Can’t believe it took me until 2018 to realize that the Circle of Eight as a cabal of eight wizards was a post-Gygax addition to Greyhawk. This changes how I think of the setting in a fundamental manner.
Yes, I’m a nerd. Carry on.
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 29, 2018
How does it change your thinking on the setting? Reinforces idea of GH’s powerful figures as independent figures, no “good guy supergroup” to fix things
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 29, 2018
Is that better than the idea that it’s some guy’s home campaign filled with all of his PCs and NPCs? I think that’s what makes it fun – you have all these high level, world-shaking adventurers mucking with everything, alternately competing and allying, and so on. Makes for a dynamic we don’t have anywhere else.
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 30, 2018
Grehawk, I don’t put much stock into anything past the 83 box set. In fact, I find the original settings more enjoyable without all the later meta plot changes Agreed
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 29, 2018
Yes would like a more full explanation please Michael Originally it was the Citadel of Eight, Mordenkainen and his trusted lieutenants. AKA Gary’s other characters. I much prefer the idea of GH’s mightiest NPCs more as rivals than a wizardly Justice League. Fits GH’s flavor better IMO.
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 29, 2018
Was it introduced by Carl Sargent during the From the Ashes period? Around that time, might be a little bit before. Definitely a key part of the City of Greyhawk boxed set.
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) September 30, 2018