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Greyhawk
Image:WotC Greyhawk.jpg
Designer Gary Gygax
Publisher TSR, Inc.
Wizards of the Coast
Publication date 1975, 1980
Genre(s) Fantasy
System Dungeons & Dragons

Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game (D&D). A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer A video game publisher is a company that publishes Video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a Video game developer TSR Inc was an American game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game. Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of Games primarily based on Fantasy and Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A campaign setting is usually a Fictional world which serves as a setting for a Role-playing game or Wargame campaign Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. [1][2] The World of Greyhawk includes the Free City of Greyhawk, from which the setting's name was taken. The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess" is a fictional City-state in the World of Greyhawk [3] As one of the earliest D&D campaign settings, many of the rules for the game itself were developed in conjunction with game play by Gary Gygax and others in and around Castle Greyhawk and its dungeons. Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer Castle Greyhawk is one of the central This is about European castles For other uses see Dungeon (disambiguation A dungeon is a place where Prisoners are kept [4][5]

While constructing the milieu, Gygax also incorporated the campaign worlds of his fellow role-players, such as Blackmoor (Dave Arneson's campaign)[6] and the Lendore Isles (a region created by long-time stalwart Len Lakofka). Blackmoor is a Fantasy Role-playing game Campaign setting generally associated with the game Dungeons & Dragons. David L Arneson (born October 1, 1947 in Minnesota, United States) is an American Game designer. In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk Campaign setting, the Lendore Isles, also known as the Spindrift Isles, are a collection of five Len Lakofka was one of the early players of Dungeons & Dragons and author who contributed many articles to Dragon magazine and two Advanced [7]

Historically, direct links between the core D&D rules and any particular campaign setting have been limited. Through all editions of the game however, Greyhawk has had a strong influence over the core rules, such as serving as the source for names of many well-known spells and magic items. In Role-playing games and fantasy literature an artifact is a magical object with great power The current D&D "Core Setting" is largely based on Greyhawk, and the default pantheon of deities for D&D is largely taken from Greyhawk. This is a list of deities of Dungeons & Dragons, including all of the current gods and powers of the "Core Setting" for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game The current edition of the Dungeon Master's Guide (3. The Dungeon Master's Guide (" DMG " or " DM's Guide " in earlier editions the Dungeon Masters Guide or 5 edition) pays visual tribute to Greyhawk's influence on the game, featuring on its cover a small map of the continent of Oerik etched onto a globe. Greyhawk, also known as the World

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The World

Geography and population

The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting boxed set (TSR, 1983) provided details regarding the geography and other information on the Flanaess
The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting boxed set (TSR, 1983) provided details regarding the geography and other information on the Flanaess

In the Greyhawk setting, the planet Oerth has four continents. The World of Greyhawk Fantasy In the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, Oerth, pronounced as "Earth" is the name of the Fictional planet on which one A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions Only one of these continents, Oerik, has been officially described in various D&D publications over the past 30+ years, and in fact detailed information is available only for its eastern end, known as the Flanaess. Greyhawk, also known as the World The Flanaess is the eastern part of the Continent of Oerik, one of the four continents of the Fictional world of Oerth in the [2]

Although home D&D campaigns can be set in or around the Free City of Greyhawk itself, there are no restrictions with respect to time period or location. The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess" is a fictional City-state in the World of Greyhawk The Flanaess can be broken down geographically as follows: the Baklunish Basin in the northwest, the Empire of Iuz in the north, the Thillonrian Peninsula in the northeast, the Sea of Dust in the far west, the Sheldomar Valley in the west, old Ferrond and its southern frontier (including the City of Greyhawk) at the center of the Flanaess, old Sulm and the Aerdy frontier to the east, the old Great Kingdom to the far east, and the Amedio Jungle to the southwest. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Baklunish Basin is the northwestern In the fictional World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Empire of Iuz is In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Thillonrian Peninsula In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying game, the Sheldomar Valley refers Greyhawk, also known as the World In the Dungeons & Dragons World of Greyhawk Campaign setting, Sulm refers to an ancient Flan kingdom which once In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Aerdy properly refers to the now-defunct In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Great Kingdom, or [8]

