D&D 4E Greyhawk 4e: Back to the Beginning...

[Revan89]

changing

Ok I know that everyone seems to think that 4e is great. I have to admit it is easier for new players than the classic AD&D that I love and cherish, but why change Greyhawk? and really Greyhawk got replaced by the Realms in third edition. no one even plays ravenloft and greyhawk anymore except us diehard AD&D players. If they go back and wipe out all that has happened to Greyhawk and the other settings and put in the new races then I will be sorely disappointed in WotC. Gary Gygax is rolling over in his grave because of what WotC is doing to D&D. I have actually met Gary Gygax and he wasn't happy with what happened to Greyhawk in 3e so I am sure this would make him cringe.

 

[Revan89]

Ok I know that everyone seems to think that 4e is great. I have to admit it is easier for new players than the classic AD&D that I love and cherish, but why change Greyhawk? and really Greyhawk got replaced by the Realms in third edition. no one even plays ravenloft and greyhawk anymore except us diehard AD&D players. If they go back and wipe out all that has happened to Greyhawk and the other settings and put in the new races then I will be sorely disappointed in WotC. Gary Gygax is rolling over in his grave because of what WotC is doing to D&D. I have actually met Gary Gygax and he wasn't happy with what happened to Greyhawk in 3e so I am sure this would make him cringe.

 

[Jack99]

Ok I know that everyone seems to think that 4e is great. I have to admit it is easier for new players than the classic AD&D that I love and cherish, but why change Greyhawk? and really Greyhawk got replaced by the Realms in third edition. no one even plays ravenloft and greyhawk anymore except us diehard AD&D players. If they go back and wipe out all that has happened to Greyhawk and the other settings and put in the new races then I will be sorely disappointed in WotC. Gary Gygax is rolling over in his grave because of what WotC is doing to D&D. I have actually met Gary Gygax and he wasn't happy with what happened to Greyhawk in 3e so I am sure this would make him cringe.

Screenshot or it didn't happen!

 

[rkwoodard]

Ok I know that everyone seems to think that 4e is great. I have to admit it is easier for new players than the classic AD&D that I love and cherish, but why change Greyhawk? and really Greyhawk got replaced by the Realms in third edition. no one even plays ravenloft and greyhawk anymore except us diehard AD&D players. If they go back and wipe out all that has happened to Greyhawk and the other settings and put in the new races then I will be sorely disappointed in WotC. Gary Gygax is rolling over in his grave because of what WotC is doing to D&D. I have actually met Gary Gygax and he wasn't happy with what happened to Greyhawk in 3e so I am sure this would make him cringe.

So, he was happy with what TSR did with Greyhawk after he left? I would find that....odd

I don't think Gygax would be happy with any treatment of Greyhawk. But moving it back to the beginning but adding new races seems to be a lesser sin that what could be done in the name of Greyhawk.

RK

 

[coyote6]

no one even plays ravenloft and greyhawk anymore except us diehard AD&D players.

Hey, that's not true (at least about Greyhawk). I'm GMing 3.5e D&D, and it's in Greyhawk. Most of the 3e D&D I ran or played was set in Greyhawk.

Heck, with the D&D game wrapping up, I've started thinking about the next campaign; I asked the players about it last session, and they voted "GURPS Post-Apocalypse Fantasy". So now Greyhawk is in the running to be the setting, after the application of a suitable apocalypse.

I'm not sure I could care less about Ravenloft, though.

 

[timbannock]

I will never play AD&D again, yet I will most certainly play Greyhawk again.

 

[Holy Smokes]

Thread necromancy makes Baby Tenser cry.

 

[Baron Opal]

...but why change Greyhawk?

Bacause:

• I would like some of the mechanics updated to 4e.
• My copies of the original Gazetteer are long gone.
• I never bought the boxed set in the first place.
• I would really like to have a codified collection of Greyhawk lore in one or two easy to read books.
• I would rather buy a shiny new Player's and Campagin guide than buy a beat up copy on eBay.
• I am completely uninterested in the 2e developments.
• I have the disposable income to do so.

 

[the Jester]

Bacause:

• I would like some of the mechanics updated to 4e.
• My copies of the original Gazetteer are long gone.
• I never bought the boxed set in the first place.
• I would really like to have a codified collection of Greyhawk lore in one or two easy to read books.
• I would rather buy a shiny new Player's and Campagin guide than buy a beat up copy on eBay.
• I am completely uninterested in the 2e developments.
• I have the disposable income to do so.

Hey, me too!

 

[JohnBiles]

Bacause:

• I would like some of the mechanics updated to 4e.
• My copies of the original Gazetteer are long gone.
• I never bought the boxed set in the first place.
• I would really like to have a codified collection of Greyhawk lore in one or two easy to read books.
• I would rather buy a shiny new Player's and Campagin guide than buy a beat up copy on eBay.
• I am completely uninterested in the 2e developments.
• I have the disposable income to do so.

Wow, it's like someone cloned me! (Though I do have the box set...in a box...in Kansas.)