Dry Steppes

The Dry Steppes are seemingly endless prairie west of the Crystalmist Mountains and north of the Sea of Dust.

Inhabitants

The Dry Steppes are home of the Paynims. Many are dervishes. The most powerful of their leaders is the warrior-prophet known as the Mahdi of the Steppes. Tribes of centaurs roam the plains as well. There are possibly a few scattered packs of thri-kreen, though they are more common to the south.

Flora and fauna

Large herd animals provide game for the Paynims, centaurs, and other large predators of the steppes,^{[citation needed]} migrating north in summer and south in winter. Migratory birds have brought the vampire cactus to the margins of the steppes.

Settlements and features

• Tovag Baragu
• Lake Udrukankar

History

Before the Twin Cataclysms the Dry Steppes were the wet and fertile Baklunish Empire. The Invoked Devastation transformed it into the barren steppeland it is today. Most of the great cities of the Baklunish vanished without a trace.

Dry Steppes in other sources

The Dry Steppes feature in the Gord the Rogue novel Sea of Death by Gary Gygax (New Infinities, 1987). Here the steppes are home to both the Baklunish Paynims (referred to as "Bayomen") and an Oeridian people called the Arroden.

References

Bibliography

• Beach, Tim, and Dori Hein. Thri-Kreen of Athas. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
• Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.

———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.

———. Sea of Death. Lake Geneva, WI: New Infinities Productions, 1987.

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
• Ward, James M. 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
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff	4
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Dragon magazine #057	13
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Dragon magazine #209	14
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Dragon magazine #233	92
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Dragon magazine #253	44
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Dragon magazine #256	46
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess	33, 56, 61, 62, 67
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	From the Ashes: References Card	#12
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Greyhawk Adventures	22, 47, 48, 83, 99
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	13, 83, 85, 122, 143, 150, 154
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Living Greyhawk Journal #5	10
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	6, 13, 40, 46
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Polyhedron magazine #018	21
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Return of the Eight	62
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet	43
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	Expedition to the Barrier Peaks: Original Adventures Reincarnated #03, D&D 5e	24, 100, 174
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, Adventure Booklet	2
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	The Adventure Begins	16, 17, 21, 37, 38
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	WGA4 Vecna Lives!	48, 49, 56, 58
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio)	14, 21, 24
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	31, 52, 53, 60
Dry Steppes	Region	(591 pop: Unknown),	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	15
Scarf of the Dry Steppes	Item		Greyhawk Adventures	83