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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raduin711" data-source="post: 3986532" data-attributes="member: 15303">I don't think we know enough about power sources to say one way or another how a power source affects the character.  In the case of Dark Sun, arcane magic works differently.  Does this mean a new power source (because all classes that use arcane magic on athas will have to approach arcane magic this way) or does it mean different class abilities?  It really is too early to say.Druids in DS weren't elementally tied.  They didn't shapeshift (at least without use of the spell), but then again, neither did druids in any other setting.  Adding shapeshifting abilities and paring down the spellcasting isn't killing other settings that have been around since 2nd, so neither should it hurt dark sun.  (You don't hear FR fans complaining about this... why should we be concerned?) There is a race of beings on athas called pyreen who were pacifistic, nature-loving, shapeshifting beings who, if you saw their native form, would look like a mixture between all the races all at once.  It is possible that these beings taught the Druids their natural ability.  In fact, I believe Rajaat was a pyreen himself who wasn't so peace-loving.  There were clerics in Darksun who were tied to a particular element, rather than a god.  More rarely there were paraelemental clerics, and four paraelementals.  These were Sun (fire, air) Silt (water, earth) Magma (fire, earth) and Rain (water, air).  The motivations of the elementals and paraelementals are somewhat different, and somewhat debatable.  My understanding is that the elementals want to see Athas restored with it's elemental on top as the most powerful. (though it is hard to imagine a restored athas with Fire as the most powerful element...)  Paraelementals want athas to remain as it is, with the exception of Rain.</blockquote>

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