DARK SUN 5E - Simple Conversion
As an elf, you gain all the elven traits described in the
Chapter 1: Step-by-Step Characters
Rolling Ability Scores
Were rolling ability scores! See Page 12 of the PHB.
Alignments
Were not using alignments.
Chapter 2: Races
Available Races
Human (as per PHB)
Half-elf (as per PHB)
Dwarf (only Athasian subrace)
Elf (only Athasian subrace)
Halfling (only Athasian subrace)
Half-Giant (new race)
Mul (new race)
Thri-kreen (new race)
Dwarf
As a dwarf, you gain all the dwarven traits described
in the PHB (Con +2, size, speed, darkvision, dwarven
resilience, dwarven combat training, tool proficiency,
stonecutting, languages). The only subrace you can
choose is the Athasian Dwarf.
Athasian Dwarf
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases
by 1.
Focus. Dwarves must have a Focus. A Focus is some
task (such as crafting a weapon or besieging a
fortress) that the Dwarf holds paramount over
everything else in their life which must be complex
enough to require at least a week to complete.
Once per short rest, you gain advantage on a d20 roll
directly related to your focus.
For every week a Dwarf fails to make progress
towards their Focus, they gain a level of exhaustion as
their will to live withers away. This exhaustion cannot
be removed except by furthering progress towards
ones focus.
Elf
PHB (Dex +2, size, speed, darkvision, keen senses, fey
ancestry, trance, languages). The only subrace you can
choose is the Athasian Elf.
Athasian Elf
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score
increase by 1.
Fleet of Foot. Your base waking speed increases to 35
feet.
Elf Run. An elf can travel at a Fast Pace without
suffering any penalties (such as fatigue or penalties to
Passive Perception).
Mask of the Wild. You can attempt to hide even when
lightly obscured by foliage, sandstorms, siltstorms,
and other natural phenomena.
Halfling
As an halfling, you gain all the halfling traits described
in the PHB, except the Lucky trait (Dex +2, size, speed,
brave, Halfling nimbleness, languages). The only
subrace you can choose is the Athasian Halfling.
Athasian Halfling
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.
Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even
when you are obscured only by a creature that is at
least one size larger than you.
Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws
against poison, and you have resistance against
poison damage.
* You do not have the Lucky trait*
Half-Giant
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2, your Constitution score increases by 2. Your
Intelligence score is reduced by 2.
Speed. Your base land speed is 30 feet.
Size. You size is Large. See the Large Player
Characters sidebar for more info.
HalfGiant Toughness. Your hit point maximum
increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you
gain a level.
Mercurial Nature. Half-Giant are easily influenced and
rapidly change their minds. After every long rest, one
of your Personal Characteristics (PHB p. 123) will
change to match that of one of your fellow party
members.
Languages. You can speak Common.
Mul
Ability Score Increase. You Strenght score increases
by 2, and you Constitution score increases by 1.
Size. Your size is Medium.
Darkvision. You can see in the darkness within 60
feet of you as if you were in dim light. However, you
cant discern color in the darkness.
Inexhaustible. As an action, you may reduce your
exhaustion by one level. You cannot use this feature
again until after you have taken a long rest.
Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation
skill.
Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit
points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit
point instead. You cannot use this feature again until
after a short or long rest.
Untiring. Once every 48 hours, when you take a long
rest you may regain all expended Hit Dice.
Additionally, while you must still use a long rest to
recover spent resources, you can choose to go up to
72 hours without take a long rest, staying awake the
entire time, suffering no additional adverse effects.
After 72 hours, you are considered to have been
awake for 24 hours; you then begin to incur adverse
effects as per the normal rules.
Languages. You can speak Common and Dwarvish.
Thri-Kreen
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Speed. Your base land speed is 35 feet.
Size. Your size is Medium.
Alien Nature. Thrikreen are so different from all of
the other humanoid races that you suffer
disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made
to influence anyone other than a thrikreen.
Chamaleon Carapace. You have advantage on
Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Darkvision. Accustomed to running across dunes or
grasslands throughout the day and night, you can see
in the darkness within 60 feet of you as if you were in
dim light. However, you cant discern color in the
darkness.
Hard Carapace. When wearing no armor, your AC is
equal to 13 + your Dexterity modifier.
Multiple Limbs. You have four arms and can hold
items in each of your arms. On your turn, you may
interact with two objects or features of the
environment for free.
Claws. You claws are natural weapons, which you can
sue to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them,
you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your
Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage
normal for an unarmed strike.
Poisonous Bite. Your bite is a natural weapon, which
you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with
it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your
Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage
normal for an unarmed strike.
Also, one per short rest you can inject a paralyzing
poison with your bite. If you hit, the target must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be
