Canonfire! Forums-viewtopic-The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:14 am

Welcome to Canonfire!, Sander_Kaa! We're glad you found us and hope you jump right into the discussions.

SirXaris

Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:23 pm

The Dark Herald has his infernal responsibilities to the Abyss. When he is ready the mantle of darkness will rein once again. Sander_Kaa nice to see your post here. Once again welcome to the boards.

Later

Argon

Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:02 pm

First name: Andy
Age: 45
Location: Cornwall, UK
When you started playing D&D? 1983 - My first character was a Magic User called Mehdros who started in Hommlet.
What rules you started with? AD&D 1E
Where does your Forum Nick come from? It's Cornish for Flour Mill & is the name of the cottage I live in

Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:14 pm

Welcome to the boards melyndhowr!

Hope to see some more from you and feel free to join in on the Thursday night chats . Just click on the link to your left and you can Greytalk with the rest of us.

Later

Argon

Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:50 pm

First name: Neil
Age: 43
Location: Luseland, saskatchewan, canada
When you started playing D&D? 1984
What rules you started with? Basic to Expert to AD&D 1e with the arcana and the 2nd players handbook
Where does your Forum Nick come from? hit it! i'm gonna rock right now. I'm neilk i came to get down.

Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:54 pm

Welcome to Canonfire! melyndhowr and mcneilk! We're very glad to have you as participating members of our community.

Please feel free to join in on any of the forum threads you are interested in. We appreciate your opinions. Smile

SirXaris

Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:46 pm

Welcome to the boards, mcneilk!

Rob Base wants his song back! Wink

If your interested you can join us for Thursday night chats at Greytalk. Just click on the link to your left. Then you can chat with Java.
Happy

Though it's not coffee. Cry

Look forward to seeing you on the boards.

Later

Argon

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:20 am

First Name - Mike
Age - 35 (oops I forgot to put this in the first time!)
Location - London
Occupation - Illustrator
When you started playing D&D - 1987
What rules you started with - AD&D 2nd edition & MERP

Hey everyone, this is kind of a re-introduction!

I used to post on the forums years ago and then kind of stopped for various reasons (apologies to anyone whose email I never replied to!) and then the other day I remembered Canonfire and thought I'd pop back and get re-aquainted!

I've just started a 2nd ed group up as a lot of my friends missed out on that style of gaming and had gotten too cosy (and lazy) with the 3.5 / Pathfinder systems. I'm currently running for them The Temple of Elemental Evil which was the first Greyhawk game I ever played in.

I look forward to catching up on all the posts!

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:48 am

Welcome back to the boards Mike.

We look forward to your feedback and your resurrection of old threads.

Later

Argon

Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:00 pm

Hurray! Another 2nd edition player!!! Cool

Welcome aboard, good sir. Come, join us in the 2e boards. We can always use more respondents!

-Lanthorn, 2e fan

Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:39 pm

It's great to have you back, Wolfling. Hope you stay long enough to make Canonfire! your internet home. Smile

And, don't forget Thursday night chats!

SirXaris

Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:21 pm

I knew Lanthorn would be overjoyed to hear another 2nd edition fan joined the boards. See what happens when you use a 2nd edition light source! Wink

Later

Argon Laughing

Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:35 am

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys!

Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:10 am

hello mike. i am still a newbie on the board and just happy to be here. ToEE is great fun and quite the dungeon crawl. I would be interested to hear how you played it.

Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:51 pm

Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:17 pm

Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:21 pm

Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:24 pm

Lanthorn,

If the Highlander theme is true then I would be Ramirez, You would be Connor and Cebrion would be the Kurgan. Shocked

Damn it I was just getting use to keeping my head. Wolfling I guess you'll have to post more to become Duncan.

Later

Argon

Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:01 am

I wonder how much Quickening we'd get from Cebrion... Evil Grin

-Lanthorn

Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:49 am

Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:59 pm

Since Cebrion is the purple lighting, I think we could get some big time quickening.

DLG,

You have a way to go for Methos. He's retired in a manner of speaking but still when you were one of the four horsemen you don't forget how to kill.

So we need a new topic Highlander of Oerth.

Later

Argon

Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:41 pm Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:19 am Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

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Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:03 am

First name: Travis
Age: 38
Location: Renton, WA
Occupation: Wizard
When you started playing D&D? 1986, started RPing in 1983 with LBB Traveller.
What rules you started with: BECMI Red Box
Where does your Forum Nick come from? The nomenclature of the the vehicle I was driver/gunner for in the Army.

