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|age            = 58 in [[591 CY]]
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|death          = unknown date before or in [[576 CY]], also [[581 CY]]
|raised        = First—[[582 CY]], later ''Reincarnation''—unknown date
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'''Bigby''' is an archmage. Before the Greyhawk Wars, Bigby made his home in [[Scant]], capital of [[Onnwal]]. In the 590s CY, he was often found in [[Mitrik]], [[Veluna]].  
'''Bigby''' is a great archmage known for being a member of the [[Circle of Eight]] and a great friend of [[Mordenkainen]]. He used the alias "'''Fraznier'''" and "'''Fraznier of Scant'''" before the [[Day of Great Signing]].{{csb|Treasures of Greyhawk|34, 37, 38|Bigby's Modest Home}}
 
Bigby used the alias "'''Fraznier'''" and "'''Fraznier of Scant'''" before the [[Day of Great Signing]].{{csb|Treasures of Greyhawk|34, 37, 38|Bigby's Modest Home}}


==Description==
==Description==
Bigby was born in [[533 CY]],{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}} and in Spring [[591 CY]] was nearly 58 years old. He is of average, if not lean, build for a gnome.  He has dark brown hair and eyes.  He frequently is depicted as wearing his hair with an undercut on the sides and back, with the top pulled back into intricate looping braids at the back of his head.  He also has thick sideburns, bordering on mutton-chops, and a small thin beard just at his jawline.{{csb|GotG||illustrations throughout.}}   
Bigby was born in [[533 CY]],{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}} and in [[spring]] [[591 CY]] was nearly 58 years old.{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
He is of average, if not lean, build for a gnome.  He has dark brown hair and eyes.  He frequently is depicted as wearing his hair with an undercut on the sides and back, with the top pulled back into intricate looping braids at the back of his head.  He also has thick sideburns, bordering on mutton-chops, and a small thin beard just at his jawline.{{csb|GotG||illustrations throughout.}}   


Before he was reincarnated as a gnome, when he was human, he stood 5'11" tall and weighed 149 pounds.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}} His hair was light brown, and his eyes were dark brown. He had [[Oeridian]] facial features, although his skin was pale, and he was extremely gaunt from being an "exceedingly picky" eater.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}. Bigby was most often depicted with a beard and wearing a cloak with a cowl or hood.
Before he was reincarnated as a gnome, when he was human, he stood 5'11" tall and weighed 149 pounds.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}} His hair was light brown, and his eyes were dark brown. He had [[Oeridian]] facial features, although his skin was pale, and he was extremely gaunt from being an "exceedingly picky" eater.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}. Bigby was most often depicted with a beard and wearing a cloak with a cowl or hood.


=== Personality ===  
=== Personality ===  
He is quiet, introverted, soft-spoken, and appears perpetually nervous and overly cautious about everything—generally shy all around. "I think we should be very careful about what we're about to do" is his pet phrase. He is puritanical and ascetic, eschewing pleasures of the flesh.  Because he's often picky, he can occasionally be seen as nitpicking or carping.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}
In earlier years, Bigby was quiet, introverted, soft-spoken, and appeared perpetually nervous and overly cautious about everything—generally shy all around. "I think we should be very careful about what we're about to do" was his pet phrase. He was puritanical and ascetic, eschewing pleasures of the flesh.  Because he was often picky, he could occasionally be seen as nitpicking or carping.{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}  "Before the wars,Bigby had been the most reclusivemember of
the Circle of Eight."{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
 
However,  in later years, he was no longer "timid and cautious" and "the treachery of [[Rary]], against which he was the only survivor, has changed all of that."{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}


===Personal symbol ===  
===Personal symbol ===  
[[File:Bigby04 symbol.png|thumb|right|175px|Bigby's personal arcane symbol. (2023)]]
[[File:Bigby04 symbol.png|thumb|right|175px|Bigby's personal arcane symbol. (2023)]]
Bigby's personal symbol or glyph has been described as "an open palm behind a stylized bumblebee."{{cite dungeon|112|22|Maure:Castle: The Great Hall}}  After his death and reincarnation as a gnome, his symbol is primarily the same, but is depicted as two open palms raised toward, or cupping, a bumblebee.{{csb|GotG||illustrations throughout.}}  Whether intended or not is unknown, but this creates a pun on the character's name: a "big bee".   
Bigby's personal symbol or glyph was originally "an open palm behind a stylized bumblebee."{{cite dungeon|112|22|Maure:Castle: The Great Hall}}  After his death and reincarnation as a gnome, his symbol is primarily the same, but is depicted as two open palms raised toward, or cupping, a bumblebee.{{csb|GotG||illustrations throughout.}}  Whether intended or not is unknown, but these symbols create a pun of the character's name: a "big bee".
 
==Abilities==
Bigby is one of the most powerful (and famous) [[wizard]]s in the [[Flanaess]] and is even known on other planes.  He is a 19th-level wizard.{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
'''Str''' 9, '''Dex''' 17, '''Con''' 15, '''Int''' 21, '''Wis''' 15, '''Cha''' 12{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
 
==Home==
Bigby was born in the town of [[Oldridge]] in approximately [[533 CY]].{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}  He was "forced from his tower in Oldridge in [[573 CY]]" due to an unspecified "intrigue with [[Ivid V|Ivid's]] Court Wizard, [[Xaene]]."{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
 
After Oldridge, but before the [[Greyhawk Wars]], Bigby made his home in [[Scant]], the capital of [[Onnwal]], and holds a particular love for the city.  There, he posed as a merchant of rare goods and built an alliance within the [[Iron League]].{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}} He left Scant after the attack by the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]].{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}
 
In the [[590s CY]], he lives in [[Mitrik]], [[Veluna]], and is even sometimes referred to as "Bigby of Mitrik".{{cite lgj|0|8|Wheels Within Wheels}}


==Relationships==
==Relationships==
Bigby is a scion of the [[Aerdi]] House [[Cranden]].{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}  The [[death knight]] Sir [[Oslan Knarren]] is one of his ancestors.
The former apprentice of [[Mordenkainen]], Bigby is part of the [[Circle of Eight]] and is a former member of the [[Citadel of Eight]]. He helped found both groups.
 
Bigby is a scion of the [[Aerdi]] House [[Cranden]].{{csb|Finger of the Wind|5}}{{csb|Ivid|137}}  The [[death knight]] Sir [[Oslan Knarren]] is one of his ancestors.


The former apprentice of [[Mordenkainen]], Bigby is part of the [[Circle of Eight]] and is a former member of the [[Citadel of Eight]]. He helped found both groups. <br />
===Allies and minions===
Bigby has had an apprentice by the name of Karabel, who came into his service after the death of his parents, who were good friends of Bigby's.<ref>''[[Bigby's Curse]]'', p1.</ref>  Karabel served Bigby for an unknown period, but, was known to have entered service when he was a young boy.  He was still an apprentice when Bigby's tower was assaulted by agents of Iuz in the period known as the "Circle of Five" before ''[[Return of the Eight]]'' before Tenser's last clone was found on [[Luna]].
Bigby is an ally of [[Cobb Darg]] and [[Elayne Mystica]] of [[Irongate]].   


