Rod Staffwand
aka Ermlaspur Flormbator
GH is FR minus the sentimentality, romanticism and pretentiousness.
GH is FR minus the sentimentality, romanticism and pretentiousness.
This. Exactly this.That's just it though, isn't it? The easiest way to describe Greyhawk is "Take FR and remove <list of things that annoy me about FR>".
It's Forgotten Realms, but all the expies are of Conan instead of Aragorn.
I don't dislike Greyhawk, but reviving it as an official setting would be a monumentally wasted opportunity. It overlaps with Forgotten Realms in nearly every category except "tone." What would be the point?
This. Exactly this.
I don't dislike Greyhawk, but reviving it as an official setting would be a monumentally wasted opportunity. It overlaps with Forgotten Realms in nearly every category except "tone." What would be the point?
If the goal is to give people more options and draw in new players, then Planescape, Eberron, or Dark Sun would be the far better choice.
While I do agree there are ways to differentiate FR from GH, I think those differences are subtle enough--at least to people not already familiar with both--that it's a mistake to jump straight from one to the other.
Give us Eberron, Al Qadim, Dark Sun first. Then do Greyhawk.
"How do you write Greyhawk characters so well?"GH is FR minus the sentimentality, romanticism and pretentiousness.
In addition, Greyhawk default is a lot "cleaner". No Tieflings, Dragonborn, Drow, and so on. Not to mention it doesn't have a bazillion factions everywhere.
If you want to add Drow into your Greyhawk it's easier than trying to taking Drizz't out of FR.