Interest Check: Dark Sun D&D 5e

Hi everyone, in the last couple of months I've seen two attempts to start up a Dark Sun game, so I know there are some rabid fans out there. I'd like to run one with a 5e conversion. I've been reviewing the available conversion resources out there and I believe I've found one that works sensibly. I will also incorporate the UA Mystic rules with a few tweaks so that we can get psionics!

So, interest check. I'll leave this up for a week, which will give me time to set things up. I'll need you to be comfortable with 5e, and actually like the Athas setting.

If you're interested, I'd also like to know if you'd object to, or have played some of the old modules?

Hot, sandy and deadly. Dress light, no need to pack a change of clothing.

Stands strait up !!
Sir, yes sir !! Ready to go when you are sir !!

Which conversion are you using ? (Not that it maters, I want to play anyway.)
Darksun has and always will be my favorite setting.

I love Dark Sun, too. I'll throw my hat into the scorched Earth ring.

I'll jump in. I'm not sure I'm extremely familiar with 5e, but I love Dark Sun.

"Dress light" is right! Based on the artwork from the modules and the books, everyone in Athas must die of skin cancer by the time they're in their 20s!

Dibs on thri-keen mystic!

Some DS sounds good

Definite interest from me. I've run and played tons of 5e here, and have never played any Dark Sun games, so no spoilers known. It has been on my wishlist for 25 years to dig into this setting.

if Jabes is calling dibs on the Thri-kreen, I'm going for half-giant (or maybe mul...) barbarian !!

Oh man, same here!

It's Athas. No one lives into their 20s. :P

The way to fight that barbarian is to yank on those nipple chains.

Gotta reach them first !!

Telekinesis. ;)

*adds nipple chains to starting equipment list options

that's it!
I'm in :D

Have you seen this reddit: Darksun 5e player guide?

I'm interested, though I fear I'm too late....

Are there any free places ?

@runekyndig That's probably the conversion I'm intending to use. Answering your question too @deadpool_qc

@bdciopp I'm still at interest check. Will get round to shortlisting in a bit.

Im interested. What’s Dark Sun btw?!

Dark Sun is a classic AD&D setting. While Greyhawk is the earliest, and Forgotten Realms arguably the most popular, Dark Sun holds a spot of nostalgia for being a post-apocalyptic world, no deities, low magic (that literally destroys the world), and psionics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaTriBbAQFQ

Sounds awesome! I have an idea for a character I’d like to play.

I have to add, that I have played Road to Urik some years ago

Looked like fun. I never have really gotten to play Dark Sun. Every time I get into a game, it ends before I really get started.

In AD&D Darksun was so deadly that starting level was 3 and stats were rolled with 6d4 instead of 3d6, just to give some survivability. Yet I still managed to kill my first character with a freak psychic roll.
"Meditating to death" kind of became my thing in our games :(

That feeling when you become so spiritually enlightened, you just shed your mortal coil

Oh why didn't I think of that!? :D

Dark Sun character stats were 5-20, rather than 3-18, so the original rolling method was 4d4+4 n order, and other options included 5d4 twice for each stat, keeping the higher, or even 6d4 dropping the lowest die.

I thought I might have to keep this thread up for a week, but I already have 10-11 of you prepared to play, and ideally I can only run 6-7, maybe 8 max. I'm going to have to pick, and I'll be basing it on my honestly arbitrary assessment of who's been going on and on about Dark Sun for the longest time on these forums.

Will be sending out invites today. Thanks for the interest everyone!

(And in case any one is interested to rave on these forums to catch my attention as I plan my next D&D game, it's going to Planescape.)

Are you planning a planescape game aswell? The planescape setting was my first love. Have played Planescape Torment seleval times. I still think its is still the best rpg game out there. Closely followed by Witcher 3

Yes, count me in as well for that! I always have a plan escape. I mean escape plan :p

Aaaaand we have two interested in Planescape already. Noted for future reference!

Nah, I don't know anything about planescape. I just wanted to make a dumb joke about the name xD

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