Cruel slavers and fierce raiders roam the wastelands in search of captives and plunder. This set expanded the campaign area to eight times its original size. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e a decade has passed since the age of heroes began. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised wikipedia. Search gm binder print generate pdf visit user profile dark sun campaign guide. The burnt world of athas dark sun campaign setting. Designed for four to six characters of 4th to 7th level, road to urik is set in and around tyr, the campaign base for your dark sun game. At their zenith, these wizards caused the sun to transform from a pleasant yellow glow to a raging crimson fireball on the horizon. Mistrealm dungeons and dragons history dark sun campaign setting dark sun is a setting based on the harsh desert world of athas, that draws heavy inspiration from novels like dune and the barsoom series, which was once a lush planet teeming with life, but which has since been stripped of its fertility by uncontrolled use of defiling magic, although a small offshoot of magicians called.
A picture of bohemian ear spoons 4e dark sun collection in the pinnacle of your collection thread made echohawk wonder exactly how much dark sun. Dark sun campaign setting 4e wizards of the coast dungeons. Characters in dark sun are different than those in other campaign settings. Only the strongest heroes can endure the fury of the crimson sun. They are complete with full errata and are reorganized for ease of use. But, after many thousands of years, powerful mages found ways to gain power through draining the planets vitality. Athas, the world of dark sun, was once as pleasant as any other. A, hopefully, challenging campaign with a postapocalyptic theme and a sandbox style.
In a fit of nostalgia, i recently began working up some house rules for a new dark sun campaign using pathfinder as a base. The halfgiant appears in the original version of dark sun as a new character race. By 1991, tsr was publishing a new campaign setting every year, and so dark sun joined its two 2e predecessors. Dark sun campaign setting 4e explore a savage, wondrous world. In 4th edition, it is a variant of the goliath race. The problem is that i have no ideas on what that should be. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still hold.
Numerous new kits, details of the tyr regions arenas, quick summaries of combat rules, a martial arts system, and suggestions on how. Dark sun campaign setting offers a world that was once a fertile, prosperous land where great magic maintained several powerful civilizations. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition. Dark sun featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genrebending take on traditional fantasy roleplaying. These are races featured as monsters, even though they might be playable as. My hope is to provide a few ideas on the process that can be used to prepare for a campaign and then some ideas for the type of the campaign. The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out. Now humans control all the cities and human magic is stripping the environment of its life force. A brief history of the development of dark sun dark sun product line lists dark sun product line categorical list not yet. Dark sun net handbook, 3rd edition new classes, kits, races, proficiencies, monsters, spells, and much more for the dark sun campaign setting. This particular guide focuses on the dark sun campaign setting, which initially ran from 1991 to 1996, and had a 4th edition reboot in 2010. Back in those halcyon days at the dorms when we were surrounded by gamers, played marvel super heroes most every night and spent our threeinthemornings at the kettle talking gaming and metagaming, we all wanted to be serious roleplayers, or thought we already were.
Dark sun expanded and revised campaign setting yumpu. Finding water should be more difficult than in a typical campaign and i believe having a goto chart for dcs based on the landscape is helpful in defining a variable instead of ruling on the fly. The current incarnation of the setting doesnt nail down the disaster, only noting that whatever happened the result was a world transformed from that age of greenery to a blasted landscape where little. The great elemental netbook, part 1 this is a very interesting book about the inner planes. 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.
From the dusty arenas of athas comes the complete gladiators handbook, ready to arm the fiercest dark sun campaign antagonist. This campaign will be centered around the lost city of kurn north of the tablelands, seemingly abandoned by its sorcererking, and the true face of. This revised campaign set for the dark sun setting takes into account the extraordinary political and physical changes that the world of athas has undergone in the time since the release of the original dark sun boxed set. This significantly expanded and revised boxed set contains everything you need to adventure across the burning lands of athas. Feel free to provide feedback in this subreddit or in private message. Dark sun pathfinder conversion thursday, july 1, 2010. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised bill slavicsek on. This week i am writing for the dms that are taking the intrepid step to create and run their own dark sun campaign. In addition, players had been teased all year by the time the dark sun campaign setting release in august at gen con indy 2010. Overview introduction to the third edition at last.
This race first appears in the 4th edition version of dark sun. Lynn abbey chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapt. Yep, dark sun is coolheres the crazy way to kick it off. I loved dark sun from the day it came out its a refreshing departure from the general fantasy cliches that still dominate the genre. Dark sun campaign pdf of the first adventure here for. They answer to their sorcerermonarch and their own sense of.
If someone could tell me how you can post pdf s here i would post my dark sun pathfinder copy i have i love your one though. 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. Until recently, they were ruled by powerful sorcererkings, both tyrants and protectors. Then the world became a desert filled with strangely twisted dwarves, elves and superintelligent dragons. Sourcebooks rulebooks, adventures, and supplements for playing the game. All possible disclaimers apply to this adventure, including bodily harm. Packed with details, this map is a great way to chart your adventures across this dangerous and desolate landscape. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e.
Its been a few months of on and off work, but i am happy to present version 2. This version differs slightly than the ua version presented as the mystic so as to better fit a dark sun campaign and to. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart. Aimed at players and dungeon masters, this game supplement explores the. Welcome to a world where metal is scarce, gods dont exist, and psionic powers abide in all living creatures. In 1990, the tsr higherups, worried about decreasing interest in dragonlance, decided they needed a major new campaign world. I have made every effort to make it a coherent document from which a game can be completely run. This is theworld of athas, the world of the dark sun campaign. Bringing the heat starting a dark sun campaign alphastream.
Authors the authors of the many novels and sourcebooks. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for characters. Psionic artifacts of athas dark sun campaign setting pdf free. For those of you unfamiliar with the dark sun setting, its pdfs can be found here. Set on the desert world of athas, dark sun is about the struggle for survival. The themes of this setting could fit in the dying earth subgenre and include survival against the elements, ecological disaster, resource depletion, survival of the fittest, slavery and poverty, and the widespread use of psionic abilities.
As a result, there were actually a total of five books available for dark sun, not the three campaign books of 2008 and 2009. As promised and delivered early part one of my dark sun campaign is available for download. An interactive atlas devoted to the dungeons and dragons campaign setting of darksun. Dark sun campaign setting pdf version rpg item version. Review of dark sun campaign setting rpgnet d20 rpg game. This is athas, the world of the dark sun campaign setting, a dying planet of savagery and desolation. The dark sun campaign set introduces players to a savage world of.
The dark sun campaign setting was released in 1991. Feedback on how whether this is useful is appreciated. It includes descriptions of each of the planes and new monsters that can be found on them and. Athass savage, primal landscapeis the result of long centuries of. Rules book for players on athas by mcp draft version 1. Ever since the dark sun setting its a thorn in my side.
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