![]() Giant rifts pierce this once impenetrable land: far to the north, the alien thri-kreen empire quickens, sensing its opportunity to invade. The Dragon King lies dead, earthquakes rock the land, and revolution spreads like wildfire across the Tyr Region. The city of Tyr has broken free of tyranny, though turmoil still holds the world in its merciless grip. ![]() I just really love that about this setting.A decade has passed since the Age of Heroes began. End the end the DMs and do what they want for the most point and their isn’t much to say that what they decided couldnt be true. To be honest if its only 20 degrees fahrenheit then their would still be ice at the poles as well.Īll that said, this is one of the reasons why I love Dark Sun more then any other D&D campaign setting, because there is just so much unknown with allows for so much creativity. However if they were able to live long enough to make the trip they should find that it is really cold at the poles. Now most people may not know this because all they see is desert or silt. If that is the case then the poles on Athas would still be cold. Plus the Tyr region is sitting close to the mid part of the planet what we call the earths equator line. I dont remember off the top of my head but for some reason I believe it was only 20 or less degrees fahrenheit. I dont know how much people really look into it and or think about it, but the hottest temp on Athas isnt that far off from the hottest temp here on earth. Some boxed adventures like Dragons Crown had maps but theae are usually limited to close ups of areas already known or flesh out an expansice buiding etc The trick is you have to find second hand sealed or described as with map (lucky if not sealed). The most expansive is certainly the paper fold out in the revised boxset. There are a LOT of maps and some in unexpected sourcebooks: The Thri-kreen of athas with pictures of all the kreen types and the kreen empire, Elves of Athas (with pictures of elven tibes by excellent veteren illustrator Tony Diterlizzi) City State of Tyr, Ivory Triangle expansion box (city maps of Gulg and Nibenay), Valley of Dust and Fire, City by the Silt Sea box set, Windriders of Athas, and Mindlords of the last sea. I have spend years on and off and collected most of the original 1st and 2nd edition sealed books. I have been a dark sun player since i bought the revised edition in the late 90s (covered in a layer of dust) as my mate got the Planescape campaign boxset. Lastly, the 4e campaign setting book states that the rest of Athas is actually worse than what has been mapped/described thus far. Later maps, however, show the Ringing Mountains to stop along the boundaries of the original map, so take that as you will. Along the western and eastern coasts, the mountain ranges run parallel to the coast, while along the the northern and southern coasts they run perpendicular. The original 2e boxed set actually describes how big the Silt Sea is, and that the Ringing Mountains surround the entire thing. has been working on updating it to 3.5e, and last I heard they were really close, but nothing as of yet.Īs for the rest of the planet, there have been a few descriptive hints. This was a 2e product that was never released. Lastly, I’ve heard there was/is/will be one included with Secrets of the Dead Lands that will expand southwards to include most/all of the titular Dead Lands. I think there’s one from Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs, which mostly expanded northwestwards to show even more of the Crimson Savanna, but I’m not positive. The one from the revised 2e boxed set, which mostly expanded northwards to places like the Last Sea, but also a little southwards to show the northern chunk of the Dead Lands and westwards to show the Crimson Savanna. ![]() The one from Valley of Dust and Fire, which showed a good chunk of the Silt Sea, the titular Valley of Dust and Fire, and a tiny bit of the eastern shorline of the Silt Sea. The one from the original 2e boxed set, which is (I think) the same area covered by the one from the 4e campaign setting book, which is the Tablelands and the immediate surrounding area. Unofficially, there are several floating around the internet. Officially, there is no map of the entire planet.
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