Game: D&D 5e Group type: Online (Roll20) Experience: New players are welcome Location/Timezone: MST Schedule: Weekly Roles sought: 3 players Game style: Role-play heavy, hardcore (the campaign is intrigue-heavy)
About the campaign:
“I live in a world of fire and sand. The crimson sun scorches the life from anything that crawls or flies, and storms of sand scour the foliage from the barren ground. This bleak wasteland is Athas, and this is my home.”
I am looking for 3 players to run a Dark Sun campaign using D&D 5e rules. The campaign starts in Nibenay, the City of Spires. If you're interested in joining the campaign please message me so we can discuss the details.
What does the world of Dark Sun look like?
The World is a Desert: Athas is a hot, arid planet covered with endless seas of dunes and lifeless salt flats. Dust and sand borne on the breeze coat everything with yellow-orange silt. In this savage world, cities and villages exist only in a few oases or verdant plains. The world beyond these islands of civilization is a barren wasteland roamed by nomads, raiders, and hungry monsters.
The World is Savage: Life on Athas is brutal and short. Raiders, slavers, and hordes of inhuman creatures overrun the deserts and wastelands. The city-states are little better; each ruled by a bloodthirsty and cruel sorceror-king. Every year hundreds of slaves, perhaps thousands, are sent to their deaths in bloody arena fights.
Metal is Scarce: Most arms and armor are made of bone, stone, wood, and other such materials. Mail or plate armor exists only in the treasuries of the sorcerer-kings. Steel blades are almost priceless, weapons that many heroes never see during their lifetimes.
Arcane Magic Defiles the World: The reckless use of arcane magic during ancient wars reduced Athas to a wasteland. To cast an arcane spell, one must gather power from the living world nearby. Plants wither to black ash, crippling pain wracks animals and people, and the soil is sterilized; nothing can grow in that spot again. It is possible to cast spells with care, avoiding any more damage to the world, but defiling is more potent than preserving. As a result, sorcerers, wizards, and other wielders of arcane magic are generally reviled and persecuted across Athas regardless of whether they preserve or defile.
Sorcerer-Kings Rule the City-States: Terrible defilers of immense power rule all but one of the city-states. These mighty spellcasters have held their thrones for centuries; no one alive remembers a time before the sorcerer-kings. Some claim to be gods, and some claim to serve gods. Some are brutal oppressors, where others are more subtle in their tyranny. The sorcerer-kings govern through priesthoods or bureaucracies of greedy, ambitious templars, lesser defilers who can call upon the kings’ powers.
The Gods are Silent: Athas is a world without deities. There are no clerics, no paladins, and no prophets or religious orders. Psionic power is well known and widely practiced on Athas. Shamans and druids call upon the primal powers of the world, which are often sculpted by the influence of elemental power.
Fierce Monsters Roam the World: The desert planet has its own deadly ecology. The deserts are perilous, and only a fool or a lunatic travels them alone.
Familiar Races Aren’t What You Expect: Typical fantasy stereotypes don’t apply to Athasian heroes. On Athas, elves are a nomadic race of herders, raiders, peddlers, and thieves. Halflings aren’t amiable river-folk; they’re xenophobic headhunters and cannibals who hunt and kill trespassers in their mountain forests. Goliaths—or half-giants, as they are commonly known—are brutal mercenaries that serve as elite guards and enforcers for the sorcerer-kings and their templars in many city-states.
My friend and i are both looing for a campaign to join on sundays, we both are mostly into the idea of character acting if youre still looking add me on discord Cyndernobs#6267
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Hello fellow Dark Sun heroes!
Game: D&D 5e
Group type: Online (Roll20)
Experience: New players are welcome
Location/Timezone: MST
Schedule: Weekly
Roles sought: 3 players
Game style: Role-play heavy, hardcore (the campaign is intrigue-heavy)
About the campaign:
“I live in a world of fire and sand. The crimson sun scorches the life from anything that crawls or flies, and storms of sand scour the foliage from the barren ground. This bleak wasteland is Athas, and this is my home.”
