D&D General Melf's Guide to Greyhawk Coming From Luke Gygax & WotC

[R_J_K75]

I don't play D&D now. If I were I'd play "Nimble". One of the reasons I quit playing D&D/5E was lack of the short adventures. Give me 16 pages and I'm good. So, this is good news.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm actually kinda scratching my head on this, I don't think there are any UA subclasses that really scream "greyhawk" and, tbh, as someone who's never played in it I don't really know how one would make a "greyhawk themed" subclass the same way one might make an FR or Eberron or Dark Sun subclass.

The Cavalier Fighter, straight outta Unearthed Arcana by the Big G himself.

 

[Parmandur]

That's how I feel about Dark Sun, Ravenloft, the Forgotten Realms, Spelljammer, Planescape, Dragonlance, and Mystara... But, you know, other people like those settings and I'm not the only person in the universe that matters.

How dare you take such a nuanced and open minded position towards other people's joy, in clear defiance of all our most sacred traditions.

 

[Morrus]

Expecting this to be a DMs Guild thing like Greenwood's and Baker's Forgotten Realms and Eberron stuff. That doesn't make this any less cool, though.

Why? He says it's official. I'm inclined to take him at his word, especially since Dan Ayoub was sitting right next to him!

 

[TerraDave]

Based on the discussion this definitely seems like something you will be able to buy in a store, or at a con. It won’t just be online.

 

[Parmandur]

Based on the discussion this definitely seems like something you will be able to buy in a store, or at a con. It won’t just be online.

Specifically, they were interspersing talking about Gygax Greyhawk material and upcoming product Seasons.

 

[kapars]

Would it make sense for the Gritty Realism play style to make a comeback for Greyhawk? I do not recall it being in the 5.5 DMG. Am I misreading the vibe of the setting? What is the vibe exactly?

 

[Remathilis]

Forge of the Artificer had Keith Baker as a consultant but unlike Rising or Explorer's Guide, he wasn't the credited author. Hickman was a consultant on Curse of Strahd. Greenwood was a consultant on the Forgotten Realms books. My guess is Luke is going to be somewhere between co-author and highly active consultant on this project. Luke can add a lot of weight to any upcoming Greyhawk book by citing things that either were mentioned in his father's games or were part of his father's notes. It could even by akin to Christopher Tolkien's guardianship of his father's unfinished material.

 

[TravDoc42]

I'm hoping for an actual stat block for Iuz, so a DM doesn't have to use the CR 5 Cambion from the MM.

And this does sound exciting! I'm happy for Luke Gygax, to be able to take part in this!!

 

[Umbran]

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