Terrors of Athas released

[Gab]

Terrors of Athas is a 3.5E monstrous compendium for the Dark Sun campaign setting.

http://athas.org/releases/toa/

It includes

* Over 200 monsters
* Seven templates
* 26 monsters playable as races
* new summon monster and summon nature's ally spell lists (for Dark Sun)
* an extensive list of monsters from other sources that are suitable for Athas
* new druid animal companions

ToA is being released for playtesting feedback.

An image-full version will be released in a couple of months.

 

[Davelozzi]

Perfect! I only killed one character last session, this should help the others along...

 

[johnsemlak]

Wow, that looks like a great free resourse!

 

[Piratecat]

Perfect! I only killed one character last session, this should help the others along...

Bastard. I wish this had been released AFTER we finished Dave's Dark Sun campaign. Then my poor fragile psion would stay safe a little while longer.

 

[Gab]

Oh come now... a Dark Sun campaign without a few deaths isn't much fun...

 

[Gab]

Just a friendly bump, and a note that feedback can be sent to Gab[at]athas.org

 

[Aaron L]

Awesome.

 

[frankthedm]

ToA is being released for playtesting feedback.

An image-full version will be released in a couple of months.

Looks cool as hell. Great resourse for the DM with PCs to kill.

Questions

Are the CR's for the critters based on standard 3E, 3.5e or specificly for darksun D&D? {last time i remember darksun had slightly less treasure than other settings.

Will the upcoming art be B&w or colour? I hope B&W myself.

Were there any issues with some of the darksun critters that wotc released art for [on thier website for], but did not include in thier Monster manual 2? Like the silt horrors and dune reapers.

 

[Mach2.5]

If you want a glimpse of the upcoming artwork, head over to the website of Wizards.COMmunity native Dawnstealer. He seems to be doing the majority of the creature art for the Terrors of Athas. Some of them are quite good, considering.

His site is HERE, and he's been putting out a new beasty fairly regularly, so check back often.

Also, try and keep in mind that this is fan based involvement, not work done by paid professionals (much to Gab's dismay, I'm sure, I'll bet he and the others wouldn't mind a paycheck or two for the work).

 

[Aaron L]

I'd say that's great art, very evocative of the Brom "sketchy" style from the 1st Darksun boxed set. I like it.