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No one's mentioned them yet, but I accept the three most despised GH modules ever made (at least in part). I intend to use the background for Child's Play for my "Perrenlander mercs in the Horned Soci ...

All apologies folks. My first GenCOn, and I quickly learned that I had SEVERLY overestimated my ability to get stuff done. 8) Friday night rolled around, and I wall deep into a Learn to Play Deluxe Il ...

Friday at 7:30. I'll see if I can fit it into my schedule.

From the "better late than never" file....

So. I've been playing D&D since I was 7 years old (32 years, for those of you keeping count), but this was the FIRST con I've ever attended. PrairieCo ...

Actually, Wednesday night works best for me, or Sunday, but whatever. I leave Winnipeg around 3pm Tuesday, and my group is driving all night, so I should arrive in Indy around 7 or 8 am Wednesday, and ...

I realize that my explanation on this is over a year late, but what the heck. 8) As to why I don't like The Liberation of Geoff.... now, granted, I haven't reread the module for a long time (like, ove ...

So, I went to my first con EVER this weekend (PrairieCon XXXIII, I think), and had a BLAST! I am now pumped to go to GenCon, even if I can't get into the events I want. I am already fearing the damage ...

Thanks for the advice. Sadly, everything I want to play in is "old school" systems, so I guess they fill up quicker.... Moldvay D&D, Cyberpunk 2020, Unknown Armies, d6 Star Wars, C'thulhu, Deluxe ...

I am a GenCon rookie, and plan to attend for all four days.

HOWEVER, I have a question. I was going to register online today, and EVERY game and seminar I want to play in is already booked solid. I ...

Eddie is obviously a lich.... possibly even a demi-lich, from seeing how he ended up deconstructed on later album covers. However, I always assciated pictures of Eddie with the image of a wight or a g ...

Hmmmm. I have heard of this Gimp. Guess I'll have to check it out (although I'm sure any image editor would work). Thanks for the advice! I have my basic sandbox area finished, I was just thinking of ...

I love GRIMM (even if I think August is too early for the new season to start). It has just the right balance between horror and humour, and I would love to see a campaign based on the game in some sy ...

To take this a little seriously..... I think this could work.

For openers, there's already a MILLION videos on YouTube for Magic the Gathering. There also used to be (at least in Canada) a TV show ...

Hey all. I recently bought full versions of Hexographer and Dungeonographer, and have been playing around with them. While they are useful and fun, I have a few questions for anyone who is familiar wi ...

@Lanthorn: I downloaded the PDF of the silver Anniversary of AGAINST THE GIANTS, and I can't say I was impressed. I dunno.... I find a lot of stuff from that period is just so over the top (see: RETUR ...

I would heartily support this being made into a PDF (or series of PDFs) and being made available for download. Bravo!

Favorite module: Well, I've always been partial to G1-3 Against The Giants, but a close honorable mention goes to T1 Village of Hommlet and S1 Tomb of Horrors, just for its sheer sadisticness.

Leas ...

Although I am a little late to this party, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the excellent series of posts on Wyrd Greyhawk found on the blog "Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements", where E.G. Palmer ta ...

THese are some of the ideas I've kicked around in the various abortive campaigns I've worked on over the years....

- the Mage of the Valley is MUCH more powerful, and much more secretive. I had him ...

I live in a hamlet. Our town's website even used to call it a hamlet. 8)

I second the love (hate?) for CHILD'S PLAY. That has to be the WORST module I"ve ever read. WORST. I can think of no redeeming qualities for this module.

If there's any justice, the statue will be of Gary sitting cross-legged atop a gigantic d6, smoking a pipe..... ;)

Okay... I just found it odd that most of the other NPC's are fleshed out like the acolytes in that room are, but the priest wasn't. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something important. 8)

I know this is only barely on topic, but whatever. 8) I was rereading B2 tonight, in preparation for running a one-shot summer campaign with it, when I noticed something... in the private apartments i ...

If anyone one here has a copy of B4 The Lost City, shoot me a line. I downloaded it a long time ago, but in perusing it recently, it appears to be missing some of the maps (namely, for levels 6-10, an ...

