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So, did anyone, or is anyone planning on getting the dark sun campaign setting? I passed on it for psionic power, but when a copy turned up online i flipped through to see if there was anything i could pick oot of it, like the genasi or a couple paragon paths from the FR book I like.

Turns out, all the crunch in this book is excellent, even if you don't plan on playing in dark sun. four new class builds, a handful of new weapons that are pretty cool, and themes, which are a bit of power creep but have promises of being expanded on, and come with some paths and feats and such. I really need to get the money to buy a hard copy of it.

Dark Sun is amazing. Very fluff-heavy, to the point of the book outright telling you some races are simply nonexistant in the setting.

There are new builds for fighters and other classes, such as the Gladiator Fighter. Also, the setting is very Psionic-heavy, so those who dislike psionics might not dig DS.

It's got rules for weapons breaking, sun sickness, arcane magic kills living things and withers life forever, etc. Very grimdark, but very fun in the hands of a kickass DM.

this is kinda why i skipped on the book in the first place. it does what it does very well, but the setting isn't my first choice to game in. however, ignoring all the fluff, the book is still full of great stuff. and half the fluff could apply to any setting where you plan on running the characters through a big desert for some stretch.

I'm very curious about Dark Sun, even though normally I'm hesitant to learn new settings from books and prefer DM settings (usually they're a lot less effort to pick up, and the DM is interested in them enough to really work on the game and not drop it).

Actually, I don't even mind psionics, they seem to work great for DS.

My issue with psionics is normally that most of the psionic classes just... almost feel at odds with my mental impression of the D&D world, and so I dislike most of them for thematic reasons. In DS, they fit just fine, so I don't mind in the least.

Long as we're talking 4e. 3.5 psionics broke games so hard.

... i like this.


but what i'd like more is a copy of the other version of tomb of horrors 4e (i believe it's the rpga version?) to show up online gonk

+1

Don't forget 3.5 is caster edition.

Okay, could someone explain to me what specific classes are banned in Dark Sun Campaigns for 4e?

pretty much this. artificers are a little inappropriate without a bit of refluffing. plus, in the end, it's all up to your DM, if he can find a way to make divine classes work without any gods, then there you go.