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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grue" data-source="post: 5006916" data-attributes="member: 11989">Hmm... <looks it up>... yep Lawful Evil in Rogue's Gallery (pub 1980).  Though apparently Gary commented on the descriptions written by Brian Blume on Dragonsfoot as 'fanciful and underpowered'.  Looking at Rob's blog, Robilar was supposedly Neutral in 79 (but I would think he'd get some input in the Rogue's Gallery write-up at the time), heh....Actually, looking at Rogue's Gallery again, quite a few of the 'home' campaign PCs are either Neutral or Evil.  Despite Rob Kuntz's problems with it (that Robilar would never betray his boon companions), I see Sargent's interpretation as a realistic eventuality in Robilar's story arc.  The 'do-nothing' Co8 had done nothing to stop or shape the chaos of the Greyhawk Wars (especially with Iuz at the center of it).  Robilar, at least by his own view, is one of the most powerful individuals on Oerth, and has a history as 'a man of action' (if maybe on the reckless side).  With a couple of years of Co8 inaction straining the personal relationship (and Robilar definitely seemed to be in the 'you don't have to run faster than the troll to escape, just your buddy' school of adventuring thought), Rary's conspiracy to seize their rightful place in the world I think would be attractive.  The Co8 would try to stop them...and every adventurer knows the best treasure type is possessed by other adventurers...Yeah the (more) evil twin Robilar from an alternate dimension doesn't really work for me.  Robilar's redemption is hinted at in Rary the Traitor (he's bored and unhappy how things turned out).  Even in Sargent's view, Robilar's feet were not firmly planted on the road to Hell... but he was not a good man and as a professional risk-taker he had more reason to seize the opportunity than stay loyal to a few drinking buddies\adventuring companions who he really didn't adventure with anymore.As far as Rary, apparently from comments made by Gary on Dragonsfoot, "Rary was a low-level PC of Brian Blume. He wanted him to make "Medium," [1e you have level titles] so he could be Medium Rary. That's how the character was played...if one can call it that."   So Rary seems like a fairly blank slate as far as his actual play history.</blockquote>

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