D&D General Did Greyhawk/Oerth exist in 4e canon?

[JEB]

In another thread, realized that going by the official policy that every edition is its own canon, there would be distinct versions of the Greyhawk setting in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and now 5th Edition. But what about 4th Edition? I know it had takes on the Realms, Eberron, and Dark Sun, plus its core Nentir Vale setting, but did Oerth make any official 4e appearances? Or was it pretty much absorbed into Nentir Vale?

 

[Parmandur]

In another thread, realized that going by the official policy that every edition is its own canon, there would be distinct versions of the Greyhawk setting in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and now 5th Edition. But what about 4th Edition? I know it had takes on the Realms, Eberron, and Dark Sun, plus its core Nentir Vale setting, but did Oerth make any official 4e appearances? Or was it pretty much absorbed into Nentir Vale?

Per Wikipedia, the entire publication history of Greyhawk in 4E:

"In 2009, WotC released The Village of Hommlet, by Andy Collins, which updated Gary Gygax's original 1st edition Village of Hommlet to the 4th edition rules for characters of 4th level. It was not available for purchase, but was sent as a reward for those who joined the RPGA. In March 2013 the adventure by Collins was reprinted in issue 212 of Dungeon, but now for characters of 3rd to 5th level."

 

[JEB]

Per Wikipedia, the entire publication history of Greyhawk in 4E:

"In 2009, WotC released The Village of Hommlet, by Andy Collins, which updated Gary Gygax's original 1st edition Village of Hommlet to the 4th edition rules for characters of 4th level. It was not available for purchase, but was sent as a reward for those who joined the RPGA. In March 2013 the adventure by Collins was reprinted in issue 212 of Dungeon, but now for characters of 3rd to 5th level."

Huh, that's it? Nothing in Dragon or Dungeon, or D&D Insider, or such?

TBF, I suppose there wasn't much more in 5e, just Ghosts of Saltmarsh, until the new DMG.

 

[Parmandur]

Huh, that's it? Nothing in Dragon or Dungeon, or D&D Insider, or such?

That was in Dungeon.

Living Greyhawk wrapped up wirhb3.5 rules and that Hommlett release was the only Greyhawknrelated product until Tales from the Yawning Portal and Ghosts of Saltmarsh (Tyranny of Dragons and Princes of thebApocalypse do have suggestions on running them in Greyhawk).

 

[FitzTheRuke]

You guys are wrong. There was other 4e Greyhawk stuff. Among other things, there was the entirety of Against the Giants in Dungeon (and Perkins wrote an extra chapter for the Stone Giants). Several other classic adventures came out for special game days.

 

[the Jester]

I don't have it front of me, but there was also the 4e version of Tomb of Horrors, which was basically a sequel to 2e's Return to the Tomb of Horrors. I don't recall specifically if it was set in Greyhawk, setting-agnostic, or imported into the default Nentir Vale setting, though.

 

[JEB]

There was other 4e Greyhawk stuff. Among other things, there was the entirety of Against the Giants in Dungeon (and Perkins wrote an extra chapter for the Stone Giants. Several other classic adventures came out for special game days.

I don't have it front of me, but there was also the 4e version of Tomb of Horrors, which was basically a sequel to 2e's Return to the Tomb of Horrors.

See, I thought there had to be something more than one single adventure conversion... were there any articles about the Greyhawk setting, or famous personalities, or such in Dungeon or Dragon?

Occurs to me now that there was also Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium, but no idea if it went into Greyhawk stuff or just used his name.

I don't recall specifically if it was set in Greyhawk, setting-agnostic, or imported into the default Nentir Vale setting, though.

Wondering the same for the Against the Giants update.

 

[Nefermandias]

going by the official policy that every edition is its own canon,

This is a Crowfordism. Just ignore it.

 

[JEB]

This is a Crowfordism. Just ignore it.

Kinda hard to, when the current edition is clearly following that policy in practice. Better to just accept it.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

According to at least one Greyhawk wiki, the following Greyhawk adventures were adapted for 4e, either as free gameday stuff or as Dungeon articles:

Beyond the Crystal Cave
Hall of the Fire Giant King
Lowdown in Highport
Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan

There was also a brand-new adventure, The Last Slave Lord, which was published in 2013 for 1e or 2e, but has conversion notes for 4e rules. It was designed to be slotted in after A0-A4 (Against the Slave Lords), rather than the separate A1-A4 list (Scourge of the Slave Lords).

I haven't seen any player-facing, rules-related content that is specific to Greyhawk in any of my other sources, so I don't think that side of things was done. There may be references to it in setting information, which wouldn't be included in the sources I use for checking for rules-related content.

Edit: I will, however, note that a few Greyhawk deities are included in the official Points of Light setting pantheon. Among them are Kord (a thematic favorite of mine from 4e), Nerull, and Pelor. The 4e pantheon in general is a blend of several different sources, drawing on Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and (believe it or not!) outright Greek mythology. (Erathis is meant to be an Athena analogue, as a semi-belligerent goddess of law, skill, and civilization, while Bane is the Ares analogue, the god of warfare-as-slaughter but also a paragon of physical prowess and martial discipline, reflecting some of the influence of the Roman Mars.)

As with a lot of things in 4e, the default setting was intended as something of a convergence point. It's light enough on detail that you can plop most of its content into pretty much any setting without ultraspecific history that would conflict too much. Dark Sun and Eberron being two prime examples of "ultraspecific rules" that would conflict unless you heavily alter things.

Edit 2: Pardon, I forgot Tharizdun. Also, Wee Jas is often thought to be the inspiration for The Raven Queen, so that could be one more major (and now quite popular) deity from Greyhawk that got a 4e treatment, depending on what you believe.