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October 1995

This is fascinating! I love the description of excavating the blocked stair, and the expression of the explorer's/adventurer's mindset: if they took this effort to block it, what's down there must b ...

Figured folks might be interested:

Indeed I was... between 5 and 10 years ago when Mar (Maria Deltorre, for the newbs) wrote this stuff that Harold's regurgitating without credit.

Between this ...

Yeah ... well, not that you're being personally insulting or anything, but, I think that I can be more adult than to resort to trolling and flame wars.

You want insulting? You've got it, ****.
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Let's nip something in the bud right now. ... I would demand that ALL connections between GHO and CF be severed...
I agree.
Yes, let's nip something in the bud. There is no one, fan or otherwise, t ...

RE: OJ Downloads backup site

Posts like this one(and others) might give everyone a clue as to why those decisions were made.

http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5749

Sin ...

Let me just add this:

We, the gh community, owe Issak/Theocrat a great debt for his time and money over the better part of the last decade in keeping GHO running and lending server support to CF's ...

This is great. Didnt you say you were going to do a similar research of the Mystara references? :)

-Havard

I do have that file, meaning to send it to what's his name at Vaults of Pandius one of ...

Let's nip something in the bud right now. I see that Morrus of enworld has offered to help/possibly help. If that's the case, as a prolific contributor to this site in the past, I would demand that AL ...

I thought about this a bit on the way home, and it's actually possible that this is, as you say, revisionist history.

If we can agree simply that canon is vague on the matter, and agree to disagree ...

My plan for her was always that she came from Zahind.

That is absolute revisionist nonsense. Shall I go dig out my greytalk chat archives of discussions held before that material appeared in the ...

Ok Chatdemon. Your story was pretty good, I agree with Bubbagump. But your Tasha was born on Fireseek 15 in 558 CY, is that correct?

Then when was Iuz born? Confused

Im not sure, but for the purpo ...

Rasgon, thanks for the link, and thanks to Bubba and MS for the kind words.

Oh, and I believe the Iggwilv-Tasha connection was Erik Mona's baby (much to Chatdemon's chagrin)

You are correct, but as far as how or why that concerns me, water under the bridge that few, if a ...

From a rules point of view, why bother to make the game less offensive for those that say they are offended when the more popular AD&D line still had gods?

Frank Mentzer, editor of the 3 inc ...

I just bought this book and was surprised to see so much of it written as if it was AD&D levels 1-3 since I used to have the boxed sets from 1981 which change the rules away from AD&D a bit.
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I posted this recently on another Basic D&D related forum, but never got around to putting it into the old lore section here.I had some misc notes from my campaign that go along with this post, an ...

Also, I will very specifically define what constitutes "Basic D&D", which is an actual product, and its related products in the first post before editing everything out and locking the announcem ...

(Acaeum.com is an index/directory of older D&D/AD&D material, a collectors reference, it has full descriptions and pictures of the products)

Rulebooks/Sets:

Basic Set:
http://www.acaeum ...

i just didnt get why this was separated from "old lore" Sad

"Our" thoughts on "Old Lore" did not equate with the forum creator's view of the subject, Rossik my friend. Chatdemon meant "Origina ...

i just didnt get why this was separated from "old lore" Sad

When I was an active admin of the site, the Old Lore subforum was a pet project of mine and Darva's with a tighter focus than curren ...

IMO, the wearing of masks by nobles, and wannabe nobles is considered a statement of style in the more civilized cities of the flanaess, sort of a psuedo-ren. era indulgence. Gorna isn't really all th ...

national federal holiday celebrating them.

In the case of the romans, why bother? The names of our days and months are tribute enough Happy

Editions change. Greyhawk endures.

And WotC sucks.

Laughing

Surely there must have been lots of people that took the suggestion in B2 to create something in the Cave of the Unknown.

A lot of DMs I've known over the years, as well as Greyhawk canon (via the ...

Given that CF! has already archived the old Codex of GH site, I propose that we do that same with these sites as well.

Over the years, I've used offline browser/webspider/site mirror/whatever y ...

I likely have a few of your other works, like PDF's of stuff, but I don't really know. If that map is uploaded would you mind? I wouldn't be putting any name stuff up - it would just be a generic dir ...

