Annual Events in GREYHAWK
For campaigns in the Flanaess based on The Adventure Begins, the recommended starting time is Needfest, 591 Cy, on the first day of the new year. The DM may choose to play through an entire calendar year as a game year, from the coldest part of winter through the long summer of the Flanaess and back to the cold winter again to another new vear. Though travel in the Flanaess is greatly restricted in the depths of winter, adventurers might be forced to be on the move during the snowy months. (Dungeons are usually immune to weather on the surface, just as undersea realms are unaffected by hurricanes sweeping the oceans above.) Depending on their travels, adventurers might find themselves caught up in the celebrations of local or regional festivals, helping or hampering their progress. Few things are more frustrating than learning that government offices are closed for a festival when a comrade is in jail or prisoners are in tow.
This section describes the major annual events commonly recognized in the Domain of Greyhawk, focusing on the four festival weeks. Each religion has its own holy days in addition to this list, but with so many deities and different practices (not to mention regional and cultural variations within the worship of any particular deity), it is impossible to list all of the days considered even moderately important. In addition, each city and town celebrates its own secular holidays, most of them of minor importance elsewhere. Only the most significant religious days are given here. Certain days of importance to the government of the City of Greyhawk are given as well.
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