The world of Athas is a desolate, blasted world baked beneath a vast, scarlet sun. It is a land where priests are empowered by the elemental and paraelemental planes rather than gods. Where arcane magic uses the life energy of plants and abuse of magic has turned the world to desert and the seas to dust.
Dark Sun was a campaign setting released in 1991 for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition rules. From the start, it’s been a firm favourite of mine. Indeed, it’s probably my all time favourite setting for D&D. Most of the D&D related content I post here will probably be themed around Dark Sun.
Wizards of the Coast gave the folks at Athas.org the responsibility for producing an update for the 3.X rules and I use those rules for the campaign I currently DM for 6 friends. Seriously, go check them out, their products are all free and they’re pretty amazing.