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Hey Col. Can you let me know if my estimation of illusion/phantasm spells is correct? If a group of characters encountered a phantasmal force pit. The illusionist is hidden nearby and maintaining concentration on the spell. All of the players believe the pit is real. One player believes he...

Mystra, if you want a little more info on Gary's original Co8, go here: http://doomsdaygames.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=generalgreyhawk&action=display&num=1080316336 The material was written with Gary's help, and is based on the original incarnation of the group. Scott

Gary, you missed several questions towards the bottom of the last page from the March 16th and 17th date range. Scott

Hey Gary. A debate on the rate of fire of missile weapons during surpise has recently come up on several message boards I frequent. The rule as written states that missile fire is 3 times the normal rate. This equates to 6 arrows, or 9 darts in a single segment. I've always believed that the...

Melkor, check the DMG, bottom left of p. 79, "Multi-class characters, characters with two classes, and bards check the matrix for each class possessed, and use the most favorable result for the type of attack being defended against." Scott

Sounds like a good story to hear while sipping some Bombay during Game Fest. Scot

GT has been very helpful on the DJ side. I have some players rolling up HPs for Unhallowed tonight. I'll probably wait until the TLG release to start the the LA game, but I might run the advenure included with the quick start rules before then. Scott

Thanks Gary! The good news is, that was the last question I had for the AD&D rules. The bad news is, I just started playing DJ and LA, so that's two more systems I have to learn. Scott

Greetings Colonel, I have a follow up to the spell casting and initiative question you answered above. When attacking a spell caster, the DMG gives two methods for determing if the attack or the spell occur first, either the segment indicated by the initiative roll, or a method based on speed...

Gary, I have a question about orc tribes in your campaign. Were the orcs encountered in the Greyhawk dungeon supposed to be part of one or more of the orc tribes listed in the original MM? As the published version of the Greyhawk setting was detailed the Vile Rune and Death Moon tribes were...

Gary, I know you aren’t a big fan of psionics. I always thought the psionic hermit from the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth was a cool encounter though. I’m curious, did you ever have a regular, or semi-regular, PC in your campaign that possessed psionic abilities? Scott

Saddam's Iraq would be a good example of a chaotic evil society. It was brutal, there was very little regard for the value of life, and everything was set up to primarily benefit Saddam. Nazi Germany would be an example of a lawful evil society. It was brutal, and the disregard for human life...

Hey Rocco. Nobody knows more than me how tight-lipped Gary can be regarding his PCs, but through many correspondences I have managed to wriggle out a bit of info on the nine characters that compromise the original Co8, and Gary has given me permission to share the material he has shared with me...

No, first there was just Dungeons & Dragons. It was a box set with three booklets. Five supplements were released to support it. When AD&D was released, D&D became Basic D&D. AD&D added a lot more detail to the rules. Basic D&D was then redone several times, but it has stayed closer to the...

Gary, you know when Gene Weigel and me start discussing Greyhawk, it's bad news for you. Recently, we've been involved in a rather serious discussion on the ToEE. Anyone curious can check it out here: http://empiregames.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=ghfantalk&action=display&num=1055713181 Gene...

Here's one that's been bothering me for a long time. In your original conception of the Temple of Elemental Evil, was Zuggtmoy the big baddie, or did you come up with her as a replacement for Lolth after Q1 was released and you were forced to rethink her involvement? Ciao, Scott

With the "winging it' style of DMing you were fond of, how set were the encounters in the Greyhawk dungeons? Would you adjust an encounter's strength based on the party's strength? When Robilar was creeping around by himself, would the encounters he faced be the same that a party of six or moe...

They sell some of them, and I have them, but I haven't seen the beastiary, Epic of Aerth, or Mythus Prime, and using a PDF in play is a pain in the arse. Scott

Yeah Mythus, spill the beans already. I'm currently in the process of tracking down copies of all of the DJ/Mythus material. I'd prefer a new set of Infinate Adventures books to the ok set of Dangerous Journeys/Mythus books I've been collecting. I don't really know what's going on but, when...

Dangerous Journeys was a system I was curious about for a long time, and I've recently started picking up and reading the books. It looks great so far. I'm really looking forward to starting a campaign. Gary, a question regarding the Necropolis adventure. It's such a large and detailed book...