I'd like to go out on a limb and suggest that the folks at Dragon look at a regular installment of Greyhawk based articles to parallel the Eberron and FR that they have now. Considering that the game was born (excluding Blackmoor), weaned, and reared in GH, I'm saddened by the lack of attention that GH gets. Now, before everyone says "are you crazy? it's the core world? you've got years of material already? blah blah blah" I'd like to point out the simple fact of how many 3.5e hard backs do you have on shelf with the Greyhawk logo on the top? Rough estimates: FR (10) Eberron (8) GH (0)....
Being an old school D&D guy for the past 27 years, I have (and will always have) a fond association with GH and I'd like to see it developed more than simply throwing Wee Jas, Vecna, Boccob, etc. into the PHB as the core deities. I'm sure the next retort is going to be that WotC can't cover all the game worlds (FR, Eberron, DL, RL, DS, etc. etc.) but hey! if the GH deities are going to be set as the core, then why don't you develop the world around them?
Just a pitch for my favorite and fondest gaming world although Eberron is pretty sweet.
Here's hopin'....
You know, the best way to get what you're looking for is to write up some submissions. Couldn't hurt to try, right?
I could not have your back more! The more Greyhawk city info the better. I would love to see it added in to the magazine as a regular feature! Of all the settings out there, it really seems to have gotten the least love--and now considering how much focus there is on the setting, and how much love there is among both staff and readership for it (so far it's in the lead in the totally unscientific "favorite setting" poll--as it ALWAYS is here) I think it would be very well recieved!
Well, I think that the guys at paizo do their best to feed our appetite for GH, as long as WotC won´t do anything on it. (Sidenote: I´m aware of the upcoming Expedition to Castle Greyhawk, but that just whets my appetite further).
It would be a nice idea to have an ongoing series presenting the quarters of the Gem of the Flanaess - not too much details, just enough to play with it. And other Places and People would be a nice feature as well. Sorting out the copyright issues could be a major hassle, though.
Stefan
So articles like "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" and "Core Beliefs" are not enough for you GH fans? Everything core is GH. It is the default world.
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If it is the default world how about a hardcover world book to detail the countries and peoples? That is all we need us Greyhawkers can make our own adventures or adapt others.
Those articals in Dragon DO count, if one or the other would appear each issue.
If Greyhawk is the core world how are newbies to learn about it without a world book??
And why are the modules WotC publishing put in a generic setting if Greyhawk is the "core" world?
Everything core is GH. It is the default world.
Well, not quite. I remember the 3.0 adventure series published shortly after the rules themselves (Sunless Citadel, Forge of Fury etc.). They were generic, and thus could be taken as default, but were not GH. IMO, GH is mined every time a name is needed, but that does not mean that everything that bears a GH name is "true" GH.
Stefan
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After listening to the Paizo presentations each year at GENCON, where the question of Greyhawk support always comes up, I always come away with the impression that WoTC doesn't want publication of much Greyhawk specific information because it leaves less flexibility in the "core" setting or something.
I also come away with the impression that Eric Mona is like the biggest Greyhawk Lore Geek there is, and if there was any more he could do to support that setting (and that city) he certainly would do it.
If that's the problem, then what is being produced for Greyhawk seems very strange. I can't see how a thorough description of Irongate would jeoprodize the flexibility of the setting compared to say, an Ecology article that nails down exactly where all Ettercaps/Hags/Wights in Greyhawk come from or a series of articles that gets super specific about the worship of each specific god in super detail. Seems wierd that one would be hazardous to the setting, even though it only details a dot's worth of it for a page, but multi-page articles that nail down setting-wide stuff are fine?
Well they are doing some stuff fleshing out some of the cities so I guess it's not that they can't do it at all. I think it's the kind of thing where they consider Greyhawk a "Campaign Classic" whereas Faerun and Eberron are actually out there getting published.
I also come away with the impression that Eric Mona is like the biggest Greyhawk Lore Geek there is...
But wouldn't it be fun to sit and bask in his geekiness? :D
