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Many of the spells in the PH are named after Greyhawk celebrities: Bigby, Mordenkainen, Tenser, Nystul, Otto, Leomund, Rary, and Otiluke were or still are members of the Circle of Eight. Melf is a Knight of Luna. But I've never heard of Tasha (Hideous Laughter) and Evard (Black Tentacles). I'm hoping a Greyhawk expert can answer my query.
As a side note, I came upon the same problem with wondrous items. Heward, Daern, Murylund, and Keoghtom I know to be hero-gods in Greyhawk. I wouldn't mind knowing just who were Quaal (Feather Tokens), Nolzur (Marvelous Pigments), Bilarro (Iron Bands), and Kwalish (Apparatus).
Many of the spells in the PH are named after Greyhawk celebrities: Bigby, Mordenkainen, Tenser, Nystul, Otto, Leomund, Rary, and Otiluke were or still are members of the Circle of Eight. Melf is a Knight of Luna. But I've never heard of Tasha (Hideous Laughter) and Evard (Black Tentacles). I'm hoping a Greyhawk expert can answer my query.
As a side note, I came upon the same problem with wondrous items. Heward, Daern, Murylund, and Keoghtom I know to be hero-gods in Greyhawk. I wouldn't mind knowing just who were Quaal (Feather Tokens), Nolzur (Marvelous Pigments), Bilarro (Iron Bands), and Kwalish (Apparatus).
I can't say anything on Evard at the moment, but if I am remebering correctly Gary Gygax stated in a Q&A thread on ENWorld that Tasha's Laughter was named after a young girl (Early teens, or even younger perhaps,don't remember) who sent the idea to him in a letter. I think he mentioned it was written in crayon.
Mind you, I could be wrong... I haven't had enough sleep due to overtime at work, plus it's been quite some time and I can't load the ENworld page to check.
I remember to have read of Evard in a Critical Threat, He was a scary human Conjurer 16, i think. Don't remember his story, sorry...
Tasha is a 6-8 level mage from the Hardby area. I am not sure of where I remember this from. Try checking Harvester Heroes.
It appears Tasha is a product of the creative minds over at Canonfire!
www.canonfire.com/cfhtml/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=548
Jack
I can't say anything on Evard at the moment, but if I am remebering correctly Gary Gygax stated in a Q&A thread on ENWorld that Tasha's Laughter was named after a young girl (Early teens, or even younger perhaps,don't remember) who sent the idea to him in a letter. I think he mentioned it was written in crayon.Mind you, I could be wrong... I haven't had enough sleep due to overtime at work, plus it's been quite some time and I can't load the ENworld page to check.
I've read the same thing somewhere or another - 'course it could be an Urban (gamer) Myth.
I've read the same thing somewhere or another - 'course it could be an Urban (gamer) Myth.
I can't say anything on Evard at the moment, but if I am remebering correctly Gary Gygax stated in a Q&A thread on ENWorld that Tasha's Laughter was named after a young girl (Early teens, or even younger perhaps,don't remember) who sent the idea to him in a letter. I think he mentioned it was written in crayon.Mind you, I could be wrong... I haven't had enough sleep due to overtime at work, plus it's been quite some time and I can't load the ENworld page to check.
I've been looking for the confirming posts, but they were on ENworld, which is either down or I'm having serious routing problems for a long time. I still can't load the page there, which is making me think the place is down. Ahh well.
Evard was detailed in Dungeon 107. He is indeed a conjurer level 16, and an information broker with some dark knowledge and an extensive information network. He originally hails from the MArch of Bissel. The information given there is sketchy.
All of those spells I made up, usually to hono a PC in my campaign, or for the person who suggested the basis (Tasha was a little girl who sent me letters in crayon, Nystul an actual stage magician I mey through Len Lakofka.) Melf was a PC of son Luke, and "Otiluke" was a combination of a couple of his other PCs. He suggested the bases of both spells. No need to go into Mordenkainen and bigby, I trust :rolleyes:
Found here: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showpost.php?p=872878&postcount=120
Forgive me, I'm link impaired.
Couldn't find any direct quotes on Evard as of yet, so can't help on that front.
In Living Greyhawk Journal #5, Kwalish is said said to be a legendary mage/artificer from Zeif.
Hmmph. As for Nystul, I always thought the reference was to DENNIS Nystul, who was a gamer with Gygax in Lake Geneva. Maybe the two are the same....
antithesis
hmm, i always wondered if the Nystul from the Ultima series shared a naming origin with the Greyhawk Nystul. ;)
BTW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha