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'''Otiluke''' was an archmage. He was slain by [[Rary]] in [[Harvester]] [[584 CY]], at the close of the [[Greyhawk Wars]].
'''Otiluke''' was an archmage. He was slain by [[Rary]] in [[Harvester]] [[584 CY]], at the close of the [[Greyhawk Wars]].


==Description==
== Description ==
Otiluke stood just over 5 feet tall, had short black hair, a thin beard, and brown eyes. He was well-dressed but appeared rather puny. Small and weak, he's one of the few humans who could wear a magical item called ''gauntlets of kobold power'' and have it actually benefit him tremendously. It was probably intended as one of those cursed items you cannot take off, but Otiluke loved his.
Otiluke stood just over 5 feet tall, had short black hair, a thin beard, and brown eyes. He was well-dressed but appeared rather puny. Small and weak, he's one of the few humans who could wear a magical item called ''gauntlets of kobold power'' and have it actually benefit him tremendously. It was probably intended as one of those cursed items you cannot take off, but Otiluke loved his.


Otiluke was not a wise man, either. With a wisdom of 8 he was, of all the Circle, the least endowed with common sense. Mentally, he was brilliant, the match for [[Tenser]] and [[Bigby]] in sheer intellectual prowess, but some of his ideas were a few tankards short of a keg.
Otiluke was not a wise man, either. With a wisdom of 8 he was, of all the Circle, the least endowed with common sense. Mentally, he was brilliant, the match for [[Tenser]] and [[Bigby]] in sheer intellectual prowess, but some of his ideas were a few tankards short of a keg.


==Relationships==
== Relationships ==
Otiluke was a member of the [[Circle of Eight]], president of [[Free City of Greyhawk|Greyhawk City's]] [[Society of Magi]], and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. [[Imiric von Suss-Varren]], a [[Gnome|gnomish]] count of the [[Principality of Ulek]], once served Otiluke as a henchman. He also lived with a young woman named [[Glorial]], who served him as an apprentice and concubine from 580 CY until his death in 584.
Otiluke was a member of the [[Circle of Eight]], president of [[Free City of Greyhawk|Greyhawk City's]] [[Society of Magi]], and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. [[Imiric von Suss-Varren]], a [[Gnome|gnomish]] count of the [[Principality of Ulek]], once served Otiluke as a henchman. He also lived with a young woman named [[Glorial]], who served him as an apprentice and concubine from 580 CY until his death in 584.


==History==
== History ==
[[File:RarytheTraitor BenWooten.jpg|thumb|300px|''Rary the Traitor'' by Ben Wooten (Nov 2011), depicting the death of Otiluke.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/271574637/2683672301 |title=Re: Who's that wizard? |last=Wooten |first=Ben |date=May 13, 2012 |website=deviantArt |access-date=6 Nov 2021 |quote=I believe it is Otiluke on the receiving end here.}}</ref>]]
[[File:RarytheTraitor BenWooten.jpg|thumb|300px|''Rary the Traitor'' by Ben Wooten (Nov 2011), depicting the death of Otiluke.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/271574637/2683672301 |title=Re: Who's that wizard? |last=Wooten |first=Ben |date=May 13, 2012 |website=deviantArt |access-date=6 Nov 2021 |quote=I believe it is Otiluke on the receiving end here.}}</ref>]]
Otiluke was born in early Patchwall of 542 CY.<ref name=summonercourt>[[Roger Moore|Moore, Roger]].  "The House on Sumone Court".  ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #7, p19. June 1998.</ref>  Sometime around mid-573, he purchased a home in the City of Greyhawk, a townhouse in the Foreign Quarter on Summoner Court. In 576, he joined the Circle of Eight.
Otiluke was born in early [[Patchwall]] of [[542 CY]].<ref name=summonercourt>[[Roger Moore|Moore, Roger]].  "The House on Sumone Court".  ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #7, p19. June 1998.</ref>  Sometime around mid-[[573 CY|573]], he purchased a home in the [[City of Greyhawk]]—a two-story townhouse in the [[Foreign Quarter]] on Summoner Court.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Moore |date=Aug 1998 |title=The House on Summoner Court |issue=50 |url= |magazine=Shadis |pages=24, 43 |publisher=Alderac Entertainment Group |access-date=}}</ref> In [[576 CY]], he joined the [[Circle of Eight]].


