"Slave Tribes" is a book that's heavy on fluff, something that had become quite common at TSR following the appearance of setting sourcebooks in 1987. However, it mostly focused on general details, which was unusual for TSR at the time readers would have to wait for DSR4: "Valley of Dust and Fire" (1992) to get a more typical geographical reference! "Slave Tribes" was thus the first of four books in Dark Sun's Reference series, running through DSR4: "Valley of Dust and Fire" (1992) - before TSR changed their module naming policies again and started producing "S" Sourcebooks instead!Īs the first reference for Dark Sun, "Slave Tribes" offered the first detailed look at the setting since the Dark Sun (1991) boxed set the previous year. The Reference books were the result of a 1990 policy at TSR that separated out the "A" Adventure and "R" Reference books for the company's most popular settings. 1992 would be much busier, beginning with the January release of "Slave Tribes", the first of the Dark Sun "Reference" books. Because of its September release, only a few supplements appeared that first year: a novel and an adventure.
Dark Sun appeared late in 1991 as the third 2e AD&D world. It was released in January 1992.Ĭontinuing the Dark Sun Series. The deadly world of Athas shows no mercy to those who are unprepared for its dangers!ĭSR1: "Slave Tribes" (1992), by Bill Slavicsek, is the first Dark Sun Reference book, detailing the setting of Athas. It also shows players how to form their own tribes when their characters escape the clutches of the sorcerer-kings. Slave Tribes enables the DM to create entirely new tribes to roam the Dark Sun campaign. The most prominent and successful slave tribes of the Tyr region are presented in great detail in this accessory. The Dark Sun game world is now open to campaign in realms beyond the reach of sorcerer-kings.
Who are these ghosts of the desert? Where do they live? How do they survive far from the high walls of the city-states? Slave Tribes answers these and many more questions about the ex-slaves who escape into the desert. They overrun caravans, strip them bare then vanish into the untracked wastes once more. Out of the swirling, bone-dry sands of Athas come hordes of raiders.
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