I've always thought "Jasidian" or "Jasadin" whatever they're calling it sounded illogical. "Jasian" is much better. After all, her name is "Wee Jas," not "Wee Jasid" or "Wee Jasad."

That troubled ...

I didn't recall that SKR spelled it Jasadin. Oh well, I've used Jasidan for a decade now, I'll stick with that spelling.

Anyway, it could also be considered to be a regional or sectarian variant, s ...

Very strange that Geocities is shutting down. I guess it was ahead of it's time. I thought online storage was the wave of the future? Is Yahoo losing it's swagger?

They want everyone to upgrade to ...

Related Note: This is the term for for any follower, even the lay-followers, of Wee Jas. The Specialty Priests - clerics that serve Wee Jas individually - are called "Karuth".

Indeed, I agree com ...

Um, no, I've always used Jasidan, two As, one I.

I use it in the adjective form, She's a jasidan priest, as well as the noun form, singular. The plural is Jasidans, go figure Laughing

No, Im not a ...

I can't really find any info about him, however. Description? Personality? Biography?

Also check out Dragonsfoot.org, namely their ezine "Footprints". Len is a regular contributor with some bit ...

Any advise on this? What would be a better Castle Greyhawk campaign?

To be productive and answer the original question:

I advise using WGR1 GH Ruins as the foundation of the campaign. It's a fu ...

Though to be fair, that seems to have been the way Gygax worked on most of the modules and manuals he's been associated with.

That may be true, and saying that Gary himself didn't write every word ...

And the responses from people who use the criteria of post counts to invalidate opinions they disagree with is equally so.

If a user with no, or few prior posts wants to talk about some aspect o ...

Castle Zagyg is not a Gygax creation either. It was ghostwritten based on notes he supplied. He clearly stated this in various places, I've linked to them before, look them up if you like.

These en ...

The story goes that C&C was in part developed for the Castle Zagyg project.

Wrong

As I didn't have any major contribution to the C&C game I am not active on the TLG boards, but i will p ...

I'm glad you all like them. I was rather worried I was going to be run out of town on a rail because of the Grumbler.

Although I honestly don't use the material in the Grumblers (they're somet ...

http://www.calandyr.com/dnd/mircstats.html

The greytalk chat stats are linked from that page, week by week. It doesn't include logs of discussion though, just statistics and random quotes from user ...

You mean more than this week's mega-one panel tribute? Any suggestions?

That one wouldn't load for me for some reason, so I didn't realize it had been done. Cool though. now that I see it.

If you look at Ed's old Dragon magazine articles, prior to FR being released as a setting, you can get a better feel for his vision of the setting.

Also, the 1st edition material for FR, namely the ...

Any sort of WOG tribute to EGG in the works?

I found this to be a simple, yet impressive tribute, from http://www.penny-arcade.com

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080304.jpg

Not to be a shill, but a mystara/greyhawk hybrid is pretty much what my campaign has been for a while now:

The "Mystoerth" map, combining the known world (pre-AD&D mystara) and oerik on one glo ...

I simply don't get the enjoyment from being on the site staff that I once did, and felt it was time to let some other devoted fan(s) step up who have more enthusiasm for the duties. Enough said.

Th ...

There are no overt plans to flush any of the Living Greyhawk material from the Wizards of the Coast Web site. But, there was also no intention on bringing 4th Edition after five years, either...

...

From my own writings:

Shandra Malth (Olman and Amedi magic area of expertise)
http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=286

Ilbrysis of Cryllor
http://www.cano ...

I also think it's worth keeping in mind that all thieves in a guild don't need to be Thieves. Zero level humans (or commoners, if you're using 3e) can be among the ranks, as can members of other class ...

This is one of the more thought provoking articles I've read in awhile. Wars create refugees. Greyhawk has had a lot of warfare. Shouldn't there be a greater refugee problem?

IMC, as is sort ...

Tasha was just a spell name.

Tasha is detailed in the following article:

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=548

That was posted here by me on January ...

Has Tasha always had a question mark over her, or is this something completly out of left field?

Tasha was not a character in the "original" greyhawk campaign. Aside from being a name in the descri ...

Personally, I'm not that bothered if wotc stop supporting Greyhawk. The stuff on this site, including OJ, is infinitely superior.

Thank you for your support of the work of fans here and on OJ.

