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Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:53 pm  

Oh, Gruumsh, you rapscallion! (I found that bit disturbing, actually).
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:00 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip211a.htm

If you found Gruumsh disturbing then you'll find this one much more entertaining!
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Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:23 pm  

I have sympathy for the old devil. The same thing happened to a good friend of mine in Acererak's gaff many years ago.

Twice. The moral; don't go sticking your head through strange holes in the wall.

Top quality as ever, mort. Laughing
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Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:47 pm  

Thanks Ragr! Your words kind of make me nostalgic to run it again! Acererak was an inspired choice as I did this comic at the deadline. In dealing with that comic's subject I easily could've went with the popular Vecna, or even Kyuss and Kas who have been in my comic before. But I'm glad I used the demi-lich instead. He was much easier to draw and color because well, he's just a skull. Go procrastination! ;)
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Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:55 am  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip212a.htm

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Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:18 pm  

Reminds me the auto-destruct scene in Mel Brooks' movie Spaceballs.

Will you use the famous Gygax' panic button? I'd like to see its effects.
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:47 am  

Damn you, mort. I just spent an hour staring at that episode and I can't remember a bloomin' thing. Did you have to insert that picture from the old PH? I drifted off into the land of nostalgia and can't get anything done, now.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!! Mad

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Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:53 pm  

LoL, apparently Ragr's brain had a self-destruct keyed to that magic mouth pic. Whoops!
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Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:25 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip213a.htm

I know it's pronounced both ways.... Wink
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:08 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip214a.htm

The writing's on the wall...
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:41 am  
Off The Wall

Hi all -
Well, here's my guess for this weeks riddle.

R - Giant, Huge,
A - Anger, Quarrel
X - Strength (the symbol used is an X with a cross in the middle of the two lines)- although, he could have used the X symbol for Poison, Antidote
I - God

V - Win, Victory
O - Demonic, Demon Power
R - Torch
T - Thrall, Prisoner

My first response to this riddle is:
Raxi = Giant God of Strength and Anger (Kord)
Vort = Demonic Prisoner Has Victory by Torching (Iuz - he torches an area of woods near High Folk)

I can see why Raxi Vort might put Iuz's name within his own. Grazz't knows the runes meaning and sees it as a jab at him because his son was captured by Zagyg-muffin. But I'm not certain as to the actual reason.

I also don't understand the Kord reference. It could be Hextor, but I don't think he's associated with giants. If he used the rune for Poison instead of Strength, then it certainly could be a Incabulos. There I'd say God of Huge Poisonings Leading to Massive Quarrels.

However, I'm more inclined to use the below as my answer - but I'm hung up on the rune of Strength vs Poison - because it's clearly a Strength rune.

If it were the Poison rune, and combined I could say that the reference was to Pyremius. Being the Blazing Killer (Torch), Demon of Venom (Demon + Poison) and Hideous Assassin. His holy symbol is also that of "a demonic face with ears like a bat's wings." This might be a connection to Raxivort. With the Win/Victory rune, this could be in relation to his winning of Ranet's portfolio after he assassinated her. He also breeds Anger and Quarrels within his church as clerics have Huge internal feuds.

Well now that I've spent 45min trying to figure this all out...and considering that I'm my own heretic with my moving my Church of the One True Path to Golarion with the Crusading Church of the One True Path of Iomedae, I can't figure it out. I do love the WoG 1.0 playing in WoG 2.0 (but I wish Pholtus were playing Iomedae, although its not a perfect fit).

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P.S. edit: I'm unsure of how often that site is updated. I'm going to contact the owner via the mailto link. I didn't know GeoCities was still around but I think that is the perfect fit for GreyhawkOnline.com. Anybody know if the person is still active?
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:17 am  
Re: Off The Wall

I think it's Raxivort bragging about how his gigantic rage and strength has made him a god. When Graz'zt was imprisoned by Iggwilv, Raxivort was celebrating his victory over Graz'zt's demonic power by the torch of his flaming blue hand.

