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Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:59 pm Greyhawk Cool Words

Hey Everyone,

For about the last half-year I've been putting lists of cool words up on my blog - words that every gamer must know! I've recently discovered that all the names of the NPCs from G1-3 Against the Giants are actually cool, old words that have fallen out of use. My Gygax was clearly playing games with us!

For example,

Gleep Wurp (human magic-user)

Gleep: This is actually a spelling mistake and I strongly suspect the PCs name should have been Gleed (meaning squint-eyed, one-eyed; also crooked)

Wurp: A stone’s throw; a glance of the eye

If you want to know what the rest mean, you'll have to come on over!

I think it is awesome that after 20 years of owning this module, I'm still finding new things out about it.

Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:03 am

I have always been told not to take candy, Greyhawk or otherwise, from strangers.

Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:48 am

This is interesting and not something I've looked into before. Can't say I'm surprised that EGG was playing another of his games within games though.

Also loved what I saw of your Kingmaker campaign. The Bone March is not somewhere I'd thought of for setting this but it's a good idea. Have bookmarked for future reading.

Thanks Smile

Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:59 am

Fonkin Hoddypeak didn't come out of this too well, did he?

Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:45 am

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Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:46 am

Here's a webpage I remembered from long ago that has much of the same information and more:

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html

Very fun stuff. Wink

SirXaris

Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:14 am

EGG was quite fond of anagrams it seems... Happy

Tue May 24, 2011 5:47 pm

The Norebo = Oberon connection was my launching point for the goddess Ainatet, although I changed a letter.

Sat May 28, 2011 10:13 pm