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Thread : The Mad Wizard Gargantua
Started at 03-21-07 11:38 PM by natewis
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[Post 1]
Author : natewis
Date : 03-21-07 11:38 PM
Thread Title : The Mad Wizard Gargantua

What does anyone know about this wizard? Who made him? The only guess I have is that it's Frank Mentzer or Douglas Niles. And is he still in Norwold pestering the dwarves of Stormhaven at 1000AC? And I've always wondered if he was someones character?

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[Post 2]
Author : havard
Date : 03-22-07 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

What does anyone know about this wizard? Who made him? The only guess I have is that it's Frank Mentzer or Douglas Niles. And is he still in Norwold pestering the dwarves of Stormhaven at 1000AC? And I've always wondered if he was someones character?

Could be Douglas Niles, but I seem to remember Frank saying he created the wizard himself just to have a creator of these big monsters in the Companion set. CM1 where Gargantua appears (written by Niles) is also published after the Companion Rules (or so I assume), so that supports that theory.

I wrote an article about Gargantua that is still available on pandius, though I'm not quite happy with it. My idea was that Gargantua is an Alphatian wizard. I also linked him to the Isle of Dread, though with the STAP and all, perhaps the Isle of Dread is getting enough attention as it is, and it might be better to keep him in Norwold. 

What we do know about Gargantua is that he is mad. And that he is obsessed with creating Huge monsters. There has been some speculation about what that is all about...

Interestingly, he is one of only a handful of characters mentioned by name in the Mentzer boxed sets...

Havard

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[Post 3]
Author : The_Great_Green_God
Date : 03-22-07 09:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

Funny this thread should pop up, I have a query in at Paizo with this wizard's name on it (submitted a couple of months ago). 

GGG

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[Post 4]
Author : havard
Date : 03-22-07 10:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

Funny this thread should pop up, I have a query in at Paizo with this wizard's name on it (submitted a couple of months ago). 

Cool! He would make for an interesting Critical Threat type article like the Bargle one for instance...

Havard

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[Post 5]
Author : natewis
Date : 03-22-07 11:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

It just occured to me, why is Gargantua stealing a forge of power in CM1?

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[Post 6]
Author : Gazza555
Date : 03-22-07 11:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

Cool! He would make for an interesting Critical Threat type article like the Bargle one for instance...
Indeed, or one of those spellbook articles with some really interesting variations on the Enlarge Person spell. :)

Regards
Gary

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[Post 7]
Author : havard
Date : 03-22-07 12:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

It just occured to me, why is Gargantua stealing a forge of power in CM1?

Interesting. Maybe he uses Demi-human relics for creating his Gargantuan Creatures?

Havard

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[Post 8]
Author : Cthulhudrew
Date : 03-22-07 12:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

What we do know about Gargantua is that he is mad. And that he is obsessed with creating Huge monsters. There has been some speculation about what that is all about...

He's just the fantasy equivalent of a macho male obsessed with monster-sized trucks. Probably overcompensating for something. ;)

 It just occured to me, why is Gargantua stealing a forge of power in CM1?

He needs to make really big weapons and armor for his gargantuan creatures?

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[Post 9]
Author : The_Great_Green_God
Date : 03-23-07 09:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: The Mad Wizard Gargantua

Indeed, or one of those spellbook articles with some really interesting variations on the Enlarge Person spell. :)

Regards
Gary

Actually, it's a full-length collaborative adventure (with possible sequel), but your suggestions make for some interesting tie-in articles.

GGG

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