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19 September, 2002
Greetings Greyhawk fans!
Welcome to this issue of This Week in Greyhawk Fandom! Things are somewhat quite in the community right now, but we've dug around a bit to deliver the usual helping of useful and inspirational websites. For those who have missed previous issues of this newsletter, keep in mind that each week's issue is available on the Canonfire! website.
If you have a scoop you think would be of interest to the Greyhawk community, or if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to contact me directly at richadmin@canonfire.com. Thanks for your support!
New on Canonfire!
Bardic Lore - Secrets of the Elves - By MerricB
Cirrem, the Dreamer-Minstrel, reveals the dark history of the elven race...lore that they would prefer to keep hidden from the rest of the world...
Amiathoer 2 : Chrysalis - By Orion
Once again we turn our gaze to the skies, for another tale of broken dreams elsewhere in Oerth's crystal sphere. The tale of Chrysalis, a moon of Oerth's forsaken sister planet Amiathoer, is one of a desparate last stand and hope lost to eternity.
Bardic Lore - The Fomorians - By MerriB
Adventures seeds for use in the Sheldomar Valley region - a lost city, magical artifacts, and more!
The Thieves of Mitrik - Arcus Stanton - By Daniel Harrison and MerricB
Come into the underworld of the fair city of Mitrik, and meet one of its most interesting citizens: Arcus Stanton, merchant, respected citizen, and fence!
Artifacts of Oerth article b-sides and errata - By Grodog
Unpublished information from the Living Greyhawk Journal article "Artifacts of Oerth" (which appeared in Dragon Magazine #294, April 2002)
The Dreamer-Minstrel and others - Quasi Deities of Oerth - By MerricB
Those that wander the Flanaess should be aware of the great of the land. This article introduces both players and DMs to a number of notable personages from Cirrem's World of Greyhawk, but adaptable for use in your campaigns.
All of these, and the rest of the over 300 articles, can be found via Canonfire's home page, http://www.canonfire.com
News at the Wizards of the Coast Website:
There's not a lot of new Greyhawk related material on the site right now, but I'd like to highlight a couple of features the Greyhawk fan might find of interest.
D&D Fight Club: Illiarnatha -- Drider Fighter The D&D fight club is a regular feature they have that introduces new NPCs to challenge your players, and also includes a write up and map of a sample gladiatorial type arena. Illiarnartha seems inspired by the City of the Spider Queen adventure they just put out, but could easily be placed into a campaign based around Fred Weining's excellent Vault of the Drow setting for 3rd edition D&D.http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/fc/fc20020913a. There's tons of other NPCs there for free download too, so be sure to look around.
Monster Manual 2 live chat with authors Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winters. Friday Sept. 20th at 8pm EST http://www.wizards.com/chat. If you're not already a member of the Wizards Online chat community, you'll have to register an account there first. It's free, but can take a couple hours to process, so do it early if you want to hit the chat.
I thought things were slowing down! (Their title, not mine, heh) Wizards showcases a bunch of new and upcoming products here, so if you're interested in keeping up to date with the official 3rd edition product line, this is the place to go. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/iw/iw20020913a
GenCon 2003 report:
More information on Gencon Southern California, mentioned here last week.http://www.gencon.com. No details yet, but GenCon LLC has confirmed that a So Cal GenCon event will be held at the San Diego Convention in San Diego, Ca. in November of 2003. Great news for all the west coast fans out there.
ENWorld 3rd edition and D20 site roundup:
D&D and Greyhawk creator E. Gary Gygax is still participating in that general Q&A session on the ENWorld message boards. The thread is somewhat lighthearted and 'noisy', but Gary manages to shed some light on current projects and reflect on past ones, you can read it at http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22566. ENWorld has also posted a transcript of a recent chat with Col. Gygax in their chat room, available at http://www.d20reviews.com/chat.htm, where you can also learn more about the ENWorld chats, read transcripts of other past chats with industry luminaries, and keep track of upcoming events.
Also of interest on the ENWorld boards this week are threads about the recent wave of layoffs at WotC, rethinking the role of the 'cannon fodder' humanoids in the D&D game, life after phase one of WotC's big setting search contest, and much more. Visit ENWorld's boards at http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/.
