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Let the Clerics sell magic items in some cases, but there should be a test undertaken to see if those purchasing the items are worthy of the magic, the more powerful the item, the tougher the test, an ...

That most certainly does help! This is quite a comprehensive listing.

I had Mordenkainen, Tenser, Rary, and Bigby; it is the others that are not as well published, so I will now be able to find ...

I know I have run across the AD&D 1e and/or 2e stats for Circle of Eight, but I cannot remember where...

Does anyone know where I could find these?

Thanks,

Has anyone tried going to the Oerth Journal home page recently?
It says it has been hacked by "L0phtiran Iranian Hacker."

Anna,
Simply amazing! As always your work is truly breathtaking.

I've been away from this site for a while; I've been trying to get a writing career going...

Is there any new information on what Gygax Games will do about Castle Zagyg?

Pathfinder is a more favorable system than 4e for playing Dungeons and Dragons style gaming (4e is actually not a bad game system, but it is definitely not what I consider a D&D system).

Pathf ...

Wee Jas would most assuredly have a representative (cleric or magic-user) sent to the village in order to investigate. The idea of undead being created for chaotic intentions would not be favorable t ...

Good to have you back Anna...

I think your situation has been similar to many as I have noticed forum discussions have been lower recently. (I also have been one that has been diverted from being ...

Glad,
Excellent artwork! While I like most fantasy artwork, I like "old school" artwork above all else; it has more of an "adventure" feel which was our campaign atmosphere rather than an "epic" fe ...

Allowing followers to gain followers would fit a feudal society perfectly, but it would become an administrative nightmare for the PCs and the DM! Confused

Though this would give the PCs good reason ...

I finally obtained a copy of the complete C&C PHB and I must say these rules are amazing! They keep the old school RPG feel while updating AC as well as containing more complete attribute check r ...

I have not had a chance to put this into practice yet, but a critical fumble result which I recently decided upon is as follows:

On a natural 1, the attacker has the following occur until the end o ...

I do not think there are ten that would be on a universal Flanaess list. The ones I would think that would be openly ackowleged across the Flanaess in day to day lives are:
Beory
Pelor
Berei (The ...

I quite like the idea of Inns and Taverns, kind of like a "Traveler's Guide to the Best (or most notorious for those who are more adventuresome) Inns and Taverns in the Flanaess."

I would have to say Murlynd due to the fact that if magic existed, I would constantly be trying to combine it with science and technology. The fact that he is an explorer through and through also woul ...

IMO (and this could change), the enchantment on magical arms and armor is not damaged when the item is; only the physical aspect of the item is damaged. Therefore, a well-skilled blacksmith would be ...

3e is fairly straight forward, a wizard gains two spells at each level advancement due to continuous study and research. He may also supplement from other caster's spellbooks, scrolls and even the cre ...

Resurrection/Raise Dead should be a major event. If a cleric is neutral or evil, what is the motive? Even if the cleric is good, why would a good cleric raise even a good person without reason; afte ...

The next campaign that I run will be use the Pathfinder rules in Greyhawk's setting. I have I few adjustments that I will make to customize to my campaign, but all in all the Pathfinder RPG system i ...

I've never played a Barbarian, but if I was to do so, I would model part of him after Fafhrd who was quite intelligent. He would be reserved though so other might mistake him as the typical brainles ...

Concerning the new Post/No New Post icons at the left of the forums, are they astral color pools?

Pilgrims are a good encounter to shake things up; They are fanatics who may or may not have similar outlooks on the world from the PCs. They can be excellent sources of information as they have trav ...

As Montgomery Burns would say to Smithers, "Excellent!"

Does anyone know of any official stats online for Emirikol the Chaotic?

Excellent work!

In which sourcebook is the Shadowcraft Mage prestige class located?

I have been awaiting this for 25+ years. From the comments it sounds like it will have been worth the wait.

A pint or three? Alas, I cannot find my teleport spell in my spellbook!

It is just as well, I do not want to drink and teleport; who knows where I would end up! Laughing

Concerning not adventuring in the Duchy of Urnst the same is true here, though, as pointed out before, there are many reasons to adventure there. It has adventure all around it and some of the best c ...

Anna,
As always very impressive.

By viewing your maps, they show me how much I have yet to learn of the Flanaess. I do not know which is more impressive, the artistry of your maps or the amoun ...

One thing to remember with Iuz is that he is a deity, albeit a "young" one. Mortal timespans are not a contraint to him. He will not mind plans taking decades for fruition, but because of his chaoti ...

In our initial campaign we started with Keep on the Borderlands with regular/expert D&D and did not even finish that before my brother (DM) bought AD&D and we created new characters and playe ...

This looks like an interesting setting, I may check it out.

Just curious, do the elves in this world have a "lifespan" on the order of 1e AD&D (thousands of years) or 3e D&D (hundreds of ...

I agree; the DMG for AD&D 1e was a masterpiece on running a roleplaying game. I do not think there has ever been a game system that has come close to matching this book as a reference. It is eas ...

