In the city state of tyr, kalak and his high templar of the games, tithian, inspect the progress of the ziggurats construction. From hatching to hunting to coming of age, the secrets of the thrikreen are revealed. Heya all, and welcome to another part of the dark sun reconstruction project. Mistrealm dungeons and dragons history dark sun campaign setting dark sun is a setting based on the harsh desert world of athas, that draws heavy inspiration from novels like dune and the barsoom series, which was once a lush planet teeming with life, but which has since been stripped of its fertility by uncontrolled use of defiling magic, although a small offshoot of magicians called. Haktrin undead thrikreen of athas the burnt world of athas. The expanded upon psionic handbook, with new info and powers. This campaign will be centered around the lost city of kurn north of the tablelands, seemingly abandoned by its sorcererking, and the true face of.
Creation of dasl is a racial secret and is only suitable for making threesided weapons such as the chatkcha. Thrikreen of athas helps to bridge that gap by including six different character kits for athas thrikreen. Planescape, monstrous manual, red steel, mystara, dm, and tke tsr logo are trademarks owned by tsr, inc. One of the most bizarre prisoners is the thrikreen, tarim. Each player is encouraged to create 12 backup characters if they have the time and patience. Go to the sign of harvels axe, a dubious inn on the edge of the thieves quarter, in the city of greyhawk, and look to your own wrist. Athas is a brutal and violent world so having a backup character helps the game keep moving in the event that your pc is slain and torn apart by savage beasts, expires due to dehydration, is eaten by a tribe of halflings, or meets one of the thousand other deaths the dm has been cackling madly. Thri kreen wander the deserts and scrublands of athas. These insectmen stand as tall as 7 feet at the shoulder. Athas, the world of dark sun, was once as pleasant as any other. The player can control a pregenerated party of four characters or create new ones at the beginning. Click to read more about thrikreen of athas by jon pickens. In the magical aftermath, rainstorms sweep across athas, lands beyond the main campaign are revealed to be somewhat less barren and ruled by an empire of thrikreen, and bioorganic halflings begin to make more of an appearance. Although a glossary will be presented later see pages 67, several terms are so important that they should be highlighted at this time.
I compared the mul to the halforc, which is pretty simplistic in its design, and both have likely the best racial trait of relentless endurance. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. Generally, an ebook can be downloaded in five minutes or less. This is where the revised dark sun boxed set comes in. Thrikreen new playable race for fifth edition free. The setting is drastically changed from the first boxed set.
Troy denning does a pretty good job in this novel of getting you inside of the protagonists head only problem is there is not really too by troy denning, published in 1992. To show emotion and reaction, a thri kreen clacks its mandibles and waves its antennae, giving other thri kreen a sense of what it is thinking and feeling. Also, the thrikreen of athas supplement states that the thrikreen have a heaven in. Athas is home to several of the standard high fantasy races, including elves, dwarves, halfelves, halflings, and humans, as well as a handful of new or exotic fictional races, such as muls, halfgiants, pterrans, thrikreen, and aarakocra.
The book, the crimson legion, is the second novel in the 5 part prism pentad series set in the world of dark sun. Their survivability in the wilderness, combined with their cunning and intellect, have made the mantis warriors as they are known to some races the undisputed masters across large tracts of the athasian wastes. Dark sun tsr2433 monstrous compendium appendix ii terrors beyond tyr. In a fit of nostalgia, i recently began working up some house rules for a new dark sun campaign using pathfinder as a base. I compared the mul to the halforc, which is pretty simplistic in its design, and both have likely the. It is several miles tall and orbits close to the sun. A lot of people are less than impressed with the revelation that halflings were the precursor race and that dark sun became such a fucked up world because one psycho wanted to go back to the days when halflings and technically thrikreen were the only extant race. Some racial levels provide a standard class level, some racial levels provide a thrikreenspecific ability, and some grant both. They also host the gaming website, i recommend you to visit, although most of the articles are in hungarian terrains4games is a great source of nice and affordable terrain, i recommend you to visit them the unt l somebody loses an eye website is a inexhaustible source of incredible. It is immune to defiling magic, and even resists preserving magic as well. The thrikreen s racial paragon path is the thrikreen predator. Cardmaster adventure design deck advanced dungeons and dragons game by rich borg. Dark sun setting roleplaying games resources alkony.
Subsequent resources introduced more races such as elans, drays, and maenads. New pc races include muls halfdwarves and thrikreen insect men add to the settings uniqueness. Posted in dm rules almost 8 years ago this is a may of the dead post, part of a a blog carnival hosted by the going last podcast. Masque of the red death and other tales by william w. Introduction page 1 introduction for thousands of years, the tablelands have remained untouched. Definitions before entering the world of the thri kreen, a few terms need to be defined.
He is a huge fan of darksun and planescape, and there is a good chance there will be more from him about these subjects in the future. Your two extra limbs are stronger and better developed than other thrikreens and can be used to wield weapons or shields in combat. We would like to thank for kindly providing the hosting of the alkony site. They are the elves of athas, and the twisted path they trace over the landscape is fast, furious, and more than a little dangerous. The class level column of the thrikreen racial class table indicates whether a thrikreen gains a standard class level at any given racial level. There are eight available races, including halfgiants and the exotic insectlike thri kreen alongside the more traditional ones. Thri kreen thri kreen wander the deserts and savannas of the world, avoiding all other races. The verdant passage tells how a band of heroes formed and overthrew the evil king of tyr, kalak, and set in motion events that would shape athas forever. Halfgiants and thrikreen are part of the dominant races, and the scarcity of metal leads crafters to creative uses of alternative materials and an. Download the dark sun players guide for special setting rules for characters. Theres been intermittent interest in similar conversions over the years on this site and others, so i figured id post my work for others to comment on or use as they see fit. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Dark sun collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news. Dasl is made from thrikreen venom, modified by the zikthok fejik plant.
The wizards of athas 2446 psionic artifacts of athas 2405 mc12 monstrous compendium appendix. She had been hunting city troopson the salt flats west of draj, when she was trapped by a powerful templar. As of 0306, i have updated the two races, and included them in my post on races of athas. Thrikreen of athas 2e they tower above mere human warriors and. The themes of this setting could fit in the dying earth subgenre and include survival against the elements, ecological disaster, resource depletion, survival of the fittest, slavery and poverty, and the widespread use of psionic abilities. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.