D&D 4E Greyhawk 4e: Back to the Beginning...

[thedungeondelver]

No more of Sean K. Reynolds' influence on the setting.

This alone could make me buy 4e GREYHAWK products.

 

[howandwhy99]

This would be a definite buy for me. Expedition to Greyhawk Ruins was the last thing I bought from Wizards.

 

[Klaus]

For the link wary...

You had me at "Greyhawk Wars never happened"!

This would be not only a great setting, but a great setting to adapt to other media!

 

[S'mon]

A blank, pure slate to start fresh, clean and anew, canon-free and free of all the garbage that's become stuck to the setting.

That's definitely my feeling too. They could always include a page or two in the campaign setting guide with a 'possible future timeline' of post 576 CY events along the lines of From the Ashes and Living Greyhawk.

Apart from 'tiefling' being a silly name, I can't understand why anyone would object to their presence in Greyhawk. They look exactly like Cambions (eg Iuz!). They essentially are Cambions. Of course they wouldn't be accepted in normal human society, but like Iuz they could have two forms, one human, one demonic.

Dragonborn are a stretch. Personally I'd leave them out, but having them originate from somewhere beyond the southern ocean is hardly going to trash Greyhawk. Greyhawk has tons of weird races introduced over the years, one more won't hurt.

 

[S'mon]

No more of Sean K. Reynolds' influence on the setting.

Is that '3eHawk'? I never liked the feel of 3e Greyhawk myself (or anything post From the Ashes) but I never played or GM'd it so not an issue for me.

 

[thedungeondelver]

Is that '3eHawk'? I never liked the feel of 3e Greyhawk myself (or anything post From the Ashes) but I never played or GM'd it so not an issue for me.

Reynolds "work" on GREYHAWK goes all the way back to 2nd edition AD&D and includes such gems as AGAINST THE GIANTS: THE LIBERATION OF GEOFF, a module that ranks down there with RETURN TO KEEP ON THE BORDERLANDS for sheer WTFness. Why? Because Reynolds proudly declares in the introduction to LIBERATION... that he's never played G123 AGAINST THE GIANTS - yet he "wrote" a "sequel" which is akin to never ever tasting a really great steak and then writing a steak cookbook.

Also he co-oped Mordenkainen, one of Gary's PCs. That's supposed to be Reynolds as Mordenkainen on the cover of the GREYHAWK GAZETTEER for 3rd edition, so fie on him. Undoing his work is just fine by me.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

IF this is true, it actually sounds pretty damn cool.

 

[jadrax]

And I would be so sad they did not do the same thing to Faerun as well.

This was my exact same initial thought.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

So, Ultimate Greyhawk, eh?

It reminds me more of "Dark Ages Vampire" than Marvel's Ultimate line.

I've mixed feelings.

A question for long-time fans; what was the grief over the Greyhawk Wars?

 

[Remathilis]

Reynolds "work" on GREYHAWK goes all the way back to 2nd edition AD&D and includes such gems as AGAINST THE GIANTS: THE LIBERATION OF GEOFF, a module that ranks down there with RETURN TO KEEP ON THE BORDERLANDS for sheer WTFness. Why? Because Reynolds proudly declares in the introduction to LIBERATION... that he's never played G123 AGAINST THE GIANTS - yet he "wrote" a "sequel" which is akin to never ever tasting a really great steak and then writing a steak cookbook.

I liked the Liberation of Geoff...