Excellent news folks... I was right about my archive. (I guess being a pack rat is handy after all.) The zip I'm sending out contains pdf's by Paul of the original adventure, stats for Philiador and Iuz and, of course, his original maps.
So, check your e-mail gang... I'll send a copy to each of you who made a request here - help me spread the fun around, if you would.
Also, to anyone else following along, don't hesitate to ask someone for a copy.
(A little more Greyhawk for the holidays. Yay!)
_________________ <div>Braggi, Swain and Varlet at Large<br /></div>
And, since I've never had the chance previously, let me thank you now for your excellent work on your Deitybase. It is an absolutely invaluable resource, which I have used extensively over the last couple of years for reference, especially in regards to adventure writing.
You do great work - thank you. _________________ <div>Braggi, Swain and Varlet at Large<br /></div>
And, since I've never had the chance previously, let me thank you now for your excellent work on your Deitybase. It is an absolutely invaluable resource, which I have used extensively over the last couple of years for reference, especially in regards to adventure writing.
@bubbagump:
If you have the desire to get the ball rolling, I'm willing to offer whatever I have to flesh out the archive. Please feel free to ask the folks here at CF. It certainly would be a boon to the community and one I'd certainly support.
Sounds good to me.
So how 'bout it, Cebrion? How 'bout giving us all a rehash of what it takes to get adventures and such posted in the appropriate downloads area? I know all that is posted somewhere, but how 'bout telling us all again for the sake of those who don't know where to look?
Also, if anybody has any of those old fan-made mods lying around (or new ones of your own design) and would like to have them hosted here at Canonfire, I suspect this would be a good time to start inundating Cebrion and good ol' PSmedger with offers. I'm sure they don't have anything important to do...
Here's what I can add to the pot to get things rolling (I've been collecting fan stuff for a long time). Please note that these are pretty much all done for the 1st or 2nd edition ruleset.
Paul Rokuskie
- EE1-5 (Adventures 1 and 2 are reformatted and better maps added for distribution with Paul's permission. Adventures 3, 4 and 5 are in progress.)
- Soul Husks
- Delvenbrass
- Gibbering Gate
- Molag Forces
- Grabford Forces
- Admundfort
- Greenreach
Creighton Broadhurst
- Shadows Under Scant (Reformatted + new maps, with permission)
- I also have Creighton's permission to format and retrofit to 1E-2E compatible form his two 3rd Edition adventures Amidst the Deepening Dark and Stench of Darkness.
Dave Shawley
- Sacklewood - To Capture a Troll (I have a formatted version with the original maps, plus an overland map I added. The original files are in the Greyhawk Codex collection which is currently in the care of the folks here at Canonfire, according to Gary Holian.)
Terry Harrison
- The Forgotten Hero (I have a reformatted version with added maps - the original adventure had none. Uncertain where I found this - might have been the Codex again.)
Compilations (Multiple Authors)
- Greyhawk Lairs (Released on Harvesters but I'm willing to move it over here. All adventures reformatted and released with author permissions. A copy of this was submitted here to CF as well, but I don't believe it ever made it to the downloads area.)
Duicarthan (Rick Miller)
- Dimensions Lost (Reformatted, retrofitted to 1E/2E, new maps and released on Harvester's Heroes with Rick's permission. Rick's original 3rd Edition version is available through his personal site.)
Merrick Blackman
- Bandits! (Reformatted + new maps. Released over at Harvester's Heroes with the author's permission.)
Braggi (My Own Stuff)
- QMG1 - Quest of the Mist Golem - Mist Hold (Need to fix a single missing map key entry. Other then that, it's formatted, playtested and ready to go.)
- CGA1 - A Case of Measels (Formatted and playtested. Needs a few corrections for typos.)
Aside from those, here are things I *might* be able to add in the future...
Philip Niewold
- Haturan's Tomb (I'd need his OK on the formatting and my use of his excellent pre-WotC Dyvers maps. Phillip's site The Midnight Tower has gone offline this year, sadly. (The 404 Abyss claims another long time Greyhawk resource - salute in review and thanks for all the fun.))
Braggi (My Own Stuff)
- QMG2 - Into the Vesve (The adventure is fully blocked out, just need to get the fiddling details of monster stats and encounter descriptions written.)
- QMG3 - Mist Manor - (Still in the early, point form stages. Need to finish QMG2 first)
- PC12 - Servant of the Ebon Sickle (Adventure blocked out about 1/3 of the encounters detailed. May need to redo maps.)
Compilations (Multiple Authors)
- Greyhawk Lairs II (Another omnibus of short fan adventures, this time all collected up from the Postfest area here on CF. Formatted, retrofitted, + new maps. I lost the "oomph" needed to contact each author for permission, plus getting their critiques on my formatting, plus adding a blurb for them.)
Note: In addition to offering these for an adventure collection here, I also inquired about releasing some of my personal adventures through the Oerth Journal, but it went to 3/3.5 Edition content only right around the time I finished QMG1 and CGA1. I don't have any 3E rule books, so that pretty much sank things for me. If any 3E or 3.5E folks wanted to refit them these days, I'd offer them carte blanche - just credit my original is all I'd ask.
I was working pretty hard on getting most of the rest this stuff done, but the wind went right out my sails after the OJ inquiry. Also, CF had largely dropped interest in 1E/2E stuff at the time as well, so I pretty much gave up in futility - I was getting burned out and needed a sanity break. With the number of other hobby projects I have on the go, (computer game modding, professional beta testing, my home Greyhawk campaign of fan or self-written materials in honor of Gary Gygax's death, multiple indexes of Greyhawk related stuff and gods know what else) I decided to noodle along at my own pace and quit worrying about whether any of these ever saw the light of day except within my personal collection.
