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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 792092" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>One of the problem's I've seen with Greyhawk as the default setting is the on again/off again treatment of setting in the core-books. To whit.</p><p></p><p>* PHB - Example of Greyhawk deities, greyhawk wizard names in spells.</p><p>* DMG - Vague mentioning of Greyhawk in assassin flavor text, more info on deities. Off beat mention of classic dungeons. </p><p>* MM - Monster deities</p><p>* Sword and Fist - Fist of Hextor, Knight Protect of Great Kingdom PrC, mentions of both organizations</p><p>* Defenders of the Faith - More on deities (in church section), more monster deities, new domains given to core deities.</p><p>* Song and Silence - Offbeat mentions of famous dungeons, Temple Raider of Olidamarra</p><p>* Manual of the Planes - First mention of Oerth as default world name. Defines Great Wheel using only PHB deities.</p><p>* Deities and Demi-Gods - All PHB deities (plus a few monsters) statted and defined, but no new specific info. </p><p>* D&D Gazetteer - Generic info on Oerth as D&D setting. One map, 1-2 paragraphs per kingdom, abit on geography, and 5 new deities (Sehanie, Iuz, Photus, Rao, Al-Akalabar)</p><p>* Return to Temple of Elemental Evil - Lots of specific info, perhaps their best "core" greyhawk info book. </p><p></p><p>If I missed something, it probably was even more minisucle than these. Greyhawk has had nothing but lip service as a default setting, and this is because a.) No OGL compatability, forcing every publisher to be very generic or use thier own setting, and b.) They still want the core-rule generic, so they refuse to embrace Greyhawk as anything more than a namedrop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 792092, member: 7635"] One of the problem's I've seen with Greyhawk as the default setting is the on again/off again treatment of setting in the core-books. To whit. * PHB - Example of Greyhawk deities, greyhawk wizard names in spells. * DMG - Vague mentioning of Greyhawk in assassin flavor text, more info on deities. Off beat mention of classic dungeons. * MM - Monster deities * Sword and Fist - Fist of Hextor, Knight Protect of Great Kingdom PrC, mentions of both organizations * Defenders of the Faith - More on deities (in church section), more monster deities, new domains given to core deities. * Song and Silence - Offbeat mentions of famous dungeons, Temple Raider of Olidamarra * Manual of the Planes - First mention of Oerth as default world name. Defines Great Wheel using only PHB deities. * Deities and Demi-Gods - All PHB deities (plus a few monsters) statted and defined, but no new specific info. * D&D Gazetteer - Generic info on Oerth as D&D setting. One map, 1-2 paragraphs per kingdom, abit on geography, and 5 new deities (Sehanie, Iuz, Photus, Rao, Al-Akalabar) * Return to Temple of Elemental Evil - Lots of specific info, perhaps their best "core" greyhawk info book. If I missed something, it probably was even more minisucle than these. Greyhawk has had nothing but lip service as a default setting, and this is because a.) No OGL compatability, forcing every publisher to be very generic or use thier own setting, and b.) They still want the core-rule generic, so they refuse to embrace Greyhawk as anything more than a namedrop. [/QUOTE]
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