Lore You Should Know - Mordenkainen 

I can almost feel them getting ready to release Spelljammer for 5th edition. That BD3 cinematic is a strong indicator of where they're going.

too be fair alot of characters never get high enough to need it and those that do will probably be getting to arround that level now

yeah, i was thinking the same thing.

@@si2foo The rules allow you to start at higher levels. It isn't for beginners, but it is certainly possible.

I just ended a campaign where the party got to 20th level and then started getting a few boons. Most of them had two boons by the very end. The one for immortality was popular among them.

You might even say it's loads better!

The word *courage* sure gets thrown around a lot now a days. Damn near lost its meaning.

@@romdog1818 When your job and audience are on the line I think courage is applicable. Doing something in spite of risks because you think it's right is how courage should be used.

I agree, I'm thinking this dude knows the stuff I want to know, keep him talking!

Good catch! Hopefully they make epic levels part of the core game/rules and not limited to a singular campaign that has it as a specific feature.

Viking colonies are the namesake

Yes, but everything in that book was also "made up" stats, not the stats of the characters as played.

ya. crappy editing there.

so much he said was wrong, i can't even start

Truth. Gary had promised a follow up to The Village of Hommlet and had too much on his plate. Thank you Frank, for my favorite way to start a Greyhawk campaign for many years.

Yep. Both Serten and Tenser were anagrams of Ernest. There was a lot of that at that table! Yrag, for example?! :)

Yrag was basically Gary backwards, a gimmick that was used a lot apparently. My favourite name was Erak's Cousin.

You are correct. In 1st-3.5 D&D Mordenkainen is Neutral. He is also actively trying to preserve the Balance in Oerth in those editions. His penchant for secrecy and manipulation won him no friends even among those with a similar outlook. He sees Neutrality as something to fight for or as a cause. This includes containing and repelling the forces of chaos and evil, and also thwarting the crusades of the zealots of Law and Good into Evil territory. He believed that there was a place for everyone in Oerth from the beacons of light, hope, and mercy to the level one commoner, to the homicidal sociopathic god-emperors. Oerth was welcome to all. The 5e retcon of Mordenkainen sounds more in line with the Grey Seer of Urnst or The Simbul from Toril.

He probably never takes a mulligan.

Rob was just a player in the Temple when Gary ran it for him, but this interview is riddled with errors.

Yes. It was called "Vecna Lives." Keep in mind this adventure was written at a time when the adventures were written as if they were stories for the DM to read first and an adventure for players second. It was standard at the time for player freedom to be sacrificed for the sake of the story. As well, it was a set up adventure for the release of the Greyhawk Wars event which changed the setting's political status quo significantly, making the world more interlinked as opposed to a collage of countries, each independant of the other and stagnant. So, yes, it was railroady. But if you're a halfway decent DM you can make it not railroady and see where the players lead you.

Mordekainen and the mad mage, are not the same

sanamin13 I think that’s what you the novels are for

Jon Leitheusser & Chris Perkins

29 and 55 according to wikipedia.

episode 55

Taylor417 no no he’s Gary, Chris just inherited his spell book

That's a good question. When you are able to Wish calamity on your foes the difference in level is somewhat minimized. However, the ultimate non-deity magic user that I can think of is Rajaat the Warbringer from Athas in the Dark Sun campaign. He has not been stated out as far as I know, but his jailer Borys, has. Mind you, it took Boyrs of Ebe and several other enhanced epic level wizards to imprison their master, Rajaat in a prison in the Black (plane of Shadow). Here are the 3.5 D&D stats for: Boyrs of Ebe, The Dragon of Tyr: (LE Male Champion of Rajaat stage X dragon Psychic Warrior 12/Wizard (defiler) 5/Arch Defiler 10/Cerebremancer 7/Athasian Dragon 10) (Ur-Draxa/Athas/Dark Sun) My other non-Athas contenders would be: Elminster (CG male human (chosen of Mystra) Fighter 1/Rogue 2/Cleric [Mystra] 3/Wizard 24/Archmage 5) (Shadowdale, Toril/Forgotten Realms) Iggwiliv (CE female human Wizard 26/Archmage 4) (formerly Perrinland, Oerth/currently Hades/Greyhawk) Mordenkainen (N male human Wizard 27) (Yatil Mountains and City of Greyhawk/Oerth/Greyhawk) Raistlin Majere (NE male human Wizard 7/Wizard of High Sorcery (Black) 7/Loremaster 8/Archmage 5, Master of Past and Present) (Palanthus/Krynn/Dragonlance) The Simbul (CN female human (chosen of Mystra) Sorcerer 20/Wizard 10/Archmage 1) (Aglarond/Toril/Forgotten Realms) Szass Tam, Zulkir of Necromancy, Red Wizard of Thay (LE male human (lich) Necromancer 10/Red Wizard 17/Archmage 2) (Thay/Toril/Forgotten Realms)

I don't know if they've been updated more recently, but in 3.X Elminster Was a Fighter 1/Rogue 2/Cleric 3/Wizard 24/Archmage 5, vs Mordenkainen's Wizard 27. Tasha/Iggwilv was Wizard 26/Archmage 4.

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BOOOOOOOO!

You mean a Simulacrum of Mordenkainen died.