do i get bonus points?@Zardnaar - Anyone who owns a hard copy of Art and Arcana gets my vote. I stand unworthy in your presence.
The idea that a setting is S&S and yet can't handle tieflings is strange to me. As far as dragonborn are concerned, the setting already has Greyhawk dragons, lizard folk, bullywugs in the Vast Swamp, etc. How is it not able to handle dragonborn?Humanocentric isn't the same as xenophobic, and I have yet to see where Gygax has said that xenophobia is a feature of the Flanaess. Heck, even hobgoblins and orcs are fairly common as mercenaries in some locations (such as the Great Kindom and its peripheries).
In my experience it's not that hard at all. I've used AD&D, 3e and Bushido scenarios in Rolemaster; AD&D, B/X, 3E and HeroWars scenarios in 4e D&D; B/X and AD&D material in Burning Wheel; and probably other conversions I'm not remembering at the moment.Conversion, if one wants to do it at all right, is a bloody pain in the ass. (says he, having converted modules from every D&D edition and even non-D&D systems so I could run them in a variant of 1e)
But as @Azzy has pointed out, some of those posters seem not to know very much about the setting. The idea that tieflings would be controversial (as opposed, to, say, nobles) in the Great Kingdom seems to display a pretty significant ignorance of the basic setting material.In these recent threads, it seems like everyone clamoring for a new Greyhawk has different ideas in mind. And many seem very rigid about what they’d accept in a GH Setting.
But as @Azzy has pointed out, some of those posters seem not to know very much about the setting. The idea that tieflings would be controversial (as opposed, to, say, nobles) in the Great Kingdom seems to display a pretty significant ignorance of the basic setting material.
I'm seeing this a lot.Yeah, opinions are all over the place, and seem to be influenced more by personal preference rather than what’s in the books.
That's a nice analysis.Honestly, the protests to certain races seems more about keeping certain elements on the DM side of the screen.
Dragons, demons, and drow....those are toys for the DM only, for many.