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      Topic: Merchant House in Greyhawk
    nematode

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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:34 pm   Subject: Merchant House in Greyhawk
    In 591 CY, Duke Garand fell into the Hell Hound exhibit at Lord Henway's Menagerie leading to his demise.

    Very true. But if Amerigov is running a game based upon the '83 boxed set -- as the above p ...
      Topic: Merchant House in Greyhawk
    nematode

    Replies: 12
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:51 pm   Subject: Merchant House in Greyhawk
    In 591 CY, Duke Garand fell into the Hell Hound exhibit at Lord Henway's Menagerie leading to his demise.

    Some say he was pushed. Some say the Thieves Guild did it.

    The event was described in ...
      Topic: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    nematode

    Replies: 29
    Views: 22516

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:16 am   Subject: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    Thanks Theo for offering to host my pictures, but as Cebrion pointed out, the one isn't accurate. My pictures are for fun, and it's not fun to have to defend or explicate them. I was expecting somethi ...
      Topic: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    nematode

    Replies: 29
    Views: 22516

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:32 pm   Subject: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    I take it that only one of Oerth's "poles" is frozen over?

    There should be a small amount of land at the south pole, but I don't know if it is snowy or what down there. I assume it should be a froz ...
      Topic: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    nematode

    Replies: 29
    Views: 22516

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:44 pm   Subject: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    Here's a "whole Oerth" map that I made, based on the map created by Gary Holian way back when, and run thru a fractal mapper to pretty it up & show elevations.

    It really shows how the sea enci ...
      Topic: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    nematode

    Replies: 29
    Views: 22516

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:17 am   Subject: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    The best that can be achieved when projecting Darlene’s map onto a globe, which as Rasgon points out, was never designed to represent a curved surface, are degrees of accuracy.

    In my picture, alo ...
      Topic: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    nematode

    Replies: 29
    Views: 22516

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:50 am   Subject: Flanaess-Europe ratio
    http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4k3pW5Q5cX8/Swbvj_1I3XI/AAAAAAAAAq4/C9qvwhhmseI/s800/Earth-Flanaess.jpg
      Topic: Rhenee Using 4e Vistani Rules
    nematode

    Replies: 3
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    PostForum: Greyhawk- D&D 4th Edition   Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:51 am   Subject: Rhenee Using 4e Vistani Rules
    I saw the articles too, and agree that they are pretty cool and nicely adaptable to my WoG campaign.

    The timing was awesome, since I had been updating my "4e players intro" blurb on the Rhennee the ...
      Topic: Gradsul Map
    nematode

    Replies: 12
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:26 am   Subject: Gradsul Map
    I haven't ever seen a Gradsul map, but if there isn't a ready to go Gradsul map somewhere, it might be fruitful (especially if time is short) to try to adapt a fantasy city map from outside the WoG c ...
      Topic: The Stone Citadel of Dawn
    nematode

    Replies: 9
    Views: 7104

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:52 am   Subject: The Stone Citadel of Dawn
    I haven't done things with the Mounds of Dawn, but if I ever do, I might make use of the content found in the 3 part adventure arc called "Seeds of Sehan" which appeared in Dungeon mags number 145, 14 ...
      Topic: Greyhawk in (the now complete) Pathfinder
    nematode

    Replies: 13
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    PostForum: Greyhawk- D&D 3.0e/3.5e/d20/Pathfinder   Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:21 am   Subject: Greyhawk in (the now complete) Pathfinder
    If someone likes D&D v3.5, then they'll probably like Pathfinder, since it's an open licensed v3.5 clone with variant rules. Likewise, if someone likes to game in GH using v3.5, they'll probably l ...
      Topic: World of Greyhawk Maps
    nematode

    Replies: 65
    Views: 65493

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:38 pm   Subject: World of Greyhawk Maps
    Very cool, very useful.

    Thanks Theo!

    nematode
      Topic: Anna's Atlas of the Flanaess
    nematode

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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:02 am   Subject: Anna's Atlas of the Flanaess
    Agree with the sentiment to not sweat it too much. Having spent time layering maps from the different WoG eras onto a curved surface in Google Earth, it became clear how much variation there is betwee ...
      Topic: Vlekstaad
    nematode

    Replies: 4
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:00 am   Subject: Vlekstaad
    As far as I'm aware, the last reference in a product line to Vlekstaad came from a LGJ published in 2001 in its "news from around the Flanaess" section which described a mob of warriors randomly slaug ...
      Topic: The Ring of Five
    nematode

    Replies: 8
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:54 pm   Subject: The Ring of Five
    The relevant passage from module WGR1 is as follows:

    "Zagig, The Black One of the Vale of the
    Mage, Leomund, Melf, and Serten, all powerful
    archmages and rivals to the circle of eight, watch
    the ...
      Topic: The Ring of Five
    nematode

    Replies: 8
    Views: 7562

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:05 am   Subject: The Ring of Five
    Remember that there was a Circle of Five as well as a Ring of Five.

