D&D General 50th Anniversary WotC live panel at PAX Unplugged 2023.

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

I mean, they're still regularly drawing on characters that originated in Greyhawk to this day: Mordenkainen, Bigby, Tasha/Iggwilv, Vecna, etc.

 

[Parmandur]

I mean, they're still regularly drawing on characters that originated in Greyhawk to this day: Mordekainen, Bigby, Tasha/Iggwilv, Vecna, etc.

Yup, they have published three books this decade with Greyhawk NPCs in the title, and the BB(E?CN?)G in Witchlight was a Greyhawk NPC (not to mention the inclusion of the 80's action figure characters in that Advenrure written by the same guy as this DMG in question).

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Yup, they have published three books this decade with Greyhawk NPCs in the title, and the BB(E?CN?)G in Witchlight was a Greyhawk NPC (not to mention the inclusion of the 80's action figure characters in that Advenrure written by the same guy as this DMG in question).

Also Ghosts of Saltmarsh - they went out of their way to specify that Saltmarsh was still in Greyhawk (even if they didn't really expand on it beyond that), when they could have easily made it setting neutral or even dropped it into the Forgotten Realms somewhere with fairly minimal effort.

 

[Parmandur]

Also Ghosts of Saltmarsh - they went out of their way to specify that Saltmarsh was still in Greyhawk (even if they didn't really expand on it beyond that), when they could have easily made it setting neutral or even dropped it into the Forgotten Realms somewhere with fairly minimal effort.

Saltmarsh is an interesting case: it actually does get Greyhawk stuff quite a bit, up to abd including a timeline reset to the metaplot.

And Saltmarsh was very, very successful.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Another thing that just came to mind is the involvement of the Greyhawk goddess of fate Istus in the new 5e backstory for the Deck of Many Things.

They're going to a lot of effort to make/keep Greyhawk relevant if they don't plan to do anything with it.

 

[darjr]

WotC pulls release dated images shared during PAX Unplugged.

Wizards of the coast has pulled all social media they are in charge of that shared images with release dates. Weather that means the release dates were wrong or just not supposed to be shared is unclear.

 

[Demetrios1453]

As I said a few posts ago, I'm 99% sure it's going to be Greyhawk in the DMG.

1. It's the 50th Anniversary, so it makes sense to use the original setting for the game.

2. It's a good way to release it, since to outside eyes, it would be hard to differentiate from FR if they tried a stand-alone setting book.

3. It's the most important setting not yet available on the DM's Guild. A lot of people are waiting for that.

4. The setting can handle a light-touch release, just needing a quick overview with plot hooks. That's how it was for years back in 1e.

 

[Reynard]

3. It's the most important setting not yet available on the DM's Guild. A lot of people are waiting for that.

Is it?

 

[JEB]

3. It's the most important setting not yet available on the DM's Guild. A lot of people are waiting for that.

Assuming, of course, that its inclusion in the DMGuide opens it up for the DMGuild; Saltmarsh didn't. Interesting thought, though.

 

[Parmandur]

Is it?

It was the second moat popular Aetting in use as of the last time WotC released any info on it, so yes, by default it is since the Forgotten Realms is open for use on the DMsGuild.