Dark Sun Coming to D&D 4th Ed

[Jaesun]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4news/20090814

 

It mentions that the next 4th Edition Campaign Setting will be Dark Sun. <3

 

Cover art looks excellent.

[Purkake]

Great!

 

 

4e

[Morgoth]

I know nothing about this setting, and I don't care how crappy 4e is, but do we get to see Obsidian making a game in this setting eventually?

Edited August 15, 2009 by Morgoth

[Niten_Ryu]

I wonder what made 'em to take the risk. In 2nd edition era Dark Sun and Planescape were my favorite campaign settings but neither of those have real commercial potential. Both probably contributed the downfall of TSR.

[Purkake]

From what I remember Dark Sun is a post-apocalyptic desert-ish setting where some kind of magical catastrophe destroyed the world. There's almost no magic, no gods, but lots of psionic stuff.

 

They need to make a Spelljammer RPG.

[GreasyDogMeat]

I'd be interested to see a Dark Sun CRPG. I've yet to get around to playing the Dark Sun DOS game from the 90s or it's sequel. Guess there was also a MMO but it was either not finished or failed massively.

 

http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dark-sun-series

Edited August 15, 2009 by GreasyDogMeat

[Zoma]

Sounds very highly probable it could be Obsidian's sekret projekt.

[steelfiredragon]

dude I posted this in the pen and paper forum.

 

this is the computer and console.

 

wrong forum

[Hurlshort]

Well, maybe they will make a PC game with the setting!

 

Actually it one of the cooler settings out there, I'm glad to hear they are bringing it back into the spotlight.

[steelfiredragon]

maybe they will, maybe they wont.

 

anyway, it mentions coming to 4e, its still the wrong forum, so..... guess I need to go put the dogs out.

 

anyway the topic needs to be chganged about how to go about one for 4e darksun, as of the moment, thre are no 4e games that I know of for anything..

 

 

 

right doggs outside.

 

bye

[EUIX]

There were two really old Dark Sun rpgs by SSI but beyond that nothing has been done in the setting for a long time. Love to see Dark Sun, I think the chief feature of Dark Sun is the extremely high difficulty level.

[Stephen Amber]

Cover art looks excellent.

 

Doesn't look like Brom... They need to get Brom on board.

[Amentep]

The original setting seemed to me to be a meat grinder for a DM to ring his players out of character ideas (I mean the game recommended having a character bank at start due to heavy loss of PC life).

Edited August 29, 2009 by Amentep

[steelfiredragon]

It still might be that way.

[Atom523]

The original setting seemed to me to be a meat grinder for a DM to ring his players out of character ideas (I mean the game recommended having a character bank at start due to heavy loss of PC life).

 

I have always hated games that seem to constantly intentionally try to kill off your characters. I shouldn't be constantly worried that all my hard work will come to an end.

It was annoying in the Dark Sun video games but a few hours of attention can net you another character just as good, while in a P&P role playing game it will take you weeks if not months to regain what you have lost.

I do hope that they don't go the same route in the new edition, it can be hard while not seemingly trying to punish the player for playing the game.

[Monte Carlo]

Dark Sun is indeed an original and refreshing setting, it feels strange and forbidding and Mad Max-ish. Fallout fans might like it.

 

Unfortunately, for many, 4E is irrevocably broken and has literally nothing to do with the Dungeons and Dragons game. You can't make filet mignon with a scrap of gristly chuck stake.

 

Cheers

MC

[steelfiredragon]

that is true.

 

well Mr. Baker is dev for Darksun at wotc.

I like fallout, but not so much the idea of dark sun.

[Amentep]

The original setting seemed to me to be a meat grinder for a DM to ring his players out of character ideas (I mean the game recommended having a character bank at start due to heavy loss of PC life).

 

I have always hated games that seem to constantly intentionally try to kill off your characters. I shouldn't be constantly worried that all my hard work will come to an end.

It was annoying in the Dark Sun video games but a few hours of attention can net you another character just as good, while in a P&P role playing game it will take you weeks if not months to regain what you have lost.

I do hope that they don't go the same route in the new edition, it can be hard while not seemingly trying to punish the player for playing the game.

 

That's how I felt about the Dark Sun setting.

 

I mean I'm prone enough to dying as is, I don't need that much help from the setting.

[J.E. Sawyer]

Obsidian superstar Travis Stout did some of the writing for the new Dark Sun.

[Zoma]

Obsidian superstar Travis Stout did some of the writing for the new Dark Sun.

 

Super TEASE.

[Morgoth]

So then, it's official: Obsidian is working on a Dark Sun game!

[steelfiredragon]

you may be an arch mage, but you failed your divination and since motive checks.

[Raithe]

Tsk.. I liked Dark Sun.. The whole approach of "adventuring is dangerous, really, reallly dangerous" was a nice approach from the usual run of "oh, we went down the temple and got a raise dead" style that tended to come about in Forgotten Realms and the standard fantasy settings..

 

That and the whole "if a player can play a mage for 3 sessions without any of the other players realising he's a horrid arcane spell user.. then he's playing his character right"

 

So... on the one hand Dark Sun = Good.

On the other.. D&D 4th Ed = complete naffness (well, apart from the art. It's got super-shiney art).

If only they'd brought Dark Sun back for 3.5.. <sigh> Although then it would have battled Eberron....

[Darque]

Dark Sun was a good setting, unique at that.

 

I think I'd prefer a 3.5 version to a 4E version though.

[Magister Lajciak]

Dark Sun was a good setting, unique at that.

 

I think I'd prefer a 3.5 version to a 4E version though.

 

Dark Sun was my favorite official setting for D&D back in 2E AD&D days. It is an awesome setting, but as far as I am concerned and as an avid PnP fan, 4E is probably irredeemable at this stage - not even Dark Sun could get me to convert at this stage.