Preface

We’ve re-imagined Tieflings

to make them, and other “non-
traditional races” like Genasi
and Firbolg, more in keeping
with the overall feel and theme
of the classic Greyhawk setting.

The key here is “not found in the

original setting”. Remember, the
original setting only included a
small portion of the continent of
Oerik. Therein lies the solution
to the inclusivity of all for the
5th Edition options. Beyond the
borders of the Flanaess gives us the “Here
There be Dragonborn!” option.
The lands beyond the Flanaess have
only been briefly described in official
material, most from old Dragon Magazine
articles and references in the Gord the
Rogues series of novels penned by Gygax
pre and post-TSR. In fact, the Oriental
Adventures sourcebook, first published
in 1985, was originally intended to be
an expansion of the Greyhawk Setting
(as seen in the announcement at upper
right from Dragon #102). For whatever
reason, it was eventually published as
an expansion to The Forgotten Realms
setting instead, placing the lands of Kara-
Tur on the Realms world of Toril and not
Greyhawk’s Oerth.
Dragon Magazine #102 (Oct 1985)
and its fleshing out by Roger E. Moore
in Dragon Magazine #73 in May 1983.
There are also new sub-races not found
in the 5e Player’s Handbook such as the
enigmatic Valley Elves, the noble Gray
Elves and even Gnomes differ somewhat
from the default as shown in the PHB.
We’ve even added a few new twists and
other new playable options as well to keep
things interesting.
Finally, this is not merely a simple
update to the setting for 5th edition
compatibility. Rather it is more a re-
imagining and kit-bashing of the setting,
making it dynamic rather than frozen in
time while still providing that old school
feel and sandbox nature of Greyhawk.
So, with the above said...

That said, Gygax clearly had a vision for

adding “asian-style” cultures in his world
Welcome to Greyhawk
of Oerth. We have taken that concept and Rebooted 576CY.
will be adapting much material from the
original Oriental Adventures books when
creating the lands of the Ryuujin and
Celestial Empires, Mur, Komal, Sa’han,
etc.

Greyhawk also has some other player

options not found in other published
settings. The Half-Ogre, for example has
a long history of being “the best darn door-
opener there is” since its original mention
by Gygax in Dragon #29 (Sept 1979)