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Maldin's Greyhawk has moved!

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#1
maldin
Dec 22, 2004 22:34:09 Greetings fellow World of Greyhawk aficionados!

I am very pleased to announce that Maldin's Greyhawk has finally
moved to its own domain... http://melkot.com Update your links!
As part of the move, I've added a wealth of all-new material...
a 50% increase in the size of the site!

Those of you who have never visited my site, you will find
information about locations such as the Dreadwood, the city of
Irongate, the city of Greyhawk (including the official city map
I created for WotC/RPGA), and my original city of Melkot (which
appears on official World of Greyhawk maps now); information on
the legends of the Isles of Woe, the Twin Cataclysms, and the
Codex of the Infinite Planes; new game mechanics such as perception
and willpower, spirit combat, 2nd Ed character sheets, and critical
hit tables (yup, just to prove that everybody's got one!); and
nothing less then a complete analysis of the origin of the
Multiverse and all its physical and magical laws!

All-new material includes new magic items and spells, wondrous
materials, the legend of Kyuss, campaign-scale notoriety, and the
long-awaited Melkotia Castle. Added materials to pre-existing
pages include priests of the Codex of the Infinite Planes and the
artifact that brought down the Rain of Colorless Fire. Plus more!

The site has been structurally redesigned, greatly improving ease
of navigation, plus a graphical site map allows visitors to instantly
jump to any page on the site.

As part of the move, the Greyhawk Adventures WebRing and Living
World of Greyhawk WebRing homepages have moved over to melkot.com
as well.

There are still a few more things I'll be adding in the near future, but
I just wanted to get the move overwith before the end of the year.
My holiday gift to Greyhawk fans out there. I hope you enjoy the
new site.

Merry Christmas!!

Denis "Maldin" Tetreault
Maldin's Greyhawk
http://melkot.com
#2
Greyson
Dec 23, 2004 21:35:17 Awesome. The site looks great, Denis. I've been "following" the site for over a year now and I like how well Melkot.com is organized now. I'll still keep a shortcut to the Timebomb site for nostalgia, lol..

Great work.
#3
Argon
Dec 23, 2004 22:27:29 Maldin the site looks good I do like the easier navigating of your site. I guess people named Dennis are just meant to be great. Now all you have to do is stop watching those horrible StarWar movie's and then the Therapy can begin.
#4
max_writer
Dec 24, 2004 6:34:58 Nice site.

I haven't looked over all of it yet (so excuse me if I missed it) but how did Melkot get on the new Greyhawk Map?
#5
grodog
Dec 24, 2004 15:59:54 Hi Denis---

I'm glad to see Melkot.com go live, and I'll udpate my site's links page in early January when I get back from holiday :D
#6
gadodel
Dec 25, 2004 18:14:54 I'll check this out in detail sometime.
#7
maldin
Jan 01, 2005 22:45:50 Thanks everyone for the kind words! And Happy New Year!

Max_Writer, sorry for the late response. I was away for a week for the holidays. How did Melkot get on the new Greyhawk Map? You didn't miss anything on the website, it doesn't directly say anywhere on there about it.

Hmm, well... Melkot is on the new Greyhawk map in Dungeon because it was on the map from the 3E D&D Gazetteer (the thin Greyhawk pub from 2000 that most people don't really remember). Melkot was on that map because it was on the map from the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (the thick pub from 2000 that everyone knows and loves). It was on the LGG map because it is mentioned in the text of the LGG. Ok... so I'm having a bit of fun here. :-) What you're really asking is why is a city from someone's (my) home campaign in the LGG.

I guess the reason is many-fold. I was one of the two official reviewers/fact-checkers for the LGG text (you'll see my name in the title-page credits) during which I temporarily took on the moniker of "Maldin, Slayer of Semicolons", something I did as a favor to Erik as a long-time online friend, fellow Greyhawk Guru, and (from a writing-skills point of view) overeducated university prof. Erik did send me a free copy of the finished product in the end but I did it expecting nothing in return. Partly he added Melkot as thanks, and as a nod to my long and active role in the online Greyhawk community.

Its a bit of a tradition in Greyhawk, I guess. Even from the very beginning, home campaign materials made it into the published world. It all started as Gary Gygax's home campaign, of course, but he added a lot of things from fellow Lake Geneva gamers (many of whom worked for the company, some who did not) in the original Greyhawk materials. While most of the people who have since designed Greyhawk products have written new material solely for those products, many have used at least some materials from their own home campaigns as well (such as the addition of some of my campaign stuff in the City of Greyhawk series Erik and I co-authored). Roger Moore made it a habit of putting nods to online personnages throughout his writings, and others have as well.

Also, if I can be so bold as to speak for them Erik (as writer/editor) and Gary Holian (who wrote most of the entries for the southwestern part of the Flanaess) were fans of my stuff, thought that Melkot was just a way-cool place, and thought it would be neat to add it to an area of the world that was just a blank spot. Of course, Gary would probably say that he was blackmailed into it.

