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Welcome! Make sure to get the free a [url=http://www.iodatacenters.com/~wmallman/ivid.html]Ivid the Undying PDF for a taste of the 2e Sargent-hawk products.

And check out deepshadow's thread for s ...

Did you check [url=http://www.adri.hoellengeier.de/marchland.html] the living Adri site's history or their [url=http://www.adri.hoellengeier.de/history.html] timeline? The German LGH team did their ho ...

While my shelf source material may be 2e, I'll be adapting all of it to Pathfinder. I've got the City of Greyhawk boxed set, From the Ashes, and The Adventure Begins. I thought I had another one her ...

DS, here's a few interesting threads:
[url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1781&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=]Gradsul
[url= ...

Welcome to cf, deepshadow!

Here is the She was given a detailed treatment in Dragon #76. She appeared as the ultimate villain of "Caermor" in Dungeon #2, which was reprinted in the Dungeons of Desp ...

The Ghostwind Campaign accessory has [url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4528&]The Story of Bonebreak.

Blood & Darkness has more on the death o ...

Umm... I wish i hadn't clicked the first link.

You sure that's the right pic rob?

Well the german translation is readily and cheaply available, but searching for the english version I turn up almost nothing. Not sure what [url=http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&r ...

Wow indeed. Good research. I wonder if the developers of the new Chainmail setting were aware of these? It does seem a bit similar with the factions and war theme.

The series, whose first episode w ...

Thanks, rasgon! I've been into the fey lately, but it's more coincidental that I did these two, since you are correct that I'm trying to work my way through the 1e Fiend Folio. Although I have skipped ...

@Azzy & Crag: What rules system do you use for your projects anyway? If 3.x or PF take a look at the [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/monk/archetypes/paizo---monk-archetypes/qingg ...

OMG!! Seriously? Drawmij is into Chronomancy? I had NO idea! That gives me SO many ideas!

Yes he is. I think it was introduced in the 3E GH era by Mona/Holian et al. It was definately mentioned ...

MS do you have the Hamunaptra d20 boxed set by Green Ronin? It's only $5 at the paizo store and that's not for the pdf but for the actual boxed set! It's great to flesh out Osirion and the neighbours. ...

SKR did: [url=http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/we/greyhawkdeities.html]Greyhawk Deities Expanded Domain List

[Edit] Oh well, you meant PF... Can't say.

Russ Taylor's site seems to be gone, i get a dead link.

I'd recommend the following:

Later in 3E Rudd is described differently in the Living Greyhawk document [url=http://www.google.de/url? ...

Can you make it go away, please?

Note that in 3E you also have the planar ally, planar binding line of spells which differ from summon monster/nature's ally. Pathfinder added even more stuff on [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/out ...

See also
[url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2849&]Dwarves on Oearth [sic]
and
[url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file= ...

Perhaps this thread prooves that the premise that that rangers serve specific deities is false?

The aura of courage mentioned is a chainmail game effect, and not exactly the same as the paladin's aura in 3.5.

This is what the book says about the weapon:

Bonebreak is an impressive weapon. Its wielder gains a +4 bonus on it's melee attack and a +1 bonus on melee damage. The wielder also gains the followin ...

This is from a sidebar of the Ghostwind Campaign accessory of the Chainmail game:

The Story of Bonebreak

When Stratis was but a godling, he chafed at his mother's protectiveness. She kept her so ...

I personally don't feel the need to westernify the martial arts.

This is plain wrong. It's a propaganda myth. Seriously. The old Greeks had (unarmed) martial arts, the other later Europeans sure ...

Check this older thread on [url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3788&]Monks in Greyhawk for many interesting details about monks in greyhawk and their ...

But I thought I'd add this for thought: For centuries, it was forbidden to teach "the West," the martial arts. The orientals held this fighting form to be a "secret."

Of course the West had their o ...

There is one spell in 2E that is similar.

Tome of Magic 2E, p. 46- "Estate Transference"

This spell actually transfers a large area of land(1,000 square feet/level), and all buildings/people/cri ...

