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Grodog's summoning spell worked!
Once I'm past marking term papers and final exams, I'm hoping to revisit my City of Greyhawk map, create a higher resolution version for the website and add a bunch o ...

Fans have been bugging me for years, and finally here it is. My street index map for the City of Greyhawk. Here you'll be able to find all streets from official sourcebooks, supplements, adventures an ...

LOL... yes, I'm sure mort can come up with something quite clever about all this. Rasgon and I passionately agree on so much regarding Greyhawk, the Planes, and other things, it truly is scary. It was ...

LOL. I guess this is going to have to be one of the rare instances where we disagree, rasgon.

Here’s the text in question that we’re discussing from Iuz the Evil (for those spectators that don’t ha ...

Of course, Living Greyhawk changed them to Yagrax's hands instead.
Ya, I'm afraid that was me.
The 1st Edition material makes it pretty clear that the Wizard-Priest that ruled the empire of the Isle ...

Awesome map, mort! I love it!

I just have one question....

What the heck is the Horsehead Nebula doing in southernmost Hepmonaland, and the Great Carina Nebula is swallowing the Spindrifts?

D ...

LOL Its true, you've done a great job of shilling different aspects of my website over the years. Its the least I can do! Laughing

I've also updated my [url=http://melkot.com/sitehistory.html]sitemap ...

Welcome to Maldin's Greyhawk, mort!

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Ah! A topic that has been much bandied about over the decades... who or what exactly is Philidor?

In my article [url=http://melkot.com/mysteries/circle.html]Secrets of Mordenkainen and the Circle o ...

"Black Spine" of course was a githyanki invasion of Athas (Dark Sun). You might gleen some ideas from that. Be forewarned that there are some serious problems with the climax in the Astral. It was wri ...

I blame Maldin for having maps. Laughing

Yes, by popular demand (I've been getting this request quite a lot over the past year), and Mystic Scholar's needs, I've finally gotten around to workin ...

Come together...

. .... right now....

. .... Over me!

Dum dum dada duuuummmm duuuummmmm

Dum dum dada duuuuummm dummmmmm....

Sorry. Had to get that off ...

I also feel that if a player gets a full nights rest (uniterrupted) then he should get 2HP + CON bonus per evening rested.
I have exactly the same rule.
I am considering using languages as a skill. ...

Okay, but you didn't deny being a "bombshell."
I've known Anna longer than anyone here, and do remember [url=http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_swedishbikini.htm]her blonde years as an "advertising m ...

LOL! Well, not 51ish yet. But getting close. Lets call it 50-ish. hehehe
(For both Mystic and myself)
Do Mystic and I win a prize? Hmmm, wonder if we get to roll for minions!
...errr... I mean he ...

There are all sorts of reasons why Myspace and Facebook are not the place to host anything, not the least of which are their terms of service (anybody ever read them? I have!) and the complete inflexi ...

Unfortunately, donations don't help, unless you are a truly massive site with thousands of users (like Enworld) and an aggressive fund-raising program (like Enworld). Why pay for something that is fre ...

He's since become an official published NPC in the world of Greyhawk.

If you ask me, it is for these reasons that Greyhawk is so good. I mean, where else?
Exactly! Two years ago, I wrote the fol ...

First Name: Denis

Age: Older than anybody else here (so far)

Location: Windsor ("I can see Detroit from my office window"), Ontario, Canada

Started playing in 1980 with the Basic box set, bu ...

It is impossible to hold in ones head (or even have access to) all of this “canon,” to say nothing of the conflicts present in the “canon” that would need to be resolved. It is impossible to view th ...

I like your expanded NORT rule and will be using it in my comming campaign
Cool. I've had that page up for more than 6 years and I've never ever gotten any feedback from somebody that used it in thei ...

House rules... hmmm....
Ya, I've definitely got a few. Keep in mind, of course, that my campaign is 2E.

There are no "generic" clerics or druids. All divine (as opposed to arcane) PCs (and NPCs), ...

Couldn't have said it better myself, rasgon.

And before others bring it up, Spheres of Annihilation are most definitely not mass-dependent black holes either. They are magical constructs as well. I ...

Posting to both threads...
Hrmmm....
Hmmmm.... indeed. There were multiple gates through which the Kule survivors escaped. Perhaps there is one such gate somewhere on/in/under the Sinking Isle.

B ...

