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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8356204" data-attributes="member: 10148"><p>TALES FROM THE YAWNING PORTAL</p><p></p><p><em>Greyhawk</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A visitor to the Yawning Portal in the Forgotten Realms is described as a "bald, stern wizard clad in blue robes and speaking with a strange accent" and describing the events of <em>White Plume Mountain</em>; likely meant to be Mordenkainen (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Green Dragon Inn, in the Free City of Greyhawk, is described; it's been the starting point of many expeditions to Castle Greyhawk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Free City of Greyhawk "stands at the nexus between a devil-haunted empire, a vast domain locked in the iron-tight grip of a demigod of evil, and a splintered, bickering host of kingdoms nominally committed to justice and weal."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"In the battered, weary world of Greyhawk, profit and power take precedence over heroics."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>The Sunless Citadel</em>, <em>The Forge of Fury</em>, and <em>Against the Giants</em> are all updated for this book, and were previously set in Greyhawk (the first two only implicitly, they can be seen as generic), but none are explicitly tied to the setting here (although, see below)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Sunless Citadel</em> to other settings mentions the Baklunish, the Suel Imperium (which unleashed the Invoked Devastation), Bissel, and foothills west of Thornward</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Forge of Fury</em> to other settings mentions the Pomarj, the Drachensgrab Hills, and the Hateful Wars (which apparently involved orcs and evil humanoid invaders)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan </em>to other settings notes the adventure was originally set in Greyhawk:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Hidden Shrine was part of the "ancient ruined city of Tamoachan", previously the northernmost capital city of the Olman empire</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Olman civilization covered much of the southern continent, "centuries before current history began"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tamoachan is located "in the savage lands south of the Olman Islands and southeast of the Holds of the Sea Princes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The climate is subtropical and very damp; it rains nearly every afternoon."</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>White Plume Mountain</em> is updated for the book, and the entire adventure (as well as the adventure location) appears to be canonically in Greyhawk, presumably including the wizard Keraptis and the locations on the map (the Great Swamp, Dragotha, Thingizzard, and Castle Mukos); White Plume Mountain is located in the northeastern Shield Lands, near the Bandit Kingdoms and the Great Rift</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>Dead in Thay</em> to other settings mentions Rary the Traitor, who wishes to increase his power and destroy the Scorpion Crown to restore (ancient) Sulm to a fertile state, subjugated the people of the Bright Desert, and betrayed the Circle of Eight, and made many other enemies</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>Against the Giants</em> to other settings mentions Geoff, Sterich, the Crystalmists, the Jotens, and the "infamous" Barrier Peaks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Tomb of Horrors</em> is updated for the book, and the entire adventure (as well as the Tomb itself) appears to be canonically in Greyhawk, presumably including Acererak; as in the original adventure, the Tomb could be located in one of six places, including the Plains of Iuz, an island in the Nyr Dyv, the Bright Desert, the Duchy of Geoff, the Vast Swamp south of Sunndi, and an island beyond the realm of the Sea Barons</li> </ul><p><em>Dragonlance</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Sunless Citadel</em> to other settings mentions Xak Tsaroth, which was destroyed during the "cataclysm"; it also mentions gully dwarves</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Forge of Fury</em> to other settings mentions the Kharolis Mountains, Thorbardin, the Age of Might, the Age of Despair (to include Highlord Verminaard), and Theiwar dwarves</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan</em> to other settings mentions Chemosh, the Age of Dreams, and the Blood Sea of Istar</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>White Plume Mountain</em> to other settings mentions Neraka in the Khalkist Mountains, and the "armies of Takhisis"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>Dead in Thay</em> to other settings mentions that the setting has "renegade wizards" of different colors; one (or more) Tower of High Sorcery; Fistandantilus, who made a failed attempt at godhood; the apparently ruined Tower of Istar, which Nuitari took at the end of the Chaos War, and which Mina raised, following which the black wizards took it over (this is the first reference to the post-War of the Lance era I've found in 5E)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>Against the Giants</em> to other settings mentions Abanasinia, Qualinesti, Thorbardin, Kharolis, and Tarsis, which appear to be located