Rary
 |
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2008) |
Template:Greyhawk Character In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Rary of Ket is an archmage and political leader.
He is also called Rary the Traitor, a former member of the Circle of Eight. He was responsible for the deaths of Circle members Otiluke and Tenser at the end of the Greyhawk Wars. After his betrayal, Rary fled with his ally Sir Robilar, to the Bright Desert, where he established the Empire of the Bright Lands.
His younger brother, the renowned sage Arkalan Sammal, who resides in the Free City of Greyhawk, has renounced Rary, as have most of his former allies.
Writings
Rary is known to have authored or co-authored the following works:
- Arcane Puissance of the Memory
- The Lost Spellbook of Rary the Traitor
Spells
Rary is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as:
- Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer
- Rary's Telepathic Bond
Rary seems to specialize in meta-magical/psionic spells, or mental/mind based spell enhancements.
Rary has also developed the following additional spells:
- Rary's Aptitude Appropriator
- Rary's Arcane Conversion
- Rary's Empathic Perception
- Rary's Interplanar Telepathic Bond
- Rary's Memory Alteration
- Rary's Mind Scan
- Rary's Mind Shield
- Rary's Plane Truth
- Rary's Protection From Scrying
- Rary's Replay of the Past
- Rary's Spell Enhancer
- Rary's Superior Spell Enhancer
- Rary's Urgent Utterance
References
- Bonny, Ed. "Arcane Lore: The Lost Spellbook of Rary the Traitor." Dragon #249 (TSR, 1998).
- Broadhurst, Creighton. "Into the Bright Desert." Dungeon #98 (Paizo Publishing, 2003).
- Broadhurst, Creighton, Paul Looby, and Stuart Kerrigan. "Mysterious Places: The Brightlands." Wizards of the Coast, 2004. Available online: [1]
- Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [2]
- Cook, David. Vecna Lives! (TSR, 1990).
- 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: [3]
- Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
- Moore, Roger. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).
- Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).
- Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).
- 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).