D&D (2024) Greyhawk Confirmed. Tell Me Why.

[Reynard]

Yup, which WotC has already done with Greyhawk in 3E and Ghists of Saltmarsh, but would he much harder to do with Mystara.

::cries in yellow orc::

 

[Reynard]

So, some Bloggers and influences have been doing the "Gygax 75 Challenge" fir the past half decade, based on a 5 step campaign setting development program laid out by Gary Gygax in an article in the fanzine Europa in 1975...an article that WorC is actively printing and selling next month.

The 5 steps as outlined by Gygax:

That's right, folks.
The referee of the campaign must structure the game so as to have
something to play. He must decide upon these things:
1) The overall setting of the campaign;
2) The countryside of the immediate area;
3) The location of the dungeon where most adventures will take
place;
4) The layout and composition of the nearest large town; and
5) Eventually the entire world - and possibly other worlds, times,
dimensions, and so forth must be structured, mapped and added.

Gary Gygax in Europa Newsletter 1975: On D&D and Castle Greyhawk

Extracted From Europa WEB ARCHIVE, issues 6-8, April 1975. Page 20 E 6,8, page 18 GABT GÏGAX: D&D HPV TO SET UP YOUR DÜNGEONS & DRA...

lordofthegreendragons.blogspot.com

That's new to me. Very cool. Thanks.

 

[LordEntrails]

I doubt they will, but using Anna B's maps would be a really nice tribute to her efforts to keeping Greyhawk alive all these years.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I doubt they will, but using Anna B's maps would be a really nice tribute to her efforts to keeping GreyHawk alive all these years.

For someone who loves maps, Anna's Greyhawk map is just something I could (and have!) stare at for hours.

I wish she would do a Realms map in the same style and detail.

 

[Parmandur]

That's new to me. Very cool. Thanks.

No worries! I don't expectit will be*exactly* that,but...Gygax advice there feels pretty similar to the "Points of Light" idea that has proven handy for new DMs building a Setting, and using Gygax's Setting as a reference on how to follow Gygax's worldbuilding tech ique has a poetic element to it. I again suspect worksheets that can be used handily as both brainstorming and quick reference seem likely.

I also suspect the sample Adventures earlier in the book will tie into Greyhawk.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I think maybe when they said "0e and 1e", they were saying that Tasha's Cauldron of Everything pretty much replicated (in some way, or similarly) or covered the way psionics were in Eldritch Wizardy and AD&D.

Imagine the chaos if WotC threw up their hands and dropped the 1E PHB appendix psionics in the game.

"You want classic psionics? We'll give you classic psionics!"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Psionics is CORE in 1e (PH and everywhere else).

Weeeeell, it's in an appendix to the PHB. There were certainly people who regarded it as a core part of the game, but it wasn't integrated into the PHB the way that spellcasting was.

 

[Yaarel]

Weeeeell, it's in an appendix to the PHB. There were certainly people who regarded it as a core part of the game, but it wasn't integrated into the PHB the way that spellcasting was.

Yeah, even in the Greyhawk setting, Psionics is rare. But it exists, so 5e Players Handbook classes like Psi Warrior are fine in the setting. If the 5e DMs Guide mentions that the Divine power source is part of the Greyhawk setting, and the Arcane power source, it is appropriate mention the Psionic power source too.

I am unsure if the Greyhawk Druid and Barbarian will translate into the Primal power source, or if it will be understood as an aspect of the Divine power source.

 

[Nikosandros]

Imagine the chaos if WotC threw up their hands and dropped the 1E PHB appendix psionics in the game.

"You want classic psionics? We'll give you classic psionics!"

But what about hook fauchards? Do I get hook fauchards?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Weeeeell, it's in an appendix to the PHB. There were certainly people who regarded it as a core part of the game, but it wasn't integrated into the PHB the way that spellcasting was.

I'm not sure how true that is, actually. The 1e monster books absolutely integrate psionics where appropriate.