A more literal interpretation of "giant god of strength and anger" would be Grolantor, the hill giant god. But why would Raxivort care about Grolantor? I like my interpretation better.

Pyremius's symbol is actually the head of a yagnoloth, so definitely no Raxivort connection there.
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:13 pm  
Rasgon Knows All

Hi all -
Rasgon Knows All.....Even as a Theocrat I must bow to a higher power. Well, here Rasgon knows s frak-ton more than I will ever know. Frak, he's likely forgotten more than I'll even know (even if I didn't switch to WoG 2.0).
It took me 45min of research to come up with something - I like what I came up with, but only if it was Poison and not Strength. It likely took Rasgon 10min to recall, research and type out his impression. Damn all you WoG 1.0 Knowledgeable People (including that damnable Mortellan!).

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P.S. Edit: Mort, my laptop died. But I didn't lose stuff, it's just a matter of backing up, new PC, installing new/ replacement software and such. I'll hopefully get you those promised Disks of Wondrous Power in the next week.
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:51 pm  

man, do i love those comics....

(PS: now it should be official 2009 GH wc topic;))
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:49 pm  

I hope all your Holy Artifacts are up and running soon theocrat. And this new splinter reality church of Iomedae you have sounds interesting. Always good to have you on the side of Law.

As to the runic interpretations, there is no 100% right answer but Rasgon is always a sharp eye when it comes to these things. I was close to using the Glyph for 'Poison' antidote then figured no self respecting evil creature would care about the cure for poison and likewise I could've used the rune for 'Fire' but seeing as it was followed by the Torch rune I decided that might be redundant. All in all it was amusing that I saw Raxivort's name first in the runes. Are there any other proper GH names that can be created out of the limited set?
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Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:16 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip215a.htm
The hourglass is uh, sifting...
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:15 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip216a.htm

FEH! Cultists!
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:39 am  

mortellan wrote:

FEH! Cultists!


You said it:

“Rose tint my world, keeps me safe from my trouble and pain …. Hey, are those trans-sylvan elves?”


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Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:21 pm  

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Belated April Fool!
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:55 am  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip218a.htm

RIP Dave Arneson
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:10 am  

http://mortellan.livejournal.com/

If any one wants a leg up on what I'm working on, I've started a blog of random Greyhawkness.
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip219a.htm

CATACLYSM!
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:39 pm  

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Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:59 pm  

FYI, the kanteel, spelled "kantele" in the sources I can find (and pronounced "kant-uh-luh" in this Youtube video), was the stringed instrument invented by the Finnish hero Väinämöinen in the Kalevala. Great Myths and Legends from World Book, Inc. describes it as "a five-stringed harplike instrument." Väinämöinen made his from the jawbone of a giant pike he slew and strung it with some hair taken from some young women he had summoned with his magic.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantele

Gary Gygax talking about Finnish mythology: http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/161566-gary-gygax-q-part-x-14.html

Here's an illustration of the pike-jaw kantele from Great Myths and Legends, although it has too many strings, and it looks nothing like any kantele I've seen elsewhere:


An authentic traditional kantele from this site:

This is probably why the first edition Monster Manual had giant pikes in it.
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Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:47 pm  

Shawn with arundo donax reeds?!?! I fletch those and and toss them as darts at vorpal bunnies with my atlatl! Ooga Booga!
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:15 pm  

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Can you say agathocacological?
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:00 am  

I think Fraz-Urb'luu just had a little gas. Well, little by demon prince standards.
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:26 pm  

Just for fun, I did a calculation of the potential damage. It came to a whopping 71448 points of damage -- assuming all the damage was d6.

