The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised box set. Review of dark sun campaign setting rpgnet d20 rpg game index. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e a decade has passed since the age of heroes began. Dungeon masters guild dark sun books and box sets dungeons and dragons role playing games. Its been a stop and start effort, in between working on wormskin dolmenwood stuff, other writing projects e. At their zenith, these wizards caused the sun to transform from a pleasant yellow glow to a raging crimson fireball on the horizon. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised by bill slavicsek.
Turbine revised bmw 3 series 5 7 330d 530d 730d x5 3. The dark sun campaign setting was released in 1991. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised wikipedia. Nov 03, 2014 in his reddit ama today mike mearls was asked by jesterraiin and now, the question. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised bill slavicsek on.
Dungeon masters dms will find information about psionics and athasian society, npc psionicist templates. 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. Beneath a dying sun lies a world of sand and fire, a world of barbaric splendour and savage desolation. Forgotten realms campaign setting 2nd edition 1032. Dark sun conspectus 2404 dsr1 slave tribes 2407 dsr2 dune trader 2411 dsr3 veiled alliance 24 dsr4 valley of dust and fire 2420 dss1 citystate of tyr 2422 dss2 earth, air, fire. 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.
Oct 02, 2015 it can be very cool for players that know the campaign setting and want to experience new concepts, such as a heavy silt sea exploration campaign that takes everyone into the valley of dust and fire or to the deadlands. Those who do not have the cunning to face life on athas will surely perish leaving nothing but bones bleached white under the blistering rays of the dark sun. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e. This significantly expanded and revised boxed set contains everything you need to adventure across the burning lands of athas. This significantly expanded and revised set contains everything you need to adventure across the burning lands of athas. The revised and expanded boxed set released in begins at this point with the destabilization of the tyr regions political power structure.
It was a postapocalyptic setting where magic had caused an ecological disaster and the power of the mind, psionics, was more important than magic and. Mar, 2020 the crimson sun scorches the life from anything that crawls or flies, and storms of sand scour the foliage from the barren ground. Dark sun world campaign setting 2400 ivory triangle boxed set 2418 city by the silt sea 2420 dark sun expanded and revised campaign setting 2438 adventures edit. 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. Download dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. 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.
Review of dark sun campaign setting rpgnet d20 rpg game. One of the many campaign setting made for dungeons and dragons 2nd edition, after the popularity of the forgotten realms surprised people at tsr. 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. Bringing the heat starting a dark sun campaign alphastream. This 4e update of the dark sun campaign setting does an excellent job of incorporating 4es mythology without losing the harsh feel of the original setting. The locale is draj, a citystate ruled by a powerful sorcererking.
Dark sun campaign pdf of the first adventure here for you to download blog rpgzorg role playing games magazine pingback. Underdark featured prominently in the campaign settings world of greyhawk and the forgotten realms. For those of you unfamiliar with the dark sun setting, its pdfs can be found here. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Chris flipse for helping with the layout and the ambush shortstory. D races or monsters, but tsrs marketingdark sun campaign setting 3. The game takes place in the fictional land of athas, a dying and hostile desert world. All the different types of giant morrus unofficial. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. Included are three large, colorful maps which provide topographical and geographical details. But, after many thousands of years, powerful mages found ways to gain power through draining the planets vitality. It was released for msdos in a somewhat unfinished state in 1993 by strategic simulations, and later patched to a more workable version.
The product were looking at today is the campaign setting expanded and revised. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised by bill. A brief history of the development of dark sun dark sun product line lists. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and r evised type. The dark sun is a fantasy world, a game setting based on the planet of athas. This set expanded the campaign area to eight times its original size. All of the old stuff released at that time were incredible. The sourcebook were looking at today is monstrous compendium dark sun appendix terrors of the desert published in 1992.
