Dregoth Ascending Part II: The much awaited sequal to Dregoth Ascending Part I will be released on schedule (June 31st). Judging by the current productivity rate, I dare to say it could be done sooner. It's about 70% done. The full title will be Dregoth Ascending part II - The Quest.
Terrors of the Deadlands 3.5 update: The Monster Bureau reports that the updated version of TotD is right around the corner. It has undergone major revisions and includes some new elements, among them a new athasian undead.
DS Core Rules 3.5: The Psionics Chapter is done along with the Spells Chapter. A release is right around the corner, there are some details we need to hammer out and editorial work left.
Dark Sun Prestige Class Appendix Vol. I: I've received some comments, which has lead to the preview version being updated twice. So make sure you get the latest version.
Dragon Rules: A finalized draft of the Dragon Rules are being reviewed internally in the Epic Bureau before they will be released to the public. In other words, these are also right around the corner.
Other projects: Secrets of the Deadlands, The Emissary, Lost Cities. These projects are either put on hold, or progressing slowly.
In other words, you have a lot to look forward to the upcoming months!
Time for another status update on athas.org product development:
Dregoth Ascending Part II: The much awaited sequal to Dregoth Ascending Part I will be released on schedule (June 31st). Judging by the current productivity rate, I dare to say it could be done sooner. It's about 70% done. The full title will be Dregoth Ascending part II - The Quest.
Dragon Rules: A finalized draft of the Dragon Rules are being reviewed internally in the Epic Bureau before they will be released to the public. In other words, these are also right around the corner.
YESS Yes pleeeeeease! Must have, must have *drools*
Especially those two I quoted.
*pokes the involved Templars with dances around them with wide and hopeful eyes*
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Terrors of the Deadlands 3.5 update: The Monster Bureau reports that the updated version of TotD is right around the corner. It has undergone major revisions and includes some new elements, among them a new athasian undead.
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The book is done. It should be out any... second.
DS Core Rules 3.5: The Psionics Chapter is done along with the Spells Chapter. A release is right around the corner, there are some details we need to hammer out and editorial work left.
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I hope you are incorporating my errata and suggestions...
YESS Yes pleeeeeease! Must have, must have *drools*
We wants them. The precioussss...
Dragon Rules: A finalized draft of the Dragon Rules are being reviewed internally in the Epic Bureau before they will be released to the public. In other words, these are also right around the corner.
Finally! I can make my Kreen Dragon!!!!! (THE TERMINUS VORTEXA)!!!!!!!!
Finally! I can make my Kreen Dragon!!!!! (THE TERMINUS VORTEXA)!!!!!!!!
Why is your kreen dragon named after an old sci-fi roleplaying game?
June 31st?? They use another calendar in Norway then the rest of the world. :D Otherwise looking forward to the upcoming releases!!
Why is your kreen dragon named after an old sci-fi roleplaying game?
Jon, please elaborate. I'm going to be horrified if this is true. I just took a couple of latin words (terminus) and (vertex) loosely translated meaning The End of the Vortex, and fudged the spelling a little bit, and improperly declined the nouns to personalize it, to come up with the name. A little more info, please!
:raincloudWhen I came up with the name, I even Google-searched, and many other searches, to make sure that it was unique. No matches containing both words were ever found. The only ones you'll find now are my posts on these boards.
June 31st?? They use another calendar in Norway then the rest of the world.
I'm sure Jon meant June 32nd. He did send me the special calendar they use in Norway, a bit contrived but still matching the modern calendar.
I'm sure Jon meant June 32nd. He did send me the special calendar they use in Norway, a bit contrived but still matching the modern calendar.
Eat poison. June 30th. :P
Eat poison.
I'm there for you man.
When I came up with the name, I even Google-searched, and many other searches, to make sure that it was unique. No matches containing both words were ever found. The only ones you'll find now are my posts on these boards.
I'll look for the rules book when I visit a friend who has a ridiculously large rpg collection. I've seen it there.
Dragon Rules: A finalized draft of the Dragon Rules are being reviewed internally in the Epic Bureau before they will be released to the public. In other words, these are also right around the corner.
I have my own version of these. Including . . . AVANGION rules! :D
I have my own version of these. Including . . . AVANGION rules! :D
Ahh yes, as do I (and for a while, it has/had been passed around through these forums, and were found on my currently defunct website). In actuality, a multitude of people who have posted on these forums have come up with their own rules. The difference with what Jon is mentioning is that those Dragon Rules are to be the official rules released by Athas.org. They are being designed by a number of us in the Epic Bureau at Athas.org, to retain the requisites for being D&D3.5E (and thus, official Dark Sun material as per the agreement with WotC), simple, efficient, and keeping as true to the feel of Dark Sun as we can.
