Roaky Swerked is a human 12th-level cleric who appears in Against the Giants (1981), in a list of original tournament characters.[1]
Roaky is exceptionally strong, wise, and charismatic. They enter battle wearing heavy magically-enhanced plate mail, with a shield and a magically enhanced mace. Roaky speaks the languages of gnolls and kobolds.
History records little else is known about Roaky, not even their gender or which deity they followed.
Creative origins[]
Gygax named tournament characters in this module after entries in entries in a dictionary of obscure words, Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words. "Roaky" is defined as "hazy, nebulous, not clear", and comes from the French rauque, meaning hoarse. "Swerked" means "to become troubled, gloomy", and derives from the Old Saxon swerkan.[2][3]
References[]
- ↑ Against the Giants (1981).
- ↑ Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 69. ENWorld, Jun 21, 2003.
- ↑ Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 271. ENWorld, May 30, 2006.