Hi, Just started running a circa 591 CY GH campaign using 1E AD&D a month or so ago. Currently running Against the Cult of the Reptile God, eventually plan on running the A series when the party hits 4th level.

First became heavily interested in GH during the early days of the LG campaign. Played a Half-Orc Fighter in the Duchy of Urnst during the 3.0 years.

Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:50 pm

Welcome Travis! Happy

Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:36 pm

I'm not really a newbie to the community, but haven't even been very active, and haven't properly introduced myself to most of the people here, so:

First Name - Amber

Age (Birthyear) - 30 (1982)

When you started playing D&D - 2001, In the Living Greyhawk RPGA campaign.

What rules you started with - D&D 3.0, but I've since played 3.5, Pathfinder, and a fair bit of AD&D 2nd ed. and Basic (BECMI) D&D.

Where does your Forum Nick come from - I've been too busy to do it much anymore, but I used to be a regular Ren Faire performer (I play guitar and lute), so my friends used to call me bardgirl. When I signed up for AOL for the first time way back in 97 or 98, bardgirl was taken, but skaldgirl wasn't, so I started using that as my online persona and it has stuck with me since.

Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:57 pm

Welcome to Canonfire! M2A0 and Skaldgirl. We're glad to have you with us. Please feel free to participate in the forums and submit articles with abandon. We love to read anything positive about Greyhawk. Smile

SirXaris

Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:06 am

Hail and Good morrow fellow Hawkers!
Welcome to Canonfire! M2A0 and Skaldgirl.

You'll find a deep well of Greyhawk info, camaraderie, and the occasional purple lightning Shocked

(just follow the guidelines to avoid those Wink

)

M2A0, your in good company. Several hallowed members hail from the West Coast. Cebrion (ie wielder of the purple lightning ) and Lanthorn the "Inquisitor".... hehe

Skaldgirl its always nice to see a fellow Renfester (long time Texas Renfest here) or SCA member. Especially one with Bardic Knowledge! ITs further nice to see more and more ladies with interest in the game. Yea I'm from the OLD days (Grognards as we call them here) where there were few lady gamers. You will find many prominent ladies here, Blue Witch and Anna (Demi-Goddess of Cartography) just to name a few. So don't be afraid to be "active"... and leave the skulking around in the shadowy places to us Dark Lords....... Evil Grin

Lastly, as others are sure to mention in more detail, there is a Thursday evening chat session that all are welcome to sit in on. (of which I am over due in attendance) Idea

Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:38 am

Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:06 pm We've reached the Gem of the Flanness my friends!

"So keep your purses tight and your lips even tighter" - Dredd

Well met everyone!

First Name: THARIZ....ahem...(slight twitching and forced timbre) Neil

Age: 43 (1969)

Locale: GA, USA

When I started playing: 1981

Rules I started with: see date above lol (FIRST ED). But since have played using all except 4th. We actually started a roleplay group in the commons room of the local library with kids from jr. high.

Where does the nickname come from: Played a paladin forever with guys I grew up in school with. Every weekend and holiday we got our game on. Many Dr. Peppers, $1 frozen pizzas, and Cheeze Its died for the cause. When I graduated and went to the local university, I worked at a local comic shop. Guy that graduated from my same high school a year or two before my sister invited me over to game and those guys have been my best friends ever since. Heck all of the close friends I've made over the years came from D&D and Magic the Gathering sessions. Dredd was my jack of all trades / merc. Fell in with a Paladin at first because he thought they made for the best distractions and character witnesses for me to carry on my illicit activities on the side lol. I used to steal back the 10% he gave to his order on the sly and bought magical items for him with it. As I thought he was being taken advantage of and on general principle that it would help me stay alive lol. We had some great great times with those two characters.

Looking forward to talking shop with you guys, and let me say thanks for keeping Greyhawk alive for all of us. You're the best!

Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:39 pm

Welcome to Canonfire!, Dredd. Glad to have you aboard.

Feel free to join in any conversation that you'd like and check out the
Greyhawk wiki over in the left hand column. Thanks to our alumni Robbastard and Rasgon you can find just about everything "Greyhawk" there.

We look forward to your future contributions, conversation and questions!

So again, Welcome to Canonfire!
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:33 pm

Welcome, Dredd!

