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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9488096" data-attributes="member: 7023840">[ATTACH=full]383550[/ATTACH]That said, I want to address a slightly bigger issue that I've hit before.I think that the three following statements are all true:1. Greyhawk (as in the Flanaess) is "humanocentric" in the sense that humanity is the dominant force, in terms of population and politics.2. Greyhawk (as in the Flanaess) shouldn't have "retconned" countries of other races/species.3. Greyhawk is easily able to have all the races you could want for a PC, and it's always been that way.To expand- the Flanaess is human dominated in terms of the politics and countries, and also in terms of overall population. The non-human countries are either few and clearly demarcated (see, e.g., Celene, Pomarj) or alluded to and not on the map (dwarven areas in mountains, dark elves per D1-D3)It wouldn't make sense to just say, "Well, the Yeomanry is actually a Dragonborn kingdom." Moreover, you don't need to.Greyhawk is scaffolding. It always had the ability to accommodate new races. As I wrote before, Gygax was constantly putting in new things (Half Ogre, Duergar, too many dang elves, etc.). You don't need to explain a small presence, because there's a lot of space! In addition, we know that PCs could be non-standard races back then from reincarnation (Rogue's Gallery, Centaur).It's simple to have a PC from a non-standard race. Why? Because:1. The map has areas that are unexplored. You could have dragonborn in the mountains near the Sea of Dust, for example. 2. The Flanaess isn't all of Oerik. The PC can be from "off the map." Maybe your Flanaess doesn't have dragonborn, but just west of the Flanaess ....3. The borders between worlds are porous. Whether you're Gith, or a Warforged that fell through a portal, you can always deus ex machina it in Greyhawk.</blockquote>

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