Bigby is an ally of [[Cobb Darg]] and [[Elayne Mystica]] of [[Irongate]].  
Bigby has had an apprentice by the name of [[Karabel]], who came into his service after the death of Karabel's parents, who were good friends of Bigby's.{{csb|Bigby's Curse|1}}  Karabel served Bigby for an unknown period, but entered service when he was a young boy and had served Bigby for eight years by the time he was sixteen.{{csb|Bigby's Curse|1}}  He was still an apprentice when Bigby's tower was assaulted by agents of Iuz in the period known as the "Circle of Five" before ''[[Return of the Eight]]'' and before Tenser's last clone was found on [[Luna]].


===Enemies===
Bigby considers himself the enemy of the lich [[Xaene]] and the former Circle of Eight member [[Rary]].  He opposes the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]], which occupies his adopted home of Scant.
Bigby considers himself the enemy of the lich [[Xaene]] and the former Circle of Eight member [[Rary]].  He opposes the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]], which occupies his adopted home of Scant.


After acquiring his new body, he met the Giant trickster Godess [[Diancastra]] in the dungeons beneath the [[Steading of the Hill Giant Chief]].{{csb|GotG |Chapter 2}} To thank him she taught him the rudiments of rune carving. He mistook her for a simple prisoner at first, but learned of her divine nature when they met again, putting an end together to a cult of the [[Elemental Evil]].{{csb|GotG |Chapter 3}} When he sat his mind on creating a lasting legacy, he asked her to help him find a place where he could craft an item with the power he had in mind. She brought him to a small obsidian island in a lake formed in the crater where a star fell to earth called the [[Star Forge]]. The star had fallen ages ago, devastating the surrounding land. [[Giant]]s of a then-vanished empire found the star and built the forge around it to channel its power into their craft.{{csb|GotG |Chapter 4}} Working together forged their friendship as well as his beneficent bracelet. Afterward, she delighted in showing him the glory of the giants across the breadth of the multiverse. [[Bigby’s Beneficent Bracelet]] is a gorgeous jewelry piece consisting of four gold rings attached via delicate chains to a wrist cuff studded with sapphires and diamonds.{{csb|GotG |Chapter 5}} Among other properties, it could create force sculptures.{{csb|GotG |111|Chapter 5 }}
===Other acquaintances===
After acquiring his new body, he met the [[giant]] trickster deity [[Diancastra]] in the dungeons beneath the [[Steading of the Hill Giant Chief]].{{csb|GotG ||Chapter 2}} To thank him she taught him the rudiments of rune carving. He mistook her for a simple prisoner at first, but learned of her divine nature when they met again, putting an end together to a cult of the [[Elemental Evil]].{{csb|GotG ||Chapter 3}} When he sat his mind on creating a lasting legacy, he asked her to help him find a place where he could craft an item with the power he had in mind. She brought him to a small obsidian island in a lake formed in the crater where a star fell to earth called the [[Star Forge]]. The star had fallen ages ago, devastating the surrounding land. [[Giant]]s of a then-vanished empire found the star and built the forge around it to channel its power into their craft.{{csb|GotG ||Chapter 4}} Working together forged their friendship as well as his beneficent bracelet. Afterward, she delighted in showing him the glory of the giants across the breadth of the multiverse. [[Bigby’s Beneficent Bracelet]] is a gorgeous jewelry piece consisting of four gold rings attached via delicate chains to a wrist cuff studded with sapphires and diamonds.{{csb|GotG ||Chapter 5}} Among other properties, it could create force sculptures.{{csb|GotG |111|Chapter 5 }}


==History==
==History==
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In [[570 CY]], Bigby ventured beneath [[Castle Greyhawk]] with [[Tenser]] and [[Neb Retnar]] in an attempt to stop [[Robilar]]'s scheme to release the demigod [[Iuz]] from [[Zagyg]]'s ''[[Godtrap]]''. They arrived too late to prevent the release but acted to help Robilar finish the weakened cambion off. Although Bigby nearly succeeded in destroying Iuz's physical body with his ''Crushing Hand spell'', Iuz managed to teleport away at the last minute.
In [[570 CY]], Bigby ventured beneath [[Castle Greyhawk]] with [[Tenser]] and [[Neb Retnar]] in an attempt to stop [[Robilar]]'s scheme to release the demigod [[Iuz]] from [[Zagyg]]'s ''[[Godtrap]]''. They arrived too late to prevent the release but acted to help Robilar finish the weakened cambion off. Although Bigby nearly succeeded in destroying Iuz's physical body with his ''Crushing Hand spell'', Iuz managed to teleport away at the last minute.


In [[571 CY]], Mordenkainen and Bigby founded the [[Circle of Eight]]. Bigby was forced to leave his tower in Oldridge in 573 thanks to intrigue with Xaene, then court wizard to [[Ivid V]], causing him to relocate to Scant. There, he posed as a merchant of rare goods and built an alliance within the [[Iron League]]. 
In [[571 CY]], Mordenkainen and Bigby founded the [[Circle of Eight]].  


At some point, a large statue of Bigby was constructed in the otherworldly city of [[Sigil]], although it is far from clear how this came to be.
At some point, a large statue of Bigby was constructed in the otherworldly city of [[Sigil]], although it is far from clear how this came to be.
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=== Death and reincarnation ===
=== Death and reincarnation ===
In ''[[Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants]]'', Bigby is newly described as a gnome, and an explanation is given of how he had died and was reincarnated.   
In ''[[Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants]]'', Bigby is newly described as a gnome, and an explanation is given of how he died and was reincarnated.   


Bigby quips, "New body, new adventures!"{{csb|GotG |21|Chapter 2}} According to the story, Bigby was accompanying Mordenkainen whilst exploring or adventuring.{{quoted text|One of my first encounters with giants was also the last thing I did at my old friend (and former foe) Mordenkainen’s side. He claims to this day that no cleric was available to restore me to life, only a druid, but he can’t hide his smirk when he says it.|{{csb|GotG |11|Chapter 1}}<br /> — Bigby }}  
Bigby quips, "New body, new adventures!"{{csb|GotG |21|Chapter 2}} According to the story, Bigby was accompanying Mordenkainen whilst exploring or adventuring.{{quoted text|One of my first encounters with giants was also the last thing I did at my old friend (and former foe) Mordenkainen’s side. He claims to this day that no cleric was available to restore me to life, only a druid, but he can’t hide his smirk when he says it.|{{csb|GotG |11|Chapter 1}}<br /> — Bigby }}  
He also says, "Shortly before encountering the [[giant|frost giant]] whose well-placed boulder ended my human existence, Mordenkainen and I saw a giant [[lynx]]."{{csb|GotG |151|Chapoter 6}}  Later, he refers to "Mordenkainen often urges me to transfer the contents of my spellbook into a volume more appropriately sized for my new form. I refuse to give him the satisfaction."{{csb|GotG ||Appendix A: Concept Art}}  
He also says, "Shortly before encountering the [[giant|frost giant]] whose well-placed boulder ended my human existence, Mordenkainen and I saw a giant [[lynx]]."{{csb|GotG |151|Chapoter 6}}  Later, he refers to "Mordenkainen often urges me to transfer the contents of my spellbook into a volume more appropriately sized for my new form. I refuse to give him the satisfaction."{{csb|GotG||Appendix A: Concept Art}}


