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LOTRfan
2011-01-19, 08:02 PM
So, currently, I am interested in learning about the Dark Sun campaign setting. Unfortunately, athas.org seems to be down (hopefully not permanently :smallfrown:), so I was wondering: are there any 3.5 sources for Dark Sun?

the clumsy bard
2011-01-19, 08:04 PM
Sadly no.

It was discontinued in 3.5 for some reason and came back in 4th edition.

Kaje
2011-01-19, 08:05 PM
Dragon 319 has the Dark Sun Player's Handbook, DM's Guide and Monster supplement.

LOTRfan
2011-01-19, 08:12 PM
Thanks. Does anyone have any idea why athas.org isn't functioning, anyway?

Matthew
2011-01-20, 05:05 AM
It goes down periodically; probably the server. Give it a couple of days and it will be back up.

hamlet
2011-01-20, 08:35 AM
Just as a warning, the Paizo Dragon Mag version of Dark Sun 3.x is . . . of suspect quality IMO. I don't think it's terribly good at capturing the world.

You would be better off waiting for Athas.org to come back online, or simply homebrewing things up.

Sebastrd
2011-01-20, 09:34 AM
Why does it have to be 3.5 source material?

Get your hands on some 2ed stuff, or even the 4E sourcebooks. I hear they're pretty good, although I haven't had the chance to read mine yet. Either edition can give you the background and fluff information you need.

If you need monsters, just reskin available stuff. There's not a whole lot of mechanical difference between monsters in 3.5.

Noneoyabizzness
2011-01-20, 10:00 AM
Why does it have to be 3.5 source material?

Get your hands on some 2ed stuff, or even the 4E sourcebooks. I hear they're pretty good, although I haven't had the chance to read mine yet. Either edition can give you the background and fluff information you need.

If you need monsters, just reskin available stuff. There's not a whole lot of mechanical difference between monsters in 3.5.

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