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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ron" data-source="post: 2008240" data-attributes="member: 1020">Flanaess, the eastern portion of Oerik, the continent in which the City of Greyhawk is located, was always a favorite fictional location of mine. Is the scenery of many great adventures as the giants raids and the subsequent exploration of the underdark (latter  transplanted to Forgotten Realms), and so many other classics such as the Tomb of Horrors and the Temple of Elemental Evil. Also, Greyhawk, compared to many of the settings available, is casts shades of grey over black & white and, although is a high magic campaign, it is much more contained than most.The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is the best portrait of the Flanaess published so far. Although some reviewers found that it lacked the originality of previous products of the same scope, the LGG should be praised for its excellent compilation of several previously scattered sources and for bringing unity to the campaign. Also, it cannot be compared to other World Sourcebooks in regard to prestige classes and special rules. Being the default setting to the D&D game, it is arguable that Greyhawk should support only core classes. Even so, many of the prestige classes found in Fist & Sword book are already optimized to Greyhawk, supplying this initial lacking.Some nice highlights: The map, although not as nice as the 1983 edition, is very beautiful and (thanks God!) has hexes. Each one of the entries of the Gazetteer includes comprehensive information on the history of the location, making it much more credible than most of the settings. About seventy deities and their religions are finally detailed in full, many for the first time (I believe that this is a record among the D&D settings).A few complaints remains. I would prefer a hardcover edition, also, the interior art is not always consistent with the text (e.g., King Lynwerd should be a young man, different to the portrait in page 76). I was a little disappointed with the classes given to the NPCs. The authors clearly decided not to contradict with previous canon. This was a bad move, many of the NPCs would be better represented by new D&D classes. It is difficult to understand why Overking Xavener I is described as a Rogue. Perhaps the Aristocrat NPC class should be used more extensively. Finally, a listing of the Deities by Pantheon would be useful.Despite the shortcomings, I highly recommend the LGG to any Greyhawk fan and, specially to those that were not introduced to this great setting.</blockquote>

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