One of the many campaign setting made for dungeons and dragons 2nd edition, after the popularity of the forgotten realms surprised people at tsr. City by the silt sea recently wotc rereleased the dark sun setting for 4e. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart. Dark sun net handbook, 3rd edition new classes, kits, races, proficiencies, monsters, spells, and much more for the dark sun campaign setting. Click to read more about dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised by bill slavicsek. It also provides everything dungeon masters need to run 4th edition dark sun campaigns or include dark sun elements in their homebrew campaigns.
The dm is encouraged to read the dark sun revised campaign setting, city by the silt sea, veiled alliance and elves of athas. 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. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised by bill. Bringing the heat starting a dark sun campaign alphastream. Chris flipse for helping with the layout and the ambush shortstory. All the different types of giant morrus unofficial. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e. In fact, pretty much every character in dark sun has at least one wild talent, a psionic power that they can activate even if they are not an actual psionic class.
The storyline could be set in a forgotten realms city location on or near the sword coast such at neverwinter or balders gate. 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. Black flames recently wotc rereleased the dark sun setting for 4e. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Dark sun campaign setting pdf version rpg item version.
Most weapons and armor are made of hide, bone, scales, and obsidian. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised box set. The burnt world of athas dregoth ascending dark sun. The player can control a pregenerated party of four characters or create new ones at the beginning. Dark sun, expanded and revised 1995 tsr edition rpgnet. The revised and expanded boxed set released in begins at this point with the destabilization of the tyr regions political power structure. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition.
It also changes a lot of things up, such as making metal rare so a lot of weapons are made of bone, adding new types of weapons, new types of magic, and new races and classes. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised wikipedia. Dark sun boxed set 2nd, dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised 2nd, expanded psionics handbook 3. It includes descriptions of each of the planes and new monsters that can be found on them and. It presents a harsh world where only the strong survive. This week i am writing for the dms that are taking the intrepid step to create and run their own dark sun campaign. There are eight available races, including halfgiants and the exotic insectlike thrikreen alongside the more traditional ones. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet. Any setting using the same campaign archetype will feel similar, but things like history, races, and geography will vary between them. Digital book conducting a successful fundraising program. The new, revised, and expanded edition of the leading guide to planning and implementing a capital campaign full download.
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. My resources are the revised dark sun campaign setting the one reworked to fit skills and powers, dragon kings. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised by bill slavicsek. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still holds the world in its merciless grip. These products contain additional information the dm can use to enhance the adventure. 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. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised type. 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. This means that any darksunlike setting could use my dying star rules, but im not specifically creating this for dark sun, even if thats the biggest reason ive made it. 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.
The dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised published in 1995 included psionic rules as part of the core boxed set, which were intended to replace the complete psionics handbook rules. The great elemental netbook, part 1 this is a very interesting book about the inner planes. Contains more than 40 prestige classes for dark sun campaigns. The world now is mostly a desert, where the races scrape by a meager living in the wastes where water and metal are scarce, or. Aimed at players and dungeon masters, this game supplement explores the heroes and wonders of. Dark sun tsr2433 monstrous compendium appendix ii terrors beyond tyr. Included are three large, colorful maps which provide topographical and geographical details. The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out.
Expanded psionics handbook xph to make use of the material in this book. Pdf download dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised download full ebook. This set expanded the campaign area to eight times its original size. Originally conceived as the default setting for a miniatures based wargame, the setting survived as a. 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. Bringing the heat starting a dark sun campaign originally posted in 2010 on my wotc blog. An expanded campaign guide is needed or at least more adventures in the default setting to get some expanded idea about the the overall state of the realms in 5th edition. Its been a few months of on and off work, but i am happy to present version 2. Throughout 1995, it had been clear that change was on the horizon for the dark sun setting. 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 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.
Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e a decade has passed since the age of heroes began. Tsr eventually relented after fan outcry and established a formal fan site dedicated to dark sun fan creations. Review of dark sun campaign setting rpgnet d20 rpg game. Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised paperback october 1, 1995 by bill slavicsek author. This book features new player character races such as the aarakocra and the pterran, expanded rules for wizards, and revised ability score tables. Dark sun expanded and revised campaign setting yumpu. The city of tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still holds the world in. Feel free to provide feedback in this subreddit or in private message. Note, players may only pick from the races and classes provided below.