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'''The World Serpent Inn''' is an extraplanar tavern and hostelry containing portals to many worlds and planes. | '''The World Serpent Inn''' is an extraplanar tavern and hostelry containing portals to many worlds and planes. | ||
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The World Serpent Inn consists of a common room built around a central bar and surrounded by a maze of shifting, ever-changing back passages and rooms, which extend into infinity, often looping back to the main room. The plane has its own border [[Ethereal Plane]] and it overlaps the [[Plane of Shadow]]. | The World Serpent Inn consists of a common room built around a central bar and surrounded by a maze of shifting, ever-changing back passages and rooms, which extend into infinity, often looping back to the main room. The plane has its own border [[Ethereal Plane]] and it overlaps the [[Plane of Shadow]]. | ||
Portals to the World Serpent Inn exist in a tavern called | Portals to the World Serpent Inn exist in a tavern called The [[Wild Goose]] in the Artisans' Quarter of the [[Free City of Greyhawk]] and [[Helkam's Pit]] in [[Irongate]]. There is at least one portal to the World Serpent Inn in [[Sigil]], the extraplanar City of Doors, and a portal outside the gate-town of Ecstasy in the [[Outlands]]. Countless other portals exist in the World Serpent's many back rooms and passageways, most of them temporary. | ||
The key to the portal in the front of The Wild Goose involves knocking on an imaginary door and invoking the name of any deity. | The key to the portal in the front of The Wild Goose involves knocking on an imaginary door and invoking the name of any deity. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The inn's common room resembles an ancient tavern with wooden floors and beams, though precise details vary depending on the visitors and their world of origin. The other rooms and halls vary wildly in materials used to make them. | The inn's common room resembles an ancient tavern with wooden floors and beams, though precise details vary depending on the visitors and their world of origin. The other rooms and halls vary wildly in materials used to make them. | ||
It is difficult to cause harm to other creatures while in the World Serpent Inn, and wounds heal much faster than they do on most other planes. Visitors to the Inn do not age, but do experience hunger and thirst. Ethereal, intangible, and magically invisible creatures are plainly visible while in the World Serpent Inn. | It is difficult to cause harm to other creatures while in the World Serpent Inn, and wounds heal much faster than they do on most other planes. Visitors to the Inn do not age, but do experience hunger and thirst. Ethereal, intangible, and magically invisible creatures are plainly visible while in the World Serpent Inn. | ||
Visitors to the inn are many, including dead races, unborn gods, and engineers of worlds yet unmade. Regulars include the lizardman [[Phoebus]]. | ==People == | ||
=== Staff === | |||
The barkeep is a fat, white-bearded man called Mitchifer. If examined closely, it becomes clear that Mitchifer's "beard" is actually a mass of white snakes, and his eyes contain black doors instead of irises. The servers are generally female faerie [[gnome]]s called "serpent wenches." | |||
===Regulars === | |||
Visitors to the inn are many, including dead races, unborn gods, and engineers of worlds yet unmade. Regulars include the lizardman [[Phoebus]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Some sages have suggested that the plane on which the World Serpent Inn is constructed is a fragment of the World Serpent archetype, a divine being of which the gods [[Merrshaulk]], [[Shekinester]], [[Jazirian]], [[Io]], and perhaps even [[Asmodeus]] are mere aspects of, and that the rooms and portals of the plane are created by that being's dreams. There is, however, no | Some sages have suggested that the plane on which the World Serpent Inn is constructed is a fragment of the World Serpent archetype, a divine being of which the gods [[Merrshaulk]], [[Shekinester]], [[Jazirian]], [[Io]], and perhaps even [[Asmodeus]] are mere aspects of, and that the rooms and portals of the plane are created by that being's dreams. There is, however, no evidence of this beyond the inn's name. The inn itself is centuries old, said in many descriptions to have been created by the mercane trader '''Ilyndele of the Arcane''', the [[illithid]] High One '''Sharth''', and a third creator whose name varies depending on the tale. Most Oerthly sages agree that the third creator is from the world of [[Oerth]], however. | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:Mitchifer01.png|[[Mitchifer]]. [[Dragmag|Dragon]] #351, Art By Andrew Hou | |||
File:WorldSerpentInn02.png|Serpent Wench. [[Dragmag|Dragon]] #351, Art By Andrew Hou | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Maps== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:WorldSerpentInnMap01.png|[[Dragmag|Dragon]] #351, Cartography: [[Rob Lazzaretti]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | |||
=====Citations===== | |||
<references /> | |||
=====Bibliography===== | |||
*[[Wolfgang Baur|Baur, Wolfgang]] and Rick Swan. ''In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. | *[[Wolfgang Baur|Baur, Wolfgang]] and Rick Swan. ''In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. | ||
*[[Eric L. Boyd|Boyd, Eric L.]] "World Serpent Inn." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | *[[Eric L. Boyd|Boyd, Eric L.]] "World Serpent Inn." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | ||
*Grubb, Jeff. "Brave New Planes." Wizards.com. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/World_Serpent.pdf] | *Grubb, Jeff. "Brave New Planes." Wizards.com. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/World_Serpent.pdf] | ||
*[[Holian, Gary]], and [[Denis Tetreault]]. "Irongate: City of Stairs." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | *[[Holian, Gary]], and [[Denis Tetreault]]. "Irongate: City of Stairs." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | ||
*Stewart, Todd. "Planescape: The Gatetown of Ecstasy." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | *Stewart, Todd. "Planescape: The Gatetown of Ecstasy." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007. | ||
*[[Denis Tetreault|Tetreault, Denis]], and [[Erik Mona]]. "Gem of the Flanaess: City of Greyhawk Map Key." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, November 2000. | |||
*Thomas, Gary, ed. ''Tales of the Outer Planes''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988. | |||
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[[Category:Greyhawk | [[Category:Outer Planes]] | ||
[[Category:Locations in the City of Greyhawk]] | |||
[[Category:Inns]] | |||
[[Category:Taverns]] | |||
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The World Serpent Inn is an extraplanar tavern and hostelry containing portals to many worlds and planes.
