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<blockquote data-quote="Wyrmshadows" data-source="post: 4471231" data-attributes="member: 56166">Without the Greyhawk lore, what the heck is Greyhawk anyway? A lot of meaningless names on an old map tied to the bygone days of D&amp;D IMO. If so many things are just retconned away into non-existance then all you really have is a plan to grab players with a familiar IP that bears little to resemblance to the IP as it has existed for years.&nbsp;In other words you have the IP ie. Greyhawk, in name only. You have Generic Points o' Light Fantasy World #15 with the name Greyhawk slapped on it so it will sell.&nbsp;I don't think too many Greyhawk fans will be thrilled with this and the fact is that outside of that rabid...and they are rabid....fanbase the vast majority of D&amp;D players only know Greyhawk as the default &quot;setting&quot; for 3e, an adventure or two in the 3e era and some articles in Dragon Magazine which isn't all that much.&nbsp;This 4ehawk is never going to happen because the fanbase, as it is, is full of Greyhawk purists who make FR purists look positively rational. Many FR fans are disgusted by the way WoTC gutted the world. IMO Greyhawk fans will feel the same only moreso because the nostalgia pull of Greyhawk is so strong for the true fans of the setting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wyrmshadows</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wyrmshadows, post: 4471231, member: 56166"] Without the Greyhawk lore, what the heck is Greyhawk anyway? A lot of meaningless names on an old map tied to the bygone days of D&D IMO. If so many things are just retconned away into non-existance then all you really have is a plan to grab players with a familiar IP that bears little to resemblance to the IP as it has existed for years. In other words you have the IP ie. Greyhawk, in name only. You have Generic Points o' Light Fantasy World #15 with the name Greyhawk slapped on it so it will sell. I don't think too many Greyhawk fans will be thrilled with this and the fact is that outside of that rabid...and they are rabid....fanbase the vast majority of D&D players only know Greyhawk as the default "setting" for 3e, an adventure or two in the 3e era and some articles in Dragon Magazine which isn't all that much. This 4ehawk is never going to happen because the fanbase, as it is, is full of Greyhawk purists who make FR purists look positively rational. Many FR fans are disgusted by the way WoTC gutted the world. IMO Greyhawk fans will feel the same only moreso because the nostalgia pull of Greyhawk is so strong for the true fans of the setting. Wyrmshadows [/QUOTE]

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