Greyhawk Adventures
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| Cover of Greyhawk Adventures, art by Jeff Easley (1988). | |
| Type: | Hardcover rule book |
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| Code/Abbreviation: | TSR 2023 |
| Edition: | AD&D 1e and 2e |
| Author(s): | James M. Ward |
| Editor(s): | Anne Brown, Karen Boomgarden, Steve Winter, Mike Breault, Scott Haring, Jon Pickens, Warren Spector |
| Cover Artist(s): | Jeff Easley |
| Interior Artist(s): | Jeff Easley. Jeff Dee, Diesel, Larry Elmore,Jim Holloway, Erol Otus, Dave Sutherland, Dave Trampier, Gary William |
| Publisher: | TSR |
| First Published: | 1988 |
| Pages: | 128 |
| ISBN: | 978-0880386494 |
| Class: | Officially published material |
Greyhawk Adventures is hardcover 1e book adding more detail to the World of Greyhawk™ campaign setting, written by James M. Ward and published by TSR in August 1, 1988.
Description
The 128-page book was the thirteenth and final manual published for the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules, although a note on its cover claims the book is also compatible with the 2nd Edition AD&D system. Greyhawk Adventures contains information about Greyhawk deities, non-player characters, monsters, geography, spells, and magic items of the setting, rules for playing zero-level characters, and a few short adventures.
Greyhawk Adventures is unusual among AD&D hardcover manuals, in that the author solicited input from the gaming community about what subjects to include in the book before publishing it (Ward 1988a). Ward later credited the 511 letters he received as the major impetus for including the rules for zero-level characters and adventures, both topics that had not been previously included in hardcover AD&D manuals (Ward 1988b).
As suggested by the note on the cover, the contents of Greyhawk Adventures represent a transitional state between the 1st and 2nd edition AD&D rules (Bambra 1989). For example, the NPCs in the "Hall of Heroes" include monks, a 1st edition character class not included in the 2nd edition rules. On the other hand, the "Monsters of Greyhawk" chapter uses the 2nd edition's 2d10-based system for monster morale, rather than the 1st edition's d100-based morale system.
Unlike many of the AD&D manuals, Greyhawk Adventures was not reissued for the 2nd or 3rd editions of D&D, although much of its content was incorporated into other supplements. All but two of the monsters introduced in Greyhawk Adventures, for example, reappeared in the Greyhawk Adventures Monstrous Compendium appendix (ISBN 0-88038-836-6).
Greyhawk Adventures takes its name and logo from a series of novels written by Gary Gygax and Rose Estes, published by TSR in the 1980s. The logo was later used on several 2nd Edition AD&D products, such as City of Skulls and The Marklands.
Cover art
The famous cover art of this hardback was painted by Jeff Easley. Years later, Easley noted the title of the piece as "Dark Citadel".[1] He added an anecdote, saying,
"The hardest part of this was dealing with the light put off by the magic sword, without washing out the figure. I also decided to 'stipple' the magical back draft of the wings, which took a while."[1]
The artwork has later been used on a miniature version of the book, on card #224 (Tyrinon) of the 1991 Trading Cards, on card #176 (also Tyrinon) of the Spellfire CCG, the Jeff Easley Trading Cards, and was used in Dragon magazine #137 (September 1988) as a 15" x 19" poster included inside that issue to advertise the release of the hardcover.
See also
- From the Ashes
- Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins
- Living Greyhawk Gazetteer
- World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting
External links
- Later AD&D Manuals at Acaeum.com.
- Greyhawk Adventures at the Pen & Paper RPG database.
- Greyhawk Adventures at the TSR Archive.
- Greyhawk Adventures at Wikipedia.
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Bambra, Jim. "Role-playing Reviews." Dragon #143. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
- Ward, James. "The Game Wizards." Dragon #129. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
- -----. "The Game Wizards." Dragon #135. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
- -----. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
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
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| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook | 83, 105 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards | 1, 11 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 6, 10, 20, 24, 39, 43, 64 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 6, 9, 12, 56, 60 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | DMGR4 - Monster Mythology | 128 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | Dragon magazine #241 | 75 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | Dragon magazine #263 | 46 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | Dungeon magazine #073 | 58 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | TSR Jam 1999 | 12 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | Return of the Eight | 37, 52, 57, 59, 60, 62 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | SJR6 Greyspace | 9 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps | 5 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | LT1 The Star Cairns | 2 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WG8 Fate of Istus | 80, 118 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGA1 Falcon's Revenge | 2 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGA3 Flames of the Falcon | 2, 13, 32, 41, 54 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 47, 80, 84, 94 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek | 5 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins | 44 |
| Greyhawk Adventures | Publication | Supplement, | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 28, 29 |
| MC5 - Monstrous Compendium - Greyhawk Adventures Appendix | Publication | Rulebook, | DMGR4 - Monster Mythology | 14, 77, 118 |