Dark sun campaign setting, expanded and revised 2nd boxset. Continuing my series on dark sun, its time to dig into the backgrounds of athas. These collections include various image, ebook and software archives. Athas, the world of dark sun, was once as pleasant as any other. This time you prove four arbitrarily designated characters. Many of the fifth edition backgrounds transition smoothly into dark sun with only a few minor tweaks. It includes descriptions of each of the planes and.
Dont think of it as a library index, think of it as a street filled with bookstores and you have to talk to each shopkeeper. They are complete with full errata and are reorganized for ease of use. Jul 12, 2018 characters in dark sun are different than those in other campaign settings. In an effort to provide a complete ruleset, ive constructed the background options as concise as possible. Im always looking for more games, so if you have one to donate, please fill out this form. The adventures ranged from 1stlevel all the way to 20thlevel.
Includes the lands description, important npcs, and much more. Dark sun nth edition players handbook page 7 in addition to the common player character races found in the players handbook, players can choose to play half. You can choose from a halfgiants, halflingow, human and mystical thrikeens. The trove is a nonprofit website dedicated towards content archival and longterm preservation of rpgs. In a fit of nostalgia, i recently began working up some house rules for a new dark sun campaign using pathfinder as a base. Dark sun 2 wake of the ravager is the sequel rpg called dark sun shattered lands. This particular guide focuses on the dark sun campaign setting, which. Below are a collection of netbooks and user created resources that are free for use. D20 calculator is a graphical roller for a d20 based rpg. Use a young black dragons stat block as a cr 7 lizardfolk sorcerer use a dark creepers stat block as a cr 2 rogue use a succubuss stat block as a cr 7 enchanter use a xills stat block as a cr. Now humans control all the cities and human magic is stripping the environment of its life force. Within the shadows of the holy flame lies the minds eye of man, the heart evil, the glimmer of hope and the power to do good. An old school game with ruleslight mechanics designed for the kind of game play popular in the early days of roleplaying games. I prefer to just link to games, so that the author has complete control.
Theres been intermittent interest in similar conversions over the years on this site and others, so i figured id post my work for others to comment on or use as they see fit. A shred wbyss demonic racial memory grants you knowledge of from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Human kind strives for the light while the suns fade away. Instead of the module, the online crowd gets to settle for the pregen characters. File off the serial numbers is a d20 sourcebook giving advice and examples for using existing monster stat blocks in new roles as npcs. In preparation for my upcoming dark sun game i made a custom character sheet because i wasnt really happy with the sheet from dreamscarred press wasteful layout and errors, and also because i like to mess around in photoshop. Fading suns is a science fiction space opera roleplaying game published by holistic design. In 1990, the tsr higherups, worried about decreasing interest in dragonlance, decided they needed a major new campaign world. Dark sun setting roleplaying games resources alkony. But, after many thousands of years, powerful mages found ways to gain power through draining the planets vitality. The look and feel is classic, from the races, classes, spells, monsters, and magic items included down to the very typeface and layout chosen.
Battle for the golden sun 01may1988 weg40017 0874311039 starfall 01may1989 weg40016 0874311055. The adventure begins in the great gladiatorial arena of the city state of tyr. The third edition of the dark sun net handbook is finally out. Rpg here refers solely to narrative aka tabletop, pencilandpaper games rather than various computer games, mushs, etc. Dungeons dragons, dd, wizards of the coast, forgotten realms, the dragon. We have ripped the guts out of d20 leaving just the essence of the game. The first adventure of the miniseries is a chance encounter. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for characters.
Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news. Then the world became a desert filled with strangely twisted dwarves, elves and superintelligent dragons. This is the fourth and final adventure in the miniseries. Luikart and ian sturrock cover by christian gossett 192 pages, fullcolor pdf isbn. There are eight available races, including halfgiants and the exotic insectlike thrikreen alongside the more traditional ones. Even an undead creature or a being that has no physical form can create a reserve of inner strength necessary to. Dark force rising sourcebook 01nov1992 weg40058 0874311829 gamemaster screen. The compendium of free tabletop role playing games this is a collection of games, and links to games, that ive collected since 1993. Da archive 2016 amended jan 3 2017 this is a compilation of most of the pdf share threads and the rpg generals threads from 2016.
The dark sun campaign set introduces players to a savage world of. Some other entries, like the shadowlands madman template, or the lying darkness template, are very campaign specific, and may not work for everyone without significant rejigging of the background and possibly many fo the rceatures abilities as well. For pdf download editions, each page has been run through optical character. Time lord rpg basic rules, companion rules and journeys rules. Where planets lie cradled in the roots of an oak tree so vast its leaves twirl around brightly burning suns. Builds on the standard combat rules to model conflict on a much larger scale, allowing players and dms to control whole armies or have. Found here some dark sun weapons, dark sun new weapons if anyone finds anything else for 5e dark sun could you please post it here. Dave arnesons blackmoor core campaign book over 30 years ago, dave arneson created the world that spawned enter dave arnesons blackmoor, a brooding world of dragons, dungeons, and danger. Both the astral monk and aberrant sorcerer are psionic flavored subclasses, while the wild soul barbarian and lurker warlock both push their class into stranger territory. The red star campaign setting pdf green ronin online store. Im leaning towards the latter now just by volume of material. Skills are much simplified, there are no feats and combat is as simple as it gets.
