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And a gazeteer planned too!!!! Christmas has come waaay too early Happy

I recently ran the Sunless Citadel, and finished it. I have set it in the County of Ulek, with the Forge of Fury set a little further north in the foothills of the Lortmils. Plenty of opportunities to ...

I agree with Flint.... I like the interpretation, although I would tone down Dyvers a touch in my campaign. However I see it as entirely plausible. Firstly, as pointed out, real world politics of the ...

. . . Kimbertos Skotti is far from the style of Northern nobility names in Europe, resembling more a Greek influence.

I'll give you Kimbertos. However, "Skotti" could be derived from "Scoti," the ...

And I just noticed the posts by Smillan and Rasgon and Mystic Scholar. Apologies, as I have clearly repeated some of their thoughts before I read them. Doh!

Hi Cyric,

I don't have a website, but I have notes and such. Unfortunately most are not in an intelligible form, although I do have an expanded map of Nulb, and a few bits that I did on word, inclu ...

Hi Cyric and welcome!
I have been playing TOEE using pathfinder for over a year now, and the group have just taken a break whilst I start a 1st ed rendition of the Slavers modules.

I fleshed out t ...

Apart from the Flan and Bakluni the '81 Foli and later boxed set doesnt really have a real world equivalent for the Suloise or Oeridian in my opinion, and I agree that only the barbarians to the north ...

Hungary sounds fairly close to the mark for me. My take on the Flan are a Celtic / Slav style of culture in its purest form, the Oeridians seem more Mediterranean and Suloise more Germanic, in a Vikin ...

A very interesting topic. It is something that I am currently turning my attention to.

I agree that Greyhawk does not lend itself to taking cultures or specific real world examples and shoehorning ...

Hi Rasgon. What I liked about the Paizo idea was that they had rationalised the 'fairy tale' feel that both 'Harrowing' and 'Dungeonland' et al have, by actually writing the characters as being a stor ...

I picked up a copy of Paizo's module 'The Harrowing', with its obvious crossover with EX1/EX2. I have to say I found it a great idea, and have finally been able to get a vision of 'Wonderland' that ca ...

Having also come across Joe Bloch's Adventures Dark and Deep I have to say that Hasbro is of no concern to me now. With this, and many other high quality retro style games I have rarely felt so positi ...

Summer 1981...... I was 11 years old. A friend of mine at junior school had long talked about a game called Dungeons and Dragons that he played. In my minds eye was and epic board game, with several l ...

Hey Anna, another fabulous piece of art, and truly inspired Happy

Hiking is amazing for inspiration!!

Thanks Sergio, thats just what I needed! Happy

Anna, these maps always used to provide the highpoint of my Greyhawk 'fix'. It is great to see them being re-visited, and they are wonderful as ever!!

The excellent 2003 article 'Verbobonc City' makes reference to a number of maps of the place, one which was 3-D and the author's own 2-D top down rendering.

Unfortunately, despite extensive searche ...

well considering the 'job' that was done on the Realms for 4th edition, I have been fervently hoping that they don't come within a golden mile of the setting.

Sure I like new information on my favo ...

I remember the works well from when I first started playing in the early 1980s (1981+). It always brings back the nostalgia of those early games, and for that reason I am very fond of them. However, a ...

In one of the Oerth Journals EGG revealed that the original TOEE was initially set for 196 pages and was to include a prison of the Elder Elemental God. As I have chosen to follow this line, rather th ...

Well I am currently running a group of new gamers through my TOEE campaign, and spent the afternoon dreamily thinking up more ideas based solely on some of the map areas!! Still have a smile on my fac ...

What an awesome resource!! I can't believe i've only just found this!! Probably the best thing i've seen map wise for any RPG anytime!

Thanks for the update Cebrion... in the end I found a link from Nellesir and got the map :D

I note from Earth Journal 9 that to accompany the Verbobonc article there is supposed to be a map, but I am unable to locate it. Can anyone help?

Much appreciated

Thanks Cebrion, this link is working. Oddly enough my old one still doesn't....

Apologies if this has already been covered, but for a while I have been unable to access Rob's Pied Piper publications site. I was interested in some of the products there - any idea what's happened? ...

