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There's really no rewriting needed for Greyhawk since C&C and AD&D are almost 100% compatible. The only thing you would need to watch is spells since C&C uses a different level system for ...

I love the AD&D 3e stuff. The author definitely put his heart into it and the result was a very plausible look at what could have been. I have to see what it would take to have this printed.

This has been a great thread. In fact, it has given me ideas for making some changes that I have wanted to make to how it all played out.

Forgive me if I am skeptical on this. I remember too well what happened with Castle Zagyg, Lejedary Adventures and Gygax Games. I hope this is true and that something good is coming but I am staying i ...

Great thread. I think i am missing some key elements to the greyhawk timeline. I have living living greyhawk gazeteer. greyhawk adventures(hardcover), the adventure begins, and players guide. i ha ...

Finally, I agree again, that it should not have been a massive "world war". Each of these should be separate conflicts, unrelated to one another, even if they do happen at roughly similar times.
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I was thinking of the early articles from that run. The later ones would be in question as to their ownership. Of course one thing that would be cool is if WOTC compiled all the GH material from Drago ...

For the most part I liked it. I would have had the Scarlet Brotherhood remain a more secret society manipulating things rather than having open conflicts. Other changes would be: an alliance between I ...

Would love to see T1-4 reprinted as well. I have a dream of the original Folio or Boxed Set reprinted with a third booklet of Gary's articles from Dragon.

Some of each but it is more a 50/50 split. My current campaign has the party as a 'strike force' immediately after the Greyhawk Wars* hitting areas controlled by Iuz and working to help get things mov ...

I personally want it to do well so that they will look at at reprint of 2e. That was the edition I started with and one I would love to have new books for. That does not change I think the 1e reprint ...

First Name? Josh

Age? 37

Location? Grovespring, Missouri, USA

When you started playing D&D? 1989 or 1990

What rules you started with? AD&D 2e

Where does your Forum Nick come fr ...

I think that they are testing the waters to see if reprints would sell. I would be the first in line to grab a new Greyhawk Boxed Set or T1-4. What I would like to see is a remake of the Greyhawk Boxe ...

While I like the fact they are reprinting 1e I will not be buying. Not because of any 'hatred' for WOTC but for the fact that I will not support the Gygax Memorial. I would much rather see Castle Zagy ...

The new covers are a nice homage to the originals. It is interesting that the 'Advanced' part of the name is not on the cover. I wonder if this is a move toward uniting all the editions?

I hope that it does well just for the simple fact that this could lead in to more reprints. Ideally this would be in both PDF and Print on Demand as this would be very low cost for the company and be ...

I don't know if anyone has seen this yet but, 1e AD&D is getting a [url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/02410000]limited print run. I don't know if this is a sign of ...

My idea would be having the Oerth Blackmoor as a type of planar bleed of the true Blackmoor. The true Blackmoor could be a demi-plane or on an alternate Oerth. The deeper you go into Oerth BM you are ...

Gary gave some other details but most of them were pretty vague. From the top of my head this is what I remember:

* Greyhawk was at Chicago with Dyvers at Milwaukee.

* Geography was changed so ...

This thread has made me think so, here are my changes:

1) Kara-Tur and Aquaria are part of Oerth.

2) No Sci-Fi material.

3) Changed cosmology. The planar arrangement is not well known a ...

I personally like physical books. While I am interested in e-books, I would rather have them as a supplement and not a replacement to the real thing.

I was introduced to 2e while spending the night at a friend's house. Began playing then and, pretty much never quit. Funny part is, I am back to playing 2e again.

What do you think, is the effect on Oerth's tides, since it has two moons? I have done some Google searches on what two moons would do to tidal forces but have not found anything.

Thanks for the map. It is the one I was looking for. BTW, the archive is awesome.

I once downloaded a map from the Greyhawk Online site that was a colored and scanned map of the Wild Coast and immediate Greyhawk area. I have since lost it and went to re-download it and it was gone. ...

By nature I am not. Laughing

I do see your point though.

I have a hard time accepting that trapped dark god of entropy would be involved in the TOEE.

The thing was that after I read that I started loosing interest in the whole thing. I tend to be fairly open minded on such matters but, this was one thing I just couldn't put together.

You're on target. Personally, I would take Gary's information on this matter over WOTC's. Why? 1) Gary created the god and should know what is going in with them. 2) Return to the TOEE is the first ti ...

The only thing I have seen has been [url=http://paizo.com/download/dungeon/desktops/Greyhawk_1600x1024.jpg]this map which has them back in power. Something I have enjoyed seeing.

I like CD's Tasha much better as well. I do prefer my higher npc's (Mordy, Iggs and others) history to be the property of the DM. Though the Tasha connection to Iggs was interesting I found it to fell ...

