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oops. habits are strong.

that's http://wait-wtf.com:3002

https is not currently supported (or necessary).

To further necro, this service is working again and reachable at https://wait-wtf.com:3002

I'm considering returning it to development.

Good hear it was useful, makes me super happy to see a real use case!

With a new job, and more or less leaving the world of gaming again, I haven't worked on this much recently. I'm aware that the ...

Perhaps lamashtu can do it. Not sure what permission level he has.

Oh I missed this, my apologies.

For the record I have no access to anything, other than perhaps the various incarnations of the ...

Greetings,

1) If the Order is truly independent, who, or what, pays for the aforementioned stipend, mounts, and tabard?

In my mind, I wonder if this is like joining a union. Knights are expecte ...

Turns out the easiest option may be to perform a search at the US Copyright Office catalog, which provides the means to export their records. Then I can write a program to extract the publication dat ...

Check out

Looks like it maybe is missing something I might need at some point - but seems like an excellent start.

Thanks!

I'm looking for (reasonably complete) list of dates of publication (or year of copyright) for all TSR and WotC Dungeons and Dragons products. It would be a tremendous help if these dates were in as s ...

After a some research, I implemented a new processing chain for OCRing the sources. Took about 200 hours of every core running flat out, but the result should be a reduction in false-negatives of aro ...

I'd expect to find a small guard post or fort, with its take being sent along to the settlement that built or maintains it. In an environment where treaties tend to be honored, the two settlements (o ...

Using my tool at http://wait-wtf.com:3001

I find references to "college" in Oerth Journals #3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 27.

I checked volume 15 and find:

Bardic Colleg ...

No idea if there's anything written specifically to Greyhawk, but historically we've seen toll forts/castles covering for river traffic and roads, and toll booths on bridges. Longer roads might have ...

Yeah, there's fewer collaborative zines and forums and more content creators striking out alone to seek fame and fortune. Guys spam five GH facebook groups every time their weekly game convenes to g ...

I've been posting, blogging, and getting in flame wars about Greyhawk, old video games, politics, and music since 1996 and the internet has never been a bastion of scholarship, but reading comprehensi ...

There have been various proposals to revitalize the website, including my own offer to host and develop it on my own dime - even to include a contract binding me to ensure the community has access to ...

Some of us don't like the services mentioned, and some of us don't like mobile apps, and I don't like either. As one of those cranks who values his privacy too much, and doesn't trust free services, ...

As an experiment I've change the nature of searches over 4 characters in length to attempt to capture results that were being excluded due to bad OCR.

An example of the problem being solved can be ...

Yes, it would be great if it sorted sources numerically/alphabetically.

But...getting stuff to appear at all is at the least very useful.

The effort is greatly appreciated. Cool

I decide ...

...and whatever, figured I'd improve the sorting a bit. It's still... weird in a way that isn't yet making sense to me. But I think you'll find it improved.

Just testing it out... I did a search for "Iuz." Lots of hits, but nothing going back prior to Dragon #103. Is this due to OCR problems with early issues?

This should be corrected now. Some issues ...

Just testing it out... I did a search for "Iuz." Lots of hits, but nothing going back prior to Dragon #103. Is this due to OCR problems with early issues?

I'm investigating this, however I believe ...

That's correct Icarus, the backend is (mostly) the same as what boccob was using in IRC.

For you and anyone following the thread, and as I say in the [url=http://wait-wtf.com:3001/faq]FAQ, I can ad ...

Now with a web (and mobile-friendly) interface.

Instantly search through Dragon's full run of issues including The Strategic Review, the Best of issues, and the Annuals; Oerth Journal; the LGG; and ...

2) In hearing so many tributes about Senator McCain and his long, distinguished military and political service to our country, as well as footage taken from personal interviews, it occurs to me that ...

Searching boccob in IRC for "Lerara" only shows hits in Issue 241 (and Oerth Journal)...

The wiki is up and serving pages.

If you are trying to login, please use https and not just http. Recent server upgrades have caused a redirect problem I've been unable to resolve so far.

Sweet.

Ladies & Gentlemen of our Community,

The full catalog of casl Entertainment's modules are now available on DriveThruRPG.com!

You can order them on either PDF or Print Format (or bo ...

The backup wiki will be down for an extended maintenance. It will return.

EDIT: Should be back up.

Fort Thomas is an important part of YEO3-05 - A Friend in Need by Eric Williamson.

The Living Greyhawk module's description is:

The alliance between the Yeomanry League and the Hillman of Clan C ...

There is a town of Singleton listed as a location of a "medium" temple to Hieroneous in The Church of Hieroneous, a document under the Metacampaign Organizations of the Yeomanry from the Living Greyha ...

All issues of Dragon except 147, 148, and 149 are now indexed.

If I ever manage to get copies of those last three issues that I can work with, I will add them. Otherwise, as there's an overall lac ...

Indexed Oerth Journals 1 - 25.

vestcoat: Sorry, boccob is the name of the bot I created to support the #greytalk channel in IRC (home of the Thursday night chats).

You could give the search a try by using the "Greytalk Chat Now ...

grodog: Yes, and yes - but I'm not sure there would be any benefit to try to tie the two together.

