Questions tagged [dark-sun]
Dark Sun is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting featuring a desert world named Athas. 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. Water and metals are extremely scarce. Survival against the elements has made it a harsh exotic world.
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Does Hordemaster epic destiny perk trigger once per ally or once overall?
I want to understand exactly how Dark Sun's "Hordemaster" Level 30 feature works (Dark Sun Campaign Setting, page 100).
Horde Attack (30th level): Once per encounter, when you or an ally ...
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Does Draji Palatial Practice require a hit?
Does Draji Palatial Practice (4e) apply regardless of whether the attack hits or misses? The phrasing is "when you use", not "when you hit".
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If a Defiler native to Athas managed to get to another Material Plane, could they still use Defiling magic?
From what I understand, in Dark Sun, Defilers can destroy the plants around them to make their magic more powerful. If a Defiler from Athas somehow ended up in another material plane (don't care which,...
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What are the fanner beasts?
I'm reading some of the original lore for Dark Sun, and the dray are described as herding "fanner beasts", supposedly some sort of lizard-like creature. But I can't find any information ...
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Does non-Athasian magic work on Athas?
Most magic on Athas functions solely by defiling, or life draining. Even preserving magic works the same way, only the consequences are less severe.
But magic on other Primes doesn't function this ...
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How much time/lifespan does the sun of Athas have left?
I realize that magic ignores physics, and that RPGs are notoriously inaccurate... but I'm curious if a close enough or approximate answer can be deduced from the existing lore.
Given that, do the ...
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Adjusting power of Animate Dead in custom Dark Sun campaign with slower recovery mechanics (24-hour short rest, 1-week long rest)
tl;dr Because of slower recovery mechanics, my Wizard cannot raise or sustain as many undead as a RAW 5E Wizard. What would be a fair alteration to the spell to bring it back inline with the intended ...
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Moving between different D&D universes
I have a group of mid-high level players. As part of some D&D shenanigans, I wanted to have them plop into Athas (Dark Sun) as a surprise joke. But knowing them, sadistic as they are, they might ...
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Are Dark Sun halflings still a thing?
In D&D 5e do Dark Sun halflings still exist? Is it still part of the lore or was it scrapped with 4e?
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Can Athasian psionicist/druids evolve into "advanced beings" like the other caster classes?
In Athas, there are options for high level Psionicist / Clerics or Psionicist / (Defilers | Preservers) to become advanced beings.
Is there such an advancement path for high level Psionicist / Druids?...
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Are Preserver and Defiler distinct classes?
For example Fighter and Paladin are separate classes. They both belong to the warrior group, but are separate character classes.
For the purpose of class mechanics, are Preserver and Defiler ...
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Do athasian druids follow the PHB druid XP progression and organization?
Athasian druids have their guarded lands, and pretty much don't bother each other. So having a druidic organization like the one in the PHB seems not likely. Also, they don't seem to become hierophant....
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What are the Rebirth races?
The semi-official Life-shaping Handbook includes the feat Rhulisti Heritage which has as a prerequisite Any Rebirth race. Trying to research Dark Sun and Rebirth yields so many results I don't know ...
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Can I let one hand go from a two-handed weapon to use Wrist Razors?
I'm making a character that comes from a primal, uncivilized wilderness and I thought using Wrist Razors and a Trikal would be cool.
Can I let go of the Trikal (a two-handed weapon) with the hand ...
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How can I improve these homebrewed Defiler/Preserver mechanics?
I am planning a 5e Dark Sun game, and I wanted to use the following rules for homebrewed preserving and defiling.
Arcane Defiling
When a defiler casts a spell of level 1 or higher, each other living ...
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Athas: A terrifying vision of the future?
Athas, the desolated world of deserts, obsidian and ecological ruin that is the focus of the Dark Sun campaign setting, is generally portrayed as a prime world nearing the end of its life expectancy.
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Entering and exiting Athas
What methods have been defined to be workable and to be forbidden as far as travel to and from the Dark Sun campaign world goes? Any edition's info will work; I'm running 2e but I can always modify ...
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Creating undead as a good cleric in Dark Sun
Suppose that in the Dark Sun setting, I have a good-aligned cleric who follows the ideals of one of the elements (fire, water, earth, air) and has chosen to channel positive energy.
My question can ...
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How can I use Psionic Wild Talents with a Dark Sun campaign in Pathfinder?
Using Pathfinder, is there a place or reference to help with Psionic wild talents for when a Dark Sun campaign is used?
My players don't want to be full psionic classes. Instead, they'd like to ...
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Transporting players from Faerun to Athas (Dark Sun) [closed]
Am looking for some idea's on how one would send his/her current players to Dark Sun from Forgotten Realms, allowing the players to remain content & happy, keeping their precious characters due to ...
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Can a player use feats from a campaign setting book that is not being used for the game
Should a player identify a feat from an Eberron Campaign book while playing Dark Sun, and that feat is not environment - campaign race - or setting specific, can the player import the feat and use it ...
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How do I scale an encounter to a larger party?
I have a group that wound up being larger than I expected for my DnD Campaign. It is Dark Sun and I am keeping things gritty and dangerous. However, since I normally have 7 players, I find that ...
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What things should I take into consideration before sending my PCs to Athas?
I am DMing a campaign in which the characters are going to begin shifting form plane to plane every few missions or so. I am considering dropping them into Athas (Dark Sun), but before I do I want to ...
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Stats for a Sorcerer King in 4E's Dark Sun?
I am in the middle of building a campaign and part of it takes place in the Athas. I am wanting to present the party with an actual threat towards the end of their stay in the hellacious world of Dark ...
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How to make a party work without a Defender?
I've just started running a Dark Sun game. Initially, my 8yo son was interested. However, once we got started, his interest level dropped off, and he's now not playing. Sadly, he was playing the ...
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Dark Sun 4E: Is Religion a useless skill?
1. Is Religion a useless skill in 4E Dark Sun?
I know the Divine Power classes are out (aside from house rules) and was thinking that Religion as a knowledge class is of limited or virtually no value....
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How do you port Dark Sun from AD&D to another system? [closed]
I really like Dark Sun; its depiction of a whole world gone bad is just amazing. Unfortunately I don't think that the AD&D rules are well suited to it -- a little too high fantasy to deal with (...
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How does one pronounce "Mekillot"?
In the Dark Sun campaign setting, there are creatures called "Mekillot" - and I am having the hardest time trying to figure out how to pronounce their names! Is it hard, like "Me-Kill-Lot", or soft ...
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Where do you find Dark Sun Minis? [closed]
Apart from picking up the old 2ed Dark Sun miniatures off ebay, does anyone have any suggestions for a line of mini's that work well thematically for Dark Sun?
Perhaps a line of primitive or aztec ...
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D&D Encounters Dark Sun Season
I've stepped up to run one of the local Encounters tables for this season. However I don't have adventure chapters 1 & 2. What has happened in the story up until now?
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