Hrmmm....
Hmmmm.... indeed. There were multiple gates through which the Kule survivors escaped. Perhaps there is one such gate somewhere on/in/under the Sinking Isle.

BTW, I absolutely love the li ...

I have air filling Kule's underdark up to approximately a kilometer depth from the surface (thus its inhabitants cannot reach the surface). The underdark contains drow, chak, and a few other minor rac ...

Believe it or not, I was using the general "you" in the sense of anyone who wants to modify any aspect of the campaign for similar reasons. Didn't mean to sound "personal". This particular topic comes ...

As Rasgon points out, the only official publications TSR/WotC has ever put out pretty clearly put Greyspace as a geocentric system. Don't like it? Don't use it... but that is your variant of Greyhawk. ...

Check out my take on PCs trying to acquire property in the City of Greyhawk. ;)
http://melkot.com/mechanics/deed.html
I really did inflict this upon my players.

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Grey ...

Hey Katerek... sounds like you have an interesting project underway! Sorry I haven't had a chance to jump into the conversation earlier. Things have been kinda... crazy... around here. If you have any ...

I use the 2E Psionics Handbook (did have limited usage of 1E psionics when my campaign was still 1E), and have had both psionic and psionicist characters (and for those who have never used 2E psionics ...

WOW! It makes one think VERY seriously about the Yeomanry.

Don't suppose you have anything similar for beneath the Lortmils? Wink

Great job. "Best Canonfire Post of 2010" by a mile!

: ...

For those people interested, I've updated the Greyhawk's Underdarkhttp://melkot.com
Loads of edition-independent Greyhawk goodness... maps, mysteries, magic, mechanics, and more!

There has been a recent update to the Greyhawk's Underdark section of my website that people might be interested in. I'll post the details in my original Greyhawk's Underdark discussion thread just to ...

I'm so sorry to hear about your brother, CP. He sounds like a wonderful guy, and an amazing brother. I just found out yesterday that a friend had passed away. He wasn't a brother, but these things sti ...

I'll see what I can do. ;)

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Alas, I'm certain Paizo sold out of them long ago. I really should update that page. On a side note, I've been meaning to expand the City of Greyhawk section of my website for ages, but never get the ...

Windsor, Ontario
I can see Detroit from my office window. Not necessarily a good thing. ;)
(well, its a good thing that there is almost half a mile of water - the Detroit River - protecting Canada f ...

Greetings! Yup, I'm still around, and as some of the old gang has said, I've had updates since August. For major updates, always check http://melkot.com/sitehistory.html to see what is new. I often t ...

mort... 3 out of 4??!!! Wait a minute! I correctly predicted 7 out of 8 match-ups. That's DAMN good! ;)

Denis, aka "Maldin the Prognosticator"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Regarding the God-Off....
Wow!! I think I missed only ONE in that last competition! Since I'm feeling so prescient (comes with the territory, ya know, I mean with me having the Codex and all), let me ...

Hmmm... seems I forgot to post here about my update to this webpage. :(

There have been people on some of the boards who asked about depth information, and a way to understand the relationship betw ...

Not to be unfair, but isn't Oerth FLAT?
Obviously, I need to take you for a ride in my Spelljammer ship, Toscan! Wink

Excellent work, by the way, Icarus!
Hmmm, maybe I'll need to tap you for ...

Along these lines, you may find my description of "stygian ice" interesting on my Wondrous Materials webpage. Its a rare material that is found within the Black Ice. I didn't want to make the Black Ic ...

Apologies for the crossposting, to those who are also reading rip's and my conversation on the Piazza. ;) But perhaps there are people here who have opinions on these topics.
I am delighted that Mal ...

For those of you who don't read mortellan's wonderful WoG comic... first of all, SHAME ON YOU!!! Get over there right now! You call yourselves Greyhawk fans?? ;)

But more to the point, if you have ...

Doh!! I knew that #3 was a marilith, forgot that Beltar had a marilith form, and was wondering why you hadn't used Beltar. I claim a half point! And a half point on Meyanok. ;)

Denis, aka "Maldin"

Ok... I'll take a wild stab at it. I swear I do NOT have inside information!

1 Surtur
2 Azmodeus
3 Shaktari
4 Incabulos
5 Nerull
6 Syrul
7 Grummsh
8 Meyanok
9 Kurtulmak

I'm pretty sure I ...

