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| {{Greyhawk Character
| | Otto |
| |image=[[Image:Otto02.png]]
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| |caption=Otto, as depicted in ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0 (2000). Art by Sam Wood.
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| |name=Otto
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| |home=[[Free City of Greyhawk]] (originally [[Almor]])
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| |gender=Male
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| |race=Human
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| |class=Cleric 3 (Boccob)/Wizard 15
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| |alignment=Neutral
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| |age=53 (as of 591 [[Common Year|CY]])
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| |universe=''[[World of Greyhawk]]''
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| }}
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| '''Otto''' is a powerful human wizard and a member of the [[Circle of Eight]].
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| ==Description==
| | Otto [C5/M14][3eC3/M15][NPC] |
| Otto is a short, rotund man, with shoulder-length, curly hair, and a well-groomed mustache. He tends to dress in fine, expensive garb.
| | BC - 89 |
| | | COG:FFF - 22-24,27,36,63 |
| ==Relationships==
| | COG:GOTF - 63,64,75 |
| Otto befriended [[Nystul]] at the [[Sorcerous Union]] in [[Radigast City]]. He served as a henchman of Robilar for a time. He joined the Circle of Eight in 571 [[Common Year|CY]]. He is also a good friend of [[Ravel Dasinder]] of Greyhawk and [[Riggby]]. | | DRG#37 - 11 |
| | | DRG#82 - 58 |
| ==History==
| | DRG#230 - 8,12,15 |
| 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]], Otto became a henchman of [[Robilar]]'s, for a time.
| | DRG#241 - 40 |
| | | DRG#249 - 93 |
| Otto is known to be a lover of fine foods and music. He owns a manor house in [[Greyhawk City]]'s Garden Quarter. Otto is a generous patron of the arts.
| | DRG#290 - 108 |
| | | FTAC - 46 |
| ==Writings==
| | FTAR#13 |
| Otto is known to have authored, or co-authored, the following works:
| | GA - 3,51,65,66,128 |
| *''Aestrella'' (a magical aria of his composition)
| | LGG - 156,157 |
| *''Arcane Manipulations of the Entourage''
| | LGJ#0 - 6,10,11 |
| | | LGJ#2 - 5,8 |
| ==Spells==
| | LGJ#5 - 6,7 |
| 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.
| | PGTG - 21,22 |
| | | RTO8 - 3,32 |
| Otto has also developed the following additional spells:
| | TAB - 7,71,89,113 |
| * ''Otto's Chime of Release''
| | WGA4 - 9,10,14,20,21,86,87,92 |
| * ''Otto's Crystal Rhythms''
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| * ''Otto's Drums of Despair''
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| * ''Otto's Gong of Isolation''
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| * ''Otto's Imperative Ambulation''
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| * ''Otto's Silver Tongue''
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| * ''Otto's Soothing Vibrations''
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| * ''Otto's Sure-footed Shuffle''
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| * ''Otto's Tin Soldiers''
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| * ''Otto's Tonal Attack''
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| * ''Otto's Tones of Forgetfulness''
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| * ''Otto's Warding Tones''
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| ==Creative origins==
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| 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 at a rapid rate and rarely strayed from Robilar's side. In the original campaign, Otto reached 18th level, as a single-class magic user of chaotic neutral alignment.
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| ==Gallery==
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| [[Image:Otto01.jpg]]
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''Players Handbook''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.
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| *Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." ''Dragon'' #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
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| *[[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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| *[[Robert J. Kuntz|Kuntz, Robert J]]., and Douglas J. Behringer. "[[Robilar]] Remembered: Lord Robilar and Company." ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #7. [[Council of Greyhawk]], 1997. Available online: [http://www.oerthjournal.com/oj7.html]
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| *[[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]
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| *[[Roger E. Moore|Moore, Roger]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
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| *[[Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''The City of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
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| *[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. . Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
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| *[[James Ward|Ward, James M]]. ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR,, 1988.
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| *[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], Penny Williams, [[Ari Marmell]], and Kolja Raven Liquette. ''Complete Mage''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.
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| [[Category:Characters of Almor]]
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| [[Category:Characters of Greyhawk]]
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| [[Category:Circle of Eight members]]
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| [[Category:Clerics]]
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| [[Category:Human characters]]
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| [[Category:Wizards]]
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Otto
Otto [C5/M14][3eC3/M15][NPC]
BC - 89
COG:FFF - 22-24,27,36,63
COG:GOTF - 63,64,75
DRG#37 - 11
DRG#82 - 58
DRG#230 - 8,12,15
DRG#241 - 40
DRG#249 - 93
DRG#290 - 108
FTAC - 46
FTAR#13
GA - 3,51,65,66,128
LGG - 156,157
LGJ#0 - 6,10,11
LGJ#2 - 5,8
LGJ#5 - 6,7
PGTG - 21,22
RTO8 - 3,32
TAB - 7,71,89,113
WGA4 - 9,10,14,20,21,86,87,92