Who let Waldorf back in? Laughing
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Wow! I think I saw a Barbarian-Frenzied Berserker in 3.5E do that much damage once. Wink At least with this explosion someone with Evasion could dodge it. That kind of damage is enough to kill your next 700 characters! Yeash.
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip222a.htm

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Wed May 13, 2009 10:37 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip223a.htm

Well worth the effort.
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Thu May 14, 2009 6:09 pm  

mortellan, in his comic, wrote:
Also, bonus kudo points go to anyone who can spot which D&D cover Slerotin is an homage to.


Looks like the wizard from the second (?) version of the AD&D Player's Handbook to me, although I have no clue what that character's name is...
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Thu May 14, 2009 6:59 pm  

Kudo points for kwint!

That illo was by Easley IIRC. And yeah I don't think he has a
name, but that was the most epic mage I could find at the time so now it's
Slerotin!
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Tue May 19, 2009 10:15 am  
Late to the Reading

Hi all -
Being a long issue and one that revolved around a talking dog, I wasn't interested. That is until I saw Serlotin.
My guess as to who Serlotin is drawn to look like - well, I'm not sure about the whole AD&D 2e PHB, because there is another guy that comes well before that. Lets call him...Ringlerun ( http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/ActionFigures.html ) the Good Wizard.

EDIT:(Here is a picture of Ringlerun as a 2.5" miniature - with a longer beard that is more in keeping with the drawing of Serlotin - http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Minitures/MiniFigures.html )

This was 1982-1984. I remember having a few of these - and for good measure when I had a job and could afford to "re-collect" I bought some of them. I have a few of these that are listed on that page - as well as never hearing of many of the (like Bowmerc).
Thus, I have to say that maybe even Mort was wrong. Damn, and Rasgon isn't around to see me actually post a really good and maybe even a worthy post.
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Wed May 20, 2009 9:17 pm  

Ringlerun! Yup that is him alright, can't deny it. I think Ringlerun Slerotin
was his full name. Or was it Slerotin Ringlerun? ;)

Now looking at those
mini figs. I had Strongheart, Warduke and Kellek. If only I had got the Good
Wizard I would've known!
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Thu May 21, 2009 9:14 am  

Wow, despite growing up in the 80's I had never seen these figures.
Melf! Prince Melf Brightflame is an action figure! LOL.

His shield must be from the hippogriff riders who serve the Queen.

http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/PeralayMelf.html
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Kirt wrote:
Melf! Prince Melf Brightflame is an action figure! LOL.
http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/PeralayMelf.html


After following that link, I learned something valuable about Prince Brightflame...From now on, whenever Melf makes an appearance in my campaign, he'll be riding a giant giraffe Laughing ...Thanks, Kirt...
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Thu May 21, 2009 12:40 pm  

Kirt wrote:
His shield must be from the hippogriff riders who serve the Queen.


It seems likely that that was Gary Gygax's original intention (or it could be a griffin), but according to The Shady Dragon Inn, it comes from the "hunting hawk symbol of his clan."
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WoG is for Gods

Mort -
After re-reading and going over the whole Serlotin comic, I'm actually dismayed. Serlotin Ringlerun isn't a god. Yes, in the OJ there have been a few heroes, and you have the id10t twins (wouldn't call them anything but wonder_ful to their faces, however) show up all the time, but WoG is about the GODS. The Gods of the WoG 1.0. Rationalization here: The id10t twins are "representatives' of a god (so they count).
So unless you're making another comic strip dedicated to the heroes of WoG1.0, then lets keep WoG about the Gods of WoG 1.0 and 2.0 (for those are some funny scenes, and I've told you I have a story about 1.0 to 2.0 and I'm PMing it to you now).
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Thu May 21, 2009 6:31 pm  

I've been pushing the boundaries of my gods only premise for a long time. Even longer than the cultists though they are the best. Anyhow, Slerotin is presently dead so he is now in the afterlife and is thus immortal. Tada!

Oh yes, speaking of WoG2.0....