I agree that higher level characters should be able to create magic items, I just do not think they should be able to go to the corner store and buy one any time they wish.

The creation of a magi ...

It does make a nice gateway into exploring the western part of Oerik.

I've never had a problem with potions and scrolls as these are one time magical effects and are quite expensive (especially the poitions) vs. their use. If the DM controls wealth enterring into the g ...

I cannot give WotC the benefit of the doubt. For one thing, if he thought of it in the late 60's, he would still have been in single digits in age. Unless he wrote out at least a rough draft of the ...

I also would go with the Yeomanry. It would be very easy to fit towns to your description in this locale. As one gets closer to the mountains, it becomes more remote. There could be towns that were ...

We are talking of smokepowder, which is actually magical. It is not that the chemical mixture of gunpowder could not be created, it is that the chemical reaction of gunpowder simply cannot occur on O ...

Yes, each "order" of paladins would have a set of rules to live by that would best exemplify the essence of his or her deity. These might not even be in the form of any kind of an official oath, but ...

It can be a slippery slope. If humans of Oerth are anything like humans of Earth, highly accesible smoke powder could and very much would trigger an arms race. Of course one could correctly make the ...

We had galleons in our campaign as well. Mind though that they were rare and very expensive.

Caravels were the primary top of the line ship that one encountered. Although they might not have be ...

Depending on how much of the foundation to the rest of the castle has been completed, the size of the workforce, and the percentage of the year that the weather is fair enough to build (Hommlet has be ...

Just be glad he is not a cleric of Photus. Take about all out lawfulness! Despite the fact that Pholtus is LG, I think this would be harder to explain than the companionship with a cleric of of Heir ...

oh, and for register , you have to send a email!

just sent mine ;)

edited: mmm..just got it back, saying that it does not exist:( any clue?

Did you remove "Spamhater" from the email address b ...

I have half drafted an article for Canonfire on naval warfare in Greyhawk. This may inspire me to finish it off. :-)

Excellent news! Greyhawk Naval News (GNN?) is a topic that is not covered as ...

Great

It seems I have missed it in my reasearch. Now I have to find out where exactly to place it.

Thanks alot for the link!

//Anna

According to DUNGEON® #30, it's in hex W3-91 o ...

This is what I like most about Greyhawk. So many valid histories can be used to bring the world to life. No other campaign setting is as versatile to the design of the DM.

I agree; the only reason not to have firearms in Greyhawk is due to flavor of the world. When you compare the reload time of primitive firearms as well as the range factor and the misfire factor (thi ...

I asked about C&C previously, now I am curious about Hackmaster. I have looked into this previously and it appears to be 1e AD&D rules with some changes. I believe I read somewhere that the ...

The Scarlet Brotherhood has ears everywhere...

For that matter, the High or Grey Elves may have a stake in finding the remains of a Drow city. Perhaps long ago the Drow stole an ancient elven artif ...

My view tends to follow that of Crag and Cebrion. Even at the beginning of the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer it is noted that some of the information may not be accurate due to its means of gathering. T ...

Vhaeraun is a male drow god who concerns himself with reclaiming the surface world. He might be a focus in the history for your second example.

The A series indicates some drow activity in the are ...

One idea that immediately comes to mind is that the Elven City was destroyed during a war between Drow and Elves.

Another idea could be that the city was actually a Drow city at a time when they ...

A term that I noticed in C & C that I have not run across in any other rpg is the "Siege engine game mechanic"

What is the function of this aspect of the game rules?

Is the idea that the Lost City was built on the ruins of another city canon or just discussion a possible history? Either way it is an excellent idea for a potential mega-adventure.

As a player, ...

Has anyone used the Castles and Crusades rules (published by Troll Lord Games) to run a Greyhawk campaign?
If so, what are the pros and cons?
I understand their system is for the most part a ref ...

Who knows what is to come, however, I think we will be left to our own for a while. I just wish WotC would sell the rights to Greyhawk to either Paizo or Troll Lord Games.

Actually, I think not m ...

I have a strong feeling that 4e will be designed so that it will be fairly necessary to purchase modules rather than designing one's own, we'll see . While there have been many modules for all previo ...

Of course the comical cartoons were great. One in particular I remember was a group of adventurers sitting around a table playing a game called "Papers and Paychecks".

One thing that everyone remembers is the picture of the wizard riding through town igniting city guardsmen who are unlucky enough to have to challenge him. I cannot remember the name of picture, it w ...

Has anyone ever successfully integrated smokepowder and primitive firearms into a Greyhawk campaign? I am conflicted on this; on one hand I like the idea of adding something like this to Greyhawk in ...

The merging of these forums shows all of WotC's intent as to the lack of serious development of any worlds other than the ones they deem as core. I have tried to be optimistic in hoping (even though ...

The front of the wingship looks like a bottle opener! Laughing

I would use the ship stats and substitute a more valid illustration based upon these stats. As stated above by others a ship must have oars in order to ram without it being a suicide mission. This ...