It is made clear Bigby's history remains intact, and this isn't an alternate Bigtby from a different place, in the book he refers to events and history of "my world of Greyhawk."{{csb|GotG |34|Chapter 2}}
It is made clear this is not an alternate Bigby from a different place; in the book he refers to events and history of "my world of Greyhawk."{{csb|GotG |34|Chapter 2}}


Though it's never stated directly, the "new form" and "new body" are presumed to mean the gnomish body he is depicted as having in all the artwork in the book.
In the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (2024) Bigby's reincarnation is discussed—
{{quoted text|A recent misadventure led to Bigby’s untimely demise. After he was crushed to death by a frost giant’s boulder, Bigby was the target of a ''Reincarnate'' spell. The spell transformed Bigby from a human into a gnome. Before setting off on his next adventure, Bigby was overheard saying how curious he was to experience the multiverse from a gnome’s perspective.|{{csb|DMG2024|355|Apendix A:Lore Glossary}} }}
The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' material is set in [[576 CY]], which would seem to retcon Bigby as having been "recently" been reincarnated as a gnome as some point before then.


==Spells==
== Works ==
=== Spells ===
[[Image:Bigby03.jpg|200 px|thumb|right| Bigby, as depicted in ''[[Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure]]'' (1984).]]
[[Image:Bigby03.jpg|200 px|thumb|right| Bigby, as depicted in ''[[Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure]]'' (1984).]]
Bigby is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:
Bigby is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:
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*''Bigby's Bookworm Bane''
*''Bigby's Bookworm Bane''
*''Bigby's Construction Crew''
*''Bigby's Construction Crew''
*''Bigby's Dextrous Digits''
*''Bigby's Dexterous Digits''
*''Bigby's Fantastic Fencers''
*''Bigby's Fantastic Fencers''
*''Bigby's Feeling Fingers''
*''Bigby's Feeling Fingers''
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*''Bigby's Warding Hand''
*''Bigby's Warding Hand''
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In 5e, Bigby's spells were combined into a single spell, ''Bigby's Hand'', with which the caster could choose which type of hand they want to cast.{{csb|PH5e|218}}  The possible variations included:
In fifth edition, Bigby's spells are combined into a single spell, ''Bigby's Hand'', with which the caster can choose at the time of casting which type of hand they want to use.{{csb|PH5e|218}}  The possible variations include:
* ''Clenched Fist
* ''Clenched Fist
* ''Forceful Hand
* ''Forceful Hand
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* ''Interposing Hand
* ''Interposing Hand


==Writings==
=== Writings ===
Bigby is known to have authored the following works:
Bigby authored the following works:
*''Manual Powers Beyond Life''
*''Manual Powers Beyond Life''
=== Items ===
* ''Bigby's Beneficent Bracelet''{{csb|GotG|111}}


==Bigby in other media==
==Bigby in other media==
* In the computer game ''Planescape:Torment'', some text found within the game's files (but not within the game itself) indicates that Bigby was an incarnation of the The Nameless One. [http://www.bootstrike.com/Torment/Online/tnfo9.html]
* In the computer game ''Planescape:Torment'', some text found within the game's files (but not within the game itself) indicates that Bigby was an incarnation of the The Nameless One. [http://www.bootstrike.com/Torment/Online/tnfo9.html]
* In the book ''Passage To Dawn'' by R.A. Salvatore, when Harkle Harpell enters an unorthodox contest of wizardry with the Sea Sprite's wizard Robillard (no relation to [[Robilar]]), Harkle boasts that he had "improved on Bigby" with his spell ''Bigby's Snapping Digits''.
* In the book ''Passage To Dawn'' by R.A. Salvatore, when Harkle Harpell enters an unorthodox contest of wizardry with the [[Sea sprite|Sea sprite's]] wizard Robillard (no relation to [[Robilar]]), Harkle boasts that he had "improved on Bigby" with his spell ''Bigby's Snapping Digits''.
* Jones Soda Company released a limited-edition D&D soda set; one of the sodas is "Bigby's Crushing Thirst Destroyer". [http://www.myjones.com/limited/wizards Jones Soda Co. Dungeons &amp; Dragons Limited Edition Soda]
* Jones Soda Company released a limited-edition D&D soda set in September 2009; one of the sodas was "Bigby's Crushing Thirst Destroyer". [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922184950/http://www.myjones.com:80/limited/wizards Jones Soda Co. Dungeons &amp; Dragons Limited Edition Soda]