The reason we are focusing on Dragons first is due largely in part with Dregoth Ascending (something about needing the rules to generate Dregoth need to be in place in order to get him done). However, it will not be all we put out, I expect that Avangions, actually, would be next, and be able to be developed a bit quicker, as we'll have a lot of the framework in place already from doing Dragons. But then, there also is the Cleric-Elementals, and the Spirits of the Land to produce, plus other Epic details for Dark Sun (like, for instance, the Mind Lords, epic spell/power seeds, epic items, epic feats, etc).
The rules for the cleric-elementals should be the easiest to come up with, unless there is a significant revision from the old idea.
It's all a matter of priority. People want Dregoth Ascention to be released, completed and such. For that, Dragon rules come first. People usually connect Dragons with Avangions in this regard, and Avangions are frequently the 2nd most popular of the Advanced Being types anyway, so, they come second. Then come Cleric-Elementals and Spirits of the Land. It's not a matter of what is easier or not, it's a matter of what's on the docket, in order of priority.
I wanna see what happens when people see the rules for them, I wanna see what people will do to overcharge their characters at that point
Epic AB battles and magic items for such characters... (no epic character should be limited to 'normal' magic items, nor should they use them less than magnificently compared to lesser charactersMaybe get the planes to have a battle on Athas.. for the first time in centuries, maybe that's a recurring effect... first time was when the brown tide was released.. and the cost was huge... now.. who will be the victor???
I'm in the process of updating all of the encounter tables in the 2e monstrous compendiums and wanted to make sure I got the CR's correct. I quite really like the Sandstorm/Frostburn style tables where the DM can choose the EL and get a ready made encounter so I'm going to try something like that
If it works and I'll post it somewhere for everyone to have a look at it. I'm staying as faithful as possible to the original tables
In the past year you folks at Athas.org have really gotten the site running. After reading many of the updates I will be converting characters to your system instead of my own conversions.
Looking forward to see PT II of Dregoth and the Epic goodiness.
It's all a matter of priority. People want Dregoth Ascention to be released, completed and such. For that, Dragon rules come first. People usually connect Dragons with Avangions in this regard, and Avangions are frequently the 2nd most popular of the Advanced Being types anyway, so, they come second. Then come Cleric-Elementals and Spirits of the Land. It's not a matter of what is easier or not, it's a matter of what's on the docket, in order of priority.
Back off dude. I wasn't trying to get anyone to change the order of what they were releasing. I understand the priorities.
Back off dude. I wasn't trying to get anyone to change the order of what they were releasing. I understand the priorities.
I think you should reread what Xlorep posted. There's no hostility there. He is a member of the templarate that designs the 3.5 versions of the DS Epic Classes, and he was doing us all the courtesy of explaining the reasoning behind the order in which they are doing things, and in a matter-of-fact way.
Back off dude. I wasn't trying to get anyone to change the order of what they were releasing. I understand the priorities.
I think you deciphered some hidden meaning I didn't from Xlor's post. Oh, and what Terminus said.
, I quess he just came off as condescending to me. Its hard to know how someone means something, when you can't hear their voice and they don't use icons 
. I've seen several other people take offense from his posts to so I didn't think I was just imagining it, but I guess I was (no sarcasm intended).Please accept my apology, xlore
As emoticons go its neither pedantic nor self-involved. Xlor usually posts when he writes new material or when he knows a better way to do something, and he'll tell you why he does so, with the logic behind it.
Sorry
Please accept my apology, xlore
No worries. like the others stated, I was merely explaining the processes, 'matter-of-factly'. It's something I routinely do. I don't like having anyone be condescending to me, and wouldn't think about being condescending to others. Word of advice - don't assume the worst when people make posts :P
Will the Psionics section and all related classes/PrCs be updated and compatible with the new "Expanded Psionic Handbook" or will the setting follow the previously established Psionic's book for 3.0?
The former.
:D
Dark Sun 3.5 Core Rules: A preview version was released yesterday. While reviewers report typos etc. an illustrated version is being developed.
Dregoth Ascending Part II: Scheduled for public playtesting June 30th, the second part of the Dregoth Ascending trilogy might be released without art. Rest assured, art will be in the final release.
Terrors of Athas 3.5 [Monster Bureau]: A revised version of Terrors of Athas 3.5 is still in the works. Some rare critters escaped us last time, but we hope to have caught them this time. Thanks to all you reavers out there. Hopefully, this will be done before autumn.
Advanced Beings [Epic Bureau]: We got a lot of good feedback from the Dark Sun community on the dragon rules preview, much of which we are incorporating into the advanced being rules. Hopefully we will release revised dragon rules within two weeks.
Athasian Arms and Equipment Guide [Equipment Bureau]: This project is progressing at regular mekillot pace. It is a large project which was started earlier this year with no set deadline.
Other projects are either on hold or progressing slowly.
You guys rock
Any chance of geting the Earth, Air, Fire and Water updated to 3.5 I love the color this book adds.
You guys rock
Can't really update it lke that. However, there are ideas from EAFW that are beng included into the DS3 project.