Help me find or create a short Greyhawk Primer

[dreaded_beast]

I'm starting a new campaign this Friday and I am basing it in the world of Greyhawk.

I want to give a handout to my players, detailing information that their characters have as common knowledge regarding the world of Greyhawk. I'm not looking for something that is specific to the events that will happen in my campaign, I'm looking for something more along the lines of information that gives the player's a very brief overview of Greyhawk. Ideally, it would be around 1 or 2 paragraphs and probably not over a page.

If anyone can direct me to where I can find such a document or wants to show me something they've made themselves, please post here.

 

[JoeBlank]

Try poking around on this site:
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_links.html

See if you find anything that helps.

 

[ElvishBard]

Did you find any type of handout? I want one to give to my players as well, but I couldn't find one and made my own which is really not that good.

 

[Whimsical]

You can use this Eberron article to use as a framework for what Greyhawk lore would be known to the average character.

I would just go down the Knowledge skill subcategories, then determine "what every Duchy of Urnst citizen knows" (or whatever region you start). Basically, anything that would be considered DC 10 or less. For example:

Knowledge (religion) is easy. Just say that what the general population knows about the gods is what is published in the Player's Handbook section about the Greyhawk gods. There are more gods than that, but they are not as popularly known. Clerics can heal people with magic. Druids can control animals & plants with magic. Paladins are holy heroic fighters blessed by their god. Also: undead exist. Zombies and Skeletons are waking corpses animated by evil clerics or mages. They are hard to kill unless you use a sword or an axe on zombies, or a club against skeletons. If you do that, you may have a chance to live through an attack.

That may be a bit too basic for your experienced player. In that case, just strip out the obvious D&D stuff and only list the distinctive features of Greyhawk.

 

[MerricB]

Try looting a bit from this:
A Short Introduction to the World of Greyhawk

Cheers!