D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book

bedir than · 2025-12-20T19:34:34+0000

Maxperson said:
The last three settings that I've looked at are Spelljammer, Planescape, and the new Forgotten Realms stuff. On a scale of 1 to 10, Spelljammer rated a 1. It was worthless. Planescape was handled decently, so I rate it around a 6. Not as good as I had hoped, but far better than spelljammer. The new Forgotten Realms stuff was in my opinion very good, so I rate it an 8. A 9 being fantastic and a 10 being perfect, and it wasn't either of those.

Your ratings are for someone who already owned a lot of material in those settings, right?

mamba · 2025-12-20T20:28:19+0000

DEFCON 1 said:
There is not a single person who wants and prefers 2E Dark Sun that should be following or concerning themselves with any information regarding a Dark Sun book for 5E24.

until the 5e version is out, I do not really know if it is better, good enough, or a failure. Even if I end up preferring the 2e version that doesn’t mean there is nothing in the 5e book worth adopting. So getting some actual information would be nice, pure speculation does not help however

LuisCarlos17f · 2025-12-20T20:30:56+0000

I suppose what he'll do is not mention anything, except for those who have been sentenced to forced labor for not paying taxes or something like that.

I suspect there will be a new Ravenloft sourcebook but this will arrive before 2026 Halloween.

I miss more antagonist factions and I don't mean the "monster of the week" but interesting organized groups, for example the "city of spires" from "the black Spine" adventure.

I feel DS is like a MMORPG and the zones around the region of Tyr would work like videogame expansions where the PCs have to be a higher level.

That future sourcebook will be mainly crunch and player options, and maybe a monster compedium with the title "The Traveler's Guide of the Tablelands".

FitzTheRuke · 2025-12-20T22:26:28+0000

Kurotowa said:
The vibe I often get is that a lot of people feel pressure to conform to the latest books. Maybe they're not the DM making that call, maybe the rest of the group doesn't share their opinions, maybe they don't have a stable group and aren't good at selling their ideas to whatever floaters are available. But they definitely seem to have the belief that the choices are to play with the latest official books or don't play at all.

How well founded that belief is, is hard to say. Everyone has their own circumstances and we don't know them all. But I've certainly seen a lot of different dynamics with different play groups over the years.

That's kind of my point though - I use the latest books when I run games. But if there's something I like from an older book (story-wise) I just use it. I've never had anyone notice, far or less complain that it's not current "cannon". The only cannon at the table is the cannon at the table.

Zardnaar · 2025-12-20T22:52:22+0000

Maxperson said:
Their concerns are not entirely unfounded. We have seen, even in 5.5e, changes that indicate that sensitive topics are still something they are willing to change. Altering the pictures and text of some creatures regarding gender, comments in the past about slavery, etc. Enough change to these topics is still present to give us pause and concern over how they will hander Dark Sun, which has the topic of slavery front and center, pervasive in Dark Sun society. I don't think we will see slavery handled in the same way, or to the degree that it was present in 2e. I also don't think it will be gone. How well they handle it, though, is a mystery.

The last three settings that I've looked at are Spelljammer, Planescape, and the new Forgotten Realms stuff. On a scale of 1 to 10, Spelljammer rated a 1. It was worthless. Planescape was handled decently, so I rate it around a 6. Not as good as I had hoped, but far better than spelljammer. The new Forgotten Realms stuff was in my opinion very good, so I rate it an 8. A 9 being fantastic and a 10 being perfect, and it wasn't either of those. So we have one crappy setting, one middle of the road setting, and one good setting. That makes predicting Dark Sun very hard. The only good "pattern"(in quotes since 2 isn't enough to establish a pattern) is that the settings seem to be going in the right direction.

Think I agree with you. Ravenloft wasnt great either about a 5 or 6.

Haven't seen Dragonlance. I dont think its well regarded.

bergec · 2025-12-20T23:19:28+0000

Zardnaar said:
Haven't seen Dragonlance. I dont think its well regarded.

It wasn't a setting book, it was a campaign adventure with just enough material on the world to run it. Kind of how Ghosts of Saltmarsh had just enough Greyhawk material in it to run the adventures included.

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