We're looking forward to your input. I hope you are a writer, or at least a wannabe writer, because we've got a new Postfest gearing up and it would be a great opportunity for you to throw in your 2 cents. Smile

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5387

SirXaris

Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:34 pm

Wow,

Turn your back for one moment and four new entries to the welcome post.

I would like to welcome Vaelius, M2A0, Skaldgirl, and Dredd, to the boards.

As Lanthorn has pointed out my other alias is a bard. Follow this tread.

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=48. Its part of the much-maligned spinecastle campaign.

I am known as Aoric in that forum as its part of a play by post campaign.

I look forward to seeing all of you on the boards. If any of you have questions check Lanthorn's posts, their full of questions that some people are afraid to ask. He's a light after all!

There are many good people on these boards and I hope you four will add to the comradery we all share here.

If you get a chance visit us on the Thursday night chats. You can join by clicking on the link to the left that reads as Greytalk Chat Now (with Java).

Please check the other forums we have one on poems and lyrics. I wonder what the Skaldgirl has to add to the tread.

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4561

Later

Argon

Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:31 pm

Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:42 pm

Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:29 am

Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:33 pm

It looks like you made up for my absence Lanthorn. Your a lean mean posting machine now.

Later

Argon, Friend of the luminous

Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:18 pm Ten Thousand Greetings!

Hi folks!
It's been an age since I was on this site, and I lost all my login information, so I just gave up, and made a new profile!

I've been playing D&D since 1977, and DMing since a week after that, so I've been through all the versions of the game. And I've played and judged many, many rules systems over the years - for a while I was a partner in a comics/game store. So D&D was a part of my life sine I was a kid, and I played up until a few years ago, when the last of my gaming friends married or left the area.

Through every iteration of D&D and all the games I've encountered, there was something about Gryhawk/Blackmoor that I have always found more interesting, more intriguing, more fascinating than any other games setting. Sure, Planescape was great, Eberron was novel, Traveler was addictive, etc. ... but I always came back to Greyhawk and Blackmoor. Was it because of their originality? Because they were the first? I don't know what hooked me.

One thing I love about Greyhawk is that there is a community like this of fellow-obsessives who are happy to make the effort to write articles to clarify and further the canon. To them goes my admiration and thanks!

I don't know what I'd be able to add to this amazing website - I've probably forgotten more than I remember hehe...But I am very happy to be back here! I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Bugscuttle

(um yeah and my rl name is Joey and I hail from NW Indiana, USA)
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:52 am

Welcome to Canonfire! Bugsy. We're glad you're back.

Casting Detect Alignment causes me some suspicion, however. What's that 'BANNED' above your avatar mean? Wink

SirXaris

Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:32 am

I would love an answer to that query myself...since this is a new account...
I've submitted a query in Feedback.
I'm not especially evil, I don't think, but I do love old Frazetta art. And I liked Molly Hatchet as well...back in the day.

(Never mind. I'm a Novice now!)

Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:39 am

Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:57 pm

Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:23 pm

Welcome back, Bugsy! Glad you found your way home. Wink

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Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:27 am

I think the banned thing and errors are a part of the system that keeps n00bs from being able to spam threads, just in case that n00b is not a person but a spammer program. It is an extra level of defense. Replying to a certain number of threads first, thus allowing everyone to establish that you are real person by purposely allowing such posts to remain and not banning usernames, IPs, etc. is the usual work-around, which is why you see some of the more clever forum spammer programs actually copy/pasting portions of posts from the forums themselves, thus making them harder to notice right off, as the spam posts at least appear to be topical.

Things look to be okay now (if they are not, let me know using the feedback function), so welcome out from the shadows, and happy posting! Happy

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Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:25 pm Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

First Name: Jeff Mckillop
Age: 43
Location: Martinez, Ca (USA)
When you started playing D&D? I had some friends back in elementary school that were playing the basic game. I saw the box and thought it was cool. When I wanted to play, I was told I couldn't because I didn't understand how, and they didn't want to teach me. Yeah, it was 5th grade, so really, how tough could it have been?

So, I put the basic set on my Christmas list, even sent a letter to Santa for it. It was that or an F16 (it was brand new back in about '79!); I was actually kinda tossed up. Well, suffice to say I got the F-16, or at least a big model. You thought I was going to get the D&D set, didn't you? Razz

So, I went throught the rest of 5th grade with no D&D. Sad

However, I kissed my first girl so the year wasn't a total loss. Later that year, my oldest sister went to college in Santa Barbara. We drove down there, and I played D&D in the back of my dad's pickup with two six-sided dice and a binder of paper. That's all I had, and I totally made up my own game! Well, my folks saw that and they figured, "he REALLY wants this game." So, for my next birthday which was just around the corner, that's exactly what I received. So, in mid-1980 I finally started playing. When I hit the Junior High that year, I knew how to play. I found a group of players in my class who all had started playing that summer as well, and I never looked back!