poisoned for 1 minute. If the saving throw fails by 5 or
more, the target is also paralyzed while poisoned in
this way. The poisoned target can repeat the saving
throw on each of its turns, ending the effect on a
success. The save DC is 8 + your Constitution modifier
+ your Proficiency bonus.
Sleepless. You do not sleep. You still need a period of
8 hours of light activity to gain the benefits of a long
rest.
Standing Leap: You can long jump up to 30 feet and
high jump up to 15 feet as part of your movement
without taking a running start.
ThriKreen Weapon Training. You have proficiency
with the chatkcha and gythka.
Unusual Body Shape. You can only wear armor or
clothing specially designed for thrikreen; such
equipment costs double its normal price.
Languages. You can speak ThriKreen and Distorted
Common. Due to your physiology, other races will
have difficulty understanding you, as your speech
comes out elongated and hissing.
Large Player Characters
The races presented in the Player's Handbook are all
Small or Medium sized, and the weapons and combat
rules presented therein are designed around those
sizes. Until official Large-sized player races come out,
the following rules can be used to better represent
them in combat.
Weapons
Large-sized creatures can use Large-sized weapons
(DMG p. 278). This significantly increases damage
output, and might be considered disruptively
overpowered for a player character. When using
Medium-sized weapons, use the following rules for
weapon properties:
- Large creatures struggle with Light weapons,
and have disadvantage on attack rolls with
them.
- One handed weapons without the "versatile"
trait are treated as light weapons for the
purpose of qualifying for two weapon fighting.
- Weapons with the "versatile" trait deal the
damage given in parenthesis even if wielded
in only one hand.
- Two-handed melee weapons can be wielded
in one hand
Carrying Capacity
As noted in the PHB p. 176, Large creatures have
double the carrying capacity.
Consumables
Based on the food and water needs (DMG p. 111),
Large creatures require four times as much food and
water per day.
Cover
It should be harder for a Large creature to find cover
(PHB p. 196). The DM will adjudicate this, but roughly
speaking where a Medium creature would find total
cover, a Large creature might only receive three-
quarters cover; where a Medium creature finds three-
quarters cover, a Large creature might only receive
half cover; and where a Medium creature finds half
cover, a Large creature might find none.
Chapter 3: Classes
As a general rule, Athasian character cannot read and
write. Depending on your background, the DM can
rule that your character has learned how to read and
write.
Barbarian
Naming
The beast aspects Bear, Eagle and Wolf in Path
of the Totem Warrior are replaced with Braxat,
Kestrekel and Tembo.
Bard
Not available. Consider playing a Rogue with the
Entertainer background.
Cleric
Only available domains for PCs are Air, Earth, Fire,
Water.
Fire Domain
Cleric
Level Spells
1st Hellish Rebuke, Searing Smite
3rd Flame Blade, Continual Flame
5th Elemental Weapon (Fire), Fireball
7th Conjure Minor Elemental (Fire), Wall of Fire
9th Conjure Elemental (Fire), Flame Strike
1st Level You can use your Turn Undead ability on Water creatures. You
gain Produce Flame as a Cantrip.
1st Level Fires Wrath You can use fire to rebuke attackers. When a
creature within 5 feet of you that you can see hits you with an attack, you
can use your reaction to cause the creature to make a Dexterity saving
throw. The creature takes 2d10 fire damage on a failed saving throw, and
half as much damage on a successful one. You can use this feature a
number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once). You
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
2nd Level Channel Divinity: Sculpt Spells You can create pockets of
relative safety within your fire spells. When you cast a fire spell that affects
other creatures that you can see, you can choose a number of them equal
to the spells level + 1. The chosen creatures automatically succeed on
their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they
would normally take half damage on a successful save.
6th Level Channel Divinity: Wreathed in Fire This effect lasts for 1
minute. Any creature that ends its turn within a 5 feet radius of you must
make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 2d6 fire damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Undead always
take full damage.
8th Level Burn the Unholy Any turned Undead (using the Channel
Divinity ability) also take 1D6 fire damage per Cleric level on a failed
Dexterity saving throw. If they make the save they take no damage.
Undead that are destroyed are burned into a pile of ashes.
17th Level Conflagration When you would normally roll one or more
dice for damage with a fire spell, you instead use the highest number
possible for each die. For example, instead of dealing 2d6 fire damage to a
creature, you inflict 12 fire damage.
Templars. These are the clergy of the Sorcerer Kings,
and unless youre playing an evil campaign, they wont
be available as PCs. See the Templar in the Bestiary
Druid
As per PHB. Consult with the DM regarding Athasian
beasts.
Fighter
Eldritch Knight not allowed
an area with abundant vegetation (a garden, a forest,
a grassy plain).
Whe a wizard defiles the land, any spell he cast is
treated as if he ahd expended a spell slot one level
higher.
Example: Sadira casts a fireball spell, expending a 3rd-
level spell slot. She defiles the land, and all vegetation
within 15ft of her withers and dies. The damage of her
fireball will be 9d6, as if she had used a 4th-level spell
slot.
You cannot defile a patch of land that is already
defiled.
Chapter 4: Personality and Background

