Dark Sun! I have them!

[Insight]

I have the book now, too. I'm willing to answer any questions people might have (within reason).

 

[A Passing Maniac]

I have a couple of small questions about the epic destinies, then, if you're willing and able to answer. The first is just - what are the prerequisites for the five EDs? And the second - in 2e, the pyreen were a race, not a class or transformation. How does the ED actually present them?

 

[Insight]

I have a couple of small questions about the epic destinies, then, if you're willing and able to answer. The first is just - what are the prerequisites for the five EDs?

21st level for all, obviously:
Avangion: Any arcane class
Dragon King: arcane defiling power
Hordemaster: nothing
Mind Lord of the Order: Any psionic class that uses power points
Pyreen: Any primal class or primal theme

And the second - in 2e, the pyreen were a race, not a class or transformation. How does the ED actually present them?

You have a kinship to the Pyreen and eventually become one. It's sorta like maybe you were a Pyreen the entire time and just realized it when you hit 21st level. Your "immortality" comes as the Sorcerer-Kings fall.

 

[A Passing Maniac]

Awesome. Thanks much!

 

[TheDrifter]

Could you please describe what the Thri-Kreen Monk feat does?

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

[Knightfall]

The books just arrived and I'm really digging these covers. Of course I'm already busy with getting things ready for Gen Con but now I get to read 4e Dark Sun!

My FLGS were selling them starting today. I got both the Campaign Setting book and the Creature Catalog.

So far, I've only skimmed them but I have to say I love the CC already. The NPCs in the back are great; although, I wish there were more of them.

I wish the main book had less crunch and more fluff, but I wasn't surprised by the book's content ratio. The best part is the poster map! The map of the Tyr Region would have been more than enough but WotC went the extra mile by making the map double-sided with the City of Tyr on the other side! That was a sweet addition!

I wish they'd made the maps in the book bigger, however.

Still, so far I like the books. It isn't as great as the 2e Dark Sun boxed set but the two books together are a close second.

 

[Knightfall]

The maps...

 

[Tzarevitch]

Could you please describe what the Thri-Kreen Monk feat does?

Thanks a lot for your help!

It looks like you do 2 extra damage to one of your targets when you use flurry of blows.

 

[the_amnesiac]

Which stats do thri-kreen get a boost to?

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

The maps...

Awesome, withholding judgement on the regional map until I can see the real thing, but the city map with actually having the cast-shadows . . . brilliant, just brilliant. The kind of detail alone makes it cartographer porn *cough*.