Otiluke

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In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Otiluke was an archmage, a member of the Circle of Eight, president of Greyhawk City's Society of Magi, and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. He was slain by Rary in 584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars.

[edit] Spells

Otiluke is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:

• Otiluke's Freezing Sphere
• Otiluke's Resilient Sphere
• Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere

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 Excrutiating 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

[edit] Writings

Otiluke is known to have authored the following works:

• Gazette on the Norse Climates
• Otiluke's Practical Gardening
• Spherogenesis of the Multiverses

[edit] References

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  • Cook, David. Vecna Lives! (TSR, 1990).

• Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." Dragon #82 (TSR, 1984).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

• Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000). Available online: [2]

• Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
  • Moore, Roger E. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).

• Pryor, Anthony. Patriots of Ulek (TSR, 1992).
  • Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).

• Sargent, Carl. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).
  • Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).

• Ward, James M.Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988).

• Williams, Skip, Penny Williams, Ari Marmell, Kolja Raven Liquette. Complete Mage (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).