Otiluke
| 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 |
| Death: | † 584 CY |
Otiluke was an archmage. He was slain by Rary in Harvester 584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars.
Publication history
Otiluke is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 Greyhawk Adventures hardbound.[1]
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 can't 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
Otiluke was born in early Patchwall of 542 CY. Some time 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.
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 a number 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
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.[2]
Writings
Otiluke is known to have authored the following works:
- Gazette on the Norse Climates
- Otiluke's Practical Gardening
- Spherogenesis of the Multiverses
References
Citations
- ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991) Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games, Prometheus Books, p. 101 ISBN: 0-87975-653-5.
- ↑ Kestral, Gwendolyn. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006
Sources/Bibliography
- Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [1]
- Cook, David. Vecna Lives! (TSR, 1990).
- 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).
- Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (August 2000). Available online:[2]
- Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
- Moore, Roger E. "The House on Summoner Court." Oerth Journal #7 (Council of Greyhawk, 1998). Available online:[3]
- Moore, Roger E. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).
- Pryor, Anthony. Patriots of Ulek (TSR, 1992).
- Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).
- 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).
Zavoda Index Entry
Otiluke [M16][NPC]
BC - 89,130
COG:FFF - 6,25,27,28,66
COG:GOTF - 83
DRG#68 - 24
DRG#71 - 19
DRG#82 - 58
DRG#249 - 92,93
DRG#268 - 70
FTAA - 9
FTAC - 8,9,11
FTAR#13
GA - 3,61-64,128
GW:ADV - 24
LGG - 16,38,156
LGJ#0 - 6,7
LGJ#5 - 6
PGTG - 11,18,21,23,26
RTO8 - 2,5
TAB - 60,110,111,119,122
WGA4 - 10,14,20,21,86,91
WGQ1 - 19
WGR3 - 4,6,7,11,12,54
WOGG - 33
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
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazette on the Norse Climates By Otiluke | Item | Book, | Dragon magazine #082 | 58 |
| Gazette on the Norse Climates By Otiluke | Item | Book, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III | 1174 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Bigby's Curse | 89, 130 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 6, 25, 27, 28, 66 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 83 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Dragon magazine #068 | 24 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Dragon magazine #071 | 19 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Dragon magazine #082 | 58 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Dragon magazine #249 | 92, 93 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Dragon magazine #268 | 70 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 9 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 8, 9, 11 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | From the Ashes: References Card | #13 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Greyhawk Adventures | 3, 61-64, 128 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book | 24 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 16, 38, 156 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 6, 7 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 6 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Oerth Journal #03 | 7 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Oerth Journal #07 | 3,18,19,20,21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Oerth Journal #25 | 16 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 11, 18, 21, 23, 26 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | Return of the Eight | 2, 5 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | The Adventure Begins | 60, 110, 111, 119, 122 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | 1992 TSR Trading Cards - Gold Set | 170 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 10, 14, 20, 21, 86, 91 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek | 19 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 54 |
| Otiluke | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M16], | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 33 |
| Otiluke's Acid Cloud (LVL3) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 128 |
| Otiluke's Acid Cloud (LVL3) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 637 |
| Otiluke's Boiling Oil Bath (LVL2) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook | 106 |
| Otiluke's Boiling Oil Bath (LVL2) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 128 |
| Otiluke's Boiling Oil Bath (LVL2) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 637 |
| Otiluke's Bubbling Buoyancy (LVL1) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 61, 128 |
| Otiluke's Bubbling Buoyancy (LVL1) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 637 |
| Otiluke's Death Screen (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 64, 128 |
| Otiluke's Death Screen (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 637, 638 |
| Otiluke's Diamond Screen (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 63, 128 |
| Otiluke's Diamond Screen (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 638 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 | 4 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | PHBR4 - The Complete Wizard's Handbook | 101 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Option - Spells And Magic | 180, 182 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Tome and Blood, D&D 3.0e | 84, 94 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 638 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Sorcerer), | Tome and Blood, D&D 3.0e | 94 |
| Otiluke's Dispelling Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 128 |
| Otiluke's Electrical Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 63, 128 |
| Otiluke's Electrical Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 638, 639 |
| Otiluke's Excruciating Screen (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 63, 64, 128 |
| Otiluke's Excruciating Screen (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 639 |
| Otiluke's Fire and Ice (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook | 110 |
| Otiluke's Fire and Ice (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 64, 128 |
| Otiluke's Fire and Ice (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 639 |
| Otiluke's Force Umbrella (LVL3) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 128 |
| Otiluke's Force Umbrella (LVL3) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 640 |
| Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 | 6 |
| Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e | 42, 85 |
| Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Option - Spells And Magic | 181, 183, 184 |
| Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) | 31 |
| Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 640, 641 |
| Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 | 7 |
| Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Tome and Blood, D&D 3.0e | 84, 94 |
| Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Sorcerer), | Tome and Blood, D&D 3.0e | 94 |
| Otiluke's Orb of Containment (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 64, 128 |
| Otiluke's Orb of Containment (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 641 |
| Otiluke's Polar Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 63, 128 |
| Otiluke's Polar Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 641 |
| Otiluke's Radiant Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 63, 128 |
| Otiluke's Radiant Screen (LVL5) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 642 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Dragon magazine #067 | 4, 57 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 | 4 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Option - Spells And Magic | 180, 182, 184 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e | 30, 57 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) | 30, 57 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 642 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Spell (Cleric), | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Spell (Cleric), | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Otiluke's Siege Sphere (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook | 110 |
| Otiluke's Siege Sphere (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 64, 128 |
| Otiluke's Siege Sphere (LVL7) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 642, 643 |
| Otiluke's Smoky Sphere (LVL1) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 61, 128 |
| Otiluke's Smoky Sphere (LVL1) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 643 |
| Otiluke's Steaming Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk Adventures | 62, 128 |
| Otiluke's Steaming Sphere (LVL4) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 643 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Dragon magazine #068 | 24, 58 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 | 8 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 259 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Option - Spells And Magic | 181, 183, 184 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e | 31, 64 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) | 31, 64 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume III | 644 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) | Spell | Spell (Sorcerer), | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 259 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Spell (Cleric), | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Spell (Cleric), | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Otilukes Practical Gardening | Item | Book, | WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek | 19 |
| Spherogenesis of the Multiverses By Otiluke | Item | Book, | Dragon magazine #082 | 58 |