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I'm running an Against the Giants campaign in Geoff at the moment. I've made heavy use of the Living Geoff modules.

I don't use them in any particular order as I am not retelling that campaign. R ...

Why did you list County Ulek but not Duchy or Principality?

Isn’t it stated somewhere that Verbobonc is a vassal to Veluna?

It does so state: in the LGG, in the boxed set, and in the original F ...

My first (and, really only) experience with orogs and ogrillons was in the Greyhawk Ruins mega-dungeon. I thought it was rather silly to make them distinctly different creatures. They are both half-or ...

You forgot Against the Giants Silver Anniversary supermodule, the combination of G1-G3 with added information on the Giants conquest of Geoff and the fight to defeat the Sakhat led by Cloud Giant Quee ...

I went through part of it as a player. It was fun. The GM (Jason Zavoda) started the adventure in southern Geoff but we ended up on Luna.

As for a settlement across the river from Niole Dra, I am sure one exists. Most settlements on rivers find a way to spread to both banks.

Usually but not always. There are factors that could inh ...

National capitals are usually the area from which a region can most easily be controlled from, and the idea that the capital is a major city is a fairly recent one. For example, English Kings often ru ...

Awesome work guys. Spreading the Wyrd!

In any case, Gary Gygax's Greyhawk campaign is obviously the most important and consequential Greyhawk campaign, but it's still just one Greyhawk campaign, and I think he always intended for other gro ...

Wow! What a great first issue. Slick looking as well. Very pleased to see this.

I'll be submitting something for a future issue asap :D

Interesting stuff on writing.

I will have to finish up my article on language familiaritie on Oerth; how the different languages of the Flanaess relate to one another and how easy it is for a speak ...

I was wracking my brain trying to think of the name of the Gate of Glass.

The seven wonders were very specific features of cities rather than entire cities themselves, which is why I didn't list pl ...

For me the word wonder means something wonderous, so I would avoid places like the Causeway of Fiends, which is more horrific than wonderous. They should also be man made artifacts, much like the ori ...

Honestly the biggest problem with Dragon Heist is the ending.

No matter what the heroes do, they fail.

My players would kill a drow character named Eclavdra out of reflex LOL

She's a major recurring villain in my game :D

go on a quest. Both are Lawful Good.

How do they get along? Will they cooperate and work together? What happens if the religious tenets of one forbid/require an action the party wants/needs to t ...

Pluffett's summary essentially comes right out of the World of Greyhawk box set discussion in Vol III, p. 74. I had occasion to look up the original source yesterday during my regular game, as the wo ...

Hi Arthan,

Great summary, but the area you describe is in the South Western Flanaess not the South East. ;)

Those with noble titles would not be able to grant land. Only the Crown can do that. Nor would they be able to grant titles. Again, only the crown.

They could give authority to manage the land. ...

All authority in regards to titles derives from the Crown. The Duke of Gradsul would not have the authority to directly grant a title, but in the early days of the Kingdom when the Neheli's and Rhola ...

I haven't done much with Greysmere specifically, but the Dragon 245 issue has several useful articles that might be helpful. The Complete Book of Dwarves, a 2e supplement ... if you can find it ... m ...

I think you could just as easily do a Robin Hood type scenario in the Gnarley, substituting say Glodreddi for Sir Guy, the Lord Mayor as Prince John.

You should also consider issues of maternal morbidity and mortality, and infant mortality.

Grey and high elves should be presumed to have high quality health care, leading to good outcomes from pre ...

I have some of the LG Verbobonc modules she appears in.

The Cowled Lady never appears directly to the characters. The one module I don't have, I don't know if she makes a direct appearance or not, ...

Add one more vote for Niole Dra and Gradsul.

I would revise the motives of Rary, and his goals, to better explain his actions.

It really seemed more to me like TSR wanted to do a Bright Desert sourcebook than create a coherent story behind Ra ...

