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As written, I never liked the "defeat the demon and destroy the temple" angle. It seemed too disconnected from everything else going on. I got the idea that she was Iuz's lover and working on his beha ...

I'll be there. I really, really, really, really miss the Thursday night chats. Did I mention I miss Thursday night greychat?

I kinda like the idea of the planes as being subjective realities shaped by the gods and whatever beings may be beyond them. Geographical characteristics are symbolic rather than literal, though they ...

I once totaled up the numbers in the LGG. I think the population came up to be somewhere around 2-3,000,000, not counting humanoids and other "monster" races.

Gygax said yes. That's good enough for me.

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Perhaps these will help:

http://educatedgamer.net/toee.htm

Just click on the buttons to the left for some pretty awesome battle maps.

Thanks for the sentiment. It's been a great Father's Day so far.

Let's all remember: Any man can become a father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy.

It's been a long time since this came up IMC, but I used to play it (and probably still would, if it comes up again) that silence 15'r and all similar spells are blocked by the same things that block ...

As I understand it, that's pretty much how 1e and 2e wizards were designed. They were supposed to start weak but grow vastly powerful, hence their xp progression rate. You can get really strong, but y ...

There are two possibilities I've been toying with in my head, and I keep hoping for an opportunity to try them out. One is to allow wizards the ability to cast spells spontaneously in a manner similar ...

Bump.
How is everyone's writing progressing?

Get on the ball, folks!

Wow, give a guy a little responsibility and he gets all uppity! I'd better put you back in your place, morty:

Two Ullite ...

Bubbagump Grumblefoot -- the Halfling Horror -- was always a sadistic little demon! Only he would break into prison! Evil Grin

What?! Talking about me in my absence, eh? Who do you think you' ...

Personally, I strongly dislike resurrection-type events. IMHO death and the possibility of recovering from it should be seriously meaningful events rather than simple exercises in game mechanics.

I ...

I'll leave the sheep to you, bro.

And to think all this time I thought that wool on your face was a beard...

Cool

Awww, shucks, 'tweren't nuthin'!

It really was, Dwarf . . . nothing! Evil Grin

a fantasy version of Mancado from the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.

OMG! Barf! Embarassed

REALLY Bubbagump, the t ...

I just love it when hardcore 'hawkers start doing research... Wink

bubbagump: THANK YOU! I always forget just how valuable the long time residence of Canonfire are and how they can direct me to useful information.

Awww, shucks, 'tweren't nuthin'! Embarassed

:shade ...

I have a suggestion: how 'bout Entertainments of Greyhawk?

I've seen a few fan-made articles about sports, games, and festivals, but not many. We also know that apparently everyone on the subcontin ...

I used to live in a quasi-thorp: population 11 or so. And yes, we even had a mayor.

There is an excellent collection of maps here:

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/maps/

I am so depressed...

But, oh, so loved. We're with you, Wes and are here for you. Happy

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(*sputter!*) Not sure this is the right place?!?! Of course this is the right place! There's no place better! THIS IS CANONFIRE!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, please proceed to deluge the dear dwarf wit ...

For me it's more of a story/genre thing. For me the various psionic classes just don't fit into Greyhawk very well, nor does the idea of musket-packing player characters. Neither gunpowder nor psionic ...

I'd love to see that, too. So get to work! Cool

As one with an 'artistic' personality, Rob seems to prefer letting his imagination carry him from project to project as the winds of inspiration blow . . .

Well, that was rather a "pc" way of sayin ...

My, you have been out of the scene for a while, haven't you? Let me see if I can sum up all the discussion I can remember from the past few years...

WotC owns Greyhawk, and they're devoted to 4e no ...

Unfortunately, Castle El Raja Key has yet to be published and probably won't be for some time.

Oh? Why's that? Confused

Basically, it's just the nature of the beast - which "beast" being, in this ...

Maybe this is what you're looking for:

Castle El Raja Key is written by Rob Kuntz, but it's not linked directly to Maure Castle. Rather, it'is part of his Kalibruhn campaign world. It still mig ...

I'm not too familiar with that line of stuff. Maybe what you're looking for is published as this here:

Actually, that's a book of magic items written primarily by Eric N. Shook (Rob Kuntz cont ...

The daughter of Incabulos should be a hamster. Just a regular hamster. And everyone should be afraid of it because of what it 'might' become if they make it angry. They should enshrine it and protect ...

I'd truly love to see a full gazetteer and map of Aquaria sometime. Is there any truth to the rumor that such a thing is in the works? Or is seeing a full treatment of Aquaria about as likely as seein ...

