Dark Sun 5e

Classes

Definitely In

• Fighter
  • Battle Master
  • Gladiator
  • Largely unchanged
  • Maybe no spell casting variants
  • Maybe Psionic variant
• Rogue
  • Servant
  • Largely unchanged
  • Maybe no spell casting variants
  • Maybe Psionic variant (soul knife)
  • Maybe primal spell variant (wasteland scout)
• Monk
  • Open Hand
  • Maybe an Ascetic/Hermit
  • Maybe Psionic variant (more soul knife the avatar bender)

Constrained

• Barbarian
  • Wasteland (Desert)
  • Caged (Gladiator/Slave/Force to live in a city)
  • Maybe a separate Gladiator as well.
• Druid
  • Circle of Desolation (more wizardy, flashy effects)
  • Circle of Preservation (a lot weaker, Wild shape focused, must expend slots to cast cantrips, locational limit to spell casting)
• Sorcerer
  • Psionic Origin
  • Maybe Draconic Origin
  • Sorcerer Kings will be looking to find, control and/or kill all other sorcerers
• Warlock
  • Sorcerer/Kings
  • Old Ones
• Wizard
  • Defiler school (Evoker+Necromancer)
  • Preserver school (a little weaker, discourage cantrips, more ritual focused)

Probably Better Out

• Artificer(Not Available??)
  • tough because of the lack of physical materials probably better banned or NPC only
  • Tatto Artist
    • Artist or subject may activate the tattoo by touching the tattoo as a full round action
    • it does damage to the subject
  • Ceramics/Crystals (probably better done as a wizard or sorcerer with a crystal spell focus)
• Bard (Not Available??)
  • 5e Bards as they exist today are really hard to make fit
  • Bards are full casters and really live off the fat of the land
  • Vicious Mockery should definitely be added to the Psionic Bag of tricks particularly rogue
  • Maybe a College of Forgotten Lore
• Ranger (Not Available??)
  • Wasteland
  • Urban
  • Maybe better subsumed by the Barbarian and Rogue

Definitely Out

• Cleric (Not Available)
• Paladin(Not Available)