Now humans control all the cities and human magic is stripping the environment of its life force. Ever since the dark sun setting its a thorn in my side. In this setting, some races dont exist, and the dwarf might instead be a hairless devotee to the sun, the halfling a stealthy cannibalistic hunter, and any wizard likely hides her spellcasting lest a mob hang her for defiling what precious life clings to the earth. It is the primary world of the sphere, and is detailed extensively in the dark sun line of products from tsr. Now the material is available as pdf in but my players and i had stopped playing 2e long since, 3e didnt see any dark sun official books, and even though there was a campaign setting book for 4e, the fourth wasnt my edition at all. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition. However, the sun is still a gracious soul and will treat the speaker with kindness and respect. An elemental cleric must take air, earth, fire, or water as her. This tanning fairy often comes at night, tanning light in hand, to tan cavedwellers while they sleep. Sourcebooks rulebooks, adventures, and supplements for playing the game. Authors the authors of the many novels and sourcebooks. This series contains the radiant classics, dark sun. There is only a rudimentary human civilization left, a handful of huntergatherer tribes who are scattered across the land. Dark is the sun is a science fiction novel by american writer philip jose farmer, first published in 1979.
As most dwarves are illiterate, this rarely arises as a problem, but when dwarves are forced to put words to record, they utilize a bastardization of common and barazhad scripts to convey meaning using dwarvish syllables. By the year 15 billion ad, earths species have evolved to the point of being superselected to a. Tthe dark sun crystal spherehe dark sun crystal sphere. Feel free to ask your questions and, if you wish, have fun with us playing dark sun. View mobile site jokeypsych endgamehonest galaxyquest.
For those of you unfamiliar with the dark sun setting, its pdfs can be found here. Overview introduction to the third edition at last. Some of the classes were only given a special pathlike option, but others have been modified to their core to fit the athas theme and specially the feel of the first campaign setting box. Aimed at players and dungeon masters, this game supplement explores the heroes and wonders of athasa savage desert world abandoned by the gods and ruled by terrible sorcererkings. Game programmer in mobile, web, and arcade from taiwan.
A templar dedicates himself to a particular sorcerer. Dark sun 5e by marsupialmancer created with gm binder. The adventure begins in the great gladiatorial arena of the city state of tyr. Numerous new kits, details of the tyr regions arenas, quick summaries of combat rules, a martial arts system, and suggestions on how to run arena games are within these pages. In the bitter and desperate world of dark sun, psionics alone offer power without deep moral ramifications. In a fit of nostalgia, i recently began working up some house rules for a new dark sun campaign using pathfinder as a base. Found here dark sun 3 campaign setting pdf download pdf dark sun 3. The sun is not an overly kind god, and will not give out free omnipotence and gifts to all those who ask, as it already gives plenty of help to the world. Shattered lands the dark sun world of athas is arid and bleak, a wasteland with a handful of cities. Jul 12, 2018 each player is encouraged to create 12 backup characters if they have the time and patience. And the paladin and sorcerer are not present at all. Yuan ti added based on dark sun computer game, and thematically they fit. Even familiar races are very different in dark sun. Dark sun comic read dark sun comic online in high quality.
In an all new, ongoing series the d20 live crew are going right into the worst place. Description unleash your imagination into a vast, savage world, sun scorched and windscraped. Dark sun boxed set 2e amid the barren wastelands of athas lie the scattered citystates, each in the grip of its own, tyrannical sorcererking. Finally, dark sun also innovated the role of fiction in a game world. Weave exciting tales of heroism filled with magic and monsters. Unleash your imagination into a vast, savage world, sun scorched and windscraped. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet. An interactive atlas devoted to the dungeons and dragons campaign setting of darksun. This campaign will be centered around the lost city of kurn north of the tablelands, seemingly abandoned by its sorcererking. This humanoid creature is lean, with a broad chest and muscular legs covered by leathery red skin. Dark sun and the rising telepaths is a psychedelic space rock band formed in 1991. Sep 15, 20 jerry holkins as the dungeon master mike krahulik as mantis eaglehawk scott kurtz as tuzul kris straub as two coins dark sun playlist. Set on the desert world of athas, dark sun is about the struggle for survival.
It features the adventures of a gladiator who escapes from the fighting arenas. They answer to their sorcerermonarch and their own sense of. The lifeshaping handbook contains rules for creating lifeshaped items and creatures, 2 new character races, almost 30 new feats, 8 new prestige classes, 30 new monsters, and 3 adventure sites for introducing players to the new rules. Chris flipse for helping with the layout and the ambush shortstory. Dark sun club athens 42, 121 peristeri, greece rated 4. In an effort to provide a complete ruleset, ive constructed the class options as concise as possible. Classic editor history talk 1 athas is home to many creatures. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart. Characters in dark sun are different than those in other campaign settings. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for characters. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e a decade has passed since the age of heroes began.
