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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pauln6" data-source="post: 9475532" data-attributes="member: 6777422">I think the 3e LG gazetteer spread the races and classes a lot more evenly than I liked out of necessity because they wanted every (real world) LG nation to function independently on a level playing field.  That stripped out flavour for me and led to the introduction of cheesier Harry Potter style training schools for many classes, including sorcerers training alongside wizards.  Back in my day you had the 1e master and apprentice in a lonely tower situation after level 11 so dozens of wizard schools felt like a real change of emphasis.  I liked the article on sorcerous universities because you had a handful scattered around the Flanaess (Greyhawk and Ekbir being the greatest), each with their own flavour (which, in fairness is more like Harry Potter with a handful of international schools).  I felt that formalising wizard education too much made it feel that bit more mundane.Similarly, going from a vanishingly rare population of grey elves numbering less than 25,000 to 10% elf populations in some major cities also felt a bit strange.  1e definitely applied a default culture of high elves being the PC race and sub-races being isolationist, and thus rare, alternatives, and Greyhawk bought into that.  There has been considerable drift over time and I wonder if the return of Tolkien to our TV screens might prompt a resurgence of interest in this kind of Tolkienesque racial dynamic?</blockquote>

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