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'''''Heward's Mystical Organ''''' is a powerful artifact, the creation of the hero-deity [[Heward]]. | |||
==Description== | |||
''Heward's Mystical Organ'' is a massive pipe organ the size of a large room. Playing different keys in specific orders can cause any number of different magical effects. Parts of the device are made from worked ''[[oerthblood]]''. | |||
A "great organum" exists in Heward's extra-dimensional home, presumably the home of his ''Mystical Organ''. | |||
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==Publication history== | ==Publication history== | ||
''Heward's Mystical Organ'' first appeared in the fourth supplement to the original ''D&D'' rules, ''[[Eldritch Wizardry]]'' (1976). ''Heward's Mystical Organ'' was also mentioned in the original 1979 ''[[Dungeon Master's Guide]]''. A system to generate magical effects for the musical artifact was given in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|The Dragon]]'' #29 (September 1979) in the "Bazaar of the Bizarre" column. ''Heward's Mystical Organ'' was detailed in the second edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (1989). It was further developed in 1993's ''[[Book of Artifacts]]''. It also appeared in the fourth volume of the ''[[Encyclopedia Magica]]'' series (1995). | ''Heward's Mystical Organ'' first appeared in the fourth supplement to the original ''D&D'' rules, ''[[Eldritch Wizardry]]'' (1976). ''Heward's Mystical Organ'' was also mentioned in the original 1979 ''[[Dungeon Master's Guide]]''. A system to generate magical effects for the musical artifact was given in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|The Dragon]]'' #29 (September 1979) in the "Bazaar of the Bizarre" column. ''Heward's Mystical Organ'' was detailed in the second edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (1989). It was further developed in 1993's ''[[Book of Artifacts]]''. It also appeared in the fourth volume of the ''[[Encyclopedia Magica]]'' series (1995). | ||
==Bibliography== | |||
*[[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. ''Book of Artifacts''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993. | |||
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979. | |||
:———. "[[Greyhawk]]'s World: Quasi-deities." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #71. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. | |||
:———. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. | |||
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]], and [[Brian Blume]]. ''[[Eldritch Wizardry]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1976. | |||
*Henson, Dale, and Doug Stewart, eds. ''[[Encyclopedia Magica]]'' Vol 4. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. | |||
*Wiederhoft, Steven. "A Working Design For Heward's Mystical Organ (or, "Play it Again, Sam")." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|The Dragon]]'' #29. Lake Geneva, WI: 1979. | |||
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Heward's Mystical Organ is a powerful artifact, the creation of the hero-deity Heward.
Description
Heward's Mystical Organ is a massive pipe organ the size of a large room. Playing different keys in specific orders can cause any number of different magical effects. Parts of the device are made from worked oerthblood.
A "great organum" exists in Heward's extra-dimensional home, presumably the home of his Mystical Organ.
Publication history
Heward's Mystical Organ first appeared in the fourth supplement to the original D&D rules, Eldritch Wizardry (1976). Heward's Mystical Organ was also mentioned in the original 1979 Dungeon Master's Guide. A system to generate magical effects for the musical artifact was given in The Dragon #29 (September 1979) in the "Bazaar of the Bizarre" column. Heward's Mystical Organ was detailed in the second edition Dungeon Master's Guide (1989). It was further developed in 1993's Book of Artifacts. It also appeared in the fourth volume of the Encyclopedia Magica series (1995).
Bibliography
- Cook, David. Book of Artifacts. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
- Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Master's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- ———. "Greyhawk's World: Quasi-deities." Dragon #71. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Gygax, Gary, and Brian Blume. Eldritch Wizardry. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1976.
- Henson, Dale, and Doug Stewart, eds. Encyclopedia Magica Vol 4. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
- Wiederhoft, Steven. "A Working Design For Heward's Mystical Organ (or, "Play it Again, Sam")." The Dragon #29. Lake Geneva, WI: 1979.
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