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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5159581" data-attributes="member: 20741">I don't know about that. Dark Sun was an underperforming setting in the TSR 2E era. That doesn't mean it did not have its fans and followers  - but it never had an iconic status in the D&D mythos in terms of "ZOMG!!!!111!! You can't mess with THIS".I think it's fair to permit the designers their ability to put their own stamp on the gameworld in the 4E books to be released. It's been nearly 20 years since the release of the initial Dark Sun boxed set. There is nothing to say that Tim Brown and Troy Denning recieved some wisdom from on high that was inscribed on great stone tablets that Rodney Thompson must respect for all time and never trample upon.That's setting a designer up to fail, imo.I'm not sure if I will pick up Dark Sun or not. I am sure that if I ever run a 4E campaign - it will be in Dark Sun.Given my preferences, I would PREFER that Dark Sun not be an amalgam of every race and setting flavor in the WotC hardcover lineup and that it have its own distinctive "feel".  I'm sure WotC will do what they'll do and Rodney will do his best to deliver a quality product.If Dark Sun 4E is only half as good as Rodney's work on Star Wars: Saga Edition, then Dark Sun 4E will be the best D&D setting WotC has ever released for D&D.</blockquote>