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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rabulias" data-source="post: 8418850" data-attributes="member: 16651">I think Greyhawk might show up. I agree that it does not have a distinctive hook like Eberron or Ravenloft. From a distance it might seem to be a somewhat generic "kitchen sink" fantasy setting, very much like the Forgotten Realms. But I believe there are a few things that might help it out:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Greyhawk is not the Forgotten Realms. Generic fantasy is easy to understand; it's low-hanging fruit. And Greyhawk would present another approach to the generic fantasy setting (GFS).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Related, for those who like GFS, Greyhawk is another story. It has a different history, with different villains, countries, secrets, wars, monarchs, organizations, rivalries, etc., all for players to discover. It can be an alternative to the Realms if players get "burnt out" on them. I remember how fresh the Forgotten Realms felt when it came out back in the late 1980s; this could be a reverse of that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Greyhawk would be new to many players. Novelty is a great thing. Many of us long-time gamers are looking at Greyhawk as a nostalgia product (and that is another selling point), but for the majority of D&D players today, they don't know what it is about, or what it is like. Sure, some may have heard about it, and some others may have actually looked at older material to learn about it, but this would put it front-and-center to the bulk of today's D&D audience.</li> </ul>Looking over my ramblings I guess they are all kind of related to being a different take on traditional D&D fantasy.</blockquote>

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