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<blockquote data-quote="Stuart Kerrigan" data-source="post: 9497889" data-attributes="member: 6992554">Thanks, because when I wrote I went, &quot;Who am I kidding, no-one on ENWorld is going to agree with this.&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Well, actually, look at the shape of Onnwal on the map... and in doing so let's consider the far superior (IMNHO) Paizo Greyhawk map:-[ATTACH=full]384644[/ATTACH]The shape of Onnwal resembles the head of a dragon. In Living Greyhawk, we sometimes referred to Onnwal as 'the Dragonshead Peninsula.' Dragon Magazine Issue 299 even includes an article that uses this name for Onnwal—I should know because I wrote it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In the Headlands, we even introduced an evil faction of Ur-Flan, allied with the dreams of Tiamat made manifest. So, in 2000, we were basically on a similar page to the 2024 DMG in depicting Tiamat's dream-sendings, dragons and draconic worship in Greyhawk. And since it was published in Dragon Magazine, Wizards of the Coast owns it. For a competent writer wanting to incorporate dragons into Greyhawk, this provided a natural starting point.The maps are amazing. I like the breakdown of the possible campaigns and will steal that format myself liberally. I don't like change for the sake of it, and in a Folio-level article the changes we see are largely that. I'd love to see a Director's Commentary on Greyhawk 2024 on why decisions were made, or to talk to the designers civilly over a soothing libation or three.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stuart Kerrigan, post: 9497889, member: 6992554"] Thanks, because when I wrote I went, "Who am I kidding, no-one on ENWorld is going to agree with this." :D Well, actually, look at the shape of Onnwal on the map... and in doing so let's consider the far superior (IMNHO) Paizo Greyhawk map:- [ATTACH type="full" alt="onnwal.PNG"]384644[/ATTACH] The shape of Onnwal resembles the head of a dragon. In Living Greyhawk, we sometimes referred to Onnwal as 'the Dragonshead Peninsula.' Dragon Magazine Issue 299 even includes an article that uses this name for Onnwal—I should know because I wrote it. :) In the Headlands, we even introduced an evil faction of Ur-Flan, allied with the dreams of Tiamat made manifest. So, in 2000, we were basically on a similar page to the 2024 DMG in depicting Tiamat's dream-sendings, dragons and draconic worship in Greyhawk. And since it was published in [I]Dragon[/I] Magazine, Wizards of the Coast owns it. For a competent writer wanting to incorporate dragons into Greyhawk, this provided a natural starting point. The maps are amazing. I like the breakdown of the possible campaigns and will steal that format myself liberally. I don't like change for the sake of it, and in a Folio-level article the changes we see are largely that. I'd love to see a Director's Commentary on Greyhawk 2024 on why decisions were made, or to talk to the designers [B]civilly[/B] over a soothing libation or three. [/QUOTE]

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