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Optional Approaches to GH in 4e Listed

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#1
gv_dammerung
Oct 02, 2007 11:52:36 The Living Greyhawk Gazateer to a very large degree consolidated the known information on each nation etc. of the Flanaess and made that information available to the broad public. It advanced the setting marginally after GH98 (Flight of Fiends, tAB etc.). Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk materially affected the overall story arc of the Flanaess almost not at all. So with this background, how might a GH be presented in 4e?

Option No. 1 (More of the Same Slightly Changed GH)- A gazatteer of the Flanaess presents the Flanaess much like the LGG did back in 2000 with, again, some marginal updating and perhaps incorporating (if imaginable/possible in the page count) more detail.

Option No. 2 (Big Timeline Advanced GH)- A gazatteer of the Flanaess advances the timeline 50 to 100 years and presents a much changed/evolved Flanaess with new villains, new adventure hooks, new storylines etc. in the 50+ or 100+ year timeframe. Reimagining occurs only in the presentation of the 50+ or 100+ year "present time." The past remains the known, canon, past. Only the timeline advanced future is new, _but this is time period described_ - the new timeline advanced future. Past history is not repeated, save as necessary to explain the new timeframe.

Option No. 3 (Reimagined Variant GH) - A gazatteer of the Flanaess restarts the setting by reimagining GH from the ground up. While many familiar elements are retained, most are repositioned or changed in some way. Its GH but a different or variant version of GH. This is the Battlestar Gallactica model. Everything is rearranged or at least any number of familiar GH elements are rearranged to create a familiar but variant GH. The exact timeframe is not all that significant because of the reimagining of the GH setting in it particulars.

Option No. 4 (GH Old and New) - A gazatteer of the Flanaess compromises and describes/consolidates canon GH in 576 CY and/or 591 CY but also describes a "future" GH at a CY date 25+ years after 591CY.

Other options?
#2
zombiegleemax
Oct 02, 2007 22:11:27 I don't see many other options. I'd like to see something like de first option (More of the Same Slightly Changed GH) but instead of a short description book, like, in many ways LGG is, I want to put my hands on a compreensive guide to the flanaess, its people (including the elves and dwarfs), history (including Vecna's Empire and etc.), religions, kingdoms, languages, etc. Perhaps a 10 to 20 years timeline advance.
#3
carnivorous_ape
Oct 16, 2007 5:36:24 I like the first option best. I think consolidation of all the scattered Greyhawk material and a 5-10 year timeline advance would be best.

What about the Dragonlance model? Releasing books set in different eras might be interesting.
#4
yakman
Oct 17, 2007 10:27:48
I like the first option best. I think consolidation of all the scattered Greyhawk material and a 5-10 year timeline advance would be best.

This is clearly best. I think 15 - 20 years might be better (more ruler turnover, changes that would justify a new book, etc.), but adding in the LGH material, with a few twists.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 gv_dammerung Oct 02, 2007 11:52:36	The Living Greyhawk Gazateer to a very large degree consolidated the known information on each nation etc. of the Flanaess and made that information available to the broad public. It advanced the setting marginally after GH98 (Flight of Fiends, tAB etc.). Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk materially affected the overall story arc of the Flanaess almost not at all. So with this background, how might a GH be presented in 4e? Option No. 1 (More of the Same Slightly Changed GH)- A gazatteer of the Flanaess presents the Flanaess much like the LGG did back in 2000 with, again, some marginal updating and perhaps incorporating (if imaginable/possible in the page count) more detail. Option No. 2 (Big Timeline Advanced GH)- A gazatteer of the Flanaess advances the timeline 50 to 100 years and presents a much changed/evolved Flanaess with new villains, new adventure hooks, new storylines etc. in the 50+ or 100+ year timeframe. Reimagining occurs only in the presentation of the 50+ or 100+ year "present time." The past remains the known, canon, past. Only the timeline advanced future is new, _but this is time period described_ - the new timeline advanced future. Past history is not repeated, save as necessary to explain the new timeframe. Option No. 3 (Reimagined Variant GH) - A gazatteer of the Flanaess restarts the setting by reimagining GH from the ground up. While many familiar elements are retained, most are repositioned or changed in some way. Its GH but a different or variant version of GH. This is the Battlestar Gallactica model. Everything is rearranged or at least any number of familiar GH elements are rearranged to create a familiar but variant GH. The exact timeframe is not all that significant because of the reimagining of the GH setting in it particulars. Option No. 4 (GH Old and New) - A gazatteer of the Flanaess compromises and describes/consolidates canon GH in 576 CY and/or 591 CY but also describes a "future" GH at a CY date 25+ years after 591CY. Other options?
#2 zombiegleemax Oct 02, 2007 22:11:27	I don't see many other options. I'd like to see something like de first option (More of the Same Slightly Changed GH) but instead of a short description book, like, in many ways LGG is, I want to put my hands on a compreensive guide to the flanaess, its people (including the elves and dwarfs), history (including Vecna's Empire and etc.), religions, kingdoms, languages, etc. Perhaps a 10 to 20 years timeline advance.
#3 carnivorous_ape Oct 16, 2007 5:36:24	I like the first option best. I think consolidation of all the scattered Greyhawk material and a 5-10 year timeline advance would be best. What about the Dragonlance model? Releasing books set in different eras might be interesting.
#4 yakman Oct 17, 2007 10:27:48	I like the first option best. I think consolidation of all the scattered Greyhawk material and a 5-10 year timeline advance would be best. This is clearly best. I think 15 - 20 years might be better (more ruler turnover, changes that would justify a new book, etc.), but adding in the LGH material, with a few twists.