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip224a.htm
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At first blush, drunken LARPing with three hawties sounds really good, but on second thaught:

1.“Your sword is too small.”
2.“Get off the floor.
3.“You look like you have just been violated by a family of ogres.”

Its enough to make you drop your mead goggles.
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Thu May 28, 2009 5:38 pm  

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip225a.htm

Heeeeere's Graz'zt!
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Fri May 29, 2009 5:04 pm  

Great comic Mort Smile

Graz'zt should have ripped out the lungs of jay leno several seasons back. Wink

As for the content, glad I am not going to play the latest edition. Tell me where the hatred for the GH deities we know and love comes from...anyone....and the name raven queen...ugh. At least Nerull sounds mysterious and threatening . So many holes in the exerpt it boogles the mind. I leave it to another to spend the time to list them because I am too nauseated. Sad
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I'm with ya Crag, except I find it humorous rather than stomach churning. We can only hope that if GH 4E adopts the same approach they at least let us replace Nerull with homegrown Wee Jas.

On a side note I find the whole 'creation' of the Raven Queen boggling. They obviously kept several GH Core gods including Vecna of all things, but then demoted a bunch of the actual playable GH deities, one of which was Wee Jas. WJ had her own write up in Dragon for goodness sake. My only guess as to why they let WJ go is she became too overblown in portfolio and they opted for a (note) simpler female death goddess. That is fine I guess, but in the process they now have a Goddess of Death and...Fate? Ut oh, watch yer back Istus!
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip226a.htm

More Raven Queen antics.
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the RQ costume is actually a warhammer fantasy dark elf sorceress.
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Crag wrote:

As for the content, glad I am not going to play the latest edition.


Thats too bad really, 4e is a great system for GH campaigns.


Crag wrote:
Tell me where the hatred for the GH deities we know and love comes from...anyone....and the name raven queen...ugh.


She is called the raven queen because the raven is her representative animal. Her name is hidden so that orcus can not use its power to over throw her. she is a conglomeration of Wee Jas and the irish goddess Morrigan

Morrigan, sometimes known as Morrigu, was an Irish goddess of death on the battlefield who helped the Tuatha De Danann at both battles of Magh Tuireadh. She was associated with the other war deities Macha, Badb and Nemain. Morrigan appeared sometimes as a warrior in a battle, siding with her favourites. Most often she soared overhead as a raven or a crow, shrieking and flapping her wings to scare the host, or to signify imminent death.

She settled on the shoulder of the Ulster hero Cuchulainn when he was finally killed in the war against Queen Medb's forces. Cuchulainn had not only refused Morrigan's love, but in anger had even wounded her. For such a deed his fate was sealed.

Hell hath no fury like a war goddess scorned! I think Morrigan is a fascinating figure in Celtic mythology.




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At least Nerull sounds mysterious and threatening . So many holes in the exerpt it boogles the mind. I leave it to another to spend the time to list them because I am too nauseated. Sad


The raven queen is a much better thought out and implemented diety and has a much greater appeal for use in any campaign. IMO[/img][/b]
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Thanks for the spot check cennedi! Now that you mention it she does make a good warhammer dark elf, except I didn't pick up on any elf ears that might've helped. Huh. I guess that means this'll never be the RQ's canon image, ah well. This worked for a one-shot I guess.

As for the morrigan-wee jas combo, that I like.
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I am baffled is all Confused

A knock on GH is the number of deities; which is justified as oerth became the test for ideas. However the deities chosen for culling seem to be the "iconic" ones to be replaced with "WoW" versions.

We have no animosity toward GH but rather then cull the fringe deities we will kill the core iconic ones. Perhaps it is me but a subconscious sense of pettiness seems to be at work.
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Yeah Crag, I dunno. There does seem to be a sense that the policy with Wizard's current staff is to reimagine -everything- as its easier to do than adapting material that has the weight of decades behind it. It isn't just them though, it's all the rage in TV, Hollywood, comics....any place where fantasy meets a younger generation of writers and consumers. Ah well...
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Crag wrote:
I am baffled is all Confused

A knock on GH is the number of deities; which is justified as oerth became the test for ideas. However the deities chosen for culling seem to be the "iconic" ones to be replaced with "WoW" versions.

