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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8648054" data-attributes="member: 7023840">[USER=6790260]@EzekielRaiden[/USER] Briefly-I don't think anything in the world is imperative (your choice of emphasis) other than food, safety, and the universal hatred of Bards. I do think that we have the 50th Anniversary coming up, and on or just before that would be the appropriate time to re-visit and reboot Greyhawk. If not then, when? In addition, at a certain point they will probably want to reintroduce just because it's valuable IP- or, at a minimum, to find out if it still is valuable IP. Moreover, I think it would be great to share with a new generation of gamers. Too often, people don't credit newer generations with the same natural desires that we once had- such as the desire to learn about history, and natural curiosity. I see all of that in generations coming. Sure, many of them might not care that much about the history, but some of them do. Just like young sports fans become curious about the history of the team. Young MCU fans become curious about the history of characters. Young Star Trek fans become curious about the history of the KHAAAAAAAN memes. And so on. And while I going to write a longer thread about this after the weekend (you know it's coming), I think it would be pretty cool for people to see a setting that has some of the iconic characters and names that we still hear about today; if nothing else, it will launch thousands of YouTube explainer videos (some of them might even be accurate!). Heck, we still have spells named after some of them in the PHB (Bigby, Drawmij, Evard, Leomund, Melf, Mordenkainen, Nystul, Otiluke, Otto, Rary, Tasha, Tenser). Importantly, Greyhawk is a setting that both has a lot of great hooks and lore, and yet doesn't have an overwhelming amount of canon that constrains, which is a rare mixture. As to cannibalizing Nentir Vale, I can't really comment. It's not my place to discuss if that's appropriate, simply because I am sure that there are those who would like to see it published separately, and I hope that they get what they want! I am not a huge fan of the FR model of absorbing all settings. That said, if it isn't going to get published, I do think that some of the concepts that they were using for the setting are appealing, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.</blockquote>

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