Valley of Dust and Fire (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons / Dark Sun Accessory DSR4) [Paperback]

L. Richard Baker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: TSR (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560763167
• ISBN-13: 978-1560763161
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,544,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ur Draxa before the Prism Pentad, December 14, 2007

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This review is from: Valley of Dust and Fire (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons / Dark Sun Accessory DSR4) (Paperback)

This accessory expands the Sea of Silt and describes the Valley of Dust and Fire, which became the Valley of the Cerulean Storm in the revision. It's a great Dark Sun expansion and fit for epic-level play.

First it describes the Sea of Silt, including a few ruins. The second part is the Great Ash Storm which is a hurricane of volcanic ash. Once you get in there, you're in the Valley of Dust and Fire, which is a scorched obsidian plain where the sun doesn't shine because of the storm overhead. There are several very interesting terrain types here, and it's populated by feral tribes of slaves that escaped from Ur Draxa. At the center of the Valley is the Ring of Fire, which is a donut-shaped sea of molten lava.

At the center of the Ring of Fire is Ur Draxa, the city where the dragon lives. Ur Draxa is about ten miles in radius, has walls over 500 feet high and 50 feet thick, and has a temperate forest/farm climate inside the city walls. At the center of the city is the Dragon's sanctum, which is his garden, and the Obsidian Orb that was later revealed to hold Rajaat the warbringer's essence.

The city is ruled by the drgaon through the kaisharga. It's pretty standard for Dark Sun cities, except they're xenophobic and believe that their city is the only one in the world. The Ring of Fire and inward is warded against teleportation, too, and flight is nigh impossible due to the heat and wind.

There are lots of really nasty monsters in this book, like magma golems, kaisharga, etc. and it has encounter tables for the different areas.

Overall, I give this a very good review, essential for Dark Sun campaigns before the Prism Pentad rendered the whole accessory useless. Really the fact that the timeline was advanced to account for the Prism Pentad, leaving this book unusable after Free Year 10 is the only downside to the book. The map shows a little bit of the lands east of the Sea of Silt, too, which were not shown on the map in the revised campaign setting boxed set.