D&D General Dark Sun as a Hopepunk Setting

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Thread 'Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun'

Aug 21, 2025

Wizards of the Coast has released four new D&D subclasses for playtesting, all of which have heavy thematic ties to the post-apocalyptic Dark Sun setting. The four subclasses, released as "Apocalyptic Subclasses," include the Circle of Preservation Druid, the Gladiator Fighter, the Defiled Sorcerer, and the Sorcerer-King Patron Warlock. Although not stated outright, the Gladiator and Sorcerer-King Patron are explicit nods to the Dark Sun setting, set in a ruined world ruled by Sorcerer-Kings where gladiatorial fights were common.

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• Christian Hoffer
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Well well...

 

[Steampunkette]

Almost two years later and I keep getting notifications of heart eyes on this thread... makes me happy.

 

[Gradine]

Almost two years later and I keep getting notifications of heart eyes on this thread... makes me happy.

As you should be!

 

[bedir than]

Almost two years later and I keep getting notifications of heart eyes on this thread... makes me happy.

Have you read The Hunger and The Dusk? It's G Willow Wilson's two book graphic novel on environmental disaster and alien invasion that forces orcs and humans to work together or perish. Lots of hope and friendship as the world falls apart.

 

[Steampunkette]

Have you read The Hunger and The Dusk? It's G Willow Wilson's two book graphic novel on environmental disaster and alien invasion that forces orcs and humans to work together or perish. Lots of hope and friendship as the world falls apart.

I have not! Perhaps I should.