It takes place in the dungeons and dragons campaign setting of dark sun, on a harsh desert world named athas. Jul 12, 2018 characters in dark sun are different than those in other campaign settings. Dark sun 5e by marsupialmancer created with gm binder. On athas, clerics draw their magical energy directly from one of the four elemental planes. The adventure begins in the great gladiatorial arena of the city state of tyr. And the paladin and sorcerer are not present at all. Dark sun creature catalog pdf version rpg item version. The 224paged pdf starts talking about themes at about page 37 and picks. The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out.
Dark sun 5e players guide, comprehensive im not a reddit native, but ive read enough good ideas, including many from reddit, and i wanted to share my work. When wizards of the coast began work on 4e 20082012, their plan was to release one campaign world a year, with each world being supported with a campaign. This site is recognized by wotc as the official dark sun site on the internet. Instead powerful arcane users known as the sorcererkings drain the lifeforce of the very planet and send their templars to enforce their cruel will upon the masses in the seven. The lifeshaping handbook is designed for use in any dark sun 3. But, after many thousands of years, powerful mages found ways to gain power through draining the planets vitality.
So i did what any sane dm might do and downloaded a bunch of the old 2e and 4e sourcebooks for help building out an urban environment for my pcs to interact with. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf files are listed. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for characters. Dark sun campaign setting 4e wizards of the coast dungeons. The dark sun creature catalog is a 4th edition supplement released in august 17, 2010. After he defeated the army in draj from the first game, you have to go on a journey to. So, can anyone give me a starter on how to convert the monsters from terrors of the desert and terrors beyond tyr from 2nd edition to 5th edition for the monsters of dark sun. In 4th edition, it is a variant of the goliath race. Im going to be starting up my dark sun campaign again, and i want to throw at them the worst that athas can muster. Dark sun campaign setting 4e explore a savage, wondrous world.
Dark sun 2 wake of the ravager is the sequel rpg called dark sun shattered lands. Over the past week there has been a great deal of discussion about the character sheets provided. Download a pdf of all six dark sun characters this is dark sun week at dungeons master. The halfgiant appears in the original version of dark sun as a new character race. List of dark sun modules and sourcebooks wikipedia. Characters in dark sun are different than those in other campaign settings. As a result, the dark sun campaign setting isnt nearly as different from the core rule set as the original dark sun box was. I missed out on past versions of dark sun since 5e is the first and only edition ive played with, but id love to run a game in this setting. Download dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. In particular, theres 53 groups of monsters, unique personalities plus. This adventure series was part of an impressive marketing campaign that showed wizards support for 4e at its height.
Set on the desert world of athas, dark sun is about the struggle for survival. Dark sun drasol is one of the celestial body twins born to veistulsosjunsedov, the prime evil and is the brother of dark moon dralua. Jan 07, 20 i did some maps for the first dungeons and dragons comic bad day. Until recently, they were ruled by powerful sorcererkings, both tyrants and protectors. Hey all 5 boxed sets that deserve 5th edition makeovers found here mike mearls was asked about 5e dark sun found here ama. With close scrutiny an observer might notice a hengeyokai has an odd tell.
Yuanti added based on dark sun computer game, and thematically they fit. Yep, dark sun is coolheres the crazy way to kick it off. You can choose from a halfgiants, halflingow, human and mystical thrikeens. It contains a list of creatures and personalities found within the dark sun setting. 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. Dark sun campaign setting pdf version rpg item version. Found here dark sun 3 campaign setting pdf download pdf dark sun 3. Dark sun featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genrebending take on traditional fantasy roleplaying. Not only did it include fiction for players to read. It features the adventures of a gladiator who escapes from the fighting arenas. It is a domain of primeval mysteries and unending war, a hidden. At their zenith, these wizards caused the sun to transform from a pleasant yellow glow to a raging crimson fireball on the horizon. Monsters and other threats from the world of athas.
Sourcebooks rulebooks, adventures, and supplements for playing the game. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news. This race first appears in the 4th edition version of dark sun. It also provides everything dungeon masters need to run 4th edition dark sun campaigns or include dark sun elements in their homebrew campaigns.
Here are a few things youll need to keep in mind if you do, as the standard fantasy fare wont really apply to the world of athas. Shattered lands, and take place in or around the citystate of tyr. This is mostly just a joke but there are some useful things such as chances of getting pregnant and all the other things that go along with it for each of the races. Idw has released a second comic series this one set in the classic dark sun world of athas. This supplement for the dark sun campaign setting collects the most iconic and dangerous monsters of the dark sun campaign setting into one handy tome. This series contains the radiant classics, dark sun. Skip ahead to may 2014 dark sun campaign setting 4e finally becomes. 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. The cleric is a freewilled priest, tending the needs of the local people with his particular talents.
It is worth noting that no dwarf alive can read the davek script. This is a land of blood and dust, where tribes of feral elves sweep out of the salt plains to plunder lonely caravans, mysterious singing winds call travelers to slow suffocation in the sea of silt, and selfish. I am just getting into dark sun and wanted to run a 4e campaign in the setting. The 4th edition setting places athas clearly within the world axis cosmology, but retains its traditional cosmological isolation. Shattered lands the dark sun world of athas is arid and bleak, a wasteland with a handful of cities ruled by thousandyearold sorcererkings. Dark sun creature catalog 2010, by richard baker with ari marmell and chris sims, was a monster manual for 4e s dark sun line. These are races featured as monsters, even though they might be playable as. A picture of bohemian ear spoons 4e dark sun collection in the. This harsh environment has given birth to a number of new peoples and monsters, including two character races. The dark sun campaign setting 2010, by richard baker, robert j. In his reddit ama today mike mearls was asked by jesterraiin and now, the question. Its been a few months of on and off work, but i am happy to present version 2.
Dark sun fury of the wastewalker begins wednesday, june 9. Cm from the en world forums for his oldschool wild talents for dark sun 4e. Dark sun is so different from most campaign settings, take barsoom, gor, zothique and a dash of fallout and mix into a desert world of harsh adventures where surviving is the name of the game, never mind heroics. 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. Ive been running a dark sun campaign for a few months now, and the pcs have finally made their way to tyr. Drasol and dralua are tall in stature, fair skinned, and have pointed ears that give them a resemblance to elves. It not only has monster info, but info about the sorcererkings and their cities, and stats about them so your pcs can actually battle them. You must find a way to escape into the hostile wilderness, join with other escaped slaves and create. 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. Download the additional content pdf for the citystate of tyr. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart. Athas, the world of dark sun, was once as pleasant as any other. The story is a continuation of the events in its predecessor, dark sun. When we created the core 5th system, we new that it had to be flexible enough to both cover.
It also contains other hazards and threats found in the desert wastelands and dungeon tombs of athas. Heres the link for my character tree video i mentioned. Apr 18, 2020 the crimson sun scorches the life from anything that crawls or flies, and storms of sand scour the foliage from the barren ground. Finally, dark sun also innovated the role of fiction in a game world.
Larthos123 from the dark sun forums for his 5e psion. The dark sun creature catalog is a great book, it comes in a nice hard cover, and has nearly 200 monsters in it. Authors the authors of the many novels and sourcebooks. Dark sun, including information about the encounters program and new rules from the dark sun campaign setting. As far as i know, its the only 2e setting out of the glorious variety of 2e settings that deeply embraces psionics and makes it a centerpiece of the setting. My resources are the revised dark sun campaign setting the one reworked to fit skills and powers, dragon. Savage, exotic, and unforgiving, the world of athas is unique. The crimson sun scorches the life from anything that crawls or flies, and storms of sand scour the foliage from the barren ground.
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