D&D 5E What do we want? Grognardhawk! When do we want it? Mearls!

lowkey13 · Apr 18, 2017

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Jester David · Apr 18, 2017

I know this is satire, but it just feels mean. Like it's crappy all over their play style and choice of the setting because they don't want the setting radically changed to include a half-dozen new races or suddenly have racial equality...

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TwoSix · Apr 18, 2017

Jester David said:
I know this is satire, but it just feels mean. Like it's crappy all over their play style and choice of the setting because they don't want the setting radically changed to include a half-dozen new races or suddenly have racial equality...

It's the catch-22 of setting reboots. If you make changes in an attempt to modernize, you're being disrespectful to those who value canon or continuity. If you leave it exactly the same, you've lost your rationale for rebooting it in the first place. Setting material is edition agnostic, there's nothing preventing anyone from using their Greyhawk material from 1983 in a 5e game.

manduck · Apr 18, 2017

Tech? App? Hyperlinks? Good lord, it's like you don't even remember 1983! If there were no tech, apps or hyperlinks in the original box set then they don't exist! You're getting dangerously close to having your Grognard License revoked. If you had referred to the Fighting Man as a Fighter, you'd have your license revoked on the spot. Tread lightly...

Charles Rampant · Apr 18, 2017

Honest to god, the more I hear Greyhawk fans talk about why they like the setting, the less I want it to be updated...

Azzy · Apr 18, 2017

Charles Rampant said:
Honest to god, the more I hear Greyhawk fans talk about why they like the setting, the less I want it to be updated...

The problem with satire is that it usually goes unnoticed.

machineelf · Apr 18, 2017

TwoSix said:
It's the catch-22 of setting reboots. If you make changes in an attempt to modernize, you're being disrespectful to those who value canon or continuity. If you leave it exactly the same, you've lost your rationale for rebooting it in the first place. Setting material is edition agnostic, there's nothing preventing anyone from using their Greyhawk material from 1983 in a 5e game.

Some things don't need rebooting, they just need reprinting.

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TwoSix · Apr 18, 2017

secondhander said:
Some things don't need rebooting, they just need reprinting.

I simply don't see the need if nothing changes. I could see it if material is added, and what was previously vague becomes more fleshed out. But just to have the 1983 material in a new book, when you could just download the pdf seems like wasted effort.