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<blockquote data-quote="Haffrung" data-source="post: 7605943" data-attributes="member: 6776259"><p>As distinct from a more bog-standard fantasy setting like the Realm:</p><p></p><p>* Greyhawk features more shades of grey. Most societies and factions are neither strongly good or strongly evil. And even the 'good' kingdoms tend to be wracked with political factionalism and scheming. Good-aligned PCs cannot should not expect a cheerful welcome in the communities they visit.</p><p></p><p>* Its cities are not culturally advanced and peaceful the way a place like Waterdeep is. They're Neutral, sprawling, and fuelled by greed. Thieves' guilds are common, religious followers are often at odds with one another, knightly orders vie for supremacy, and wizards often have their own inscrutable aims rather than working for the good of the kingdom. This is a much more sword and sorcery approach. </p><p></p><p>* Greyhawk is more genuinely medieval than a lot of fantasy settings. Aristocrats behave in an aristocratic fashion, and the hierarchies from kings through barons through knights and tradespeople are often important. Your station in life depends much on birth. In that sense is will feel more like Westeros than the Realms to contemporary gamers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haffrung, post: 7605943, member: 6776259"] As distinct from a more bog-standard fantasy setting like the Realm: * Greyhawk features more shades of grey. Most societies and factions are neither strongly good or strongly evil. And even the 'good' kingdoms tend to be wracked with political factionalism and scheming. Good-aligned PCs cannot should not expect a cheerful welcome in the communities they visit. * Its cities are not culturally advanced and peaceful the way a place like Waterdeep is. They're Neutral, sprawling, and fuelled by greed. Thieves' guilds are common, religious followers are often at odds with one another, knightly orders vie for supremacy, and wizards often have their own inscrutable aims rather than working for the good of the kingdom. This is a much more sword and sorcery approach. * Greyhawk is more genuinely medieval than a lot of fantasy settings. Aristocrats behave in an aristocratic fashion, and the hierarchies from kings through barons through knights and tradespeople are often important. Your station in life depends much on birth. In that sense is will feel more like Westeros than the Realms to contemporary gamers. [/QUOTE]
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