Mystic
Chapter 5: Equipment
As per Unearthed Arcana
https://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/UA
Due to the rarity of metal, weapons and other items
Mystic3.pdf
constructed primarily from metal are priced at their
Players Handbook listed cost in gpthey are not
Monk
converted to Cp. For example a metal longsword costs
Not available
15 gp (or 1,500 Cp). Weapons and items containing
only small quantities of metal are priced at half their
Paladin
Players Handbook listed cost in gp. Divide the listed
Not available
Players Handbook price by 2.

Ranger
The following weapons from the Players Handbook
As per PHB can be constructed from nonmetal materials without
penalty: bolas, all bows (and arrows), club, all
Rogue crossbows (and bolts), dart, dagger, greatclub,
Arcane Trickster not allowed javelin, all lances, all maces, net, nunchaku,
quarterstaff, sai, sap, sling (and bullets), all spears,
Sorcerer and whip. They weigh the same as listed in the
Not available Players Handbook. These weapons cost 1% of the
listed price in the Players Handbook. Simply convert
Warlock the listed price in the Players Handbook to Cp. For
Not available example, a spear listed at 2 gp in the Players
Handbook costs 2 Cp.
Wizard
You can choose Deception as one of your skills during Material Cost Weight Break
character creation. Metal 100% 100% -
Additionally, Wizards can Read and Write any Stone/Obsidian 5% 200% 1
Bone 3% 50% 1-2
languages they know.
Wood 1% 50% 1-2-3

Defiling. When a Wizard casts a spell using a spell slot, * this does not apply to missile weapons
he can choose to defile the land. All vegetation within ** minimum of 1 damage

5ft times the level of the spell slot used withers and
Breaking Weapons. Nonmagic stone, obsidian, bone,
dies. This area is halved (round up) if the defiler is in
and wooden weapons are prone to breaking.
Whenever you roll max damage on your base weapon
dice, roll a d20. If you roll the indicated number, your Banded Mail and Splint Mail: These armors are
weapon is broken. fashioned from shavings of agafari wood, bonded to
softer, more flexible woods, and treated with a
Armor hardening resin.
All forms of armor given in the Players Handbook
have a nonmetal equivalent that costs 1/100th of the
cost listed in the Players Handbook; simply change
the gp price to Cp. In addition to being the equivalent
of armor on a metal rich world, thousands of years of
tortuous heat have lead Athasian armorers to develop
ingenious air ventilation and air circulation methods.
This allows medium and heavy armors to be worn in
the Athasian heat.

While Athasian characters use all the varieties of

armor described in the Players Handbook, the armor
they use incorporates materials commonly found in
the world around them. Though most of the armors
are made using various parts of common Athasian
animals, the armor construction process makes use of
several different reinforcement methods developed
over time. Many of the armors are highly composite,
made using the pieces of several different animals no
two suits of armor look quite alike. Through the use of
hardening resins, shaped chitin and stiff leather
backings, Athasian armorers can craft remarkably
durable armors from the material at hand.