I'm cautiously looking forward to this. Heartened by what Eric has said so far ref. greyhawk content, and I guess a certain buy.

Off topic I know...... I saw on the Paizo board today that the Shackled City adventure path is being released hardbound in July! A very promising trend and a request which many have made in the past. ...

I don't really NEED regional feats, even more prestige classes, etc., but if these things had more of a true Greyhawk flavor to them I'd welcome them into my campaign with open arms. Even if a new ...

Happy to say I have struck a deal at about $20 for the book, and found the PDF at RPGNow.com! All in all a good trade I think, especially as the item is in excellent condition in the photo. Thanks for ...

Thanks for all the advice everyone Happy

. It will certainly help me negotiatethe price I am realistically willing to pay. I struggled to find any PDF downloads on SVGames site when I looked a couple ...

Calling all Greyhawk Community - I have an opportunity to purchase a copy of Iuz the Evil, but the seller advises that it comes without a poster map. Both of us are unclear as to whether this product ...

Hi Rich, I am a frequent reader of the DF site, but hadn't picked up on the new downloads - great pointer thanks Happy

Nellesir, great thread (had to say it). Sorry I can't add too much now, rather snowed under with work....... Still its rather more difficult to concentrate now with visions of deserted halls, lurking ...

Way to go Mortellan! Now I've got even more websites to keep track of. Now if only I could stetch out time.... Happy

Mike I thought your work was great - I particularly liked the pencil drawings, but thought the whole site was professional and inspiring.

I am a huge fan of illustration as a catalyst for creativit ...

It is ironic that Canon is both the pill and the pestilence.

I find canon at its best develops Greyhawk and keeps it alive and vital. Unfortunately it can also become a creative straight-jacket, wh ...

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I don't really think it attempts to reconcile the GDQ series with The Liberation of Geoff. The G1-3 parts are the same as in the GDQ series, with some slight 2ed modifications. The second par ...

I like Greyhawk City to be a place of contradictions - the magnificence of the University, High Quarter and Gardens, a beacon of freedom and independance not touched by the greater despots that rule ...

I accept the point regarding the lack of Gygax material, and would certainly not preclude using other sources of information.

I preferred the tone of the Gord books for Greyhawk City, and found the ...

I preferred the Gygax take on Greyhawk City, to the boxed set that was released in the late 80's. I used the guild fueds as a backdrop to my campaign in the city, and used some other refinements from ...

Scott thanks for the update. Some interesting thoughts regarding EGG's own take on a Greyhawk Wars storyline. I remember the early Dragon articles which dealt almost exclusively with military issues i ...

Scotty, thats some fascinating information and certainly helps tie together some of the campaign themes. You have some great inside info., any steer on how EGG intended to progress Greyhawk. Any thoug ...

Hellfurnaces/Crystalmists = Slerotin's Bane?

Old Suloise legends tell of the tortured dreams visited upon the retinue of mages close to Slerotin, following the exit from the Sea of Dust through the ...

Great verse Nellesir. I must say that I have enjoyed this thread - some good ideas running through. I will try to contribute when I've had a chance to give it some thought.

I particularly like the ...

TOEE has a number of glitches in it - the Moathouse, Nulb and Temple distances differ in part one to the map book. Nulb is "but 6 miles distant" (pg 5) of Hommlet, although clearly later in the book t ...

Some thought provoking points.

I think that a number of considerations would have to be taken into account.
1) Countries taking to raiding would not have a standing army, thus no standard design ...

I agree with GVD. I really dislike what was done with the Wild Coast in "Greyhawk Wars" and "From the Ashes." Because the LGG was set in 591 and had to follow continuity established by the "Players Gu ...

[quote="NightScreed"] The suggestion is that magic was "apparently" fading in Greyhawk and ultimately it, and Greyhawk, came to "no longer exist."

Hmmm..... perhaps they had been gazing into TSRs C ...

What I find problematic is not that WOTC has not supported Greyhawk, but the policy of making it the "core" setting for 3rd Ed. which has made it virtually impossible for the company to license the se ...

Personal favourites are B4 The Lost City, and B6 Horror on the Hill. Over the years I've played 'em all. For sheer nostalgia value I would part with $40, but I agree with Grodog that getting them indi ...