It was published by paizo under license from wizards for the last several years of its life. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for. It was unique at the time in that a series of novels were being released in conjunction with adventure modules that were dramatically changing the nature of athas. Set in a medieval fantasy world, dd allows you to experience. As most dwarves are illiterate, this rarely arises as a problem, but when dwarves are forced to put words to record, they utilize a bastardization of common and barazhad scripts to convey meaning using dwarvish syllables. Complete netbook of witches and warlocks d20 conversion guide. D20 rokugan pdf the problem is is that im hopelessly in love with the d20 system and love all the stuff that aeg put out for the rules for d20 l5r. Unleash your imagination into a vast, savage world, sun scorched and windscraped. List of dark sun modules and sourcebooks wikipedia. But when i saw it on cable, i was very surprised by the violence in the film. Home discontinued downloads discontinued black magic. Speculation is heavy on of its another setting book not dark sun by the flavor or a second xanathars type book.
The setting was also used for a pc game emperor of the fading suns, a live action roleplaying game passion play, and for a space combat miniature game noble armada. Magic is basically outlawed in most parts of the world, though preservers are sometimes tolerated if only barely. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e. They have the unfortunately nasty attribute of being incorporeal, yet their spirit weapons and armor work fine for them. Dark sun campaign setting expanded and revised edition 2e a decade has passed since the age of heroes began. So this is an imagefile sheet, nothing fancy like fillable pdf, sorry. Dark sun was originally released in 1991 and was and still is among the most original and popular dnd settings of all time. At the time of writing, the file is corrupted and cannot be opened. Wizards of the coast free adventure downloads series. My experience with dark sun is relatively limited, but i have played it in the past and owned one of the main books once upon a time. Take control of the dark forces of the occult and bend them to your whim or end up far over your head, and become bent to theirs in the first sourcebook for the spire roleplaying game. Please note that this is a work in progress, and also a work of heart.
User comments wizards of the coast offered several unique adventures for dungeons and dragons 3. Set on the desert world of athas, dark sun is about the struggle for survival. There are also articles telling you how to convert second edition dark sun to 3. This is a free 30 page quickstart for the star trek adventures roleplaying game, and contains an introduction to the main games core rules, plus signals a self contained adventure with six pregenerated characters for you to enjoy.
And amid all the richness of the multiverse, you might create a. To that end, i wondered how much 4e stuff was still available for free on wotcs site. Pathfinder roleplaying game core reference document. The game broke new grounds in several ways, such as introducing phased combat, a friendly user interface, the addition of adventurestyle inventorybased puzzles, and the intriguing magical discipline of psionics. You now hold the core book for the d20 ravenloft setting. You will need the players handbook ph, dungeon masters guide dmg, monster manual mm, and the expanded psionics handbook xph to make use of the material in this book. Personalities and backgrounds of athas dark sun player. After he defeated the army in draj from the first game, you have to go on a journey to. Shattered lands the dark sun world of athas is arid and bleak, a wasteland with a handful of cities ruled by thousandyearold sorcererkings. Oneclick unsubscribe later if you dont enjoy the newsletter.
A mythic vistas sourcebook for the d20 system written by t. Until recently, they were ruled by powerful sorcererkings, both tyrants and protectors. Archangel studios the red star took the comic world by storm in 2000, with its innovative storyline and gorgeous computergenerat. A once civilized paradise, athas, was based on awesome mental powers and the power of its wizard kings.
In this hot and desolate land, not much is flourishing. Its been a few months of on and off work, but i am happy to present version 2. A dark veil falls is a classic, low level adventure designed for a group of 3 to 4 3rd level players. Where ships of wood sail the void between worlds, and battle each other with catapult and ballista, spell and. At their zenith, these wizards caused the sun to transform from a pleasant yellow glow to a raging crimson fireball on the horizon.
Dark sun 5e by marsupialmancer created with gm binder. The first time i had seen dark of the sun was on late night television and it was edited. It is worth noting that no dwarf alive can read the davek script. Microlite20 nexus home of microlite20 and other rules. The player can control a pregenerated party of four characters or create new ones at the beginning. It wasnt like sam peckinpahs the wild bunch, but it couldve been close. It contains all the guidelines you need to play in a ravenloft campaign or to apply its gothic atmosphere to any setting of your own. In addition a pair of classic adventures were revisited and updated as free. This series contains the radiant classics, dark sun. Apr 27, 2017 within the shadows of the holy flame lies the minds eye of man, the heart evil, the glimmer of hope and the power to do good. Pathfinder roleplaying game core reference document november 6, 2009 by mike dusseault.
Dragonlance, greyhawk, dark sun, mystara, and eberron settings are woven together in the fabric of the multiverse. Microlite20 is a free roleplaying game containing character generation, combat and rules for magic, monsters and level advancement. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet. Search and free download all ebooks, handbook, textbook, user guide pdf files on the internet quickly and easily.