What rules you started with? See above, but obviously that would be "MY OWN RULES!" I mean, seriously, 2 six-sided dice and a notepad, that was it! I quickly went on to Basic, and then just as quickly to ADnD. Unfortunately, my dad threw out my first box of books on accident. That's his story, and he's sticking to it! This happened at the end of high school, around '86-87. Lucky for me, that was when I had barely started working and making my own money, at least more than could buy a weekly couple of comics and a candy bar. So, I started buying books. As this was when 2nd ed came out, most of my money went into those books. I ended up with a preponderance of 2nd ed stuff, so that naturally remained my game of choice. Even though I've since compiled a pretty good collection of the 1st ed, original, and later 3rd ed stuff, I still love 2nd most of all. Well, I honestly don't think it's THAT different from the 1st ed ADnD, or at least more alike than different, but that's just me! Still, I'm definately a 2nd ed guy!

where does your Forum Nick come from? Funny that. It was the name of my father's first and only character. He humored me back in those early days, when I was just learning to use the basic set. He created a character named Ragnar, named after the legendary Swedish king. My dad's play was VERY short-lived, and I ended up taking over Ragnar as my own when I started playing ADnD. I switched him to a ranger, and thus was born Ragnar.

I've been around here for quite some time. I was part of the greytalk talklist back in the 90's, when I was at the University of New Mexico. I was rather prolific back then, with a lot of stuff that I think eventually just went away as the internet changed. There was nothing like this yet. Heck, pics took about 5 minutes to load back then. Of course, the only pics on the net were of Pamela Anderson! After college and divorce, I kinda forgot about gaming for a bit. When I rediscovered Canonfire, I was very happy. I have been around this site for years, though I didn't even know there were forums until a few years ago. I lurked forever, as I was pretty busy, especially at another forum, the Road of Kings. That's mainly for Conan stuff and Hyborian War, but I have also used it to run my PBeM (actually by forum) for the last 2 1/2 years. I've finally started to speak up around here. Hopefully, my contributions, however meagre they are, will be useful or at least interesting. If not, feel free to hit me over the head with a dead fish, fire potato crossbows at me, or feed me to the yak-men!

Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:56 pm

Welcome, Ragnar. We're glad to have you back. Smile

Hope you can make it to the weekly Thursday night Greytalk Chat meetings. It would be great to have your input into those discussions.

SirXaris

Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:30 pm

Ragnar, I sense a disturbance in the time flow! How did you get intro'd after me?
Shocked

Chronomancy!

Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:23 am Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:14 pm

First Name: Matthew
Age: 37
Location: Florida
When you started playing D&D?: 1988
What rules you started with?: 1st Ed. (started with Against the Cult of the Reptile God, actually)
Where does your Forum Nick come from?: Mention in an old Dragon Magazine--a thieves guildmaster who figured out how to advance faster politically by taking a second class as an assassin.

Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:51 pm

Deep Shadow,

Welcome to the boards. Feel free to ask questions and post intriguing topics.

If you get a chance join us for Thursday night chats. Follow the link to your left by clicking on Greytalk Chat Now! (with Java).

Later

Argon

Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:47 pm

Name : Steve,
Age: 41.
Loc. west mids UK.
Started playing: 1979/80ish... I sat in on an older friends game one school night and was hooked. I had a basic red box set soon after I think; I still have it packed away. By the mid 80s I had the full set of 1e AD&D and still have most of them and a handful of my old Ralpartha and early citadel minatures.
Tracking down Greyhawk stuff ASAP.
Forum nick started out as Pub, from back in the day - he was a multi classed fighter thief I used to play.
Took the name over to online games in the mid 90s but it soon morphed into Pubzombie due to my love of real ale, real pubs, and Romero zombie flicks.
Steve

Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:20 pm

Welcome to the boards Pubzombie!

So instead of brains you crave beer, ale, pretzels, and peanuts? In that case I might qualify as a pubzombie. Wink

If you get a chance join us for Thursday night chats. Follow the link to your left by clicking on Greytalk Chat Now! (with Java).

