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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8278693" data-attributes="member: 3400">I've run a fair amount in Greyhawk, so my lore changes tend to jump off from Greyhawk topics. For example, the Scarlet Brotherhood in my Greyhawk are not generally represented by monks like Brother Milerjoi in the Slavelords saga - they're psionicists and guard the psionic sciences jealously. I got to make pretty good use of the 3e psionics system when I ran my Classic Modules campaign in 3e.I also took the Elf kinslaying/civil war farther and worked in more Tolkien influence such as the relationship of Ungoliant/Mirkwood spiders to elves. Lolth corrupts the Drow by offering advanced arcane knowledge elves were not meant to know, the civil war drives them underground. Their primary opponent retreats to the Valley of the Mage (valley elves) leaving the other elf varieties to populate most elven lands. And in those lands, since Lolth is the Queen of Spiders and any spider could be one of her spies, elves detest spiders and clear their houses of them, relying on other insectivores like bats and carnivorous plants to control insects in their lands.I also went with Drow not being black skinned - they're pale and slight, but still matriarchal and with a very cruel society that I also raid descriptions of Melniboné for. I still generally use alignment but de-emphasize the power of the Law/Chaos axis. Primary morality is generally covered by Good/Evil while Law/Chaos tends to describe methodology and the difference in emphasis between collective/individual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8278693, member: 3400"] I've run a fair amount in Greyhawk, so my lore changes tend to jump off from Greyhawk topics. For example, the Scarlet Brotherhood in my Greyhawk are not generally represented by monks like Brother Milerjoi in the Slavelords saga - they're psionicists and guard the psionic sciences jealously. I got to make pretty good use of the 3e psionics system when I ran my Classic Modules campaign in 3e. I also took the Elf kinslaying/civil war farther and worked in more Tolkien influence such as the relationship of Ungoliant/Mirkwood spiders to elves. Lolth corrupts the Drow by offering advanced arcane knowledge elves were not meant to know, the civil war drives them underground. Their primary opponent retreats to the Valley of the Mage (valley elves) leaving the other elf varieties to populate most elven lands. And in those lands, since Lolth is the Queen of Spiders and any spider could be one of her spies, elves detest spiders and clear their houses of them, relying on other insectivores like bats and carnivorous plants to control insects in their lands. I also went with Drow not being black skinned - they're pale and slight, but still matriarchal and with a very cruel society that I also raid descriptions of Melniboné for. I still generally use alignment but de-emphasize the power of the Law/Chaos axis. Primary morality is generally covered by Good/Evil while Law/Chaos tends to describe methodology and the difference in emphasis between collective/individual. [/QUOTE]

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