Certain elements of Greyhawk's geography are fantastic in nature, such as the Sea of Dust and the Land of Black Ice. The Flanaess is the eastern part of the Continent of Oerik, one of the four continents of the Fictional world of Oerth in the Other elements are more closely analogous to real-world Europe, such as the Thillonrian Peninsula's geographical resemblance to Scandinavia. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Thillonrian Peninsula Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well

The Flanaess is home to Oerth's "enlightened humanity," and much of the flavor of the Greyhawk setting arises from the interplay of the various "sub-races" of humanity — Baklunish, Flannae, Oeridians, Olman, Rhennee, Suloise, and Touv in particular — as they have criss-crossed the Flanaess over the last millennium. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Baklunish (or Bakluni are a In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Flan are a race of In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Oeridians (sometimes called In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Rhennee are one of the major In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Suloise, also known In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Touv are one of the races of [2] The setting's fans have debated the exact nature of these sub-races (and their real world analogues, if any) over the years, but key distinguishing features include antagonism between the Bakluni and Suloise (and the ancient war that nearly annihilated them both), the relative primitiveness of the indigenous Flan, and the Oerdians' military conquest of much of the Flanaess.

Various fantasy races also populate the Flanaess, sometimes acting as allies to humanity in the same vein as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Elves and dwarves of different sorts even have powerful strongholds and nations, with gnomes and halflings living in smaller pockets near friendly (and more powerful) neighbors. In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, elves are a fictional humanoid race that are one of the primary In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, gnomes are one of the core races available for play as Player characters. Halfling is another name for J R R Tolkien 's Hobbit and is a fictional race sometimes found in Fantasy Novels and Games Even where these races are politically advanced, such as in Celene or the Ulek States, isolationist policies often limit their power to the regions they inhabit. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Celene, properly known as the In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk Campaign setting, the Ulek States refers to the three easternmost Nations Wicked drow elves often plot mischief against the free world, with other nefarious creatures such as orcs, ogres, giants, and dragons acting as all-purpose enemies. This article refers to the fictional elven race from Dungeons & Dragons. In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game orcs are a primitive race of barbaric humanoid. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game giant is a type of creature or " creature type. In the Role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, dragons are an iconic creature used as either enemies or allies of Player characters When viewed as a whole, however, the Flanaess appears anthropocentric (or more specifically, humanocentric) despite the presence of so many fantastic species.

Political powers

At the center of this game world, the Free City of Greyhawk is a free city of the Flanaess, originally under the domination of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess" is a fictional City-state in the World of Greyhawk In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Great Kingdom, or The Circle of Eight, a select group of wizards headquartered in Greyhawk, monitor events across the Flanaess, intervening when the balance of power is threatened by extremes of good or evil. The Circle of Eight (formed from the earlier Citadel of Eight) is a fictional group of wizards in the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting Several evil factions still prevail across the sub-continent, including the undead remnants of Aerdy, the wicked demi-god Iuz (who rules his expanding territory, the Empire of Iuz), and the mysterious Scarlet Brotherhood (whose racial purity doctrines and fanatical monasticism invite comparisons with both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan). In the World of Greyhawk In the fictional World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Empire of Iuz is In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Scarlet Brotherhood Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku The orcs and other humanoids of the Orcish Empire of the Pomarj, led by chieftain Turrosh Mak, threaten the Wild Coast and the Ulek states. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Pomarj can refer This article is about the fictional Wild Coast For other uses see the Wild Coast disambiguation page In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk Campaign setting, the Ulek States refers to the three easternmost Nations Among the factions opposing these forces of evil are the major kingdoms of Nyrond, Furyondy and Keoland as well as numerous smaller states, organisations and individuals. Greyhawk, also known as the World In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Furyondy, properly known as the In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, Keoland, properly known as

Major personages

Pantheon

See also: List of Greyhawk deities

Boccob - God of Magic, Boccob is a neutral and distant deity. The following are Fictional deities in the Greyhawk Campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting and the default pantheon for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons He is the patron god of those that practice the arcane. He rarely bothers with the material plane and has no known agenda with mortals. His titles are the Uncaring, Lord of all Magics and Archmage of the Deities among others. His domains include Knowledge, Magic and Trickery.