Nightgor... I'm glad you enjoyed my site.
I must say, however, that while I'm hosting it as part of the Irongate Project, the Skratzivort article is all Sam (with a pinch of bubbagump). I wouldn't b ...

ROFL!!! Leave it to the Theocrat to read Hoblogger as Ho-Blogger, rather then Hob-Logger! Laughing

Any volunteers to write THAT article? Shocked

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melko ...

No, this is not the recipe for creating a new species of giant space hamster, but I did get your attention, didn't I?

What I would like to do is announce a couple of recent updates to Maldin's Grey ...

Well, if someone were to carefully read through one entire adventure per night and write a review, allowing only nationally approved holidays off, that would take... umm.... 3 years. ;) If we could ...

... when it was good, it was glorious. But, when it was bad, it made you want to forswear gaming for the rest of your life, travel to meet the author's mother and slap her in the face for birthing h ...

Then why not have it hosted here on Canonfire, too?
I'm not going to speak for Jason and his reasons, but it was his decision several years ago to not host his work on CF, and that is his right. Besi ...

After years of speculation and, well, inuendo, the truth can finally be revealed. In a new Irongate Project article hosted on Maldin's Greyhawk, the fascinating story of the Hobloggers of IrongateIron ...

You're pretty easy to please. ;)
Cuz ONE of those will definitely happen....
and I'm not gonna tell you which one. LOL

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Thats diabolical!

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Mystic, its because the end-sentence period got sucked into the URL Issak posted. Remove the period (as rol-oeste did), and it works fine.
The City of Flumph looks interesting! ;)

Denis, aka "Mal ...

You'll find a variety of maps available on my website. Some that you might find useful...

City of Melkot at
http://melkot.com/locations/melkot/melkot-loc.html

A couple of small villages
http:/ ...

Its the aboleth grafts that crossed the line for me.
Laughing

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Well, I AM a doctor, and all you guys sitting around playing out imaginary creatures in make-believe worlds, with little colored dice, buying more books on useless topics then you can ever realistical ...

Although it is true that my original GH PC, Maldin, has appeared in Dragon Mag, Dungeon Mag, and numerous LG modules, the rumor that he also appears in the Deity Database is not true.

For now.
: ...

When Harvester's Heroes became effectively closed to all except already-existing members, Jason gave me the thumbs up to host his index on my website. You can find it here as the top item on the page. ...

While webpages are archived, graphics sometimes are not, and download link targets very rarely, so be certain that material is being lost.

For those people who still are active on GeoCities, and th ...

You may find my [url=http://melkot.com/arcane/codex.html]Codex of the Infinite Planes article useful in regards to this, as well as my [url=http://melkot.com/mysteries/woe.html]Isles of Woe article. I ...

Hey Stuart... I'm quite pleased that the LG Onnwal material (at least the basic background info) is being preserved on the net. So much of LG is doomed to wither and blow away. I only hope more LG reg ...

I, as well, have always held the notion that the current generation of gods (in whatever campaign world you use) is merely the latest pantheon in a long succession of pantheons. Hence my musings on my ...

Just another over-specialized gamer rag filled with a bunch of hack writers. ;-)

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

Well, as a City of Greyhawk wizard-of-note, I must admit that yes, I do hoard magic items. Laughing

I use Maldin's shop in Greyhawk to purchase or trade items (always to the PC's disadvantage) as w ...

Which product did the Freecity of Greyhawk map come from?

I don't know what product it was created for, but I first noticed it in 2007's Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk.

That map is indeed ...

Wow! No I hadn't seen your GUT post, Galliskinmaufrius! I very rarely wander away from this main forum, unfortunately. I'll have a read and properly respond to it for sure, as well as to you and Pardu ...

Rumor has it (from Holian's original article) that the Sons of Marchanter have also tried to infiltrate the Silent Ones, and are the only group to have (knowingly) managed to get into the Tower. :wi ...

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Ayep

Denis, aka "Maldin"

Many thanks, Galliskinmaufrius! I'm glad you enjoyed the article (and my website). Regarding your question, I've always considered the demi-urge position more as a guardianship of Oerth, of both its p ...

Thanks guys! I really appreciate all the support and encouragement over the years.

I fully admit to heavily stealing from Mona and Holian's excellent "Wheels within Wheels" LGJ 0 article for the f ...