I'm not pointing any fingers and have no desire for a flame war. Its all water under the bridge these days - I'm just stating my reasons for re-allocating my time since some may have wondered why I just vanished after putting out quite a bit of work between 2004 and 2006. I am delighted to note that CF has since taken an "All editions are good, so long as its Greyhawk!" stance. Bravo!
Anyways, that's just the stuff I know I can offer or might hope to down the road. What does everyone else have that could make things interesting for this type of collection? I can't be the only one who has collected fan-made adventures over the years! _________________ <div>Braggi, Swain and Varlet at Large<br /></div>
Excellent news folks... I was right about my archive. (I guess being a pack rat is handy after all.) The zip I'm sending out contains pdf's by Paul of the original adventure, stats for Philiador and Iuz and, of course, his original maps.
So, check your e-mail gang... I'll send a copy to each of you who made a request here - help me spread the fun around, if you would.
Also, to anyone else following along, don't hesitate to ask someone for a copy.
Here's what I can add to the pot to get things rolling...and a lot of other stuff.
Great collection, Braggi! I can't wait to get my grubby DM's mits of holding on 'em. Of course, I'll contribute anything I have, though my collection of fan materials is doubtless far smaller than yours.
I know there are lots of folks here who play different editions, so I can't imagine there would be much of a problem with non-3.5e stuff. Personally, I don't care what edition things are written in, since I'm only going to modify them for my own use anyway (probably - after all, what DM doesn't modify everything?).
If such a thing is possible, and if the Canonfire staff is up to it, I'm betting this could easily become the "place to be" if you want Greyhawk materials. I know there are plenty of other sites out there who host adventures, design discussions, and such, but frankly most of them (in my experience) suffer from endless wars over editions or else focus on only a single edition. Some of them, frankly, are becoming quite tiresome in their endless whining about how Gygax got screwed, how 2e "ruined" Greyhawk, or how 3e/3.5e isn't "really" D&D. And though I've done my share of griping about 4e (and will likely continue to do so for a while), I'm getting really tired of arguing. If somebody wants to use 4e for their Greyhawk campaign, who cares?
I look forward to seeing Canonfire reach its potential as the ultimate Greyhawk website.
In what you expressed above we are in full agreement. I look forward to having someplace to post these. I have had at least one request for the whole kit and kaboodle since creating that list and I'm at a loss... I want everyone to be able to have them, but to e-mail the whole collection to each person who requests it would chain me to the keyboard. (And I look terrible in chains... trust me...)
Point being, yes, a central site for adventures of all stripes, all editions and no quibbling would be an absolute godsend. I agree and would like it to be here too. _________________ <div>Braggi, Swain and Varlet at Large<br /></div>
Unfortunately, this only seems to work with files that are already on a website. Hopefully our dearly beloved and much respected (for those of you in Rio Linda, that's an example of what is known as "buttering up") Canonfire staff will make it possible to submit other types of files soon. I know they're working on creating a "canonfire format" they can apply to any articles that are too large to post in the normal fashion, allowing such articles to be posted instead as pdf files.
One thing I think may be missing from the whole process is an announcement that a new file is available. I'm not sure if this just doesn't happen or if it's merely because there hasn't been a new download in such a long time. Either way, I haven't seen any new downloads announced in...forever. Maybe I've missed something. Cebrion, any comments?
It is indeed very easy to submit things to the Downloads section, as the files are hosted on other sites. The outside hosting, however, has led to some serious problems with many of the Downloads, as those outside locations become abandoned, the files get moved, etc. That of course means we have a bunch of titles in the Downloads section that lead to the VOID(i.e. "404 Not Found").
To avoid this, I think that the preferred method for restructuring the Downloads sections is going to involve hosting any Downloads files on Canonfire! somewhere. That should pretty much eliminate this problem completely. I'll try and remember to discuss it with Gary in GREYchat sometime this week. If you catch him in there, by all means bring up the subject. _________________ - Moderator/Admin (in some areas)/Member -
Just a thought off the top of my head: I think it would be great if the downloads were not only kept in their own section "somewhere", but also if they were linked to the appropriate categories in the "articles" listings. Sure would be convenient, but being a non-techie I have no idea what that would require.
Returned to this thread after some time away and delighted to see what's happened. I'd still very much like a copy of the Soul Husks and have sent a PM to thedanered to take up a kind offer on that after also finally checking my PM! Many thanks to Braggi for making this possible.
Just a thought off the top of my head: I think it would be great if the downloads were not only kept in their own section "somewhere", but also if they were linked to the appropriate categories in the "articles" listings. Sure would be convenient, but being a non-techie I have no idea what that would require.
The simplest solution for that I can immediately see would be to post a synopsis of any Download as an Article, and in the submission include a direct link to the downloadable file. _________________ - Moderator/Admin (in some areas)/Member -
Man I know I am late to the party but if anyone has any of these player created greyhawk items floating around I would love to add them to my database of greyhawk items, btw anyone know where I can find a complete copy of Ivid the undying
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I had 'Soul Husks' once-printed, and in a binder-but it did not survive a move to a new apartment back in late 2007. Now I'd love to add it, Delvenbrass and any other adventures by Paul R. to a new archive I'm building. I'm finishing (after a five-year long hiatus!) 'The Throne of Iuz' from Dungeon #118 and the PCs are being treated to a cameo appearance by the Old One at the end of that adventure-handing out curses as he did at the end of 'The Five Shall Be One'. The Soul Husks would be a great follow-up and I do remember how tough the scenario was. Please let me if my request can be honored. Thanks!
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