I just finished up and submitted an article to Dragon Magazine. It’s another Dark Sun article, for the January Campaign Classics issue. The article is intended for a planescape style “travel to another world” campaign, which pretty much focuses you in some awkward directions — especially for a world that’s always wanted nothing to do with the standard D&D cosmology. Think I did pretty well with it though. I’ll see if the editor gets back to me.
I owe Brax a thanks for looking over the article for me, doing a bit of editing, and shaving off about 250 words, all on short notice.
Is it going to be like the articles fro the Dragon/Dungeon issues? I didn’t like that those were set in the future. I actually plan on updating the old adventures with what athas.org has been doing.
Also, in 2e, Athas was a closed sphere. It prevented world hopping to and from there. I know in 3e that cosmologies are different and everything is supposed to be balanced, but I think the flavor should be saved.
No, it’s not like the Dragon/Dungeon DS articles from a few years back. It’s set in a pretty much generic time — very local, not dealing with world events at all. Basically, it’s set in the present.
I’m very much aware of the closed sphere thing, and the lack of travel in other ways. There really wasn’t a lot I could do about the premise of the article — it’s the theme of the whole magazine. So, the choice is to either work with it (the door *is* locked) and make sure the thing lets out in the middle of nowhere, and under a somewhat hostile situation, or to pass on it, and let someone else write the aricle, with who knows what level of impact …
For the most part, however, the articles in the Campaign Classics issues of Dragon aren’t really meant for the fans of the campaign settings — they’re meant to recruit new interest. As such, complete purity isn’t really the target, sadly …