tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.comments2024-03-13T20:22:06.255-05:00GreyhawkeryMike Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-91513386479767331502024-03-12T01:16:52.105-05:002024-03-12T01:16:52.105-05:00Rhenee see Celene and die?!Rhenee see Celene and die?!ArtharntheClerichttps://domainofgreyhawk.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-39012428000270190982024-02-14T21:50:45.333-06:002024-02-14T21:50:45.333-06:00Q1: Keoland. Because I have already written so muc...Q1: Keoland. Because I have already written so much about it because I was dragged in as a regional admin for Keoland for the Living Greyhawk Campaign.<br /><br />Q2: Skratzivort because I created him. And because it is so crazy. Vecna as #2 because of everything I have written about him.<br /><br />Q3: The Folio/Boxed Set/FtA/PGtG/LGG. Because I am already doing it.<br /><br />Q4: Nolhast the Unforgiven. Because of the crazy stuff I have done with him related to Vecna.<br /><br />Q5: Cup and Talisman of Akbar. Because they are rather thoroughly benign.GreyhawkSamwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890683233985730960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-66876480696173201802023-12-30T19:06:22.305-06:002023-12-30T19:06:22.305-06:00I will definitely do that Gabriel!I will definitely do that Gabriel!Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-63674683292250142822023-12-26T21:07:54.716-06:002023-12-26T21:07:54.716-06:00Happy Needfest! Hope to meet you at Gary Con and h...Happy Needfest! Hope to meet you at Gary Con and have my copy of "Castle Greyhawk Absolute Edition" autographed. :-)Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983256978107271240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-14767598235750631492023-12-23T15:24:01.505-06:002023-12-23T15:24:01.505-06:00On the 2nd level areas 9-16, page 24, room 9, the ...On the 2nd level areas 9-16, page 24, room 9, the Barracks, how many 2 headed fire giants are there? I see two heads are named, but was there supposed to 4 names all together, as each jead would have its own name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-931810773188890652023-12-22T04:32:48.550-06:002023-12-22T04:32:48.550-06:00At the risk of having the Dungeon Master's Gui...At the risk of having the Dungeon Master's Guide thrown at me, I opened up a topic about redeeming Rose Estes' novels here. https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?663190-Greyhawk-books-by-Rose-Estes-Can-we-reassess-these-works-in-good-faithredkingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-46332326958028785172023-12-12T09:18:16.114-06:002023-12-12T09:18:16.114-06:00Great list. I'm looking for taverns in Gryrax....Great list. I'm looking for taverns in Gryrax. Was going to create my own, but decided to go searching before I did that :)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272822242078496233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-52244918749838096402023-12-09T18:00:42.615-06:002023-12-09T18:00:42.615-06:00Looking through your comments and I went to find t...Looking through your comments and I went to find the source. Looks like it still exists! Maybe it was just down for a while. <br /><br />https://unfrozencavemandicechucker.blogspot.com/2013/09/great-mysteries-of-greyhawk-invoked.html<br /><br />Hope this makes you feel more complete!DanaherD3https://www.blogger.com/profile/09617541701298693357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-10301396825920264762023-12-04T09:54:58.415-06:002023-12-04T09:54:58.415-06:00Batted a thousand on the classic 1e modules, .000 ...Batted a thousand on the classic 1e modules, .000 on the "new" ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-58878304928044121942023-12-01T09:54:18.618-06:002023-12-01T09:54:18.618-06:00By the hair of Mazzel's chinny chin chinBy the hair of Mazzel's chinny chin chinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-52217448140321858692023-11-28T19:04:25.994-06:002023-11-28T19:04:25.994-06:00Funny. I especially love the red and yellow bits.
...Funny. I especially love the red and yellow bits.<br />Will there be Rhisian and Baklunish follow-up maps?David Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605792244184575101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-64083019194563579952023-11-17T20:36:48.969-06:002023-11-17T20:36:48.969-06:00Love it. Shades of Light Bright.
Understanding thi...Love it. Shades of Light Bright.<br />Understanding this cryptic comment will date you, I imagine. It certainly dates me!David Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605792244184575101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-8364800593310907802023-10-28T17:08:31.874-05:002023-10-28T17:08:31.874-05:00BenS: Oh wow I never heard of any of those! Thanks...BenS: Oh wow I never heard of any of those! Thanks for posting the references!Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-73760758097515560772023-10-25T00:26:27.454-05:002023-10-25T00:26:27.454-05:00A quick follow-up on “welk”: in addition to its l...A quick follow-up on “welk”: in addition to its linguistic meaning, it was a monster from TSR’s _Empire of the Petal Throne_ (1975 by Phil Barker). In EPT, the monster is spelled “whelk.” <br /><br />Rob Kuntz also leveraged the whelk in his _Bottle City_ level from Castle Greyhawk (designed in 1974, prior to the publication of EPT): Ngóro (the Whelk) appears in that level’s infamous picture gallery, alongside the Kurukú (the Small Giggler), and the Biridlú (the Mantle). <br /><br />Allan. grodoghttps://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-78638818530631442172023-10-25T00:11:43.142-05:002023-10-25T00:11:43.142-05:00Thanks for the run-down, Mike!
