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#1
thegreatfandango
Oct 20, 2007 2:24:52 So Athas has two moons, other than their names is there any information on them. Also What were there names again? I can think of a half-a-dozen good adventures/ or an entire module based on a journey to the moons. Could rajaat have used them for some sinister purpose or could there be some type of life on them. Obviously they could only be reached via magic, however it might be an interesting addition to athas.
#2
thegreatfandango
Oct 20, 2007 2:26:19 Ooooooh, Unknown sorcerer-kings on moons! Just a thought.
#3
j0lt
Oct 20, 2007 5:37:04 Ral and Guthay.
#4
Kamelion
Oct 20, 2007 9:22:36 There is an Athasian myth which states that Guthay is the original home of the silk wyrms. It likens the moon to a giant egg, from where silk wyrms are born fully-hatched. I've always thought that was a cool idea.
#5
dirk00001
Oct 20, 2007 12:16:00 Halflings from space! HALFLINGS FROM SPACE!!!
#6
thegreatfandango
Oct 20, 2007 12:21:40 Well Rajaat is a Giant Space Hamster... Also by silk wyrms did you mean spine wyrms? And I also thought a cool addition would be moon calfs and moon beasts from MM2, both from moons. And of course halflings from space.
#7
thegreatfandango
Oct 20, 2007 13:14:03 Or if you want to get really crazy you could have dromites living on the moon. As halfings and thri-kreen are the only races rajaat considered to be original. Dromites could be the offspring or origonal race, living on the moons.
#8
jaid
Oct 20, 2007 13:53:46
Or if you want to get really crazy you could have dromites living on the moon. As halfings and thri-kreen are the only races rajaat considered to be original. Dromites could be the offspring or origonal race, living on the moons.

nah, if you wanted to really make an adventure out of it, you'd do something like this.

of course, first you'd have to convert that to third edition... who knows, maybe this will work... haven't heard whether much of it has been playtested yet really though.
#9
jon_oracle_of_athas
Oct 21, 2007 3:21:07
Well Rajaat is a Giant Space Hamster... Also by silk wyrms did you mean spine wyrms? And I also thought a cool addition would be moon calfs and moon beasts from MM2, both from moons. And of course halflings from space.

He meant silk wyrms. The silk wyrm was statted in the original boxed campaign setting. Moon beasts are originally from Dark Sun MC Appendix II.
#10
Zardnaar
Oct 21, 2007 5:38:27 Each moon is actually a giant Halfling biosphere created during the Blue Age. One moon is full of Nature MAsters in suspended animation, while the other moon has nature benders is suspended animation.

A bi-sexual Zik Chil resides between the 2 Moons in a small asteroid in orbit which is invisable to people on Athas due to lifeshaped micro particles in the air. When the messenger is set to return the suspended halflings will invade Athas and finish their ancient war.
The winners use the Pristine Tower to turn themselves into Elves and return to the Athasian North Pole to make toys for bad little Athasian children.
#11
thegreatfandango
Oct 21, 2007 16:56:44 Have silk wyrms been added to athas.org. I haven't seen them yet?
#12
Kamelion
Oct 22, 2007 5:04:22
Have silk wyrms been added to athas.org. I haven't seen them yet?

Terrors of Athas, page 120 (page 125 of the pdf).

I Dragons kings, wasn't there some legend about somebody traveling to the moons on a spoon. No kidding.

Heh heh, yeah, that was Thorlin from the "Arkhold's Devastation" legend. He supposedly went to the moons as well - a spoon was listed as one of the methods he might have used to get there :D.
#13
Sysane
Oct 22, 2007 8:12:31 Considering the nature of Athas, I'm surprised that no has tapped into the moons as a potential energy source to fuel magic.
#14
megido_dup
Oct 22, 2007 11:58:23 Lunar magic that waxes and wanes based on the phases of Ral and Guthay. That would require a hella lot of recordkeeping though.
Trade Lords has the lunar phases mapped out in the back. http://athas.org/releases/tradelords/.
#15
Sysane
Oct 22, 2007 12:48:38
Lunar magic that waxes and wanes based on the phases of Ral and Guthay. That would require a hella lot of recordkeeping though.
Trade Lords has the lunar phases mapped out in the back. http://athas.org/releases/tradelords/.

Dragonlance has 3 and they're able to manage.
#16
jon_oracle_of_athas
Oct 22, 2007 12:56:58
Heh heh, yeah, that was Thorlin from the "Arkhold's Devastation" legend. He supposedly went to the moons as well - a spoon was listed as one of the methods he might have used to get there.

