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I mean, Matt Mercer exists, so thst is questionable.
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I mean, Matt Mercer exists, so thst is questionable.
That assumes Mercer is a Greyhawk fan.I mean, Matt Mercer exists, so thst is questionable.
He is, as I recall. He's an old school AD&D player and DM at heart.That assumes Mercer is a Greyhawk fan.![]()
I swear I've heard Mercer gush about Greyhawk somewhere in the hundreds of hours of footage I've watched him in, buy a quick search did turn this up:That assumes Mercer is a Greyhawk fan.![]()
Hmmm... I wonder if someone with Matt Mercer's cred among younger gamers could boost the popularity of a Greyhawk 50th anniversary product (assuming he would be willing to endorse it, or to incorporate parts of it into his own streams, of course).I swear I've heard Mercer gush about Greyhawk somewhere in the hundreds of hours of footage I've watched him in, buy a quick search did turn this up:
"The panel was done mostly in a question and answer format, and there were a ton of inside jokes that flew right over my head. But I do know Dungeons & Dragons, and Matt Mercer’s abilities as DM are legendary–as I’m sure you know. When asked what world he would like to dive his stories into, Gygax’s original land of Greyhawk was floated, but Mercer ultimately decided he’d want to poke around in Planescape, because of the possibilities it holds."
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It's a bit hard to separate Greyhawk deities from "general" D&D deities, but by my count the Dawn War pantheon has four of the former and eight of the latter, out of twenty.He is, as I recall. He's an old school AD&D player and DM at heart.
The Exandria pantheon is just yhe 4E default pantheon, but that means it's mostly Greyhawk deities. And look at who his BVEG in the iriginal campaign was.
No, they started with the default 4E pantheon because it started as a home 4E one shot, and he just kept the 4E gods in the Setting when they switched to Payhfinder, but let Ashkey take the default deity from the Pathfinder core rulebook when she made her character.It's a bit hard to separate Greyhawk deities from "general" D&D deities, but by my count the Dawn War pantheon has four of the former and eight of the latter, out of twenty.
I would not be surprised if he started out with the default Pathfinder pantheon and switched to the Dawn War when they went on screen, since one of the PCs in the original campaign was a cleric of Sarenrae.
He quite cheerfully shows off every WotC book as the come out.Hmmm... I wonder if someone with Matt Mercer's cred among younger gamers could boost the popularity of a Greyhawk 50th anniversary product (assuming he would be willing to endorse it, or to incorporate parts of it into his own streams, of course).
And that confirms just how much Critical Role/Matt Mercer I watch.He quite cheerfully shows off every WotC book as the come out.
You can never have enough promotion!!!!What, you mean Youtube and Discord channels, Facebook groups, wikis and dedicated fan sites aren't enough???
Is that what this "progress" thing is all about?![]()
Wasn't Mystara's unique geography one of the main design features of the setting?The Mystara Gazeteers were a really cool thing, I remember reading them cover to cover (even if Mystara's geography and cultures were...interestingly placed). While it wasn't exactly a supplement, "The Voyage of the Princess Ark" was one of the best ways to convey a setting I've ever encountered.
You can never have enough promotion!!!!
Especially since the hip new app can change at a moment's notice.
But what are the Youtube/Discord/Facebook/areas for Greyhawk fans?? Is there a list I can look at???
Oh I don't really know. It always just struck me as odd, I never considered that it was intentional (with the exception of the Hollow World).Wasn't Mystara's unique geography one of the main design features of the setting?
I was always upset they didn't bother to include Yondalla. I know she's not particularly exciting, as gods go, but they could have made her home, protection, agriculture, fertility, and everything else not including in the otherwise very game-y pantheon.The Exandria pantheon is just yhe 4E default pantheon, but that means it's mostly Greyhawk deities. And look at who his BVEG in the iriginal campaign was.
"Redundant" with both Melora and Erarhis, in terms of the logic at play when they made the sample pantheon.I was always upset they didn't bother to include Yondalla. I know she's not particularly exciting, as gods go, but they could have made her home, protection, agriculture, fertility, and everything else not including in the otherwise very game-y pantheon.
To be fair, you can probably say that about most settings. There's like a dozen netbooks for Ravenloft, as well as the Quoth the Raven netzine, which is up to issue 27. I've seen, but not read, similar things for Dragonlance, Dark Sun, the Realms, etc. Sure, a lot of it's for AD&D and some of it requires archive.org to see, but.Greyhawk has moved beyond WOTC.
There is so much material available for GH online that nothing WOTC could make would even come close to what fans have done themselves over the past 30 years, coupled with digital versions of previously produced official material.
I wouldn't call that too Redundant. IIRC, Melora is wild nature, and Erathis is cities. There's still no healing/protection/fertility god that I'm aware of, and it'd be nice to give halflings (and gnomes) some representation."Redundant" with both Melora and Erarhis, in terms of the logic at play when they made the sample pantheon.