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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4412431" data-attributes="member: 20854">I think there's a distinction between including some humorous elements vs. the entire product being set up as a joke.&nbsp; Also, I'm not dead-set against a humor product at all -- there's a place for that -- but Castle Greyhawk is *the* dungeon of the setting, something almost legendary that fans of the setting had anticipated for years.&nbsp; To release it as a joke module spoke volumes, to me (and to many other Greyhawk fans).Tangentially, I think the name &quot;Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter&quot; is not really as random at it seems.&nbsp; That is, it obviously sounds funny to us, and I think that was intentional, but the name actually means something.&nbsp; EGG created those names by referencing a book, Poplollies &amp; Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words.&nbsp; For example, eyebite is another way of referring to the act of giving the evil eye, or bewitching with the eyes.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html" target="_blank">There's a list of what some of those names mean</a>.&nbsp; I just looked, and apparently &quot;Gleed&quot; was the original tournament character's name (later changed to Gleep), and means &quot;a glowing ember or burning coal.&quot;&nbsp; That info puts a whole different spin on the character, suggesting a wizard who can hex or enchant you with his burning, potent gaze.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 4412431, member: 20854"] I think there's a distinction between including some humorous elements vs. the entire product being set up as a joke. Also, I'm not dead-set against a humor product at all -- there's a place for that -- but Castle Greyhawk is *the* dungeon of the setting, something almost legendary that fans of the setting had anticipated for years. To release it as a joke module spoke volumes, to me (and to many other Greyhawk fans). Tangentially, I think the name "Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter" is not really as random at it seems. That is, it obviously sounds funny to us, and I think that was intentional, but the name actually means something. EGG created those names by referencing a book, [i]Poplollies & Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words[/i]. For example, eyebite is another way of referring to the act of giving the evil eye, or bewitching with the eyes. [url=http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html]There's a list of what some of those names mean[/url]. I just looked, and apparently "Gleed" was the original tournament character's name (later changed to Gleep), and means "a glowing ember or burning coal." That info puts a whole different spin on the character, suggesting a wizard who can hex or enchant you with his burning, potent gaze. [/QUOTE]

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