I am in the midst of using B1 and B2 in my new 2nd Ed campaign. I am operating under the assumption that all this takes place in The Yeomanry. Quasqueton is indeed connected to the Caves via a tunnel, ...

Hmmm..... seems to be "quite" late now. 8) At least I didn't miss it.

My, who knew that a few days away from the computer would lead to this. 8)

It's an Excel spreadsheet program i dloaded from SOMEWHERE, entitled "The Greyhawk Community Population Generator". It let ...

Okay, then this make a little more sense, and I'm not that far off. 8) My "giant hex" has a bunch of very small villages on it... maybe 100 people tops, but no major towns, and most would be at least ...

Anybody ever used this? I was toying around with it tonight, but every time I tried to put something in, I would get errors when it came time to spit out the type of people in town... #NAME errors all ...

I was going through some old files, I have downloaded, mostly cleaning stuff up, and I came across the Duicarthex. In part 1, it said there were plans for 3 parts: part 1 (which I have) is major perso ...

So, I finally sat down in earnest and started working on my Yeomanry campaign. First off, I poked around with Return to the Keep and In Search of the Unknown a little. I have decided that the connecti ...

@gargoyle: Actually, I'm also going to use B1. I am going to have it as a new stronghold for the bandits, except they found that some other humanoids have already inhabited the lower caves (which I pl ...

I too have struggled with magic systems. I've been thinking about some changes recently, that removes the Vancian stigma of spell memorization, whout making mages and clerics walking magic death. Or w ...

I've been working on starting up a new campaign, and I'm going to use the retor-fitted Keep in Yeomanry. I have the Repair to the Keep text, file, but I've been thinking. I'm going to change Nergull t ...

As grodog said, they were generic mods, but I know that somehwere, Castanamir was retconned into the Drawmidj Ocean... I can't recall where I saw this though, or how canonical it was. In my campaign, ...

What a wonderful discussion (and I actually mean that sincerely 8).

It's interesting to see how the idea of Greyhawk as repackaged Corvette is used, but I think instead of talking about Corvettes a ...

I don't think that Wizbro will ever release any of the old stuff in any digital format again. Remember.. all the older stuff has OTHER COMPANIES that also produced stuff for it. If you release older e ...

That's why when my system go whacked, I just bought a new HD as my system drive. No muss, no fuss... just time consuming going through the OLD system drive to retrieve everything. 8)

I think the interesting point made in this conversation is how Hasbro controls its IP. A point was made about their repackaging of old board games, to drive profit. This is what I see them doing to D& ...

Am I the only one who can't seem to download the maps from Anna's site? I tried to download some of the PDF maps tonight, but I was unable to, sayong the requested site was either unavailable or no lo ...

Spectacular! I would love to see this expanded even more, to include ALL the spells from old DRGAON magazines. I'd also love a similar mage spells list. At least this way, I can see what all my option ...

Hey guys. I've just started a blog called The Badger King's Den, where I'm discussing gaming thoughts and issues (not necessarily limited to Greyhawk), and I would love to have some of you guys check ...

The two that popped into my head immediately were Murlynd and Zagyg. However, I would also not object to being Fharlaghan, or maybe St. Cuthbert o' the Cudgel.

I'm not so sure I agree about the Rary incident though. While Tenser was definitely a thorn in the side at times, and Otiluke appears to have been a bit of a loose cannon, Bigby has ever been the loya ...

I agree. Kudos to all. I LOVE the new look.

I am intruiged by this reboot, though I have no intention of buying 4thEd. I find it ironic how, after all the energy we expend here on decrying some of the "damage" done to canon since FtA and beyond ...

Well.... maybe Tiamat convinces Iuz to d something to keep Bahamut out of the picture. That keeps Iuz tied up, keeps Bahamut busy, then we just have to figure out how to keep those doo-gooder Circle o ...

If moving canon forward means getting the beating that Forgotten Realms took to their canon, I'm happy being stuck in the past, thank you very much. 8)

Yeah, I saw that auction after I posted my message. I might bite, but I wish I culd find a PDF instead... I'm slowly trying to pare down the actual physical amounts of stuff I have, and get more into ...

So, Ive been looking at RARY THE TRAITOR and FtA to get some info about the Bright Desert, but pre-Wars, it doesn't really say too much about the Bright Desert pre-Rary. Did it still have all the Scor ...

