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<blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4892420" data-attributes="member: 19083"><p>oh agreed! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It's just that Players should think long and hard about being a defiler...bust it out to deal with that possibly-fatal-ecounter...and everyone would turn on you? or work with scumbags who'd sell you out? hehe all good <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Conenctions to the Abyss were hinted at storngly several times, so tieflings don't bother me, especially with having them just be "mutations" or some weird folk from far away (fire resistance = perfect sense for Athas!).</p><p></p><p>if you take Athas as being heavily tied to the elemental Planes, which it is, then having demonic issues is ok...but, the Grey gets in the way of planar travel so much as demons really admire defilers, lol, it's kind of hard for them to get <em>to </em>Athas and visa-versa</p><p></p><p>I wonder if they will also still have the Athasian "gith" as being relatives to the Githyanki as noted in the Black Spine adventure?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I saw some of the RAL PARTHA Dark Sun figures, in original boxes going for INSANE prices earlier this year on Ebay, sigh...*drool*</p><p></p><p>I don't have any of my own Dark Sun minis pics on my site, most though have been stripped and need re-painting!</p><p></p><p></p><p>yeah as said, if you let Athas = world of mutation, it solves lot of issues!</p><p>I remember the Villichi! yes, Devas would do well for them! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Can't recall the Ruvkova though name is familiar, but genasi would make sense as elementla planes are so important ot Athas, ie you can imagine an elemental cleric having half-elemental children</p><p></p><p></p><p>The grey isn't the Shadowfell, the Grey was...odd, Grey was more like the Negative Material Plane acting as a trap around Athas? it was far more like a sort of oh Hades, etc etc. But I know what you mean <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>In my own version of Athas I said the Grey was caused when the gods were destroyed/banished trying to stop the Sun of Athas going nova...leaving a toxic horrible "break" around Athas, sealing it off with a sort of spiritual pollution as it were.</p><p></p><p>If you use it as the "Shadowfell", that would allow planar travel to be too easy, so it would need to be a special area of the Shadowfell, affected by Athas' issues. Which I'm sure would be easy to do.</p><p></p><p></p><p>they also get hit <em>by </em>more attackers at one time, though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Aandor</p><p>hey that's a cool alternate backstory for Athas! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Dausuul</p><p>lol yes, 4th ed won't make Dark Sun easy! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> 4th ed already has rules for heat exhaustion in the DMG, so I'm sure they'll add more, Athas is <em>much </em>worse than most deserts, 60 degrees celcius plus AND the silt?!</p><p></p><p>PeterWeller</p><p>like Dausuul says, sort of, "<em>The first rule of Dark Sun is..there were no novels, no revised boxed set!!!"</em> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>other stuff:</p><p>Dargonborn could be dray..or they could just be mutants, lizards who've become intelligent etc, who knows, who cares it honeslty doesn't matter unless you wish a specific history for them. You don't always HAVE ot have a backstory for everything, folks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Same with Eladrin (they could be psionic masters, rare births, or they coeem from the Feywild of Athas which is NOT like the normal Feywild! the Defiling has spread into it and boy would they be PO'd)</p><p></p><p>*sings*</p><p><em>Fun, fun, fun! In the sun, sun, sun!!</em></p><p><em>Defilers have burnt the trees to ash,</em></p><p><em>And wearing loincloths has given me a rash!</em></p><p><em>Templars enslave PCs who are too brash</em></p><p><em>Escape attempts to evade the overseer's lash!</em></p><p><em>Halfling's are feral little sods who want to eat my a**!</em></p><p><em>Fun, fun, fun! In the sun, sun, sun!!</em></p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverblade The Ench, post: 4892420, member: 19083"] oh agreed! :) It's just that Players should think long and hard about being a defiler...bust it out to deal with that possibly-fatal-ecounter...and everyone would turn on you? or work with scumbags who'd sell you out? hehe all good ;) Conenctions to the Abyss were hinted at storngly several times, so tieflings don't bother me, especially with having them just be "mutations" or some weird folk from far away (fire resistance = perfect sense for Athas!). if you take Athas as being heavily tied to the elemental Planes, which it is, then having demonic issues is ok...but, the Grey gets in the way of planar travel so much as demons really admire defilers, lol, it's kind of hard for them to get [I]to [/I]Athas and visa-versa I wonder if they will also still have the Athasian "gith" as being relatives to the Githyanki as noted in the Black Spine adventure? I saw some of the RAL PARTHA Dark Sun figures, in original boxes going for INSANE prices earlier this year on Ebay, sigh...*drool* I don't have any of my own Dark Sun minis pics on my site, most though have been stripped and need re-painting! yeah as said, if you let Athas = world of mutation, it solves lot of issues! I remember the Villichi! yes, Devas would do well for them! :) Can't recall the Ruvkova though name is familiar, but genasi would make sense as elementla planes are so important ot Athas, ie you can imagine an elemental cleric having half-elemental children The grey isn't the Shadowfell, the Grey was...odd, Grey was more like the Negative Material Plane acting as a trap around Athas? it was far more like a sort of oh Hades, etc etc. But I know what you mean :) In my own version of Athas I said the Grey was caused when the gods were destroyed/banished trying to stop the Sun of Athas going nova...leaving a toxic horrible "break" around Athas, sealing it off with a sort of spiritual pollution as it were. If you use it as the "Shadowfell", that would allow planar travel to be too easy, so it would need to be a special area of the Shadowfell, affected by Athas' issues. Which I'm sure would be easy to do. they also get hit [I]by [/I]more attackers at one time, though :p Aandor hey that's a cool alternate backstory for Athas! :) Dausuul lol yes, 4th ed won't make Dark Sun easy! ;) 4th ed already has rules for heat exhaustion in the DMG, so I'm sure they'll add more, Athas is [I]much [/I]worse than most deserts, 60 degrees celcius plus AND the silt?! PeterWeller like Dausuul says, sort of, "[I]The first rule of Dark Sun is..there were no novels, no revised boxed set!!!"[/I] :p other stuff: Dargonborn could be dray..or they could just be mutants, lizards who've become intelligent etc, who knows, who cares it honeslty doesn't matter unless you wish a specific history for them. You don't always HAVE ot have a backstory for everything, folks :) Same with Eladrin (they could be psionic masters, rare births, or they coeem from the Feywild of Athas which is NOT like the normal Feywild! the Defiling has spread into it and boy would they be PO'd) *sings* [I]Fun, fun, fun! In the sun, sun, sun!! Defilers have burnt the trees to ash, And wearing loincloths has given me a rash! Templars enslave PCs who are too brash Escape attempts to evade the overseer's lash! Halfling's are feral little sods who want to eat my a**! Fun, fun, fun! In the sun, sun, sun!![/I] :lol: :devil: [/QUOTE]
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