Have you seen the LG Ket Regional Gazetteer ? It has a whole chapter on the tower...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13967638/KetGazetteer

"One half-hour past sundown, Lopolla time, Rary's tower in t ...

In Polyhedron #162/Dungeon #103 there are two new epic spells mentioned: Rary’s meritorious animation and Rary’s superlative draconic animator. But apparently no description of the spells is given b ...

Two words -- Giant beaver. Come on people, jump in!
[url=http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/d&D%20giant%20beaver%20comic%20jared%20hindman.jpg]That beaver is huge! Don't worry I've got prote ...

I could swear that I read some excellent Greyhawk fan fiction long time ago, where a cleric of Rao from Greyhawk City helps Arkalan. (I believe in the end they confront an animus on horseback).

Any ...

Words like "euroz" and "jebli" and "eiger" originated with Gary Gygax.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger]Eiger is actually Oger in (old) swiss-german. There's of course the famous Eiger mou ...

Overcoming challenges by successfully using your abilities.

I personally do not like giving out xp only for killing things much. It's almost as bad as gaining xp by gold pieces was.

Actually ...

So you're saying they should have a wizard's BAB, right? OK I can see that. But you can't turn this into an argument that NPC classes are generally a bad idea.

I never did. The basic NPC classes a ...

I am completely on target. With regard to Experts and adventurers, there is one major difference between them- adventurers actually go into places where they will likely be attacked, and do so purpos ...

A few fun Incursion related threads on ENworld:
[url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-legacy-discussion/195525-building-uber-lich.html]Building the Uber Lich (powering up Vlaakith)
[url=http://www.e ...

Rip can you repost your Heward, Zagig (Fiction). I can't seem to find it on WotC boards anymore...

I also seem to remeber some excellent GH fan fiction about Murlynd going after Emirikol in the St ...

Those 3e conversions are great, Creighton did some good work there.

Iirc Tyrum also appears (as a 2E specialty priest) in Scarlet Brotherhood, Reydrich is probably in Ivid the Undying, Cymria is a ...

Great stuff Maldin Laughing

[url=http://dicefreaks.superforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3006&start=75]This dicefreaks thread has lots of PF builds for Iggwilv though sometimes using older/new/alternate rules for epic adva ...

Dungeon adventures by David Howery:

Issue #15 Volume III, Number 3 (January/February 1989)

ELEPHANTS' GRAVEYARD, THE*
AD&D GREYHAWK adventure, 5-8 characters of levels 5-7
Written by: Davi ...

As for Iggwilv stats, I like the statblock posted, but the more I think about it the more I am thinking I will just do it up from scratch.

I run Pathfinder so I am thinking of doing her up as a 20t ...

IIRC, I think I read somewhere that Iggwilv was Oerth's incarnation of Baba Yaga, though I can't remember if that is actual canon or not.

According to Dragon #359, Baba Yaga is actually Iggwilv's a ...

I seem to remember grodog finding some obscure GH info in the old geomorphs:

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_geomorphs.html

From the index 91 looks like it has some good CoGH material, but 101 looks pretty bare.

Which index do you refer to?

Here's [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/294309-al-qad ...

Look to 3E for clarification.

The An outsider is at least partially composed of the essence (but not necessarily the material) of some plane other than the Material Plane. Some creatures start out ...

Another topic that I seldom see referenced is the fanon material/timeline on the dwarves of Greyhawk: Runes of the dwurs

Most of it can be found on this swedish website (Click the links under Dwar ...

“Playing the Political Game” Dragon Magazone 90, p31
Cool details about Luxor and Karmagia, two small fiefdoms in the Wild Coast.

I never heard of that one before..

The Complete Thief’s Handboo ...

I stumbled upon this reference on the web somewhere. The GURPS setting Banestrom features a world called Yrth. ([url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=149789&page=2]link)

Does anyone know ...

Doesn't the 1E Oriental Adventures HC have a ninja class?

To be frank the NG CoB box hasn't increased in value imho. Sure there are several listed on amazon for fantastic prices , but that's par for amazon marketplace. I wouldn't pay more than cover price fo ...