Mortality.Net D&D site roundup:
Mortality.Net is quickly making a name for itself as the other big D&D fansite, and for at least one good reason: fans of all editions of the game are welcome! Mortality hosts a message board forum that features a dedicated Greyhawk folder frequented by a fairly small but loyal bunch of Greyhawkers. You can visit Mortality.Net's boards at http://mortality.net/board/, the Greyhawk folder is in the official published settings category, about half way down the index page.
Realms of Evil Games roundup:
Realms of Evil Games is another up and coming D&D fansite worth checking out for their dedicated Greyhawk discussion forum. Visit Realms of Evil Games' forums at http://www.dreadgazebo.com/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi.
GreyTalk mailing list roundup:
The Greytalk discussion list is the oldest and biggest Greyhawk forum on the web, and boasts quite a few of the setting's published authors and prolific fans. Current topics include political correctness is gaming books, siege warfare, and the real world analogies to the Flan people of Oerth.
For information on joining the list, visit the Canonfire! site FAQ at http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=FAQ
To browse the GreyTalk list archives, visit http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf
Don't like email lists? You can now participate in the GreyTalk discussions via Canonfire's fully integrated message board interface, which allows fully reading and posting priveleges to the list, in the message board format many of you prefer. Visit http://www.canonfire.com/forum to check it out.
Canonfire! Author Spotlight:
This week's featured author is Iquander. Iquander's articles are a series of 'apocrypha' that was left on the cutting room floor when the Living Greyhawk Journal went to press, including historical looks at such things as the Cairn Builders, Exag, and the 9 gods Zagyg once imprisoned beneath castle greyhawk. You can check out these, and all of Iquander's other articles at my Canonfire! member page, http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&uname=iquander.
That wraps up this week's edition of This Week in Greyhawk Fandom. Check back next week for more up to the date information on the setting and its fans.
Legal Notice
This Week in Greyhawk Fandom is a presentation of the Canonfire.com website, posted here with permission, and is the copyrighted property of Rich 'chatdemon' Trickey and the Canonfire! staff. Permission is granted to redistribute the text of this document in whole and unaltered form only including this legal statement. Tranmission of altered forms of this document by unauthorized parties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of all applicable laws. Please direct any comments, complaints or suggestions to the author, Rich Trickey, via email at richadmin@canonfire.com.
19 September, 2002
Greetings Greyhawk fans!
Welcome to this issue of This Week in Greyhawk Fandom! Things are somewhat quite in the community right now, but we've dug around a bit to deliver the usual helping of useful and inspirational websites. For those who have missed previous issues of this newsletter, keep in mind that each week's issue is available on the Canonfire! website.
If you have a scoop you think would be of interest to the Greyhawk community, or if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to contact me directly at richadmin@canonfire.com. Thanks for your support!
New on Canonfire!
Bardic Lore - Secrets of the Elves - By MerricB
Cirrem, the Dreamer-Minstrel, reveals the dark history of the elven race...lore that they would prefer to keep hidden from the rest of the world...
Amiathoer 2 : Chrysalis - By Orion
Once again we turn our gaze to the skies, for another tale of broken dreams elsewhere in Oerth's crystal sphere. The tale of Chrysalis, a moon of Oerth's forsaken sister planet Amiathoer, is one of a desparate last stand and hope lost to eternity.
Bardic Lore - The Fomorians - By MerriB
Adventures seeds for use in the Sheldomar Valley region - a lost city, magical artifacts, and more!
The Thieves of Mitrik - Arcus Stanton - By Daniel Harrison and MerricB
Come into the underworld of the fair city of Mitrik, and meet one of its most interesting citizens: Arcus Stanton, merchant, respected citizen, and fence!
Artifacts of Oerth article b-sides and errata - By Grodog
Unpublished information from the Living Greyhawk Journal article "Artifacts of Oerth" (which appeared in Dragon Magazine #294, April 2002)
The Dreamer-Minstrel and others - Quasi Deities of Oerth - By MerricB
Those that wander the Flanaess should be aware of the great of the land. This article introduces both players and DMs to a number of notable personages from Cirrem's World of Greyhawk, but adaptable for use in your campaigns.
All of these, and the rest of the over 300 articles, can be found via Canonfire's home page, http://www.canonfire.com
News at the Wizards of the Coast Website:
There's not a lot of new Greyhawk related material on the site right now, but I'd like to highlight a couple of features the Greyhawk fan might find of interest.