IIRC, the legend of Uncle Tantor was the one with silk worms and the moon.
#17
Pennarin
Oct 22, 2007 14:51:38 Pavek, as a druid, used - at one point - the moons' energy to power his druid spells. It wouldn't necessarily be "moon magic", just an extension of the druid energy source, i.e. the land.
#18
Sysane
Oct 22, 2007 15:18:40
Pavek, as a druid, used - at one point - the moons' energy to power his druid spells. It wouldn't necessarily be "moon magic", just an extension of the druid energy source, i.e. the land.

I vaguely remember that. It would make sense that druid's could derive some power from the moons. However, I don't feel that it would be something that all druids would be capable of doing.
#19
--agares--
Oct 22, 2007 15:42:28 I agree. Only a very powerful druid could be able to use the power of the moon.

It's interesting to confront that "moon magic" with Sadira's Sun Magic. Wizards (or, more specifically, Defilers) and Druids are quite opposities, so it's nice to see that those particular sources of energy are also opposities (Sun and Moon).

And if we consider that plant life is a part of nature, and moonlight is only a reflection of sunlight, the analogy is only deeper.
#20
Kamelion
Oct 23, 2007 3:08:06
IIRC, the legend of Uncle Tantor was the one with silk worms and the moon.

Yup. Tontor was carried there by "a hundred silken snakes", while Thorlin went there in a spoon (or via air elementals, or a chariot drawn by jozhals, but I prefer the spoon version of course.)

There was a fan page some years ago that sketched out some domains for Dark Sun moon priests (as well as lightning, ash, salt and void - ie. Hollow - priests). I can't remember the name of the site, but I incorporated the ideas in my old DS games and came up with a bunch of domains for these priests based on ideas from that site. I haven't used them in years, but they were interesting enough.
#21
Sysane
Oct 23, 2007 7:27:58
There was a fan page some years ago that sketched out some domains for Dark Sun moon priests (as well as lightning, ash, salt and void - ie. Hollow - priests). I can't remember the name of the site, but I incorporated the ideas in my old DS games and came up with a bunch of domains for these priests based on ideas from that site. I haven't used them in years, but they were interesting enough.

Sounds cool. If I were to put mechanics to it, I personally think it would be better represented as a feat.
#22
Kamelion
Oct 23, 2007 12:19:22
Sounds cool. If I were to put mechanics to it, I personally think it would be better represented as a feat.

Yeah, that would work too. The site took the approach that they were like elemental priests, but just had access to different domains. I went a bit mad with it as I recall, making something like eight domains for each variant :D

