The AoWAP starts out touching on the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. I haven't gotten far enough into it yet, so don't know whether that theme disappears later on. However, I find the back story intriguing. And... I'm ignorant of it. Now, I know in the Whispering Cairn sidebar, it states that the Rod of Seven Parts is incidental to the adventure, but I wanted to do some more reading on it, and especially these Wind Dukes / Vaati.
I have The Rod of Seven Parts (TSR 1145) - but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Are there any other sources for the Vaati / Wind Dukes? Who they are? What deities, if any, they worship? Any help y'all can give would be great.
- "relatively recent RPGA tournament "Finger of the Wind" (it was the AD&D Open at GenCon 2000)"
- "much older RPGA modules R7-10 "The Dwarven Quest for the Rod of Seven Parts""
I don't suppose anyone HAS these nifty pieces of history?
(if there's anything at http://www.superunicorn.com/blogger_archive/erik/2005_04_01_erik_archive.ht ml I can't tell, since the page loads blankly :( ).
Erik?
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Try this:
http://www.superunicorn.com/erik/2005/02/ancient-cultures-of-eastern-oerik.
And this:
http://www.superunicorn.com/erik/2005/08/brief-history-of-multiverse.html
Be aware that the above links take you to my personal web log, and there are some politics posts therein that won't appeal to everyone.
The inex page doesn't seem to be working right, but the direct links ought to get you to the posts in question.
--Erik
The inex page doesn't seem to be working right, but the direct links ought to get you to the posts in question.
Yep. I was having trouble getting to your site for a day or so. It appears to be fixed now... Enjoy that high-speed internet access. It's like crack.
that would be interesting. :)
The old Rod box contains an NPC vaati or two, I believe. One of them is Qadeej. His glyph is depicted in the Whispering Cairn. There are also images of the spyder-fiends on the various frescoes and such. I was hoping to get the Age of Worms take on those raklupsis, lycosidiliths, and even Mishka himself. He was fearsome.
Back in the day, when the group made it as far as him, completed Rod in hand, he had killed everyone and knocked the cleric unconscious before the wizard decided to plunge the Rod through the Wolf-Spider. It was a greusome scene.
was there not a web enhancement somewhere on the WotC site that contained a lot of info on the vaati?
If I get some spare time over the holidays, I'll see if I can summarize them on my Greyhawk Tourneys web page on my site at http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/
Allan, did you ever have a chance to fiddle with this?
IIRC, were not the Wind Dukes of Aaqa mentioned by name for the very first time in the 1E DMG (1979)? in the 2E DMG (1989) they were mentioned again, this time with a little more backstory.