Later

Argon

Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:21 pm Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

[quote="Lanthorn"]

Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:01 am

"You have chosen wisely..." Cool

Argon and I are big Spidey fans. I used to collect at least three Spider-Man titles (the market really got flooded and became ridiculous, I thought) as well as Daredevil. I even played the RPG for a while. I've never been a DC fan...but have seen many of the movies. "Know thy Enemy." Evil Grin

"With great power comes great responsibilty."

-Lanthorn

Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:39 pm

Spiderman is my favorite hero of all time.

However, DC has a lot of great titles as well. Plus they also had the rights to the first line of Advanced Dungeon and Dragons comics. None of which included Greyhawk for some reason! Confused

Later

Argon

Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:44 pm

Spidey!?

What am I going to do with the two of you? rolleyes

Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:34 am

Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:38 am

Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:48 am

MS,

Its your loss. Gwen Stacy was Peter's first love interest. Though the movie does not follow with the comic, it is a good movie. The chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone is better then the chemistry between Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

Later

Argon

Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:59 pm

5 Karma points (a Marvel Superheroes RPG reference just for Argon) for knowing your Spidey history. Gwen was indeed Peter's first love interest, accidentally slain while he was saving her from a tragic fall courtesty of the Green Goblin (orginal one...Norman Osborn). Mary Jane comes along much later in the love interest story.

-Lanthorn, Webhead fan

Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:37 am

I have no problem with it. Gwen Stacy an her story with Peter/Spidey was simply the best. Killing her as they did was a brutally real moment at a time when comics didn't do that. In fact, it was also completely necessary. Yes, he already had learned about the power/responsibility thing with Uncle Ben, but losing Gwen this way had perhaps an even BIGGER affect on Peter Parker. He was never the same, ever.

On the other hand, Mary Jane was something else too. I still remember her first appearance with the "Let's face it Tiger" line. That was awesome. Since I'm a big Kirsten Dunst fan, I will miss Mary Jane too. But hey, you can't have them both!

Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:18 am

name - Amos
age - 39 (and will be til i hit 50 cause thats an age that commands respect)
location - SE Wisconsin
1st rules - found the old blueish box with the dragon facing a wizard and archer on the cover (1979). It came with card board "chits" (who remembers those? haha) and a coupon you could redeem for a free set of dice (please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery) Was hooked from the start and bought the basic rules and some new dice in 80 or 81. Got the boxed greyhawk set for xmas when it came out and wore it out running friends across Oerth. I'm still running my sons and their friends through some of my old adventures - we stick with 2nd ed ad&d these days.
nick - one of my early charaters i had when i lived in germany, inspired by the famous gray mouser of course mixed with a dash of errol flynn. I reincarnated him when i taught my sons to play (he's a rogue swashbuckler now - with a dash of quagmire added to the old character)
I'm lookin forward to exploring this site and see what everyone else has done with oerth.

Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:52 am

GreyMaus, I'm 52 . . . what "respect" are you talking about "commanding?" Shocked

You're in for a big disappointment . . . stay "39." Wink

And . . .

. . . Welcome to Canonfire! Cool

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Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:01 am

GreyMaus! Welcome to Canonfire! Happy

Since you're in SE Wisconsin, I wondering if you were able to attend GaryCon this year. If so, we may have crossed paths without realizing it. Smile

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Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:54 pm GaryCon

Wait one cotton pickin' minute here! Evil

You went to GaryCon and . . .

. . . didn't take me!? Shocked

Argh!

Hehehehehehehehehehe!
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Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:45 pm

Graymaus,

Welcome to the boards. You'll find fans of the Greyhawk setting from all editions of the game. Heck, some have converted their campaigns to use rules never created by the IP holder. If you get a chance stop by for the Thursday night chats. Click on the link to your left that reads as Greytalk Chat Now! (with java).

I'm... I mean we all are looking for some fresh meat to join in on the conversation. Though it appears 10 pm EST is when things get moving.

Here's a link to our now dispersed Spine Castle campaign.http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=48
I played the fun loving bard Aoric.

Later

Argon

Sat May 04, 2013 1:17 am

First Name - Matt
Age - 41
Location - Minnesota (south of Duluth)
Started playing in early 1980 until 1995 (graduated college). Old buddies and I started playing again last year.
Began with red box, moved to 1st ed AD&D and then to 2nd ed. We have all agreed to stay with 2nd edition but some house rules, etc thrown in.

