Dark Sun World Campaign Setting
Amid the barren wastelands of Athas lie the scattered city-states, each in the grip of its own, tyrannical sorcerer-king. Protecting their own positions with dark magic, they demand absolute obedience. The restless mobs are placated with bread and circuses --the arenas overflow with spectators seeking release from their harsh lives.
The land outside the cities belong to no one. Savage elves race across the deserts while insectoid Thri-Kreen satisfy their taste for blood. Dwarves labor at projects beyond the scope of men, and feral halflings lie in ambush.
Athas is a land of deadly magic and powerful psionics that offers promise of glory or even of survival. Those who do not have the cunning to face life on Athas will surely perish - leaving nothing but bones bleached white under the blistering rays of the DARK SUN
- On the sands of Athas you'll faceThree new PC races!
- Muls - half-dwarf, half-human; specially bred for combat!
- Thri-Kreen - the savage mantis-warriors of the Barrens!
- Half-giants - bred for tremendous size and strength
- Three new PC classes!
- Gladiators - heroes of the arenas, the ultimate warriors!
- Templars - Wicked priests who serve the sorcerer-kings!
- Defilers - wizards whose powers drain the life around them!
- More powerful PC's
- All Dark Sun game characters begin at 3rd level!
- Ability scores that can go as high as 24!
- All PC's have one or more psionic powers!
- The new character tree allows players to advance many characters at once!
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Resources
The following unofficial resources are provided to as player and dungeon master aids to help enhance the experience of using this product.
Jura Dai Fort
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created by:
- Raddu
A map of the Jura Dai fort in the A Little Knowledge adventure from the original boxed set. Assets by Gabriel Pickard.
- elven
- fort
- map
- vtt
- a little knowledge
16.2 MB jpg uploaded January 10, 2023 by Raddu
Wezer Hive Map
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created by:
- Raddu
A map of the Wezer Hive in the A Little Knowledge adventure from the original boxed set. Assets by Gabriel Pickard.
- map
- wezer
- hive
- a little knowledge
331 KB jpg uploaded January 10, 2023 by Raddu
Desert Tower Maps
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created by:
- Raddu
A map of a 3 story desert tower in the A Little Knowledge adventure from the original boxed set. Assets by Gabriel Pickard.
- tower
- vtt
- a little knowledge
- map
235 KB zip uploaded January 10, 2023 by Raddu
Traveler's Guides to the Cities of Athas
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created by:
- Logarium
Traveler’s Guides to the Cities of Athas written in the style that appeared first in The Ivory Triangle for Gulg and Nibenay.
- City-States
- Balic
- Celik
- Draj
- Eldaarich
- Gulg
- Kurn
- New Kurn
- Nibenay
- Raam
- Saragar
- Thamasku
- Tyr
- Ur Draxa
- Urik
15.3 MB pdf uploaded January 11, 2023 by Raddu
Cities of Athas - DM's Summaries and Statistics
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created by:
- Logarium
DM’s Summaries to the Cities of Athas written in the style that appeared first in The Ivory Triangle for Gulg and Nibenay.
- Tyr
- Ur Draxa
- Draj
- Celik
- Balic
- Eldaarich
- Gulg
- Kurn
- Nibenay
- Raam
- Saragar
- Thamasku
- Urik
3 MB pdf uploaded January 28, 2023 by Adam Cieszlak
Shadow Square map
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created by:
- Raddu
A map of Shadow Square in Tyr. Map created with assets by Gabriel Pickard.
- Tyr
- vtt
- map
428 KB jpg uploaded February 01, 2023 by Raddu
Silver Spring Fort Map
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created by:
- Raddu
VTT Map of Silver Spring fort according to Elves of Athas Map created with assets by Gabriel Pickard.
- Silver Spring
- elven
- vtt
- map
868 KB jpg uploaded February 01, 2023 by Raddu
Tablelands font
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created by:
- Ruhl-Thaun_Sage
- Diesel
Art by Diesel LaForce, font by Gabriel Eggers.
- font
110 KB zip uploaded February 06, 2023 by Raddu
City-State of Urik
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created by:
- June Soler
The City-State of Urik as created by June Soler with help from the Dark Sun community. Technically this version is circa FY 300+, but there’s little content that cannot be used in othertimelines. Associated City-State of Urik Map
- Urik
6.02 MB pdf uploaded April 29, 2023 by Raddu
City-State of Uik Map
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created by:
- June Soler
A map associated with June Soler’s City-State of Urik
- Urik
43.9 MB png uploaded April 29, 2023 by Raddu
Opportunities in Chaos
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created by:
- brax
This adventure is set in the Warrens of the Athasian City-State of Tyr, amid the chaos immediately following Kalak’s overthrow and demise. It is designed for three to five PCs of third to fifth level, at least two of whom should be rogues, preservers, priests, or psionicists. “Opportunities” works best if used as a sequel to David Cook’s excellent Freedom flip-book module. Note that this is an adventure outline, designed to give DMs ideas. DMs should develop appropriate stats, opponents, NPCs, and encounters. You can find an online version in the Articles section.
- Tyr
1.43 MB zip uploaded June 10, 2023 by Raddu
Excursions: Lost Temple of Rahoon
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created by:
- June Soler
- Adam Cieszlak
- Raddu
- Logarium
A recent sandstorm of epic proportions has shifted the mountainous dunes of the Great Alluvial Sand Sea, revealing a temple of the ancients. Can you delve into the ancient ruins in search of riches before the next sandstorm buries them once again? This adventure scenario for the DARK SUN® Campaign Setting is designed for play in a 4-hour session with 3 to 6 players using 4th level pre-generated player characters.
By June Soler Editing: Adam Cieszlak, Robert Adducci Art: Stuart Lynch, WOTC Art assets Cartography: June Soler, Diesel, Mark Hope
- Excursions
- 5e
- Adventure
17.1 MB zip uploaded June 13, 2023 by Raddu
Dark Sun Net Handbook
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created by:
- John M Martz
Introduction to the Third Edition AT LAST! The Third Edition of the Dark Sun Net Handbook is finally out. This is a collection of the work of many players and DMs for the AD&D campaign setting Dark Sun. I see a net.book as a source of knowledge and inspiration. Therefore I’ve included anything I could. Even if I found something totally unusable I included it because I’m sure that someone will instead love that rule/race/class and find it fundamental for his campaign. I especially like the sections wich have something to do with game mechanics such as the one on tattoos. We all should be less concerned with rules and more with those little things. Nothing in this net.book is official or fundamental, take what you like and discard what you don’t
- 2e
- unofficial
- netbook
522 KB pdf uploaded January 31, 2024 by Raddu