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<blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3814865" data-attributes="member: 17596"><p><strong>Greyhawk</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What hooked me...</em></p><p></p><p><em>The Living Greyhawk Gazeteer (LGG)</em> was my first proper introduction to Greyhawk. While I'd been playing D&D for about a decade before 3rd edition hit the stands, most of the setting was a mixture of homebrew and Hollow World (the only setting I purchased during the '90s). In the early days of 3rd edition the <em>LGG</em> was the only setting available on the shelves. Just viewing the heraldry and skimming through the history and nations of the Flanaess made me realize this was just what a wanted in a setting: A detailed framework I could use to bring life to my own ideas, without feeling as if I bound to some always advancing metaplot.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What tried to lose me, but never quite did...</em></p><p></p><p>The scattershot manner of new material for Greyhawk over the following years. Whether it was WotCs use of all the trappings of Greyhawk without actually ever using the setting or it was having to collect Greyhawk material through Dragon magazine articles, Living Greyhawk Campaign articles, and pdfs of older Greyhawk releases...the piecemeal way I've had to support Greyhawk is rather shameful. Looking at my folder full of assorted printouts and piles of Dragon magazines, when I could have all of this material in less than a half dozen really good hardcover books without years of personal research...it never fails to bug me. </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What brought me back from the brink...</em></p><p></p><p>While I have complained about having to go through dozens of magazines to find Greyhawk articles, it was really Dragon magazine that kept Greyhawk alive for me. I understand there are Greyhawk purists out there who dislike everything that's happened to Greyhawk since the early eighties. I can only speak of what my own experience since coming to the setting in 2001. Dragon magazine was really the only source of Greyhawk material for more than half a decade. And I thank them for it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Coda...</em></p><p>Both <em>Complete Champion (CC)</em> and <em>Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (ERG)</em> are two of the best Greyhawk specific books put out by WotC since the <em>LGG</em> came out seven years ago. While it seems that Greyhawk is going into torpor for a while, I'm glad I have these books at least to keep things alive in my campaigns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivocaliban, post: 3814865, member: 17596"] [B]Greyhawk[/B] [I]What hooked me...[/I] [I]The Living Greyhawk Gazeteer (LGG)[/I] was my first proper introduction to Greyhawk. While I'd been playing D&D for about a decade before 3rd edition hit the stands, most of the setting was a mixture of homebrew and Hollow World (the only setting I purchased during the '90s). In the early days of 3rd edition the [I]LGG[/I] was the only setting available on the shelves. Just viewing the heraldry and skimming through the history and nations of the Flanaess made me realize this was just what a wanted in a setting: A detailed framework I could use to bring life to my own ideas, without feeling as if I bound to some always advancing metaplot. [I]What tried to lose me, but never quite did...[/I] The scattershot manner of new material for Greyhawk over the following years. Whether it was WotCs use of all the trappings of Greyhawk without actually ever using the setting or it was having to collect Greyhawk material through Dragon magazine articles, Living Greyhawk Campaign articles, and pdfs of older Greyhawk releases...the piecemeal way I've had to support Greyhawk is rather shameful. Looking at my folder full of assorted printouts and piles of Dragon magazines, when I could have all of this material in less than a half dozen really good hardcover books without years of personal research...it never fails to bug me. [I]What brought me back from the brink...[/I] While I have complained about having to go through dozens of magazines to find Greyhawk articles, it was really Dragon magazine that kept Greyhawk alive for me. I understand there are Greyhawk purists out there who dislike everything that's happened to Greyhawk since the early eighties. I can only speak of what my own experience since coming to the setting in 2001. Dragon magazine was really the only source of Greyhawk material for more than half a decade. And I thank them for it. [I]Coda...[/I] Both [I]Complete Champion (CC)[/I] and [I]Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (ERG)[/I] are two of the best Greyhawk specific books put out by WotC since the [I]LGG[/I] came out seven years ago. While it seems that Greyhawk is going into torpor for a while, I'm glad I have these books at least to keep things alive in my campaigns. [/QUOTE]
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