Warhorn

A few months ago, I mentioned a Greyhawk group that was fighting the good fight to keep Living Greyhawk available to the community. Well I was perusing the internet and came by this little treasure ... Warhorn a website devoted to gaming events they have a few events listed here https://www.warhorn.net/. With a Greyhawk Reborn event that can be seen here   https://www.warhorn.net/events/greyhawk-reborn-game-day.

Warhorn can be used to organize gaming events from the small game group level, to the national level. This could be an avenue for potential groups to explore. Perhaps we can use them for a Canonfire Con. If anyone has used them before? Feel free to share your experience with us here. All constructive feedback is welcome. Until then continue your efforts in supporting the Greyhawk and gaming community.

Later

Argon

Mortellan's Gencon 2013 Recap

Hello denizens of Canonfire! Another Gencon has come and gone, so with that it's time to report on what transpired that is of interest to the community. As most Gencons go, the weather was amazing, it was a great turnout and an overall good time. For actual Greyhawk related news there is naturally little to tell, yet there were plenty of tangential bits of news to be found:

The big Wizards of the Coast push of course was to promote The Sundering novels line to tie into the retooled Forgotten Realms setting for D&DNext. While all that hype went on in the background, I took part in a D&DNext playtest (mostly for the free dice) which seemed pretty promising to bring back a looser style of play that I think Greyhawk fans will appreciate. Hopefully this will bridge the gap between new and old players and lead to some more development on the setting we enjoy next time around.


What was also there was some limited edition Greyhawk themed minis mentioned on the forums. I personally got the Lolth mini set before they sold out. There was also a mini for the ogre-mage Qesnef from White Plume Mountain. That was a curiously obscure character to sculpt, but very well done. Not for sale this time unfortunately, was the awesome looking Slave Lords set The Scourge of Suderham. It's a shame those weren't put out first since the A-series reprint happened this same summer. One other set they had on display was for The Tomb of Horrors. There was a floating demi-lich Acererak there and more, I can't wait to see what they do next. What Greyhawk set would you like to see done?


Speaking of minis, at the OSR Publications booth there was some bad ass demon lord minis of Demogorgon and Orcus. Oh and there was also several printed titles by our very own Greyhawk Grognard, Joseph Bloch. Don't forget to check out his RPG line, Adventures Dark and Deep.

Gygax Magazine #2 was on sale there for the first time as well. The second issue's article list harkens back to good stuff from old school Dragon Magazine. One particular article from "The Kobold's Cavern" is Super-science in fantasy games by Eric Hindley. Written for Pathfinder rules, this article brings high tech gear to D&D; a classic genre mash-up topic familiar to any long time Greyhawk collector. This bit coincidentally leads to the Paizo seminar I attended.

Paizo (who again cleaned up at the Ennies awards) announced their next Adventure Path for the coming year. Iron Gods is a scifi-fantasy crossover set in the mysterious region of Golarion called Numeria. It promises to have advanced tech, robots, crashed spaceships and all that you'd expect from the gang who grew up with Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. These themes of course are evidently also near and dear to a lot of fans on their forums who have wanted to see adventures for Numeria. Paizo listens to their fans the best.

Last but not least, the Canonfire meetup went down Friday of the con. Sorry to any who planned on finding us at the Ram Brewery, it was a packed house as always. We talked about D&D editions, the Canonfire Chronicles, Oerth Journal, Anna Meyer's Greyhawk maps and how to expand the meetup, possibly including a scheduled game night. Only 361 days till next Gencon. Plenty of time to prepare. 

Mortellan out.

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Argon

By the Gods where's the Oerth Journal Blog ?

 

 

Don't fret the blog has not disappeared... The blog still exists though it now shares its space with the soon to be released Canonfire! Chronicles. The new web address for the blog is  http://oerthjournal-canonfirechronicles.blogspot.com/

 With a new post about moving forward. It explains the current state of the Oerth Journal and introduces the fan-base to the movers and shakers behind the ezine. The Canonfire! Chronicles will see print the first week of August 2013. 

Check out the Oerth Journal-Canonfire! Chronicles blog for future updates!

Later

Dennis "Argon" Lovatt

Holy Day of Serenity

The Holy Day of Serenity, on Reaping 10, is celebrated in Veluna as a holy day of Rao, though it's actually the anniversary of Veluna's secession from Furyondy in 476 CY. It is celebrated with religious singing and worship...

I was pondering. Why is it celebrated as a holy day? Unless, it was the church of Rao that supported Veluna's succession from Furyondy. A peaceful religious revolution. Could they have rebelled in a way similar to Gandhi, passive-aggression? Could it have been similar to the way America gained its independence? In this instance was Keoland supportive of a free Veluna? Was Verbobonc supportive to retain or grant their own support to remain a free-city?

The Canon states, In 446 CY, in an agreement known as the Concordat of Eademer, the Velunese College of Bishops voted overwhelmingly to break from the kingdom of Furyondy, establishing the current state known as the Archclericy of Veluna. 

I notice a 30 year gap. So it suggests that either the authors did not coincide their information, or that the Velunese fought some type of battle for thirty years. So I ask what do you envision occurred during this time. How did Veluna truly win its independence from Furyondy?  