We have no animosity toward GH but rather then cull the fringe deities we will kill the core iconic ones. Perhaps it is me but a subconscious sense of pettiness seems to be at work.


Crag,

As we don't have a 4e GH we have no idea what is going to be in the deities list and what isn't. To look to Core for answers isn't really realistic. The core gods are just that, core. Bane in 4e FR is not the same as the Core version. Also, the FR god list is way larger than Core but smaller than previous FR lists.

Also, remember the current model for campaign worlds is 3 books: Campaign Setting, Player's Guide, & Module. That model enforces the need to consolidate and distill things to their essence. There is just no way to condense 30 years of published GH material into that small a page count.

So, in essence its not pettiness, but necessity of the form that will drive the reduction in gods. I think this will be a good thing for GH in the end because it will open the campaign up again.

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"upcoming uber-awesome Gencon special"- Evil Grin
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:26 pm  

hi mortellan!

ever thought of doing a robilar one?
i know the focus is the gods, but i think it would be great, with quij flying the carpet and stuff.. Happy
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"upcoming uber-awesome Gencon special"- Evil Grin


Yes and as I wrote I realized it may be bigger than I expected. We'll see how it pans out...
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ever thought of doing a robilar one?
i know the focus is the gods, but i think it would be great, with quij flying the carpet and stuff.. Happy


Just so I'm, sure rossik. Have you seen my Needfest Special from 2007?

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/needfest3/needf1.htm

It has Robilar, Quij and Riggby to boot, plus it is the only appearance of Iuz in my comic. Now what you probably meant is a regular Robilar storyline like with the cultists? Not a bad request if so. Wink
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Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:04 pm  

wow!
that was very amazing!

thanks for the link!

and yeah, wish for more robilar stories lik eht cultists, if possible :D

congratulations on the awesomess (is this a word?)
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip230a.htm

Good luck! Smile
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I lost count, but love the double entendre in pan. 5.
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Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:37 pm  

Thanks! No worries about the count, did you catch the visual reference though?
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Thanks! No worries about the count, did you catch the visual reference though?


No. Not consciously, at least. But I kept staring at it thinking there was something about it. I bet that was the way you drew it, though, rather than some latent insight on my part. Razz
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip230a.htm

Good luck! Smile


Great strip! I did 18 points on the quiz, not bad. :-D

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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip231a.htm

Yup, it's that time....
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Thanks! No worries about the count, did you catch the visual reference though?


Yep! Caught it! Laughing

Norebo! You dog! Evil Grin

Mayaheine! You go girl! Cool
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Heh heh, Noerbo never quits does he? And poor Mayaheine, so paladinaic and devoted to her work will she ever have time for fun?
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Kudo points for kwint!

That illo was by Easley IIRC. And yeah I don't think he has a
name, but that was the most epic mage I could find at the time so now it's
Slerotin!


He's also an NPC in one of the TSR collector cards iirc. ...or rather the art was used for it.
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Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:53 am  

Good find Thanael!

Anyhoo, onto another all-new comic. Arm yourself for an awesome alliterative attack from an authority on all things...

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip232a.htm
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Hi again,

>He's also an NPC in one of the TSR collector cards iirc. ...or rather the art was used for it.<

I was always sure that Easley wizard was meant to be the Ringlerun action figure - http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/Ringlerun.html

Other than that, great to see you're still keeping up the good work!

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Other than that, great to see you're still keeping up the good work!