==Creative origins==
==Creative origins==
[[Image:Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure02.jpg|400 px|thumb|right|[[Yrag]], [[Mordenkainen]], Bigby, and [[Riggby]], as depicted in ''[[Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure]]'' (1984).]]
[[Image:Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure02.jpg|400 px|thumb|right|[[Yrag]], [[Mordenkainen]], Bigby, and [[Riggby]], as depicted in ''[[Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure]]'' (1984).]]
Bigby was created by [[Robert J. Kuntz|Rob Kuntz]] as a low-level non-player character evil wizard in the early dungeons of Greyhawk in 1973. [[Gary Gygax]]'s character, the wizard [[Mordenkainen]], encountered Bigby. The two wizards engaged in combat; Mordenkainen managed to subdue Bigby using a ''charm'' spell and forced Bigby to become his servant. Kuntz ruled that Bigby would be Mordenkainen's servant as long as he remained under the ''charm'' spell, but until Gygax, through roleplaying, had won Bigby's loyalty, the evil wizard would remain a non-player character under Kuntz's control. After a long time and several adventures, Mordenkainen managed to convince Bigby to leave his evil ways behind, and Kuntz ruled that it was safe to remove the ''charm'' spell, since Bigby had changed from an enemy to a loyal henchman; therefore Gygax could use Bigby as a player character.<ref>Gygax: "Mordenkainen was adventuring in Rob's dungeon when he surprised a 3rd level magic-user of Evil persuasion. Mordie's ''charm'' spell worked on that worthy, whose name turned out to be Bigby. By dint of fellowship, lecturing, mentoring, and sharing with Bigby, he was not only turned from [Evil] to Neutral, but from there to a leaning towards [Good] as he considered his past actions." {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 24) | publisher = EN World | date = 2006-08-08 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/167680-gary-gygax-q-part-xi-24.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref><ref>Q: "I heard a story which made it sound like Bigy was an NPC that you charmed and [who] later became your PC." Gygax: "Mordenkainen did indeed manage to get the drop on Bigby, [and] charm him. At the time Bigby was a 3rd-level [Evil] dungeon dweller. By word and deen Mordie brought him around from [Evil] to [Neutral], and thus Bigby became his apprentice. I got to roll the stats for that character after Rob [Kuntz] determined he was a loyal henchman of Mordenkainen." {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VIII, Page 3) | publisher = EN World | date = 2005-02-19 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref> For a time after this, Kuntz ruled that all the names of Mordenkainen's future henchmen had to rhyme with Bigby. This resulted in Zigby the dwarf; Rigby the cleric; Sigby Griggbyson the fighter; Bigby's apprentice, Nigby; and Digby, who eventually replaced Bigby as Mordenkainen's new apprentice.<ref>{{cite journal | title = What's in a Name? Call it Whatever, But it Still Smells Sweet | journal = Dragon | issue = 318 | publisher = Paizo | location = Bellevue WA |date=April 2004}}</ref>
Bigby was created by [[Robert J. Kuntz|Rob Kuntz]] as a low-level non-player character evil wizard in the early dungeons of Greyhawk in 1973. [[Gary Gygax]]'s character, the wizard [[Mordenkainen]], encountered Bigby. The two wizards engaged in combat; Mordenkainen managed to subdue Bigby using a ''charm'' spell and forced Bigby to become his servant. Kuntz ruled that Bigby would be Mordenkainen's servant as long as he remained under the ''charm'' spell, but until Gygax, through roleplaying, had won Bigby's loyalty, the evil wizard would remain a non-player character under Kuntz's control. After a long time and several adventures, Mordenkainen managed to convince Bigby to leave his evil ways behind, and Kuntz ruled that it was safe to remove the ''charm'' spell, since Bigby had changed from an enemy to a loyal henchman; therefore Gygax could use Bigby as a player character.<ref>Gygax: "Mordenkainen was adventuring in Rob's dungeon when he surprised a third level magic-user of Evil persuasion. Mordie's ''charm'' spell worked on that worthy, whose name turned out to be Bigby. By dint of fellowship, lecturing, mentoring, and sharing with Bigby, he was not only turned from [Evil] to Neutral, but from there to a leaning towards [Good] as he considered his past actions." {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 24) | publisher = EN World | date = 2006-08-08 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/167680-gary-gygax-q-part-xi-24.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref><ref>Q: "I heard a story which made it sound like Bigy was an NPC that you charmed and [who] later became your PC." Gygax: "Mordenkainen did indeed manage to get the drop on Bigby, [and] charm him. At the time Bigby was a third-level [Evil] dungeon dweller. By word and deen Mordie brought him around from [Evil] to [Neutral], and thus Bigby became his apprentice. I got to roll the stats for that character after Rob [Kuntz] determined he was a loyal henchman of Mordenkainen." {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VIII, Page 3) | publisher = EN World | date = 2005-02-19 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref> For a time after this, Kuntz ruled that all the names of Mordenkainen's future henchmen had to rhyme with Bigby. This resulted in Zigby the dwarf; Rigby the cleric; Sigby Griggbyson the fighter; Bigby's apprentice, Nigby; and Digby, who eventually replaced Bigby as Mordenkainen's new apprentice.<ref>{{cite journal | title = What's in a Name? Call it Whatever, But it Still Smells Sweet | journal = Dragon | issue = 318 | publisher = Paizo | location = Bellevue WA |date=April 2004}}</ref>


Thereafter, Gygax developed Bigby into a powerful wizard second only to Mordenkainen, and eventually Bigby became one of the original members of Gygax's [[Circle of Eight]], a group of adventurers made up of eight of Gygax's own characters.
Thereafter, Gygax developed Bigby into a powerful wizard second only to Mordenkainen, and eventually Bigby became one of the original members of Gygax's [[Citadel of Eight]], a group of adventurers made up of eight of Gygax's own characters.


When Gygax wrote [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]'s ''AD&D Players Handbook'', he borrowed Bigby's name to describe a series of "hand" spells (''Bigby's crushing hand'', ''Bigby's grasping hand'', etc.). This custom continued on in later versions of D&D, with over two dozen "hand" spells eventually ascribed to Bigby.
When Gygax wrote [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]'s ''AD&D Players Handbook'', he borrowed Bigby's name to describe a series of "hand" spells (''Bigby's crushing hand'', ''Bigby's grasping hand'', etc.). This custom continued on in later versions of D&D, with over two dozen "hand" spells eventually ascribed to Bigby.


When Gygax left of TSR in 1985, he lost the rights to most of his characters, including Mordenkainen and Bigby.<ref>Gygax: "Anagrams of my name are exclusively my property according to my settlement agreement with TSR, so that is how I can use Zagyg, or Zagig, as well as Yrag."{{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 91) | publisher = EN World | date = 2005-10-20 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/125997-gary-gygax-q-part-ix-91.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref> Bigby is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]'' hardbound.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=101}}</ref><ref name="Dragon #143">{{cite journal| last = Bambra| first = Jim| authorlink = Jim Bambra| title = Role-playing Reviews| journal = [[dragmag|Dragon]]| issue = #143| pages = 71–72| publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]| location = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin|date=March 1989}}</ref> Bigby was reintroduced as a member of a repurposed [[Circle of Eight]] in 1989 in ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]'' boxed set, where he appeared as part of a cabal of nine wizards who sought to balance the forces of Good and Evil in the world.<ref>[[Douglas Niles|Niles, Douglas]], and Carl Sargent. ''The City of Greyhawk'' (TSR, 1989)</ref> He also appeared in the adventure ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'', where he was temporarily killed by an ancient warlord armed with the ''hand and eye of [[Vecna]]''.<ref>[[David Cook|Cook, David]]. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'' (TSR, 1990)</ref> When TSR decided to reboot the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting in 1991, [[Carl Sargent]] moved the storyline of the setting forward a decade to 585 [[Common Year|CY]], the year after the end of a continental war called the [[Greyhawk Wars]]. By this time, Bigby had returned to life via the agency of a ''clone'' spell, and was once again a member of the Circle, now known as the Circle of Five after the deaths of [[Tenser]] and [[Otiluke]] and the treason and departure of [[Rary]].
When Gygax left [[TSR]] in 1985, he lost the rights to most of his characters, including Mordenkainen and Bigby.<ref>Gygax: "Anagrams of my name are exclusively my property according to my settlement agreement with TSR, so that is how I can use Zagyg, or Zagig, as well as Yrag."{{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 91) | publisher = EN World | date = 2005-10-20 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/125997-gary-gygax-q-part-ix-91.html | accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref> Bigby is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]'' hardbound.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=101}}</ref><ref name="Dragon #143">{{cite journal| last = Bambra| first = Jim| authorlink = Jim Bambra| title = Role-playing Reviews| journal = [[dragmag|Dragon]]| issue = #143| pages = 71–72| publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]| location = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin|date=March 1989}}</ref> Bigby was reintroduced as a member of a repurposed [[Circle of Eight]] in 1989 in ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]'' boxed set, where he appeared as part of a cabal of nine wizards who sought to balance the forces of Good and Evil in the world.<ref>[[Douglas Niles|Niles, Douglas]], and Carl Sargent. ''The City of Greyhawk'' (TSR, 1989)</ref> He also appeared in the adventure ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'', where he was temporarily killed by an ancient warlord armed with the ''hand and eye of [[Vecna]]''.<ref>[[David Cook|Cook, David]]. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'' (TSR, 1990)</ref> When [[Carl Sargent]] was given the job of moving the storyline of the setting forward to [[585 CY]] (1991), at the end of the [[Greyhawk Wars]], by [[585 CY]] Bigby had returned to life via the agency of a ''clone'' spell, and was once again a member of the Circle, now known as the [[Circle of Five]] after the deaths of [[Tenser]] and [[Otiluke]], and the treason and departure of [[Rary]].
 
