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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5234025" data-attributes="member: 22779">It's funny that people point to Greyhawk as this sort of low magic setting.&nbsp; I mean, this is a setting where people (plural) capture gods and then ascend to godhood, undead armies lead by vampires, demon lords continuously plot, and entire continents and people get roasted by epic level magic.&nbsp; I've never quite understood why Greyhawk gets painted as a low magic setting.The points about Krynn are good.&nbsp; Krynn has some pretty distinct races and the politics of the setting - many areas are still ruled by dragon highlords as I understand - are pretty unique.The difficulty in my mind would be distinguishing FR and Greyhawk.&nbsp; They're both pretty kitchen sink settings.&nbsp; I'd actually go with the more wahoo elements of Greyhawk to separate it off.&nbsp; White Plume Mountain and Barrier Peaks come to mind.&nbsp; The crashed spaceship in The Forgotten City module.&nbsp; That sort of thing.I'd paint FR as pretty much standard, stock fantasy world and then make everything different from there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5234025, member: 22779"] It's funny that people point to Greyhawk as this sort of low magic setting. I mean, this is a setting where people (plural) capture gods and then ascend to godhood, undead armies lead by vampires, demon lords continuously plot, and entire continents and people get roasted by epic level magic. I've never quite understood why Greyhawk gets painted as a low magic setting. The points about Krynn are good. Krynn has some pretty distinct races and the politics of the setting - many areas are still ruled by dragon highlords as I understand - are pretty unique. The difficulty in my mind would be distinguishing FR and Greyhawk. They're both pretty kitchen sink settings. I'd actually go with the more wahoo elements of Greyhawk to separate it off. White Plume Mountain and Barrier Peaks come to mind. The crashed spaceship in The Forgotten City module. That sort of thing. I'd paint FR as pretty much standard, stock fantasy world and then make everything different from there. [/QUOTE]

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