D&D General You Can Now Make Greyhawk Stuff On DM's Guild!

As of today, third party creators can publish and sell material set in the World of Greyhawk! Dating back to the dawn of Dungeons & Dragons, Greyhawk has an entire chapter devoted to it in the new 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide.

Right now you can check out some legacy official content from Wizards of the Coast, but expect more to start appearing there as soon as the third party creators get their teeth into it.

Dungeons & Dragons May Not Come Back to Greyhawk After 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide

Wizards of the Coast does not appear to have future plans for the Greyhawk setting past the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Speaking at a press event earlier this month, Dungeons & Dragons game architect Chris Perkins explained that the inclusion of Greyhawk campaign setting material in the...

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[Snarf Zagyg]

I wonder if this would work include approval to allow Living Greyhawk authors to polish up their old mods and release to the DM’s Guild.

In the past the hold up was that ownership of LG adventures were dual-ownership by the authors and WotC so both would need to approve republication.

Now, if this could count as WotC giving their approval, all that remains are for those authors themselves to agree then upload?

(Probably way too much wishful thinking)

I am not going to opine on the legal merits (FOR ONCE! HA!) because I have no idea what the actual agreements are, but I would say that a possible remaining holdup is that if WoTC still has an ownership interest, the possible holdup would be an issue of charging money that would only go to the LG author?

In other words, maybe someone can contact them and ask (nicely) if they can be released now for free on DM's Guild, or what needs to be done?

I definitely would ask for permission first, and not beg for forgiveness later.

 

[Parmandur]

I am not going to opine on the legal merits (FOR ONCE! HA!) because I have no idea what the actual agreements are, but I would say that a possible remaining holdup is that if WoTC still has an ownership interest, the possible holdup would be an issue of charging money that would only go to the LG author?

In other words, maybe someone can contact them and ask (nicely) if they can be released now for free on DM's Guild, or what needs to be done?

I definitely would ask for permission first, and not beg for forgiveness later.

WotC gets a 30% cut of DMsGuild sales, but it is no doubt...complex

 

[Remathilis]

I would like to thank WoTC for finally doing this, but most of all, I would like to thank me, and my 837 posts about Greyhawk and endlessly spamming #GREYHAWKCONFIRMED!

Now, we just need to get WoTC to (1) rid us of those meddlesome Bards, (2) dispose of the soulless, dead-eyed elves, and (3) finally recognize the innocence of Bargle, and my job will be complete!

Meanwhile, my elf bard will continue to seek justice for Aleena.

 

[Distracted DM]

WotC gets a 30% cut of DMsGuild sales, but it is no doubt...complex

iirc WotC gets 50% of a DMG sale- it's DTRPG that gets 30-35.

 

[Parmandur]

iirc WotC gets 50% of a DMG sale- it's DTRPG that gets 30-35.

It's 50% total, IIRC.

 

[Zaukrie]

iirc WotC gets 50% of a DMG sale- it's DTRPG that gets 30-35.

Mostly true. If you sell a ton, you get a higher cut... But that's almost no one.

 

[bedir than]

I would like to thank WoTC for finally doing this, but most of all, I would like to thank me, and my 837 posts about Greyhawk and endlessly spamming #GREYHAWKCONFIRMED!

Now, we just need to get WoTC to (1) rid us of those meddlesome Bards, (2) dispose of the soulless, dead-eyed elves, and (3) finally recognize the innocence of Bargle, and my job will be complete!

Coming Soon: Snarf's Guide to Greyhawk
Chapter 1: Remove Bards
Chapter 2: Also remove elves
Chapter 3: Remove more elves
Chapter 4: Remove that not-quite bard you found on the Guild
Chapter 5: Remove these other species
Chapter 6: You don't need these gods
Chapter 7: Remove some magic items
...
...
Chapter 42: Add this thing
The end

 

[dave2008]

iirc WotC gets 50% of a DMG sale- it's DTRPG that gets 30-35.

That is incorrect, the author gets 50% and WotC and DTRPG split the other 50%

 

[Storyteller Hero]

I took a long break from my 5e Realmspace/Spelljammer project, but now I can include a certain reference about Greyspace's crystal sphere and Krynnspace's sphere (I gap-bridged the Astral Sea lore and Crystal Sphere/Phlogiston lore, making it more or less usable for campaigns in 5e AND earlier editions) having a formation with Realmspace's sphere.

This also opens up a host of other potential references in lore projects and adventures.

I'm super happy to see the Big Three open together on DMsGuild after years of waiting.

 

[Weird Dave]

I'm excited to play around with a few product ideas I've had set in Greyhawk, but the challenge is going to be coming up with something NEW. I'll probably wait to see what the DMG fleshes out in terms of the setting to make sure anything jives with what they've got, but I've got a few Tier 1 adventures/mini campaigns I'd love to get cranking on which don't re-hash existing Greyhawk adventures. While still holding to the grittier feel of Greyhawk. A big Tharizdun adventure would be fun but I feel like that would be a Tier 3/Tier 4 setup, but you could seed a lot of Tharizdun stuff early on. So many ideas!