Various tabletop stuff not deserving its own thread

[Trickster]

- Flannae - Negroes.

Funny skulls, big lips, or dreadlocks are never even mentioned. Instead, they’re described as having chestnut hair and coppery skin and those mixed with the Wolf Nomads even have golden skin. It evokes the image of Native Americans, as you mentioned below.
PS: Find cool art of a Flan Ranger that perfectly shows what I imagine.

Mmm, so the great war that destroyed the Great Kingdom as a hegemon and gave rise to lesser petty kingdoms, duchies, marchlands, and principalities is something that was added to the lore after Gygax was no longer in charge of it.

This is quite interesting. I should've known that the Gazetteer I currently have - which was published in the 3.5 era - wouldn't openly mention that the current scene of the setting was created against the wishes of the one who created said setting.

**** like that is perfectly fine in your own campaign or your personal version of the setting, but it should never be treated as a given without the author's permission. But WotC being WotC, I guess.

[Trickster]

Also, I've checked the map and... Is there explanation of why Greyhawk isn't superpower yet?

I don't know for sure, but the book I'm reading says they lost their territories from Hardby to the Nyr Dyv. It doesn't mention how. Maybe it's somehow tied to the castle's curse and the disappearance of the Mage-King. But maybe not.

The thing is, the Shield Lands, which are zones supposedly controlled by the Order of Knights who are meant to bring law and order to the region and protect Greyhawk's northern flank, constantly get their asses handed to them by bandits and the Horned Society (the local chaotic-evil shitheads who worship demons). And since those knights are failing so miserably, the Bandit Kingdoms and all sorts of seafaring ******* crews could easily bypass them and attack across the Nyr Dyv, assuming there's no one else there to protect the waters.

But overall, yeah. The city has massive potential. Make Greyhawk Great Again is inevitable!