Recent content by RedSquirrel

"Shapeshifter" would be an unnecessary creature type, if it were in 5e. But, even back to third edition 25 years ago, lycanthropes acquired the subtype "Shapeshifter" when they acquired the lycanthrope template. Now they don't use extraneous, unnecessarily specific types or subtypes ... they...

SO MUCH this. 👆👆👆👆👆👆 This needs to be said, repeated, and reiterated. Loudly, and often. And once more time for the people at the back. Editions have been changing for the last 50 years. And that's not gonna stop. The more important part than random mechanical ways that lore is translated...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You have .... nooooooo idea. LOL Yep, even the little things like "Unearthed Arcana" in the City of Greyhawk, there's going to be so much that must be gone through, finding tidbits and Easter eggs, and parsing it all to compare it to previous lore, and trying to create new articles...

Just for funsies ... We've started adding some of the known upcoming content from the DMG 2024 (when we can find tidbits) to the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki. So, here's the "WIP" page for the "Unearthed Arcana" magic shop, thus far— Unearthed Arcana | Great Library of Greyhawk...

Oof. Yeah, I'd seen the spread-out images of the DM's screen, but, I thought perhaps there were better images ... "hoped" is more like it. I'm gonna have to like find some glasses or something to try to parse all that sem-blurry text! Thank you, though! Those blown-up/zoomed in images will...

So, that's kinda awesome!! The first image, the cartoon, is absolutely Morley the Wizard, the mascot for D&D ads and commercials aimed at young kids in the 70s. The second image didn't really have a name, 'til recently, AFAIK, when in 5e they named him "Thessalar" in Infernal Machine Rebuild...

This was never, ever the case—not even once. Gygax and Kuntz wrote Dragon magazine articles in an ongoing article column that updated the events of the Flanaess continuously in every article, leading from the folio in 1980 to the World of Greyhawk boxed set in 1983. And it was updated more in...

Well, ... yes. Grey elves are certainly known as "faerie" or "faerie elves". They're also called "meadow elves" very, very early on in 0e. But, there's also fae, fey, fairy, the Plane of Faerie, etc. Which have slightly different connotations. The Plane of Faerie, for example, in GH is the...

Wait ... just for clarity, to which "city" are you referring?

Not for nothing ... but, it looks like someone from the OJ saw your post. The crowdfunding links were removed and direct contact was inserted. 😉

[Well, phooey. Just finished reading the whole thread. It seems I'm not the first to say this.] There's a lot of people who (years ago) used to refer to Golarion as "Greyhawk 2.0". Erik Mona is a big Greyhawk fan, and before he was a pro (in the 90s), he was the Editor of the Oerth Journal...

So, here's the secret catch: Two things can be true, in that regard. It is a more medieval setting that's knights and castles. But, it also is gonzo, over-the-top, crossovers and such. Personally, I think that's actually what makes it more interesting, even more than others, because it makes...

Nope. Not at all. Don't feel bad 'bout that. And I say that as a Type 1 diabetic, diagnosed for about 25+ years, who must wear an insulin pump 24/7 and can't even go 2 hours without it, without consequence. While I haven't ever thought of having a diabetic PC specifically, that's largely...

Seldom have more true words been written. There's an old saying— (Or something like that. I'm probably paraphrasing.) It's true of those who just came to gaming (or anything, at all) and want to be part of it's history. You're absolutely right. "Borrowed nostalgia" is absolutely a thing...