Some additional ve...Thanks for the run-down, Mike!<br /><br />Some additional versions of Figurines of Wondrous Power appear in the postfest 18 archive on Canonfire!, and some other postfest submissions may also be relevant to aerial items and sites; the index link is at http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3616<br /><br />Allan. grodoghttps://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-78339089202403742902023-10-24T00:18:22.880-05:002023-10-24T00:18:22.880-05:00Dungeon #96 had a(3.0) arena-based adventure calle...Dungeon #96 had a(3.0) arena-based adventure called "Pandemonium in the veins" that's pretty cool, and might give you some more ideas. There's also a high-level 3.5 (maybe even Pathfinder 1st edition, I can't quite remember now) 3rd party adventure called Coliseum Morpheuon: The Damnation Epoch that is unbelievably fun and arena-based.BenSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-16840611705547728012023-10-15T00:47:01.322-05:002023-10-15T00:47:01.322-05:00Steven Brust wrote the Vlad Taltos books, not Glen...Steven Brust wrote the Vlad Taltos books, not Glen Cook. They're a good read (I have the first 3), as is the trilogy that Barry Hughart wrote w/ Master Li. If you want to read these books, let me know and I'll pass them on to you. Think of them as thanks for all you've done for the GH community.BenSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-62214215029389217472023-10-14T20:28:25.653-05:002023-10-14T20:28:25.653-05:00HAHA! McGee thank you for calling me out on that. ...HAHA! McGee thank you for calling me out on that. Yeah I did sort of avoid reading contemporary authors back then. Heck I didn't read GoT until they made an HBO show of it. I am -not- an expert of literature I mainly love comic books. Most of my pulp era collection may come from the fact they were in the appendix of the DMG. So thank you for the clarification, the point stays true, and yeah now that those are all classics I may go back and read them now!Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-7952154596716000102023-10-14T19:54:54.251-05:002023-10-14T19:54:54.251-05:00You wrote a letter in the year 2000 that claimed y...You wrote a letter in the year 2000 that claimed you knew of no shady characters in modern fantasy novels besides a couple of edgelords in D&D novels? And they published it for all the world to see? And you want to remind us of that?<br /><br />Had you just stopped reading non-gaming books? The 90s saw multiple books in both Glen Cook's Vlad Taltos and Garrett PI series (both shady as it gets), at least two of the Game of Thrones novels (where shady is a compliment), Gaiman's Neverwhere, most of the Wheel of Time series, Barry Hughart's Eight Skilled Gentlemen (Master Li is the definition of shady)...and I could go on at length. Loads of not-quite-exactly-good fantasy leads out there, some of them just as good as Howard or Leiber or Moorcock's lads. How did you miss all of them?Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-90654472097323945302023-10-14T17:54:17.960-05:002023-10-14T17:54:17.960-05:00Undoubtedly. I've always thought that perfidio...Undoubtedly. I've always thought that perfidious, capricious, conflicted characters were more evocative than righteous do-gooders in shining armour.<br />But wasn't that the way of early editions? PCs plundered tombs. They were reavers. Save or die! One wonders what the righteous were doing in dungeons, risking life and limb for a fistful of baubles and gold.David Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605792244184575101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-80428360506687365392023-09-29T15:59:30.239-05:002023-09-29T15:59:30.239-05:00I always found the Plains of the Paynims to be a p...I always found the Plains of the Paynims to be a problematic name, due to the derogatory usage as well as the fact that it's a term specifically for Muslims, which don't exist in Greyhawk. On my maps, I changed the name to the Baklunish Plains. I also changed the names of the geographical regions of the Wolf Nomads and Tiger Nomads. I changed them to the Wegwiur Khanate and Chakyik Khanate, which is more akin to what they would be called by the local Wegwiur and Chakyik people. Those names are also my ode to the real-world Uyghur Khanate, Kipchak Khanate, and Chagatai Khanate, which I suspect were Gary Gygax's inspirations for his similar names.Greg Andradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102721261861213673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-90112162197444873512023-09-28T18:30:26.207-05:002023-09-28T18:30:26.207-05:00Broom of Flying. Truly of vital importance as we h...Broom of Flying. Truly of vital importance as we head into a wicked and wiccan season.David Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605792244184575101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-29216512871318001812023-09-28T12:58:55.825-05:002023-09-28T12:58:55.825-05:00Very good and useful post, congratulations.Very good and useful post, congratulations.Senhor dos Ventoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633028309451064757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-34642068465238755812023-09-28T05:58:56.719-05:002023-09-28T05:58:56.719-05:00Another good read from Greyhawkery! Thanks!Another good read from Greyhawkery! Thanks!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090465598595374591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034454877966866286.post-82393542933958285332023-09-27T22:28:58.752-05:002023-09-27T22:28:58.752-05:00I always spelled it Jubilex but was apparently wro...I always spelled it Jubilex but was apparently wrong for thirty years.Timothy C. Schenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11770741345144496175noreply@blogger.com