Opinions on a few DarkSun products wanted...

[darklight]

My FLGS has some old Dark Sun products on sale, about as cheap as getting the ESD's and I really prefer paper

What I would like is the opinion of the Dark Sun fans out there, are they any good, and what are their merits?
If I were to get one or two, which ones should I get?

Please note, that I do not intend to run a full Dark Sun campaign, but rather use the stuff as an idea mine for my homebrew.

The products are:

City by the Silt Sea
Dragon's Crown
Forest Maker
Marauders of Nibenay
Mind Lords of the Last Sea

darklight

 

[Panthanas]

I ran a DS game for about 3 years so hopefully I can help you out.

City by the Silt Sea: Probably your best bet for getting ideas for your own game. Many goodies in that box.

Dragons Crown: Good adventure and depending on what you're looking for may have a few tidbits that you could use, especiallly if you use psionics.

Forest Maker: Decent adventure, not sure there would be a whole lot you could use outside of DS though.

Marauders of Nibenay: I've never read this adventure no feedback for you on this one :-( .

Mind Lords of the Last Sea: I doubt highly you could find anything too useful in this one. I bought it and there wasn't anything I could use in my DS campaign let alone a homebrew game.

Hope this helps ya.

 

[darklight]

Thanks!
Yeah, I kinda figured from the short descriptions that City by the Silt Sea would be the most useful and interesting, plus you get quite a lot of stuff for $8.65 (60 Danish Kroner)

If anyone else has more to add, I wouldn't mind

darklight

 

[abri]

City by the sea of silt has a very nice background,but the scenario is a tad, too much to believe, at least the lower portion of it. The first half of the scenario is a great alternative to the usual ruins exploration.
Forest maker can't be adapted outside DS (and a L13 scenario, where your ennemy is a 21st level mage/21st level psion, is asking for trouble...)
Marauder of Nibenay: tough to adapt, you need a town ruled by a god-like mage living in a "forbidden city" and a group of mage rebel... On top of that it's mostly a weird dungeon.
Mind lord of the last sea: interesting scenario, but the setting is not medieval (think australian surfers ruled by Staline, in a quasi-modern society that use psionic power in their crafts...)

 

[darklight]

Thanks abri.

"Mind Lord of the Last Sea" sounds...funky/weird/silly/stupid!

By the looks of it, I should probably get "City by the Sea of Silt" and perhaps "Dragon's Crown"

More input is welcome.

darklight

 

[megamania]

City by the Silt Sea- very good can be inserted with some some work into most campaigns though Dregoth may require major work (49+ level villian)
Dragon's Crown- very good but can lead to campaign altering effects that last FOREVER. May require DM fudging once in a while
Forest Maker- okay story. deals with a 22+ level villian however
Marauders of Nibenay- I liked it but it does have a bit of a Darksun feel to it.
Mind Lords of the Last Sea- where to begin...oh yeah- this is what killed the campaign world. Nude beaches and hippy wind boarding druids didn't do it for me.

 

[darklight]

What levels is "Dragon's Crown" for? It doesn't say on the svgames site.

darklight

 

[Golandrinel]

Ran DS for a long .. long time ...

Never bought a module in my life.... However the supplements are well worth the money!

 

[Najo]

Dark sun products

City by the silt sea is the best buy there, with Dragon's Crown coming in a close second. I personally wouldn't own City by the Silt Sea as a Dark Sun purist (basically the killed the original dragon off in the novels and needed a way to revive a similiar beastie so walla you have the undead dragonking everyone forgot about one level below thw original dragon - lame) but as for its content, it has the most to offer a homebrew. Dragon's crown is a mega adventure that is well put together with nice supplements. I would get Maruders of Nibinay also, but avoid the rest. Mind lords should never have been made, it is utter trash with very little of use from it.

Nate

 

[darklight]

Thanks for all the help guys and/or gals.

I finally decided on buying "City by the Silt Sea" and "Dragons Crown". I just ordered them, so they should be here tomorrow.

thanks!

darklight