legitimacy to the claim because of their obsession with bloodlines, but o ...

I want to run a prequel one-shot to set up some basis for why Saltmarsh is special. The idea I had centres around Iuz or Iggwilv somehow being responsible for the cursed siren that makes the township ...

What conflicts would I have to reconcile from published material if I were to start a GoS campaign in 570 CY? I can see the arguments for 576 CY but this felt a bit too late for me.

Could there be a connection to Malhel?

"The tales also recount how the vile House Malhel fled toward the Dreadwood and was consumed by its own evil after trying to summon up powers of the earth in ...

And/or anything about the elemental cult that incited its creation or about King Skotti's demesne in the Dreadwood and if there are any connections to these incidents.

For reference, the only menti ...

As I'm reading through the module in preperation to run it, one annoying thing has surfaced about it. The 'riddles' and clues and poems that Acererak leaves around the place are left unexplained.

I ...

Bah, forget about it. I worked it out that you have to increase it 958.49% which makes the resolution of it crap.

Better off just creating the whole thing in World Works.

I'm going to be running the Tomb of Horrors 3.5 ed update for a bunch of players and have had the idea of going to kinkos with the PDF and getting them to scale it onto larger paper so that I can use ...

Another thing to add to each description would be their allegiences. That seems to play a big role. Loyal swords, loyal wizards, etc. Disloyal ones and who they prefer or spy for, etc.

It'd be nice ...

I agree with what has been said. I haven't read any books in this series, but I am a fan of realistic and gritty fiction- historical, fantasy, sci-fi, or horror. Looks like I'll have to check out th ...

I currently, as of the time of this post, have the top post in four forums. That means I rule the forums. Anyone who would like to depose me, must simply post more often :D

If you've read any books in the Song of Ice and Fire series, you'll know that they go quite deeply into human nature and don't shy away from the horrible realities.

For instance, fourteen year old ...

Congradulations Delglath !!
You spolied my Gloating Spell.
Great work however.
I have to admit that your work was very close to #1 on my list.
Keep posting !!!
Close? CLOSE?!

When the zombi ...

Anyway, a BIG Kudos to Greyson for all the Hard Work and Time he puts into articles here! woot woot!

And since we get overlooked so often, let's thank me, Abysslin and Montand, as well as the handf ...

Delglath glares menacingly at Dethand as he waits for his Fast Healing to fix all the holes...

If this text were any smaller, you'd bump your head on the screen trying to read it.

It's plainly obvious to anyone with a modicum of sense or understanding of the inner 'clique' of Canonfire Staff members.

I won by such a landslide majority, that no matter how they counted the bal ...

There were flames?

Eh, whatever.

Here's the link for the nomination details:

http://www.enworld.org/index.php?page=ennies05

Nomination takes little more than someone suggesting it and it being accepted by the judges.

The simple fact of the matter, is that no-one ever suggests CF, or any of the other ones like Dragonsfoo ...

go Drax!
I have invented a new version of the endless death, especially for him.

Yes, I have long-term plans to restore the Great Kingdom. For your interest in the Great Kingdom and its resurrection, I shall raise you as a free-willed undead instead of a zombie.

I think retakin ...

all Canon and no play makes Duicarthan, something something...
A drow mime?

Why should we be worried about competing for their recognition?
An equally valid point, that also happens to counter that, is: why not?

Well, CF missed the boat again for a nomination in the 'Best Fan Site' category of the ENnies.

Although I hate to admit it, the ENnies are THE RPG award these days. Gencon has hooked up with them e ...

Why do GH fans find canon discussion so damned fascinating? Seriously?

I mean, if you're discussing a creative work that is to see professional print, then canon matters. Otherwise, who gives a cha ...

Can you vote for yourself?

'cause if I'm going to vote for five articles, then naturally I'm going to put myself at #1

So are entrants disqualified from voting?

And giving us less than a week ...

The voting method needs to be FAR more accessible than this.

I suggest starting a new thread or editing the first post of this thread to take the person straight to the information. Most people don ...

Hmph. Inaccurate as always. Why can't you 'sages' keep up?

Just for your information, I have THREE artifacts in my posession.

I did, after all, create the Talisman of Ultimate Evil, after journe ...

I have a module I'd like to develop that is centred on Rinloru.

As a precursor to that, I've worked on a smaller module to see if I can do it.

The problem is that I don't have a PC, and the NWN ...

Check this out:

http://paizo.com/dungeon/products/issues/livingGreyhawkJournal

I've been telling Erik he should do that for ages!

Of course, my suggestion was also to make it as a compiled PD ...

Y'all seem to be overlooking the fact that Gygax changes what he says from interview to interview and nothing he says can be considered the truth because of it.