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Argon

Greyhawk Reborn

 

I came across this on a random search and it peaked my interest. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Greyhawk is reborn... There is a yahoo group, that supports a new campaign, set 15 years after the end of Living Greyhawk. It appears they are using the D&D next rule system. I think this is a great way to introduce Greyhawk to the next generation of gamers. I don't care which rule set you prefer to use. Fact is, things change over time. I wish this group well and hope many of you out there will support them in their effort to bring Greyhawk to the next generation. Follow the links below.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ghr/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Greyhawk-Reborn/508697515838073

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Argon

Elder Scrolling Greyhawk!

 

As you all know many video games have been inspired by dungeons and dragons over the years. We Greyhawk fans got the Temple of Elemental Evil video game for the PC years ago. Though the game was really fun, large scale battles would cause it to crash often... 

Now with the Chronicles of Mystara and the new beta for Neverwinter available.  I've been thinking of how to Skyrim Greyhawk. Even if you're not one to involve yourself in video games. The elder scroll series has an immense storyline that can be incorporated into your grey hawk campaign.

The Dwarves in the elder scrolls have been missing for centuries. There are more elf species then are needed. Orcs still have a dungeon and dragon feel and come off more klingon like than complete monster type savages. Though Turosh Mak would be very interesting in an elder scroll fashion. Khajit could fill in the role for the baklunish people, they have a rich history that could easily fill in that role without having to change the baklunish pantheon. Argonians are the rhenee of the elder scroll games. They actually can live in the water, making for and undersea race a certain canonfire member would love. The redguards can easily be baklunish as well or be the replacment for the oerids as the redguards represent a martial society with a baklunish like culture. The Altimer 'aka' high elves behave a lot like the suel, though that makes killing them especially in Skyrim, much more fun. The bretons have the magical ability we come to expect from the suel. However, there is a group of bretons that are called the foresworn that work well for the flan as they still worship the old gods and if you play Skyrim you can easily see the connection. Then we have the imperials which are not too shabby, have oeridian written all over them. Well educated and well spoken they are known for their discipline and training of their citizen armies. Because of this, the imperials have dominated Tamerial for more than 2,000 years. The nord's fill in the role of the barbarians of the Thillonrian Peninsula perfectly. The easiest of the remaining races are the Bosmer 'aka' wood elves enough said. Then you have the very interesting Dumer 'aka' dark elves, if you get a chance check out Morrowwind which will give you a feel of what dark elves are really suppose to be like. 

For more information on the elder scrolls visit the wiki at elderscrolls.wikia.com/

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Argon

Dungeons & Dragons: The Next Update.

 

Many D&D fans have their favorite version or edition of the game. From Basic all the way to 4th edition, there's a fan for D&D. Some fans have spread over to other rule systems and incorporate those rules into their own D&D campaigns... I have my own preferences for the game, and I'll keep that to myself for now. However, when D&D next was announced it was received with mixed reviews. I for one was happy to hear about play test materials and fan participation in general for the next incarnation of D&D. Unfortunately, the play test scenarios have come to be a little too drawn out for most of us fans. Where enthusiasm once reined, disinterest resides. 

Mike Mearls has released an article on where D&D next resides on feats, skills and other options. A few Canonfire sages would like the fact that feats and skills are not part of the basic game. Don't fret if you like feats and skills, they exist as an option to be utilized by those who choose to do so. You don't have to take my word for it read it here at http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20130422

Until the March is Free.

Argon

When Imagination Was The Only Rule.

 

Imagination is key to a great role playing experience. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy visiting the Canonfire website. Perusing the various posts and responding to the reflections of other fans thoughts. I came upon something, I could not ignore... While viewing this thread. http://www.canonfire.com/cfhtml//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5518 

I came upon a link to the following blog  http://lakegenevaoriginalrpg.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-first-living-campaign.html

run by Rob Kuntz.

Thanks to Dark Lord Galen for the link.

Rob details his experience and the camaraderie he enjoyed by sharing a campaign world with like minded individuals. As, I read over the blogs post, it reminded me of the efforts many of us fans put forth to spark the flames of imagination that stirred when we gamed in the World of Greyhawk. We may be trying to recapture a part of our youth, or perhaps get some recognition from the Greyhawk community. Many have and still do, put forth the effort, just because we wish to share what gives us joy with anyone who wishes to peruse it.

We all know of the Oerth Journal and its history of like minded individuals rekindling the flame of Greyhawk. Under Erik Mona's direction, Dungeon and Dragon magazine sort to print Greyhawk material for many fans of the community and to broaden its expansion amongst the next generation of gamers. Another yet to be published ezine named the Canonfire Chronicles seeks to attain the same goals that the Oerth Journal put forth. As such the revamped plan is for the Oerth Journal to continue on in a role much akin to the way Dragon magazine was utilized for. While Canonfire Chronicles seeks to become the Dungeon to the Oerth Journal's Dragon. The best part is you don't need a DDI subscription to gain access to this information. It's all provided by fans just like you. As a wise man once said, "Anything's possible with a little grit, determination and the right circumstances. People are known to make things happen, heh?" 

Later

Argon