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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6233515" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>Dragonlance is an example of a setting that was "ruined" by the metaplot in novels. I didn't read past Legends, but didn't the timeline go another few hundred years with a couple more cycles of cataclysmic events?</p><p></p><p>But the point here--and this is also in response to @<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=20307" target="_blank">Jan van Leyden</a></u></strong></em> --would be to present the setting in its most classic form, as a kind of platonic archetype that can be used by DMs as they desire, or simply enjoyed as a beautiful book and enjoyable read. </p><p></p><p>So yeah, @<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=924" target="_blank">trancejeremy</a></u></strong></em> , the key would be to bring in Bruce Heard for Mystara, or Hickman and Weis for Dragonlance, or use divinatory magic to consult with the spirit of E Gary to get the vintage Greyhawk vibe (or just steal liberally from the classic AD&D box set).</p><p></p><p> @<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=22779" target="_blank">Hussar</a></u></strong></em> , if I was in charge of developing this product line, I would have the writers create a later chapter, even an extended appendix, that provides an overview of later developments in metaplot, which could be offered as a <em>possible </em>future to explore. But the Greyhawk book itself would be dialed back to before the wars, Dragonlance to the Chronicles period, or at least after Legends, and FR to the graybox period.</p><p> </p><p>@<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6670763" target="_blank">Yora</a></u></strong></em> , it is similar to 4E, but the key difference is that it wouldn't be updating the setting to 4E, but returning it to its archetypal state <em>and </em>creating the most beautiful product possible. Greyhawk fans have never had a full-blown, high production treatment of their setting. The most recent version, the 3e <em>Living Greyhawk Gazetteer</em> was a decent product, and still the most comprehensive Greyhawk setting book (afaik), but it didn't wow one with sensory delight like the3e <em>Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting </em>or Pathfinder's <em>Inner Sea World Guide.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>The point here is to create a product that is both useful for 5e and for other editions, and as a commemorative product for collectors and fans of the setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6233515, member: 59082"] Dragonlance is an example of a setting that was "ruined" by the metaplot in novels. I didn't read past Legends, but didn't the timeline go another few hundred years with a couple more cycles of cataclysmic events? But the point here--and this is also in response to @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=20307"]Jan van Leyden[/URL][/U][/B][/I] --would be to present the setting in its most classic form, as a kind of platonic archetype that can be used by DMs as they desire, or simply enjoyed as a beautiful book and enjoyable read. So yeah, @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=924"]trancejeremy[/URL][/U][/B][/I] , the key would be to bring in Bruce Heard for Mystara, or Hickman and Weis for Dragonlance, or use divinatory magic to consult with the spirit of E Gary to get the vintage Greyhawk vibe (or just steal liberally from the classic AD&D box set). @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=22779"]Hussar[/URL][/U][/B][/I] , if I was in charge of developing this product line, I would have the writers create a later chapter, even an extended appendix, that provides an overview of later developments in metaplot, which could be offered as a [I]possible [/I]future to explore. But the Greyhawk book itself would be dialed back to before the wars, Dragonlance to the Chronicles period, or at least after Legends, and FR to the graybox period. @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6670763"]Yora[/URL][/U][/B][/I] , it is similar to 4E, but the key difference is that it wouldn't be updating the setting to 4E, but returning it to its archetypal state [I]and [/I]creating the most beautiful product possible. Greyhawk fans have never had a full-blown, high production treatment of their setting. The most recent version, the 3e [I]Living Greyhawk Gazetteer[/I] was a decent product, and still the most comprehensive Greyhawk setting book (afaik), but it didn't wow one with sensory delight like the3e [I]Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [/I]or Pathfinder's [I]Inner Sea World Guide. [/I]The point here is to create a product that is both useful for 5e and for other editions, and as a commemorative product for collectors and fans of the setting. [/QUOTE]
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