Man, in the fivish years since I 'discovered' Greyhawk and became a fan, I've seen this exact thread FIVE BILLION TIMES.

Which means either that there are a LOT of new Greyhawkers who are repeating ...

Buckets of blasphemy!

I didn't know they had a printing indjustry in Rinloru anymore!

Hmmmm, the skin from all those zombies must be useful afterall....
Yeah, and they make a great production l ...

I just noticed the other day in the Amazon side-bar that Living Greyhawk Gazetteers were being sold for $4.99 USD!

They're considered 'used' but they're actually only marked with a publishers mark* ...

I was excited to get on to a GH server after finally getting the game but was grossly disappointed in the experience once connected.

Your attempts to force players into 'realistic' options, not to ...

I've pinned down the reason why I can't maintain a job and it's because I hate everybody.

Seriously, you all give me the shits. I don't want to know you, I don't want to talk to you, I don't want t ...

In fact the more I look at the Flan the less uniquely Celtic aspects I see with the exception of the druidic faith the basis of which is similar to native american nature reverance anyways.
Err, no.. ...

The Baron of Kalinstren. His daughter took over. That bastard Iquander killed him off and never told no-one!

Carl Sargent can tell you, on page 64 of Iuz the Evil, where it is called the "Tomb of Tzunk's Hands."

--Erik
Heh, so by renaming it the "Tomb of Yagrax", is that an intentional slight against Mr. ...

Baklunish is obviously middle-eastern languages and the further west you go, the more asian the influence becomes (mongols/tiger nomads, etc.).

As was discussed aons ago in the Greytalk chat, the G ...

Fiend Folio (3.5 edition); Ulgurstasta:
"The first ulgurstasta was created ages ago by Kyuss, a powerful evil cleric turned demigod. ..."
The concept seems cool but god the name is stupid. What is ...

My favorite 'dark right now. Delglath is going to spin, I think.

EDITED

Please see above

P.S. I like the 'Dark' naming convention.

EDITED

Lets try to keep it positive please folks.

Edited by Dethand 03:14 February 24, 2005

If by "legend" you mean a little thing indicating what the various symbols mean, no.
No, I meant legend as in, "Where are all the dots representing the Conan's and Barbarella's of the Underoerth?"... ...

It's less a case of being "allowed" than a natural feature they can't do much about (except fortify the heck out of it).
Can't do much about? In a magical world, the most powerful elven kingdom in th ...

This is obviously well thought out and took some consideration.
Nope. Made it up on the way home from a D&D session where my friend, the driver, wanted to know as his character is a suel wizard.

W ...

I'm guessing you all have your own ideas on the origins of magic on Oerth, however for those that don't, I'd like to share my short version (which is actually quite long, just not as detailed and long ...

I see absolutely no use for such a product in a D&D game. Sitting around a table and rolling dice to imitate sex is beyond lame. Sure, it's a fantasy game, but I don't put aside time to visit friends ...

Updated again, 25th of the 11th.

I'm still not happy with it. It both lacks something and at the same time has too much. Plus, Legend Lore and Contact Other Plane really should be in there as well, ...

This works. Especially the downgrading. It stands to reason that the extra power of the higher level spell is what is burned up in the weaving process. Smile

Heh, try telling my players that... ...

Secrets of the Tomes (Sp).

Is this not a little overpowered? How about at levels 15, 17 and 19 the Sage can increase Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma?
Including the physical stats seems to ...

Updated 22nd of the 11th.

All it really needs now is tweaking for balance.

Sage

"Knowledge is power. And I know everything."

The Sage is no ordinary scholar. They delve deeply into the secrets of cultures, people, places, history and things with an interest that border ...

All spell casters have a daily limit of how much power they can channel. Over the millenia, many cultures have come up with many different ways of channelling and controlling magic. However magic does ...

IIRC, Man of the Cranes is a fellow Aussie! Maybe if he sees this he'll post them here. If anyone knows him personally, ask him about it. Just make sure he reads the read me post!

Good idea!

There are some stats of GH critters and NPC's scattered throughout various 3.0 and 3.5 supplements, but in 3.5 a lot of things have been renamed and a lot of the copyrighted names have b ...

With the spell system of AU, there has to be some changes to all the spell-casting classes in order to maintain balance and preserve the integral differences between classes which make the application ...

One of the primary motivating forces behind this project is the belief that the AU rules fit my vision of Greyhawk and enhanced various aspects of the setting by giving them a rules basis. This in tur ...

I would just like to point out, that with the exception of my temporal Lord Ivid, I am the most powerful of all animii on Oerth.

You would do well to remember that, mortal.

It should also be not ...