With the amount of 3.X stuff I own and actually liking the system (Ok, my houseruled 3.X) I hate to see the game fade off. Pathfinder looks like a worthy successor and something I will use parts of.

After reading the OD&D books and playing a game or two there is something about just having three classes and four races. In my opinion it is better than having all the extras added in later editi ...

Welcome to the quirky world of OD&D. I am not 100% sure of this but, I think that the names for the Greyhawk and Blackmoor supplements came from the campaigns the rules were born in. That would e ...

@Julian_Grimm: Where is Niangua? I'm familiar with a lot of Missouri, but not there. I'm from the KC Metro, and summered in Mack's Creek, by Lake of the Ozarks.

I'm about 28 miles south of ...

Some of the other things I changed had to do with the war and how it went down. The Great Kingdom split over the return of a Rax heir and lines of assent, Iuz attacked Furyondy first and was the key p ...

Ravenloft and Sigil are both part of my Greyhawk though I have scaled them both back some. I also added some stuff in that I liked from Dragon Magazine that may not have been GH specific but worked fo ...

I have always rejected the idea that the EEG and big T were the same being. IMHO it was something Monte tacked on due to ignorance of the source material.

I have been using the Horned Society.

I was rereading my Fiend Folio and was really wanting to use these guys for something. Does anyone have ideas on where Cysts may be located and what they would be up to on Oerth?

Ok, time for a stewpid question from the guy who doesn't have 4e. Who's The Raven Queen?

She's the goddess of Death. Not an evil goddess of death though, more like Hades or the death part of Wee J ...

Ok, time for a stewpid question from the guy who doesn't have 4e. Who's The Raven Queen?

I don't have 4e and really don't want it. I'm not bashing those that like it or any other system though. If you have found what you like be it 4e, 3e, Rolemaster or any other you've done better than m ...

I just use natural 20's as auto hits. I haven't used crits or fumbles for about three years now. Though the max damage on a nat 20 does seem tempting.

*Gah* I can't say I like this. Putting Greyhawk specific locations in the books makes me wonder if the even plan on doing anything with GH again. maybe it's best they don't that way i can remember the ...

You are right. 'Shoehorning' wouldn't work in cases like the Haunted Highlands. I think I made a mistake posting that. Let us then just look at system specifics and not adding to or taking from GH. Ad ...

Raymond, after I read your post I went back and looked over the information that has been out there for. No where did I find that CZ would not be using C&C. I just assumed that. Something I should ...

You may be right. But for me I know where I stand on this. As I have had conversations with TLG's owners and Peter Bradley about this. These guys were close to EGG and I have no reason not to trust th ...

Do you only use Troll Lord Games products?

Currently, yes. TLG has done something no other gaming company has done. Won my loyalty and kept it.

Seems like Troll Lord probably would want to ...

And Gygax Games has lost any business I would have given them. Mad

In short the two mesh together very well. C&C is close enough to AD&D and D&D 3e that there is little conversion needed. One can use any version of Greyhawk with C&C and feel right at ...

In short Ghul has cut ties with Gygax Games. What this means for CZ is currently up in the air but I hold out hope we will see it finished. While I am saddened by this turn I do not hold any ill will ...

For me, some of the possible changes sound interesting enough. Others I'm not so sure about. I am happy GH is on the agenda though. That is a glimmer of hope and maybe, just maybe WOTC will listen to ...

Tome of Horrors is one I get a lot of use out of and I am looking at using Lost City of Barakus and The Lost city of Gaxmoor I have some TLG d20 stuff and Arcana Unearthed as well that I am going thro ...

So I am now ready to start my Greyhawk campaign up and I have decided on setting it in the lands of the former Great Kingdom. Is there any material out there that can help set this up? Has anyone else ...

Even though I have switched to C&C I find myself using this book along with my C&C books. It is still useful after all these years. That book should be considered a classic work of art and req ...

The story goes that C&C was in part developed for the Castle Zagyg project. Also TLG is reprinting the Gord books with EGG's permission. For the most part the Greyhawk connection is within the Zag ...

Let\\\\\\\'s just get ourselves together so we know how many of us are here. From here we can utilize this forum. Also let us thank Cebrion for giving us this chance! Happy

Do you actually plan to ...

Let's just get ourselves together so we know how many of us are here. From here we can utilize this forum. Also let us thank Cebrion for giving us this chance! Happy

I wish I had your optimism in them. I don't trust that the same company that would put out such a restrictive, dominating and limiting license would look at fan sites with no interest. I expect restri ...

Exactly my point. They have pretty much been trying to kill openness with this new license. I'd say fansites where the proverbial 'milk' is gotten for free will be clamped down on as well.

I hope for it's sake you're right. As soon as stats go in there is alot they may try. I however, don't have such a goody goody feeling about it.

