The Burnt World of Athas

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Crimson Savannah.

Four creatures that live as parasites within humanoids on Athas.

Who is that lone defiler you’ve stumbled upon in the wastes?

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring 2e rules for Armour and Weapon Materials.

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Avandaellen Plateau.

A table of social encounters in the wilds or roads of Athas.

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.

Having met and befriended the Pariahs - a group of malformed halfling-like folk - Zong-Tossu and the surviving members of his group discover that they were long expected and must go meet the “The Dervish Octopus”.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring 2e rules for Metempiric Components.

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Koschak Waterfall.

As they near the silt estuary, just south of Fort Kalvis, travelers along the People’s Road often move with some trepidation. Fears of rampaging monsters give way here to anxiety about the frequent dust storms that permeate the area. During these storms, many traders attempt to push through, rather than be delayed; those that tarry or stop are often unceremoniously robbed of their most precious belongings by a fast-moving gang of creatures under a shroud of silt and dust.

The Quick Plot Hooks series started as a fun thought experiment - how to develop interesting but reasonable encounters using two types of creatures from randomly determined Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium entries.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring 2e rules for Elan.

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Vanishing Lake.

The planar cosmology of Athas differs from the rest of the D&D multiverse. Even the Inner Planes are different. How do the Positive and Negative Energy Planes interact with Athas, and what would their clerics look like?

The Quick Plot Hooks series started as a fun thought experiment - how to develop interesting but reasonable encounters using two types of creatures from randomly determined Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium entries.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring rules for even more Dark Sun kits.

The Athasian Survey Project travels to the Kano Swamp.

The Quick Plot Hooks series started as a fun thought experiment - how to develop interesting but reasonable encounters using two types of creatures from randomly determined Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium entries.

by Rokan of the Hirradjar, “Gonggrijp, Lodewijk”

A brand new series of Lawful Stupid blogs, this one featuring rules for handling trade caravans.