Structure
The World Serpent Inn consists of a common room built around a central bar and surrounded by a maze of shifting, ever-changing back passages and rooms, which extend into infinity, often looping back to the main room. The plane has its own border Ethereal Plane and it overlaps the Plane of Shadow.
Portals to the World Serpent Inn exist in a tavern called The Wild Goose in the Artisans' Quarter of the Free City of Greyhawk and Helkam's Pit in Irongate. There is at least one portal to the World Serpent Inn in Sigil, the extraplanar City of Doors, and a portal outside the gate-town of Ecstasy in the Outlands. Countless other portals exist in the World Serpent's many back rooms and passageways, most of them temporary.
The key to the portal in the front of The Wild Goose involves knocking on an imaginary door and invoking the name of any deity.
Description
The inn's common room resembles an ancient tavern with wooden floors and beams, though precise details vary depending on the visitors and their world of origin. The other rooms and halls vary wildly in materials used to make them.
It is difficult to cause harm to other creatures while in the World Serpent Inn, and wounds heal much faster than they do on most other planes. Visitors to the Inn do not age, but do experience hunger and thirst. Ethereal, intangible, and magically invisible creatures are plainly visible while in the World Serpent Inn.
People
Staff
The barkeep is a fat, white-bearded man called Mitchifer. If examined closely, it becomes clear that Mitchifer's "beard" is actually a mass of white snakes, and his eyes contain black doors instead of irises. The servers are generally female faerie gnomes called "serpent wenches."
Regulars
Visitors to the inn are many, including dead races, unborn gods, and engineers of worlds yet unmade. Regulars include the lizardman Phoebus.
History
Some sages have suggested that the plane on which the World Serpent Inn is constructed is a fragment of the World Serpent archetype, a divine being of which the gods Merrshaulk, Shekinester, Jazirian, Io, and perhaps even Asmodeus are mere aspects of, and that the rooms and portals of the plane are created by that being's dreams. There is, however, no evidence of this beyond the inn's name. The inn itself is centuries old, said in many descriptions to have been created by the mercane trader Ilyndele of the Arcane, the illithid High One Sharth, and a third creator whose name varies depending on the tale. Most Oerthly sages agree that the third creator is from the world of Oerth, however.
Gallery
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Serpent Wench. Dragon #351, Art By Andrew Hou
Maps
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Dragon #351, Cartography: Rob Lazzaretti
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Baur, Wolfgang and Rick Swan. In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
- Boyd, Eric L. "World Serpent Inn." Dragon #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007.
- Grubb, Jeff. "Brave New Planes." Wizards.com. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001. Available online: [1]
- Holian, Gary, and Denis Tetreault. "Irongate: City of Stairs." Dragon #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007.
- Stewart, Todd. "Planescape: The Gatetown of Ecstasy." Dragon #351. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2007.
- Tetreault, Denis, and Erik Mona. "Gem of the Flanaess: City of Greyhawk Map Key." Living Greyhawk Journal #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, November 2000.
- Thomas, Gary, ed. Tales of the Outer Planes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
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
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Serpent Inn (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Inn, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 11 |
| World Serpent Inn (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Inn, | Reference | SEE ALSO Wild Goose (City of Greyhawk) |
| World Serpent Inn (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Inn, | Reference | SEE ALSO World Serpent Inn (Irongate) |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Dragon magazine #351 | 8, 20-27, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 57 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Dragon magazine #351 | 8, 20-27, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 57 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Manual of the Planes, Brave New Planes: Web Enhancement, D&D 3.0 | All |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Manual of the Planes, Brave New Planes: Web Enhancement, D&D 3.0 | All |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 2, 4-6, 9, 14, 18, 24, 27, 29, 42-43, 48, 56, 57, 63, 66, 72-73, 76, 79, 89, 90, 91 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 2, 4-6, 9, 14, 18, 24, 27, 29, 42-43, 48, 56, 57, 63, 66, 72-73, 76, 79, 89, 90, 91 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Reference | SEE ALSO Wild Goose (City of Greyhawk) |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Reference | SEE ALSO World Serpent Inn (City of Greyhawk) |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | In The Cage: A Guide to Sigil, AD&D 2e | 57 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | In The Cage: A Guide to Sigil, AD&D 2e | 57 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Volo's Guide to Cormyr, AD&D 2e | 9, 69-71 |
| World Serpent Inn (Irongate) | Building | Inn, | Volo's Guide to Cormyr, AD&D 2e | 9, 69-71 |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (City of Greyhawk) | Planar | Planar gate, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 11 |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (City of Greyhawk) | Planar | Planar gate, | Reference | SEE ALSO Wild Goose (City of Greyhawk) |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (City of Greyhawk) | Planar | Planar gate, | Reference | SEE ALSO World Serpent Inn (Irongate) |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (Irongate) | Planar | Planar gate, | Dragon magazine #351 | 8, 20-27, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 57 |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (Irongate) | Planar | Planar gate, | Reference | SEE ALSO Wild Goose (City of Greyhawk) |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (Irongate) | Planar | Planar gate, | Reference | SEE ALSO World Serpent Inn (Irongate) |
| World Serpent Inn - Portal (Irongate) | Planar | Planar gate, | Reference | SEE ALSO World Serpent Inn (City of Greyhawk) |