Hello All.

The announcement of 4th Edition is a pretty big event for all RPG fans. It's a huge event for all of us at Wizards of the Coast, including WotC staff and our WizO support team. We unders ...

I can't sign on board with any campaign (no matter how well organized) that won't allow me to at least run a neutral character. I can see why you'd ban evil alignments, but c'mon! Neutral alignment ...

Chatdemon can't complain as he has a Canonfire admin account and may publish articles too, if he so wishes. Unless I missed something in my absence.

chatdemon, despite having volunteered to help ...

Baltran's Beacon

This is the location of module I7: Baltron's Beacon. The name on the map is a typo.

The I7 scenario was adapted to Greyhawk by Gary Holian in Dragon magazine, issue 304.

The Emerald Vale

This scenic valley, hidden in the depths of the Dreadwood, is home to the lair of the Great Green Wyrm Aramanthyn.

The dragon is tolerant of the elves, rangers, druids and other ...

Feathertop Mountain

This lonely peak, rising from the depths of the Dreadwood, is home to a little known Elven fortress, home to a few groups of wood elves, as well as a small tribe of Avariel (win ...

Valadis

Valadis is an ancient ruined tower, the former home of the Malhel Suel, who dug into forbidden magics here and unleashed a magical calamity upon themselves.

The tower is forbidden to all ...

Hill of Shattered Trees
After leading the survivors of the Rain of Colorless Fire into the Flanaess, Slerotin recieved one final vision from the gods and directed the people to seek their new homes n ...

The Oracle of Whisper Peak

This ancient abandoned Dwur fortress is now home to a reclusive and mysterious Suel lich, known only as the Oracle. The Oracle has constructed substantial libraries and l ...

The Speaking Stones

This druidic stone circle (think Stonehenge) lies on the small triangular island that sits where the Javan and Davish rivers meet. As an ancient Old Faith holy site, it is regul ...

The Tower of Silence
A few hours ride south of Niole Dra stands the imposing and impenetrable tower that is home to the mysterious Silent Ones.

I don't use this locale much, so I don't have any h ...

Canyon of the Damned
This is spot, just south of Gorna in the Stark Mounds, where the battle of Gorna took place, resulting in the invocation of the [url=http://www.canonfire.com/cf//modules.php?name ...

Flanchar
Flanchar is the name I use for the ruins of Vecna's old capitol city, when he was the mortal/undead lord of his sheldomar empire in ages past. It's a swampy ruin, half submerged in boggy mud ...

Referring to my Map of the Sheldomar Valley in 593cy article, posted ages ago:

http://www.canonfire.com/cf//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=376

Now and then since posting that, I ...

"Randy mentions that if a user puts, for example, a cool new magic card or RPG feat on their personal site, the user owns it but WotC can use it, even publish it.

When Randy refers to personal ...

That aside, paizo did a fairly good job of producing material for those of us who aren't fortunate enough to be on the living greyhawk mailing list.

The LG mailing list has no content, it's a dis ...

For those that missed it, Scott(enkainen) recently posted another conversion of MC material to the GreyTalk mailing list. Maybe he'll repost it here Wink

C1: Tamoachan and L1: Bone Hill are my personal favorites.

I'm a lot more partial to the Classic D&D "B" series.

Three things need to happen to get me posting articles again:

1> CF must clearly and loudly remind people of the fact that it is limited and partial to no particular edition of D&D.

2> ...

Did the article also point out that famine due to poor crop yields resulting from overfarming is one of the prominent theories on why Mayan cities were abandoned? Sure, the Aztecs were still living in ...

It is with regret that we announce that KenzerCo’s license with Wizards of the Coast for the D&D brand and the oD&D/AD&D copyright licenses for use with HackMaster will be expiring soon ...

Authors: If you want to indicate that your article may be posted or plagiarized wherever by whomever, feel free to add a note in the body of your article. The whole reason for the strict no reposting ...

This is probably the site you're looking for:
http://www.dracheninsel.de/dracheninsel/add/greyhawk/coins.htm

Gleemax is MySpace for gamers of all games brought to you by your friends at Wotc with a decidedly MtG edge. The D&D Digital Initiative is highly D&D specific.

I read that as "Gleemax and ...

