I'm interested.  Remember, Ocean, there'll be more than one session.
Dr. Ears, the Burnt World of Athas is down at the moment, but I have some PDFS of Dark Sun info if you want to look at them.

4es SRD isnt as easily found as 3.5es, and a lot more people are experienced with 3.5e afaik

I'm acquainted with 3.5 myself...haven't played 4e. I've heard a lot of bad things about 4e, like it's dumbed down or something? I'm not sure. Have you played it before, Unguided?

Anyway, this sounds pretty cool, but I bet scheduling for a game will be annoying.

I'm interested.  Remember, Ocean, there'll be more than one session.
Dr. Ears, the Burnt World of Athas is down at the moment, but I have some PDFS of Dark Sun info if you want to look at them.

Nah man I have the Dark Sun books for 4e, it's all good.

*Pulls out an expandable +4 Hammer of Ridiculosity from his Bag of Holding and bops Faust with it* SQUEAK!

There'll be other chances, you know. . .

Clean them off.  I'm sure dicko will find a way to work things out- either separate sessions, as you say, an option to start your characters at a higher level to offset the EXP gain (Leaked Experience), or whatever. So I'm sure it'll be fine.

TO Digress.. . . I like some of the new 4e concepts, types, and areas- the Genasi, the Primordials, and Returned Abeir spring to mind- but haven't actually played in the battle system. I suspect some of the new characters could be converted to to the old versions, so one could play a Genasi in 3.5, for example, though origins might need some altering, unless one decided to use the 3.5 rules in the 4E world.

Genasi appear in the Manual of the Planes, and its an easy transition to adapt them for a PC race. Probably have a LA+1 like most planar races though

Cool!

However, if  I DO play tonight (or whenever we meet next) I'm thinking of being a bard- I haven't tried that yet but I believe it would be a good fit.  A bit of trickery, a little magic,  oodles of style and lots of varied knowledge, with singing as a bonus.

Drat, I forgot! *Was busy reading Forgotten Realms Wiki* Maybe I can join the party next session.

I sort of enjoy the party dynamic going on. We have Parrap, the eternal goody-two shoes, Gremlian, the belligerent rogue always up for a scrap and to be as irreverent as possible, and Carfal, who is trying to be the Machiavellian manipulator of sorts and getting into even more trouble than the others combined. Gonna be even more nuts when we meet up with the other party members, there's a nice healthy mix of chaos already.