The Rhenee prestige classes were available on WotC once. They are still available via the wayback machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050415021636/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/articles ...

See my comment here:
http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloadcomments&lid=87&ttitle=Rhennee_Vetha_Prestige_Class

I left that comment long time ago. I ...

A 10th level blacksmith is not an everyday blacksmith, just as a 10th level fighter is not an everyday fighter. Both are name level.

And you don't need the levels to represent the mastercraft skil ...

Who says the long time campaigning mercenary captain is only a Ftr6 ? Also what kind of life has a 10th level blacksmith lead to get to such a high (name) level?

Dragon#88 and the [url=http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]Living Greyhawk Deities 2.0 document are the primary sources imho. The Scarlet Brotherhood and From the Ashes add considerab ...

Average? No. But here are some ideas for which actions an expert blacksmith might gain xp: forging a masterwork item, training an apprentice, killing some rats, repairing a complex item.

Read the ...

Overcoming challenges by successfully using your abilities.

I personally do not like giving out xp only for killing things much. It's almost as bad as gaining xp by gold pieces was.

Even in 2E ...

This is very similar to SKR's system (1xp per day) and the one Mavrick Weirdo used on the ENWorld threads I linked to in the post upthread.

If you were "canon-nazi" how could he have lost his nose in the first place? The rules as written never allowed for such "critical injuries".

Anyways. I suggest you consult the [url=http://www.grey ...

So, have these lost treasures already been uploaded?

But I encourage you to use the wiki as well. Rasgon and Robbastard have spent countless hours supplying all of us with almost limitless information. It the single greatest source for Greyhawk minuti ...

I see.

After some more googling:

www.holdfast.org/TheHistoryoftheAeredi.doc

Is it this one?

[url=http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Timeline+of+the+Great+Kingdom%22]Let me google that for you... ;-) (2nd post down)

Is that the one you search?

So you're saying they should have a wizard's BAB, right? OK I can see that. But you can't turn this into an argument that NPC classes are generally a bad idea.

Lol! Nice job! But what you are saying is I should have bought Unearthed Arcana...

My main problem with 3e was that the pcs were getting to levels 12-14 and I was starting to find it very hard ...

Also did you ever run into the problem of the important non-adventuring NPC who had not enough hp? (i.e the PCs decide to waste the king/sage/whoever)

PCs are (even more) superheroes in this system ...

As far as 2E, it is relatively simple to assume that NPC's gain NWP, not levels, with age. Thus, they put alot of NWP ranks into their relevant skills and become masters of their respective crafts. ...

I don't know anything about 3E, so I have to take your example at face value. But it does seem to me like the sage's sage levels make him a better fighter. That to me is the perverse element.
Do ...

Many people see a problem with 3.x "o-level professionals".

A 10th level Master Blacksmith has nearly the fighting ability and hit points of a 7th level fighter. That is pretty awesome for a dude ...

Whoops my bad.

Yep, Bastion of Faith is a very interesting source for the church of Heironeous, and to a lesser degree Hextor. It has a 2E Faiths & Avatars- style writeup of the two deities. The Guide to Hell h ...

Well there are of course the old Dungeon adventures by David Howery. Elephant Graveyard from #15, The Leopard Men from #22, Ghazal from #30, Rogue from #34, The Land of Men with Tails from #54. He als ...

3E introduced NPC classes for this. If you run 1E or 2E you have those 0 level people which to me do not make much sense. 4E has reintroduced them via the mooks rules. Of all these I like the 3E/PF sy ...

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=495

The link to download the pdf does now work. If you need it i have a copy saved...

The 2e complete book of gnomes and halflings is interesting. It details one typical gnomish settlement and has many details about their culture and society. Check it out here: http://www.coryj.net/Cor ...

There was once an interesting thread about detailing the different vampire bloodlines. So Kas at least might have descendents of completely different kind.

It is illegal to ride a giraffe in city limits (this one I got off a list of bizarre laws in the U.S.-I believe it's on the books in arizona.)

from the AD&D toy line:
"Name: Peralay / Melf
...