Corellon Larethian - Patron deity of the Elves, the neutral good Corellon Larethian presides and protects the interests of the elf people. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Corellon Larethian is the leader of the elven pantheon and the god of Magic Music Arts In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, elves are a fictional humanoid race that are one of the primary He has a hand in all that the elves hold dear, poetry, magic, arts, crafts and warfare. He is known as the Creator, Protector, Protector and Preserver of Life among other titles. His domains are Chaos, Good, Protection, and War. His favored weapon is the longsword.

Ehlonna - Goddess of the woodlands, Ehlonna is neutral good in alignment. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting and in the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons She has dominion over all those that dwell in, or make their living in the woods. She has a particular affinity with those predominantly good races whom dwell in the woods, such as elves, half-elves, halflings and gnomes. In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, elves are a fictional humanoid race that are one of the primary Halfling is another name for J R R Tolkien 's Hobbit and is a fictional race sometimes found in Fantasy Novels and Games In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, gnomes are one of the core races available for play as Player characters. She also counts rangers and some druids among her faithful. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, druid is one of the base character classes. Her domains include Animals, Good, Plant and Sun.

Erythnul - The god of Slaughter, he is known as the Many and delights in the deaths of the innocent and the brutal murder of sentient races. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing When manifest on the material plane he is a hulking monstrous humanoid, usually a bugbear with a hollowed stone-headed morning star that emits a piercing howl when swung. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, a bugbear is a massive humanoid distantly related to goblins and In civilized lands his worship is outlawed, thus small criminal cults are formed among his faithful. In more feral areas he can, and often does rise to be the primary deity of worship, especially among bugbears, trolls and ogres. Trolls are fictional monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs His domains include Chaos, Evil, Trickery and War. His favored weapon is a morning star with a stone head.

Fharlanghn - God of the roads and travel, Fharlanghn is a neutral deity. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons His portfolio contains all that which deals with overland travel, including roads and those that travel them. Bards and merchants are counted among his faithful, praying for safe passage of themselves and their goods. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, bard is one of the base character classes. His domains are Luck, Protection and Travel. His favored weapon is the quarterstaff.

Garl Glittergold - Patron deity of the gnomes, Garl Glittergold is a jovial and inquisitive god like his people. Garl Glittergold is the patron Deity of gnomes in the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, and a member Legend has it he discovered the gnomish people, and ever since has committed to their protection and prosperity. He governs wit, humor, gem cutting and prospecting, all things that gnomes hold dear. His domains are Good, Protection and Trickery. His favored weapon is the battleaxe.

Gruumsh - God of the feral orcs, Gruumsh is naturally a chaotic evil deity. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Gruumsh, also known as Gruumsh One-Eye is the patron Deity of orcs, who regard In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game orcs are a primitive race of barbaric humanoid. Among his more grandiose of titles are One-Eye and He-Who-Never-Sleeps. Gruumsh is concerned with culling the weak and taking that which is believed to be rightfully his, and his people's (which includes mostly everything) and the active undermining and destruction of his sworn enemy, Corellion Larethian, who was responsible for his cyclopean visage. His domains are Chaos, Evil, Strength and War. His favored weapon is the spear.

Heironeous - God of valor and chivalry, Heironeous is naturally lawful good in alignment. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons His title is simply the Invincible. Worshiped by all those that are honorable and martial in nature with aspirations of good he counts paladins, good monks and good fighters among his faithful. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, paladin is one of the base character classes. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, monks are one of the base character classes. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, fighter is one of the base character classes. Hextor is his sworn enemy, and half-brother. Heironeous' domains are Good, Law, and War.

Hextor - Lawful evil in nature, Hextor is the deity of oppression and tyranny. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing Devoted to the subjugation of all peoples under his iron fist Hextor is known as the Champion of Evil, Herald of Hell and the Scourge of Battle among other titles. In appearance Hextor is a six armed warrior. His domains are Destruction, Evil, Law, and War. His favored weapon is the flail.

