The Burnt World of Athas

The Iron Helm of Arkhold, a new cursed magic item for your Dark Sun campaigns.

Among the Tari is a series of short stories following Eitros Tixe, a Raamite templar who finds unlikely refuge among the tari.

The Athasian Survey Project’s narrator visits the Mud Palace.

A brand new series of Lawful Stupid blogs, this one featuring new rules for the Warrens Elf kit.

A follow-up to the article “What if Athasian gnomes had survived the Cleansing Wars?”, this week we examine the potential society and racial stats of Athasian gnomes.

A brand new series of Lawful Stupid blogs, this one featuring new rules for the Ancestor Cultist kit.

The Polymath Specialist Artificer for Dark Sun or Bronze Age Campaigns.

Among the Tari is a series of short stories following Eitros Tixe, a Raamite templar who finds unlikely refuge among the tari.

The Athasian Survey Project’s narrator visits the undead city of Bodach and makes a startling discovery.

Life Siphon, a new psionic power for your AD&D psionicist.

Graycasting is a rare and little-understood method of arcane spellcasting. Herein lies an overview of Graycasting, as well as a proposed way of instituting it in your 5e Dark Sun campaign.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring Dark Sun mounts and livestock.

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Black Sands.

This is the journal of Zong-Tossu, a master ghav-urath (life-shaper) from the Rhul-thaun capital of Thamasku. Zong-Tossu was sent by the har-etuil (judgment-makers) along with a detachment of junior life-shapers and lawkeepers to investigate a mysterious ring of standing stones and the strange creatures said to occasionally appear within. The expeditionary force was accompanied by a thri-kreen emissary known as Cho’ka.

With both Zong-Tossu and Tr’Shadai having experienced visions induced by the elixirs of the so-called “Dervish Octopus,” it only remains for Cho’ka to consume the mixtures and experience visions of the past, future, and of another world…

What If is a series of articles examining how the Dark Sun setting might be different if a single aspect were changed.

This week, we look at how Athas might be different if the gnomes - much like the lizardfolk of the Last Sea - had survived the Cleansing Wars.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring new cultural weapon groups.

While at the Nexus, the Athasian Survey Project’s narrator faces a difficult decision.

What If is a series of articles examining how the Dark Sun setting might be different if a single aspect were changed.

Moongates are a concept introduced in the 4e Dark Sun Campaign Setting, and supposedly provided a means to travel from Athas to the moons of Ral and Guthay, but the concept was never truly fleshed out. If used in a Dark Sun game, moongates should probably be quite difficult to find, with only a handful of gates to be found on Athas and maybe only one or two each on Ral and Guthay. But, what if they weren’t?

Optional rules 5e for Dark Sun gladiators that are easily portable into other editions.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring new kits for the Templar class.