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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7171668" data-attributes="member: 22779">I'm not entirely convinced of the differences though.&nbsp; You mention the difficulty of healing in DS.&nbsp; Thing is, that's not a DS thing, that's a 2e thing.&nbsp; EVERY campaign was limited to clerical/druidic healing which was limited to 1st, 4th and 5th level spells.&nbsp; There is no difference in healing between DS and any other setting.And, as far as defiler/preserver went, mechanically, they were pretty much bog standard casters with a couple of tweaks.&nbsp; They had identical spell lists, used the same xp tables, gained spells at the same rate, the works.&nbsp; Mechanically, there is no difference between a DS wizard and a Greyhawk or standard PHB wizard.There were no monks in DS.&nbsp; Thing is, there were no monks in ANY 2e era setting because 2e didn't have monks.&nbsp; There's no distinction here between Darksun and Al Qadim and Planescape.&nbsp; None of them had monks.&nbsp; DS is identical in this sense to all other settings that came out in the 2e era.&nbsp; I really think you're conflating the system for the setting.&nbsp; I mean, Kara Tur is more mechanically distinct from baseline D&amp;D than Darksun is, and I see no one saying that you cannot have a 5e Oriental Adventures.&nbsp; Heck, we already have half a dozen OA subclasses to work with.&nbsp; Add a monster manual of some sort and you're pretty much good to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7171668, member: 22779"] I'm not entirely convinced of the differences though. You mention the difficulty of healing in DS. Thing is, that's not a DS thing, that's a 2e thing. EVERY campaign was limited to clerical/druidic healing which was limited to 1st, 4th and 5th level spells. There is no difference in healing between DS and any other setting. And, as far as defiler/preserver went, mechanically, they were pretty much bog standard casters with a couple of tweaks. They had identical spell lists, used the same xp tables, gained spells at the same rate, the works. Mechanically, there is no difference between a DS wizard and a Greyhawk or standard PHB wizard. There were no monks in DS. Thing is, there were no monks in ANY 2e era setting because 2e didn't have monks. There's no distinction here between Darksun and Al Qadim and Planescape. None of them had monks. DS is identical in this sense to all other settings that came out in the 2e era. I really think you're conflating the system for the setting. I mean, Kara Tur is more mechanically distinct from baseline D&D than Darksun is, and I see no one saying that you cannot have a 5e Oriental Adventures. Heck, we already have half a dozen OA subclasses to work with. Add a monster manual of some sort and you're pretty much good to go. [/QUOTE]

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