Icrpg Dark Sun, again

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I posted a while back about my dark sun icrpg conversion, however i really want people to check it out because its become a bit of a passion project, and also. DARK SUN IS FREAKING COOL. So ive added a couple new mechanics, a couple new ideas, redid spell casting, its cool, check it out

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Very cool stuff here, I love Dark Sun. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t think the mechanics for Defiling are explained anywhere?

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I really dig the Gladiator Warrior Spirits! Any plans on doing the sorcerer king stat blocks?

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Very cool, thanks for sharing!

Dark Sun is the D&D setting I’m probably the least familiarized with (having only read comics and seen video games, but never having actually played it, unfortunately). It is such a cool and interesting setting… I fully support this effort, man. Is there anything we, as a community, can help you with?

That said… Here’s a few pointers and suggestions.

  • Some ICRPG settings written by fans change the number of starting HEARTS to two and having played those, it seems to work very well. I’m not sure if Dark Sun would benefit from this rule, but it looks like it would - changing starting HEARTS shows how dangerous the setting is and how people need to be tougher to survive. This works very well with your ideas on how Life Forms work - HALF GIANTS FTW :heart: :heart: :heart: :joy:
  • Another suggestion is to keep terms and rules as close to the Master Edition wording as possible to avoid confusion. For example, the Gladiator has a “Ever Stronger” ability that allows them to attack twice per turn; while I could write a huge paragraph on “why free extra attacks (instead of attacks that trigger with rolls) are a bad idea as an ability in ICRPG”, I’m instead only going to suggest keeping “Ever Stronger” as a +1 STAT increase and then adding a different Milestone that grants the extra attack.
  • Was the decision to start characters with 7 STAT points taken to simulate the fact that modern 5E premade characters usually add 7 points to their abilities? If so, congrats on noticing and using that. If not, make it an even 8 (with two bonus STATS from life form, this will make Dark Sun characters on average start with two STAT points more than ICRPG character from more… “tamed” settings)
  • Not a suggestion, but a simple COMPLIMENT (all caps, ICRPG style): GENIOUS idea of adding racial Milestones… race-, species-, -life-form- or culture-based LOOT is the way to go. I did something like that in a Middle-Earth game and that completely changed how Players interacted with different peoples.

Thanks again for sharing and I hope you find the time to keep expanding this hack. Cheers

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This is a cavalcade of shit to consider thank you so much this makes me so excited :rofl:

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If you wanna play it, basically you can choose to defile and make your spell stronger by using another spell component. But i will update it

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Oh my god just seen this, and thats a wonderful idea, yes in my free time i sure will

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I just added cultural items, 6 1d4 tables, thank you for the idea

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