    During the 1990's "From the Ashes" era, Mordy's Circle of Eight were referred to in various products as the Circle of Five, to ac ...
      Topic: Rotating globe of Oerth
    nematode

    Replies: 3
    Views: 5172

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:52 am   Subject: Rotating globe of Oerth
    Maybe JohnSmith had visited a site that I tossed up at

    http://viewfromluna.blogspot.com/

    where I've put up a Google Earth web browser plug in featuring a globe "skinned" with a couple of Greyha ...
      Topic: What version of the game is being played the most?
    nematode

    Replies: 34
    Views: 30989

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:49 pm   Subject: What version of the game is being played the most?
    I played 1e AD&D starting in 79 with a group that lasted about 14 years. We were pretty much always recruiting. Kinda like the OP, there was a core of about 4 of us, and others who came and went. ...
      Topic: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    nematode

    Replies: 112
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:57 am   Subject: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    Wotc has made sufficiently obvious that their target audience is not the rollplaying crowd circa 1972, 1982, or 1992 for whom Hommlet would have the most resonance.

    The Hommlet module is this yea ...
      Topic: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    nematode

    Replies: 112
    Views: 79083

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:18 am   Subject: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    Thanks for the run down on the module Scott!

    Hoping to get my own copy, I renewed my RPGA membership on line (it had been 9 years since I had done anything with RPGA) and signed up for the DM Rewar ...
      Topic: Vancian Magic in Greyhawk
    nematode

    Replies: 16
    Views: 11255

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:53 am   Subject: Vancian Magic in Greyhawk
    Over the past almost three decades there have been people setting games in GH using systems like Rolemaster, T&T, C&S, and systems by guys like Steve Jackson and Robin Crossby. And a glance at ...
      Topic: Sobanwych
    nematode

    Replies: 5
    Views: 6811

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:34 am   Subject: Sobanwych
    There are a couple other sources for tangentially useful Sobanwych info.

    From The Ashes has a section on the Gnarley. Altho it doesn't describe Sobanwych, that chapter has pertinent info on the for ...
      Topic: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    nematode

    Replies: 112
    Views: 79083

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:19 am   Subject: Village of Homlet 4e Coming
    If there's one thing that all Greyhawk fans can agree on, it's that GH is a fertile ground for thought provoking themes that can contribute to fun roleplaying. Maybe more so than some other more pulpy ...
      Topic: My Players are Lemmings
    nematode

    Replies: 15
    Views: 11860

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:06 am   Subject: Re: Gamers gone wild!
    Another possibility, but I have only used it sparingly, and I recommend using it with great caution... You can put the characters in a heavily regimented environment.

    I wasn't going to respond ...
      Topic: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    nematode

    Replies: 58
    Views: 41601

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:03 am   Subject: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    Yeah, I expect you're probably right. Sadly, our history also shows that government crackdowns in response to activity like this end up helping no one in the final analysis, while hurting basically ev ...
      Topic: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    nematode

    Replies: 58
    Views: 41601

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:43 am   Subject: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    But what disturbs me, is that I suspect this latest move by Hasbro is part of a long term strategy by big intellectual property companies to get government to pass increasingly restrictive laws to lim ...
      Topic: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    nematode

    Replies: 58
    Views: 41601

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:03 am   Subject: WotC Sends Take Down Notices for D&D PDFs
    I spent a few hours last night downloading all the pdf I had already purchased so I would not lose them. They didn't give much notice.

    Me too. I saw the Paizo email with a couple hours left on the ...
      Topic: Onnwal Project
    nematode

    Replies: 17
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:16 pm   Subject: Onnwal Project
    Thanks for the info! I've only had a chance to glance at the Pdf sourcebook, but it looks very nice indeed.

    One thing that just popped right out at me as extra cool was the map of Scant. Designing ...
      Topic: Safeton city map work in progress
    nematode

    Replies: 4
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:25 am   Subject: Safeton city map work in progress
    I don't have anything from that era of LG. but thank you for the heads up about LG mods. I hadn't considered the possibility that they mighta done a core LG mod set there, but I shoulda, why else woul ...
      Topic: Safeton city map work in progress
    nematode

    Replies: 4
    Views: 3921

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:02 pm   Subject: Safeton city map work in progress
    Hey guys -

    I've been working on a map of Safeton, the city along the Wild Coast, and I've started a work-in-progress thread at the Cartographer's Guild at

    http://forum.cartographersguild.com/s ...
      Topic: what about this map?
    nematode

    Replies: 4
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:50 pm   Subject: what about this map?
    It is really pretty, and it wraps around Google Earth making a lovely wallpaper if you will for whatever Flanaess maps you're displaying.

    But yeah, it doesn't line up well.

    nematode

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      Topic: American Indians
    nematode

    Replies: 17
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:51 am   Subject: American Indians
    I'll take my own critique of the Flan-as-Amerindians premise even further, which is that it's an object lesson in what to avoid in commercial RPG fantasy.

    Apparently, it ain't just me. It should ...
      Topic: 4e Closes The Loop On Player Races & Classes
    nematode

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    PostForum: Greyhawk- D&D 4th Edition   Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:36 pm   Subject: 4e Closes The Loop On Player Races & Classes
    Thanks for the posts guys, it's good to see for those of us who are interested in using 4e to run games set in GH.

