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Resources
List of resources (a central repository to link to so that wiki editors don’t have to look up the links every time or leave resources unlinked):
Books
- Arcane Power
- Divine Power
- Martial Power
- Dark Sun Campaign Setting Player’s Guide (DS4)
- Dark Sun World Boxed Set Player Info (DS1)
- Earth, Air, Fire and Water Player Info
- Player’s Handbook (PHB)
- Player’s Handbook 2 (PH2)
- Player’s Handbook 3 (PH3)
Other Resources
- Dragon articles that have been pre-approved for use in the game (the DM has printouts of these articles if you wish to look at them):
- “Ritually Speaking,” Dragon 366
Additional rituals for all ritual-using characters. - “We Who Are About to Die…,” Dragon 368
Rules and weapons for gladiators. - “Art of the Kill,” Dragon 373
Info for assassin-type characters (not the Assassin character class). - “Secrets of the Spiral Tower,” Dragon 380
Tips and extras for wizards. - “Know Your Role: Controller,” Dragon 382
Hints for controllers. - “Class Acts: Wizard,” Dragon 383
More wizard spells. - “Monster Hunters of Athas” (edited), Dragon 391
This article has been modified by the DM; please do not read the original Dragon article.
Info for hunting monsters. - “Athasian Familiars,” Dragon 397
Descriptions and lists of possible familiars for wizards using the Familiar rules from Arcane Power. Please consult with the DM before finalizing your choice of familiar, some options (cats?) may not be available in SyDarkSun.
- “Ritually Speaking,” Dragon 366
- Current Errata for all 4th Edition sourcebooks
Tools
- Athasian Name Generator
- Athasian Names List
- The Merchant’s Calendar
- D&D Character Name Generator
- Hero Machine: Create a custom character portrait
- 3e Character Portraits
- Thri’Kreen Translator
- iPlay4e: Upload your character from the DDI Character Builder and access it on the Internet anytime
- Power2ool: Easily download & modify monster, power, & item cards from the DDI Compendium
To use cards created with Power2ool in Obsidian Portal, choose Print from the Power2ool Toolbox, right-click on the resulting images, download them to your hard drive, then upload them to Obsidian Portal.
Permitted Reading
Below are Dark Sun books, modules, etc. that, while not required or even encouraged, are allowed to be read, because they no longer give major spoilers. Primarily these will be adventures that the party has completed, and can now be looked at without ruining any surprises.
