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Message: <blockquote data-quote="transmission89" data-source="post: 8239992" data-attributes="member: 6688441">I think the ideas that some are mooting about tweaking 5e baseline rules and assumptions to fit in with matching the ad&d feel are, respectfully ,flawed.As the two systems are different, a level 9 character in both mean different things, conceptually in how they relate to the world. If you’re going to reboot it to work with the system, well, get it to work with the system. If a level 10 greyhawk wizard was the pinnacle of power in AD&D, well, that’s level 20 now.So many seem to keep asking what makes it different to forgotten realms, then ignore the answer when given. It’s the feel of the setting.Forgotten realms contains the shining city states, the forces of good are generally on the rise, those nefarious cults keep getting put down (and would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling Harpers shakes fists).Greyhawk is, as has been stated, the witcher, GOT. It’s not low magic as in its low level or not there. But that’s it’s concentrated in a few powerful individuals (and by definition, as your party is exceptional, in you). It is dark and gritty, a silhouette of a dishevelled man, wounded, riding slowly against a blood red sunset as a crow caws in the fore ground.Evil is on the rise and you’re scrabbling to make a living, or trying to make a difference. There are splashes of gonzo and surreal to lighten the tone.The adventures themselves aren’t that different, it’s the presentation that invokes the mood and this can make all the difference.Think early 40k before it went fully grim derp, it’s raw 80s punk aesthetic, laughing at machismo tongue in cheek, yet presenting a dark vision.It also serves as another example of how set dressing can make the difference. The rules between it and warhammer fantasy were effectively the same for many things, it was the dressing that was difference) Yet one product did not obviate the other (and before anyone brings up end times, there were numerous, poor management decisions that led to fantasy’s retirement that don’t negate my point).sometimes, dressing is enough.EDIT: just want to mention, getting a like from Rob Kuntz led to a massive fanboy dance! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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