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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keefe the Thief" data-source="post: 5160132" data-attributes="member: 49552">I simply like the possibilities for confusing the player characters through confronting them with the past of the setting. In the original novel trilogy, there was a section where (i think) Sadira found an underground tomb filled with the desiccated bodies of strange little men (Gnomes). The whole scene (as i remember) was one of erie horror: these horrible little things from the past seemed to be still alive somehow, watching and waiting for... something. Stumbling over stuff from the past that the player characters just "don´t get" is something i really love about Dark Sun. My favourite scene is when Rikus discovers that, once upon a time, dwarves had BEARDS! And body hair! And he´s totally disgusted by even thinking about it.Culture clash. That´s why i love using inklings of the history. And let´s be honest: thieving, untrustworthy elves who are hated by everybody are more fun when they have a noble past that they´ve lost forever but still dream about sometimes. Otherwise they are just, well, bandits and thieves. YMMV.</blockquote>