Col_Pladoh said:
Tenser was conned by a hill giant, and I tried to dupe several PCs into get-rich-quick wagers. Sadly for me, the regulars were all too canny after being burned by my various ploys, so...
By curious happenstance, I just a couple of months ago obtained a copy of the article from the Great Plains Game Players Newsletter which chronicles the tale. Slightly before my RPGing time, but only slightly. I was still plying my hand at SPI and AH hex-and-counter games at the time. But neato torpedo to se something from the very distant mists of time, when wilderness adventures were still played on the AH "Outdoor Survival" board.
If you don't mind, I have yet more questions with which to pepper you. (And I will once again thank you for your previous replies to my doubtless-tedious questions, and thank you in advance for any information you are able and willing to give.)
How does it feel to see characters who you have developed over the course of decades being, in essence, appropriated and developed by others? I refer specifically to TSR/WOTC's use of the famous such as Mordenkainen and Tenser, but I must humbly confess that I, too, have tried to breathe life into such famous figures as Melf, Biff, and so forth, based on their presentation in the 'Gord the Rogue' novels. Is there any sort of resentment? Or do you see it as a natural part of creating something and giving it forth to others to use?
Speaking of which, a minor mystery; is not Melf (nee Prince Brightflame) a scion of the royal house of Celene?
I am a great fan of the "From the Sorceror's Scroll" articles from the pages of Dragon magazine in the early 1980's, which detailed the movements of armies and such across the Flanaess. They were obviously written with the mind of a miniatures gamer. I was just wondering if any of the battles described therein were ever played out by the local crew up there in LG?
Again, speaking of which, was the Battle of Emridy Meadows (which of course forms the backdrop to the venerable T1 "Village of Hommlet") ever actually played out? For that matter, where are the Emridy Meadows, anyway?
And following the stream-of-consciousness post which I seem to inadvertently be making, I would ask you to clarify the rather curious statement found in T1, to the effect that if harm came to Lareth the Beautiful, the Demonness Lolth would take it ill. Was she somehow involved in the rise of the Temple? It's resurgance? It seems to be something of a contradiction with the Gord novels, which posit a link between Zuggtmoy and Graz'zt (and, by connection, Eclavdra), who if anyone is, is not in Lolth's good graces.
And, last one for this post; do you have any philosophical take on the difference between adventures whose goal is to prevent depredations of the innocent (a la G1-3), as opposed to those whose goal is to kill things and take their stuff (a la Castle Greyhawk, S1, S4, etc.). I realize the nature of tournament modules makes the former somewhat easier to plot, but in a campaign setting, do you have any insights on the nature of those two sorts of adventures?
Again, my thanks for reading my ramblings.
Thulcondar