The Burnt World of Athas

Dark Sun is officially returning in 2027 as the centerpiece of D&D’s Season of Survival, bringing new sourcebooks, a full Psion class, and the game’s first mature-rated campaign setting. The announcement suggests Wizards of the Coast is embracing Athas’ defining themes and brutal tone while giving longtime fans a substantial new edition to explore.

A follow-up to the What If - Orcs in Dark Sun article (https://athas.org/articles/what-if-athasian-orcs-had-survived-the-cleansing-wars), this week we examine the society and racial stats of Athasian orcs.

A new psionic power - empower tattoo - for use in your AD&D Dark Sun games.

Included in the re-release of Faces of the Forgotten North were a number of Encounter Tables centered on the Forgotten North, presented here for your convenience.

In the parched and perilous world of Athas, where elemental forces surge unchecked, three heretical sects of elemental priests rise from the fringes of sanity and nature. The acid priests, born of the volatile clash between Fire and Water, wield corrosive power to dissolve stone, metal, and spirit alike, spreading chaos and decay as sacred truths. The typhoon priests, errant manipulators of Air and Water, twist storm and gale into instruments of terror — not to bless Athas with rain, but to rip the life from the land in gales of withering violence. And from the fetid, sun-choked lowlands crawl the bog priests, stewards of rotting wetlands and parasitic growth, worshipers of stagnant Water and creeping suffocation. Together, these priests form a trinity of elemental blasphemy, each forsaking harmony for devastation, proving that in a dying world, even the elements turn to war.

Proposed 5e mechanics for an Athasian Bard Rogue subclass.

Proposed 5e mechanics for a Warlock Pact Templar.

The FFN Offcuts are material that didn’t make it into the revised version of Faces of the Forgotten North for one reason or another. Today’s material covers the 2e version of an artifact: the Landguard, it’s associated items - the Thrones of the Landguard and the Chariot of the Landguard, and a number of new psionic powers.

A number of alternative spellbook and potion options for your Dark Sun game.

New powers for your AD&D psionicist.

The Iron Helm of Arkhold, a new cursed magic item for your Dark Sun campaigns.

A brand new series of Lawful Stupid blogs, this one featuring new rules for the Warrens Elf kit.

A follow-up to the article “What if Athasian gnomes had survived the Cleansing Wars?”, this week we examine the potential society and racial stats of Athasian gnomes.

A brand new series of Lawful Stupid blogs, this one featuring new rules for the Ancestor Cultist kit.

The Polymath Specialist Artificer for Dark Sun or Bronze Age Campaigns.

Life Siphon, a new psionic power for your AD&D psionicist.

Graycasting is a rare and little-understood method of arcane spellcasting. Herein lies an overview of Graycasting, as well as a proposed way of instituting it in your 5e Dark Sun campaign.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring Dark Sun mounts and livestock.

A repost of articles from the Lawful Stupid RPG blog, this one featuring new cultural weapon groups.

Optional rules 5e for Dark Sun gladiators that are easily portable into other editions.