tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post180353356975149106..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: The Real Ring of Gaxx?Jeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-19135355585742136052008-11-26T07:09:00.000-06:002008-11-26T07:09:00.000-06:00Go right ahead, Jarl!Go right ahead, Jarl!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-33823015001935094462008-11-26T02:24:00.000-06:002008-11-26T02:24:00.000-06:00Hey, JeffI wonder - can I translate your post into...Hey, Jeff<BR/><BR/>I wonder - can I translate your post into Polish? It's masterpiece of detective deduction and I think it can be interesting for Polish readers! Pity, not all of them knows English. Of course - I'll place all references, credits and back link to source post at your blog. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks in advance & Fight On!<BR/>JarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-71200869206704654722008-08-27T22:14:00.000-05:002008-08-27T22:14:00.000-05:00Harn also provides coats of arms, IIRC.Harn also provides coats of arms, IIRC.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-67336694763413813062008-08-26T19:14:00.000-05:002008-08-26T19:14:00.000-05:00There are companies out there that will make silve...There are companies out there that will make silver or even gold rings, seals, etc. of "your family's arms." They're often associated with the same outfits that will sell you framed paintings, painted plates, mugs, or whatever else you can slap a heraldic design on.<BR/><BR/>They're useable if you have a specific project in mind (Or at least I think so; they may only accept designs from their own library.) But as a heraldry and history buff I feel I have to give the disclaimer - their advertising is very misleading. A coat of arms does not "come with" a surname, and even if you are descended from the same family only one person has the right to a particular coat of arms at any time.<BR/><BR/>(You guys probably all know that, but I spent too long on rec.heraldry not to feel I have to say it.)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I only know of one other game setting that provides the arms of major figures in the setting - A Game of Thrones. At least, I think I recall seeing heraldic illustrations the one time I flipped through the game. I have been slow to read the books (only the first two so far, though I love them) and don't want to hit any spoilers.<BR/><BR/>I've done lots of heraldry for my own gameworld. If you ever hit a project for which you need something like that, give me a call and we'll talk.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248105744263116792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-45148334577394427712008-08-25T18:27:00.000-05:002008-08-25T18:27:00.000-05:00IIRC, several of TSR's Gazetter projects included ...IIRC, several of TSR's Gazetter projects included charges of arms. That was one of the things that "sold" me on the product line as I got into gaming in the very late 1980s/early 1990s.<BR/><BR/>I was a heraldry nut back then. Still am, I suppose, but it's ecclesiastical heraldry that commands my attention these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-63639530167087969772008-08-25T17:59:00.000-05:002008-08-25T17:59:00.000-05:00One of my disappointments with the GoO editiosn of...One of my disappointments with the GoO editiosn of Uresia: Grave of Heaven is that GoO removed one of my included (playful) homages to Greyhawk, which was a selection of bread-loaf slash diagrams arranged like a display of heraldic devices ... showing how each of the families in Rogan's Heath could tell their loaves apart in the communal oven.<BR/><BR/>Uresia nods often to the Greyhawk folio and/or boxed set, but that one was my favorite (on the other hand, like most of the book's tips of the hat, it's probably one of those things that nobody would have recognized for what it was, so oh well ...) :)S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-51148333724963051272008-08-25T16:12:00.000-05:002008-08-25T16:12:00.000-05:00That's a pretty good issue of the Dwarf too. The A...That's a pretty good issue of the <I>Dwarf</I> too. The <I>AD&D</I> scenario is great, and the <I>Cthulhu</I> one is pretty strong too.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-73994613816434433852008-08-25T13:33:00.000-05:002008-08-25T13:33:00.000-05:00You just gained 500 roleplaying xp for discovering...You just gained 500 roleplaying xp for discovering that. Very well done.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57336699592033220592008-08-25T13:20:00.000-05:002008-08-25T13:20:00.000-05:00Well, to answer one of your questions, I have seen...Well, to answer one of your questions, I have seen cool coats of arms in one othyer line of D&D products: the maps that come with Scarred lands books are full of shield heraldry like this, in the border of the maps.<BR/><BR/>When I paint, Scarred Lands specific minis, I try to work it in where I can.Gospoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185595170500152667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-22994956044815263532008-08-25T12:57:00.000-05:002008-08-25T12:57:00.000-05:00A mystery! I am so in! What do I do first? Head...A mystery! I am so in! What do I do first? Head to my local library? Ask a professor? Head to Lake Geneva to pound some pavement, knocking on doors?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, this is awesome, man. You need a partner, I'm totally in.Zachary Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166638173640517627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55430161535158845392008-08-25T12:54:00.000-05:002008-08-25T12:54:00.000-05:00FWIW Gary confirmed in one of his many ENWorld Q&a...FWIW Gary confirmed in one of his many ENWorld Q&A threads that the crest on the DMG cover (which also shows up on the 1983 <I>World of Greyhawk</I> box cover) was the Gygax family crest, and that both Sutherland and Easley were deliberately paying tribute to him by including it. Perhaps, if Gary was wearing this ring around as early as 1976, the "Ring of Gaxx" was a joke on it by Brian Blume?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-66270985975810765742008-08-25T12:01:00.000-05:002008-08-25T12:01:00.000-05:00That's some mighty fine detective work there, Mr. ...That's some mighty fine detective work there, Mr. Rients. Please keep us appraised of your findings, if any.<BR/><BR/>(As for the sweater, it was the 80s. Those things were really popular for some reason. Don't you remember the Cosby Show?)James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.com