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For the Love of Greyhawk: Why People Still Fight to Preserve Greyhawk
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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8073570" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>Why do most people assume that GH is low magic? It was in Greyhawk that rangers had access to both wizard and druidic spells. It was in Greyhawk that the paladins had the most magical powers. At first level they were constantly under the effect of protection from evil.</p><p></p><p>Greyhawk is not a magicless environment, far from it. But high level charcters are rare to the extreme. Go into the city of Greyhawk and the highest character would be Jallarzy oe Tenser (both wizards), after that? The local priest of Pelor at 9th level... or the local thieves' guild master at about level 14. The power level of NPCs is in general, way lower than what you find in other setting. In fact, it was often a crittic of Greyhawk that it was hard to justify high level NPCs foes in Greyhawk just because there was so few of them. Getting raised from the dead meant you had to actually be able and lucky enough to find someone able to cast the spell. In the city of Greyhawk there was only one priest able to do it... And finding him was only the first part, convincing him would be the next. If you are not a follower of Pelor, good luck on that. No amount of money will make him cast the spell.</p><p></p><p>Religion was more active and following a god was important. Gods that were popular in one place might be almost non existant in an other. So expanding the infuence of your religion was important. Compare this to the Realms where in Waterdeep, a comparable city, you have at least 7 priest able to cast raised dead and stronger spells...</p><p></p><p>Again, magic is not absent from Greyhawk. It is the power levels of the NPCs that are toned downed. It also make more sense. If you can kill the dragon yourself, why would you send adventurers? You would get the treasure for yourself. But if you can't do it yourself, as it is often the case in Greyhawk, it makes perfect sense.</p><p></p><p>This is where Greyhawk is set apart from the other settings. High level PCs are not just other high level adventurers, they are actually among the few that went on and became powerful. They did not retired. They relentlessly pushed on to get more powerful. They can be on par with Tenser, Robilar, Hazen, Belvor and the the others. They are the outstanding ones, not the norm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8073570, member: 6855114"] Why do most people assume that GH is low magic? It was in Greyhawk that rangers had access to both wizard and druidic spells. It was in Greyhawk that the paladins had the most magical powers. At first level they were constantly under the effect of protection from evil. Greyhawk is not a magicless environment, far from it. But high level charcters are rare to the extreme. Go into the city of Greyhawk and the highest character would be Jallarzy oe Tenser (both wizards), after that? The local priest of Pelor at 9th level... or the local thieves' guild master at about level 14. The power level of NPCs is in general, way lower than what you find in other setting. In fact, it was often a crittic of Greyhawk that it was hard to justify high level NPCs foes in Greyhawk just because there was so few of them. Getting raised from the dead meant you had to actually be able and lucky enough to find someone able to cast the spell. In the city of Greyhawk there was only one priest able to do it... And finding him was only the first part, convincing him would be the next. If you are not a follower of Pelor, good luck on that. No amount of money will make him cast the spell. Religion was more active and following a god was important. Gods that were popular in one place might be almost non existant in an other. So expanding the infuence of your religion was important. Compare this to the Realms where in Waterdeep, a comparable city, you have at least 7 priest able to cast raised dead and stronger spells... Again, magic is not absent from Greyhawk. It is the power levels of the NPCs that are toned downed. It also make more sense. If you can kill the dragon yourself, why would you send adventurers? You would get the treasure for yourself. But if you can't do it yourself, as it is often the case in Greyhawk, it makes perfect sense. This is where Greyhawk is set apart from the other settings. High level PCs are not just other high level adventurers, they are actually among the few that went on and became powerful. They did not retired. They relentlessly pushed on to get more powerful. They can be on par with Tenser, Robilar, Hazen, Belvor and the the others. They are the outstanding ones, not the norm. [/QUOTE]
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