Kord - The god of strength and athletes, Kord is chaotic good in alignment. Kord holds all those that value physical strength among his faithful, including good fighters, barbarians and rogues. The Barbarian is a class in the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing games Creative origins The barbarian is based on Robert E In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, rogue or thief is one of the base character classes. His domains are Chaos, Good, Luck, and Strength. His favored weapon is the greatsword.

Moradin - Patron deity of the dwarves. Moradin is the chief Deity in the dwarven pantheon in the Dungeons & Dragons game and is a member of the default D&D pantheon. In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available There is no wonder why he is lawful good in nature. Making the first dwarf out of metal and gems Moradin is known as the Soul-Forger, All-Father, and the Creator. Moradin takes a hand in all the aspirations of dwarves, including metalworking, gemcutting, warfare and engineering. The domains associated with Moradin are Earth, Good, Protection and Law.

Saint Cuthbert (of the Cudgel) - The deity of Retribution and Justice. For the Dungeons & Dragons deity see Saint Cuthbert (Dungeons & Dragons St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c Technically Lawful Neutral, he edges to the Lawful Good side of the alignment spectrum, since evildoers tend to break laws heedlessly. Unlike the other gods of Greyhawk, Saint Cuthbert is a risen mortal, though his ascension took place in the misty and unknown dawn of history. Very popular god among the common citizens of the Flanaess. The Flanaess is the eastern part of the Continent of Oerik, one of the four continents of the Fictional world of Oerth in the

Publications

See also: Greyhawk modules
The original Greyhawk booklet by Gygax and Kuntz.
The original Greyhawk booklet by Gygax and Kuntz. Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer Robert J Kuntz (born September 23 1955) is a Game designer and author of Role-playing game publications

TSR, Inc. published the first Greyhawk product by Gary Gygax and Robert J. Kuntz in 1975 as a supplement booklet to the original Dungeons & Dragons rules. TSR Inc was an American game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game. Robert J Kuntz (born September 23 1955) is a Game designer and author of Role-playing game publications Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There is no significant campaign setting information in this booklet, however. Instead, the supplement focused on game rules that were used in Gygax's Greyhawk campaign. Many of these new rules became standard parts of the AD&D game, including the thief and paladin classes, 7th, 8th, and 9th level spells, classic monsters such as the Beholder, many of the standard magic items, etc. The Thief or Rogue is a Character class in many Role-playing games including Dungeons & Dragons, Final Fantasy Paladin is a Character class in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D and later Role-playing games many of which were influenced by D&D In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy Role-playing game, the beholder is a fictional monster

In 1980 the Greyhawk campaign setting was first publicly detailed in The World of Greyhawk folio, which was superseded by the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting boxed set in 1983. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The World of Greyhawk Fantasy The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

Beginning in Dragon #30 (October 1979), Gygax began writing a periodic column called "From the Sorcerer's Scroll. Dragon is one of the two official Magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game and associated products Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) " This series provided additional background for the Greyhawk setting, focusing on the politics of various countries, the individuals who lived there, and other things which brought life to his world.

Between 1978 and 1987, TSR published approximately 30 adventure modules set in the World of Greyhawk. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) These included three major Greyhawk campaigns, with the Temple of Elemental Evil series (T1-4) being the best known. The Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the Fantasy Role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set The Village of Hommlet began players at first level, with successive adventures of increasing difficulty eventually culminating within the temple itself. The Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the Fantasy Role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set This campaign would later provide the inspiration for the 2003 Atari PC video game The Temple of Elemental Evil. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. The Temple of Elemental Evil is a Computer role-playing game by now-defunct Troika Games.

