Freedom!

6 Session One-shot

active DND 5E 2024 🗓 Mondays @ 4pm-6pm PST 👥 5 players

Freedom! is a classic Dark Sun adventure where enslaved heroes spark a rebellion in the brutal city-state of Tyr, igniting a desperate fight for liberty under the burning crimson sun.

  • Tone: Harsh survival • Defiance under tyranny • Grit and consequence
  • Level: 3
  • Length: 4-6 sessions (2 hours each hours total)
  • Players Needed: 4-5 to begin

Beneath the dying sun of Athas, life is worth less than water. You begin as slaves — beaten, broken, and forgotten — until revolt tears through the city of Tyr. Chains fall. Blood spills. And for the first time in your life, the air tastes like freedom.

What to Expect

  • Oppression, rebellion, and survival against impossible odds
  • Harsh environments and limited resources
  • High stakes roleplay and psionics-tinged action
  • A story that can end in triumph, tragedy, or both

Player Guidance

  • You start the story in chains — but who you become after that is up to you.
  • Create a character grounded in survival, endurance, and adaptability.
  • Avoid divine classes; there are no gods on Athas.
  • Psionics and moral complexity fit this world best.

Character Creation Resources

  • 📘 Dark Sun Player’s Guide – AthasCon v2.1 (2024) (provided document)
  • Use races, classes, and psionic rules from this guide.
  • Ignore PHB 2024 species and subclasses unless approved.
  • Background Inspiration: Arena Survivor, Exile, Former Slave, or Veiled One.
  • Level: 3. Standard equipment reskinned as bone, stone, or obsidian gear.

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