I am in the middle of building a campaign and part of it takes place in the Athas. I am wanting to present the party with an actual threat towards the end of their stay in the hellacious world of Dark Sun by way of a Sorcerer King. In order to do so, I was wondering if a Sorcerer King had already been stated up (either officially or 3rd party?) I may be decent at encounter building, but am terrible when it comes to building a balanced monster.
[RPG] Stats for a Sorcerer King in 4E’s Dark Sun
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The religion skill in Dark Sun is not useless if you look at it from a different angle.
History is a more generalized skill so it is less likely that you would have a character that studied history know about the old religious objects that are still around even though the gods are not.
Ex. the party is in a dungeon that a use to be a temple to [insert god here] and have come to a door that is only activated by answering specific questions about the deity or how that religion viewed history, this would make the history check for the challenge much harder then a religion check.
There are other ways to use the religion skill as a main skill in challenges or for interpreting religious texts on the walls of old tombs and such to help get to or around things. Remember that just because the gods are gone now does not mean they were never there. Religious cults and peoples are known for their odd ways, intricate religious objects, and mysterious places.
That is just my take on the matter bass line is that you are the DM do what you feel is best for your campaign and group. A final thought if one of your players has taken the religion skill try to let him use it every so often to make him or her feel like they didn't waste a skill slot.
There is no Pathfinder-specific Dark Sun material
Dark Sun is the property of Wizards of the Coast and Paizo's not allowed to touch it; that part's pretty simple. Additionally, Paizo has not published any first-party psionic material for Pathfinder, though Dreamscarred Press has done some phenomenal third-party stuff for that system that I highly suggest to you without reservation or qualification.
Random Wild Talents Got Dragged Behind a Shed and Shot
A table for random wild talents no longer exists for 3.X whatsoever. This is a good thing, believe it or not, because it makes your job as a DM much easier (to wit: it prevents you having to deal with random high-level powers tagged onto your PCs or monsters on accident). I would not suggest looking or building a replacement for this system, mostly because of the below:
There are some ways to represent what you're looking for
If you don't, or can't, use the Dreamscarred Press rules (which I am sadly not as familiar with as I would like) 3.5 still has some options for you. You could, for example, give your players Wild Talent as a bonus feat. Wild Talent gives them a single power point (but not any specific powers); access to that power point officially makes them Psionic beings, permits them to gain psionic focus, gives them access to psionic feats and lets them use certain psionic items. Alternately - or additionally! - you could give them/permit them the Hidden Talent feat, which grants two power points and access to a first-level power, many of which have staying power well beyond when a first-level spell would stop being useful (for example, a melee character will always enjoy the use of the expansion power). I'd suggest mining Dreamscarred Press's releases for additional options.
One Last Thing
With just a little bit of effort (mostly in the form of emphasizing certain feats and powers that are more martial-seeming and not flashy) the Psychic Warrior class can very easily be used to represent a martially-inclined character who has a natural psionic gift. They're not as magically powerful as a Psion or Wilder would be and retain a strong emphasis on triumph by force of arms, which can be enhanced by choosing and using psionic powers that buff themselves instead of going for flashy, attention-grabbing powers that look obviously magical. If any of your players are thinking of a martial concept, suggest it to them and see where it goes.
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Searching the compendium for solo controller leaders as examples gave me a bunch of Sorcerer Kings from the Dark Sun creature catalog!
So, in short, Yes, sorcerer-kings have already been given official stats.
Scale the level to your liking and you're good to go!