There was an option in one of the builder books, the magic users one I believe, for summoning specific creatures with each spell, and even traveling to an outer plane to equip your chosen critter with ...

Is there any mention of "Kwalish" in D&D besides the Apparatus of Kwalish?

Is there some canon description of who he is/was?

Ok, sorry, I wasn't entirely clear about the intention.

I'm not looking for ACTUAL PrC's, but rather POTENTIAL PrC's. And I'm not looking for ones created by Living Greyhawk, either, as they are an ...

I'm trying to make up a comprehensive list of possible prestige classes, feats and alternate class abilities (like those found in Unearthed Arcana) for use in Greyhawk. After that, I'll make 'em up.
...

Since I've decided that the WotC Greyhawk forums are no longer my cup of tea, predominantly due to the idiotic admins and users, I'm reposting my AUGH article here for your pleasure and reference. Wel ...

One thing I find surprising about Gygax fanbois is that they seem to forget the crux of what Gygax was on about, when it came to DM'ing, which was DO IT YOUR WAY!

Instead, they do it Gygax's way.
...

I've always hated giving XP as a DM and since most of my gaming experience is DM'ing, for the last 16 years, it's been a constant thorn in my side. I created a hundred and one ways in which to allevia ...

My best friend is over in Greece right now and has been for around two months. I haven't heard from him since the olympics started so I don't know what's going on, but when the Greeks won the world cu ...

I mean no offense by this, but... duh!

I don't quite understand what this kick of yours is with Iuz. Why do you put so much effort into hating a fictional character that has no impact on your campa ...

Scroll down to about halfway until you get to "AUGH"

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134630

Also, you might want to check out Monte's forums at www.montecook.com as this is ...

How about they become servents to their god? Ascend to become Protectar's or some other form of celestial?

Or, they fulfill a prophecy and their reward is to be Imprisoned (as per the spell) until ...

It's nice to see someone from the old guard actually making the effort to understand the new edition before turning into a total grognard and displaying signs of Gene Weigelism :)

d20 is both much ...

This kind of behaviour is common. So common, in fact, that it has a nickname, 'Lawful Stupid'.

If players want to be stupid, let them. Then find another group.

One idea I used to make a dungeon more interesting, though I really didn't take advantage of it in my own game, was to give it a history within the greater Greyhawk history.

To make it a little mor ...

Sig check.

Instead of just repeating it, I'll add a link to where I'm posting it.

http://www.nothingland.com/showthread.php?t=3968

Looks like we'll be treated to a bunch of regional Greyhawk feats from the respected Iquander in an up and coming Dragon article. Something to look forward to!

Hey, I thought you weren't going to do any 'crunchy bits'?

Ah well, there's still room enough for plenty of other stuff. I was actually going to ask if I could do an accompanying piece that detaile ...

There is a long article about the caravan routes in the Great Kingdom in either the OJ or Best of AOL. I can't remember which or where it is but it goes into great depth and is a great flavour article ...

I remember that now, it's in one of those 'Robilar Remembers' articles in one of the Oerth Journals, yeah?

I can't recall the issue though and I'm too tired to look it up right now.

And btw, welcome to the forums :)

Given the up and coming PostFest is to revolve around NPC's (whoops... was I not meant to reveal that?), I figured I'd try and start people off and help get a few mossy balls rolling in the fields of ...

What's the Master Class series about? I've never heard of it.

Damn that's cool.

Sometimes I feel daunted by articles on CF simply due to the size and complexity of them. Reading through this one, though, reminded me that there is a reward for persistance :)
...

I wish I could contribute to this thread in a more meaningful fashion, however I don't know much about that aspect of GH.

But that will not prevent me from completing my mission!

Welcome to the ...

I wish I could answer that but you happen to have hit on a spot on which I know zippidy.

However, I'm on a mission to welcome all those who post here... so, welcome to the forums allitur :)

First things first, Storm, bukwa, welcome to the forums :)

Secondly, I seem to recall something in the interview/article with Gary Gygax in the Oerth Journal (IIRC, #9) about the Elder Elemental Ey ...

Oh, I almost forgot. Qstor and OH... welcome to the boards :)

Rangers by terrain type or region
Bards by race or culture
Fighters by fighting style (ranged focus, melee focus, two weapon focus, etc)
Wizards by casting approach (spellsingers, tattoo mages, etc ...

Ambassadors from the United Kingdom of Ahlissa are likely also princes of the Celestial Houses of Aerdi.
Although I don't disagree, I tend to see such figures as being the type not to get their hands ...

Ever seen the Wheel of Time d20 book?

Instead of just limiting itself to Prestige Classes (PrC's) for customizing the world through the characters, it went and created half a dozen new core classes ...