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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 964967" data-attributes="member: 151">And, for the billionth time, why is GH VS. FR?&nbsp; They are different settings with different appeals.&nbsp; There is no 'better', per se.Greyhawk, as Aaron points out, was where everything in 1e took place...for the most part.&nbsp; Most of the modules could easily be set anywhere, and the Barrier Peaks could easily be ANY mountains...by design.&nbsp; EGG stated that he wanted Greyhawk to be very DM-customizable and campaign-specific.&nbsp; My version is not his version is not someone else's version.&nbsp; Even using the same modules and locations.&nbsp; Returning gamers, like me, liked having familiar Greyhawk on hand.Forgotten Realms is a much more detailed setting, and truthfully it is a variant D&amp;D setting, even though it is the most popular.&nbsp; As tskadiel points out, there are variant races there (read: NON-OGL), concepts like the Shadow-weave and spell-fire, and lots of things that are non-standard.&nbsp; I would argue that more D&amp;D gamers are familiar with ELEMENTS of Greyhawk than FR, but as settings go, FR is the most familiar.&nbsp; Everyone knows Otto's Irresistible Dance, the Eye of Vecna or Tenser's Transformation, even if they don't know who those guys actually are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 964967, member: 151"] And, for the billionth time, why is GH [b]VS.[/b] FR? They are different settings with different appeals. There is no 'better', per se. Greyhawk, as Aaron points out, was where everything in 1e took place...for the most part. Most of the modules could easily be set anywhere, and the Barrier Peaks could easily be ANY mountains...by design. EGG stated that he wanted Greyhawk to be very DM-customizable and campaign-specific. My version is not his version is not someone else's version. Even using the same modules and locations. Returning gamers, like me, liked having familiar Greyhawk on hand. Forgotten Realms is a much more detailed setting, and truthfully it is a [i]variant[/i] D&D setting, even though it is the most popular. As tskadiel points out, there are variant races there ([b]read: NON-OGL[/b]), concepts like the Shadow-weave and spell-fire, and lots of things that are non-standard. I would argue that more D&D gamers are familiar with ELEMENTS of Greyhawk than FR, but as settings go, FR is the most familiar. Everyone knows Otto's Irresistible Dance, the Eye of Vecna or Tenser's Transformation, even if they don't know who those guys actually are. [/QUOTE]

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