The few who reached such level were ready to retire their PC somewhere around 15. most never bothered to formally retire, simply created new PCs when one reached 12th level or so and wasn't that much fun to have on adventures with lower-level PCs, or was just a tad boring because of familiarity.

Rob Kuntz had Robilar build a stronghold, as he had so much wealth and the pair of green dragons to manage.

- Gary Gygax
 

We have a wisteria vine growing (all over) out back porch, and as a Nero Wolfe fan I too like orchid 

Quij, Rob's orc hero, was named thus by me, after a "word" he tried to pass off in a Scrabble game.

Cheers,
Gary
 
 

Stormcrow wrote:
Col_Pladoh wrote:
As a matter of fact I named Rob's orc hero "Quij" after Rob's attempt to claim that was word when we were playing Scrabble
 

There are two kinds of attempts to make up words in Scrabble. One is where you honestly thought it was a word. The other is where you try to bluff your way through with a bald-faced lie.

Which was Rob doing? 

Absolutely the latter, and he did it most unconvincingly 

Cheerio,
Gary
 
 

Natural00 wrote:
Hi Gary,

(Sorry for the non-LA question - but at least it's not about D&D!)

Do you ever play Scrabble?
 

Heh-heh...

Yes indeed, although I have not played for many years now.
I have a delux set with swivel board somewhere in the vast clutter here.

As a matter of fact I named Rob's orc hero "Quij" after Rob's attempt to claim that was word when we were playing Scrabble

Cheers,
Gary
 
 

Was it Tenser or Robilar that scooped up as much treasure as possible from the demi-lich's vault into a bag of holding before teleporting away?

Robilar did that deed, but he then beat feet, no teleporting spell involved.
IIRR, he had rerpleaced his lost Boots of Flying with Boots of Speed

I was quite unprepared for such a dirty trick 

Cheers,
Gary
 

Quote:
Originally posted by ScottGLXIX
With the "winging it' style of DMing you were fond of, how set were the encounters in the Greyhawk dungeons? Would you adjust an encounter's strength based on the party's strength? When Robilar was creeping around by himself, would the encounters he faced be the same that a party of six or moe would face?
Scott

You have it, amigo

Encounters named only something like "9-16 gnolls," in an area. If it was a big party of PCs entering I'd make that 16 gnolls and have some sort of leader or leaders with them. If only a few characters of low level were exploring and entered the place they might encounter only 9 of those critters.

Robilar sallied forth alone only after he was at 9th level or above. By then he had +3 armor and shield, a +3 sword, and amongst his magical equippage a girdle of storm giant strength. So in tha above example the gnolls would likely be the guards of an Evil Pigh Priest.

As a matter of fact, Robilar did run into such a group, and the gnoll guards flanking the EHP managed to score a 20 and hit him virtually every round of combat. He finally managed to defeat the foe, but Robilar was about one solid hit from death when he wiped out the last of his adversaries.

Cheers,
Gary
 
 

James M: 2. Were you a participant in the original Greyhawk campaign refereed by Gary and Rob Kuntz and, if so, which characters did you play?

Skip Williams: Ah, you're giving me a chance to split hairs here.

Gary ran the very first Greyhawk campaign using the map from the Outdoor Survival game and his notes for the future D&D Game (the very first D&D suggests getting Outdoor Survival and using it for your campaign map). After TSR published D&D, Gary drew a campaign map of his own and that became the Greyhawk setting everyone knows. I was involved in that campaign pretty much from the start, having seen the map laid out on Gary's dining room table.

In "New Greyhawk," I had several characters. The most famous of these was Rufus of Hommlet (or Rufus of Skipperton as Gary named him in one of his novels). Rufus explored the Temple of Elemental Evil and eventually became a bigwig in Hommlet. He's mentioned in the modules Gary wrote about the Temple of Elemental Evil campaign.

I also had a halfling thief (these days D&D players would call him a rogue) called Phalangas, or "Fingers," who ran around the City of Greyhawk causing as much trouble as he could, and picking pockets on the way. I only ever played Phalangas when Rob Kuntz, Gary's co-DM decided to run a pickup game, so no one has heard of him until now.

My longest-running character in the Greyhawk campaign was a human fighter named Boaric. Boaric was no great shakes, but he rubbed elbows with the big boys in the campaign (Tenser, Erac's Cousin, and Robilar to name a few) and was involved on some famous adventures. He was involved in an aborted expedition into the Tomb of Horrors. His biggest accomplishment there was dragging various bits and pieces of his former comrades back out. He also hacked and slashed his way through Against the Giants until coming toe to toe with Snurre Ironbelly. That episode ended badly for all, and it took a wish to get us back on our feet. Boaric also made a few trips to The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, and briefly owned the Invulnerable Coat of Arnd.

Boaric was the only character I played under both Greyhawk DMs, Gary and Rob Kuntz.

- Grognardia (Interview: Skip Williams)

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