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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9502128" data-attributes="member: 58172">At least, the critic understood why it is unfun to rely on ethnic stereotypes. (I did kinda agree about setting a Tiefling over the indigenous Rovers, seeming counterproductive.)The rest of angst about &quot;disregarding canon&quot; ... pretty much confirms why it is a good idea to make the core books be the only &quot;canon&quot;, and only in the sense of a default, if not choosing any other setting.Every DM will decide what ones own canon will be.The DM is the canon.Every D&amp;D movie will decide what setting makes sense for the narrative and adjust the D&amp;D setting accordingly.There is no reason for angst either. At least at the moment there are robust fan sites the track and compile every official reference to the Greyhawk setting. I wouldnt rely on these sites uncritically, because they likewise preserve the problematic ethnic stereotyping. But they are valuable resources to pick-and-choose from, for those who are interested in fleshing an area of the now default Greyhawk map.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9502128, member: 58172"] At least, the critic understood why it is unfun to rely on ethnic stereotypes. (I did kinda agree about setting a Tiefling over the indigenous Rovers, seeming counterproductive.) The rest of angst about "disregarding canon" ... pretty much confirms why it is a good idea to make the core books be the only "canon", and only in the sense of a default, if not choosing any other setting. Every DM will decide what ones own canon will be. The DM is the canon. Every D&D movie will decide what setting makes sense for the narrative and adjust the D&D setting accordingly. There is no reason for angst either. At least at the moment there are robust fan sites the track and compile every official reference to the Greyhawk setting. I wouldnt rely on these sites uncritically, because they likewise preserve the problematic ethnic stereotyping. But they are valuable resources to pick-and-choose from, for those who are interested in fleshing an area of the now default Greyhawk map. [/QUOTE]

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