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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 205813" data-attributes="member: 2174">I'm going to cut and paste a number of questions into this response. Please forgive me if I don't give everyone's question the fullest attention.>>>Quick question, Erik: Did you get a chance to see Kenzer's D&D comic 'Company of Dragons'? If so, how did you feel about Drax's appearance therein (i.e. Did you think the character resembled Drax as you envision him)?>>>I was asked to look over some of the earlier scripts for continuity issues. I believe I looked at numbers 2, 3, and 4. At the time, the writer didn't really have a strong grasp of who Drax was--in the first issue (the script for which I saw too late to forward comments), Drax is sort of a generic king figure, who may as well be a good guy. I made sure the authors had the section from Ivid the Undying on Rel Astra, as well as the LGG Rel Astra section. By issue 3 or 4, the comic shows Drax feeding his starving people rotten food from a surplus warehouse. That's more like it.>>>What would a character see when approaching Rauxes? Are there many visual effects, like white fire, lightning and stuff or is it just a big city totally in ruins? I cannot seem to get the picture.>>>I honestly haven't decided, yet. I've a strong hankering to write a big adventure set in the city, and will most likely  have to decide sooner rather than later. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Until then, I suppose my answer would be "whatever's right for your campaign." If you're playing a low fantasy game, maybe you don't want the place lit up like Sea World at night. If your game allows for some high fantasy elements, why not make it look incredibly alien and weird?>>>I congratulate you on this move, since it has made the Flanaess (especially the Great Kingdom) playable again.>>>The change to Rauxes was Roger Moore's, and debuted in Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins. Credit where it's due, and all that.>>>Another question: Why did the Brotherhood loose so much of their gained territory? I would have thought them prepared for anything... Was that played out or decided?>>>Mostly decided. Among the biggest complaints about the Greyhawk Wars and From the Ashes was bewliderment over the rapid spread of the Scarlet Brotherhood. We decided to mix things up a bit to pull back some of their gains. Incidentally, I specifically changed the Horned Society to a "hidden" society to make up for the fact that the Brotherhood "outed" themselves so significantly during the Greyhawk Wars. I always liked the idea of secret enemies lurking in courtrooms and back alleys, and the Society now fills that role. (As does the so-called Black Brotherhood mentioned in the Conflicts & Intrigues section of the Scarlet Brotherhood entry--they sort of Scarlet Brotherhooded the Scarlet Brotherhood.)>>>Are you suggesting that the current news in LG may not be up to date? Temple of E seemed to suggest the possibility of one result while LG seemed to end up with another.>>>Interestingly, I'm currently in an email conversation with the Furyondy triad over their plans for Prince Thrommel. I don't know whether they'd prefer to have him dead or alive, but it's really up to them, insofar as the official Living Greyhawk campaign is concerned. Of course, what's best for your personal campaign should dictate Thrommel's fate at your own game tables.Thanks for these great questions, guys!--Erik</blockquote>

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