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Baklunish Magic

THE ZASHASSAR

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The Sha'ir is a subclass of Occultist whose patron is a noble Genius.

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THE MAGIC OF THE ELEMENTS
Elemental magic is a long-standing Baklunie ...

I talk about combining various modules to create the ultimate Castle Greyhawk.

Thanks especially for this one. (Also good to see you up and about again.)

Here is my version of Fax, for my new Slave Lords campaign. Had the art commissioned from a (really horrible) sketch I drew. If there is interest I can post the history and key.

This appears ...

I like what was done with the Old Faith at The Setting to End All SettingsBeory - the spirit of the Oerth itself;
Elohnna - the Spring Lady of fertility and new life. Patron of all rangers (they all ...

I like the idea of the Payni as a surviving remnant of the old pantheistic way of life, and the use of al-Qadim to fill in some spaces.

What confuses me is the role of the greater genie-kind a ...

From LGG :
"Al'Akbar (ahl AHK-bar) first came to prominence in the days following the Invoked Devastation, when he was called by the gods of the Paynims to restore the Baklunish people to the path o ...

I will second the advice to check out Wicked Studios and William Henry Dvorak's materials. One critique I have of a lot of third party games is the art, or lack thereof. Often times there is no inte ...

I was thinking about this a little lately, too. Was contemplating some old Flan place that had once been "Pelorodunum" as an analogy to Lughdunum, for instance.

This list is definitely food for tho ...

I don't think so.

In Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins, it mentions that where the Millstream exits the city, occasionally gems, coins, and the random bone wash out. Given where it flows underground ...

Ah yes: "here, catch!"

It seems to me Gord did go back for it.

I've played through the adventure, and it could easily be ported over to Greyhawk. Considering who built the city, all manner of unknown areas are just waiting to be found below the city. I might cons ...

I'd go with a very small number of humans for actual mountain ranges.

Looking at a place like Afghanistan, it's population density back in the early 1960s was 14 people / km2 (or about 36 people / ...

I'd go with a very small number of humans for actual mountain ranges.

Looking at a place like Afghanistan, it's population density back in the early 1960s was 14 people / km2 (or about 36 people / ...

Just recently, I found out that the old 2nd edition boxed set, the Night Below, was on the 'Drive Through RPG' print on demand list. So I checked it out and splurged and got myself the hardbook copy. ...

I thought of Pelor as a Flan analog to Baldr--insofar as Jacob Grimm's etymology of Baldr really followed from "white" to "shining" to "strong"--and Pholtus as an analog of the "lord of the daylit sky ...

What if, in the framework of 5e, his clergy are really more like warlocks?

Timely topic! We had discussed this in the Canonfire Discord just last night. I haven't studied this even as closely as GH Musings has, but yes if the original author was inspired by Spartacus or real ...

Here's a topic from 2004 that discusses Osson of Almor and (maybe?) contemplating a drive to Rauxes: http://www.canonfire.com/cf//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=365

Sure enough:
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It's not much but here's something. The part that I've seen over and over is the association with the Knights of the Watch.

The March of Bissel is a feudal monarchy owing fealty to Gran March and V ...

Thanks for sharing that. That connection never hit me either until right now that I read this.

I always figured them for being like Dacians--the wolf being important in their symbology--but Uyghers ...

I'll cast a vote for Stoink.

That seems to have been the perpetually "coming soon" from Dragon Magazines past.

My condolences to all who knew him well.

As I imagine it, one of the reasons Selczek Gobayuik is so disliked is partly because of his habit of constantly smoking the most obnoxiously bad-smelling pipeweed and Baklunish hashish he can find. T ...

I don't see there being a definitive answer on this, since a position taxation is unlikely to be found in the holy texts of Zilchus. And in any guess I don't know that the church is completely aligned ...

Other than the doppelgänger, what monsters are there, from any edition, or any mythology, or any source really, that could plausibly impersonate someone as important as a Countess?

I've never known ...

One thing that occurred to me about Sir Xaris' elven noble idea is that "Tillahi's estate" is located in northern Celene on Anna's map, Tillahi being the elven countess who, at least in CY 579, is pri ...