Bigby remained a potent character in later sourcebooks for Greyhawk, which updated the storyline to [[591 CY]].
 
The later version of Bigby, including his resurrection and ''reincarnation'' as a gnome'','' have brought some fans ''to'' speculate about a connection between the gnome bard Scanlan Shorthalt (a gnome bard from Critical Role and ''Vox Machina)'' and Bigby's change to a gnome, but there is no official confirmation that Scanlan was the specific inspiration. Scanlan famously uses a spell he calls ''Scalan’s Hand'' in the TV show, and uses ''Bigby’s Hand'' in the live-play RPG version.


Bigby remained a potent character in subsequent versions of the Greyhawk setting, which updated the storyline to 591 CY.
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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* [[Anne Brown|Brown, Anne]].  ''[[Bigby's Curse]]''.  Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.  ISBN 0-7869-0178-0
* [[Anne Brown|Brown, Anne]].  ''[[Bigby's Curse]]''.  Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.  ISBN 0-7869-0178-0
* [[Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Available Online: [http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
* [[Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Available Online: [http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
* -----. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
:———. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
* [[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[Artifact of Evil]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.
* [[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[Artifact of Evil]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.
* -----. ''[[Players Handbook]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.
:———. ''[[Players Handbook]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.
* [[Bruce A. Heard|Heard, Bruce A.]], ed. ''[[The Book of Wondrous Inventions]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc. 1987. Page 30.
* [[Bruce A. Heard|Heard, Bruce A.]], ed. ''[[The Book of Wondrous Inventions]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc. 1987. Page 30.
* -----. "Spells Between the Covers." ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]'' #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
:———. "Spells Between the Covers." ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]'' #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]]. "[[Demogorgon]]'s Champions: The Death Knights of [[Oerth]], part 2." ''Dragon'' #291. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]]. "[[Demogorgon]]'s Champions: The Death Knights of [[Oerth]], part 2." ''Dragon'' #291. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
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* {{BibliographyMagazine|magazine=Dragon|issue=112|article=Maure Castle|firstname=Robert J.|lastname=Kuntz|coauthors=[[Gary Gygax]]|date=Aug 1986}}
* {{BibliographyMagazine|magazine=Dragon|issue=112|article=Maure Castle|firstname=Robert J.|lastname=Kuntz|coauthors=[[Gary Gygax]]|date=Aug 1986}}
* [[Frank Mentzer|Mentzer, Frank]]. "The 384th Incarnation of Bigby's Tomb." ''[[Polyhedron]]'' #20. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc., 1984.
* [[Frank Mentzer|Mentzer, Frank]]. "The 384th Incarnation of Bigby's Tomb." ''[[Polyhedron]]'' #20. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc., 1984.
* -----. R6 ''[[Bigby's Tomb]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc., 1984.
:———. R6 ''[[Bigby's Tomb]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc., 1984.
* [[Mona, Erik]], and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels Within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]
* [[Mona, Erik]], and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels Within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]
* [[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
* [[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
* -----. ''[[Return of the Eight]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
:———. ''[[Return of the Eight]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
* [[Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
* [[Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
* [[Anthony Pryor|Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Rary the Traitor]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
* [[Anthony Pryor|Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Rary the Traitor]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
* [[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
* [[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
* -----. ''Ivid the Undying''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads]
:———. ''Ivid the Undying''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads]
* [[James M. Ward|Ward, James M]]. ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
* [[James M. Ward|Ward, James M]]. ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
* Wiese, Robert.  ''Finger of the Wind''. Gencon 2000 "D&D Open" tournament adventure.  Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
* Wiese, Robert.  ''Finger of the Wind''. Gencon 2000 "D&D Open" tournament adventure.  Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.

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Greyhawk Character
Bigby
Concept art for Bigby, after his reincarnation, Art by Shawn Wood.
Names and titles
Alias(es):Fraznier
Title(s):Bigby the Great[1]
General info
Home:Veluna .
Former home:Onnwal, born in Oldridge
Alignment:Neutral
Gender:Male
Species:Gnome (previously Human)
Ethnicity:(previously Oeridian)
Class:Wizard 19
Dates
Age:58 in 591 CY
Birthdate:533 CY
Death:unknown date before or in 576 CY, also 581 CY
Raised:Reincarnation: unknown date, also 582 CY,

Bigby is a great archmage known for being a member of the Circle of Eight and a great friend of Mordenkainen. He used the alias "Fraznier" and "Fraznier of Scant" before the Day of Great Signing.[2]

Description

Bigby was born in 533 CY,[3] and in spring 591 CY was nearly 58 years old.[4] He is of average, if not lean, build for a gnome. He has dark brown hair and eyes. He frequently is depicted as wearing his hair with an undercut on the sides and back, with the top pulled back into intricate looping braids at the back of his head. He also has thick sideburns, bordering on mutton-chops, and a small thin beard just at his jawline.[5]

Before he was reincarnated as a gnome, when he was human, he stood 5'11" tall and weighed 149 pounds.[3] His hair was light brown, and his eyes were dark brown. He had Oeridian facial features, although his skin was pale, and he was extremely gaunt from being an "exceedingly picky" eater.[3]. Bigby was most often depicted with a beard and wearing a cloak with a cowl or hood.

Personality

In earlier years, Bigby was quiet, introverted, soft-spoken, and appeared perpetually nervous and overly cautious about everything—generally shy all around. "I think we should be very careful about what we're about to do" was his pet phrase. He was puritanical and ascetic, eschewing pleasures of the flesh. Because he was often picky, he could occasionally be seen as nitpicking or carping.[3] "Before the wars,Bigby had been the most reclusivemember of the Circle of Eight."[4]

However, in later years, he was no longer "timid and cautious" and "the treachery of Rary, against which he was the only survivor, has changed all of that."[4]

Personal symbol

Bigby's personal arcane symbol. (2023)

Bigby's personal symbol or glyph was originally "an open palm behind a stylized bumblebee."[6] After his death and reincarnation as a gnome, his symbol is primarily the same, but is depicted as two open palms raised toward, or cupping, a bumblebee.[5] Whether intended or not is unknown, but these symbols create a pun of the character's name: a "big bee".

