David Howery
| David Howery | |
|---|---|
| Nationality: | American |
| Home: | Dillon, Montana |
| Born: | May, 1960 |
| First Greyhawk work: | The Elephants' Graveyard (1989) |
David Howery is a Greyhawk author who specialized in adventures and settings based on the non-European cultures of Earth and bringing them to Oerth. "Ghazal," in Dungeon #30,[1] added a group inspired by North African people and set them in the Bright Desert. "Ghost Dance," in Dungeon #32,[2] depicted the Rovers of the Barrens very closely to native North American plains tribespeople, based on Gary Gygax's use of native terms to describe them.[note 1] He even wrote an article on a fantasy Atlantis, which he called Atalya. He suggested vaguely that Atalya might be placed in the Solnor Ocean. And the fantasy version of ancient America that he presented in Dragon #205 was set across the Solnor in his own home game.
Perhaps his most known work is "The Dark Continent" in Dragon #189,[7] wherein he detailed a fantasy version of Africa that was southern Hepmonaland in his own campaign.
Howery also worked on material for Nyambe:African Adventures (2002). He is credited as a "Contributing Author" in the setting hardback,[8] having designed some of the monsters—which were updated versions of monsters he'd written for his own "Dark Continent" home campaign.[9]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]He has a B.S. degree in range management from Montana State University, where he first began playing D&D.[10]
Greyhawk works
[edit | edit source]His adventures "The Elephants' Graveyard" and "The Leopard Men" were based on scenarios in his original Greyhawk campaign, while "Rogue" and "The Land of Men With Tails" were set in the same fantasy Africa.
- Howery, David. "The Dark Continent." Dragon #189. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
- ———. "The Elephants' Graveyard." Dungeon #15. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
- ———. "Ghazal." Dungeon #30. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991.
- ———. "Ghost Dance." Dungeon #32. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991.
- ———. "The Land of Men With Tails." Dungeon #56. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
- ———. "The Leopard Men." Dungeon #22. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
- ———. "Lost Empires." Dragon #214. Lake Geneva, WI: 1995.
- ———. "The People." Dragon #205. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
- ———. "Rogue." Dungeon #34. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
References
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Gygax described the Rovers as migratory indigenous hunter tribespeople, following herds, being skilled horsemen, having canoes ("paddled small craft"), using bow and arrow, and lassos,[3] having "chieftans",[4][5] having a "sachem" leader,[6] etc. They are called the "Arapahi" which is a near-orthographic variant of "Arapaho". Gygax also incongruously gave their leader the title "ataman", which is a Cossack term.
Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Dungeon #30 (Jul/Aug 1991), p.22.
- ↑ Dungeon #32 (Nov/Dec 1991), p.60.
- ↑ Unearthed Arcana (sourcebook) 1e' (1985), p.20, Character Classes: The Barbarian.
- ↑ The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1980), p.14.
- ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.33, Guide.
- ↑ "News of the North Central Flanaess". Dragon #56 (Dec 1981), p.22-23.
- ↑ "The Dark Continent". Dragon #189 (Jan 1993), p.10-18.
- ↑ Nyambe: African Adventures, p.2.
- ↑ Howery, David (05 April 2006). The Elephant Graveyard (forum post). Paizo.com Forums. Paizo. Retrieved on 2 August 2025. "My work on Nyambe was limited to some of the monsters, which were ones I'd developed for my campaign way back when and updated to 3e."
- ↑ How far back is your D&D memory, what is the first thing you remember?. Retrieved on 1 August 2025.