Another favorite campaign, A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords, developed out of tournament role-playing games centering around the Slave Lords, a powerful band of pirates and slavers preying upon the Wild Coast. Scourge of the Slave Lords (A1-4 is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy Role-playing game, published by A tournament (IPA) is a Competition involving a relatively large number of competitors all participating in a Sport or Game. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Slave Lords are an organization This article is about the fictional Wild Coast For other uses see the Wild Coast disambiguation page Gygax's own "GDQ" series brought high-level adventurers against bands of ruthless giants, vile underground kuo-toa, and the drow themselves, ending with a confrontation with the Spider Queen, Lolth. Queen of the Spiders In the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the kuo-toa are fish-like monstrous humanoids that dwell in the Underdark Lolth is a fictional Goddess in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy Role-playing game. All three series have been repackaged as super-modules, while the original folders are prized among collectors. The Hobby of collecting includes seeking locating acquiring organizing cataloging displaying storing and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector

Other notable offerings include the 1988 Greyhawk Adventures hardback book and The City of Greyhawk boxed set from 1989, which expanded on the detail available for the city for the second edition D&D rules, supplementing the World of Greyhawk boxed set. Greyhawk Adventures Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

While the World of Greyhawk is primarily serious in its scope, one "joke" module, WG7 - Castle Greyhawk includes many references to 20th-century culture, such as characters named "King Burger" and "General Public," as well as "B-Men" monsters that are half-hornet and half-government agent. Castle Greyhawk Other Greyhawk modules such as Dungeonland and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks borrow themes from Lewis Carroll and science fiction respectively. EX1 Dungeonland (EX1 is a module for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, written by Gary Gygax for use with Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is a 1980 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English

The Greyhawk Wars period

In 1987, TSR began to emphasize the Forgotten Realms campaign world, with progressively fewer modules and sourcebooks for Greyhawk - this was regarded by critics as an effort to undermine Greyhawk in order to reduce royalty payments to Gary Gygax. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Forgotten Realms is a Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Fantasy Role-playing game, created by In 1991, however, TSR published the Greyhawk Wars boxed set, followed up by From The Ashes in 1992. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Greyhawk Wars is a Fantasy Board wargame published by TSR Inc From the Ashes Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) These boxed sets detailed the epic Greyhawk Wars between the forces of good and evil in the Flanaess and have a darker tone than previous publications for the setting. This page refers to the fictional war for the wargame based on these events see Greyhawk Wars (game In the Dungeons & Dragons These were followed by a series of sourcebooks and adventures by Carl Sargent including The Marklands (detailing the beleaguered Kingdoms of Furyondy and Nyrond), Iuz the Evil and City of Skulls (the latter two dealing with the Empire of Iuz). The Marklands In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Furyondy, properly known as the Greyhawk, also known as the World Iuz the Evil is For the short story see The City of Skulls (short story

This series was soon halted, however, when in 1993 TSR canceled Sargent's sourcebook on the Great Kingdom, Ivid the Undying, prior to publication. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Great Kingdom, or However, elements of "Ivid" leaked to the public and were likely responsible for renewing interest in the setting. As the popularity of the internet exploded in 1994-1995, fans of Greyhawk began to “meet” and organize through the various online service providers. The two most well-known being the America Online-centric "Council of Greyhawk and the list serve "Greytalk. " Both are still active today.

Wizards of the Coast

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (Wizards of the Coast, 1998)
Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (Wizards of the Coast, 1998)

Since Wizards of the Coast (WotC) purchased TSR and the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, they have focused mainly on the Forgotten Realms and Eberron campaign settings. The Forgotten Realms is a Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Fantasy Role-playing game, created by Eberron is a Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of In 1998, however, an attempt was made to revive the World of Greyhawk with the release of Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins sourcebook. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Greyhawk This publication advanced the timeline of the World of Greyhawk by six years. The Adventure Begins was followed up by a series of modules and sourcebooks that included The Player's Guide to Greyhawk, The Scarlet Brotherhood and others that detailed sites close to the Free City of Greyhawk. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Scarlet Brotherhood

In addition, between 1998 and 2002 WotC released several adventures and novels linked to some of the earliest and most popular Greyhawk modules. The new adventures included Return to the Tomb of Horrors, Slavers (linked to the original Slave Lords series), Return to the Keep on the Borderlands, Against the Giants: The Liberation of Geoff, Return to White Plume Mountain, and Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Return to the Tomb of Horrors is a boxed set Slavers is an adventure The Keep on the Borderlands (B2 is a Dungeons & Dragons module by Gary Gygax, first printed in December 1979. Against the Giants (module code G1-2-3 is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, published by Return to White Plume Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying game, (See below for a list of the novels of this period). The relaunch failed to sufficiently revive the World of Greyhawk's commercial fortunes and the series was discontinued.