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Thanks Scott! I must be the only person who didn't remember Ringlerun. :P

And btw, your Castle Greyhawk fiction has inspired me to do some GH fiction writing. Have you been writing anything else lately?
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Hi all,

>And btw, your Castle Greyhawk fiction has inspired me to do some GH fiction writing. Have you been writing anything else lately?<

As I shared on Greytalk recently, I have been too busy developing my own retro-clone supehero game (Hideouts & Hoodlums), writing for Mythmere Games, and writing superhero fanfiction to do any Greyhawk writing anymore. I am glad I inspired you and hope your Greyhawk fiction turns up on Greytalk someday!

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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip233a.htm

Get ready for some reading Razz
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Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:14 am  
That's amazing!

Wow...I thought for sure you must have been fudging some of those terms as I read it, but it looks like you just really did your homework! Funny too; it reminds me of how my ex-wife must have felt when she was in a room with three Greytalkers discussing Greyhawk...

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Wow...I thought for sure you must have been fudging some of those terms as I read it, but it looks like you just really did your homework! Funny too; it reminds me of how my ex-wife must have felt when she was in a room with three Greytalkers discussing Greyhawk...

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haha! yeah that's exactly the type of mood I was going for. Thanks Scott!
And yeah there was significant homework. I'm glad it's over! :P
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip234a.htm

Now for some fun. Follow the directions and post here or email/PM me if you like.
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip234a.htm

Now for some fun. Follow the directions and post here or email/PM me if you like.


OK, so it is Rudd, Olidammara and Norebo opening the chest, but who is on the guard of the sword? It looks like Delleb?
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Kirt, the answer to the guard of the sword or better, the name of the sword, is one of the easter eggs I threw into that pic. Anyone know where its from?
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... one of the easter eggs ...


Where did I put my basket ...
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip234a.htm

Now for some fun. Follow the directions and post here or email/PM me if you like.


To the sword's right among the coins there's what to me looks like... an eye? Vecna's Eye!? Maybe I'm seeing things and it's just a ring...

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To the sword's right among the coins there's ... an eye? Vecna's Eye!?


Vecna's Eye and the Sword of Kas? Confused

That's my thinking, though I had missed the eye! Embarassed Evil

But the sword immediately put me in mind of Kas. Cool
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"Oh, look! The Sword of Kas, the Eye of Vecna, the Hand of Vecna, and the Head of Vecna all in one place! Uh...Norebo, you can have the Head."
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LOL. Yeah guys the thing in the pile is the Eye of Vecna and the Sword is the Sword of Kas (check your Vecna Lives! for a good look at the crossguard detail). Kudos.

bubba: Good entry! Just how a group of roguish adventurers would act when confronted with 2 or more possible relics. Laughing

Enough speculating on the picture now, you found all the hidden stuff. Any other entries?
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“By my … ! It the Breasts of Vecnina!”
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip235a.htm

This one took some EXTRA work...enjoy!
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Very nice minis. Happy
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I prefer Reaper Mini's

Hi all -
I'm not saying that I can do a better job. However, When I first saw these I thought they had too much play-doo (green stuff).
I think your base miniature wasn't quite right. I for one don't really prefer Warhammer or other mini's other than Reaper (well, I do like WotC's plastic's for monsters).
For my Pholtan Inquisitors I've used Reaper's Legends line and I've linked to a few of their base options that I think might work better for a base miniature.
We just moved, and as we're now "empty nesters" I get my own room. All my books are on book cases (vs being in a box never to be looked at and revered) and I have my painting desk. Heck, just last night I hung up my miniature cases on the wall and I'm putting my "whites" up so that I can now begin the cleaning process (have years of being in boxes, I'll have to re-paint them white). So maybe, but unlikely, I'll take one of these Reaper Inquisitors and make one a cultist.
But here are those reaper base ideas - you'll use less green stuff.