Welcome Home Tiernan!

I've never campaigned up that way. We usually stayed in the mid to southern Flanaess, although once we were in the Yatils.

Anna, this web site looks like it will be great. One item of note though: on the maps page you have last two sections listed as section 73. The thumb on the page for the last section is map 74, but ...

The sourcebook Stormwrack is incredibly useful to those who wish to run a campaign with naval aspects. In this book there is an elven made ship which I tend to think of as the type the elves of the L ...

Wishes and other means (books, adventure locations, etc.) provided the only means (other than aging) of increasing attributes. Without magical augmentation, a player had those stats permanently (agai ...

I know this is an old thread but I would like to make an argument that if PCs are adventuring for wealth gains at epic levels, most adventuring would have to be off the Greyhawk prime material plane. ...

Has anyone heard when Alpha release 3 will be available from the Paizo site?

That makes sense to me as well; with the migration of the Suel people, it would be difficult to believe that Common did not have at least some roots from this source.

We may also need to realize t ...

Great resource! This is very much appreciated.

Just curious about the following:

I started with 1e AD&D. Is there anyone out there who started with Chainmail prior to the creation of D&D or AD&D? If so, what were the feelings when ...

All of this talk lately concerning the various editions of D&D have made me want to play bare bones 1e AD&D (PH, DMG, and MM) Perhaps add skill rules from 3.5 which would be easy to do, it wo ...

Murlynd should either be Divine Rank 1 or in the process of becoming so. That might make an interesting epic adventure. If Zagyg needed to imprison nine demigods to ascend, what would Murlynd need to ...

I appreciate all of the feedback. The Obsidian Citadel I knew would be difficult as Gygax always kept an incredible amount of secrecy surrounding Mordenkainen, most likely to leave it up to DMs, but ...

I want to hold off on making a judgement on 4e w.r.t. Greyhawk, but from everything I have seen these rules would change the way Greyhawk runs. I am to the point now with three editions, not includi ...

If you wish to start pre 2e, I would say any time prior to CY580 would be fine. The first campaign in which I participated (which started with the World of Greyhawk folio edition) we began the first ...

OleOneEye wrote:
Sea of Dust = Death Valley

I would say the Sea of Dust is like Death Valley on steroids.

I always felt that Keoland (along the coast) and the Yeomanry would have a climate simi ...

You have to undo the Flight of Fiends to save the world? Sounds like a no win scenario.

Yes, the original folio and '83 boxed set of the World of Greyhawk has one hex as 10 leagues (30 miles).

The Living Greyhawk Gazeteer map is actually a different scale, one hex equals 65 miles. I ...

This is a good adventure idea; it creates a need for travel while keeping the PCs from the dire consequences of travelling alone at low levels.

Caravan protection is a good low level adventure ho ...

If anyone is interested, some street vending clerics of Nerull are selling salmon mousse outside.

The Azure Sea is a major weather decider for the southern part of the Flanaess (all along that coast and then inland somewhat). One question concerning currents that will be critical: Is the Azure Se ...

One of the important ties that makes or breaks alliances in Greyhawk is the idea of trade between nations. How can such trade exist in a points of light campaign. It is true that in the early days th ...

Not again! Does anyone have a resurrection spell available?

I guess in five weeks we will get a full picture of 4e. 4e may turn out to be a good system on its own right, but from what I see it will not be Dungeons and Dragons as we know. I am not holding m ...

My pseudodragon familiar received a citation for not being on a leash; am I in the correct courtroom?

Does anyone know if there are any published works detailing Tenser's Castle or Mordenkainen's Citadel?

Thanks,
Telemachus

I have found this whole discussion on magic levels and the comparability between Greyhawk and Sword and Sorcery literature to have been quite useful and enlightening.

The building above definitely has a temple feel, perhaps ToEE; with its gothic style it could be to St. Cuthbert as well.

Here's a leap, how about a temple and palace combined? Could it be a pal ...

Cebrion,
Thank you for the input. I'll probably go with Campaign Cartographer 3. It looks as though it will best meet my needs. As far as the level of difficulty and price, that won't be a problem. ...

I do have to say Cebrion that although I do not think of Greyhawk as "Sword and Sorcery" I agree that magic is not and should not be on every street corner. The reason for magic getting out of hand ...

I have to diagree with the statement that Greyhawk is in the "Sword and Sorcery" genre.

Magic is a major and active force in the world. It is true that there are not many mages at higher levels, b ...

I am planning on updating an area of Greyhawk from an old campaign. This area is a group of three islands not on the canon map although within the Azure Sea (about 100 to 160 miles south of the weste ...

Game mechanics is secondary in my concern of 4e. My primary concern is the change of classes and races. If there is a Greyhawk version of 4e it will need to rewrite (from what it appears to me at t ...

I just started "Warped Passages" by Lisa Randall. This is concerned with present theories of dimensions beyond our standard perception to help resolve questions of modern physics theory.

Looks like I may open an adventuring supply company in Greyhawk City.