Abilities

Bigby is one of the most powerful (and famous) wizards in the Flanaess and is even known on other planes. He is a 19th-level wizard.[4]

Str 9, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 21, Wis 15, Cha 12[4]

Home

Bigby was born in the town of Oldridge in approximately 533 CY.[3][4] He was "forced from his tower in Oldridge in 573 CY" due to an unspecified "intrigue with Ivid's Court Wizard, Xaene."[4]

After Oldridge, but before the Greyhawk Wars, Bigby made his home in Scant, the capital of Onnwal, and holds a particular love for the city. There, he posed as a merchant of rare goods and built an alliance within the Iron League.[4] He left Scant after the attack by the Scarlet Brotherhood.[4]

In the 590s CY, he lives in Mitrik, Veluna, and is even sometimes referred to as "Bigby of Mitrik".[4]

Relationships

The former apprentice of Mordenkainen, Bigby is part of the Circle of Eight and is a former member of the Citadel of Eight. He helped found both groups.

Bigby is a scion of the Aerdi House Cranden.[3][7] The death knight Sir Oslan Knarren is one of his ancestors.

Allies and minions

Bigby is an ally of Cobb Darg and Elayne Mystica of Irongate.

Bigby has had an apprentice by the name of Karabel, who came into his service after the death of Karabel's parents, who were good friends of Bigby's.[8] Karabel served Bigby for an unknown period, but entered service when he was a young boy and had served Bigby for eight years by the time he was sixteen.[8] He was still an apprentice when Bigby's tower was assaulted by agents of Iuz in the period known as the "Circle of Five" before Return of the Eight and before Tenser's last clone was found on Luna.

Enemies

Bigby considers himself the enemy of the lich Xaene and the former Circle of Eight member Rary. He opposes the Scarlet Brotherhood, which occupies his adopted home of Scant.

Other acquaintances

After acquiring his new body, he met the giant trickster deity Diancastra in the dungeons beneath the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief.[9] To thank him she taught him the rudiments of rune carving. He mistook her for a simple prisoner at first, but learned of her divine nature when they met again, putting an end together to a cult of the Elemental Evil.[10] When he sat his mind on creating a lasting legacy, he asked her to help him find a place where he could craft an item with the power he had in mind. She brought him to a small obsidian island in a lake formed in the crater where a star fell to earth called the Star Forge. The star had fallen ages ago, devastating the surrounding land. Giants of a then-vanished empire found the star and built the forge around it to channel its power into their craft.[11] Working together forged their friendship as well as his beneficent bracelet. Afterward, she delighted in showing him the glory of the giants across the breadth of the multiverse. Bigby’s Beneficent Bracelet is a gorgeous jewelry piece consisting of four gold rings attached via delicate chains to a wrist cuff studded with sapphires and diamonds.[12] Among other properties, it could create force sculptures.[13]

History

Bigby, as depicted in Glory of the Giants. Art by Robson Michel (2023).

"Listen. I have glimpsed the pages of Iggwilv’s Demonomicon. I’ve felt the soul-chilling touch of an incubus. I’ve even ventured to more than one of the Lower Planes. Somehow none of these things compares to the sheer horror of a giant transformed into something much, much worse by the corruption of a demon lord."—Bigby[14]

Bigby was born in the town of Oldridge in approximately 533 CY.[3][4] He traveled to the Wild Coast early in life and became an apprentice of Mordenkainen. Together, the two founded the Citadel of Eight in 561 CY.

In 570 CY, Bigby ventured beneath Castle Greyhawk with Tenser and Neb Retnar in an attempt to stop Robilar's scheme to release the demigod Iuz from Zagyg's Godtrap. They arrived too late to prevent the release but acted to help Robilar finish the weakened cambion off. Although Bigby nearly succeeded in destroying Iuz's physical body with his Crushing Hand spell, Iuz managed to teleport away at the last minute.

In 571 CY, Mordenkainen and Bigby founded the Circle of Eight.

At some point, a large statue of Bigby was constructed in the otherworldly city of Sigil, although it is far from clear how this came to be.

In 581 CY, Tenser accompanied Bigby, Drawmij, Jallarzi Sallavarian, Nystul, Otiluke, Otto, and Rary to the tomb of Halmadar the Cruel. Every member of the party died that day, though they were brought back to life later through the agency of clone spells.

The Circle was betrayed in 584 CY, when Tenser, Bigby, and Otiluke discovered a plan by the Circle's own Rary to slay a number of diplomats assembled in Greyhawk to sign the treaty ending the Greyhawk Wars. Unfortunately, Rary witnessed their discovery, and a great magical battle ensued, resulting in the deaths of Otiluke and Tenser, and severely wounding Bigby, who was unable to pursue Rary as he escaped.

Death and reincarnation

In Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, Bigby is newly described as a gnome, and an explanation is given of how he died and was reincarnated.

Bigby quips, "New body, new adventures!"[15] According to the story, Bigby was accompanying Mordenkainen whilst exploring or adventuring.

"One of my first encounters with giants was also the last thing I did at my old friend (and former foe) Mordenkainen’s side. He claims to this day that no cleric was available to restore me to life, only a druid, but he can’t hide his smirk when he says it."[16]
— Bigby

He also says, "Shortly before encountering the frost giant whose well-placed boulder ended my human existence, Mordenkainen and I saw a giant lynx."[17] Later, he refers to "Mordenkainen often urges me to transfer the contents of my spellbook into a volume more appropriately sized for my new form. I refuse to give him the satisfaction."[18]

It is made clear this is not an alternate Bigby from a different place; in the book he refers to events and history of "my world of Greyhawk."[19]

In the Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) Bigby's reincarnation is discussed—

"A recent misadventure led to Bigby’s untimely demise. After he was crushed to death by a frost giant’s boulder, Bigby was the target of a Reincarnate spell. The spell transformed Bigby from a human into a gnome. Before setting off on his next adventure, Bigby was overheard saying how curious he was to experience the multiverse from a gnome’s perspective."[20]

The Dungeon Master's Guide material is set in 576 CY, which would seem to retcon Bigby as having been "recently" been reincarnated as a gnome as some point before then.

Works

Spells

Bigby, as depicted in Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure (1984).

