Athas' in the Flow (was: Sealing Crystal Spheres ( Was Re: Gold-Steel Exchange))

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Miller" <nghtdrud@??????.net>

>         The only product I've seen that even suggests that Athas is in the
same
> Prime as Krynn, Toril, & SJ was from CSHB, and there it suggests that
> Athas is "lost" somehow, either sealed or very distant.  I wouldn't be
> surprised if WotC finally comes out and says that Athas is in a whole
> other multiverse, not unlike the Far Realm.  I.E. it really doesn't have
> a place in the "TSR Planes".

If I remember Correctly, and I may be way off here, the explanation offered
was as follows:

Long ago, before the dawn of recorded history on Athas, the Githyanki were
using Atlas as a staging base from which to launch some kind of attack.  The
Githzerdi unleashed a very powerful anti-magic/Psionic bomb on the planet to
kill off the enemy.  This a few major side effects.  First, it unwove the
weave, leaving All Athaisian magic to be life based.  Second it cut off the
Astral and Outerplanes, ending all gods, and leaving like a 10% chance of
ever getting into or out of the Astral Plane.  Third, it psionically imbued
all forms of life.  Finally, it 'sealed' the crystal sphere, a kind of
reflex action to keep the anti-magic effects from leaking out into the rest
of the world.

It has been officially said that Dark Sun is not a far future realm, and its
important to note that the 'known' Dark Sun world is approximately the size
of Colorado.  But both of those are off topic.

Personally if I were going to do some inter space pirating, I'd be using
whale ships to transport water to and from Athas, rather than Steel to
Krynn.

Dark Lord B0unty

I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve,
I have a history of losing my shirt.