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A discussion on the Discord about literacy rates produced this gem from Samwise about what churches might teach what:

Powers of the Flanaess that might run schools, what they might teach, and how i ...

Also keep in mind notes on population from WoG page 18:
“ Population: This accounts for humans only, the normal citizens who make up the bulk of a nation. Mercenaries, lawless groups, semi-independen ...

It’s an idea. If you don’t like it you can ignore it. The idea came out of a discussion on Greychat about a dune and the Bene Gesserit, and their breeding program being used to manipulate humanity. It ...

The Suel are well known for their mastery of their arcane arts, and inherent abilities. The Suel Imperium was famed for its arcane casters, and it numbered amongst its members the Mages of Power that ...

A discussion on the Discord with Gary revealed this tidbit about death knights and what mounts they use, from something Gary has scrawled down in his notes for death knights to see the light of day ev ...

Samwise posted this useful perspective on Discord just now:
In terms of history, the Twin Cataclysms occurred in -422 CY. A mature Gray Olv who was 251 years old at the time, the equivalent of a 21-y ...

Oronir asked the following on Discord:
Question to all and <Samwise> <Pluffet> why was Tavish III Rhola called The Boy King?
Samwise entered stage left, stroked his beard thoughtfully a ...

Following the Zavoda Principle (don’t let good material disappear up screen on Discord, repost it on here) @Samwise (Sam Weiss) posted some thoughts on the CF Discord overnight about what would happen ...

Once again a chat on CanonFire Discord is worth recording for posterity. The Zavoda Principle - “Don’t let it disappear off the top of the screen”

@Samwise and @NorkerRascal were discussing low lev ...

Adapting Waterdeep Dragon Heist to the Free City of Greyhawk

Taken from a Reddit post of a few years ago I thought worth preserving on CanonFire.

By u/msal309
At https://www.reddit.com/r/Water ...

Some decent tips from Reddit for running Ghosts of Saltmarsh by GH fan on their HikingMotherF@rker.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostsofSaltmarsh/comments/znu4mp/1st_ed_saltmarsh_trilogy_vs_5e_ghost_ ...

Saving for posterity (per the Zavoda Principle) some good posts by @Samwise on Discord overnight:
The Southeast - Barrier Peaks, Crystalmists, Hellfurnaces, Ulsprues, Sulhaut, and Jotens
One extende ...

The end of the Living Greyhawk campaign in 2008 saw an election for new Oligarchs after Turin Deathstalker threw a tantrum about peace talks with the Orcish Empire of the Pomarj and assassinated Lord ...

Follow up info from Pluffet:
The Temple is a ruin. Destroyed by the Death Knights and the release of the Spawn of Demogorgon in 203 or 204 CY.
It has not been rebuilt as it is … tainted.

Yet again some posts in the CanonFire Discord deserve preserving for posterity (the Zavoda Principle).
Stu of Onwaal asked “Who or what exactly is Lothan/the Temple of Lothan?”
Pluffet Smudger rep ...

A recent discussion on the CanonFire! Discord worth recording here (The Jason Zavoda Principle):
Eradan — 09/06/2022
Okay, I need to ask: why do people keep referring to Pelor as the "Sun" god of th ...

Hot off the desk of Pluffet Smedger…
In the usual way discussions on the CanonFire! Discord produce musings worth a nearby scribe scribbling down for posterity. Sage Jason Zavoda decreed it once.
S ...

Further Discord musings from Woesinger:
Thank you for the kind words!
So real talk, inside baseball, on the level, off the record - when I wrote that Cauldron of Night piece (14 years ago!) I misse ...

Posted by Woesinger on the CanonFire Discord and too good to be lost.

Thoughts on the Thrones of Aerdy
The Malachite Throne has become a metonym for the overkingship of the Great Kingdom – but th ...

Good post from the CanonFire! Discord by DMSamuel (true Almorian patriot) in reply to this question. I thought it worth noting here for posterity. I may need to remind myself of it later …
“Most of t ...

Posted by Grendelwulf on CanonFire! Discord overnight. Worth preserving!

