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The Deck of Many Things cardstock insert.

A lot of White Zombie/Rob Zombie music could fit the vibe of scary clowns…. “Meanwhile, behind the façade of this innocent looking bookstore…” Serious odd how much the lyrics of Cosmic Monsters, Inc. fit this creature.

Seems quite central Asian. Their rulers refer to themselves as an Ilkhan, for example.

Maybe. The migration map has them as emerging from a very explicitly Persian/Arabic cultural analog. A more accurate association might be to central Asian nomad people. Past art and descriptions were close to Mongolian or Scythian.

Through out Gary’s 81 folio and 83 boxed set. Those peoples are intermittently referred to by their own name and the common name given to them by outsiders. Likewise, Tiger and Wolf Nomads are called Chakyk and Wegwuir.

There already are proper names for these people. Cruski, Fruztii, and Schnai

A Greyhawk player option I would love to see leaned into are gnomes who push their tinkering instinct not into devices but into illusions. This could be the time to unleash a batch of illusion options for players.

I like thinking of them as a branch of Vistani. And I’m fine with that even with the 5e Vistani changes. I don’t need Rhennee to have a common physical appearance but I like the cultural identity aspect.

That looked fun.

There is also room when considering the details of the Great Kingdom’s final years and the frequent flirtations with lower planar creatures. And with hero deities popping up all over, it’s a reasonable place for ascension rules.

The turtleship was from before too. Just very obscure.

Exactly fuel for the trad dwarfs to have a grudge against them and in dwarf language “gnome” is an insult for those other types. 😉

Over years being here I slowly developed an understanding for how specific people engaged. For those who I observed interacting in ways which were clearly unproductive I mentally added them to a list of who to avoid engaging with myself. I also learned specific subjects which are not worth...

Rename Rock Gnomes to Forest Dwarf, Forest Gnome to Fey Dwarf. Svirfneblin can be Deep Dwarf. Give dwarves the same countless brands like elves do!

I would love a bit more lore about the legendary Mind Flayer empire and how it worked and organized. Reconstituting this lost empire seems to be one of the goals of individual mind flayers, but how does an empire of 100% super geniuses operate and organize? Just a little guidance about that...

That streamed apology was really painful to watch happen. It is curious to hear she is a contractor at Apotheosis at the moment. Didn’t she just become the CEO with Stone “stepping aside”?

Almost certainly so. The similarities to a specific Time/Life map of the era is uncanny.

Glad I caught this in time to get the limited $70 level in time before it filled.

I mean. There was lore to be scraped but it was a deep nitpicking to pull it out. If you’re not that kinda person who gets enjoyment from that, don’t. If you like to read through fiction for worldbuilding and not characters and plot, you might get something of an appreciation for early...