Select the moon icon to change the message window background to black. The world of the dark sun, athas is a desert world. Dark sun featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genrebending take on traditional fantasy roleplaying. The lifeshaping handbook is designed for use in any dark sun 3. A, hopefully, challenging campaign with a postapocalyptic theme and a sandbox style. The sun is a male, and is slightly aloof and hauty. Mar 31, 2018 enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Even ships from the crimson sphere rarely visit athas, for the dangers of such a trip almost always outweigh any bene.
It tells the story of the people and creatures left on earth when the sun is dead and the universe is heading towards the big crunch. Its been a few months of on and off work, but i am happy to present version 2. The game broke new grounds in several ways, such as introducing phased combat, a friendly user interface, the addition of adventurestyle inventorybased puzzles, and the intriguing magical discipline of psionics. Dark sun, including information about the encounters program and new rules from the dark sun campaign setting. Then the world became a desert filled with strangely twisted dwarves, elves and superintelligent dragons. It is worth noting that no dwarf alive can read the davek script. A once civilized paradise, athas, was based on awesome mental powers and the power of its wizard kings. Its long clawed hands grasp the hilt of a serrated greatsword that buzzes with a perpetual highpitched hum. The dark sun campaign set introduces players to a savage world of. The tooth fairy has a lesserknown cousin known as the tanning fairy.
Dark sun online was part of the first wave of graphical mmorpgs. Dark sun is a postapocalyptic desert world, ravaged by centuries of cleansing wars and defiler magic, that depleted its natural resources and devastated the environment, making metal scarce and water more precious than gold. Most of whom do not fall under that category of civillized race. Jan 07, 20 i did some maps for the first dungeons and dragons comic bad day. Instead powerful arcane users known as the sorcererkings drain the lifeforce. Dark is the sun is set so far in the future the universe is starting to collapse in on itself. When first light casts its emerald hues over the sea of silt, or when sunset spreads its orange flame over the mekillot mountains, the worlds feral beauty stirs the untamed heart in each of us. Not only did it include fiction for players to read.
Download a pdf of all six dark sun characters this is dark sun week at dungeons master. Dark sun monster manual 5th edition hello all so i have been working on this for a few month now and its now close to be completed still need some ground work on the presentation, but well too lazy for that now. Dark sun campaign setting pdf version rpg item version. The world of athas athas is an endless wasteland, yet it has a majestic and stark beauty. Theres been intermittent interest in similar conversions over the years on this site and others, so i figured id post my work for others to comment on or use as they see fit. The dark sun setting isnt a place for your typical bearded dwarf with a love of beer and gems, cherubic halfling, or charging knights and gnome wizards. Mike mearls was asked about 5e dark sun found here ama. I dont go out in the sun but why am i getting so dark. Shattered lands the dark sun world of athas is arid and bleak, a wasteland with a handful of cities ruled by thousandyearold sorcererkings.
Instead, clerics draw their power from one of the elemental planes. Dark sun pathfinder conversion thursday, july 1, 2010. Yuanti added based on dark sun computer game, and thematically they fit. Nov 03, 2014 in his reddit ama today mike mearls was asked by jesterraiin and now, the question. Athas is a brutal and violent world so having a backup character helps the game keep moving in the event that your pc is slain and torn apart by savage beasts, expires due to dehydration, is eaten by a tribe of halflings, or meets one of the thousand other deaths the dm has been cackling madly. Aimed at players and dungeon masters, this game supplement explores the. Until recently, they were ruled by powerful sorcererkings, both tyrants and protectors. Much like other collections the manuals are on the discs in the form of text and black and white pcx files. A sun blasted, windscraped wasteland, athas is home to multitudes of the most horrifically mutated creatures youll ever encounter. Even those freemen within the city gates are free to ply their trade only so long as it serves the will of the sorcererkings and their templar minions. Feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec jan sun mon tue wed thu fri sat. Select the sun icon to change the message window background to white.
Many of the fifth edition classes transition smoothly into dark sun with only a few minor tweaks. Aug 12, 2015 almost all of the phb classes are present in athas, some of them are modified, though. Many monsters, classes, spells or magic items from the core rulebooks simply. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. The first official release was a 7 released by metamorphos in 1996. The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out. When reading a message, you can turn dark mode on or off by using the icon at the top of the message window. Continuing my series on dark sun, its time to dig into the classes of athas. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still hold.
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