(Sung to Queen's Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon)

I go out to the tavern on Moonday morning
Godsday, I go climbing the Glor ...

A discussion on CanonFire! discord Les to this great comment by Gary Holian which I thought was worth reposting here for posterity.
“ I have given this some thought in the past and I think if you wa ...

Rel Astra or Rel Deven would be great. Enstad also.
But Niole Dra as capital of Keoland has to be up there. Massive kingdom never full explored (probably deliberately) prior to LGG.
And I reckon ...

Some comments by David “Big Mac” Shepheard on the CF Discord overnight about Greyspace (and illithids) within Spelljammer looked good enough to note down for posterity.
“One thing I've been wonderin ...

William “Giantstomp” Dvorak turned his all seeing eye to creating ranger schools of the Flanaess recently, and asked for some suggestions on the Discords. When he asked about evil ranger schools I sug ...

Love it! Pholtus decreed it shall be!!!

I also have head canon where the dwarves of Ulek have like Mexican food. They love spicy food for the flavour. And grow lots of mushrooms etc in underground strongholds. Lots of pigs, chickens and goa ...

A DM could set the campaign in the Great Kingdom prior to the Turmoil Between the Crowns. The House of Rax got inbred and incompetent before it was deposed. So that period would fit before the GK trul ...

Some notes on Asberdies posted by Gary Holian on Greytalk Discord I am putting on here for posterity just in case:
Asberdies was a Suel, the son of an apprentice of Slerotin, who along with the rest ...

A short thread on Dragonsfoot:

https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=73446&sid=9be4bc77d7b1829ced79deb50a0e90e2

Nice.

In Greyhchat a week or two ago the topic came ...

Copying over my Discord start/replies:
would a caprese salad be Velunese? Or Dyvers? Both? More Sheldomar Valley? Assumes tomatoes native to Flanaess and don’t need to be brought back from Amedio or ...

CanonFire Discord 24 October 2021
Discsussion between @eradan @kalevi

Sparkes by posting of this French blogpost:
https://anniceris.blogspot.com/2013/03/exegeses-de-greyhawk-2-lynn-et-louest.html ...

Discussions on CF Discord 23 October 2021
Question by @Ralf leading into @seguilia @OblivionSeeker @eradan and myself.

Is the Wild Coast good for a dungeon crawl campaign?

Of course! You can ...

Posted by David “Big Mac” Shepheard on 22 October 2021 On CanonFire Discord

I'm not the world's biggest expert in Planescape, and mostly like it, because it picked up the torch of connectivity, fro ...

Posted by @DMSamuel 22 October 2021 On CanonFire Discord

__Published D&D 4e Greyhawk Products:__

1) Return to the Moathouse (2008; written for use at Origins, released officially by the RPGA ...

Living Greyhawk developed the military structure a lot. Militia were bit like US National Guard. Local guards and police that could support regular army but wouldn’t deploy overseas. But nobles had to ...

Samprastadar Would appear to be the name of her home location or estate. She was a member of the Sarneth family of Grayington. Daughter of Plar Eldried Sarneth of Grayington diocese. See LGJ 1 and 4 a ...

Kuntz was meant to have a near photographic memory of dungeons, and so always seemed to know where he was, and where he had been and hadn't. Useful skill for a real adventurer let alone in DnD. There ...

Where is the 40+ option you ageist!! :)

Western Oerik is chockablock full of warring nations, per Chainmail.
Clearly the Suel and Baklunish had enough on their hands dominating the centre of Oerik, before blasting it to sand.
I read the l ...

Wasn't aware of that reply. The GH time line shows elves in the valley 10,000 years prior to the Suel calendar from memory, so they have been there for a LONG time. For a reason. They are clearly outc ...

"The "Archmage Serten" is somewhat dubious, since Serten was a 10th-level cleric in The Rogues Gallery, but I think there's enough evidence for a separate wizard also called Serten (I call him Serten ...

Nice analysis and tips.
Keep in mind the infighting amongst the factions in ToEE is what prevents them from doing anything meaningful like releasing Zuggtmoy, and essentially waiting there to be knoc ...