From 2001 to 2007, the primary sources of official Greyhawk-specific materials therefore were articles in Dungeon magazine and Dragon magazine. Dungeon Adventures, commonly called simply Dungeon, is a Magazine targeting people who play Role-playing games particularly Dragon is one of the two official Magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game and associated products A fair amount of fan fiction is also published. Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF or fic) is a broadly defined term for Fiction about characters or settings Additionally, since 2000 there have been a limited number of third-party licensed offerings including the aforementioned Atari PC computer game and comic books from Kenzer & Company and Iron Hammer Graphics. Kenzer & Company (KenzerCo is a Waukegan ( Illinois, USA) based publisher of Comic books, Role-playing games Board games

In August 2007, Wizards of the Coast released Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, a "super-adventure" set in and around Castle Greyhawk and its dungeons. Expedition to the Ruins Castle Greyhawk is one of the central With the exception of Living Greyhawk-related materials and a handful of module updates on the WotC website, the book was the first official Greyhawk material released since 2002. Living Greyhawk ("LG" is an on-going living campaign using the Dungeons & Dragons Role playing game (RPG rules and based on the World of

Fiction

The first novel set in Greyhawk was Andre Norton's Quag Keep. Andre Alice Norton ( February 17, 1912 &ndash March 17, 2005) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy author Published in 1979, this was the first novel set in any D&D campaign setting, thereby helping pave the way for TSR's successful product lines of fiction set in the Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms campaign settings. Dragonlance is an immense series of Fantasy Novels, with over 190 novels printed and is accompanied by a supplemental Campaign The Forgotten Realms is a Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Fantasy Role-playing game, created by

Spurred on in particular by the success of the Dragonlance novels during the mid 1980s, two separate Greyhawk series appeared, penned by Rose Estes and Gary Gygax himself. Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer The latter author's more popular series, beginning with Saga of Old City and The Artifact of Evil, focuses on Gord, a rogue from Greyhawk. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Gord the Rogue is a young After leaving TSR, Inc. for personal reasons in 1986, Gary Gygax continued the Gord series with an independent publisher for a number of years. TSR Inc was an American game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer

Estes took over the TSR series at this point, introducing new characters and going in a different direction than Gygax's independent series. Estes' novels were not completely consistent with the game rules in force at the time, featuring such disallowed combinations as dwarven wizards. In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available The Estes novels also diverged from the setting storyline presented in adventure modules and game sourcebooks. For example, Iuz is slain early on in the Estes series of novels, whereas he remains a primary political force in other TSR products from the period such as Howl from the North and Greyhawk Wars. Howl from the North The last of Estes' Greyhawk books was published in 1989, and the series was put on a decade-long hiatus.

After Wizards of the Coast acquired TSR, the company published seven new novels between 1999 and 2002 under the "Greyhawk Classics" product line. Written by various authors, these books were novelizations of classic Greyhawk adventures from the late 1970's and early 1980's.

Novels

Adventures Series
Saga of Old City by Gary Gygax (TSR, 1985); Cover art by Clyde Caldwell
Saga of Old City by Gary Gygax (TSR, 1985); Cover art by Clyde Caldwell

Gord the Rogue

Classics Series

Short Stories

Comics

Greyhawk today

Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000), an updated sourcebook for the campaign setting
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000), an updated sourcebook for the campaign setting

