D&D General Whom has used the Egg of Coot?

[RealAlHazred]

By "Blackmoor" you're talking about running the DA trilogy with ... B/X (OSR, BECMI, RC ... maybe OD&D?) rules?

Better yet, run it in Arduin!

 

[Voadam]

Whelp, apparently things I'm is no Longer Allowed to do in at enworld: Bring up Mr. Welch

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Now that that is said, I've had a real soft spot for Blackmoor, and love the weird technology of the place, so my answer is simple: Run the DA Trilogy (including potentially an alliance with the beagle) and then get into an epic fight with the egg of Coots armies with your new toys and allies.

If it happens to feel suspiciously like Star Wars/Flash Gordon in Blackoor, so be it.

I too did not know who Mr. Welch was, or which Egg of Coot you were referring to.

Blackmoor and the Egg of Coot has a lot of variations.

Original Arneson's campaign. The very little in the 0e D&D supplement II Blackmoor (mostly just the Temple of the Frog), 1e and on Greyhawk country, Basic D&D in the Known World with the DA trilogy of modules, a bunch of 3rd party stuff with Arneson (I have the d20 books but I am not really familiar with his 3rd party products pre 3e).

 

[Sacrosanct]

To he/she it may concern.
To him/her it may concern.
Both feel weird.

Flip the order.

It may concern he/she
It may concern him/her.

There you go.

 

[Rune]

To he/she it may concern.
To him/her it may concern.
Both feel weird.

That one requires a little restructuring:

It may be of concern to him/her.

 

[Rune]

That one requires a little restructuring:

It may be of concern to him/her.

Perhaps a simpler model is this:

Who does something to whom?

 

[The Glen]

Well, I am hopeful the @The Glen writes something (either on this thread ... which seems to be getting sidetracked) or in a new thread about the Egg of Coot- either the original or the Mystara version!

I'm always up for a conversation about the old stuff - and I'd love to hear what he has to say about the Egg of Coot.

(Personally, I prefer the Egg of Coot in its incarnation as an "off-screen" big bad, but reasonable minds can differ on this.)

It was deliberately made as a mystery bad guy. There's no stats for it, there's no art for it, and the physical description has at least six different versions. It's incredibly powerful, messes with memory, and most of what we know about it's background and motivations are deliberately left vague or contradictory. It's not a villain that's meant to be defeated entirely, but it's the secret society that always seems to be in the way when you're trying to do your job. It officially appeared in three books, only one of which was a D&D module with adventures in Blackmore. And by appear, I mean they mentioned it more than just in passing.

And the easiest way to remember the difference between who and whom is he and him. He equals who him equals whom.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Whelp, apparently things I'm is no Longer Allowed to do in at enworld: Bring up Mr. Welch

You can post about about him as much as you like. But you need to explain who he is and what it’s about.

Something like “I saw Mr Welsh posting about the Egg of Coot. Has anyone else seen this or used this character from the early days of D&D”. That way people will know what you are talking about.

 

[aco175]

Is the Egg of Coot a slight at Gygax. I mean is it E.G.G. of Coot towards Ernie G Gygax and calling him a coot. Coot is slang for a foolish or outdated person.

Never thought of this before- and never really had a need to.

 

[The Glen]

No, the egg apparently was part of his original campaign which was years before he met Gary.