I could provide relevant hits from Dragondex before/after the other results. Or I could create a ...

Ha! I never claimed I could type well. ;P

Sadly though, there was indeed an OCR error during that test.

This is indeed for greytalk only - and I doubt I'll ever pursue another home for it. Ac ...

I'm happy to announce that boccob the #greytalk bot now has the ability to search the text of Dragon Magazine and Strategic Review.

Every issue will be searched and you will receive your results ...

As always I'm lurking in IRC ready to ambush the wild PSEGLH if I spot him.

It's a quality article, one I remember enjoying when I first read it. I'm not sure I really agree with everything said (shocker - D&D folk disagreeing about alignments!) but I really think the co ...

Reminded me of "Get Your Priorities Straight", issue 173 pg.50.

Saw your question in #greytalk earlier, glad you got your account here.

I don't have anything to contribute, other than to say that I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

I have no information available on the status of greyparticle - the domain appears to have expired, but I'm not the owner.

A backup wiki built from the same code and database is available at https: ...

For those (like me) who tend to come directly back to the forums. Please note the Wiki is back up, including the link to the left.

http://thecanonfirecrier.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-greyhawk-wiki-h ...

Not much a fan of manga or anime, but this looks damn interesting. Thanks!

Well I'm not going to lie, it's often pretty dead. We struggle to hit the critical mass of people required to keep Greyhawk conversation going often, but we keep trying to encourage people to swing b ...

Speaking as a new guy, but one of the primary keepers-of-the-IRC-flame, I'd love to see you show up and hear your ideas.

Total nostalgia attack. I may see some of you this Thursday night after work ...

Is there still any interest in mirroring the wiki once it is up again?

There's already one mirror up at wait-wtf.com/wiki, eventually Gary and I will establish a system to keep them up to date.

...

And let's get a Lucene or Elasticsearch backend or something!

And get back to work in the acid mines! Laughing

Kidding of course, but there remains hope for a better search backend in the future ...

Greytalk continues to meet on Thursdays, although it's been very sparse of late. People are likely to start talking around 10pm EST, and on our busy nights, we see the things pick up an hour or two l ...

I know there are a few Talislanta fans around, and some others who have expressed interest to me in #greytalk. A new edition is being Kickstarted now, and interestingly will be taking place in an ear ...

Pleased to have been of service. It's gratifying to see the growing excitement as the community realizes it's back.

Magnificent! Now we need one of Grazzt reading "Go the Bleep to Sleep"

Gods yes. That book cracks me up.

Since my last update, I've obtained the allegedly corrupted database, and it successfully imported via my mariadb instance. A brief scan of the tables by eye suggests it's in fairly good shape - but ...

So I've recovered an unknown percentage of the wiki's most recent state, in a form that's not particularly usable. We've managed to get it online, again, in a mostly unusable form. We're stalled on ...

Time to bump this...

Any word on when the wiki might be available again?

A number of us are now working to restore the wiki. I can tell you that I have now recovered the majority of the content ...

Aurdraco/Lamashtu:
Would like to see Saevil's actual votes, if possible. Doesn't have to be pretty, can be like Ohrin's first votes post. Just curious.

I have updated a previous post to include Sa ...

I'm just choosing the most tasty looking NPCs for when everything falls apart, and we go all Donner Party on each other.

NOM NOM NOM

Meta:

Sævil participates in the back and forth of the conversation. During this time he plays with Astafrejlva, encourages her to interact with Njord - and Ohrin if he seems open to it, sips a bev ...

Sævil reaches absently for the wolf as the Kenku passes out the door, then turns back to his new compatriots.

"Njord, Ohrin! This beauty is Astafrejlva, one of Milleen's pups. She chose me, or so ...

"Now, it falls to you to name her and allow her to remain at your heel."

Milleen smirked slightly. "We will need to bring much meat on our voyage across Black Ice," she opined. "If not before, th ...

In the moment, everyone seemed pleased. Except Milleen. She stood at Sævil's side and made a little face. Her small scaled hand went to her chin in a thoughtful gesture. “Hmm,” she mused. “A prob ...

Milleen laughed her sly snicker. She stepped forward quickly, causing both the single and the group of wolves to scatter back. Clearly, their respect for their mistress was absolute. "It seems you' ...

"And when come the wolves...show no fear."

Sævil settles onto his haunches in the snow, smiles, and reaches out with his right hand.

hahaha.. she called us 'fleshlings'!

Milleen snickered to herself with a wry smirk. "You look like a lizard, indeed."

They swiftly found themselves standing before the open rock faces from which Sævil had felt the weight of several s ...

"We will see which one of them finds you worthy."

Sævil follows Milleen on his hands and knees. As they travel he asks, "Milleen your people look like lizards and what little I know of lizards is ...

“I find it pleasing to know that, somehow, I was mistaken.”

Sævil cocks his head slightly, "Kalistis? The Old Man said you traveled with an Ilkka? Ilkka Suhonen. Although I'm not sure it matters ...

