Bigby (Greyhawk)

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Greyhawk Character
Bigby
Homeland Veluna (formerly Onnwal)
Gender Male
Race Human
Age
Class Wizard
Alignment Neutral
Universe World of Greyhawk

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Bigby is an archmage. The former apprentice of Mordenkainen, Bigby is part of the Circle of Eight, and is a former member of the Citadel of Eight[citation needed]. Before the Greyhawk Wars, Bigby made his home in Scant, capital of Onnwal. Nowadays, he can often be found in Mitrik, Veluna[who?]. His personal symbol is an open palm behind a large, stylized bumblebee.

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Spells

Bigby is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:

  • Bigby's Clenched Fist
  • Bigby's Crushing Hand
  • Bigby's Forceful Hand
  • Bigby's Grasping Hand
  • Bigby's Interposing Hand

The above have been found in all three editions of the Player's Handbook, while the following are in Player's Handbook II:

  • Bigby's Disrupting Hand
  • Bigby's Helpful Hand
  • Bigby's Striking Fist
  • Bigby's Tripping Hand
  • Bigby's Warding Hand

Bigby has also developed the following additional spells:

  • Bigby's Battering Gauntlet
  • Bigby's Besieging Bolt
  • Bigby's Bookworm Bane
  • Bigby's Construction Crew
  • Bigby's Dextrous Digits
  • Bigby's Fantastic Fencers
  • Bigby's Feeling Fingers
  • Bigby's Force Sculpture
  • Bigby's Most Excellent Force Sculpture
  • Bigby's Pugnacious Pugilist
  • Bigby's Silencing Hand
  • Bigby's Slapping Hand
  • Bigby's Strangling Grip
  • Bigby's Superior Force Sculpture

Writings

Bigby is known to have authored the following works:

  • Manual Powers Beyond Life

Bigby in other media

In the computer game Planescape:Torment, some text found within the game's files (but not within the game itself) indicates that Bigby was an incarnation of the The Nameless One. [1]

In the book Passage To Dawn by R.A. Salvatore, when Harkle Harpell enters into an unorthodox contest of wizardry with the Sea Sprite's wizard Robillard, Harkle boasts that he had "improved on Bigby" with his spell Bigby's Snapping Digits.

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