Egg

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Greyhawk Character
Egg
General info
Home:Castle Greyhawk, presumably
Gender:Male
Species:Human

Egg was a personage found on the seventh level of one of the incarnations of Castle Greyhawk, where he hosted a game show of sorts for the benefit of the bee people on the level. He was described as a "large, ovoid-shaped man with graying beard and poor eyesight" who was also characterized as "wordy." His quiz involved (naturally) bees, but with the final round being devoted to all manner of questions relating to polearms.

Little is known of Egg's fate, nor of his early history.

Publishing History

Egg appeared solely in the joke adventure Castle Greyhawk. With the adventure being relegated to the status of apocryphal, the character's canonicity is in doubt.

Creative Origins

Egg was intended as a parody of E. Gary Gygax (whose initials are E.G.G.), who had recently left TSR after a legal battle with Brian and Kevin Blume. The references to the physical description of the character and his affinity for polearms (even referencing the lengthy section on polearms in Unearthed Arcana) makes this clear.

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Deggum Non-player character half-elf, [C5/M4], T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 97, 98
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - The Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor 16, 28, 139, 141, 144, 147, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - Corebook 5, 8, 30, 46, 98, 122, 128, 153, 156, 158, 160, 173, 176, 178, 181, 182, 190, 191, 202, 211, 212, 216, 217, 219, 222, 226, 228
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - City of the Gods 86, 90
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - Campaign Sourcebook 18, 22
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - Temple of the Frog 14
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor 4, 5, 7, 42, 45, 47, 52, 55
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character DA2 Temple of the Frog 2
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character DA3 City of the Gods 2
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character DA4 The Duchy of Ten 34
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 34, 35
Egg of Coot, The Non-player character The First Fantasy Campaign (Judges Guild) 2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23, 48
Eggy Gax Non-player character I7 Baltron's Beacon 8
Jeggred Non-player character Drow, [F5/M7], GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders 55, 20
Meggin Non-player character Dragon magazine #002 7
Meggin Non-player character Dragon magazine #003 11, 12
Meggin (Black) Non-player character City of Hawks 202, 205, 206
Pegger Non-player character Artifact of Evil 280
Weyzeneal {Dreggal} Non-player character City of Hawks 32, 33, 35