TSR 2445 Defilers and Preservers The Wizards of Athas.pdf

Defilers and

T HE W IZARDS OF A THAS

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Design: Nicky Rea

Editing: Bill Slavicsek

Based on Concepts and Material by: Timothy B. Brown, Troy Denning,

and Bill Slavicsek

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Cassada for her 11th hour assistance, and to Carla

Hollar for her original spell ideas and map work.

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Preservers:

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About This Book (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 1: Athasian Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Wizards Under the Crimson Sun ..................................... 6

Wizards of Athas (side bar) ....................................... 6

Sadira the Sun Wizard .......................................... 8

Energy from Life ................................................. 8

The Elements of Life ............................................ 8

Special Energy Sources ........................................... 9

The Cerulean Storm ........................................... 9

The Black .................................................... 9

The Gray ...................................................9

You Can’t Get There from Here (side bar) ...........................10

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Defilement Versus Preservation ..................................... 10

Game Mechanics ............................................. 10

Lost In the Gray (side bar) .......................................11

The Color of Magic (side bar) ....................................12

Table XVII: Gathering Spell Energy Through Defiling Magic ............. 12

Gathering Power (side bar) ......................................12

Defiler Destruction ............................................ 12

Table XXXIV: Defiler Magical Destruction ........................... 13

Two Methods: The Gathering of Power ............................... 13

Method One—Off-Stage ........................................ 13

Method Two—In Play .......................................... 14

The History of Magic ............................................. 16

The Time Before Magic ......................................... 16

The Birth of Magic ............................................. 16

The Sundering of the Paths ...................................... 18

The Cleansing Wars ........................................... 19

The Sorcerer-Kings ........................................... 20

Now................................................... 20

Chapter 2: Paths to Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Spells and Spell Books ......................................... 21

No Specialist Wizards (side bar) ................................. 21

The Threefold Path .............................................. 22

Table 1: The Paths of Magic ..................................... 23

Comprehensive Spell List. ........................................ 23

Athasian Spells ............................................. 23

Changes to Existing Spells ........................................ 27

Spell Components. ........................................... 27

Other Particulars ............................................. 27

W izard Player Characters ......................................... 28

Table 2: Races and Wizard Types. ................................ 28

Table 3: Racial Class and Level Limits .............................. 29

Table 4: Exceeding Racial Level Limits ............................ 29

Table 5: Wizard Spell Progression Past 20th Level ..................... 29

Switching Roles ................................................. 29

The Road to Corruption ....................................... 30

The Road Back ............................................. 30

The Path of Preservation ....................................... 31

The Veiled Alliance ............................................ 32

Advanced Beings ................................................34

Oronis the Reformed Dragon King (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4

Dual-Classed Humans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4

Advanced Beings and Magic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

Becoming a Dragon ............................................ 35

One Dragon? (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Animalistic Stages (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

Table 6: Dragon and Avangion Experience Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8

Becoming an Avangion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8

Role-playing Advanced Beings (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39

Chapter 3: Character Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1

Proficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Kit Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Advanced Being Kit (Wizard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2

Roleplaying Wizards (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3

Arena Mage Kit.............................................. 44

A Difference in Perception (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4

Society and the Wizard (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6

Cerulean Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Veiled Alliance (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Wizards in Tyr (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8

Chasseur Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Enemy of the Alliance (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9

Defilers (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0

Earth Defender Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0

Exterminator Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Defiler Problems (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Accomplishing Goals (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2

Free Wizard Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3

Adventuring (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4

Why Adventure? (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5

Illusionist Kit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5

Mercenary (Wizard) Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6

Restorationist Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9

Apprentices (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9

Sanctums (side bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0

Shadow Wizard Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0

Tribal Wizard Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1

Sources of Energy (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Necromancer Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4

Player Style (side bar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4

Chapter 4: New Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6

First-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6

Second-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7

Third-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9

Fourth-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2

Fifth-Level Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5

Sixth-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7

Seventh-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8

Eighth-Level Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9

Ninth-Level Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1

Tenth-Level Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2

Chapter 5: Proficiencies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 0

New Weapon Proficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 0

Nonweapon Proficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1

Table 7: Nonweapon Proficiency Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1

New Nonweapon Proficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2

About This

Book

This book describes both

defilers and preservers, the

wizards of the DARK

SUN® world. The new

DARK SUN Campaign

Setting and the core

AD&D ® rules books

(D UNGEON M ASTER ® Guide

and Player’s Handbook) are

required to fully utilize this

accessory.

Defilers and Preservers

demonstrates how Athasian

wizards power their

magic and details the

spells each are likely

to learn. The history

of Athasian magic.

makes clear the ori-

gin of the arcane arts, as

well as the roles of the sor-

cerer-kings and those who

oppose them in the grand

scheme of things.

Explanations for how char-

acters become dragons or

avangions are given, and

the special magic used by

advanced beings is cov-

ered.

New spells, proficien-

cies, and player character

kits are highlighted, giving

players several options for

creating spellcaster charac-

ters in a DARK SUN cam-

paign. Whether as a mem-

ber of the secretive Veiled

Alliance, a tribal spellcast-

er, an adventuring mage, or

an independent wizard,

spellcasters can be cus-

tomized with a specialized

kit and choice of spells

that are uniquely suited to

the land beneath the crim-

son sun.

Finally, there are plenty

of sidebars focusing on

role-playing the wizards of

Athas. These sidebars

examine the particular dif-

ficulties Athasian wizards

face, both preservers and

defilers, and offer sugges-

tions on how characters

can cope with these many

problems.

As a child, I never understood why my father kept my mother so close to home. She

was not especially attractive and often seemed too busy with her own pursuits to pay

much attention to either him or me. She kept to her room a lot and I must have spent

half my childhood staring at her beautifully carved and expensive door made of aga-

fari wood brought all the way from Nibenay. When I asked him about her once, he

told me that I must never discuss my mother or her peculiar habits with anyone —

even my cousins or aunt and uncle. He also said that mother had a strange affliction

that was dangerous both to her and to us and that I was not to disturb her when she

was in her room.

Time passed and I obeyed, though like any curious child I tried to spy upon her

and gain entry to her mysterious chamber. Every few weeks she would leave the

house and wouldn’t return for several hours. My father always pretended not to notice

her absence. When I was old enough, I tried to follow her secretly one night, but

somehow I lost track of her in the twists and turns of the dry, dusty streets of the elven

market. Knowing I was a target for thieves or worse, I retraced my steps and returned

home, but I wondered that a woman like my mother, who kept to herself and her

home, could find her way through that dangerous section of the city unmolested.

Then one night she failed to return. The next day, my father introduced me to an

old man who handed me an ivory ring my mother had always worn and a black key.

“The key is to the door of your mothers room,” my father told me, “It is your

room now.”

I clutched the key and looked from him to the old man.

“Put on the ring,” the old man commanded.

Looking into his fierce blue eyes, I did so. Suddenly, my mind was enveloped by

strange sensations and I knew that I now had the power to shield my mind from

psionic probes. My own talent, which manifested a few years earlier, lay in moving

small objects without touching them.

“What . . . what is it?” I asked.

“Open the door and find your destiny,” the old man murmured.

I unlocked the door of my mother’s room, that mysterious place I had never seen,

and gazed upon crystals and feathers and scales, strangely patterned drawings, script

written on brittle parchment, and odd bits of things I had no name for. I turned to

my father.

“What does all this mean?” I asked the question, although I feared I knew

the answer.

INTRODUCTION

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