This mini is the one that I originally was thinking of - this cultist has his arms raised and is holding the Codex of Infinite Planes!:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/inquisitor/latest/02337

This cultist has a sword, for which he chaotically smites his dark lords enemies, and he also carries the CoIP on his belt.:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Dark%20Heaven%20Legends/latest/02412

This potential cultist has a wavy dagger and a crooked staff:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/inquisitor/latest/02324

I don't think this cultist is quite right. But then I used this miniature for Tarburn, the Mini's Handbook Warmage - and just like his name, he used a lot of fire based spells and as an NPC he ended up dying by fire.
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/inquisitor/latest/02720

Now, this cultist is a blue orchid assassin. Something about him looks right, but not quite the cultist feel that the inquisitors have:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Dark%20Heaven%20Legends/latest/02914

The final cultist contestant from the reaper miniature line comes as a pair, just like the hand drawn versions. These cultists already have a female sacrafice, which could currently be painted as a drow. Cultist on the left his reading from his dark book, preparing to use the CoIP to usurp the Spider Queen's power for their own dark lord, while the other has in his hands the ceremonial dagger, and in looking at the back of the mini's he also has in his back "pocket" a scroll.
On the down side - their faces are showing. But with a little green stuff, I think a full pillow case can be made fairly easily. These guys also appear to be a little more muscular, whereas those in the comic are almost rail thin (and my first choice is the first mini I listed and he's rail thin - are are the rest of those inquisitors).
(EDIT: I forgot to link the cultists)
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Dark%20Heaven%20Legends/latest/03312#detail/03312_w_1


In typing this out - this potential cultist - it makes me think of a dating game....trying out for the team.

This is a link to a search of their inquisitor mini's:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/inquisitor

So while I didn't really like the mini's - I do applaud your fine work and likely much better than I would have done. I think that if you do attempt to re-do them, you'll have a much easier time with mini's that you don't have to remove so much iridium/metal.

Keep up the good work Mort, and as always, your site is truly the only reason I keep GHO alive.
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Mortellan, nice job, as always. Cool

Issak, thanks for the link. Happy
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Mystic-Scholar and Wolfsire: Thanks! The things I do for a laugh.

Good links Theocrat. Yeah working with metal is a pain. I have a few Reaper minis and they're always so extravagent I wouldn't mar them with a knife. GW minis though I've abused for a long time so I don't feel bad if I make mistakes. I like the poses that Reaper uses, best out there for characters IMO. I hope to see some more work on your minis, its an area of Greyhawk fandom that we don't explore hardly at all around here. :)
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"By Al'Akbar, IT'S A TRAP!"

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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/creationmyth/wogstrip236a.htm

dun Dun DUN DUN! It's my epic Gencon Special!
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AWESOME!!! Shocked Cool Happy

And I thought that I had too much time on my hands! Laughing Laughing Laughing

Mort, you're just too much man! Wink

Just AWESOME!!! Shocked Cool Happy
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You've really outdone yourself, Mort. That was fantastic. Well done!
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I was grinning at every panel Exclamation Laughing
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And I thought R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis" was something to look forward too.

Nice job on this. I best buy property in Ull NOW! Laughing
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genious work!

the kind of humor is very funny, like it a lot


oh, could i steal the tomb of horror rollercoste image?
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Go right ahead rossik! It's a still from the D&D cartoon with the Great Green Face from the Tomb of Horrors, put in place of the dragon head on the side of the mountain. Pretty clever if I do say so myself ;)
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Greyhawk the Revelation

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Pretty clever if I do say so myself ;)


Hey! You don't have time for this -- smarty pants. You're supposed to be working on the next Webcomic! Greyhawk, the Revelation! "And seven angles of Pholtus blew upon seven golden trumpets . . ." Shocked

(*Damn! But those Canoneers are hard task masters!*) Evil Grin Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Anytime I do Pholtan stuff it has to pass muster with the Theocrat of Pholtus. I wonder what he would think of such a Revelation Heresy?

btw would be task-masters, I did enough material for half a year's worth of comics. I deserve a break don't I? Also...get to posting captions dammit!
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