D&D 5E How would you wish WOTC to do Dark Sun

[Kobold Avenger]

There's very little known about Athas outside of the Tyr Region, so fleshing out a bit of what's beyond that region would be a good thing to do, they've detailed some of it in later books including Kreen Empire. Like where do the Nikaal come from? Of course they should also pretend that Mind Lords of the Last Sea never existed.

 

[rgoodbb]

Most definitely. I'd also like a 1st to 10th separate campaign adventure. Or 1st to 5th.

Edit: what about a combo Monster Manual and 1st to 5th campaign? Half and half in length? i know that's a weird idea.

Not really. I even suggested something like it in my OP!

 

[Alzrius]

Yes, you missed Defilers and Preservers, which adds a lot of detail about the Grey and the Athasian cosmology.

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Yes, you can spelljam

Actually, Defilers and Preservers also notes that the crystal sphere containing Athas is impenetrable, and so spelljammers can't reach the planet. That's more definitive than what's in CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook, which says that no spelljamming route to Athas is known.

 

[Nebulous]

I have very fond memories of this old SSI video game, it was the most I actually played in the DS setting.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

So, I have heard of Dark Sun but have not played or read it. After looking through this thread, It sounds cool. Where do I begin my journey?

 

[Bitbrain]

So, I have heard of Dark Sun but have not played or read it. After looking through this thread, It sounds cool. Where do I begin my journey?

Start with the original Dark Sun Campaign Box set. You can find it on PDF pretty easily.

 

[EscherEnigma]

So, I have heard of Dark Sun but have not played or read it. After looking through this thread, It sounds cool. Where do I begin my journey?

You can get all the old stuff as .pdfs from the DMGuild.

If you want a physical book, then the original, 30ish year old books are pretty pricey... but there was a 4th edition WotC conversion a few years back that's probably much more reasonable.

If you don't want to shell out any money, you can also find plenty of fan conversions. Just google "D&D 5e Dark Sun" and you'll find some hits. The main challenges are that the setting is intended to limit player options from "standard" D&D and some of the core D&D mechanics violate setting assumptions. But the fan conversions offer ideas of how to work around those problems.

 

[hawkeyefan]

They should write it up in the timeframe of the fall of Kalak, either immediately before or after said fall. Maybe an opening adventure that connects to the fall of Kalak, either letting the PCs take part or be involved in some tangential way.

For classes and races, they should present the "classic" ones for the setting. Then they should explain which classes/races were not included and why. Then they should suggest how to include those if desired.

Approach it with a very toolbox mentality. Here's the default, but you can also do this.

 

[hawkeyefan]

So, I have heard of Dark Sun but have not played or read it. After looking through this thread, It sounds cool. Where do I begin my journey?

I would second the recommendation for the original boxed set. It's clear what they were going for, even if some of the execution was not as thought out as it could have been.

 

[Mecheon]

Bleah real half giants not Goliath's.

Half giants have used Goliath-ish stats longer than they haven't. Its not just 4E that went that way, 3E did the exact same thing