When [[Rary]] the Traitor set magical traps at the signing of the [[Treaty of Greyhawk]] on the [[Day of Great Signing]] in [[584 CY]], Otiluke was one of the [[Circle of Eight]] members who caught him.  In the great magical battle which followed, Otiluke was slain.  He died at the age of 41, just a month before his 42nd birthday.<ref name=summonercourt />
When [[Rary]] the Traitor set magical traps at the signing of the [[Treaty of Greyhawk]] on the [[Day of Great Signing]] in [[584 CY]], Otiluke was one of the [[Circle of Eight]] members who caught him.  In the great magical battle which followed, Otiluke was slain.  He died at the age of 41, just a month before his 42nd birthday.<ref name=summonercourt />


==Spells==
== Works ==
=== Spells ===
Otiluke is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:
Otiluke is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:
* Otiluke's Freezing Sphere or Otiluke's Icy Sphere
* Otiluke's Freezing Sphere or Otiluke's Icy Sphere
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* Otiluke's Suppressing Field
* Otiluke's Suppressing Field


==Abominations==
=== Writings ===
Otiluke was responsible for the creation of a monster called a "howler wasp." Unnatural abominations, the product of magical meddling in genetics, these quickly-reproducing monsters are crossbreeds of giant wasps and carnivorous monkeys. Otiluke made them to defend his home against a cabal of slaadi, but he was of course unable to control them, and they escaped into the wild.<ref>[[Gwendolyn Kestrel|Kestral, Gwendolyn]]. ''[[Monster Manual IV]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006</ref>
 
==Writings==
Otiluke authored the following works:
Otiluke authored the following works:
*''Gazette on the Norse Climates''
*''Gazette on the Norse Climates''
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*''Spherogenesis of the Multiverses''
*''Spherogenesis of the Multiverses''


==Publication history==
=== Abominations ===
Otiluke was responsible for the creation of a monster called a "howler wasp." Unnatural abominations, the product of magical meddling in genetics, these quickly-reproducing monsters are crossbreeds of giant wasps and carnivorous monkeys. Otiluke made them to defend his home against a cabal of slaadi, but he was of course unable to control them, and they escaped into the wild.<ref>[[Gwendolyn Kestrel|Kestral, Gwendolyn]]. ''[[Monster Manual IV]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006</ref>
 
== Publication history ==
Otiluke 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>
Otiluke 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>


== References==
== References ==
===Citations===
=== Notes ===
<references group="note" />
=== Citations ===
<references />
<references />
===Bibliography===
=== Bibliography ===
* [[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]'' (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060206031911/http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
* [[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]'' (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060206031911/http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
* -----[[David Cook|Cook, David]]. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'' (TSR, 1990).
* -----[[David Cook|Cook, David]]. ''[[Vecna Lives!]]'' (TSR, 1990).
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* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2000).
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2000).
* [[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]], and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0 (August 2000). Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]
* [[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]], and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0 (August 2000). Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]
* {{cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Moore |date=Aug 1998 |title=The House on Summoner Court |issue=50 |url= |magazine=Shadis |pages=24, 43 |publisher=Alderac Entertainment Group |access-date=}}
:———. "The House on Summoner Court." ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #7 ([[Council of Greyhawk]], 1998). Available online:[http://greyhawkonline.com/oerthjournal]
* [[Roger E. Moore|Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1998).
* [[Roger E. Moore|Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1998).
:———. "The House on Summoner Court." ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #7 ([[Council of Greyhawk]], 1998). Available online:[http://www.oerthjournal.com/oerthjournals/OJ_07.pdf]
:———. ''[[Return of the Eight]]'' (TSR, 1998).
:———. ''[[Return of the Eight]]'' (TSR, 1998).
* [[Anthony Pryor|Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Patriots of Ulek]]'' (TSR, 1992).
* [[Anthony Pryor|Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Patriots of Ulek]]'' (TSR, 1992).
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* [[Jim Ward|Ward, James M]].''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]'' (TSR, 1988).
* [[Jim Ward|Ward, James M]].''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]'' (TSR, 1988).
* [[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Penny Williams]], [[Ari Marmell]], [[Kolja Raven Liquette]].  ''[[Complete Mage]]''  (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).
* [[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Penny Williams]], [[Ari Marmell]], [[Kolja Raven Liquette]].  ''[[Complete Mage]]''  (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).
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[[Category:Characters]]

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Greyhawk Character
Otiluke
Otiluke as depicted in From the Ashes, Reference Card #13
General info
Home:Free City of Greyhawk
Alignment:Neutral
Gender:Male
Species:Human
Class:Wizard
Dates
Age:41 (in Harvester 584)
Birthdate:542 CY
Death:584 CY

Otiluke was an archmage. He was slain by Rary in Harvester 584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars.

