D&D 5E Greyhawk: Why We Need Mo' Oerth by 2024

[Warpiglet-7]

I know relatively little about grey hawk but though I like it a lot.

How much of a stretch would it be for there to be a small nation of abyssal tieflings in the lands of Iuz?

Wasn’t he a cambion? Or partially so?

I don’t think u have to be uptight with grey hawk to keep the flavor alive

 

[Maxperson]

That's true...I guess it would depend on how they present the setting. There's a difference between, "there's a portal to Limbo so Githzerai aren't weird in this world" and "there's a portal to where???"

They can be weird, though.

:::two men in Greyhawk City see a Githzerai PC wandering down the street:::

Man #1: "What in the Nine Hells is that?"
Man #2: "I have no idea. It probably crawled out of the ruins of the castle.
Man #1" "You're probably right. Well, so long as it don't bite, I don't care."

 

[Parmandur]

They can be weird, though.

:::two men in Greyhawk City see a Githzerai PC wandering down the street:::

Man #1: "What in the Nine Hells is that?"
Man #2: "I have no idea. It probably crawled out of the ruins of the castle.
Man #1" "You're probably right. Well, so long as it don't bite, I don't care."

Yes, big difference between "exists in the world" and "a normal sight."

Player characters are unusual by definition, even if they are Human Champion Fighrers.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Btw, I know Gygax confirmed Oerth is an alternate Earth, and there are other alternates including Aerth, Uerth and Yarth. Do we actually know anything about the others?

 

[Faolyn]

You know what I would kinda like to see? Way back in Dragon #277, there was an article called "Greyhawk 2000: Post-Industrial Dungeons & Dragons." Completely re-imagine the setting from the ground and make it modern.

I'm positive that almost every fan would hate it, but I think it'd be fun.

 

[Azzy]

I know relatively little about grey hawk but though I like it a lot.

How much of a stretch would it be for there to be a small nation of abyssal tieflings in the lands of Iuz?

Wasn’t he a cambion? Or partially so?

I don’t think u have to be uptight with grey hawk to keep the flavor alive

Yeah, Iuz is the cambion son of Gratz and Iggwilv (aka Tasha), and there should be no dearth of Abyssal tieflings in the lands of Iuz.

Conversely, Hellish tieflings should feel right at home in the lands (and former lands) of the Great Kingdom. House Naelax, the ruling noble house of the Great Kingdom has a long history of cavorting with devils. (Heck, I played a tiefling character that was a scion of House Naelax.)

There are likely other areas, such as the lands of the Horned Society, that tieflings may naturally hail from also.

 

[JEB]

You know what I would kinda like to see? Way back in Dragon #277, there was an article called "Greyhawk 2000: Post-Industrial Dungeons & Dragons." Completely re-imagine the setting from the ground and make it modern.

I'm positive that almost every fan would hate it, but I think it'd be fun.

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That's the sort of thing that makes me miss the old Dragon Magazine.

 

[JEB]

Yeah, Iuz is the cambion son of Gratz and Iggwilv (aka Tasha), and there should be no dearth of Abyssal tieflings in the lands of Iuz.

Huh, I forgot that Iuz was Tasha's kid. I wonder how that will be handled in modern lore, which has a less villainous take on her? (If Ghosts of Saltmarsh is still canon, we know Iuz still exists...)

 

[James Gasik]

I actually ran an adventure a few years ago where the players recovered the cloak Grazzt had made for Iggwilv, by skinning a Pit Fiend and imbuing it's flesh with demonic power. Greyhawk has a lot of neat lore!

 

[Bitbrain]

Two cool ideas I've seen for introducing dragonborn to Greyhawk:

1. Take a leaf from the Barrier Peaks stuff.

Dragonborn = Barrier Peaks Lizardoids?

Dude, that’s awesome! And it gives Dragonborn a distinct and very Greyhawk flavor