Otiluke
Encyclopedia
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting
for the Dungeons & Dragons
roleplaying game, Otiluke was an archmage. He was slain by Rary
in Harvester
584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars
.
hardbound.
Otiluke was not a wise man, either. With a wisdom of 8 he was, of all the Circle, the least endowed with common sense. Mentally, he was brilliant, the match for Tenser
and Bigby
in sheer intellectual prowess, but some of his ideas were a few tankards short of a keg.
, president of Greyhawk City's
Society of Magi, and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. Imiric von Suss-Varren, a gnomish count of the Principality of Ulek
, once served Otiluke as a henchman. He also lived with a young woman named Glorial, who served him as an apprentice and concubine from 580 CY until his death in 584.
Otiluke bases a number of his creations on spheres/orbs/bubbles or screens mixed with elemental forces.
Otiluke has also developed the following additional spells:
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for the Dungeons & Dragons
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roleplaying game, Otiluke was an archmage. He was slain by Rary
Rary
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Rary of Ket is a powerful archmage and ruler of the Bright Lands, also known as Rary the Traitor....
in Harvester
Greyhawk Calendar
The Greyhawk Calendar is a fictional calendar used in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game...
584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars
Greyhawk Wars
In the Dungeons & Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the Greyhawk Wars raged across the whole of the Flanaess from 582-584 CY.-History:...
.
Publication history
Otiluke is one of the famous mages of the Greyhawk setting whose spells were included in the 1988 Greyhawk AdventuresGreyhawk Adventures
Greyhawk Adventures is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting.-Contents:Greyhawk Adventures contains information about Greyhawk deities and clerics, major non-player characters, monsters, geography, spells of the setting's famous magic-users , magic items of the...
hardbound.
Description
Otiluke stood just over 5 feet tall, had short black hair, a thin beard, and brown eyes. He was well-dressed, but appeared rather puny. Small and weak, he's one of the few humans who could wear a magical item called gauntlets of kobold power and have it actually benefit him tremendously. It was probably intended as one of those cursed items you can't take off, but Otiluke loved his.Otiluke was not a wise man, either. With a wisdom of 8 he was, of all the Circle, the least endowed with common sense. Mentally, he was brilliant, the match for Tenser
Tenser
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Tenser is an archmage who actively seeks to rid the Flanaess of evil...
and Bigby
Bigby (Greyhawk)
Bigby is an archmage in the fictional World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Before the Greyhawk Wars, Bigby made his home in Scant, capital of Onnwal. Nowadays, he can often be found in Mitrik, Veluna...
in sheer intellectual prowess, but some of his ideas were a few tankards short of a keg.
Relationships
Otiluke was a member of the Circle of EightCircle of Eight
The Circle of Eight is a fictional group of wizards in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The Circle was originally created by Gary Gygax around 1975 as an alliance of most of his Dungeons & Dragons characters...
, president of Greyhawk City's
Free City of Greyhawk
The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess," is a fictional city-state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game...
Society of Magi, and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. Imiric von Suss-Varren, a gnomish count of the Principality of Ulek
Principality of Ulek
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Principality of Ulek is a political state of the Flanaess, and one of the three Ulek States ....
, once served Otiluke as a henchman. He also lived with a young woman named Glorial, who served him as an apprentice and concubine from 580 CY until his death in 584.
History
Otiluke was born in early Patchwall of 542 CY. Some time around mid-573, he purchased a home in the City of Greyhawk, a townhouse in the Foreign Quarter on Summoner Court. In 576, he joined the Circle of Eight.Spells
Otiluke is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:- Otiluke's Freezing Sphere or Otiluke's Icy Sphere
- Otiluke's Resilient Sphere
- Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere
Otiluke bases a number of his creations on spheres/orbs/bubbles or screens mixed with elemental forces.
Otiluke has also developed the following additional spells:
- Otiluke's Acid Cloud
- Otiluke's Boiling Oil Bath
- Otiluke's Bubbling Buoyancy
- Otiluke's Death Screen
- Otiluke's Diamond Screen
- Otiluke's Dispelling Screen
- Otiluke's Electrical Screen
- Otiluke's Excruciating Screen
- Otiluke's Fire and Ice
- Otiluke's Force Umbrella
- Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen
- Otiluke's Orb of Containment
- Otiluke's Polar Screen
- Otiluke's Radiant Screen
- Otiluke's Siege Sphere
- Otiluke's Smoky Sphere
- Otiluke's Steaming Sphere
- Otiluke's Suppressing Field
Abominations
Otiluke was responsible for the creation of a monster called a "howler wasp." Unnatural abominations, the product of magical meddling in genetics, these quickly-reproducing monsters are crossbreeds of giant wasps and carnivorous monkeys. Otiluke made them to defend his home against a cabal of slaadi, but he was of course unable to control them and they escaped into the wild.Writings
Otiluke is known to have authored the following works:- Gazette on the Norse Climates
- Otiluke's Practical Gardening
- Spherogenesis of the Multiverses
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