Encounters of Athas 4 - Lords of Athas
The latest in a series designed to provide DMs with encounter or location ideas to add flavor to their campaigns. In this installment, we focus on encounters involving the rulers of the city-states of the Tyr Region.
Dark Sun Quests
A number of quests suitable to spark your imagination.
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Athasian Trade
This article introduces a new aspect to Athasian trade - the cross-cultural gap.
The Athasian Survey Project 12 - The Forgotten Coast and the Road of Fire
For today’s clairvoyant missive in the name of the Athasian Survey Project, I bring news of my journey south along the coast of an area sometimes described as “The Forgotten North”.
New Digital Resource Files
We recently added a new Files section to the Resources menu of the site. This is a fantastic addition to the site allowing us to have a repository of content that is not a product, but instead a small standalone downloadable resource file such as maps, handouts, etc. These files can be tied to specific products so if you’re in the Freedom product you’ll see associated files for download.
Cities of Athas - DM and Player Summary Sheets
In the Ivory Triangle boxed set, they had these cool card handouts with player and DM summaries for Gulg and Nibenay. I always wished that they had them for the other cities. So I made some.
Sources of Power - Agelessness
A new psionic power, capible of stalling the aging process.
Creatures of Athas - The Rygalt
A strange new beast from the Athasian desert.
The Athasian Survey Project 11 - Silt Side and Eldarrich Island
Join the Traveller as he visits Silt Side and Eldarrich Island. A reimagining of the original series (posted on the Dark Sun Facebook group) with rewritten entries and more locations, all still with the intention of highlighting rarely visited areas on the Revised 2nd edition map.
Encounters of Athas 3 - Templars
The latest in a series designed to provide DMs with encounter or location ideas to add flavor to their campaigns. In this installment, we focus on encounters taking place with templars.
Places of Interest - Temple of the Sands
The mainstream of legends about the Temple of the Sands came from Gulg. It seemed their belief that the temple was a place literally built by the moon, Guthay. I believe this is due to the strange material of which it is made, though I cannot be sure.
Beneath the Veil: The Zwuun
“Let us tell you the story of our creation long ago at the hands of the great Betrayer…”
Creatures of Athas: Psiconic
Journal of Athas - Tears of an Athasian
Since the beginning Athas has always been a place of wonder.
The Athasian Survey Project 10 - Small Water and Kurn
Join the Traveller as he visits Trade Nest and the village of Ral. A reimagining of the original series (posted on the Dark Sun Facebook group) with rewritten entries and more locations, all still with the intention of highlighting rarely visited areas on the Revised 2nd edition map.
The Journal of Zong-Tossu, Entry 3 - Survivors of the Moongate
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.
After stepping through the vortex within the ring of standing stones, Zong-Tossu and his retinue find themselves is a strange new land.
Mindscape Combat in Dark Sun
One of the most flavorful aspects of psionics in Dark Sun is Mindscape Combat. Published novels and short stories written in the Dark Sun setting used a fantastic “mindscape” where psionic combat occurs.
Encounters of Athas 2 - Roads Less Traveled
The latest in a series designed to provide DMs with encounter or location ideas to add flavor to their campaigns. In this installment, we focus on encounters taking place on trade routes between city states.
Shattered Lands Walkthrough
This post contains a walk-through guide to the 1993 Dark Sun video game “Shattered Lands”.
The Athasian Survey Project 09 - Trade Nest and Ral
Join the Traveller as he visits Trade Nest and the village of Ral. A reimagining of the original series (posted on the Dark Sun Facebook group) with rewritten entries and more locations, all still with the intention of highlighting rarely visited areas on the Revised 2nd edition map.