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Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:14 pm Oerth Journal 23: Maure Castle Special Edition is out

This newest issue of The Oerth Journal is finally out! Feel free to download it at the Oerth Journal 23, download page if you have not already done so. Also check the Oerth Journal Feedback forums here on Canonfire and tell us what you think;

The articles in this issue are as follows...

THE MYSTERIOUS MAURE
RUMORS ABOUT THE MAURE LANDS
By Robert J. Kuntz

GAZETTEER OF THE FLANAESS
SELTAREN
By Rick Miller with Special Thanks to
Gary Holian and Russ Taylor

ERUDITIONS OF THE SHADOW SAGE
MYSTIC CATALOGUE OF THE COMPANY OF SEVEN
By Rick Miller

ROGUES GALLERY
THE SEER OF URNST
By Mike Bridges and Rick Miller

ROGUES GALLERY
THE GLEANERS
By Adam Daigle

MAURE CASTLE
WARLOCK’S WALK
By Robert J. Kuntz with Special Thanks to Allan Grohe
3.5e Conversion by Rick Miller and Stuart Parr

GREY-COMIX
KERZIT THE CARTOON PERIL
By Mike Bridges

This issue was a real labor of love for all of us involved, a culmination of several artists and writers working admist the delays of the holidays, life, and other circumstances to bring what I feel is the best issue of the Oerth Journal since I took on the position of Editor-in-Chief, I hope you agree as well! =)

Anyway hope everyone enjoys! =)
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Cheerz,
-Rick "Duicarthan" Miller
Editor-in-Chief, Oerth Journal
http://www.oerthjournal.com http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan

Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:02 am

Every issue of Oerth Journal is worthy of praise and this is no exception. I have scanned through this and it is truly incredible. Every page is full of useful Greyhawk material. Thank you to the writers and staff of OJ, you all did an incredible job. I have already read the end comic and now I shall return back to read this in more detail.

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:48 am

Thanks to the OJ Staff for another great Greyhawk resource!

Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:17 am

awesome thanks for the praise guys, I'll pass it along to our staff. =)
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Cheerz,
-Rick "Duicarthan" Miller
Editor-in-Chief, Oerth Journal
http://www.oerthjournal.com http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan

Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:13 am

I can only agree, with the Halifaxgamer and Telemachus, very professional.

The art and maps are top notch too Wink

//Anna

Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:40 pm

Wow. This one is chock-a-block of stuff that I can't wait to use in my ongoing EttRoG/Maure Castle campaign. I doff my spangenhelm to the good people at OJ.

My only complaint is a pettifogging one -- the copy-editing could have been done a little better, as words sometimes were missing and large blocks of text were often repeated. Outside of that, I highly recommend it to anyone looking foir their GH fix :)

Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:10 pm errors...where?

Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:18 pm

WOW! That is one awesome issue, by far my favorite. I have a lot of reading to do but the art (especially the cover and the Uncle picture were incredible). You gotta keep these artists around. I really do like the idea of some kind of theme yet at the same time I'm concerned that potential authors would get put on hold for a very long time, especially when we only see 2 or 3 issues a year.

I have to admit my patience ran out on waiting....the effort that was put into it renewed my interest in the Oerth Journal. Great Job guys.

And by the way, I'm a big fan of the original Maure Castle. Hope to someday play the Dragon version as well as the contents herein.
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:58 pm

This issue was themed due to there being a few related articles. There is still some free-standing material too, but Maure is definitely the focus. Regardless of whether an issue has a theme or not, OJ will always be open to all sorts of articles in any issue. It would be nice for instance to at least have a few artic type articles in the winter issue of OJ, but that doesn't mean the whole issue need be snow-bound. If a theme develops for an issue based on whatever submissions we receive, it will likely be highlighted though. We receive a variety of submissions for every issue, and we really don't have much control over what the topics of those submissions will be. We might make suggestions, but, in the end, it is up to the authors to write what they want to. I'd much rather have authors writing on subjects they are passionate about rather than tie their hands by telling them they must write something about topic "X".

Now I'll have to feed the hamsters who run my dial-up connection some crack so that I can download the final version of OJ #23. Then I'll look it over for cut-n-paste errors and other oddities. Go hamsters go! Laughing

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:32 pm

The error is in the Seltaren article, I forgot to put the Seekers symbol in there, so the Seekers Lodge is printed twice! I should have this fixed shortly and back up ASAP. So for anyone who cares about the small error or is printing the OJ, give me till I edit this message to get the item fixed. =)
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Cheerz,
-Rick "Duicarthan" Miller
Editor-in-Chief, Oerth Journal
http://www.oerthjournal.com http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan

Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:47 pm

There are a few other minor things to correct. I'll send you an e-mail if I don't catch you in Greytalk.
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:26 am

Cebrion> please send me the email if theres anything aside from the Seltaren article that I've already noticed.
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Cheerz,
-Rick "Duicarthan" Miller
Editor-in-Chief, Oerth Journal
http://www.oerthjournal.com http://www.greyhawkonline.com/duicarthan