I read a lot on canonfire but do not post much. Thanks for all your time and input to those of you that do post alot.

Sat May 04, 2013 7:24 am

Sat May 04, 2013 10:45 pm

Welcome, Matt!

It's great to hear from you, even if you choose not to post often. It's nice to know that you like the information you find on the site. Happy

We'd love to hear your opinions on any thread herein, so don't avoid posting out of bashfulness. Wink

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Tue May 07, 2013 3:29 pm

First Name - Gavin
Age - 29
Location - Central KY
When you started playing D&D - About a decade ago?
What rules you started with - 3.0
where does your Forum Nick come from? an ex girlfriend nicknamed me Gavin.

Tue May 07, 2013 6:39 pm

I'm glad to make your online acquaintance, Gavinfoxx. Smile

Feel free to jump into any forum thread you find intriguing.

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Tue May 07, 2013 7:55 pm

mheaton118 and Gavinfoxx,

Welcome to the boards. Feel free to jump in and comment as you see fit. If you get a chance join us for the Thursday night chats. Just click on the link that reads as Greytalk Chat Now! (with Java).

Be forewarned, most chats don't get rolling until 10 pm EST.

Later

Argon

Wed May 08, 2013 8:33 am

Hail and well met, mheaton118 and Gavinfoxx! Welcome to Canonfire!

We all eagerly look forward to your comments and contributions to the site. We're always looking for fresh . . . input! Evil Grin

Be sure to search the Greyhawk Wiki in the left hand column. Thanks to the never ending efforts of our grand and illustrious alumni -- Robbastard and Rasgon -- almost all things "Greyhawk" are to be found there, though the work continues.

You have been told of Thursday Night Chat -- Argon's favorite invite. You will find that link in the left hand column as well: "Greyhawk Chat Now! (with Java)." Just click on the link.

If you really wish to "test" your writing skills, might I suggest a perusal through the forums: "Postfest Forum & Archive," the "Oerth Journal" and the "Canonfire! Chronicles." Submissions are always welcome and our diligent editors can never get enough of them.

Visit the forum "Canonfire! & Greytalk Help and Feedback" with any suggestions you might have that could improve the quality of the work being done here. It all benefits the community and everyone's opinion is welcome. Cool

And let me also assure you that everyone here is most anxious to follow your "home" campaign, if you're willing to share with us. You can post those in the forum: "Campaign Journals & General Online Play."

And we do talk of things other than Greyhawk, but we ask that those conversations be posted to the forum: "The Backalley." We have a couple of threads running even now on HBO's "Vikings" and "Game of Thrones." Feel free to join in them.

So, once again, Welcome to Canonfire!

Enjoy yourselves and, please, share the wealth of your experiences with us! Happy

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Wed May 08, 2013 10:41 am

Okay, so I finally got around to adding an avatar. I chose death dealer because of one of my players. He made a character based off of Gath from Frank Frazetta's books. The interest in that character led me to create an area called Baal. From this, a large part of my home campaign evolved. The only real tie to the book is the name but thanks to Frazetta anyway. Since pulling out the books again, I have spent a lot of time trying to tie my areas with Greyhawk, Mystara and Forgotten Realms. Don't hate me, I hacked and slashed a lot.

As for my screen name, I didn't take the time to create anything special. Sorry.

Wed May 08, 2013 11:17 am

Wed May 08, 2013 11:39 am

mheaton118:

Death Dealer is a classic and always inspiring to look upon. Evil Grin

SirXaris
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Wed May 08, 2013 9:48 pm

Welcome to the site (both of you). If you want to change your screen name, send me a PM.
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Fri May 17, 2013 11:57 am

First Name: Gabriele

Age: 43 (44 in less than a week)

Location: Florence (Italy)

When you started playing D&D: when I was 16 (1985)

What rules you started with: D&D 1e

where does your Forum Nick come from: My Character in an AD&D2 GH Campaign

Nice to meet you all Greyhawkers!!!!!! Razz

Fri May 17, 2013 2:16 pm

Welcome aboard,

Buonacera (spelling?)! Happy

Do you still play 1e?
I have (once) visited Firenze many, many years ago after I graduated college. It was a family tour of Italy, and one of our stops included Florence.

Hope you enjoy discussing Greyhawk with us 'over here.'

