Bargle Beyond the Red Box

MatthewJHanson · May 28, 2006

The introduction adventure of the old Red Box edition of D&D featured the evil wizard Bargle as the first archvillian. Anybody know if he's ever reapeared beyond that product?

Maggan · May 28, 2006

MatthewJHanson said:
The introduction adventure of the old Red Box edition of D&D featured the evil wizard Bargle as the first archvillian. Anybody know if he's ever reapeared beyond that product?

He's in Poor Wizard's Almanac II. He was the court mage of Baron Ludwig von Hendriks, baron of the Black Eagle Barony in Karameikos, Mystara. He is listed as a level 28 magic user, whereabouts unknown.

I think he shows up in other modules for Mystara as well, but don't remember where to start to look beyong the Poor Wizard's Almanac.

/M

erian_7 · May 28, 2006

Bargle appears in the D&D Gazetteer product The Grand Duchy of Karameikos, and in the later AD&D product Karameikos - Kingdom of Adventure. And he appears in just about every Mystara game that I run as a major background villain (no party has ever gotten powerful enough to face him...)!

Infernal Teddy · May 28, 2006

Then there was that article in a post 200 Dragon issue, with that magic company of his....

.. however, it was an april issue...

TheBadElf · May 28, 2006

Bargle needs to appear on the business end of my axe...

Seriously, I hate that guy. He killed the hot cleric and got away.

Man-thing · May 28, 2006

He also had a number of magic items as well.

I think there was a cursed "Bargle's Coin" that he put in his treasure. If you took it you would not pick up any other treasure.

Delta · May 28, 2006

I'm pretty sure he was in the excellent module X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield (again as high-level court and battlefield wizard for Baron von Hendriks).

Whizbang Dustyboots · May 28, 2006

He shows up in all of the Almanacs, as I recall, possibly even Joshuan's. Bargle's fortunes rose and fell with the Black Eagle Barony's.

Ashrem Bayle · May 29, 2006

He just recently showed up in my Eberron campaign as a warlock. He led the PCs into a dungeon, then turned on them

Arrgh! Mark! · May 29, 2006

He recently turned up as a wizard of some power in a forgotten realms campaign, attempting to retake his dungeon from the gobln. A hot fallen cleric was seen nearby...