I recall that Thiondar's Legacy, from Dungeon Magazine #30, included a history of the Grey Elves and their founding, which was a separating from the High Elves. Though it wasn't set in Greyhawk, spec ...

Q1. What is your favorite realm or region in the World of Greyhawk setting?

Celene

Q2. If you could actually be one Greyhawk deity which one would it be?

Ehlonna ... though Mayaheine is a c ...

Reminds me of the Welsh Eisteddfod tradition ... very fitting.

I think anyone who uses a potion of longevity as a "poison" to stop a marriage is just nuts.

Take the potion yourself and outlive the bastard.

I actually think crash is on to something. Remember cloth is used for more than just clothing.

The peasantry wouldn't be wearing a lot of imported cloth. They'd make clothing from local sources. ...

I always thought the idea gunpowder can't work is completely bogus. It's GM's fiat.

Which is fine if that's what you really want. But I'd rather not contort myself into knots trying to redesign p ...

I also tend to think of the Suel in terms of Imperial Rome. Latin was the language of the Church and the law, and still influences many core legal concepts.

We also use Gaelic for the Flan, in spi ...

Hi Guys!

I also have registered to run an event for VGHC. I will actually be running it twice: first in D&D 5e and again in Hero System 5th edition.

OH, that makes so much more sense! Duh!

Yeah, I think we're meant to assume that Liga appears the same size in Oerth's sky as Earth's sun appears from Earth, and somebody just didn't do the math.

I have to agree. I've been plugging some ...

A double solar eclipse would only happen on Goodmonth 11.

Why that day?

Huh. I used to have those cards but got rid of them years ago. Wish I hadn't now.

I'm trying to figure out how lunar eclipses would work in Oerth. In spite of the geocentric nature of Oerth's solar system, Celene and Luna should at intervals block the sun, causing an eclipse.

T ...

What if electrum were a necessary component for enchanted weapons or armor and loses this ability if separated into gold & silver? That would give nations an incentive to keep it in pure form; it ...

I hadn't heard of it. Not sure when it was released.

Would be interested to know if anyone had bought it or run it.

I'm in the habit of printing articles I find useful, but since the change to the new format for the website I'm getting a very narrow band of text with all the sidebars instead of just getting the art ...

Dungeon Magazine 105

Oh, thank you for this. I knew there was a writeup on him, and I could not remember where to find it.

One of my PCs defeated him and put on his helmet. It cost her an eye ...

A knight is simply a person who comes from a social class that allows him to spend all his time training for war. The training is fairly specific. They are the bottom of the totem pole in a so calle ...

It was not originally a cohesive setting, and only recently has is become a “whole” setting. To me, it seems contrived and forced.

Yeah, Gygax didn't set out to build a world when he wrote D& ...

Verbobonc was detailed in the Living Greyhawk setting, as was Dyvers.

I don' know if the campaign guides are even available online anymore.

The Verbobonc map (there are several, all different) m ...

I remember the encounter with the fall, but that's not what I'm talking about. Skech modified the encounter. It was definitely outdoors.

I've been playing since 1979, so I have a lot of origina ...

Gygax wanted his game to be lethal. That part of the system was intentional. He thought characters should die.

Problem is, his own game had lots of resurrection in it, so I'm not so sure how inte ...

That's awesome! Glad you had a great game.

S4 is one of my favorites. I've run it, and played it. Great adventure.

I did not care for 2nd edition, honestly, but I think that was simply because I am resistant to change. I hated 3e/3.5 and wanted nothing to do with 4e.

5e is a breath of fresh air. I've played i ...

Well, except mistletoe is hunted in winter, towards Christmas (Solstice).

Yeah I just checked the link and the Ford Keep page comes up now, sans the map. Guess someone finally got around to fixing it.

Yes, have this but thank you! Every scatter bit helps :)

Thanks, Rasgon!

Yeah, I don't see mention of Yrag as well, but then there's so littl einformation on him, it may have been over looked. I did read someone else that his connection to Ford Keep is ...