Ciao',

-Lanthorn

Fri May 17, 2013 6:32 pm

Welcome to Canonfire!, Devon_Darkbane. Happy

Please feel free to join in on any of our forums and threads. We also encourage you to submit articles to Canonfire! and to the Oerth Journal and Canonfire Chronicles. The more the merrier and we're all fans of Greyhawk here, so we love to hear ideas and opinions from other fans. Happy

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Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:10 pm

First Name: Brent

Age: 41

Location: Toronto

When you started playing D&D: when I was 9 (1981)

What rules you started with: BASIC baby! I was an elf.

where does your Forum Nick come from: My Hyborian War persona.

I now DM an online campaign (not GH as Ragnar already has a GH campaign on the same board). Play in his game too.

Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:19 pm

Welcome Brent! Always good to have more life long fans here.

Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:22 pm

Welcome to Canonfire! Brent! It's great to have another contributor to our Greyhawk discussion forums. Feel free to join in on any you like.

Please also know that we encourage you to write and submit articles to Canonfire!, the Oerth Journal, and the Canonfire Chronicles.

SirXaris
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Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:16 am

First name: John

Location: Melbourne

Started playing: 1989 (19 yrs old), played my first character a 1st level Thief in the Village of Homlett - had no idea what I was doing, but loved every second - addicted ever since!

Rules first played - AD&D 1stE (haven't got past 2e)

Forum Nick - actually its from the band Fugazi - its the same nick I use on every forum (but I have named a wizard after it!)

Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:46 am

Welcome to the club, fugazi! Smile

Feel free to jump right in and participate in all the forums. We're always happy to hear new opinions about our favorite campaign world.

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Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:00 am

Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:02 pm

Fugazi,

Welcome aboard! Fell free to peruse the forums and if you get a chance join us on Thursday nights for Greytalk (with Java) by clicking the link on your left.

Later

Argon

Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:58 pm

First Name? Leonardo
Age? 26
Location? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When you started playing D&D? Since 1999.
What rules you started with? AD&D 2nd Edition
Where does your Forum Nick come from? From one of my first RPG characters: a Paladin.

Greetings from this Half Orc Paladin (and would-be Knight Protector) to all oerthians of this forum!

Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:16 pm

Welcome aboard Kerdied,

Lanthorn's light has lead many 2nd edition fans to these forums. I for one welcome all Greyhawk fans edition does not matter! Fee free to peruse the boards and post in the forums. Though I will advise you to post in the correct forums so your queries can addressed in the proper forum.

Otherwise, fire away! If your up to it join us for the Thursday night chats by clicking on the link to your left. The link reads as Greytalk Chat Now! (with Java).

"May your axe, grow strong"

Later

Argon

Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:20 pm

Welcome to the Canonfire! community, Kerdied. It's always fun to have another Greyhawk fan to bounce ideas off of. So, don't be bashful. Jump right into the threads.

SirXaris
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:38 pm

First Name? Surf. You can call me Surf.
Age? 42
Location? Australia
When you started playing D&D? 1981
What rules you started with? BECMI (Moldvay D&D)
Where does your Forum Nick come from? Combining a couple of interests :)

Thanks to all the wonderful peeps who have kept Greyhawk alive over the years and to those who started and run Canonfire!

I loved the setting back in the day and often reminisced about it. Now I'm starting a new campaign on D&D Next and my players are positive about playing on Oerth again. So out came my old 1e/2e Greyhawk souce books.

ToEE, here they come...

Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:33 pm

Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:34 pm

Welcome home, Surf! We're glad to make your acquaintance.

Don't be afraid to ask questions in the forums - that helps inspire many of us to look up the answers. Wink

Also, feel free to message individual members, though you won't have that privilege until you have about five posts under your belt.

You can access the Greyhawk Wiki and Greytalk Chat from the links to the left and be sure to check out the Articles link above and the Oerth Journal/Canonfire! Chronicles for many ideas from fans that you may choose to incorporate into your own version of the World of Greyhawk.

Again, it's great that you're here to participate in the forums, Surfarcher! Jump right in. Happy

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Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:20 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome folks! Yes, the wiki is very useful, as is the forums... Er. I'm actually hard-pressed to pick something on Canonfire that is not useful! LOL!

Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:05 pm

Welcome Kerdied & surfarcher
You have found the grand treasure trove of all that is Greyhawk! Don't be shy to dive in, be mindful of the thread catagories to get better response and avoid the PURPLE Lightning Wink