You'll find this site is rife with discussions of which cultures are represented in the Flanaess - including more than a few 'debates' about who's right or wrong on the subject. I suspect the consensu ...

Did you actually say, "Get their 'dark on'?" (*groans*) Cool

Heh. I used an idea similar to that once myself. I saddled the PCs with an infant human (his mother died in the cleric's arms as the other PCs were fending off her attackers) that nobody seemed willin ...

I'd truly love to see a full gazetteer and map of Aquaria sometime. Is there any truth to the rumor that such a thing is in the works? Or is seeing a full treatment of Aquaria about as likely as seein ...

Hmmm. I don't celebrate Halloween in any form, but I do miss that old Ravenloft adventure (the original version). I think I just might have to break it out of storage and see if it still works...

Welcome and well met, Kevic! I look forward to seeing what sort of storyline you come up with, especially since the Land of Black Ice, Blackmoor, and the mix of technology and fantasy has long been an ...

Very useful stuff, Braggi, as usual. This'll save me the trouble of looking up all the hierarchs myself if I ever decide to move back into the Horned Society. Well written, too, btw.

I know Duicarthan has done some work on Aquaria, so you might want to try contacting him.

Welcome, qwerty. Glad you could stop by.

Impressive work!

Well, if everything happened according to the Gord novels then Tharizdun would slowly succumb to Entropy, in effect becoming "nothing." Anything that lasted long enough to see his end would then be co ...

As a former (now retired!) success coach I ran into this sort of problem in all sorts of contexts. I'll spare you the full set of speeches (and my exorbitant fee!) and just throw out a few suggestions ...

A demiplane of pearl? Actually that sounds kind of interesting.

Just make sure it doesn't come into contact with the plane of vinegar!

Oh, and check your PMs, Aeolius.

Shall I repeat myself? And you accuse me of procrastination! Have you no shame? Shocked

You realize you're talking to a guy who spends all his time thinking of things his hags can have sex ...

Yes, there have been several catastrophes in the past. If you want to make a new one, I'm betting your smart enough to come up with something usable.

In the past when I've done similar things, I st ...

The four main festivals in the Flanaess are mentioned in the old folio, the '83 boxed set, and the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, as well as several other places. The boxed set also lists holy days ("holi ...

Blackrazor was the evil black sword in White Plume Mountain.

I don't. But I do like chopping lambs! (It helps me relax after a hard day in the sew...err, shop.)

...and then some more sheep. Cool

Welcome to the Yeomanry! Home of...

...sheep...

...and not much else...

...unless you include the pasty-white dudes who live in that hole in the ground...

...and shepherds...

...and did ...

I'd do it, just to see the look on their faces. Evil Grin

Come to think of it, a halfling would be just about the last thing they'd expect, especially if it was an aquatic halfling, all innocent an ...

Better. Now, that wasn't so hard, was it? Cool

Well, yes, but I'm not very PC. It's part of being eeeeeevil.

Never was really thrilled by hobbits.

WHAT?!?!

Wonderful piece Glad. I like art that you can look around at for a long time.

That halfling must be buff to single handedly drag the boat on shore.

Of course he's buff; he's a halfling!

(*Bub ...

I think you could make the Champion's Belt beginning work; it shouldn't take too much tweaking. You'd have to do something to bring in the elements from the first adventure since the players will be v ...

Ooh! That inspires another idea for the new postfest.

How 'bout: ways of assassinating eccentric (read: demented) archmages in their towers!

I know it won't win me any prizes, but I'm rather fond of using this:

http://www.amazon.com/Grimtooths-Dungeons-Dragons-Fantasy-Roleplaying/dp/1588461394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1286488741&s ...

Don't you know it, brother!

I forget the source, but I seem to recall Gygax once intimated that Hieroneous and Hextor were part of Zagyg's plan. The usual objection to this is that they're obviously not demigods - however, they ...

There's a "plug" at the bottom of the Solnor? Shocked

Holy Pelor! Evil Grin

Didn't you know? Some scholar you are! Cool

Yes, the gods and the planes are areas that could be described as veritable blank slates in Gygax canon - it's pretty clear that he had some idea of how he wanted them, and he put some work into it, b ...

I'm also fond of the smiley-face knee patches. Keep it up, Gladiator!

To be exact, Ull is in Sauron's armpit. Cool

1. I'm not sure about demihuman deities, but I seem to recall something about that topic over on dragonsfoot.org. IIRC, it's in the "Zagyg's Wisdom" thread.

