Athas is a hot, arid planet covered with endless seas of dunes, lifeless salt flats, stony wastes, rocky badlands, thorny scrublands, and worse. From the first moments of dawn, the crimson sun beats down from an olive-tinged sky.

4 days ago · Dark Sun is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Set on the desert world of Athas, Dark Sun is about the struggle for survival. Nine city-states cling to life in the Tablelands. Until recently, they were ruled by …

Feb 1, 2023 · It can be dropped into any Dark Sun setting or played as part of a greater campaign involving the disappearance of an entire people and the reappearance of an artifact not seen since the Cleansing Wars of Rajaat.

Dark Sun is an original Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) campaign setting set in the fictional, post-apocalyptic desert world of Athas. [1] [2] Dark Sun featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genre-bending take on traditional fantasy role-playing. [3]

Aug 17, 2022 · An intro to the world of Athas and the Dark Sun Setting from Advanced DnD 2e. Explore the races, sorcerer city states, magic, religion, and dragon.

Apr 16, 2012 · Saedra Trees - Slender, long-needled conifers, saedra trees have upraised boughs that resemble the arms of a sun-worshipping dwarf. Sandgrass - Tall, silver-colored grass found on the outskirts of Nibenay.

City of Silt – An archive of the most comprehensive site about the Dark Sun city of Balic. The Athasian Cartographer's Guild - The best fan-made maps of Athas. Digital Wanderer - A great interactive digital map of Dark Sun.

The goal is to create an index of various aspects of Dark Sun. Locations, Groups, Flora/Fauna, Culture, Personalities. Select one of the Dark Sun accessories, read through it and note any mentions of the 5 categories.

One small preserve, protected from the dark magic of the defilers. As the sorcerer-kings began their reign of terror in earnest, their wars with clerics and constant use of defiling magic eventually attracted the attention of the druids.

Feb 23, 2025 · Set on the planet Athas, a once verdant green paradise transformed into a brutal desert wasteland in the wake of a magical apocalypse, Dark Sun subverted many of the game’s traditional fantasy tropes and explored unique themes around ecological destruction and survival.

The merchant houses supply the lifeblood of Athas foodstuffs that feed isolated city- states, construction materials to build the palaces of sorcerer-kings and decadent nobles, slaves to toil in fields or fight and die in gladiator pits, and many other vital items.

Raam, located east of Urik, has a population around 40,000. Shortly before the day of the Great Earthquake, the sorcerer-queen Abalach-Re was killed in battle with Sadira of Tyr. When the news reached Raam, it was the spark that ignited the fires of anarchy, and now Raam burns.

Sep 24, 2023 · Been playing Dungeons & Dragons and other RPGs since 1987. Been playing Dark Sun since it was released. Returned to Athas in 2020 for its expanded timeline and geography.

Magic and survival work very differently on Athas compared to the rest of the multiverse. Additionally, the backstory of the Dark Sun setting is not at all what you might expect from a D&D game. This is all custom content based on the official Dark Sun setting for D&D.

Aug 4, 2005 · Far off the beaten track is the Crimson Sphere, home of Athas, the world of the Dark Sun. Although there are well-explored and documented rivers through the flow to this sphere, they remain unused. Traders and travelers alike have chosen to forget the route, for the sphere is said to be cursed.

Apr 10, 2012 · October 1991 was our definitive introduction to Athas. The original Dark Sun boxed set was something never before seen. I marveled at Gerald Brom's art, covering the boxed set and the Rules Book and The Wanderer's Journal, as I poured over every word of Tim Brown and Troy Denning's unique setting.

This document provides information on the unique creatures found in the Dark Sun campaign setting of Athas, including those with psionic abilities. It details beasts appropriate for ranger companions and provides game statistics and descriptions for beasts like the baazrag, baazrag boneclaw, carru bull, and crodlu riding.

Aug 18, 2021 · No law rules the blasted wastes of Athas, except the laws carved by blades or shaped by magic. Civilized realms suffer under the oppressive rule of sorcerer-kings. Will you rise up, with allies to guard your back and your water?

This is a list of the published novels set in the fantasy world of Dark Sun, which was originally a campaign setting for the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.Please refer to the main Dark Sun article for further information.. Prism Pentad – Troy Denning The Verdant Passage (October 1991), (ISBN 1-56076-121-0); The Crimson Legion (April 1992), (ISBN 1-56076-260-8)

Oct 1, 2014 · This one talks about using Dragonborn in Dark Sun 4e, and the Athasian twist placed on the core race. Like most of Rich’s articles, he talks about several different subjects in the original, and we’ve edited this down to just the DS content.