Since we're talking about using supplements to flesh out Greyhawk....

Does anyone know where to get a COMPLETE PDF of the Al Qadim LAND OF FATE box set? The one available on Paizo's website and a f ...

Also, I have stolen liberally from the Expert modules MASTER OF THE DESERT NOMADS and TEMPLE OF DEATH for locales within the Sea of Dust / Plains of the Paynims.

I use any and all AlQadim supplements for Zeif, Tusmit, Ull, the Paynims and the Sea of Dust.

Back on topic. WotC said specifically they wanted to cut back on "travel spells" to make travel part of the adventure

Isn't this the same company who exhorted DM's to cut out all the niggling deta ...

No no no.... Wastri HAS to be John Leguizamo.

I think Alan Rickman would be a much better Rary.

Queen Yolande HAS to be Cate Blanchett.

I wonder who would make a good Murlynd?

Perhaps they move? That would keep their location unknown....

Re: the Deadwood idea.

Wasn't that what they did in RETURN TO THE TOMB OF HORROR? Had a little town spring up around the tomb, based on the sheer number of greedy people who wanted to see the sight ...

(I don't know if this fits here or not... please move to where appropriate)

The cracks in WotC's armour are already appearing. I didn' see anyone mention i, but there's an article on enWorld about ...

I always justified a lack of psionics in my campaigns by saying that, after seeing the devastation wrought through magic in the Invoked Devastation and Twin Cataclysms, the gods decided not to teach t ...

Hmmm.... I have the Scarlet Brotherhood supplement, but I've never really read it. I'll have to look into it.

My thinking was, I was going to stick to the basic classes from the PHB for players, bu ...

Hey all. I'm starting to do some of the hardcore work on my Greyhawk campaign (nostly everything to now has been theoretical). I've been doing some reading of my Complete Character boosk, and reading ...

Hmph. She is not yet a sitemod. Cannot be trained. Too set in her ways, she is.

I would very much like to see the article archive done differently. I find it a bit clunky for researching information. Perhaps a new interface that would enable us to see ALL the articles in a sectio ...

Hart's book was pretty good, considering it ended up being about 1/3 of the size of the original mauscript.

And I can't say anything mean about Jericho's book, because I went to school with him. 8)

Just to throw a though in here, kinda unrelated to everything.... 8)

I've always ascribed to magic items a la Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights videogames. Every magic item has a unique story as ...

I just finished reading SPOOK COUNTRY by William Gibson. Near future techno-spy stuff, mixed with... other techy geekery. I love Gibson's books.

Before that, I had FINALLY read THE SILMARILLION by ...

(Gotta love thread necromancy 8)

After reading this, something completely unassociated caught my brain... I remember reading somewhere (FtA, perhaps), about some mysterious "blue wizard" (Philidor? ...

When I read that description of Thornward, the first thing that pop into my mind is... CASABLANCA. This sounds exactly like wartime Morrocco, minus the Nazis and with more swords.

My favorite is still my first...

Lekon Bodgarn, Arch-Magi, devotee of Boccob the Uncaring

Lekon was my first AD&D character. Before this, I had run some other forgettable characters in some ...

And can we please NOT have all those animii generals running around in the Great Kingdom? That just grates on me every time I read it. I am also all for making the SB much more mysterious and secretiv ...

I must admit, I was kind of surprised to see how much DUNGEON outsold DRAGON by. It's too bad it's almost impossible to release a CD/DVD anthology of all the old DUNGEON back issues, and the DRAGON ba ...

Am I the only one who finds these two quotes from Dancey's post unintentionally ironic:

"Our customers were telling us that we produced too many products, and that the stuff we produced was of infe ...

I agree with Gilban... I've always seen Iuz as a childlike bully, with LOTS of power. He doesn't really think through his plans, he just wants, and goes after.

Now.... imagine if this little child ...

I agree that it isn't feasible to support older systems. I guess in my idea, I don't see it as supporting older systems, but supporting campaign worlds. But, that's just a difference in vision.

Am I the only one to think that the "world-changing" events which conclude LG may just be the end of Greyhawk, period? Then WOTC could do whatever they want with the IP, rebuilding it from the ground ...

