Tovag Baragu
| Tovag Baragu | |
|---|---|
 Three open portals in Tovag Baragu, illustrated in Die Vecna Die! (2000). Art by Kevin McCann. | |
| General information | |
| Type: | Artifact |
| Location: | Dry Steppes |
| Rules | |
| Body slot: | N/a |
| Publishing | |
| First published: | Greyhawk Adventures (1988) |
Tovag Baragu is a stone circle in the Dry Steppes, and all that remains of the former capital city of the Baklunish Empire. It still retains enormous power in the modern era, and is a major artifact in its own right.
Powers
[edit | edit source]Tovag Baragu is able to be used to open portals in the arches of the henge to other times and places, even other planes. They act as windows to those locations, and in sometimes can act as a gateway to another realm.[1] The process of converting a viewing portal into a transporting one involves "several time-consuming steps,"[2] but they can only "be opened by those who have the knowledge and power."[1]
History
[edit | edit source]It is on the site of the former capital city of the Baklunish Empire,[2] located at the northern end of Lake Udrukankar. The capital was demolished in the Invoked Devastation called down by the Suel Imperium as part of the Twin Cataclysms, which obliterated both the Suel Imperium and Baklunish Empire at the end of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars.
In 5094 SD (-422 CY) the Suloise Mages of Power, who practiced a kind of magic unknown in the Common Era, created a terrible cataclysm remembered as the Invoked Devastation. The details of this calamity are unclear, except the fertile heartlands of the Baklunish Empire were transformed into the Dry Steppes, her great cities and rivers now entirely gone.
Gallery
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Die Vecna Die!(2000). -
Die Vecna Die!(2000). by Kevin McCann.
References
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[edit | edit source]- ↑ a b WGA4 Vecna Lives! (1990), p.58.
- ↑ a b WGA4 Vecna Lives! (1990), p.60.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Cook, David. Vecna Lives!. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
- Cordell, Bruce, and Steve Miller. Die Vecna Die!. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. "Greyhawk Mysterious Places." Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1999. Originally appeared in TSR's America Online folder as a second edition update to Greyhawk Adventures, later moved to its website. No longer live on the WotC website but available from the Wayback Machine: [1]
- Ward, James. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 62, 73 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Greyhawk Adventures | 3, 98, 99 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 13, 83, 150, 154 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 6 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 6 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 8 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | Return of the Eight | 62 | |
| Tovag Baragu, Stone Circles of | Place | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 1, 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66, 67 |