Well, this is an Athasian board, so it could have died and been reanimated to serve again and again Rasser 
It is a good thread!
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In mine she refounded the city, people were grabbed from outside the tablelands, an alternate plane via her unstable gate, and some displaced folks. It was a secret at first but within a couple years the secret was out. Hamanu nearly went to war with her again but stopped just short of the city when Urik (and every other citystate) was attacked by Gensai armies from across the see in retaliation for Dregothâs god spell. By the time the cities were safe he didnât have the means to directly attack her any longer. As trade is starting to open back up, the remaining SMs are having a difficult time keeping things under control.
The Age of Chaos Iâve got my groups in right now have hit the Tablelands pretty hard, a high level timeline is below in case it sparks any ideas.
| Free Year | Event |
|---|---|
| FY 1 | Kalakâs Death |
| FY 2 | Tyr Defends against Urik |
| FY 3 | Sun Wizard, Rkhard born |
| FY 4 | Psionictix, Avangion killed |
| FY 5 | Black Waters cured |
| FY 6 | Gith Invasion halted |
| FY 7 | Messenger doesnât appear, ForestMaker |
| FY 8 | Selbiaâs spirit recovered |
| FY 9 | Dark Lens found, Selbia and Ceilbia released |
| FY 10 | Abalach-Re killed, Dregoth sends templars above ground, Dragon killed, Rajaat reimprisoned, Androponis sent to black, Tek killed, Tithian bound to Cerulean storm, Great Earthquake |
| FY 11 | Yaramuke refounded in secret, Wraith Borys begins to gather his people |
| FY 12 | God spell, Dregoth lives again, Elemental Spheres fail (Arenek, Egendo) |
| FY 13 | Elemental Realignment, Dregoth moves to the surface and reclaims Guinstental, Tithianâs return, Genasi Invasion, Yaramuke discovered, Druid council reformed |
| FY 14 | Sacha begins dragon transformation, Avangion council formed, Nanda takes control of Raam |
| FY 15 | Astral Invasion (Githyanki boats), Sadira takes the throne in Tyr |
| FY 16 | Abalach-Re returns to Raam in secret |
| FY 17 | Tecâs throne takes over Atzetuk |
| FY 18 | Return of Kaladnay |
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Who is Arenek? Or is it misspelled
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Kalidnay? Oof. Was it made a Ravenloft domain in your continuity, or just met some other disaster?
All my notes have it spelled that way. I donât remember where the name originally came from but there used to be a theory that Kalak was not in fact a Champion. A bit of backstory can be found here:
It was trapped in the Grey, you can see what my plan was here, I havenât completed the adventure yet, at this point itâs taking between 2 and 4 years earth years to 1 on Athas but weâre still early in the year:
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Thatâs probably for the best. Tearing it out of RL would make RL collapse, and possibly let some really nasty things into DS. Athas is ruined enough as it is, it doesnât need to get any worse
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I know it probably doesnât matter that much to an established campaign, but the 4e reboot actually fixed Kalidnayâs lore by shifting it to the Gray instead of Ravenloft, and tweaking the events a little to work everything together. Iâm not opposed to Ravenloft per say, but I much prefer to keep it out of Athas in my own games (besides, if the Gray can shut out gods and divine magic, I see no reason Ravenloftâs mists could make it through)
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Trying to catch up with this thread a little:
Man, all this stuff on Sielba and Yaramuke is great. It seems odd to me that at no point in multiple editions of Dark Sun have we gotten any useful official lore on either.
I like this. Iâve always thought that Dark Sun has always had the problem that there are almost no important woman around. Obviously not unique to Dark Sun, but it is rather severly notable in such a small world.
Agree with this. If the SMâs couldnât keep their domains capable of supporting their own spell casting, and that of their pet defilers, without minimal to no long term harm, they would have been cast down or rendered their cities barren long ago.
I agree. I suppose I stand corrected on a number of counts.
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The only thing that we can be 100% certain about is that Sielba was a peerless conjurer.
What does âsuccessâ mean in this context? Calling an elemental from the elemental planes, a creature from the Black or Gray should be a trivial matter for any Sorcerer Monarch. Rather, this artifact tier summoning chamber is designed to facilitate calling creatures from the Great Wheel (the standard D&D cosmology).
Of course, any caster that can call creatures could make the same attempt using their ordinary magics. Without the such an artifact to facilitate callings from beyond the Gray, there is a stiff Spellcraft DC to determine success.
| Spellcraft DC | Task |
|---|---|
| 100 | If you succeed in this spellcraft check when casting a spell that calls a creature, you can breach The Gray to reach the dimension containing the planes of the Great Wheel to conjure forth the creature. |
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I had rather thought the opposite : Lalali-Puy and Abalach-Re? not to mention the all female Templerate of Nibenay, the Villichi and the Maenads.
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We can make a new thread to discuss this, but let me clarify that the quality of the writing and thought put into any characters, male or female, matters more than the sheer number or supposed importance, though both matter. The differences in between how men and women are portrayed, written about, and interact with the world are stark in every d&d setting (and most fantasy settings), Dark Sun included. Several of the examples you just listed are more than a little problematic, to put it mildly.
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If you are refering to âInenek.â
Thats the name of the beastly Champion, set forth to eradicate the feathered ones by master Rajaat.
The one whom now is known as The Oba of Gulg.
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