I hope you're right. After reading over certain sections it looks like WOTC is wanting to clamp down on what is out there. Something doesn't feel right about this new license.

In that case, as I have said on the TLG forums I worry what this is going to do for 3rd party companies. There is wording there that seems to have been intentionally left ambiguous for the sake of WOT ...

Just out of curiosity, how does the new 4e GSL affect the Oerth Journal?

BTW I have a PDF of last year's Free RPG Day quick start rules. If you would like a copy PM me with your e-mail addy.

The SIEGE engine is the overlying mechanic for C&C. It is based on Prime abilities. When you generate a PC they get a certain number of prime scores. Say Strength and Constitution. The primes allo ...

I hope this is an omission by oversight rather than intent. If it is the latter it clearly shows that there has been a deliberate vendetta against GH by WOTC. Not that we don't suspect that already.

Oh and there are a lot of C&C players that use Greyhawk. I'll dig around the forums there and see if I can get others to come over and tell you more.

C&C runs great. I have been running the system since it came out and haven't been displeased. The best part is it's compatability with earlier D&D and 3.5 D&D so you can almost use anythin ...

I have heard that the new Chainmail game that WOTC made to tie in with 3e was set in Greyhawk. I was wondering if anyone knew how and if the info is worth pursuing. And an overview would be helpful.

Thank you. This does help.

Is there anything else out there on Hyperboria or is this something you have to develop as needed?

Welcome to the forums.

Don't worry, most of us acknowledge the volumes of text written on Faerun (they make a great doorstop Wink

), but we generally find the elbow room in Greyhawk to be much ...

That would be something to see! Of course I try to play with a more S&S feel so that is the art I use for inspiration.

That's the thing. Ebay and the used section at my FLGS would be where I get it. New it doesn't have enough in there to warrent that purchase.

See the adventure isn't anything I'll probably run. Castle Zagyg will be my Castle Greyhawk. What I am interested in is the source material that is presented along with teh adventure.

I actually look at artists like Boris Valejo or Frank Frazetta when looking for Greyhawk art. I like the Swords and Sorcery feel of GH and I think those two artists capture it.

That's a good idea. Perhaps a *Sticky* thread in the "Heretic's Nest" is in order.

Also, maybe there should be a forum for "*Non*-1e/2e/3.x/D20/OGL Greyhawk" too, as there are a number of folks ...

For those of us who aren't using 3e how is this for source material?

Still buying Castle Zagyg instead.

Yes, of course, wouldn't want to get kicked out of the Gygax fanclub now, would we?

Uhh no. I just don't play 3e and see no need getting it.

Still buying Castle Zagyg instead.

I'm divided on the Wars. On one hand I do see it as something brewing for awhile on the other I didn't like the execution of them. For one I think they should have been longer and there not be a signi ...

This just makes me glad to be a C&C player.

I had always wondered about this as well. Really it's not too far off Ozarks weather. Spring is really only a few weeks before the summer temps hit us and winter is short but harsh. Early fall is stil ...

Well, that was the point of me beating a few folks over the head to open a 1e forum, and a 2e forum for that matter. Wink

Which I like. I actually meant I would like to see more classic f ...

From what I understand things will have to be converted to 3.5e in the first place.

Dragonsfoot.org has been doing things in 1e format for years. I don't see why it wouldn't bee impossible. I'd l ...

I'm hoping they can stick to the timetable but with Gary being incapacitated for a few more weeks it may put a kink in things. If you look at it the whole project has been besieged with problems, heal ...

Gygax and Kuntz have both confirmed this. The pertinatent links are:

[URL=http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=202929&highlight=dyvers#202929]Link 1

[URL=http://www.dragonsfoot ...

What would you consider the best 1e GH modules out there? I interested in the absolute must haves to run and that give excellt added lore to GH. I'm trying to collect some for my hybrid C&C/1e gam ...

Canon is what you make of it. Consider these points:

1. Gygax's original Greyhawk campaign was set on a fantasy Earth. Greyhawk actually set where Chicago does in the real world. The maps and all ...

I see a forum for OD&D and RC Greyhawk. One for 2e and sveral for 3e but is there one specific to 1e Greyhawk here at all?

The main reason is that C&C is basically the rosetta stone of D&D. With it's design style it can be used along with any edition of D&D with minimal conversion effort. Before Monsters and T ...

Cheesy title aside, there has been a few discussions about using Greyhawk for C&C especially since Gary Gygax annouced the Castle Zagyg series of books for the system. ( for those that do not know ...

Well, I have to admit I am a Greyhawk Newb as well. I have played in other worlds but I have heard so much about Greyhawk I had to check it out. I have the 1980 folio and the LGG both are well done an ...

Has anyone used any classes or races from Monte Cooks Arcana Unearthed in their games? I have been considering the Witch Class as well as the Magister and Mage Blade. As far as races go I am divided a ...