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This page is a listing of the major {{smallcaps|[[World of Greyhawk]]}}™ setting books.
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| colspan="2" | <center><big>Welcome to the '''Sourcebook Portal'''!</big><br /> Here, you'll find links to many of the articles about various official and apocryphal sources on the ''Great Library of Greyhawk'' wiki.</p>
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| colspan="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="border: 1px solid black; background: papayawhip; padding: .5em 1em; margin: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px;" | '''<big> Sources</big>''' — There's a '''lot''' of sources throughout all the editions of D&D.  These categories and portals will help you find information you're looking for! <br /> For ease of use, many of the sources have an "abbreviation code" by which they're commonly known in the GH community.  You can lookup what the names and codes are for each adventure, sourcebook, novel, or magazine on the [[List of source abbreviations and codes]].  The infobox on each article about a source will also have the abbreviation codes for that source.  <br />•  ''See Also:''  [[Portal:Novels|Novels]]
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For other sourcebooks, like adventures published in periodicals, see [[List of Greyhawk adventures in Dungeon Magazine]].  
Below, you will find a listing of all the major {{smallcaps|[[World of Greyhawk]]}}™ setting books.


== First Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons ==
== First Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons ==

Revision as of 13:29, 29 October 2022


Welcome to the Sourcebook Portal!
Here, you'll find links to many of the articles about various official and apocryphal sources on the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki.

Sources — There's a lot of sources throughout all the editions of D&D. These categories and portals will help you find information you're looking for!
For ease of use, many of the sources have an "abbreviation code" by which they're commonly known in the GH community. You can lookup what the names and codes are for each adventure, sourcebook, novel, or magazine on the List of source abbreviations and codes. The infobox on each article about a source will also have the abbreviation codes for that source.
See Also: Novels
Published Adventures List of Greyhawk adventures in Dungeon Magazine
Officially Published Sources Apocryphal sources
Magazines Fan sources
All pages related to various World of Greyhawk™ sources can be found listed in Category:Sources.


Below, you will find a listing of all the major World of Greyhawk™ setting books.

First Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Contents:[1]
  • Guide to the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting
  • Glossography - For the Guide to the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting
  • 2 - 22" x 34" maps each displaying half of Eastern Oerik

128-page hardcover[1]

  • Deities and Clerics of Greyhawk
  • Monsters of Greyhawk
  • Hall of Heroes
  • Magical Spells
  • Magical Items of Greyhawk
  • Geography of Oerth
  • Adventures in Greyhawk
- Appendix 1 - Zero-Level Characters
- Appendix 2 - Greyhawk Spell List

Second Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Contents:[1]
  • Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess - 'A gazetteer of the Free City of Greyhawk and the surrounding area' 96-page softcover.
  • Greyhawk: Folk, Feuds, and Factions - 'The good, the bad, and the in-between: People who make the city what it is' 96-page softcover.
  • 3 large fold-out maps of the city & environs, and overhead picture of the city.
- 1043XXX0701 Area map (scale: 1 inch = 8 miles)
- 1043XXX0702 City map
- 1043XXX0703 Sewers / secret passages
- [uncoded] pictoral overhead map
  • Two-dozen adventure cards, with mini-modules set in the city.
Contents:[1]
  • Atlas of the Flanaess (96 pages)
  • Campaign Book (96 pages)
  • 20 cardsheets of encounters and information [First 14 are numbered. Subjects include weather, nation data, map info, symbols of the powers (deities), priest spells, encounter tables, NPCs of Greyhawk. Last 6 cards are encounter set-ups: Brainstorm, Dark Heart of Oak, Honest Bandits, Slavers by Midnight, Tamara Belongs to Me, The Beckoner in the Dark).]
  • 5 Monstrous Compendium sheets (Varrangoin, Abyss Bat, Thassaloss, Losel, Lyrannikin (Black Treant), Dwarf (Derro), and Animus)
  • 3 color fold-out maps:
- 1064XXX0701 Postwar Flanaess West
- 1064XXX0702 Postwar Flanaess East
- 1064XXX0703 From the Ashes Campaign Map
Contents:[2]
  • Extensive histories of the Flanaess and the Domain of Greyhawk
  • A place-by-place description of the City of Greyhawk
  • A 16-page map booklet with new and updated maps of towns and adventuring sites in the central Flanaess
  • Updates on famous people - good and bad
  • The seeds for thousands of new adventures"

Third Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Living Greyhawk Gazetteer
192-page sourcebook
- contains poster map with deity's holy symbols
Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer
(a 32-page booklet containing the basics of the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, intended for quickly introducing new players to the Flanaess).
- contains poster small poster map (different than the LGG map above)

References

Notes

Citations

  1. a b c d Greyhawk—Core Products. waynesbooks.com. Wayne's World of Books. Retrieved on 29 October 2022.
  2. Greyhawk Later Module Series. waynesbooks.com. Wayne's World of Books. Retrieved on 29 October 2022.