Post by robkuntz on May 8, 2016 7:04:45 GMT -5
Greyhawk Tidbits
Volume un
CITY of Greyhawk
The city was vital and integral to the campaign. Gary rendered one map for it which would now be Old City, by comparison), and when I came on board we did three more 8x11's
11
11
aligned as in the simple graphic above.
The castle was but a few miles NE of the City as we pictured it, though we never then drew an environs map for it, but we knew where it was, as we knew where the Temple to the Latter Day Old Ones was, about half way to the Castle along the same path from the city, and beneath ground, also accessible by the sewers, which I later drew.
Lots of adventure in the City. Robilar, Tenser, Terik and others had fantastic times in it, and some of these adventures are recounted by EGG in DRAGON (Up on a Soap Box)
and elsewhere, and I have recounted some.
Murlynd's (Don Kaye's) PC was housed there, Robilar had his Green Dragon Inn there, Serten (Ernie Gygax's priest-henchman of Tenser's) was killed there by Tom Champeny's Evil High Priest, the Striped Mage got his secondary name through my brother's PC "the Monk With No Name" painting his tower as such, Robilar intially adventured in Strange Way and Odd Alley there, getting totally lost, etc.
Various Related
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Did any of your characters have run-ins with the Thieves Guild of Greyhawk, or problems with the Watch?
Nope none that I recall.
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What was the name of Tom Champeny's EHP?
To my knowledge never named, but I do refer to him in a current work in progress as the EHP, Tecee.
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What were the circumstances of his slaying Serten?
Upon returning from a group outdoor adventure , Tom's PC sought Serten's "advice" on a personal matter and rurned evil casting a finger of death upon him, stealing his snake staff and +2 armor and then fleeing the City.
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Did any adventurers ever explore the sewers, or use the sewers to go between the city and the Temple of the Latter Day Old Ones?
Jim Ward's and my bro's PCs both entered the secret Temple, but by the stump, not the sewers. Eric Shook's PC entered the sewers but never made it to the Temple.
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Is Darlene's regional map in the Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh book a pretty close approximation of the geography as you envisioned it, regarding the relative positions of the city and Castle Greyhawk (on that map, the castle is also NE of the city)?
As noted the Castle was indeed closer to the City as we assumed a protective bastion in earlier times when it was a functioning edifice. To my recollection there was very little discussed between EGG and I on the immediate geography outside both places, and I believe this more or less took shape in EGG's novels.
Volume un
CITY of Greyhawk
The city was vital and integral to the campaign. Gary rendered one map for it which would now be Old City, by comparison), and when I came on board we did three more 8x11's
11
11
aligned as in the simple graphic above.
The castle was but a few miles NE of the City as we pictured it, though we never then drew an environs map for it, but we knew where it was, as we knew where the Temple to the Latter Day Old Ones was, about half way to the Castle along the same path from the city, and beneath ground, also accessible by the sewers, which I later drew.
Lots of adventure in the City. Robilar, Tenser, Terik and others had fantastic times in it, and some of these adventures are recounted by EGG in DRAGON (Up on a Soap Box)
and elsewhere, and I have recounted some.
Murlynd's (Don Kaye's) PC was housed there, Robilar had his Green Dragon Inn there, Serten (Ernie Gygax's priest-henchman of Tenser's) was killed there by Tom Champeny's Evil High Priest, the Striped Mage got his secondary name through my brother's PC "the Monk With No Name" painting his tower as such, Robilar intially adventured in Strange Way and Odd Alley there, getting totally lost, etc.
Various Related
quote:
Did any of your characters have run-ins with the Thieves Guild of Greyhawk, or problems with the Watch?
Nope none that I recall.
Quote:
What was the name of Tom Champeny's EHP?
To my knowledge never named, but I do refer to him in a current work in progress as the EHP, Tecee.
Quote:
What were the circumstances of his slaying Serten?
Upon returning from a group outdoor adventure , Tom's PC sought Serten's "advice" on a personal matter and rurned evil casting a finger of death upon him, stealing his snake staff and +2 armor and then fleeing the City.
Quote:
Did any adventurers ever explore the sewers, or use the sewers to go between the city and the Temple of the Latter Day Old Ones?
Jim Ward's and my bro's PCs both entered the secret Temple, but by the stump, not the sewers. Eric Shook's PC entered the sewers but never made it to the Temple.
Quote:
Is Darlene's regional map in the Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh book a pretty close approximation of the geography as you envisioned it, regarding the relative positions of the city and Castle Greyhawk (on that map, the castle is also NE of the city)?
As noted the Castle was indeed closer to the City as we assumed a protective bastion in earlier times when it was a functioning edifice. To my recollection there was very little discussed between EGG and I on the immediate geography outside both places, and I believe this more or less took shape in EGG's novels.