I've read elsewhere complaints about the cheesy map,

Only time I really hated that map was when it was my turn to be mapper for the party, what a pain. Happy

Chat, based on the new monsters are you currently working on something in the Amedio or Hepmonaland that we might look forward to seeing?

Just a new monster, magic item, spell, npc, etc now and t ...

Paizo did not have it, although they had every other X in pdf. Mad

I ended up getting XSOLO also set, suposedly, in the Sea of Dread. It is dreadful ... in a bad way. Sad

X8 is of compar ...

While I honestly didn't care much for the basic idea of the article (IMO, the Olman are a self made culture, not the second rate inheritors of something non-human), like Marc I have to give GVD kudos ...

That was a very good, serious look at the setting.

I liked Fred's take on the vault, but I can't honestly call drow mimes serious Laughing

Archived here for reference.

Khalmaak (Ooze Man)
Medium Monster (Rare)
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 10
Move: 60 (4)
Attacks: 2
Damage: 2d10
No Appearing: 1
Save As: Dwarf 8
Morale: 12
Treasur ...

Archived for reference.

Kuumyak (Jungle Ooze)
Medium Lowlife (Uncommon)
Armor Class: 8
Hit Dice: 3
Move: 10 (1)
Attacks: 1
Damage: 1d8 + Special
No Appearing: 1
Save As: Fighter 2
Morale: ...

Archived here for reference.

Kananicte (Sleep Flower)
Small Lowlife (Uncommon)
Armor Class: 9
Hit Dice: 1/2 (1d4 hp)
Move: 0
Attacks: 1
Damage: Special
No Appearing: 1d6
Save As: Normal Man ...

The Trid Campaign
http://www.tridrpg.org//
Classic D&D fan Erin D. Smale runs this cool site, focused on his world of Trid campaign. There are tons of great monsters, spells, optional rules and ...

Flying Buffalo Games
http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/catalyst.htm
Flying Buffalo is the publisher of two great lines of system-neutral products readily useful in a Classic D&D game:

Grimtooth's ...

0One Games Blueprints
http://0onegames.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=12
0One's Blueprints are a great line of predrawn map packs ready for a DM to stock and use in his campaign. The best pa ...

Darva wrote:

Rogues Gallery posts will be new NPCs to use in your campaign, complete with Classic D&D stats and a brief history, description and role playing notes.

Everyone is welcome, and ...

Darva wrote:

I'm not posting a formal template for the Darva wrote:
Magic Lockpicks

Magic lockpicks are a set of exquisitely crafted thieves tools made of platinum decorated with diamonds of va ...

For various reasons having nothing to do with GH or CF, I don't expect Darva to be around much, so in her absence, I've resumed host duties on the Old Lore forum section.

In reality, this means lit ...

I run the Old Lore forum section here on Canonfire, the section for Basic, Expert, etc D&D. You're invited to stop in and check things out.

I saw the "petition" you mention, but honestly, I did ...

One thing I didn't like (and never used) was the rumour section. Without them, the whole adventure had an unfolding mystery feel.

Huh. I guess it comes down to how you stock the dungeon. If you ...

Only the map to B1 is included in that module.

Yep, B1 is suggested as one of the interludes between chapters in the adventure. No information besides the dungeon map and a mention that one of ...

There are essentially 2 main reasons I prefer using the forum for most postings anymore:

1. The time lapse between submission and actual posting on the site of actual articles annoys the hell out o ...

Your 10/26/06 post persuades me that I had unrealistic expectations of the Savage Tide AP. I had hoped that it would at least evoke a living Olman culture in and around Sasserine, the Hook, etc.

...

In Dragon 253, Scott Casper published an article titled A Treasure Trove Of Tomes: Books Both Magical & Mundane From The Greyhawk Setting. While the article goes into great detail regarding the co ...

I'm frankly not sure the relevance of any of the rest of what you said as a response to me.

Since your post, intentionally or not, came off as a "Gygax won't stoop to writing for WotC's crappy s ...

Hey Rich---

Any updates on the codex or archive?

Not really, sadly. I've had a lot of real life intruding on my gaming related projects of late.

(ahem, now that I'm logged into my account...oops...)

So I'm not just constantly hating on Erik Laughing

I think that if Gygax was seriously interested in collaborating on CGH for WotC, Erik and t ...