Aardvark's "At Least It's a Dry Heat" Dark Sun Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Troy Malovich

Q'arlyl wrote:

Here is drayen's submission.

** spoiler omitted **...

In the backstory, the Sorcerer-King Nibenay is actually the one with secret shadow brides.

I didn't know there was anyone with any such thing in Darksun. If it works, he'll be from that person instead and came here to flee punishment for his failure.

Also, the dragons are not tied to any metal or color. As mentioned by Morthak, The Dragon is the only known one, and all the Sorcerer-Kings are not known to be dragons.

Any suggestions then that tie nicely into the background or your storyline? As for his heritage, since he doesn't know where it comes from, the secret is still safe.

@drayen, I would say Cold actually, because Nibenay is also known as the Shadow King. The Shadow bloodline would be more in line, but I don't want you to have to change your concept, you can just go cold for the energy type and it will flavor in.

I updated my profile, it now includes Athasian weapons.

@drayen, I would say Cold actually, because Nibenay is also known as the Shadow King. The Shadow bloodline would be more in line, but I don't want you to have to change your concept, you can just go cold for the energy type and it will flavor in.

No worries, I adjusted the background and changed to the Shadow bloodline. There are always the heritage feats should I really have to have the abilities.

hey can we have flint & steel or does it cost....100 gold?

Also small steel mirror, same question.

Otherwise I will add a bow drill and shiny mineral flake to my sheet as a substitute.........

Instead of flint and steel, for the same price/weight instead call it a fire lens (basically an obsidian disk carved to focus sunlight for starting fires.)

Grimm Freebonded wrote:

hey can we have flint & steel or does it cost....100 gold?

Also small steel mirror, same question.

Otherwise I will add a bow drill and shiny mineral flake to my sheet as a substitute.........

Instead of flint and steel, for the same price/weight instead call it a fire lens (basically an obsidian disk carved to focus sunlight for starting fires.)

I've got a few ceramic left, I'll toss one of those in a pouch as well, then.

So....what's the word on our new party of adventurers?

Well, it was nice to see so many candidates, but I had to narrow it down and make a choice. I decided to go with six players. I have a habit of going for big party sizes and it ends up biting me every time. I had to reign myself in this time.

I liked all the submissions, and there was a lot of potential for each of them story wise. Sadly, I wanted to make a well-rounded group as Athas is hard enough on its own, and tried to represent different aspects and personalities.

With all that said, and being unable to delay any longer. The party will consist of:

Anton Oasil, Human Druid - Tilnar
Sinorei, Human Wilder - wakedown
K'z'k, Thri-Kreen Monk - InVinoVeritas
Xanyon, Mul Ranger - Balodek
Averel, Mul Fighter - Mrdarknlight
Morthak the Mad, Dwarf Cleric - nomadicc

Below if the discussion, feel free to move over there so we can finalize any details before the game begins

Discussion Thread

To everyone else, I'm sorry I couldn't take all of you. I know Dark Sun games are probably few and far between.

Ah well. 'Tis probably for the best. Have fun :-)

"Awwww F$@@!"

I'm sorry I missed this.

After throwing the idea out there, I've decided to run a Dark Sun PbP campaign using Pathfinder rules.

It will be a sandbox style game. I would like to see a lot of character dialogue, and would prefer the PC's to have their own goals to assist in driving the story. I'm not an effective optimizer, so I would appreciate if the PC's weren't over the top.

All the base races from the core Dark Sun material will be allowed (and only those).
Mul (conversion to be posted)
Thri-Kreen (conversion to be posted)
Half-Giant (conversion to be posted)
Human
Elf
Half-elf
Halfling
Dwarf

I will be using Dreamscarred Press' Psionics rules

Ability scores will be 4d6 drop lowest, roll 7 times take top 6. Before racial modifiers, your total modifiers should be between +6 and +12. Any higher or lower, and you will need to reroll.

All classes will be allowed except Alchemist, Paladin/Antipaladin. Divine classes will follow either the elements or the sorcerer-kings.

I'm strict, so things like encumbrance and food/water will be tracked.

I will leave the recruitment open for 2 weeks, and decide based on character submissions.

EDIT: The game will begin in the Urik region, so please include how/why you are in Urik.

Not sure if you realize this but Athas.org has a bunch of 3.0 3.5 dark sun pdfs you could use for pathfinder. I am using them for my campaign and it gives you alot more race options.