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The TSR Dark Sun Campaign World

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 TSR Dark Sun   Back in 1991 TSR released a new campaign setting.  It was totally unlike any they had released before.  The whole feel of the world leant heavily on the artist Brom who produced a lot of the early artwork for it. The setting was called Dark Sun, and was a metal poor desert world that had had the life leeched out of it by over use of Magic.  It was nothing like the medieval fantasy settings we were used to and came with a new set of Races and Monsters.  There were also new Character Classes that reflected the world. Dark Sun was a harsh place.  Keeping track of your water became important.  Almost all the flora and fauna was out to eat you and the world was full of ancient towers, ruins and complexes that had been abandoned to the harsh environment centuries ago. There were several large city states ruled by Immortal Sorcerer Kings and run by their Templars who worshiped them as gods.  There was an uneasy truce between these So...