Living Greyhawk has a lot of material on the aforementioned knighthoods including prestige classes and affiliations. Do a google search. But then the PC can always simply be of the landed gentry and ...

Why not ask James himself? (You can contact him at jamesagp1@gmail.com)

I plugged "King Belvor" into google pic search and boy did i find interesting pics:
[url=http://community.wizards.com/realadventures/go/thread/view/75777/19985217/Land_of_Nod__Tanglewood_Gap_CY_633]L ...

A 3E Mordy statblock is in the Epic Level Handbook(ELH). Other are in Living Greyhwk Journal #0 (LGHJ#0). LGGaz has no statblock only short notes (ala human male Wiz20+.)

3E Tenser was in a later ...

Mike Johnson rebuilt the Evard from Dungeon #107. The statblock is available [url=http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan/npcz.html] here.

Check out [url=http://dicefreaks.superforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=360&]Dicefreaks' Arcane Library Thread

Also [url=http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/Mausoleum/List_of_Canon_Printed_Rave ...

I suspect there is only one such artifact, after all, and attempting to recreate its abilities even in a small way would be extremely difficult.
I believe the [url=http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/inde ...

Roger Moore goes over the Spelljammer products in his [url=www.holdfast.org/gh_index.rtf]Revised Greyhawk Campaign index. noting any Greyhawk references. He also indexed some Dungeon adventures linked ...

ENWorld's Creature Catalog has converted stats for her. (Converted from the original 1E Dragon Magazine #83 article by Roger Moore)
[url=http://www.enworld.org/cc/converted/view_c.php?CreatureID=1084 ...

I posted some interesting info on Kord and some links [url=http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19833826/Kord&post_num=11#337569490]here a while ago.

Kind of a digression, but I just noticed featuring a half-pixie/half-copper dragon swanmay with a mohawk

LOL. Excellent build! And even though she is three feet tall, she somehow manages to wiel ...

Hmm. I think I found a bug in the adventure. Under the description of a Suel lich

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Greyhawk/Suellich.txt

it says that the host must be 15 levels weaker than the lich. ...

Dungeon 77 is 2E.

The Bone Ring is originally from Steve Kurtz's most excellent [url=http://gctm.free.fr/add/necromant/]Complete Necromancer Handbook, check the magic items chapter.

Many spells ...

..and old disco haircuts, too!

[url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20021206]Here's some info on Juiblex from the 3E book of Vile Darkness (BoVD). Check out the monster "Darkness Given Hunger" in the Servants of Juible ...

The d20 World of Greyhawk forum has a Gradsul subforum:
http://d20worldofgreyhawk.yuku.com/forums/48

Lots of info, no map though. Also I'm not sure about the canonicity of their info.

Also on ...

Phoebus is now found (in 3.5e) in the World Serpent Inn were it makes contact with Oerth in the city of Irongate. Ill get the exact dragon magazine number. FYI

Mark
It's Dragon #351 p.26. Is this ...

I for one like the Gygax prose and I also liked reading the later books from the series. But the SoOC, CoH and Night Arrant where by far my favourites. I liked them more than the Kidd books.

The Paul Kidd ones are ok. But i still recommend the Gord books. If i had to choose three: Saga of Old City, Artifact of Evil and City of Hawks. Together they make a great resource for the City of G ...

Bigby's INTERPOSING Hand. Try to resist the urge to make it look like a catcher's mitt. Laughing

He's got a hand for all occasions. I'm just going to leave that one alone.

Wink

The art soun ...

Glad you should have specified which edition iof the D&D rules you
prefer.

That said here's are my candidate spells:

Shield - 1st level spell - creates an invisible, tower shield-sized mo ...

See [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/131553-ecology.html]this ENWorld thread for an index to all old Dragon Ecologies. The poster Richards who supplied the index is the author ...

3E stats for Chaine are included in the [url=http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan/ghnpcz/duicarthex2.pdf]2nd Duicarthed as Chaine Zerenth; CN; Human male Wiz11, Carnakh

Chaine Zerenth [NPC]
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