Breastplate, Full Plate and Half Plate: These armors

are constructed using choice plates taken from shelled
animals, such as mekillots or braxat.

Studded Leather: This armor is crafted using closeset

rivets made of bone, hardwood, stone, or talons.

Shell Armor: Shell armor is made by weaving giants

hair around the shells of various small creatures such
as an aprig. Shell armor is the Athasian equivalent to
the Players Handbooks chain mail armor.

Chitin Armor: This armor is skillfully made by

interlocking hexagonal bits of chitin (usually carved
from a kanks carapace). Chitin armor is the Athasian
equivalent to the Players Handbooks chain shirt
armor.

Scale mail: Scale mail is usually made from the scales

of an erdlu, inix or other naturally scaled creatures.
 Talent (roll 1d12)
Chapter 6: Customization Options 1. Beacon 7. Mind Meld
2. Blade Meld 8. Mind Slam
3. Blind Spot 9. Mind Thrust
New Feat: Wild Talent*
4. Delusion 10. Mystic Charm
You know one Talent and one Discipline of your 5. Energy Beam 11. Mystic Hand
choice. You have 4 Psi Points, which you can use to 6. Light Step 12. Psychic Hammer

augment your Discipline. These points are restored at

Discipline (roll 1d4 and 1d10)
the end of a long rest. Your Psi Limit is 2. Your
d4 d10 Discipline
spellcasting ability for these spells is Intelligence.
1 1 Adaptive Body
1 2 Aura Sight
(*) All Athasian PCs gain this feat for free at character 1 3 Bestial Form
creation. Both the Talent and the Discipline are 1 4 Brute Force
selected randomly in this case. See the following two 1 5 Celerity
tables. 1 6 Corrosive Metabolism
1 7 Crown of Despair
1 8 Crown of Disgust
1 9 Crown of Rage
1 10 Diminution
2 1 Giant Growth
2 2 Intellect Fortress
2 3 Iron Durability
2 4 Mantle of Awe
2 5 Mantle of Command
2 6 Mantle of Courage
2 7 Mantle of Fear
2 8 Mantle of Fury
2 9 Mantle of Joy
2 10 Mastery of Air
3 1 Mastery of Fire
3 2 Mastery of Force
3 3 Mastery of Ice
3 4 Mastery of Light and Darkness
3 5 Mastery of Water
3 6 Mastery of Weather
3 7 Mastery of Wood and Earth
3 8 Nomadic Arrow
3 9 Nomadic Chameleon
3 10 Nomadic Mind
4 1 Nomadic Step
4 2 Precognition
4 3 Psionic Restoration
4 4 Psionic Weapon
4 5 Psychic Assault
4 6 Psychic Disruption
4 7 Psychic Inquisition
4 8 Psychic Phantoms
4 9 Telepathic Contact
4 10 Third Eye
Chapter 8: Adventuring

Food and Water (PHB p. 185)

Extreme Heat (DGM p. 110)

Foraging (DMG p. 111)

Chapter 11: Spells

Spells that create metals are never permanent.

Spells that create water only function at strength.

Athas has no connection to the Astral Plane, nor to

the Outer Planes.

Changes to Cleric Spells

1st Level
Create or Destroy Water (only Water domain)
Purify Food and Drink (only Water domain)

2nd level
Continual Flame (only Fire domain)

3rd level
Create Food and Water (only Water domain)
Meld into Stone (only Earth domain)
Water Walk (only Water domain)

4th level
Control Water (only Water domain)
Stone Shape (only Earth domain)

5th level
Flame Strike (only Fire domain)
Planar Binding (will only bind an elemental creature of your Domain)

6th level
Planar Ally (will only conjure an elemental creature of your Domain)

7th level
Conjure Celestial (will only conjure an elemental creature of your Domain)
Fire Storm (only Fire domain)
Plane Shift (only to/from Elemental planes)

8th level
Control Weather (only Air domain)
Earthquake (only Earth domain)

9th level
Astral Projection (Athas is cut off from the Astral plane)
Gate (only opens on the Elemental planes)