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<blockquote data-quote="lkj" data-source="post: 6366081" data-attributes="member: 18646">You're probably right. I do hold some small hope though. Mearls is a big Greyhawk fan. In fact, I think he even said that one of his personal dreams would be to get a Greyhawk setting book. However, it's very clear from the context of those comments that we may well not get one unless they can find a compelling way to do it for a broad audience (i.e., would have to make business sense). The chances for Greyhawk suffer, in my opinion, because of Forgotten Realms. For those of us buried in lore, Greyhawk and FR are two very different beasts in their character. But taken broadly, they're both 'vanilla' type European style medieval fantasy settings. Other settings-- like Eberron and Darksun-- offer a different niche. Which might give them a leg up down the road.My hope, however, lies in this-- Because Mearls likes Greyhawk and because WotC is trying to find a way to give gamers from various backgrounds what they want, I wonder if they'll come up with a clever way to give us 5e Greyhawk and various other settings without having to take the risk of a major publication committment (full on setting book, adventure path, etc.).&nbsp; I've been happy with how they've handled a lot of things so far, so I wouldn't be surprised.And yes-- for all these old settings-- you can get older material to use with 5e. Totally. But we all know that it's fun to get updated material with new goodies. It doesn't matter if it's rational. AD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lkj, post: 6366081, member: 18646"] You're probably right. I do hold some small hope though. Mearls is a big Greyhawk fan. In fact, I think he even said that one of his personal dreams would be to get a Greyhawk setting book. However, it's very clear from the context of those comments that we may well not get one unless they can find a compelling way to do it for a broad audience (i.e., would have to make business sense). The chances for Greyhawk suffer, in my opinion, because of Forgotten Realms. For those of us buried in lore, Greyhawk and FR are two very different beasts in their character. But taken broadly, they're both 'vanilla' type European style medieval fantasy settings. Other settings-- like Eberron and Darksun-- offer a different niche. Which might give them a leg up down the road. My hope, however, lies in this-- Because Mearls likes Greyhawk and because WotC is trying to find a way to give gamers from various backgrounds what they want, I wonder if they'll come up with a clever way to give us 5e Greyhawk and various other settings without having to take the risk of a major publication committment (full on setting book, adventure path, etc.). I've been happy with how they've handled a lot of things so far, so I wouldn't be surprised. And yes-- for all these old settings-- you can get older material to use with 5e. Totally. But we all know that it's fun to get updated material with new goodies. It doesn't matter if it's rational. AD [/QUOTE]

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