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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4792580" data-attributes="member: 3400">There are a few things that keep drawing me back to Greyhawk, even after spending some time enjoying FR and its supplements in the 2e days.1) The source materials I rely on, the Folio and to a lesser extent Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, are more sketchbook and framework than detailed. That offers me a lot of leeway while still keeping true to the source. It's also why a lot of GH DMs will refer to MY Greyhawk rather than just Greyhawk.2) The militant neutrality aspect is fascinating to me. The Circle of Eight, for example, was established not to fight for truth, justice, whatever. But for stability. As such, it'll intervene in any direction.3) Interesting use of reasonably realistic historical ideas. The Folio lays out some history of migration into the Flanaess (the main locale) after magical disasters. While ultimately of fairly trivial appeal, it still gives you a sense that Gygax was really thinking about how the history should develop on a macro scale. By comparison, FR always seemed a bit too compartmentalized, country by country, supplement by supplement.</blockquote>