She paused a moment, chuckling at the absurdity of the notion. “But you hardly know me,” she added. “All that you know is that I have offered you one of my pets to call your own. So how do you know ...

She raised her cup once more. Sævil noticed that, when she sipped from its rim, she pointed one of her clawed digits in an aristocratic manner. "Your words have piqued my interest though, brave one, ...

She took some two white ceramic hollows from the top of the table as she made her way to the fire. "Perhaps it would be good to warm your belly as we spoke of the journey to come," she added. Her si ...

Sævil wasn't quite sure what he would find inside the small domicile. Whatever he might have expected, though...it certainly wasn't what he saw.

"Welcome to my humble home."

"My thanks for the ...

From within the small cave, he heard a voice, somehow, amidst it all. “Come,” it bade him.

Sævil crouches at the entrance for a few moments, then rocks forward onto his hands and knees. He begins ...

Nearer now to the mouth of the barrow. Sævil could see the flickering of some sort of flame within.

The wolf-mistress awaited.

Sævil breathes deeply and then calls out, "Milleen, may we speak? ...

boccob told me we hit a new record of concurrent users. i was busy watching my boys be humiliated by Real Madrid, but the #greytalk idlers club sure is glad to see so many people coming by!

Sævil gazes at the coins in his hand long after the Old Man is gone, his face pale and slack. He listens to the sounds of the wind outside, his face pale and slack.

At last he turns a coin to sh ...

Sævil stares, his mouth hanging open, "My old friend, I'll have more to ask you once I know more. I haven't even had a chance to look at this list of volunteers that was left for us! And surely we'l ...

"...Yes I know of her after all, interesting..." Sævil falls into silence.

After several moments of staring into space, he turns back to the Old Man, "Is there anything else you wish to say to me, ...

"Hold now, you're naming names I've never heard - or if I have, I remember them not!" Sævil stops in front of a chest and pulls from it a large quantity of cleaned and bleached seal gut, "Mannenheim? ...

Do our characters have a map roughly equivalent to the one above at the moment?

"Fair, Old Man," Sævil sits across from him and leans forward, "Milleen's offered to train me a wolf, and I'm like to take her up on it. But I can't help thinking we should convince her to come. We' ...

Lamashtu,

Very well, then. Dispense with the Owlbear and go straight to the Tarrasque!!! :o

-- K.

Wait... *is* there a plush Tarrasque?!

Sævil shivers and frowns at the Old Man's warnings.

"Are you aware of the list of volunteers we've been provided with? I haven't seen it yet."

Quite the opposite, she's not yet 4 and she's already dwarfing 8 year old boys. I look forward to watching her kick **** in Krav Maga classes, and when she's a bit older, taking her to the firing rang ...

Gotta agree that was a really sweet and fun scene.

I've seen that owlbear plushie before, considered grabbing one for my niece.

Sævil smiles softly at the Old Man, "Maybe the grandmother's tales of warm forest hiding somewhere in there is true. Whatever chance we have, I have faith the Mayor wouldn't send us out if she didn't ...

"Who said anything of brave? I'm just tired of being soaked aboard your boat near every day," Sævil grins, "I wanted a vacation!"

He gathers items from throughout the room and tosses them onto hi ...

Sheesh Kraftwerk, WTF with the tear-jerking scenes?!

lol Smile

Sævil swears in his native tongue, but lets his hands fall to his side.

"Old Man Ocean lurking in my own home! And somehow he knows our plans," he barks a laugh, "I shouldn't be surprised, but the ...

I'm +1 if Kraftwerk is feeling up to it.

"I go also, it's best I have all my gear available here."

Sævil walks home, his eyes slightly unfocused the whole way. He gathers up all his gear, and returns to the new headquarters. He finds a ...

Sævil ceases his labors and looks first to the Captain, and then at Njord. He chuckles softly, and then gets his head down before either might spot his rather wide grin.

Cheers to all for a chapter completed, yes! Here's to many more!

Sævil sets down the cask without drinking and stretches in his chair.

He glances at Njord and laughs, "I was raised on the same coast near which our mission truly begins, you know. My step-fathe ...

Sævil tips back in his chair, "Ah friend Njord, That's No Jungle! was the name of my old adventuring band. Good times!"

"You practice sorcery to bring drink to you? That would be good skill to master. Perhaps when it is yours, you teach me."

ROFL Happy

Sævil sighs when he spots the cask on the table. He concentrates closely and extends his arm toward the cask, flexing every muscle involved until his entire arm is quivering.

After a few moments, ...

When I decided to get back into gaming, the one fantasy setting I had in mind was Greyhawk. A career change saw me suddenly using IRC 24/7, something I hadn't done since the late 90s. I found Canonf ...

Sævil squints as he takes in the room. He grabs a chair and pulls it toward one of the fires, sprawls out, and sighs happily.

Once Fireheart leaves, he turns as if to answer her, "Ja, I hardly see ...

A couple of my favorite Dragon articles:

Issue 10: Orgies, Inc. - really helped us come up with fun and interesting ways to deal with details of gaining experience from gold; led to some great se ...

Sævil nods his affirmative to examining the headquarters.

Hahaha, that would be telling! But you could always ask him!