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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9530909" data-attributes="member: 6796468">That's where the Templars come in! Essentially functioning as private for-pay armies of mercenaries. Only in the allegory, the payment is magical power and water in a world where both of those things are rare!Ahhh hahahha... no. I'm not -planning- anything.I'm still trying to get Martial Artistry out the door and I've got plans for Sunset Riders and Occult Omens, already.Right now this is a fun thought experiment of how I would do it if I had the opportunity. But unless Jeremy Crawford shoots me a PM or hits me up on Discord or drops me an Email... I don't see ever -actually- doing this as a product release. Both because I would make next to no money off of it (settings aren't big sellers for 3rd party designers) and I would get sued into the ground for WotC.And it's not like I'm tower off the ground any distance as it stands.I may think it'd be fun and cool, but I'm no Lanasa. I know not to poke the bear!Oh, -absolutely-. And a big part of the "Money" is of course magic. Defiling magic. Because [USER=2525]@Mistwell[/USER] and [USER=6747251]@Micah Sweet[/USER] this is an allegorical structure not literal.The Ecological disaster of Athas in TSR's works was brought about by racism and lust for power with the humans literally wiping out the 'Lesser Races' because while it was an ecological disaster allegory it was also a racism allegory with minimal allegory...While that is still a threat worth putting into allegory, I think a less overt form of it would work better in the modern day. And if you don't wanna engage with climate change as a theme, Dark Sun in -any- edition really isn't the setting for you! 'Cause it was practically the "Grimdark Captain Planet" D&D setting.</blockquote>

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