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And what that means is there's an emphasis on world building. where everything is balanced on the tip of a dagger and can go one way or the other way, and there's going to be blood either way. And every region is like that, which is kind of amazing, right? The Forgotten Realms feels very stable.

And what that means is there's an emphasis on world building. where everything is balanced on the tip of a dagger and can go one way or the other way, and there's going to be blood either way. And every region is like that, which is kind of amazing, right? The Forgotten Realms feels very stable.

Even areas that are set up for change or, oh, the king passed away or whatever, it still feels like, and the next 20 years could be just like this entry. Every Greyhawk region feels like next year is going to be totally different. Right. Or more likely to be different than anything else. All right. What do you think? Yeah.

Even areas that are set up for change or, oh, the king passed away or whatever, it still feels like, and the next 20 years could be just like this entry. Every Greyhawk region feels like next year is going to be totally different. Right. Or more likely to be different than anything else. All right. What do you think? Yeah.

Again, and then leaving you back at that steady state. Adventures do this too, right? You know, Tiamat shows up and then everything's fine. That's what novels often do to the point where the world then feels fleshed out and stable, right? Icewind Dale, all kinds of wild things happen in the novels of the Driz Dwarden series. and then get resolved.

Again, and then leaving you back at that steady state. Adventures do this too, right? You know, Tiamat shows up and then everything's fine. That's what novels often do to the point where the world then feels fleshed out and stable, right? Icewind Dale, all kinds of wild things happen in the novels of the Driz Dwarden series. and then get resolved.

So now we're back to the steady state and the world feels very safe state versus Greyhawk. No, it's all right. They're about to explode, about to go one way or the other. And it can be, you know, what happens in one region. It's like dominoes for everything else. And that's kind of neat.

So now we're back to the steady state and the world feels very safe state versus Greyhawk. No, it's all right. They're about to explode, about to go one way or the other. And it can be, you know, what happens in one region. It's like dominoes for everything else. And that's kind of neat.

It also means that you have a lot of different possible stories you can tell based on what regions you choose and which aspects you lean into. Whereas the Forgotten Realms, you certainly have like climactic differences, climate, you know, architecture or whatever sort of cultural things.

It also means that you have a lot of different possible stories you can tell based on what regions you choose and which aspects you lean into. Whereas the Forgotten Realms, you certainly have like climactic differences, climate, you know, architecture or whatever sort of cultural things.

But it feels like which nation you choose doesn't, you know, like if you are Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep, is it a huge difference? And I would argue it's not as great a difference as where in Greyhawk you sit.

But it feels like which nation you choose doesn't, you know, like if you are Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep, is it a huge difference? And I would argue it's not as great a difference as where in Greyhawk you sit.

Yeah. Yeah. And I think there's a real possibility that, For a future, I mean, I think the DMG for 2024 is likely to do very little, right? And I'm not saying it's bad. Like you could easily talk me into in a designer boardroom meeting kind of thing. We're all in the room.

Yeah. Yeah. And I think there's a real possibility that, For a future, I mean, I think the DMG for 2024 is likely to do very little, right? And I'm not saying it's bad. Like you could easily talk me into in a designer boardroom meeting kind of thing. We're all in the room.

What do we do to say, hey, let's just take a couple of areas in Greyhawk and paint a broad brushstroke of what the world is, choose a couple of regions and explain to DMs how you can use that to create a cool campaign. Done. Let's use eight pages. Ten pages. Twelve. I don't know. Are they going to cover all this stuff? No. Not at all. But...

What do we do to say, hey, let's just take a couple of areas in Greyhawk and paint a broad brushstroke of what the world is, choose a couple of regions and explain to DMs how you can use that to create a cool campaign. Done. Let's use eight pages. Ten pages. Twelve. I don't know. Are they going to cover all this stuff? No. Not at all. But...

you can use that as the springboard for either DMs doing this work or a future product where you could take this that we find in the Gazetteer and modernize it to have all of that potential we talked about, right? And to have really neat opportunities for the kinds of campaigns and stories you can tell because it's a world uniquely suited to that compared to the other settings. Yeah.

you can use that as the springboard for either DMs doing this work or a future product where you could take this that we find in the Gazetteer and modernize it to have all of that potential we talked about, right? And to have really neat opportunities for the kinds of campaigns and stories you can tell because it's a world uniquely suited to that compared to the other settings. Yeah.

We didn't cover also here, Sean, just to make sure folks know that after this section of the glossography of the of the yeah, the glossography, I think it's called. Then you have a gazetteer of the Flores. Then you have the geography of the Flores. And this further fills in not just it goes beyond the regions, the nations.

We didn't cover also here, Sean, just to make sure folks know that after this section of the glossography of the of the yeah, the glossography, I think it's called. Then you have a gazetteer of the Flores. Then you have the geography of the Flores. And this further fills in not just it goes beyond the regions, the nations.