R_J_K75
Legend
So if you ever wanted to see Elminster in a loincloth and chest harness this is the version for you!
No one should ever see this.
So if you ever wanted to see Elminster in a loincloth and chest harness this is the version for you!
Lore-wise: Total reset to the status quo as of the original boxed set. Do not contradict any lore that was revealed during/after the PP, but also do not make it official.
This is really the only way to satisfy a) the people who enjoyed the Prism Pentad and were fans of later-released lore, and b) those of us who despise the PP and the whole Rajaat backstory. Give us the mysteries and unexplored possibilities, and let us choose in our own campaigns how to resolve them.
Mechanics-wise: Work within the 5E framework where possible and don't get hung up on nitpicky details. Defiler and preserver are wizard traditions, templar is a warlock patron, each element is a cleric domain. For paladins, explain that they are unknown in the setting and require DM approval to play; provide suggested backstory options like "I am the last of a secret order" and "I'm trying to follow a code I learned from ancient books."
Psionics must exist, but I don't think it's vitally important to have a stand-alone psion class. The setting works fine without it.
Develop a fleshed-out system for survival challenges, where the wilderness itself becomes a deadly foe. This will probably require either banning the "camping spells" like goodberry and Leomund's tiny hut, or putting limitations on them such that they can't sustain you over the long term.
Pretty much just the FR except all the artwork is done by Brom. So if you ever wanted to see Elminster in a loincloth and chest harness this is the version for you!
Dark Sun has a lot of exclusions coupled with altered versions of existing races and a lot of unique stuff, with a heavy emphasis on psionics. "Not your daddy's D&D" was its whole schitck. No version of the setting that doesn't focus on those aspects is worthy of the name IMHO.
lol they would just turn the Sword Coast into a desert and place it there!Athas is dead.
5e Dark Sun takes place on a different dying world.
...a revised Players Handbook for Darksun that rewrites much of the core 5e PH
Everybody said they'd do that to Ravenloft, but they didn't.lol they would just turn the Sword Coast into a desert and place it there!
True, but the Barovia they went with is very different from earlier depictions. Beyond that, I loved the 2e (and 3e with Arthaus) campaign setting, but WotC and I parted on that back in late 3e with Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. They only care about rehashing the original module every edition. Different Barovias, but still just the Strahd show.Everybody said they'd do that to Ravenloft, but they didn't.