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Celestian is the most fascinating Greyhawk deity in my opinion. Thanks for giving him some attention 👍

Yup using this. Ties in nicely with your later “tunnel” scenario hook.

I think Vesve is a very interesting region, due to its location close to the lands of Iuz. In which elves struggle to repeal attacks from evil hordes to keep their sanctuary.

Exactly right on, Joe… “Agree 100% with the sentiment of the statement, but feel that it was not necessary to state formally.”

Been near there; glad you dug this area up!

A couple years ago I started writing a campaign that started in Ratik, in the Timberway, for Castles and Crusades / 2E DnD. Got part of it done and it's been languishing on my hard drive, unfinished. At present I lack a gaming group to run through it.

Interesting adventure hook idea. 🤔

fate od Istus the Nostalgic conversion has been pulled

In my campaign, the Baklunish are pre-Islam middle eastern and persians. For the Oeridians, I use the germanic tribes as a model, with the Great Kingdom being reminiscent of the Charlmagne empire. The nomads are similar to Turkic tribes and the Flan are Amerindian types. The Suel are hard to define, except for the barbarian tribes.

Mr. Grognard, I’ve had a question that I think you might have already covered or might be worth covering: what was the process for generating the Greyhaek world? Which aspects were created for Gary’s (or others’) actual campaigns and which were commissioned strictly for commercial production, how long it took, whether different facets of the setting can be ascribed to different authors and so on. Have you dug into this “how it was made” kind of inquiry?

I've never run a campaign in Ratik but after watching this, I see that I've been missing out. Thank you for the great info. And, I have GOT to get a copy of that Greyhawk Gazetteer from somewhere.

I’m confused, is the Pomarj ruled by the half-orc king by 576? What are the actual borders of the principality of Ulek and the Pomarj in 576? I’m asking because it’s really critical to my upcoming Grayhawk campaign!

I am thinking to confront my players with the lost of 9th level spells. They are currently mid-level, but I thought it would be a great plothook to have Tharizdun behind the slow withering of magic. The players need to seek Boccob and convince him to help them. This would probably need PCs of epic level (level 25 minimum) to survive that and might be a worthy end of the campaign.

I really enjoy your channel. Although I never set a campaign in Greyhawk, back in the day, you've inspired me to do so if I start playing AD&D again. Keep up the good work!

“which is not at all the world of Greyhawk.” I see what you did there…

I'll definitely be ordering this from drive thru RPG

"Don't wait for them," gave me a chuckle!

Being a big Lovecraft person, this sounds mighty awesome. I've actually had my eye on Swords of Cthulhu. I even covered it briefly in one of my collectibles news videos. And great minds stinking alike, I have a "heim" setting as well.

How are they moving those ship timbers ?? Interior waterways or overland caravans ( which be very difficult) because I didn’t see a seaport ? Or did I miss it ??

I was lucky enough to edit this module, and I am absolutey stoked for y'all to play this thing. It's super cool and gives so many hooks beyond the core adventure of things to do and explore. Congrats, Joe!

Cripes .. between a rock and hard place ..

Great stuff. This is one of the regions that make me want a campaign there or read a novel about it

Seems to go well with your recent Ratik overview. I like the idea of sneaking into the North Province via ship. Maybe a Frost Barbarian told the PCs about it?

Looks cool, I'm in!

Aren’t you gleeful … will there they be more books in the series .. my wallet is asking …..

Ordered Softcover and PDF as soon as I saw it was out there. Does Sword of Cthulu mesh with Adventures Dark and Deep v2?

Looks very appealing -- looking forward to checking out some Cthulhu-esque adventuring!

I'm SO going to get this ASAP! 😁 LOVE Swords Against Cthulhu!

Oooh!…. Upper Valley..and Lower Valley … OF THE MAGE!!!

None of the campaigns I participated in came anywhere near there, but you made it sound interesting. I like these little "zoom-ins" on individual areas. Thank you.

You can get War from the Stars here: tinyurl.com/5n76jw3y And Swords of Cthulhu here: tinyurl.com/57hmazcj

I am running a campaign near Loftwood atm. Much fun, using Oe (Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry)/Iron Falcon

Always admired Ratik and their history. Was excited when I saw this video. Good work.