One thing that occurred to me about Sir Xaris' elven noble idea is that "Tillahi's estate" is located in northern Celene on Anna's map, Tillahi being the elven countess who, at least in CY 579, is pri ...

... In Dance of Demons, Gord's companion Gellor has become ruler of the nation of Hy Brazeal in what is Ærth's equivalent of South America, and the kings of Avillon—Ærth's equivalent of the Britis ...

Mine were back in Round 8 https://greyhawkery.blogspot.com/2020/10/ring-of-five-questions-round-8.html, but here they are:

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

Which pact goes thematically with the Egg of Coot?

A little quick search for the Egg of Coot led me to a tidbit about how it liked to write on latrine walls, in the sky, etc.

So how about Pact o ...

Are you going to use the kidnapped apprentice hook? If so would the young magic user have been apprenticed to Burne?

"O Blinding Light" is from a Firesign Theatre sketch. Gygax was purportedly a fan: https://doomsdaygames.proboards.com/thread/877/inside-temple-pholtus

I had meant "to the tune of" but yeah...this ...

This sounds like a great idea! I will listen to the Battle Emridy Meadows when I get the chance.

Speaking of songs, there have been a number of them suggested in my own campaign....
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4. O Bli ...

Isn't saltpeter a material component for the Fireball spell?

Bat Guano and Sulfur were the material components back in AD&D, anyway.

Thanks! I've asked the authors directly through FB messenger (after locating them through the Greyhawk Resources group) and will update here if/when I learn more.

That's great. I am intrigued.

The GreyTalk archives has an entry with a brief synopsis of the series (edit) that was teased and then not actually given. My bad.

https://greytalkarchives.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-survived-gencon99- ...

Okalasna? Sounds like an anagram for Onalaska, near LaCrosse.

Was that an addition by the LG regional team?

I want to tell the players that I've started the campaign at the start of CY 576. The S4 text says it's taken 2 sen'nights to get to the start. What day is it?

Cutting to the chase... 2 sen'nig ...

This post is going to have me going back to see the fine differences in pole arms again.

And check out the Sultan of Zeif! Equipping his men with two-handed swords. I would have imagined them carry ...

I dropped by the Internet Anagram Solver which lets you use multiple words.

Including her house name, Eclavdra Eilserv, you get some real interesting ones:

Eviller Cadavers
Larval Deceivers
De ...

It's not the easiest site to deal with from a phone.

To tap out anything much more complicated than this message here I'd have to be sitting at a PC, and that's a shrinking amount of my free time.

I'd been reading up on Night Below recently and hadn't realized that he was gone until just now.

My condolences to his family and friends.

What about the "Inner Plan Probability Lines (the 7th dimension)" referenced in Unearthed Arcana under Hierophant Druid?

I thought I remembered--and it might be from the Gord the Rogue series--that ...

I read over the description in the 5e PHB...

There is a 100 foot limit on how far the familar can be from the PC and still have that communication link back.

Temporarily dismissing the familiar ...

I believe this is what EGG meant when he referenced "walking the lines of probability" in the description of the hierophant druid of the Unearthed Arcana. Basically the ability to walk from one versi ...

Flovaus possible mottos:

Go big or go home.
All in!
Anything worth doing is worth over doing

I think this is it --

-It's the one that doesn't have a link. Confused

That's what I get for not subscribing to Dungeon. Razz

I hear they come up with a lot of good GH stuff.

It ...

But I didn't get the impression that it was that far north from the JG map:

http://www.acaeum.com/jg/ModPhotos/1978a.jpg

It's on the very top of that map, though (area 5, and just above it), abo ...

Did you know, that the famous Empire Carpet pitchman was named... Lynn Hauldren? He was advertising Empire in the Chicago market since 1977.

Empire of Lynn?

Yeah, okay. Probably was just a co ...

What if the Island they were trying to raise is non other than the Ilse of Woe?
Interesting thought, but what would be the Rehnnee motivations to do so? I view them as gypsy types (so some what chaot ...

Now, how about some of those Olman names? Isn't Tezcatlepoca pronounced 'The cats dance the poka'? Razz

SirXaris
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Well, no. It's pronounced just like it's spelled. Happy

Suel. Is it Sool or SOO-el? Or Sue-EL? (I guess I've gone with "sool" which rhymes with fool.)