D&D Encounters: Dark Sun begins on June 9. Wizards of the Coast has provided six pre-generated characters – all of them highlighting unique aspects to the upcoming Dark Sun setting for 4e D&D. Today we’ve provided copies of all six characters for your review. They’ll be available from Wizards next week, but we’re giving you a first look.
Now available: The pre-generated characters for D&D Encounters Season 3: Keep on the Borderlands.
| Barcan
Male Human Cosmic Sorcerer Level 1, Good Download (2.4 MB) |
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| Castri
Male Elf Marauder Ranger Level 1, Unaligned Download (2.5 MB) |
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| Jarvix
Male Tiefling Telepathic Psion Level 1, Unaligned Download (2.5 MB) |
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| Phye
Female Human Enlightened Ardent Level 1, Good Download (2.6 MB) |
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| Shikirr
Male Thri-kreen Quick Battlemind Level 1, Unaligned Download (2.6 MB) |
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| Yuka
Male Mul Brawling Fighter Level 1, Unaligned Download (2.5 MB) |
- Download a PDF of all six Dark Sun characters.
This is Dark Sun week at Dungeon’s Master. We’ll be sharing more details from the upcoming D&D Encounters: Dark Sun, including information about the Encounters program and new rules from the Dark Sun campaign setting. We’ll also share our review of The Outcast, a Dark Sun novel.
Visit the Dungeon’s Master D&D Encounters Archive for all of our ongoing weekly coverage as well as other great D&D Encounters articles and resources.
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1 2 3 4 Next »Thanks for these Ameron. I think I will actually be playing in these Encounters. Looking forward to it.
Though, when I run my own Dark Sun game, I'm not sure tieflings will be allowed . . .
Sweet, I'm breaking in a new store with the Dark Sun Encounters. (Sci-Fi used book store) I hope the come out with some new minis.
Awesome. Now our group can plan for Dark Sun.
Didn't see a way to edit my posts, so sorry for the quick follow up. I meant to add I can now go through my collection and pull out the necessary minis as well.
I didn't see anything for leveling up, anyone have an idea on how it will be handled? I thought leveling would happen at a specific time, and no XP would be rewarded. The cards will make it difficult to make any changes.
While it's nice you are sending out copies of the pre-gens, saying you are giving a "first look" is really not true. All FLGS involved with Encounters got their Dark Sun packages this week, and WotC did not say we had to wait until next week to let players see the new characters.
It's nice that you posted them for players to see, but be a bit more honest about it next time.
DanversGM
@The Last Rogue
Having never playing in the original Dark Sun campaign setting, I have no preconception about what should or should not be included in the world. I assume they'll come up with some kind of explanation for why the new races (including Tieflings) are suddenly in a world they were never in before. we'll see soon enough.
@Tom Allman aka Yoohootom
I can't imagine Wizards would miss such a lucrative opportunity. Given how cool some of the Dark Sun monsters look, I may actually have to pick up some of the new minis.
@Lahrs
D&D Encounters: Dark Sun is 15 encounters broken into 3 parts. The PCs automatically level after each chapter. I'll be providing more details about the actual adventure later this week.
@DanversGM
Welcome to Dungeon's Master. You're right that anyone who received the kits has likely already seen the pre-generated characters. So when I say "first look" I don't mean exclusively. I've had a lot of requests to share any info on the pre-generated characters for Dark Sun as soon as I got my hands on the kit. When I posted this article I still hadn't seen them anywhere else online. So to most of our readers this is their first look. It was certainly not my intent to mislead you.
Neat! I'm hoping to play through this season to get my Dark Sun fix before the product is released. I did think it was good of them to include a Tiefling to allow folks to ease them into their own settings. With the strange things found on athas, I personally don't have too hard a time figuring out how to fit in some of the races.
I did notice that they gave him a cool background and an interesting flaw - he only has one horn. I'm surprised they couldn't grab an artist or ask for a quick photoshop to make the image match the description. Nonetheless, I wasn't interested in playing him at all until I read the background. After looking them over, I think I'll be happy to play whomever is left over.
I noticed that all of the characters are either unaligned or good alignment. Why is this so in a barren wasteland full of bandits and whatnots?
Bad news:I will not be updating my blog until 1 of July. Hey, it's the summer holidays, you know!
Disappointed by the pregens, especially by the numerous problems on the cards. The Tiefling Psion, for example, has the game rules for the pre-errata Infernal Wrath, and his Perception bonus is incorrectly listed as +10 when it should only be +4 while his Bluff is +4 when it should be +10 (assuming he is trained in these skills).
I really hate these flashy cards. I wish WoTC would supply full character builder files and sheets for the pregens instead of hiding the mechanics -- especially given how often these cards are flawed.
The characters are relatively weak considering the challenges they are expected to face in the module. I hope they can stand up to it.
@Dungeon Newbie
Removing evil characters greatly reduces the chance of getting screwed over by another player. That could be problematic with players coming and going. It also reduces the stress on the DM. Encounters are not set up for a lot of diverse role playing, which you would expect in a normal session of D&D.
@mc_monte
There are even some misspellings, which should not be on a finished product. However, they will not detract from the game, so that is not a big deal. The bigger problem for myself is I didn't see any character that jumped out at me.
Looks like the ardent is the only leader, and we like to go with two leaders in our group. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but two leaders makes a team much more durable.
I am complaining too much, especially before I have even tried it.
I should think positive. : ) 15 weeks of RPG goodness.