Putting trigger warnings on anti-slavery fiction shows how much of the 5E D&D community are adult children and should be mocked as such. These are the same people censoring Mark Twain's books for modern audiences.

I always wanted to run a Ratik campaign, it is a great place as you said. But, I never did, I really like Keoland-Veluna-Furyondy area and ran multiple campaigns over there. Not enough time I guess.

Ratik is one of the places I've never played or ran a campaign. When I was a kid a friend got an idea for an all Barbarians campaign. We ran a round-robin style campaign where each person would run an adventure for a few weeks. It lasted all summer. I ran a jungle adventure in the Amedio where the PCs had to retrieve a king's daughter from a snake cult, heavily based on the new movie Conan the Barbarian. We ended as mercenaries in the Hold of Stonefist when school started.

Ratik is the first place i placed things B1 when i purchased it said you could set it in Ratik Next i set B2 there as it seemed appropriate also 'stole' lots of stuff from the 'Northman Gazzateer' and placed Starstone module there(by Paul Vernon) and Irilian(White Dwarf by Daniel Collerton)

Thanks, GG… I should re-read the gold box and develop a table with all of the nations across the columns and repeated down the rows … similar to the Racial Preferences Table in the 1E PH.. Relations= Preferred, Good, Tolerant, Neutral, Antipathy, & Hatred…

I remember Ratik most as where Evaleigh was from in Saga of Old City 😁

This is one of the few parts of the Greyhawk map that I have never used in a campaign. I was a tendency to stay on the left map and if I head over to the right one draw them into the Great Kingdom.

One of the characters for the looking ToEE run is a Mountain Dwarf from the region who was sent to Irongate as a diplomat to learn some manners... In the gathering of the heroes he sets out within the entourage of a Half-Elf wizard, witness the betrayal and massacre of seafaring Goliaths and rescued a Saladin who took the path of Thunder/Stromnus, who is the only survivor of the betrayal.

I have been running a campaign in northern Ratik inspired by advice from the Greyhawk Musings blog. It is a fantastic experience. I set up an open table using Old School Essentials and placed the campaign in the borderlands between Ratik and the Frost Barbarians. There is not much information about this place in the official materials, which means it is a perfect region for a homebrew hex crawl. The year is 572 CY. I incorporated Keep on the Borderlands (B2) into the region, portraing the Keep as an outpost built by the Great Kingdom during its height, now under Ratik’s control, surrounded by wilderness, monsters and Frost Barbarians. The Caves of Chaos and several nearby villages house a cult of Tharizdun, while the surrounding hexes feature dungeons and ruins from multiple cultural layers: ancient elves, Flan civilizations, Keraptis, and finally the Frost Barbarians (Rhizians). For inspiration, I drew heavily from Skyrim. For example, my Rhizian tombs are modeled after Nordic barrows. Also the region is inspired by the Viking-era British Isles, where Saxons (Ratikans) clashed with Danes (Rhizians), with the Celtic (Flan) culture on the background. Moreover, such a region on the edge of civilization attracts various refugees from the Bone March and the Great Kingdom, as well as criminals, adventurers, and the broken. Considering the high mortality rate of this kind of sandbox in such a dangerous area and the overall atmosphere of cold and decay, it creates a very cohesive theme and atmosphere for the campaign.

Ratik is a (hidden) gem for budding DMs, with great history, politics/economics and geography. Perfect scale and tons of factions for a great(small) campaign. About time it got some spotlight 🙂

Thanks Grognard! I like the realms but it’s a lot of overland even on horseback. This portion of Greyhawk has 1st level Adventures Dark & Deep characters written all over it!

Ratik is awesome. The Perrenland of the east!

I've never played there (I usually play on the other side of the map besides the Theocracy) But this sounds pretty cool. Think I'm going to tie all this into my Theocracy of the Pale next time instead of focusing on the Bone March and Troll Fens. I mean if there's trade routes going from the Theocracy to Ratik.....that's got to be a wild ride? lol

I also love Ratik and I ran my first campaign for a group of Millennials back in 2017 to introduce them to the Greyhawk setting. So much to do in this geographic setting.

The first 2 Sagard The Barbarian gamebooks were set in Ratik, and you played a Barbarian!

Dyvers is also listed as having "shipbuilding supplies" as a resource.