Currently, the World of Greyhawk is the basis for the "core setting" for WotC published Dungeons & Dragons. The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (LGG is Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of Games primarily based on Fantasy and "Core setting" materials that subtly include Greyhawk history have proved popular and Wizards of the Coast continues to produce books in that vein. For example the first of their Fiendish Codex Series, Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss, tangentially refers to some of the history of the interaction and conflict between the World of Greyhawk and the abyssal planes and the demons and demon princes that populate them. Fiendish Codex I Hordes of the Abyss is an optional supplemental source book for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game. From the standpoint of WotC publications Greyhawk is 'frozen' at the point the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer was published and there have been no announcements or products that advance the timeline of the setting. [9]

Greyhawk remains popular with gamers. Other D&D campaign worlds have borrowed numerous ideas from Greyhawk; however the setting retains a unique flavor that hews closest to the motifs and themes that dominated the early days of the games as well as a huge assortment of gods and mortals developed over the decades that the setting has existed. The continued popularity of Dungeon magazine adventures set in Greyhawk attest to its longevity.

For example, Adventure Paths, published by Dungeon magazine starting in 2004 are set in the world of Greyhawk by default, and have begun to build a new, but only marginally official chapter in the history of the setting. Adventure Paths are serial adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " These campaigns are published as 11-12 individual adventures in Dungeon, the first of which, Shackled City, has been collected as a single book. The Shackled City Adventure Path (or simply Shackled City) is a Role-playing game adventure designed for the Dungeons & Dragons [10] The adventures have focused on the less developed regions of the Flanaess, but have included a number of well-known items and personalities from the history of Greyhawk (especially in the second Adventure Path, Age of Worms). In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Age of Worms is an age

In Dungeon's sister publication, Dragon, there are two ongoing series that contain Greyhawk setting information. The first is Demonomicon of Iggwilv which details the demon lords of the setting's Abyss. Iggwilv is a fictional spellcaster created by Gary Gygax in the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy Role-playing game, demon lords (also known as Abyssal lords in 2E ''AD&D'') are demons In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, the Abyss or more fully the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic [11] The second is Core Beliefs which details the deities of the core setting, but includes many details that are Greyhawk-specific. [12]

Wizards of the Coast's RPGA organization also features Greyhawk as its most popular living campaign setting, known as Living Greyhawk. The RPGA (previously called the Role-Playing Game Association the Role-Playing Gamers Association and the RPGA Network is part of the organized play arm of Wizards of the Coast Living Campaigns are part Marketing tool part volunteer Campaign settings, which allow people all over the world to play Role-playing games in a Living Greyhawk ("LG" is an on-going living campaign using the Dungeons & Dragons Role playing game (RPG rules and based on the World of The Living Greyhawk campaign is far more popular than those from other WotC campaign settings. Living Greyhawk ("LG" is an on-going living campaign using the Dungeons & Dragons Role playing game (RPG rules and based on the World of

Some ideas that originated in Greyhawk but have since spread to other settings include the drow elves who first appeared as villains in several modules set on Oerth, whilst the deities of Greyhawk have become default gods and goddesses in Wizards of the Coast's third edition version of Dungeons & Dragons. This article refers to the fictional elven race from Dungeons & Dragons. This is a list of deities of Dungeons & Dragons, including all of the current gods and powers of the "Core Setting" for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of Games primarily based on Fantasy and Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Holian, Gary; Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, Frederick Weining (2000). Gary Holian is an author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, especially for the World of Greyhawk Erik Mona served as the Editor-in-chief of Dragon magazine since 2004 and Dungeon magazine from 2004 to 2006 at the time both magazines Sean K Reynolds is a professional Game designer who has worked on and co-written a number of D&D supplements for Wizards of the Coast, as well as material Frederick Weining is among those credited for design of the Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer and the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, both published by Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (LGG is Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of Games primarily based on Fantasy and  
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  10. ^ Decker, Jesse, James Jacobs, Tito Leati, David Noonan, Christopher Perkins, Chris Thomasson, Attila Adorjany, Tom Baxa, Peter Bergting, Matt Cavotta, Jeff Carlisle, Christine Choi, Stephen Daniele, Omar Dogon, Tom Fowler, Andrew Hou, Ben Huen, Eric Kim, Chuck Lukacs and Val Mayerick (2005). The Shackled City Adventure Path. Paizo Publishing, LLC.  
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