Description

Otiluke stood just over 5 feet tall, had short black hair, a thin beard, and brown eyes. He was well-dressed but appeared rather puny. Small and weak, he's one of the few humans who could wear a magical item called gauntlets of kobold power and have it actually benefit him tremendously. It was probably intended as one of those cursed items you cannot take off, but Otiluke loved his.

Otiluke was not a wise man, either. With a wisdom of 8 he was, of all the Circle, the least endowed with common sense. Mentally, he was brilliant, the match for Tenser and Bigby in sheer intellectual prowess, but some of his ideas were a few tankards short of a keg.

Relationships

Otiluke was a member of the Circle of Eight, president of Greyhawk City's Society of Magi, and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. Imiric von Suss-Varren, a gnomish count of the Principality of Ulek, once served Otiluke as a henchman. He also lived with a young woman named Glorial, who served him as an apprentice and concubine from 580 CY until his death in 584.

History

Rary the Traitor by Ben Wooten (Nov 2011), depicting the death of Otiluke.[1]

Otiluke was born in early Patchwall of 542 CY.[2] Sometime around mid-573, he purchased a home in the City of Greyhawk—a two-story townhouse in the Foreign Quarter on Summoner Court.[3] In 576 CY, he joined the Circle of Eight.

When Rary the Traitor set magical traps at the signing of the Treaty of Greyhawk on the Day of Great Signing in 584 CY, Otiluke was one of the Circle of Eight members who caught him. In the great magical battle which followed, Otiluke was slain. He died at the age of 41, just a month before his 42nd birthday.[2]

Works

Spells

Otiluke is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:

  • Otiluke's Freezing Sphere or Otiluke's Icy Sphere
  • Otiluke's Resilient Sphere
  • Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere

Otiluke bases many of his creations on spheres/orbs/bubbles or screens mixed with elemental forces.

Otiluke has also developed the following additional spells:

  • Otiluke's Acid Cloud
  • Otiluke's Boiling Oil Bath
  • Otiluke's Bubbling Buoyancy
  • Otiluke's Death Screen
  • Otiluke's Diamond Screen
  • Otiluke's Dispelling Screen
  • Otiluke's Electrical Screen
  • Otiluke's Excruciating Screen
  • Otiluke's Fire and Ice
  • Otiluke's Force Umbrella
  • Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen
  • Otiluke's Orb of Containment
  • Otiluke's Polar Screen
  • Otiluke's Radiant Screen
  • Otiluke's Siege Sphere
  • Otiluke's Smoky Sphere
  • Otiluke's Steaming Sphere
  • Otiluke's Suppressing Field

Writings

Otiluke authored the following works:

  • Gazette on the Norse Climates
  • Otiluke's Practical Gardening
  • Spherogenesis of the Multiverses

Abominations

Otiluke was responsible for the creation of a monster called a "howler wasp." Unnatural abominations, the product of magical meddling in genetics, these quickly-reproducing monsters are crossbreeds of giant wasps and carnivorous monkeys. Otiluke made them to defend his home against a cabal of slaadi, but he was of course unable to control them, and they escaped into the wild.[4]

Publication history

Otiluke is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 Greyhawk Adventures hardbound.[5]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ Wooten, Ben. Re: Who's that wizard?. deviantArt. "I believe it is Otiluke on the receiving end here."
  2. ↑ a b Moore, Roger. "The House on Sumone Court". Oerth Journal #7, p19. June 1998.
  3. ↑ Moore, Roger (Aug 1998). "The House on Summoner Court". Shadis. No. 50. Alderac Entertainment Group. pp. 24, 43.
  4. ↑ Kestral, Gwendolyn. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006
  5. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991) Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games, Prometheus Books, p. 101 ISBN: 0-87975-653-5.

Bibliography

———. "The House on Summoner Court." Oerth Journal #7 (Council of Greyhawk, 1998). Available online:[3]
———. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).
———. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).
———. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).
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