Then I'll have to do without. I have no intention of buying magazine downloads that don't include all the articles from the magazine (as many of the Paizo issues are missing entire articles).

Two of my posts from yesterday have mysteriously disappeared. Were they deleted, or is some kind of sleight of hand going on?

Thanks guys. This is exactly what I wanted. I'm thinking of using Fharlaghan for the human deity for preists, and maybe having some preists of Ehlonna running around. Since my group of players has nev ...

Okay, I've decided I'm staing my campaign in the Uleks, probably in the Duchy of. However, I need to know what religions would be found in the Uleks, especially for humans, so that I know what the pri ...

2 questions..

1) is there an updated archive anywhere? I went to the one listed on the page today, but obviously the ISP has lapsed, as it's one of those generic annoying "Buy this site!" search-si ...

Yes, it was tongue in cheek. 8)

I have the conversion manual, but it's a little .... "vague".

Yes, it is a Greyhawk character. I will have to try and track down that list of regional feats. Any ...

I decided to start to get to know the 3ed rules by converting my 17th level mage from 2nd Ed to 3ed stats. (I started playing this character when I was 8. I'm now 35. He's a tough SOB.) So, I dutifull ...

Hmmm... forgot about that one. I have it.... somewhere in my archives of Greyhawk stuff. Have to look it up. Thanks for the reminder! 8)

I am starting to prepare for my Greyhawk campaign in the fall. I am going to modifying a large number of already-available Basic, Expert and Advanced modules, retro-fitting them into Greyhawk, and str ...

I really like the explanaitons in this article, and would consider using it in my next campaign. I too found it interesting that, in 2nd Ed, there were lots of OBVIOUS druid spells that weren't druid ...

Just to throw my two cents in, which is almost tangential to the discussions, but...

The question was asked about what the "unknown realms" thought of the Flaeness? I've always thought that there h ...

I hadn't really thought about using pre-gens, but maybe that is a good idea. Then, if they die, they can roll their own. What I might do is, instead of rolling, get them to decribe their character, an ...

As an aside... I've been pouring through non-canonical sources for adventure ideas in my new campaign. So far, I have a found a LOT of modules that can be insertied into Greyhawk with only minor modif ...

That may actually be a decent idea. I know the one thing I hate in games is when you start mirco-managing your XP the closer you get to a new level. Maybe the key is for the DM to just decided when it ...

Actually, that's not a bad idea. What I was thining is kind of describing the core classes to them a little, then letting them decide what kind of character they would want to be. Maybe I'll let them ...

I was actually thinking of keeping the experience levels from 2nd Ed, just freeing it up so you could take a level of whatever. For example, if you're a fighter 1, and you want you next leevl to be a ...

So, I've been reading through some of the basic modules, and thinking about levels in 2nd Ed. One thing I like about 3rd Ed is how experience points are the same for all classes, and you can pick free ...

Hey all. I've been a longtime Greyhawk palyer, but I've been out of the D&D loop for about 10 years (since my last gaming group ended up spread out over hell's half-acre). I've been keeping up wit ...

I've used Tharizdun a few different ways in games, including making him not be a single creature entity, but instead "Tharizdun" is a code-word among those-in-the-know that points to the Cthulhu Mytho ...

I've always felt that the presence of magic is what would prevent Greyhawk from advancing with an Industrial Revolution. Remember, many of the things technology allowed us to do, can already be done w ...

Ivid... Iuz.... whatever. 8)

I dunno... I think I'll just pull out my copy of the Greyhawk boxed and start looking at history, seeing what I can use and what I can't use. Thank god there's so much ...

I'm going to go off on a heretical tangent here, and say it publically... I HATE Greyhawk Wars, or more specifically, what it did to Greyhawk in FROM THE ASHES. The idea of Iuz replacing several count ...

Well, easily, the most fun I've ever had playing a module was D1-2 Descent Into The Depths of the Earth. It almost killed my favorite character. A close second comes to the G1-3 series.

Most fun DM ...

As a longtime lurker, and even longer-time GREYHAWK and AD&D player, I though this would be a good place to jump in.... 8)

Are there any plans, now that the magazine is running its course, for ...