I’m proud to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my website, Maldin’s Greyhawk. I can’t believe its been a decade since I first launched it. To commemorate this event, I’ve posted a very special w ...

Ok, the new high-resolution files are up now.
grodog... the smoothed saving throw chart is on the back-side of the disk (as just... well... a chart). Ya, it would be possible to create a similar calc ...

Hmmm... ok, now that I've done a test-print, I don't like the resolution of those files. This weekend I'll put up doubled-resolution files. Shoulda done a test print first! Doh! Apologies... download ...

After describing my 2E (+house rule) modification of the original 1st Edition Combat Computer from Dragon Magazine #74 on an Enworld thread, several people asked if I could make it available to others ...

So Maldin, how was Mexico? Was it an inspiring trip? Wink

It was awesome! I'll try to get some photos on my website. The three major sites I saw (if you want to Google them) were Coba (which I c ...

What we can agree upon is that no two GH fans want the same setting.
But I thought all GH fans universally wanted MY version of Greyhawk!!?? Wink

Personally, I would be against a reboot from 5 ...

Thanks for fixing that first post, CombatMedic... Much easier to read now! Smile

I've used a variety of non-GH products in my Greyhawk. Several of the Harnworld cities serve as GH cities (for e ...

As much of a strict canonista as I am, allow me to be the dissenting opinion. But not for the reasons you may think.

WG7 is worth $10 if you can find it. (Although I probably wouldn't pay more then ...

BTW Maldin, I like the new icon Wink

Thanks BB! I finally decided to synch my avatar on all the forums that allow you to upload your own image. (Canonfire, Dragonsfoot, Piazza, EnWorld) Too bad ...

MikelAmroni, if you would like a good overview of Irongate and the surrounding region, check out the Irongate Project pages on my website at http://melkot.com/locations/irongate.html

My opinion? I ...

CombatMedic... could you delete the last line in your first post? (by clicking on "edit" within that post box). This thread is next to impossible to read as long as that line is there.

Denis, aka " ...

Sorry... I almost never wander from the main GH forum. I blame the constant, unrelenting forward march of time... and my ancestors (for no particular reason).

I must disavow all responsibility for ...

You mean, like Irongate, say? Happy

ROFL!!! I've been asking people to contribute to that project for years! Wink

Great poke, grodog! Happy

That reminds me! I have a page for the IGP that I ...

I was a REALLY late comer to the project, so its the DF community that deserve all of the kudos. Although I'd been a poster on that site for years, I never discovered that thread until last year. They ...

Recently I posted an update to my Greyhawk's Underdark page that people may be interested in at http://melkot.com/locations/underdark/underdark.html

However, what may actually be of more interest t ...

Russ' very good "Repair..." article was actually a repair to the not-quite-so-meticulously-researched 2E adventure "Return to the Keep on the Borderlands", bringing it more into line with Greyhawk can ...

How could anybody start a Greyhawk campaign with anything other then "Keep on the Borderlands" (my very first D&D experience in 1980) or "In Search of the Unknown" (which was Maldin's first advent ...

While I never tried to place the locations from the story, I actually did have Odd Alley in mind when I created that particular dead end (which of course doesn't exist on the original CoG map from the ...

I'm not quite sure where the idea came from that there might be a relationship between the world of Golarion for the Pathfinder RPG from Paizo and the World of Greyhawk. I have heard it, all the same ...

Of course... when you are as rich and powerful as Nerof, and have friends as rich and powerful as he does... how long do you stay dead? ;-)
And where are you going to hide as you plan your revenge an ...

* Mike is transitioning to a new industry, not just leaving Piazo.
Oh? Where is he off too? I suspect publishing... but perhaps a bigger market?

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melko ...

Back in the day, I actually used Tashal from Columbia Games' "Cities of Harn" supplement to fill in for Verbobonc.

Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com

There are quite a few hooks buried (and in dire need of expansion) all over the [url=http://melkot.com/locations/irongate.html]Irongate Project webpages. Some of them include...

An ancient illithid ...

Don't panic. "Support" probably translates to "an article or two in the Digital Dragon before 5E rolls arount". Laughing

If anybody has an official quote, its context, and the identity of the speake ...

...just look what you started Maldin. Laughing

Exactly what I had intended all along! Wild speculation and absurd conspiracy theories! And those mutant Rockburg gargoyles? I thought they had all been e ...