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Old-ass setting made with help from the [[Gary Gygax|G-man]] himself | Old-ass setting made with help from the [[Gary Gygax|G-man]] himself; lots of the core fluff is from here. | ||
This setting is by far the best one | This setting is by far the best one - Toril can go fuck itself because Oerth is THE SHIT! None of that cheery idealistic bullshit from the forgotten realms flies in Greyhawk, which is cynical and gritty. A peasant's life is full of shit, just like it should be. Magic items do not grow on trees in Oerth. The Gods are not going to help with every little problem you have here. The Blood War's origin is actually clear and logical. And the Circle of Eight are total badasses. | ||
Until 4th edition, every edition change's fluff explanation was the result of some great (moronic) event in the Greyhawk setting. For 1st to 2nd the explanation was a great plague with mysterious origins that was altering the fabric of reality and magic itself. For 2nd to 3rd, the explanation was really, really awesome (idiotic); Vecna (Mary Sue) proved once and for all that he was the end-all, fuck-all of fantasy villains (dull, uninspired rip off of Sauron). He was trapped in [[Ravenloft]] as one of the Dark Lords, but he did what no dark lord could ever do - he escaped Ravenloft to his native universe and became a demi-god. Then he managed to kick Iuz's ass and take his power to become the mightiest Greater Deity to have ever existed and tore reality a new asshole to enter the Planescape setting, kick the Lady of Pain's ass and storm the Sigil (the Lady of Pain and Sigil part actually failed, but he kind of just whoopwhoopwhoopwhooped out with zero consequences anyway, in itself a big deal); then break reality really really hard. Even though he was beaten by a plucky band of adventurers, the damage was already done and reality was broken so bad that all the mechanics changed and fullcasters became totally overpowered, [[just as planned]]. In addition, he managed to come back once more as a lesser deity (which means that he still got a net gain in power level). Hope you didn't like your Ravenloft and Planescape settings too much, kiddies. | |||
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Revision as of 11:40, 31 December 2014
Old-ass setting made with help from the G-man himself; lots of the core fluff is from here.
This setting is by far the best one - Toril can go fuck itself because Oerth is THE SHIT! None of that cheery idealistic bullshit from the forgotten realms flies in Greyhawk, which is cynical and gritty. A peasant's life is full of shit, just like it should be. Magic items do not grow on trees in Oerth. The Gods are not going to help with every little problem you have here. The Blood War's origin is actually clear and logical. And the Circle of Eight are total badasses.
Until 4th edition, every edition change's fluff explanation was the result of some great (moronic) event in the Greyhawk setting. For 1st to 2nd the explanation was a great plague with mysterious origins that was altering the fabric of reality and magic itself. For 2nd to 3rd, the explanation was really, really awesome (idiotic); Vecna (Mary Sue) proved once and for all that he was the end-all, fuck-all of fantasy villains (dull, uninspired rip off of Sauron). He was trapped in Ravenloft as one of the Dark Lords, but he did what no dark lord could ever do - he escaped Ravenloft to his native universe and became a demi-god. Then he managed to kick Iuz's ass and take his power to become the mightiest Greater Deity to have ever existed and tore reality a new asshole to enter the Planescape setting, kick the Lady of Pain's ass and storm the Sigil (the Lady of Pain and Sigil part actually failed, but he kind of just whoopwhoopwhoopwhooped out with zero consequences anyway, in itself a big deal); then break reality really really hard. Even though he was beaten by a plucky band of adventurers, the damage was already done and reality was broken so bad that all the mechanics changed and fullcasters became totally overpowered, just as planned. In addition, he managed to come back once more as a lesser deity (which means that he still got a net gain in power level). Hope you didn't like your Ravenloft and Planescape settings too much, kiddies.
| Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Settings | |
|---|---|
| Basic D&D | Mystara (Blackmoor) • Pelinore • Red Sonja |
| AD&D | Birthright • Council of Wyrms • Dark Sun • Diablo • Dragonlance • Forgotten Realms (Al-Qadim • The Horde • Icewind Dale • Kara-Tur • Malatra • Maztica) • Greyhawk • Jakandor • Mystara (Hollow World • Red Steel • Savage Coast) • Planescape • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Spelljammer |
| 3rd/3.5 Edition | Blackmoor • Diablo • Dragonlance • Dragon Fist • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Ghostwalk • Greyhawk (Sundered Empire) • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Rokugan |
| 4th Edition | Blackmoor • Dark Sun • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Nentir Vale |
| 5th Edition | Dragonlance • Eberron • Exandria • Forgotten Realms • Greyhawk • Ravenloft • Ravnica • Theros • Spelljammer • Strixhaven • Radiant Citadel |