Bigby is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:

  • Bigby's Clenched Fist
  • Bigby's Crushing Hand
  • Bigby's Forceful Hand
  • Bigby's Grasping Hand
  • Bigby's Interposing Hand

Bigby has also developed the following additional spells:

  • Bigby's Battering Gauntlet
  • Bigby's Besieging Bolt
  • Bigby's Bookworm Bane
  • Bigby's Construction Crew
  • Bigby's Dexterous Digits
  • Bigby's Fantastic Fencers
  • Bigby's Feeling Fingers
  • Bigby's Force Sculpture
  • Bigby's Helpful Hand
  • Bigby's Most Excellent Force Sculpture
  • Bigby's Pugnacious Pugilist
  • Bigby's Silencing Hand
  • Bigby's Slapping Hand
  • Bigby's Strangling Grip
  • Bigby's Striking Fist
  • Bigby's Superior Force Sculpture
  • Bigby's Tripping Hand
  • Bigby's Warding Hand

In fifth edition, Bigby's spells are combined into a single spell, Bigby's Hand, with which the caster can choose at the time of casting which type of hand they want to use.[21] The possible variations include:

  • Clenched Fist
  • Forceful Hand
  • Grasping Hand
  • Interposing Hand

Writings

Bigby authored the following works:

  • Manual Powers Beyond Life

Items

  • Bigby's Beneficent Bracelet[22]

Bigby in other media

  • In the computer game Planescape:Torment, some text found within the game's files (but not within the game itself) indicates that Bigby was an incarnation of the The Nameless One. [1]
  • In the book Passage To Dawn by R.A. Salvatore, when Harkle Harpell enters an unorthodox contest of wizardry with the Sea sprite's wizard Robillard (no relation to Robilar), Harkle boasts that he had "improved on Bigby" with his spell Bigby's Snapping Digits.
  • Jones Soda Company released a limited-edition D&D soda set in September 2009; one of the sodas was "Bigby's Crushing Thirst Destroyer". Jones Soda Co. Dungeons & Dragons Limited Edition Soda

Creative origins

Yrag, Mordenkainen, Bigby, and Riggby, as depicted in Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure (1984).

Bigby was created by Rob Kuntz as a low-level non-player character evil wizard in the early dungeons of Greyhawk in 1973. Gary Gygax's character, the wizard Mordenkainen, encountered Bigby. The two wizards engaged in combat; Mordenkainen managed to subdue Bigby using a charm spell and forced Bigby to become his servant. Kuntz ruled that Bigby would be Mordenkainen's servant as long as he remained under the charm spell, but until Gygax, through roleplaying, had won Bigby's loyalty, the evil wizard would remain a non-player character under Kuntz's control. After a long time and several adventures, Mordenkainen managed to convince Bigby to leave his evil ways behind, and Kuntz ruled that it was safe to remove the charm spell, since Bigby had changed from an enemy to a loyal henchman; therefore Gygax could use Bigby as a player character.[23][24] For a time after this, Kuntz ruled that all the names of Mordenkainen's future henchmen had to rhyme with Bigby. This resulted in Zigby the dwarf; Rigby the cleric; Sigby Griggbyson the fighter; Bigby's apprentice, Nigby; and Digby, who eventually replaced Bigby as Mordenkainen's new apprentice.[25]

Thereafter, Gygax developed Bigby into a powerful wizard second only to Mordenkainen, and eventually Bigby became one of the original members of Gygax's Citadel of Eight, a group of adventurers made up of eight of Gygax's own characters.

When Gygax wrote TSR's AD&D Players Handbook, he borrowed Bigby's name to describe a series of "hand" spells (Bigby's crushing hand, Bigby's grasping hand, etc.). This custom continued on in later versions of D&D, with over two dozen "hand" spells eventually ascribed to Bigby.

When Gygax left TSR in 1985, he lost the rights to most of his characters, including Mordenkainen and Bigby.[26] Bigby is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 Greyhawk Adventures hardbound.[27][28] Bigby was reintroduced as a member of a repurposed Circle of Eight in 1989 in The City of Greyhawk boxed set, where he appeared as part of a cabal of nine wizards who sought to balance the forces of Good and Evil in the world.[29] He also appeared in the adventure Vecna Lives!, where he was temporarily killed by an ancient warlord armed with the hand and eye of Vecna.[30] When Carl Sargent was given the job of moving the storyline of the setting forward to 585 CY (1991), at the end of the Greyhawk Wars, by 585 CY Bigby had returned to life via the agency of a clone spell, and was once again a member of the Circle, now known as the Circle of Five after the deaths of Tenser and Otiluke, and the treason and departure of Rary.

Bigby remained a potent character in later sourcebooks for Greyhawk, which updated the storyline to 591 CY.

The later version of Bigby, including his resurrection and reincarnation as a gnome, have brought some fans to speculate about a connection between the gnome bard Scanlan Shorthalt (a gnome bard from Critical Role and Vox Machina) and Bigby's change to a gnome, but there is no official confirmation that Scanlan was the specific inspiration. Scanlan famously uses a spell he calls Scalan’s Hand in the TV show, and uses Bigby’s Hand in the live-play RPG version.

  • Bigby, as depicted in LGJ #0 (2000), art by Sam Wood.
    Bigby, as depicted in LGJ #0 (2000), art by Sam Wood.

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Back cover.
  2. ↑ WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk (1992), p.34, 37, 38, Bigby's Modest Home.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Finger of the Wind, p.5.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wheels Within Wheels".  Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000), p.8.  
  5. ↑ a b Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), illustrations throughout..
  6. ↑ "Maure:Castle: The Great Hall". Dungeon #112 (Jul 2004), p.22
  7. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.137.
  8. ↑ a b Bigby's Curse (1995), p.1.
  9. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Chapter 2.
  10. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Chapter 3.
  11. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Chapter 4.
  12. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Chapter 5.
  13. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.111, Chapter 5 .
  14. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.52, Chapter 3.
  15. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.21, Chapter 2.
  16. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.11, Chapter 1.
  17. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.151, Chapoter 6.
  18. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), Appendix A: Concept Art.
  19. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.34, Chapter 2.
  20. ↑ Dungeon Master's Guide (2024), p.355, Apendix A:Lore Glossary.
  21. ↑ Player's Handbook (2014), p.218.
  22. ↑ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (2023), p.111.
  23. ↑ Gygax: "Mordenkainen was adventuring in Rob's dungeon when he surprised a third level magic-user of Evil persuasion. Mordie's charm spell worked on that worthy, whose name turned out to be Bigby. By dint of fellowship, lecturing, mentoring, and sharing with Bigby, he was not only turned from [Evil] to Neutral, but from there to a leaning towards [Good] as he considered his past actions." Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 24). EN World , 2006-08-08. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
  24. ↑ Q: "I heard a story which made it sound like Bigy was an NPC that you charmed and [who] later became your PC." Gygax: "Mordenkainen did indeed manage to get the drop on Bigby, [and] charm him. At the time Bigby was a third-level [Evil] dungeon dweller. By word and deen Mordie brought him around from [Evil] to [Neutral], and thus Bigby became his apprentice. I got to roll the stats for that character after Rob [Kuntz] determined he was a loyal henchman of Mordenkainen." Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VIII, Page 3). EN World , 2005-02-19. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
  25. ↑ (April 2004). "What's in a Name? Call it Whatever, But it Still Smells Sweet". Dragon (318). Bellevue WA: Paizo.
  26. ↑ Gygax: "Anagrams of my name are exclusively my property according to my settlement agreement with TSR, so that is how I can use Zagyg, or Zagig, as well as Yrag."Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part IX, Page 91). EN World , 2005-10-20. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
  27. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991) Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games, Prometheus Books, p. 101 ISBN: 0-87975-653-5.
  28. ↑ Bambra, Jim (March 1989). "Role-playing Reviews". Dragon (#143): 71–72. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR.
  29. ↑ Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989)
  30. ↑ Cook, David. Vecna Lives! (TSR, 1990)