OK, so the last time I tried this my player (fellow Canonfire member Skech) read my question which kinda spilled the beans a little bit ... though not too badly since he already knew I was moving my g ...

Dang. Now I'm going to have to rewatch it.

When it aired on TV, the station in my area only carried the first season. Very frustrating for me. Have the boxed set now, and was so happy to finally ...

Well, Lolth was in an episode.

I always imagined Zagyg as Dungeon Master.

Oooohh good point. He does kinda look like Zagig, and his approach is often pretty nutty when you think about it.

Good job, Amy.

A meta article for the things that every good DM should keep in mind when developing NPCs and the campaign setting. I would only add one more "W" to the standard journalism list: "W ...

Great, which article was it?

Mine was called: Reign of Death. It's about an alternate Greyhawk where the Death Knights had initially won.

-Gary

Read that one, I enjoyed it :)

I wrote the ...

Awesome! I have an article in this issue :)

SirXaris, I know absolutely nothing about Alfred the Great. Is there a source you recommend or should I just wikipedia?

Lanthorn, do you think the Complete Book of Elves is superior to Moore's elv ...

The closest analogy is the

How would this compare to the Cataclysm from Dragonlance? How would a post sundering Greyhawk look?

Well, the origins of the Nyr Dyv have never really been explore ...

Thanks, Jason!

This is helpful. I'm currently going through all my canon resources for every reference to anything in Keoland or related to Keoland that I can find.

This will be very helpful so ...

Thanks, Jason!

This is helpful. I'm currently going through all my canon resources for every reference to anything in Keoland or related to Keoland that I can find.

This will be very helpful so ...

If there's a Copper Quarter, a Gold, Silver, Platinum, and/or Electrum district might make sense, as well as perhaps Brass and Iron. Or perhaps districts could be named after other products, such as g ...

Thanks for all the wonderful insight, guys!

I have Rary the Traitor and I have all the Bright Lands related LG modules so I have the whole storyline. It's well done, but unsatisfying in many ways, ...

Thanks, SirXaris. That's helpful, and its consistent with my own thinking when it comes to Mordenkainen. Some of the 5e stuff coming out has him essentially withdrawn from Oerth to pursue this visio ...

Hi, guys,

Been awhile since I've posted regularly; mostly been lurking lately.

I'm running a Greyhawk campaign, and am in the process of running some elements of Rary the Traitor (to my player ...

Agreed. I've read it as well. It's an encylcopedia article, little different from the various Wiki's on the internet. Though probably better organized and edited.

As you say, Ehlonna opposes the same things that Obad-hai opposes, but I think their solutions are where they differ. Obad-hai would think "the local human population threatens the survival of the wol ...

Useful, if dated (my campaign is in CY 602). Still, a nice little tidbit on the Scarlet Brotherhood that I hadn't been aware of.

Everything is always appreciated!

Somewhere I found an article that mentioned a craftsman in Keoland who'd discovered how to make sheets of very clear glass. He couldn't make very large sheets.

For the life of me I can't find wher ...

Thanks, Cebrion! I think I'm in good shapel

Hi, folks! Been awhile since I've logged in. I'm having some login problems. Somehow I managed to stay logged in on this tab, but when I do a google search to try and find something and come to a n ...

Hi, Guys!

After a very long absence I decided to login again. I went to update my email address (which hasn't been accurate in over 15 years) but I can't get the system to accept my new address. ...

I hear you guys - death should be an event, not just a road-bump. I think I agree - but how do I handle the disappointed players? I may have shot myself in the foot by asking them to come up with a ...

The fur trade in this country during the colonial period is a fascinating subject and definitly worth learning more about. I have always envisioned the wood elves being like the Woodlands Indians. How ...

The way I ran the original four modules was to start with new 4th-5th level PCs in A4, then have the party go through A1-3. It's the only way to play the series without it being a railroad. The A1-4 s ...

