Bigby

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"The old goat comes up with one good gimmick, and beats it to death with a rock."

– Khelben on Bigby.

The inventor of all known Hand spells

Bigby is a powerful human archmage from the Greyhawk setting of Dungeons & Dragons. Part of the original Circle of Eight, he was one of the first ever player characters in the homebrewed RPG that eventually grew into Advanced Dungeons & Dragons... which is quite impressive because he actually began as an evil wizard NPC, until Mordenkainen used a Charm Person spell to forcibly enslave Bigby as his underling. So of course he ultimately betrayed the group.

To younger fans, Bigby is mostly remembered for his legacy; the "Bigby's Hand" arsenal of spells. A skilled Evoker, Bigby specialized in the manipulation of raw elemental force, which he used to create an arsenal of various spells that manifested hand-shaped constructs of force or energy that could achieve assorted effects.

He apparently traveled to the Forgotten Realms once or twice. This allowed at least some of his spells to be passed on to the wizards of that world. Khelben Arunsun, The Blackstaff of Waterdeep, met him personally and really didn't like him; he is quoted in the splatbook "Forgotten Realms Adventures" (the post-Time of Troubles setting book) expressing his disdain for Bigby's excessive reliance on themed spells, and even created his own spell - Khelben's Warding Whip - in large part to be able to counter Bigby's personal spells.

The Spells of Bigby

Below is the complete library of spells invented by Bigby. He is also the author of the spellbook "Manual Powers Beyond Life", which contains them all, plus Burning Hands.

• Bigby's Clenched Fist
• Bigby's Crushing Hand
• Bigby's Forceful Hand
• Bigby's Grasping Hand
• Bigby's Interposing Hand
• Bigby's Disrupting Hand
• Bigby's Helpful Hand
• Bigby's Striking Fist
• Bigby's Tripping Hand
• Bigby's Warding Hand
• 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 Grasping Hands
• 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

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  Bigby's solution to every problem

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