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In the ''[[Planescape]]'' and ''[[Spelljammer]]'' settings, the world of ''Greyhawk'' is part of a [[The Multiverse|larger universe]] that also includes ''[[Dragonlance]]'' and ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''. The setting is named after the great Free City of Greyhawk, a sprawling metropolis that lies at the heart of the Flanaess, a continent on the world of Oerth. Ravaged by centuries of warfare, contested by dozens of races and organizations, the Flanaess is crawling with monsters to slay, ruins to loot, and vile magicians to foil. A very generic high fantasy setting, but one which suits the game's needs perfectly.
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Between 2004 and 2006, Mirrostone Books has published ''[[The Knights of the Silver Dragon]]'' series, which takes place in the Greyhawk city of Curston.
The setting was officially discontinued during Fourth Edition, though the concepts from it that reached other settings, like the Paladin class, the Beholder and [[Our Elves Are Better|Drow]], remained part of Fourth Edition. After no real content during Fourth Edition, Fifth Edition included minimal content for the setting. The core rulebooks mentions the setting and its gods as examples of D&D settings, the same attention given to ''Blackmoor''/''[[Mystara]]'' and ''[[Dragonlance]]'' (which have received even less content). Mordenkainen (''Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes'') and Iggwilv/Tasha (''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'') both lend their name to the title of books for Fifth Edition but, like the core rulebooks, both neither book is actually ''Greyhawk'' based. The one Fifth Edition book that focuses on the setting, the ''Ghosts of Saltmarsh'' module, is merely a compilation and rules update of the U Series of modules (''The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh'' and its sequels) rather than new content. The '''single''' piece of ''Greyhawk'' lore introduced (rather than merely restated) is a mention in ''Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes'' that Vecna has left the setting to fight the Raven Queen (a deity from Fourth Edition) in an attempt to steal her divine power.
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* [[Artifact of Good]] / [[Artifact of Doom]]: There are several of these, such as the Crook of Rao (good) and the Scorpion Crown (evil).
* [[Author Avatar]]: Mordenkainen (Who you may recognize for being the author of many spells of inconsistent quality) was originally Gary Gygax's player character. [[Backwards Name|Zagyg]] almost certainly was also an avatar for Gygax.
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Lord Robilar.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Rary of Ket was always seen as the most reserved and soft-spoken member of the Circle of Eight. Then he killed two of his friends and tried to [[Take Over the World]].
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{{quote|The fact that he dislikes nonhuman races, yet is only barely human himself, is an irony lost on the godling.}}
* [[Lady Land]]: The city of Hardby was founded by a Suel witch as a monument to the superiority of womankind after men caused a great magical war, and is traditionally ruled by an all-female council of gynocrats led by a despotrix. However, in recent years, male-dominated guilds and trade unions have been chipping away at their power.
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* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Gord.
* [[Mad God]]: Several [[God of Evil|evil gods]] come off as at least sociopaths or psychopaths, but two gods deserve special mention: Zagyg (who prior to [[A God Am I|ascention]] was known as the mad archmage, and hasn't become any saner afterwards; not evil, though) and Dread Tharizdun (a [[Cosmic Horror]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|wanting to unravel the universe]]; basically the [[Ultimate Evil]]).
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* [[The Undead]]: Notables include the liches Acererak and Vecna, described above. Also the first death knight, Saint Kargoth; the vampire Kas; and the piteous, zombielike King Ivid the Undying.
** Ivid's state was a bit of [[Laser-Guided Karma]], though; in his insanity, he arranged to get evil clerics to create a new type of powerful, free-willed undead, the Animus. He then proceeded to give the "gift" of death and reanimation as an animus to scores of lords, generals and priests without bothering to find out if they wanted it. Needless to say, a lot of his supporting hierarchy was either ''pissed'' or terrified they would be next; his own animus transformation following his assassination shattered what little lucidity he had left, leaving a paranoid, gibbering and unpredictable wreck, whose only notable accomplishment was completing the ruin of the Great Kingdom, his own realm.
* [[Un Installment]]: WG1, WG2 and WG3 don't exist and the modules start at WG4. WG1 and WG2 were ''[[Temple of Elemental Evil]]'' before it became larger and its own T series. WG3 became S4 ''Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth'', which WG4 is a sequel to.
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Iggwilv, the Witch of Perrenland, the mother of Iuz and on-again-off-again consort of the demon Graz'zt. She appears as a stunningly beautiful young woman and sadistically kills anyone who sees her true form--a hideous crone.
** Wee Jas is a goddess of magic that also claims vanity among her odd mix of domains.
* [[Vestigial Empire]]: The fractured [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Great Kingdom]], now split into numerous warring states.
** The successor-states born from its final collapse are at each other's throats, but those successor-states who'd seceded in the previous centuries (the Great Kingdom's been losing chunks for a ''long'' time) get along pretty well for the most part.
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