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 thegreatfandango Oct 20, 2007 2:24:52	So Athas has two moons, other than their names is there any information on them. Also What were there names again? I can think of a half-a-dozen good adventures/ or an entire module based on a journey to the moons. Could rajaat have used them for some sinister purpose or could there be some type of life on them. Obviously they could only be reached via magic, however it might be an interesting addition to athas.
#2 thegreatfandango Oct 20, 2007 2:26:19	Ooooooh, Unknown sorcerer-kings on moons! Just a thought.
#3 j0lt Oct 20, 2007 5:37:04	Ral and Guthay.
#4 Kamelion Oct 20, 2007 9:22:36	There is an Athasian myth which states that Guthay is the original home of the silk wyrms. It likens the moon to a giant egg, from where silk wyrms are born fully-hatched. I've always thought that was a cool idea.
#5 dirk00001 Oct 20, 2007 12:16:00	Halflings from space! HALFLINGS FROM SPACE!!!
#6 thegreatfandango Oct 20, 2007 12:21:40	Well Rajaat is a Giant Space Hamster... Also by silk wyrms did you mean spine wyrms? And I also thought a cool addition would be moon calfs and moon beasts from MM2, both from moons. And of course halflings from space.
#7 thegreatfandango Oct 20, 2007 13:14:03	Or if you want to get really crazy you could have dromites living on the moon. As halfings and thri-kreen are the only races rajaat considered to be original. Dromites could be the offspring or origonal race, living on the moons.
#8 jaid Oct 20, 2007 13:53:46	Or if you want to get really crazy you could have dromites living on the moon. As halfings and thri-kreen are the only races rajaat considered to be original. Dromites could be the offspring or origonal race, living on the moons. nah, if you wanted to really make an adventure out of it, you'd do something like this. of course, first you'd have to convert that to third edition... who knows, maybe this will work... haven't heard whether much of it has been playtested yet really though.
#9 jon_oracle_of_athas Oct 21, 2007 3:21:07	Well Rajaat is a Giant Space Hamster... Also by silk wyrms did you mean spine wyrms? And I also thought a cool addition would be moon calfs and moon beasts from MM2, both from moons. And of course halflings from space. He meant silk wyrms. The silk wyrm was statted in the original boxed campaign setting. Moon beasts are originally from Dark Sun MC Appendix II.
#10 Zardnaar Oct 21, 2007 5:38:27	Each moon is actually a giant Halfling biosphere created during the Blue Age. One moon is full of Nature MAsters in suspended animation, while the other moon has nature benders is suspended animation. A bi-sexual Zik Chil resides between the 2 Moons in a small asteroid in orbit which is invisable to people on Athas due to lifeshaped micro particles in the air. When the messenger is set to return the suspended halflings will invade Athas and finish their ancient war. The winners use the Pristine Tower to turn themselves into Elves and return to the Athasian North Pole to make toys for bad little Athasian children.
#11 thegreatfandango Oct 21, 2007 16:56:44	Have silk wyrms been added to athas.org. I haven't seen them yet?
#12 Kamelion Oct 22, 2007 5:04:22	Have silk wyrms been added to athas.org. I haven't seen them yet? Terrors of Athas, page 120 (page 125 of the pdf). I Dragons kings, wasn't there some legend about somebody traveling to the moons on a spoon. No kidding. Heh heh, yeah, that was Thorlin from the "Arkhold's Devastation" legend. He supposedly went to the moons as well - a spoon was listed as one of the methods he might have used to get there :D.
#13 Sysane Oct 22, 2007 8:12:31	Considering the nature of Athas, I'm surprised that no has tapped into the moons as a potential energy source to fuel magic.
#14 megido_dup Oct 22, 2007 11:58:23	Lunar magic that waxes and wanes based on the phases of Ral and Guthay. That would require a hella lot of recordkeeping though. Trade Lords has the lunar phases mapped out in the back. http://athas.org/releases/tradelords/.
#15 Sysane Oct 22, 2007 12:48:38	Lunar magic that waxes and wanes based on the phases of Ral and Guthay. That would require a hella lot of recordkeeping though. Trade Lords has the lunar phases mapped out in the back. http://athas.org/releases/tradelords/. Dragonlance has 3 and they're able to manage.
#16 jon_oracle_of_athas Oct 22, 2007 12:56:58	Heh heh, yeah, that was Thorlin from the "Arkhold's Devastation" legend. He supposedly went to the moons as well - a spoon was listed as one of the methods he might have used to get there. IIRC, the legend of Uncle Tantor was the one with silk worms and the moon.
#17 Pennarin Oct 22, 2007 14:51:38	Pavek, as a druid, used - at one point - the moons' energy to power his druid spells. It wouldn't necessarily be "moon magic", just an extension of the druid energy source, i.e. the land.
#18 Sysane Oct 22, 2007 15:18:40	Pavek, as a druid, used - at one point - the moons' energy to power his druid spells. It wouldn't necessarily be "moon magic", just an extension of the druid energy source, i.e. the land. I vaguely remember that. It would make sense that druid's could derive some power from the moons. However, I don't feel that it would be something that all druids would be capable of doing.
#19 --agares-- Oct 22, 2007 15:42:28	I agree. Only a very powerful druid could be able to use the power of the moon. It's interesting to confront that "moon magic" with Sadira's Sun Magic. Wizards (or, more specifically, Defilers) and Druids are quite opposities, so it's nice to see that those particular sources of energy are also opposities (Sun and Moon). And if we consider that plant life is a part of nature, and moonlight is only a reflection of sunlight, the analogy is only deeper.
#20 Kamelion Oct 23, 2007 3:08:06	IIRC, the legend of Uncle Tantor was the one with silk worms and the moon. Yup. Tontor was carried there by "a hundred silken snakes", while Thorlin went there in a spoon (or via air elementals, or a chariot drawn by jozhals, but I prefer the spoon version of course.) There was a fan page some years ago that sketched out some domains for Dark Sun moon priests (as well as lightning, ash, salt and void - ie. Hollow - priests). I can't remember the name of the site, but I incorporated the ideas in my old DS games and came up with a bunch of domains for these priests based on ideas from that site. I haven't used them in years, but they were interesting enough.
#21 Sysane Oct 23, 2007 7:27:58	There was a fan page some years ago that sketched out some domains for Dark Sun moon priests (as well as lightning, ash, salt and void - ie. Hollow - priests). I can't remember the name of the site, but I incorporated the ideas in my old DS games and came up with a bunch of domains for these priests based on ideas from that site. I haven't used them in years, but they were interesting enough. Sounds cool. If I were to put mechanics to it, I personally think it would be better represented as a feat.
#22 Kamelion Oct 23, 2007 12:19:22	Sounds cool. If I were to put mechanics to it, I personally think it would be better represented as a feat. Yeah, that would work too. The site took the approach that they were like elemental priests, but just had access to different domains. I went a bit mad with it as I recall, making something like eight domains for each variant :D