As you might know, we are releasing the final version of Dark Sun 3 (R7) chapter by chapter.
Two chapters have now been released: “Magic and Psionics” and “Monsters”.
The Magic and Psionics chapter now includes information on the Athasian cosmology. We have also converted a lot of 2nd edition spells and powers, in addition to writing brand new ones, and we have revamped domains for clerics.
The Monsters chapter has a completely new and extended format, and the selection of monsters will be familiar to those who own the original Dark Sun campaign boxed set.
You will find all the released chapters here

I’m quite pleased with the release of DS3, R7! However, I’ve noticed one problem with the Monsters Chapter.

I didn’t check all canon sources on the Gith, but from what I could gather, the Gith are oviparous.

From DS – Ivory Triangle – Command Performance (page 12).

Suni grabbed one of the gith’s oddly shaped hands and hauled the creature to its feet. “Listen, Blood Drinker – Hrath, isn’t it? What are you? A man or a woman?

“Ssss?” The creature screwed up its ugly face, not understanding.

“Do you bear children or don’t you?” Suni persisted. “Offspring. Babies. Eggs, for all I know!”

“Ah, eggss. Yess.”

“Then you’re a woman.”

The most pronounced deviation of the Githyanki from their human origins is that they have become egg-layers. This is either the result of some experiment of the illithids or the exposure to some strange astral energies. In either case, this method of reproduction closely resembles that of reptilian creatures. Within Githyanki communities, there is always an egg chamber (or possibly many of them), where all eggs are kept and guarded. Caretakers raise the young in a communal manner – there are no Githyanki families.

Gith females gestate for six to seven months before giving birth to two or three children. A gith reaches adulthood at twelve. Mothers care for their children for half this time.

I will ask someone if they can investigate the gith matter.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will look it over, thanks.

We are working on r7, the last 3.5 rules set. We are working on finishing up LoA, which will include some new Epic PrCs. I have been pushing for SotDL to be followed up on. With the difference in settings, I don’t think that we really need to stat out the NPC’s, or make anything else rules wise. However, the Setting Material (read: fluff) is something that is timeless and beyond edition, so that material could be finished and released. The only rules things would be Advanced undead, and I might be able to add that to LoA, as those would be epic anyway.

Christopher had hinted at the possibility of releasing the setting material for SotDL and there seemed to be a fair bit of enthousiasm around this. I was wondering if this was still a possibility.

Could I ask what the next planned releases are from r7? Are the chapters on races and classes nearing completion? I’m prepping a new DS arc at the moment and am wondering whether to go with the current races and classes, or whether to wait for r7 and see what changes have been made. (I suppose, as an associated question – how much have races and classes changed between r6 and r7?) I understand that these things take time – just interested in a time-scale for the releases :-). Thanks!

There won´t be drastic changes to races and classes. Our internal playtester group will review those chapters before they are released. If you´re going to run a DS game, you´re welcome to sign up as a playtester.

That would be very cool, actually :-) We’re doing a short Dragonlance arc at the moment, and should be busy with that for another three or four weeks, but I’ll be stepping up to run DS when that is done. So, sure – sign me up!

I am starting a game with my student in the world of Darksun! They wanted to try something new and different. I shall offer them Athas.
So, you want me to playtest the Classes? Send them, we will build a few character next week. I’d like to have them before we do this.
Sébas
ps : Btw, greetings again! I am not dead and got back a new laptop and RECOVERED what I was working already for you guys.

Gith are oviparous, but prefer to eat meat, preferably uncooked.

Yeah, like Grummore says, any glimpse of the classes chapter would be sweet. Got someone wanting to play a templar and we’re quite keen to see the new version. (We’re a few sessions into the new campaign and the PCs have decided that Giustenal sounds like an interesting place to visit. I am trying very hard not to laugh.)

Check your email, Kam.