Dungeons Master's Guide to Dark
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Brain Seed......................................................................25 Brambleweed (Brute)...............................................25 Burn flower...................................................................25 Cactus, Hunting ...........................................................26 Dungeons Master’s Guide to Cactus, Rock..................................................................26 Dune Trapper...............................................................26 Dark Sun Life Shaped Watcher.................................................26 Dungeons Master’s Guide to Dark Sun ......................................1 Poisonweed...................................................................26 Introduction ..........................................................................................1 Strangling Vine ............................................................27 Adventuring In Athas.................................................................2 Zombie Plant ................................................................27 DMing Athas ...........................................................................2 Encounter Tables...............................................................27 Travelling Athas....................................................................2 Verdant Belt .........................................................................27 History of Athas ....................................................................2 Subtable A......................................................................27 Optional Rules........................................................................8 Subtable B......................................................................28 Environmental Conditions on Athas.....................8 Subtable C......................................................................28 Action Point Uses ..........................................................8 Stony Barrens......................................................................28 New Conditions..............................................................8 Subtable D......................................................................28 Handy Pages From the DMG.....................................8 Subtable E......................................................................28 Tree of Life.......................................................................8 Sandy Wastes.......................................................................28 Poisons, Diseases and Drugs of Athas..................9 Subtable F ......................................................................28 Fear / Madness ........................................................... 10 Suitable G .......................................................................29 Critical Hits ................................................................... 10 Rocky Badlands ..................................................................29 Critical Fumble............................................................ 13 Suitable H.......................................................................29 Magic on Athas........................................................................... 13 Suitable I.........................................................................29 Preservers and Defilers .................................................. 13 Mountains .............................................................................29 Psionics.................................................................................. 13 Suitable J.........................................................................29 Elemental Clerics............................................................... 13 Suitable K.......................................................................29 Templars ............................................................................... 13 Forest......................................................................................30 Primal Magic........................................................................ 13 Suitable L........................................................................30 Athasian Magic Item Economy .................................... 13 Suitable M .............................................................................30 Treasure Parcells ....................................................... 14 Scrub Plains..........................................................................30 Ritual Casting ...................................................................... 14 Suitable N ..............................................................................30 Ritual Books......................................................................... 15 Suitable O.......................................................................31 Artifacts of Athas ............................................................... 15 Salt Flats ................................................................................31 Cosmology ................................................................................... 15 Suitable P .......................................................................31 The Astral / The Gray............................................... 15 Suitable Q.......................................................................31 Shadowfell / The Black............................................ 15 Sea of Silt ...............................................................................31 The Hollow.................................................................... 16 Subtable S ......................................................................31 The Feywild.................................................................. 16 Subtable T......................................................................31 The Primordial Chaos............................................... 16 Windbreak Mountains.....................................................32 Tyr and Beyond, A Regional Overview............................ 16 Windbreak Foothills.........................................................32 The Physical World........................................................... 16 Crescent Forest...................................................................32 Geography ............................................................................ 16 Great Ivory Plain ................................................................32 Sea of Silt........................................................................ 16 The Lonely Butte................................................................32 The Tyr Region............................................................ 17 Saragar ...................................................................................32 City States...................................................................... 17 Thunder Mountains..........................................................33 The Jagged Cliffs Region.......................................... 18 The Shores ............................................................................33 The Dead Lands .......................................................... 18 The Last Sea .........................................................................33 Threats of Athas ........................................................................ 18 NPC Personality Archtypes........................................... 18 Tribes, Clans and Merchant Houses.......................... 19 Merchant Houses ....................................................... 19 Elf Tribes........................................................................ 20 Slave Tribes .................................................................. 20 Introduction Functional Templates...................................................... 21 This is largely a collection of my own works. I have Ancient Athasian Undead ....................................... 21 supplemented my work with a large amount of Dune Runner................................................................ 21 material from Christopher Wheeler, Alex, Zardnaar, Fael................................................................................... 21 Jonplaywu, The Greatfrito, fallenakriel, Wik, Kaisharga....................................................................... 22 Yancke, Pannarin, Barbarossa Rotbart and Meorty............................................................................. 22 Raaig ................................................................................ 23 Pyromancer999 (From the WotC Boards, the Racked Spirit................................................................ 23 ENWorld Boards and the Athas.org boards). While T’liz................................................................................... 23 not all of the work is presented in exactly the same Wild Talent ................................................................... 24 manner, it is still their work and credit should be Zombie, Thinking ....................................................... 24 given where credit is due. Some information has Obstacles, Hazards and Traps...................................... 24 also been adapted form Cam Bank’s Races of Bloodgrass..................................................................... 24 Ansalon 4th ed Conversion. Bloodvine....................................................................... 24 Blossomkiller..............................................................