Denis
===============
Maldin's Greyhawk
http://melkot.com

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 maldin Dec 22, 2004 22:34:09	Greetings fellow World of Greyhawk aficionados! I am very pleased to announce that Maldin's Greyhawk has finally moved to its own domain... http://melkot.com Update your links! As part of the move, I've added a wealth of all-new material... a 50% increase in the size of the site! Those of you who have never visited my site, you will find information about locations such as the Dreadwood, the city of Irongate, the city of Greyhawk (including the official city map I created for WotC/RPGA), and my original city of Melkot (which appears on official World of Greyhawk maps now); information on the legends of the Isles of Woe, the Twin Cataclysms, and the Codex of the Infinite Planes; new game mechanics such as perception and willpower, spirit combat, 2nd Ed character sheets, and critical hit tables (yup, just to prove that everybody's got one!); and nothing less then a complete analysis of the origin of the Multiverse and all its physical and magical laws! All-new material includes new magic items and spells, wondrous materials, the legend of Kyuss, campaign-scale notoriety, and the long-awaited Melkotia Castle. Added materials to pre-existing pages include priests of the Codex of the Infinite Planes and the artifact that brought down the Rain of Colorless Fire. Plus more! The site has been structurally redesigned, greatly improving ease of navigation, plus a graphical site map allows visitors to instantly jump to any page on the site. As part of the move, the Greyhawk Adventures WebRing and Living World of Greyhawk WebRing homepages have moved over to melkot.com as well. There are still a few more things I'll be adding in the near future, but I just wanted to get the move overwith before the end of the year. My holiday gift to Greyhawk fans out there. I hope you enjoy the new site. Merry Christmas!! Denis "Maldin" Tetreault Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com
#2 Greyson Dec 23, 2004 21:35:17	Awesome. The site looks great, Denis. I've been "following" the site for over a year now and I like how well Melkot.com is organized now. I'll still keep a shortcut to the Timebomb site for nostalgia, lol.. Great work.
#3 Argon Dec 23, 2004 22:27:29	Maldin the site looks good I do like the easier navigating of your site. I guess people named Dennis are just meant to be great. Now all you have to do is stop watching those horrible StarWar movie's and then the Therapy can begin.
#4 max_writer Dec 24, 2004 6:34:58	Nice site. I haven't looked over all of it yet (so excuse me if I missed it) but how did Melkot get on the new Greyhawk Map?
#5 grodog Dec 24, 2004 15:59:54	Hi Denis--- I'm glad to see Melkot.com go live, and I'll udpate my site's links page in early January when I get back from holiday :D
#6 gadodel Dec 25, 2004 18:14:54	I'll check this out in detail sometime.
#7 maldin Jan 01, 2005 22:45:50	Thanks everyone for the kind words! And Happy New Year! Max_Writer, sorry for the late response. I was away for a week for the holidays. How did Melkot get on the new Greyhawk Map? You didn't miss anything on the website, it doesn't directly say anywhere on there about it. Hmm, well... Melkot is on the new Greyhawk map in Dungeon because it was on the map from the 3E D&D Gazetteer (the thin Greyhawk pub from 2000 that most people don't really remember). Melkot was on that map because it was on the map from the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (the thick pub from 2000 that everyone knows and loves). It was on the LGG map because it is mentioned in the text of the LGG. Ok... so I'm having a bit of fun here. :-) What you're really asking is why is a city from someone's (my) home campaign in the LGG. I guess the reason is many-fold. I was one of the two official reviewers/fact-checkers for the LGG text (you'll see my name in the title-page credits) during which I temporarily took on the moniker of "Maldin, Slayer of Semicolons", something I did as a favor to Erik as a long-time online friend, fellow Greyhawk Guru, and (from a writing-skills point of view) overeducated university prof. Erik did send me a free copy of the finished product in the end but I did it expecting nothing in return. Partly he added Melkot as thanks, and as a nod to my long and active role in the online Greyhawk community. Its a bit of a tradition in Greyhawk, I guess. Even from the very beginning, home campaign materials made it into the published world. It all started as Gary Gygax's home campaign, of course, but he added a lot of things from fellow Lake Geneva gamers (many of whom worked for the company, some who did not) in the original Greyhawk materials. While most of the people who have since designed Greyhawk products have written new material solely for those products, many have used at least some materials from their own home campaigns as well (such as the addition of some of my campaign stuff in the City of Greyhawk series Erik and I co-authored). Roger Moore made it a habit of putting nods to online personnages throughout his writings, and others have as well. Also, if I can be so bold as to speak for them Erik (as writer/editor) and Gary Holian (who wrote most of the entries for the southwestern part of the Flanaess) were fans of my stuff, thought that Melkot was just a way-cool place, and thought it would be neat to add it to an area of the world that was just a blank spot. Of course, Gary would probably say that he was blackmailed into it. Denis =============== Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com