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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

Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Artifact of Evil 321, 323, 324
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Bigby's Curse
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Come Endless Darkness 256
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 105
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards 13
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 2, 17, 21-24
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], DMGR5 - Creative Campaigning 111
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dance of Demons 35
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #037 11
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #082 57
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #178 17
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #185 58
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #191 67
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #241 80
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #249 93
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #268 70
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #289 28
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #290 108
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #291 98
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #294 95
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #299 18, 100
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #302 99
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #307 16
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #351 43, 45
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Dragon magazine #AN2 99
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 15, 43, 79
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], From the Ashes: References Card #13
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Greyhawk Adventures 3, 51-53, 127
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Ivid the Undying 116, 137, 140, 146, 155
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 5, 13, 46, 47, 89, 105, 106, 108
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 38, 47, 130, 156
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Living Greyhawk Journal #0 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Living Greyhawk Journal #1 29
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Living Greyhawk Journal #5 6
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Last Respects, RPGA 3, 4
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Player's Guide to Greyhawk 11, 18, 21, 22, 24, 48
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Polyhedron magazine #020 14, 19, 20
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The Rogues Gallery 40
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], Return of the Eight 3, 32, 53, 54, 58, 59, 62
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The Adventure Begins 3, 6, 7, 19, 20, 25, 60, 63, 71, 110, 114
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps 1
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], 1992 TSR Trading Cards - Gold Set 166
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], The Scarlet Brotherhood 6
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure 2, 4, 31
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGA4 Vecna Lives! 9, 13, 14, 84, 93
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins 84
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk 1, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGR3 Rary the Traitor 7, 8, 11
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGR4 The Marklands 59
Bigby {Frazner, Fraznier of Halmarn} Non-player character Male, Human, [M10][M13][M18][3e M19], WGR5 Iuz the Evil 5
Bigby's Battering Gauntlet (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 107
Bigby's Battering Gauntlet (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 127
Bigby's Battering Gauntlet (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 79
Bigby's Besieging Bolt (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 109
Bigby's Besieging Bolt (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 53, 127
Bigby's Besieging Bolt (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 80
Bigby's Bookworm Bane (LVL1) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 51, 127
Bigby's Bookworm Bane (LVL1) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 80
Bigby's Bookworm Bane (LVL1) Spell Spell (Ranger), Greyhawk Adventures 51
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 7
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e 42, 89
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 2e 127, 188, 239, 242
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Option - Spells And Magic 183, 184
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Spelljammer Boxed Set: Concordance of Arcane Space 84
Bigby's Clenched Fist (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 80, 81
Bigby's Construction Crew (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 107
Bigby's Construction Crew (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 127
Bigby's Construction Crew (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 81
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 8
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e 42, 92
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 2e 127, 194, 239, 242
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Option - Spells And Magic 183, 184
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Spelljammer Boxed Set: Concordance of Arcane Space 84
Bigby's Crushing Hand (LVL9) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 81
Bigby's Demanding Ram Item Dragon magazine #178 17
Bigby's Demanding Ram Item Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I 162
Bigby's Dextrous Digits (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 51, 127
Bigby's Dextrous Digits (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 81, 82
Bigby's Dextrous Digits (LVL2) Spell Spell (Ranger), Greyhawk Adventures 51
Bigby's Fantastic Fencers (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 108
Bigby's Fantastic Fencers (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 53, 127
Bigby's Fantastic Fencers (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 82
Bigby's Feeling Fingers (LVL1) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 51, 127
Bigby's Feeling Fingers (LVL1) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 82
Bigby's Feeling Fingers (LVL1) Spell Spell (Ranger), Greyhawk Adventures 51
Bigby's Force Sculpture (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 127
Bigby's Force Sculpture (LVL4) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 82, 83
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 6
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e 42, 83
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 2e 127, 173, 239, 242
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Option - Spells And Magic 183, 184
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Spelljammer Boxed Set: Concordance of Arcane Space 83
Bigby's Forceful Hand (LVL6) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 83
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 7
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e 42, 86
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 2e 127, 183, 239, 242
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Option - Spells And Magic 183, 184
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Spelljammer Boxed Set: Concordance of Arcane Space 83
Bigby's Grasping Hand (LVL7) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 83
Bigby's Interposing Hand (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 5
Bigby's Interposing Hand (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e 41, 79
Bigby's Interposing Hand (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Option - Spells And Magic 182, 184
Bigby's Interposing Hand (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 83, 84
Bigby's Modest Home Adventure Located in: Greyhawk (Greyhawk city), WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk
Bigby's Most Excellent Force Sculpture (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 53, 127
Bigby's Most Excellent Force Sculpture (LVL8) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 84
Bigby's Pugnacious Pugilist (LVL3) Spell Spell (Magic User), CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 107
Bigby's Pugnacious Pugilist (LVL3) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 127
Bigby's Pugnacious Pugilist (LVL3) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 84
Bigby's Silencing Hand (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 52, 127
Bigby's Silencing Hand (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 84
Bigby's Silencing Hand (LVL2) Spell Spell (Ranger), Greyhawk Adventures 52
Bigby's Strangling Grip (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 53, 127
Bigby's Strangling Grip (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 84, 85
Bigby's Superior Force Sculpture (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Greyhawk Adventures 53, 127
Bigby's Superior Force Sculpture (LVL5) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume I 85
Bigby's Tomb Place Polyhedron magazine #020 13-20
Bigbys Curse Adventure Return of the Eight 54
Gareth (Bigbys Familiar) Non-player character Pseudodragon, Bigby's Curse 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 11, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187
Gareth (Bigbys Familiar) Non-player character Pseudodragon, Reference SEE ALSO Bigby
Manual Powers Beyond Life By Bigby Item Book, Dragon magazine #082 57
R6 The 384th Incarnation of Bigby's Tomb Adventure Polyhedron magazine #020 13-20
Spellbook, Bigby's Item Book, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III 1146
Spellbook, Bigby's Item Book, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume IV 1573, 1602, 1651
Spellbook, Bigby's Item Book, WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure 31
Tower of Bigby (Abandoned) Settlement Defensive Structure, Ivid the Undying 140
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