It is becoming more difficult to convince them that they have to respect the law (it's so true that power corrupts). But they are now powerful enough to infiltrate the Slave Lords, take on GDQ, RtT ...

I've looked over it: from what I saw, I see no need to pay retail price for this product.

There are some interesting NPC examples, and it tells you a lot about the costs of building a city. But t ...

You might consider looking at the Corwyl supplement, from Green Ronin IIRC. It lays out an entire wood elven community, with NPCs and backstory that is very interesting. It could be placed anywhere ...

Assuming you take the Gord novels as canon--I know some folx do, and our group will draw from them occasionally if it makes a good story, but we don't tie the events in the novels too tightly into Gre ...

Well, Vecna ruled Duchy Urnst according to Gary Holian and Erik Mona's map.

Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Or in the case, maps. Laughing

Never seen that before - but mightily impress ...

By the way, did you find the invulnerable coat of Arn inside Dark Druids?

I did, though you wouldn't recognize it for what it is Happy

+3 splint mail, SA invulnerable.

Theala

Whoah!!! Bra ...

My thoughts and ideas for my home Campaign is that Blackthorn beside being a humanoid lair is a gateway to the underdark.

That means that the humanoids can have resources and income from down under ...

And now that the location of the Dark Druids lair has been found, all that is left is to calculate the ideal time to run the module. Once the connection with Anthraxus is established, all you have to ...

By the way, did you find the invulnerable coat of Arn inside Dark Druids?

I did, though you wouldn't recognize it for what it is Happy

+3 splint mail, SA invulnerable.

Theala

Oddly enough, gibberlings are present in two locations of the WoG '83 boxed set (Blackmoor and Suss Forest) that share a common attribute. (If memory serves well there is even a reference of the mons ...

Sorry I didn't see this post prior to you starting you game, Theala. IIRC, Rob talks about placement of DD in the Gnarley over on his boards, but the posts may have been nuked with the ezboard crashe ...

Well, I ended up running my Dark Druids game, and picked my own locations.

I don't know if anyone else has looked at this module--Rob Kuntz has contributed a lot to the WoG, and this module suppose ...

Theala I don’t think it’s possible to copy more than one layer at a time from Acrobat reader or the full version. But to help you I’ve uploaded a jpg of the whole map with all layers visible.
...

Thanks Theala

I will breakdown the large map in smaller pieces, larger ones like the Sheldomar Valley and smaller like the provinces of Furyondy. By using the PDF format you can do most of it by zo ...

Hi Fellow Hawkers

For quite some time now I’ve been working on a mapmaking project, to do a remake of the original Darlene campaign maps and hopefully a full atlas of Oerth. My dream was to make ...

Oerth Journal 18

Well good news everyone. I've just finished editing Oerth Journal 18, and guess what. Its done!

Great issue! One of my PCs is from Ahlissa, and is coming back into the game a ...

I'm planning to run the Dark Druid's module by Rob Kuntz in the WoG. I understand it was originally written to be run in the Gnarley Forest, which is a good thing since our group is currently in Verb ...

>Should we then try to create a superset of events that encompasses events in all home campaigns and those in canon? :)

Yes.

Granted, it would be impossible to incorporate everyone's take on ...

Dragon Mountain does indeed have very overt and blatant rules "changes" to help the Kobolds.<many examples snipped

The scenario was rigged in favor of the kobolds to get the players to think the ...

Excellent suggestions! Thank you for the input. It looks like the T series is the best to start with. I admit that I will have to get my hands on the City of Greyhawk stuff. I don't own it. I can ...

Interesting . . . fails to capture the essence somehow. Great read. If you went with GVD's reasoning, then you have a great backstory for Iggwilv. She's such a fixture in Greyhawk mythology, an ...

My campaign is in mid 592 C.Y. at the moment and I'd like to know if any of our sage, walkers or apprentice walkers might know where she's been for the past 5 years or so. Also, any 2E stats on her? ...