Weather

Weather Mechanics in Greyhawk ’76

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A close in look at a weather spreadsheet for a World of Greyhawk campaign.

Weather is baked into the DNA of Greyhawk, going all the way back to Dragon Magazine #68 (and subsequently, the Greyhawk Glossography). The Glossography appeared in the 1983 World of Greyhawk boxed set, and includes a full weather generation system. Almost every campaign I’ve run over the last 30+ years used that system, with the … Read more

Weather in RPGs – Advice, Generators, and Tables

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An example of weather in RPGs - lightning strikes down from clouds over the ocean. Darkened land can be seen to the right.

Bad snow storms and extreme weather scuttled many a Game Day over the years. They throw our RPG gaming lives into chaos, and while being able to fall back to Roll20 can help the game go on … it’s useless when it comes to shoveling snow or bailing out the basement. Just as a Nor’easter … Read more