D&D Fight Club: Illiarnatha -- Drider Fighter The D&D fight club is a regular feature they have that introduces new NPCs to challenge your players, and also includes a write up and map of a sample gladiatorial type arena. Illiarnartha seems inspired by the City of the Spider Queen adventure they just put out, but could easily be placed into a campaign based around Fred Weining's excellent Vault of the Drow setting for 3rd edition D&D.http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/fc/fc20020913a. There's tons of other NPCs there for free download too, so be sure to look around.
Monster Manual 2 live chat with authors Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winters. Friday Sept. 20th at 8pm EST http://www.wizards.com/chat. If you're not already a member of the Wizards Online chat community, you'll have to register an account there first. It's free, but can take a couple hours to process, so do it early if you want to hit the chat.
I thought things were slowing down! (Their title, not mine, heh) Wizards showcases a bunch of new and upcoming products here, so if you're interested in keeping up to date with the official 3rd edition product line, this is the place to go. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/iw/iw20020913a
GenCon 2003 report:
More information on Gencon Southern California, mentioned here last week.http://www.gencon.com. No details yet, but GenCon LLC has confirmed that a So Cal GenCon event will be held at the San Diego Convention in San Diego, Ca. in November of 2003. Great news for all the west coast fans out there.
ENWorld 3rd edition and D20 site roundup:
D&D and Greyhawk creator E. Gary Gygax is still participating in that general Q&A session on the ENWorld message boards. The thread is somewhat lighthearted and 'noisy', but Gary manages to shed some light on current projects and reflect on past ones, you can read it at http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22566. ENWorld has also posted a transcript of a recent chat with Col. Gygax in their chat room, available at http://www.d20reviews.com/chat.htm, where you can also learn more about the ENWorld chats, read transcripts of other past chats with industry luminaries, and keep track of upcoming events.
Also of interest on the ENWorld boards this week are threads about the recent wave of layoffs at WotC, rethinking the role of the 'cannon fodder' humanoids in the D&D game, life after phase one of WotC's big setting search contest, and much more. Visit ENWorld's boards at http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/.
Mortality.Net D&D site roundup:
Mortality.Net is quickly making a name for itself as the other big D&D fansite, and for at least one good reason: fans of all editions of the game are welcome! Mortality hosts a message board forum that features a dedicated Greyhawk folder frequented by a fairly small but loyal bunch of Greyhawkers. You can visit Mortality.Net's boards at http://mortality.net/board/, the Greyhawk folder is in the official published settings category, about half way down the index page.
Realms of Evil Games roundup:
Realms of Evil Games is another up and coming D&D fansite worth checking out for their dedicated Greyhawk discussion forum. Visit Realms of Evil Games' forums at http://www.dreadgazebo.com/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi.
GreyTalk mailing list roundup:
The Greytalk discussion list is the oldest and biggest Greyhawk forum on the web, and boasts quite a few of the setting's published authors and prolific fans. Current topics include political correctness is gaming books, siege warfare, and the real world analogies to the Flan people of Oerth.
For information on joining the list, visit the Canonfire! site FAQ at http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=FAQ
To browse the GreyTalk list archives, visit http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf
Don't like email lists? You can now participate in the GreyTalk discussions via Canonfire's fully integrated message board interface, which allows fully reading and posting priveleges to the list, in the message board format many of you prefer. Visit http://www.canonfire.com/forum to check it out.
Canonfire! Author Spotlight:
This week's featured author is Iquander. Iquander's articles are a series of 'apocrypha' that was left on the cutting room floor when the Living Greyhawk Journal went to press, including historical looks at such things as the Cairn Builders, Exag, and the 9 gods Zagyg once imprisoned beneath castle greyhawk. You can check out these, and all of Iquander's other articles at my Canonfire! member page, http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&uname=iquander.
That wraps up this week's edition of This Week in Greyhawk Fandom. Check back next week for more up to the date information on the setting and its fans.
Legal Notice
This Week in Greyhawk Fandom is a presentation of the Canonfire.com website, posted here with permission, and is the copyrighted property of Rich 'chatdemon' Trickey and the Canonfire! staff. Permission is granted to redistribute the text of this document in whole and unaltered form only including this legal statement. Tranmission of altered forms of this document by unauthorized parties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of all applicable laws. Please direct any comments, complaints or suggestions to the author, Rich Trickey, via email at richadmin@canonfire.com.