In 1990, the tsr higherups, worried about decreasing interest in dragonlance, decided they needed a major new campaign world. Original sin 2s game master mode replicates dungeons. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still holds the world in its merciless grip. Dark sun featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genrebending take on traditional fantasy roleplaying. The burnt world of athas dark sun campaign setting. A source book about evil elves27 august 20 another of those. The dragon king lies dead, earthquakes rock the land, and revolution spreads like wildfire across the tyr region. Dark sun campaign setting 4e explore a savage, wondrous world. Throughout 1995, it had been clear that change was on the horizon for the dark sun setting. Of the underdark pdf of the underdark pdf of the underdark pdf download. The first thing you should do is invite your players.
Originally called war world, the basic idea was to provide a setting in which. This is athas, a dessert planet laid waste by unchecked sorcery and ancient wars. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and r evised bill slavicsek on. Tweets that mention dark sun campaign pdf of the first adventure here for you to download troll in the corner. All about dark sun campaign setting, expanded and r evised by bill slavicsek. Download dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf files tradownload. Sep 01, 2010 i have no working knowledge of dark sun of the 90s, and so i approach this iteration with no preconceived notions or prejudices. Click to read more about dark sun campaign setting, expanded and r evised by bill slavicsek. This book features new player character races such as the aarakocra and the pterran, expanded rules for wizards, and revised ability score tables. 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. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still holds the world in. The setting is set a little bit further in the timeline of dark sun v1.
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. 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. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf files are listed. A 32page adventure for characters of 3rd to 5th level that kicks off any new campaign in spectacular fashion. They were made by the original creators of the setting and include art by brom who. In 1990, in anticipation of that battlesystem skirmishes. Dark sun campaign setting offers a world that was once a fertile, prosperous land where great magic maintained several powerful civilizations. 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. The dark sun campaign setting, byrichard baker, introduces a wonderful new place to start playing the game dungeons and dragons.
With new creatures that are playable and new monsters to fight, your campaign will be unlike any one ever experienced before. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart. Shattered lands is a turnbased computer roleplaying game that takes place in the dungeons and dragons campaign setting of dark sun. Monstrous manual and the tsr logo are trademarks owned by tsr, inc. Dark sun expanded and revised campaign setting yumpu. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised bill slavicsek on amazon. 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.
In this book youll find psionicist character kits, an expanded psionic combat system. Set includes 2 96page books, 2 24page flip books, 16page book, 2 foldout maps, complete psionics handbook errata sheet. Expanded psionics handbook xph to make use of the material. Immortal sorcererkings reign over the cities that remain, celebrating their tyranny with bloody arena games and brutal oppression. The new, revised, and expanded edition of the leading guide to planning and implementing a capital campaign. 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.
During the 3e era, athas was kept alive with wizards of the coasts blessing by the fans at, then it reappeared for 4e as the dark sun campaign setting 2010. Recently wotc rereleased the dark sun setting for 4e. Shattered lands is a turnbased roleplaying video game that takes place in the dungeons and dragons campaign setting of dark sun. 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. Dark sun setting roleplaying games resources alkony. The blistering sun beating down on our heroes in the new world of the datk sun. Sadly, none of these settings were very successful compared to greyhawk. If file is multipart dont forget to check all parts before downloading. So, dark sun is by far my favorite setting for dungeons and dragons, and itll be hard for me not to just gush for paragraphs and paragraphs about it. Common knowledge series advanced dungeons and dragons 2nd edition. Welcome to a world where metal is scarce, gods dont exist, and psionic powers abide in all living creatures. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition.
This article is part of a series that examines a release from 2e dark sun and sees how and if it can be integrated with the new 4e version of the world setting. 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. Dark sun campaign setting pdf version rpg item version. Athas is a land of deadly magic and powerful psionics that offers no promise of glory or even of survival. I still have a couple of small formatting issues to figure out like how i want. Click on the manage members link in the right sidebar and send them an invite to join the campaign. In a fit of nostalgia, i recently began working up some house rules for a new dark sun campaign using pathfinder as a base. Click download file button or copy dark sun campaign setting 4e pdf url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. It also provides everything dungeon masters need to run 4th edition dark sun campaigns or include dark sun elements in their homebrew campaigns. Dark sun was based on a concept developed for the battlesystemtm tabletop wargame system. Dark sun expanded and revised campaign setting athas.
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