2. I'm quite sure that MotP had little t ...

Four years seems reasonable. It's clear Gord's quick rise was due in part to his unusual skill. Still, organizations like the Beggars' Guild aren't what one might call pure meritocracies. Rising in an ...

I'm leaning toward having Gord about 16 years old at the time of Theobald's death. Though the book appears to describe him as being little more than a child at that time, it also mentions that he was ...

Or if you really want to make it horrible...

...you could make it extremely easy to read, and...

decorated with pictures of happy, frolicking bunnies, unicorns, flowers,...

all being led by a ...

In a way, it can be pretty much anytime you want it to be. Gygax's fiction diverged pretty radically from TSR's after he was ousted from the company, so his timeline bears little resemblance to the "o ...

Another excellent piece! Ya just gotta love that dwarf with the shield.

Nope, no relation other than the obvious phonetic one.

Update: Found the source in question, thanks to Grodog and Jason Zavoda.

For those who use Zavoda's index (The Encyclopedia Greyhawkiana), the source listed as "Siege of the Citadel" should be "Sie ...

Absolutely!

I like all the ideas so far. I could go for any of them.

We could force Aeolius' hand and do an aquatic based Postfest...

But does Aeolius answer his PMs? Noooooo... Cool

How 'bout setting-specific monster ecologies?

Hey, folks:

I was noticing that Zavoda's index lists a source called "Siege of the Citadel". Does anyone know what exactly this source is? I assume given its page count that it's a novel. If so, do ...

Deepest sympathies, CP. I and my family will be praying for you and yours.

The big statue was included in one of the first adventures I dared to write for myself.

Since then it's become a staple of my campaigns, most often appearing in my version of the adventure "Citadel ...

Oerth Journal #2 was made in 1995. The Paizo maps were published in 2005. OJ #2 was not referencing the Paizo maps.

Details, details. Cool

That's most likely in reference to the Paizo maps.

Anna's alive! Yahooooo!

You will note that I said "suggested". This suggestion is derived from the statement you quoted as well as various statements regarding wizards and the use of the Draconic language. "Suggested" doesn ...

It depends. If you're playing any version prior to 3e, there is no universal language of magic unless you decide to designate one. 3e and 3.5e suggested that Draconic is the language of magic. Persona ...

Alright, alright! So I'm late. I was unavoidably detained. It wasn't my fault. I'll get it there when it's ready. Stop bugging me already!

Okay, so nobody's bugging me, but my submission is going t ...

I've been working on a gazetteer of Erypt off and on for a couple of years now.

There is a draft?

Sergio :-)

Just a pile of notes and disjointed writings at the moment. Erypt was put aside ...

I have a rather large natural desert in my version of Erypt. It's located on the northern coast, stretching from the eastern tip of the Khemit Peninsula almost to the mountains of Braeghan's Wall.

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I've been working on a gazetteer of Erypt off and on for a couple of years now. My version is based loosely on the writings of Gygax, giving the region a distinctly Egyptian flavor. Gary's "Anubis Mur ...

I didn't take any pics at the time. I'll look around when I get home and see if the hambook still exists (I'm out of state right now). Since dad is a sometime writer and editor ("book maker" in the ki ...

I thought margaritomancy was divination through tequila...

Heh. Just pulling your chain, Rick, to see if you're still awake. I know it takes time.

"Enfeebling Surge" maybe?

The Sea Princes could work with a little tweaking. Or, if you're feeling ambitious, you could put it in Rhop.

So about the next issue of OJ...

That's coming out when?

Hail and well met drdentista! Happy

Welcome to Canonfire!... ...So dive in and enjoy the water my friend! Evil Grin

No, do NOT just dive into the water. Aeolius is down there and he has strang ...

That was so poignant he had to say it twice!

Tee hee. I've enjoyed every edition and they've all been flawed in one respect or another but then that was why I mentioned the Rod of Force from Unear ...

Thanks, Scholar.

Another cute thing Drew, my youngest, did the other day:

He comes into my office complaining that his brother (Marc) doesn't want to play with him. Knowing that both want to rol ...

Thanks, Scholar.

Another cute thing Drew, my youngest, did the other day:

He comes into my office complaining that his brother (Marc) doesn't want to play with him. Knowing that both want to rol ...

I'm starting to get the impression that Gary didn't have a map of all of Oerth and what he saw in the Dungeon magazine probably didn't fit his idea of what he probably would have done. I get the impr ...