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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5285057" data-attributes="member: 11437">Character Creation GuidelinesThe following are rules and guidelines pertaining to the creation of Player Characters for the Dark Sun: Burning Sands game.Dark Sun: Burning Sands begins play at level 1.0. CHARACTER CONCEPTDark Sun: Burning Sands begins in the Ivory Triangle's Rarun Salt Mines.  Each of the PCs is a slave to House Njeer and works in the mines or surrounding lands in some capacity.  Whatever your character's backstory, it ends here and and as a slave.  It will be up to your characters to change their situation, if they wish to do so.All character concepts for this game must fit into this situation.  You are relatively free to come up with whatever reasoning you wish to explain how your character became a slave and found himself in this predicament.  You can have been a slave for as long as you wish (within reason).  You are also free to describe what sort of "job" your character has been doing at the salt mine.1. RACE & CLASSPlease see below for a list of the new Dark Sun races as well as the changes to existing D&D 4E races as found on Athas.  Only those standard races listed below are available as Player Characters and I am going to restrict Drow, Eladrin, Genasi, Halflings, Kalashtar, and Minotaurs.  There won't be more than one of the preceding group in the party at any one time - and there may not be any!  If you want to play one of these races, you'd better come up with a compelling character concept.Note that DIVINE characters are not available AT ALL.  Arcane characters, because of their defiling ability, are hated and sometimes hunted down and killed.  That doesn't mean you can't play an arcane character, but be aware of the potential consequences if you are discovered using your powers.  There's no change to martial, primal, or psionic characters.  2. THEMEThemes are new to Dark Sun and will eventually become part of the rest of the D&D game.  In essence, a theme is an extra set of powers or potential powers available to any class and represents a sort of background for the character.  While I am not going to list the abilities of each of the Dark Sun themes, I have listed them below:Athasian Minstrel, Dune Trader, Elemental Priest, Gladiator, Noble Adept, Primal Guardian, Templar, Veiled Alliance, Wasteland Nomad, and Wilder.Despite your choice, as above, your character is now a slave to House Njeer.  Thus, your choice of theme serves as a sort of backstory and possibly as future development.If you need assistance in choosing a theme, PM me.3. ABILITY SCORESAbility scores are generated using the standard 22-point method as described in the PHB.  Racial ability modifiers are applied after the point buy.4. BACKGROUNDYour character may have any background in the "General" category.  If you have access to the Character Builder, you can find a list of these.  Otherwise, you would need to look through the PHB2, PHB3, and the various "Power" books.  Some backgrounds also appear in Dragon Magazine.  The DSCS has quite a few backgrounds as well.  If you're not sure what background to take, PM me and we'll figure something out.5. SKILLSOnly two skills really bear mentioning here: Endurance and Religion.  Endurance is particularly handy in Dark Sun because of the outdoor travel in the blistering heat.  It is a skilled used in a lot of outdoor skill challenges, and I recommend getting it trained if you can.  Religion is an odd skill because the gods have been gone for so long.  Your character can still be trained in Religion, but its use will change slightly.  It is likely that Religion will be used to know about matters of the Sorcerer-Kings and their Templars, and possibly something about the various ancient temples and shrines found throughout Athas.6. FEATSMost feats from a WOTC source are legal - for now.  I reserve the right to ban anything deemed game-breaking (which honestly isn't much, but I thought I should mention the possibility).  Nothing setting-specific will be allowed (so, no dragonmarks, no spell-scarred feats, etc).  Bloodline and lineage feats are also prohibited.  We'll discuss anything else that crops up.7. POWERSAll legal powers from a WOTC source are available.  Keep in mind that you will receive an extra power from your theme and that you can swap powers between your class and theme.8. EQUIPMENTYour characters, because they are slaves, start with NO personal equipment.  You will have plenty of chances to acquire equipment as the game goes along.  You also start play with no money.9. MISCELLANYYour character needs a name, obviously.  You should also decide where he's from.  If he's from a city-state, which one.  Also, list your character's physical appearance, especially any curious or identifying marks.10. WILD TALENTOnce your character is finalized, I will roll randomly for your Wild Talent.  If something comes up that would have made it too easy for you to escape your servile state, it will be re-rolled.Also, come up with one thing - it could be anything - that makes your character unique.</blockquote>

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