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Greyhawk Character
Kwalish
General info
Occupation:Inventor
Gender:Male
Species:Gnome

Kwalish is the creator of the "Apparatus of Kwalish" magical vehicle.

Description

Kwalish is "an elderly gnome arcane inventor"[1] more interested in machines than people. He is said to be obsessed with the Machine of Lum the Mad and the Mighty Servant of Leuk-O, and possesses his own giant construct which resembles a sort of mutant metal crab.

Abilities

Equipment and possessions

History

Kwalish led an ill-fated expedition into the Barrier Peaks trying to find the strange technology which drove things like the Machine of Lum the Mad.[2] Others have followed in this footsteps in seeking out magical inventions.[note 1]

Works

Kwalish wrote at least one book which was circulated widely enough to become well-known.[3]

  • Extreme Powers of Observation

Kwalish in Living Greyhawk

A workshop of the Kwalish was presented in Living Greyhawk Journal #5 (2001)[4]. The famed inventor built the "fortified workshop" for himself, and lived there in the late 100s CY. There were examples of his work found there, some believe there plans for his unfinished works there but none ever came to light.[4]

Creative origins

Publishing history

Kwalish was first mentioned in the name of the highly valued "Apparatus of Kwalish" in the AD&D (1e) Dungeon Master's Guide (1979). Very few details of the person themselves has ever been known.

See also

See also: Apparatus of Kwalish

References

Notes

  1. The Artificer class was a playtest item in Unearthed Arcana in 2019, and was officially added to DnDBeyond. "The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of the world of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk the path of the artificer."

Citations

  1. Lost Laboratory of Kwalish (2018), p.27.
  2. Lost Laboratory of Kwalish (2018).
  3. Dragon #82 (Feb 1984), p.57.
  4. a b ""Rock of the West" by Fred Weining".  Living Greyhawk Journal #5 (Jul 2001, published March 2002), p.17.  

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Apparatus of Kwalish Item Reference SEE Kwalish, Apparatus of
Extreme Powers of Observation By Kwalish Item Book, Dragon magazine #082 57
Extreme Powers of Observation By Kwalish Item Book, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III 1166
Kwalish Non-player character Dragon magazine #082 57
Kwalish Non-player character Living Greyhawk Journal #5 17
Kwalish Non-player character Oerth Journal #21 59
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition 122
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I 57, 414
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e 14, 26
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e 63
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, LT1 The Star Cairns 25, 28
Kwalish, Apparatus of Item Artifact, The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e 113, 144
Kwalish, Arm of Building Defensive Structure, Shop, Living Greyhawk Journal #5 17