    I too am looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

    nematode
      Topic: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    nematode

    Replies: 14
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    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:13 am   Subject: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    Maldin I'm glad you brought up the subject of giving credit.

    I'm thinking about adding your NPC information for the city of Greyhawk to a set of placemarks that can be popup clicked when you mouse ...
      Topic: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    nematode

    Replies: 14
    Views: 9556

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:16 pm   Subject: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    Great work!

    When you can incorporate the maps of our beloved Anna in this application it would be stunning!

    Thank you!

    Anna's maps are going to take some work to get them ready to use in Goog ...
      Topic: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    nematode

    Replies: 14
    Views: 9556

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:27 am   Subject: Re: Other Side?
    Can I bug you again to see the other side? I'm curious to see how east and west match up.

    I was thinking about using this as the DM map but now I'm thinking it would be good to use this to see how ...
      Topic: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    nematode

    Replies: 14
    Views: 9556

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:14 am   Subject: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    That's awesome. It looks like you can set up different maps to see which ones work out the best. Does your experiment take into account that Oerth is slightly larger than Earth?

    I'm unaware of a w ...
      Topic: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    nematode

    Replies: 14
    Views: 9556

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:48 am   Subject: My Google Oerth proof of concept
    I've been playing around with Google Earth, a freely downloadable virtual globe, map and geographic information browser.

    It's easy to add custom content to the app, and to explore its capabilities ...
      Topic: GREYChrondex - alternate sources?
    nematode

    Replies: 4
    Views: 4939

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:10 pm   Subject: GREYChrondex - alternate sources?
    Try this:

    http://www.canonfire.com/cf/ghchrondex.php

    Its formatting is a little messed up, but that could just be my eyes being middle aged. It appears to be intact.
      Topic: House of Rax
    nematode

    Replies: 6
    Views: 5903

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:22 am   Subject: House of Rax
    In a remote and dusty corner of a library in the city of Rel Deven, an old man and a young woman sat at a table piled high with old scrolls and tomes.

    The old man spoke in a hushed voice, "Officia ...
      Topic: Holy Fragarach
    nematode

    Replies: 17
    Views: 10635

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:50 am   Subject: Holy Fragarach
    It would be sweet if this material - not just the WoG weapons of repute, but also the undead list that Cebrion links to - became integrated into the awesomely groovy and helpful Canonfire GH Wiki.
      Topic: "orc rankings"
    nematode

    Replies: 25
    Views: 19216

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:11 am   Subject: "orc rankings"
    It's interesting to consider the intent of the designers of D&D and WoG when it comes to orcs. They were classified in AD&D as lawful evil. In 3e and 4e they're chaotic evil.

    I believe tha ...
      Topic: Mountains of Oerth
    nematode

    Replies: 9
    Views: 6296

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:47 am   Subject: Mountains of Oerth
    "The highest peaks in the Flanaess are the Crystalmists, the massive midsection of a range that divides the Flanaess from the rest of Oerik" - LGG page 142.

    You asked Oerth and not just Flanaess. I ...
      Topic: How does Oerth deal with imported deities?
    nematode

    Replies: 14
    Views: 8175

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:39 pm   Subject: How does Oerth deal with imported deities?
    The WoG setting has accumulated a lot of dieties over the years as authors have written them in, and I can't recall seeing any published item to suggest that new gods are forbidden...although, for me, ...
      Topic: Monte Cook's Earthblood
    nematode

    Replies: 6
    Views: 6744

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:55 am   Subject: Monte Cook's Earthblood
    In Rot8, Oerthblood is described as a molten metal that can be enchanted when cooled. It's further described as toxic, not to mention extremely hot. Tenser used golems to harvest it because of those ...
      Topic: Gods across the Flanaess
    nematode

    Replies: 8
    Views: 5442

    PostForum: World of Greyhawk Discussion   Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:27 pm   Subject: Gods across the Flanaess
    I agree, very interesting stuff. I'm glad you did this list.

    From my POV as a DM, this is a useful kick off point because as I design non combat content, I try to think from a street level perspect ...
      Topic: New to GH, Abbor Alz locations help needed
    nematode

    Replies: 4
    Views: 6549

    PostForum: Welcome to Greyhawk!   Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:59 am   Subject: New to GH, Abbor Alz locations help needed
    Thanks DMPrata grodog and Anced_Math for the information!

    I bought the PDF of the Dungeon magazine issue on Hardby thru Paizo, so I now have plenty of info to work with on the town between that, S ...
      Topic: New to GH, Abbor Alz locations help needed
    nematode

    Replies: 4
    Views: 6549

    PostForum: Welcome to Greyhawk!   Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:47 pm   Subject: New to GH, Abbor Alz locations help needed
    I'm getting ready to run a game set in GH, and it'll be the first time I've run in this setting. I plan to start the players in Hardby and run an adventure based on Star Cairns. I bought a used copy o ...
     
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