Bone, Stone, and Obsidian
Robert Adducci and Jesse Heinig talk about Dark Sun from every angle, Dungeon Mastering, Playing, Races, Classes, History, Sorcerer Kings, City States, you name it. It's about survival on the sands of Athas on this show so grab a d20 and get ready to enter the arena.
Episode 23: The City-State of Balic
In this episode we take a deep dive into the silt side city of Balic.
Show Notes
The sands of Athas are unforgiving to those without bone, stone, or obsidian to protect their water–and their lives. In this episode Jesse and Robert set their silt sails for the City-State of Balic.
Topic
Balic is one of the 7 city-states in the Tyr region and it’s seen the least detailing as a city-state. Jesse and Robert explore the city of sails across editions and timelines.
Show Notes
- Athas.org
- As part of the recent announcement of Spelljammer release the Nightmare Beast has been released on their website & D&D Beyond.
- City-State of Urik by June Soler on Reddit
- FY47, in June’s own timeline where several SK’s have com
- That said it’s only mentioned in like 3 places and doesn’t seem to really matter, so it could be used for any timeline.
- Moons of Athas – City-State of Draj Calendar
- Adventures under a Dark Sun Blog – 100 Non-combat encounters
- Adventure Hook – Dark Sun actual play has new episodes
- Lawful Stupid is doing Dragon’s Crown – just got to Arakle
- Vorpal Tales
- Veiled Alliance Headquarters VTT Maps
- Mike Fleming Balic map
- Chris Moneymaker fan project
- Roman thermopolum (restaurant)
Contact
- Robert Adducci (@Raddu76, Patreon)
- Jesse Heinig ( @JesseHeinig )
- Bone, Stone, and Obsidian (obsidian@athas.org)