re: rich baker's dark sun chat on 12/14

[Ashimaar Extorris]

re: rich baker's dark sun chat on 12/14

I wasn't able to catch it, is there any new info about dark sun that hasn't already posted in his blogs?

 

[mudbunny]

The chat is tomorrow (thursday), not yesterday.

 

[Ashimaar Extorris]

Thanks for reading the fine print... I swear, sometimes I feel like Sarcastro, master of the obvious should be my archnemesis....

 

[the Jester]

Thanks for reading the fine print... I swear, sometimes I feel like Sarcastro, master of the obvious should be my archnemesis....

I actually played a 3e bard named Sarcastro, who had things like Perform (ethnic joke) on his character sheet...

 

[diaglo]

I wasn't able to catch it, is there any new info about dark sun that hasn't already posted in his blogs?

yes. yes, there is. but you'll have to wait until tomorrow to read about it.

 

[A2Z]

Anyone participate in the chat? Any new info on the new Dark Sun setting?

 

[RodneyThompson]

There's a transcript up on our site now:

Transcript of Rich Baker Chat!

 

[hailstop]

Divine power source...gone.

Preserving arcane spells is default, but arcane casters get an at will power that allows them to defile with Daily powers which hurts your allies in addition to killing plants.

Thrikreen are PC race, have four arms but two of them are 'weak'.

Dark Sun specific weapons will be described.

There will be a Dragon King epic destiny.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Any new info on the new Dark Sun setting?

A little bit for those who have been mining every dribble for news, such as these gleaned from the chat:

Dragon king epic destiny? Yes.
Thri kreen nerfage? Yes, with weak itty-bitty arms that cannot wield weapons and bite removed.
Unique DS weapons coming back? Yup, cahulaks, carrikals, gouges, chatkcha, widow's blade, dragon's paw.
Defiling vs. preserving? All arcane are default preservers with a defiling at-will ability useable only on daily powers.
Divine?Boom, gone. These are not the leaders you are looking for. Go look at warlords, bards, and ardents. (unsaid . . . and shamans?)
Spelljammer 4e? Rumblings . . . maybe . . .

 

[the Jester]

Very cool.

4e DarkSun keeps sounding better and better. I like the Dragon King epic destiny approach, and I have to wonder if there will also be an Avangion (or however you spell it) ED. I'm glad they made thri-kreen balanced with other races- in 2e, there wasn't much reason NOT to play one.

I do wish they had touched on a few other things, to wit:

-Is metal as rare as it was in the 2e DS stuff? If so, what are the mechanical effects of using bone, wood, etc. weapons?

-Is the environment as deadly? Will there be "dehydration" encounters that can actually kill the pcs?

-What about elemental clerics? Are they going to be absent, or will they be from PH 4 or whenever they come out with the Elemental power source?