I am looking for 3 players to run a Dark Sun campaign using D&D 5e rules. The campaign starts in Nibenay, the City of Spires. If you're interested in joining the campaign please message me so we can discuss the details.
What does the world of Dark Sun look like?
The World is a Desert: Athas is a hot, arid planet covered with endless seas of dunes and lifeless salt flats. Dust and sand borne on the breeze coat everything with yellow-orange silt. In this savage world, cities and villages exist only in a few oases or verdant plains. The world beyond these islands of civilization is a barren wasteland roamed by nomads, raiders, and hungry monsters.
The World is Savage: Life on Athas is brutal and short. Raiders, slavers, and hordes of inhuman creatures overrun the deserts and wastelands. The city-states are little better; each ruled by a bloodthirsty and cruel sorceror-king. Every year hundreds of slaves, perhaps thousands, are sent to their deaths in bloody arena fights.
Metal is Scarce: Most arms and armor are made of bone, stone, wood, and other such materials. Mail or plate armor exists only in the treasuries of the sorcerer-kings. Steel blades are almost priceless, weapons that many heroes never see during their lifetimes.
Arcane Magic Defiles the World: The reckless use of arcane magic during ancient wars reduced Athas to a wasteland. To cast an arcane spell, one must gather power from the living world nearby. Plants wither to black ash, crippling pain wracks animals and people, and the soil is sterilized; nothing can grow in that spot again. It is possible to cast spells with care, avoiding any more damage to the world, but defiling is more potent than preserving. As a result, sorcerers, wizards, and other wielders of arcane magic are generally reviled and persecuted across Athas regardless of whether they preserve or defile.
Sorcerer-Kings Rule the City-States: Terrible defilers of immense power rule all but one of the city-states. These mighty spellcasters have held their thrones for centuries; no one alive remembers a time before the sorcerer-kings. Some claim to be gods, and some claim to serve gods. Some are brutal oppressors, where others are more subtle in their tyranny. The sorcerer-kings govern through priesthoods or bureaucracies of greedy, ambitious templars, lesser defilers who can call upon the kings’ powers.
The Gods are Silent: Athas is a world without deities. There are no clerics, no paladins, and no prophets or religious orders. Psionic power is well known and widely practiced on Athas. Shamans and druids call upon the primal powers of the world, which are often sculpted by the influence of elemental power.
Fierce Monsters Roam the World: The desert planet has its own deadly ecology. The deserts are perilous, and only a fool or a lunatic travels them alone.
Familiar Races Aren’t What You Expect: Typical fantasy stereotypes don’t apply to Athasian heroes. On Athas, elves are a nomadic race of herders, raiders, peddlers, and thieves. Halflings aren’t amiable river-folk; they’re xenophobic headhunters and cannibals who hunt and kill trespassers in their mountain forests. Goliaths—or half-giants, as they are commonly known—are brutal mercenaries that serve as elite guards and enforcers for the sorcerer-kings and their templars in many city-states.
You still need some players?
Yes!
Hey I'm pretty interested in this if your are still looking for people.
Two more interested.
Yes, I am still looking for a few more players!
PM'd
Can I ask what day/time you're looking at? Keen to fill my Friday-Saturday D&D void if you still have appropriate places available? - GWWildCard#3255
Are we playing over discord or roll20? Can you send the links? My discord is JtheDimitri#3289
If you’re still looking, I’m interested! You can contact me here via pms or via my discord @ponk#7743, thanks!
I am interested! Discord: Bhoutz#7446
Need anyone else?
If you're still looking for players, I'm defiantly interested.
Yes! Please DM me so we can discuss the details. Thanks!! :)
My friend and i are both looing for a campaign to join on sundays, we both are mostly into the idea of character acting if youre still looking add me on discord Cyndernobs#6267