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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7868561" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>I think part of the issue with Greyhawk is that because it was the first big setting (Blackmoor is pretty niche), it really didn't have many options for races, and almost all of Gygax's original players were human (maybe all, I'm not sure).</p><p></p><p>And because Greyhawk is so directly tied to nostalgia and playing D&D "how it was originally meant to be played" (I'm trying to think like a grognard now), I understand why people would find a PC of an unusual race in Greyhawk off-limits, as they were typically cast as racial enemies, most famously Drow in <em>Against the Giants</em>.</p><p></p><p>Part of me respects that, especially as I do like the idea of maintaining the "danger" factor of certain races like Drow and Orcs, which I think Forgotten Realms has inadvertently made a lot tamer as half-orcs and Drow PCs are considered fairly normal (and in the case of D'rizzt have made a Drow PC practically a stereotype). Seeing these races firmly placed as terrifying again would be nice to see.</p><p></p><p>Of course, I'd like more depth added to Greyhawk Orcs/Drow as having a race being evil "because they are" is problematic for entirely different reasons...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7868561, member: 7015558"] I think part of the issue with Greyhawk is that because it was the first big setting (Blackmoor is pretty niche), it really didn't have many options for races, and almost all of Gygax's original players were human (maybe all, I'm not sure). And because Greyhawk is so directly tied to nostalgia and playing D&D "how it was originally meant to be played" (I'm trying to think like a grognard now), I understand why people would find a PC of an unusual race in Greyhawk off-limits, as they were typically cast as racial enemies, most famously Drow in [I]Against the Giants[/I]. Part of me respects that, especially as I do like the idea of maintaining the "danger" factor of certain races like Drow and Orcs, which I think Forgotten Realms has inadvertently made a lot tamer as half-orcs and Drow PCs are considered fairly normal (and in the case of D'rizzt have made a Drow PC practically a stereotype). Seeing these races firmly placed as terrifying again would be nice to see. Of course, I'd like more depth added to Greyhawk Orcs/Drow as having a race being evil "because they are" is problematic for entirely different reasons... [/QUOTE]
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