Otto

Greyhawk Character

Otto
General info
Home:	Free City of Greyhawk (originally Almor)
Alignment:	Neutral
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Cleric 3 (Boccob)/Wizard 15
Dates
Age:	53 (as of 591 CY)

Otto is a powerful human wizard and member of the Circle of Eight.

Appearance

Otto is short and rotund, with shoulder-length curly hair, and a well-groomed mustache. He tends to dress in fine, expensive garb.

History

Originally a priest of Boccob in Almor, Otto soon found he had an uncanny knack for wizardry, and became quite skilled in the arcane arts. At the secret prompting of Mordenkainen, he became a henchman of Robilar for a time.

Otto is a lover of fine food and music. He owns a manor in Greyhawk City's Garden Quarter, where he is a generous patron of the arts.

Writings

Otto is known to have authored or co-authored the following works:

• Aestrella (a magical aria of his composition)
• Arcane Manipulations of the Entourage

Spells

Otto is responsible for developing the commonly known spell Otto's irresistible dance. Many of the spells he has created are specialized by sound, sonic, or musical motifs.

Otto has also developed the following additional spells:

• Otto's chime of release
• Otto's crystal rhythms
• Otto's drums of despair
• Otto's gong of isolation
• Otto's imperative ambulation
• Otto's silver tongue
• Otto's soothing vibrations
• Otto's sure-footed shuffle
• Otto's tin soldiers
• Otto's tonal attack
• Otto's tones of forgetfulness
• Otto's warding tones

Creative origins

In Gary Gygax's original Greyhawk home game, Otto was a denizen of the second level beneath Castle Greyhawk. Robilar, Tenser, and Terik encountered him while adventuring there. Otto was subdued by Tenser, but decided to work for Robilar. He subsequently gained levels rapidly, rarely straying from Robilar's side. In the original campaign, Otto was chaotic neutral and reached 18th level as a single-class magic user of chaotic neutral alignment.

Bibliography

• Gygax, Gary. Players Handbook. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.

• Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." Dragon #82 (TSR, 1984).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

• Kuntz, Robert J., and Douglas J. Behringer. "Robilar Remembered: Lord Robilar and Company." Oerth Journal #7. Council of Greyhawk, 1997. Available online: [1]

• Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Paizo Publishing, 2000). Available online: [2]

• Moore, Roger. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.

• Sargent, Carl. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).
• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).

• Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988).

• Williams, Skip, Penny Williams, Ari Marmell, Kolja Raven Liquette. Complete Mage (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).