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What didn't people like about Greyhawk From the Ashes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Yeoman99" data-source="post: 3425769" data-attributes="member: 29690"><p>What didn't I like?</p><p>- Railroaded and over engineered plotline, not the fault of Sargent</p><p>- Lack of any subtlety - SB suddendly go from shadowy organisation to stormtroopers.</p><p>- Creation of power blocks; good v evil on a much larger scale which marginalised the regions.</p><p>- Lack of any grand scale modules following the change - Falcon series and Vecna mods looked rushed and lacked anything memorable IMHO.</p><p></p><p>I accept that the GW was brewing, but the feel of it was that it would be more localised and less continent shattering. Conflict in the West felt set-up and not well thought through. As for Sargent's work I am happy to say his style and imagination were great, but the subject matter Cook left him was poor. Greyhawk was never just the work of one creator, nor should it have been, but its style was consistent up to FTA/GW. I guess the change of pacing and direction is either something you warm to or not.</p><p></p><p>What would I have preferred?</p><p>- GW on a more regional basis (East and North always seemed likely), dropping the whole Vatun line. SB still a mystery, even if orchestrating conflict and attacks.</p><p>- A lot more thought and scale in the modules (Dragon mag. is giving this a much greater go) that create but not dictate plotlines.</p><p>- Focus on regional plot hooks and ideas with source books which can be taken and developped by the DM.</p><p></p><p>Whatever happens in the future I will still use Greyhawk, but bend it to what I want and ignore the rest. My key frustration was IMO the lack of quality work, or (as I exclude Sargent from this) limited use of products that were very metaplot focused.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yeoman99, post: 3425769, member: 29690"] What didn't I like? - Railroaded and over engineered plotline, not the fault of Sargent - Lack of any subtlety - SB suddendly go from shadowy organisation to stormtroopers. - Creation of power blocks; good v evil on a much larger scale which marginalised the regions. - Lack of any grand scale modules following the change - Falcon series and Vecna mods looked rushed and lacked anything memorable IMHO. I accept that the GW was brewing, but the feel of it was that it would be more localised and less continent shattering. Conflict in the West felt set-up and not well thought through. As for Sargent's work I am happy to say his style and imagination were great, but the subject matter Cook left him was poor. Greyhawk was never just the work of one creator, nor should it have been, but its style was consistent up to FTA/GW. I guess the change of pacing and direction is either something you warm to or not. What would I have preferred? - GW on a more regional basis (East and North always seemed likely), dropping the whole Vatun line. SB still a mystery, even if orchestrating conflict and attacks. - A lot more thought and scale in the modules (Dragon mag. is giving this a much greater go) that create but not dictate plotlines. - Focus on regional plot hooks and ideas with source books which can be taken and developped by the DM. Whatever happens in the future I will still use Greyhawk, but bend it to what I want and ignore the rest. My key frustration was IMO the lack of quality work, or (as I exclude Sargent from this) limited use of products that were very metaplot focused. [/QUOTE]
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