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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 5591799" data-attributes="member: 27051">Nominally, the Prism Pentad-era.&nbsp; Specifically, after the fall of Kalak but before the death of the Dragon and all that nonsense with Rajaat.&nbsp; In this period, the sorcerer-kings are dominant, the Dragon is still rampaging around, but there is a (supposedly) free city as well.&nbsp; Free Tyr allows the DM to show how difficult (impossible?) true freedom is on Athas and highlight the failings of the revolutionary government.&nbsp; Free Tyr makes Nibenay look like an attractive place to live.That said, all eras of the game have something to offer.&nbsp; The original boxed set had some of the best general flavour, with vast stretches of mystery and a really unique approach to the game.&nbsp; The revised boxed set introduces some great new areas of play (Bandit Kingdoms, Obsidian Plains, Lava Gorge) as well as some fun player races (pterrans are just great).&nbsp; The Paizo remake has some neat artwork and a fantastic take on the elan, as well as some other fun stuff like blood obsidian.&nbsp; DS4e is a decent overview of the base setting with a pleasantly relentless approach to cramming adventure hooks in everywhere.&nbsp; Pick and choose the best from each to make your own DS <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 5591799, member: 27051"] Nominally, the Prism Pentad-era. Specifically, after the fall of Kalak but before the death of the Dragon and all that nonsense with Rajaat. In this period, the sorcerer-kings are dominant, the Dragon is still rampaging around, but there is a (supposedly) free city as well. Free Tyr allows the DM to show how difficult (impossible?) true freedom is on Athas and highlight the failings of the revolutionary government. Free Tyr makes Nibenay look like an attractive place to live. That said, all eras of the game have something to offer. The original boxed set had some of the best general flavour, with vast stretches of mystery and a really unique approach to the game. The revised boxed set introduces some great new areas of play (Bandit Kingdoms, Obsidian Plains, Lava Gorge) as well as some fun player races (pterrans are just great). The Paizo remake has some neat artwork and a fantastic take on the elan, as well as some other fun stuff like blood obsidian. DS4e is a decent overview of the base setting with a pleasantly relentless approach to cramming adventure hooks in everywhere. Pick and choose the best from each to make your own DS :). [/QUOTE]

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