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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gus L" data-source="post: 9448186" data-attributes="member: 7045072">My suspicion is that it will be an entirely NEW Greyhawk...The trappings of Greyhawk ... and Forgotten Realms, Blackmoor, and The Known World (Mystara)... are rather interchangeable at the basic level. There are of course distinctions, but the peoples, factions, technology, magic, and monsters all remain firmly rooted in a sort of post-Tolkien Gygaxian vernacular fantasy.  Names may very but they are generally the same. Everything is anachronistically medieval, elves are nobles, dwarves are gruff miners, and orcs are warlike almost-monstermen. There's nothing especially unique about Greyhawk that can force its way through that 50 years of ossification or through the expectations of the public.  I expect that bits and pieces of various prior Greyhawk scenarios will make their way into Greyhawk 2025, but that as a setting it will be largely indistinguishable from the very successful Forgotten Realms IP.  The switch to Greyhawk may have more to do with cheering the 50th anniversary of D&D and wanting to expand on a less densely written world. Nothing wrong with any of that, but I wouldn't hope too hard for a glimpse into Gygax's creative soul here.</blockquote>