near the Kharolis Mountains</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sidebar on adapting <em>Tomb of Horrors</em> to other settings mentions the Eastwall Mountains, the Cursed Lands of Newsea, and the Shadowglades of Krynn</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8356204, member: 10148"] TALES FROM THE YAWNING PORTAL [I]Greyhawk[/I] [LIST] [*]A visitor to the Yawning Portal in the Forgotten Realms is described as a "bald, stern wizard clad in blue robes and speaking with a strange accent" and describing the events of [I]White Plume Mountain[/I]; likely meant to be Mordenkainen (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk) [*]The Green Dragon Inn, in the Free City of Greyhawk, is described; it's been the starting point of many expeditions to Castle Greyhawk [*]The Free City of Greyhawk "stands at the nexus between a devil-haunted empire, a vast domain locked in the iron-tight grip of a demigod of evil, and a splintered, bickering host of kingdoms nominally committed to justice and weal." [*]"In the battered, weary world of Greyhawk, profit and power take precedence over heroics." [*][I]The Sunless Citadel[/I], [I]The Forge of Fury[/I], and [I]Against the Giants[/I] are all updated for this book, and were previously set in Greyhawk (the first two only implicitly, they can be seen as generic), but none are explicitly tied to the setting here (although, see below) [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Sunless Citadel[/I] to other settings mentions the Baklunish, the Suel Imperium (which unleashed the Invoked Devastation), Bissel, and foothills west of Thornward [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Forge of Fury[/I] to other settings mentions the Pomarj, the Drachensgrab Hills, and the Hateful Wars (which apparently involved orcs and evil humanoid invaders) [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan [/I]to other settings notes the adventure was originally set in Greyhawk: [LIST] [*]The Hidden Shrine was part of the "ancient ruined city of Tamoachan", previously the northernmost capital city of the Olman empire [*]The Olman civilization covered much of the southern continent, "centuries before current history began" [*]Tamoachan is located "in the savage lands south of the Olman Islands and southeast of the Holds of the Sea Princes [*]"The climate is subtropical and very damp; it rains nearly every afternoon." [/LIST] [*][I]White Plume Mountain[/I] is updated for the book, and the entire adventure (as well as the adventure location) appears to be canonically in Greyhawk, presumably including the wizard Keraptis and the locations on the map (the Great Swamp, Dragotha, Thingizzard, and Castle Mukos); White Plume Mountain is located in the northeastern Shield Lands, near the Bandit Kingdoms and the Great Rift [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]Dead in Thay[/I] to other settings mentions Rary the Traitor, who wishes to increase his power and destroy the Scorpion Crown to restore (ancient) Sulm to a fertile state, subjugated the people of the Bright Desert, and betrayed the Circle of Eight, and made many other enemies [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]Against the Giants[/I] to other settings mentions Geoff, Sterich, the Crystalmists, the Jotens, and the "infamous" Barrier Peaks [*][I]Tomb of Horrors[/I] is updated for the book, and the entire adventure (as well as the Tomb itself) appears to be canonically in Greyhawk, presumably including Acererak; as in the original adventure, the Tomb could be located in one of six places, including the Plains of Iuz, an island in the Nyr Dyv, the Bright Desert, the Duchy of Geoff, the Vast Swamp south of Sunndi, and an island beyond the realm of the Sea Barons [/LIST] [I]Dragonlance[/I] [LIST] [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Sunless Citadel[/I] to other settings mentions Xak Tsaroth, which was destroyed during the "cataclysm"; it also mentions gully dwarves [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Forge of Fury[/I] to other settings mentions the Kharolis Mountains, Thorbardin, the Age of Might, the Age of Despair (to include Highlord Verminaard), and Theiwar dwarves [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan[/I] to other settings mentions Chemosh, the Age of Dreams, and the Blood Sea of Istar [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]White Plume Mountain[/I] to other settings mentions Neraka in the Khalkist Mountains, and the "armies of Takhisis" [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]Dead in Thay[/I] to other settings mentions that the setting has "renegade wizards" of different colors; one (or more) Tower of High Sorcery; Fistandantilus, who made a failed attempt at godhood; the apparently ruined Tower of Istar, which Nuitari took at the end of the Chaos War, and which Mina raised, following which the black wizards took it over (this is the first reference to the post-War of the Lance era I've found in 5E) [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]Against the Giants[/I] to other settings mentions Abanasinia, Qualinesti, Thorbardin, Kharolis, and Tarsis, which appear to be located near the Kharolis Mountains [*]The sidebar on adapting [I]Tomb of Horrors[/I] to other settings mentions the Eastwall Mountains, the Cursed Lands of Newsea, and the Shadowglades of Krynn [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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