Oriental adventures contained a chapter written by david zeb cook which provided insight to the oriental setting. Oriental adventures 3rd edition forgotten realms wiki. Good intentions aside, it has taken this long to achieve the desired. Kestrel, michele carter, tom kristensen additional editing. In addition a pair of classic adventures were revisited and updated as free. Oriental adventures was the second version of this rpg source book for. Oriental adventures 3e oriental adventures introduces the infinite worlds of.
Review of oriental adventures rpgnet d20 rpg game index. Oriental adventures abbreviated oa is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published. The adventures ranged from 1stlevel all the way to 20thlevel. Fortress of shadows adventures feng shui adventures feudal japan adventures. Rokugan campaign setting rcs, complete exotic arms guide cea, oriental adventures oa, way of the ninja wotn monk weapon. Advanced dungeons and dragons 1st edition series librarything. Oa1 swords of the daimyo by david cook with kelley foote oa2 night of the seven swords by various oa3 ochimo the spirit warrior. What follows tracks oa in large part, but not 100%. Does anyone remember the archive of adventures that used to live in the 3. Khybers harvest is an adventure for 2ndlevel characters who travel to a peaceful village only to discover that its threatened by an evil which has crawled up from below. Gary gygax says that he started thinking about an asianinfluenced.
Look online for a book called oriental adventures and. Oriental adventures campaign setting pdf each version of oriental adventures provides rules for adapting its respective version of dd for use in campaign settings based on the far east, rather than the. Perhaps the most popular such rpg in this vein is the rokugan setting for the legend of the five rings ccg and rpg. Following the publication of oriental adventures, cook contributed to several asianinfluenced supplements at tsr, including three of the oa adventure books, the horde 1990, and the related horselands. The classes are presented in a confusing way, and some of the mechanics are fiddly, so i thought id streamline it a bit. Rokugan is a land where powerful shugenja and enlightened monks command the forces of the elements. Swords of the daimyo module oa1 oriental adventures by david zeb cook. Normally, a wu jens power is drawn from the five elements earth, fire, metal, water, and wood, and they can choose to master a single element which affords them additional powers. Im looking for a particular one it had a lighthouse and a barghest and hag with a plot to crash ships and rob them.
Night of seven swords advanced dungeons and dragonsoriental adventures module oa2 oa2. Appendix external links errata product listing at wizards of the coast references connections oriental. The featured campaign setting of this edition is rokugan, a campaign setting originally created for the game legend of the five rings. A listing of various free adventures available on the internet. The setting was used by wizards of the coast as the basis for their updated. These pdf files allow you to adventure in the world of the shattered empire, a fantasy world based loosely on the period of the three kingdoms liberally mixed with hong kong martial arts movies, wuxia elements, and dark fantasy moorcock, lovecraft. I needed a dungeon quickly for a new group, and i found this site through bing.
The original oriental adventures introduced two major innovations to the add system. Oriental adventures 3e wizards of the coast dungeons. It is part of the oriental adventures campaign setting and set in karatur. They are like wizards, but there are subtle differences. Oriental adventures lists a variety of different sources, but three were of particular importance. Back in 3rd edition there was the oriental adventure and brought the setting to dnd.
Wizards of the coast offered several unique adventures for dungeons and dragons 3. Because what is found herein is superior and in the proper surroundings as well. While the first one on the list, accursed tower, is notes on a dungeon that you still have to buy not a bad price, i admit, but im broke at the moment, the others i looked at were of good quality. Hi michael, as its six months since your previous replay, id love to get an. Over 25 new prestige classes, including the ninja, the tattooed monk, and the yakuza. Also, a wu jen has the ability to manipulate their spells to change range, duration, effect. Return to the tomb of 5 corners the official introductory adventure for exalted 2nd edition.
If really keen i am posting to my blog the monstersupdates being made and this will form the basis of the v2. Oriental adventures was the second version of this rpg source book for dungeons and dragons 3rd edition roleplaying game. Look online for a book calledoriental adventures and. With the release of the dungeon masters guide, i was excited to see that there is a section on running. Wizards of the coast free adventure downloads series. Occidental in approach, not oriental at least not in the sense of what is known as the far east.
Wu jen are the arcane spellcasters in my wuxia campaign. Night of seven swords advanced dungeons and dragons oriental adventures module oa2 oa2. Zeb cooks original oriental adventures 1985, john wicks rokuganfocused legend of the five rings, and chris pramas wuxiainfluenced dragon fist 1999, which was released as. Follow these steps to create a beginning, 1stlevel character for. Oriental adventures pdf version rpg item version rpggeek.
Karaturs cultures and peoples are fantasy analogues of medieval china, korea, japan, the ryukyu islands, tibet, and other regions of east asia. Welcome to rokugan, a land of breathtaking beauty, where eight clans of powerful samurai warriors struggle against one another in a constant war for supremacy. Apr 30, 2015 wu jen are the arcane spellcasters in my wuxia campaign. Later these evolved into the skill system we know today. This menu can be hidden once the desired settings are entered. Some also see oriental adventures as the first of adds settingheavy. Can anyone remember what that particular adventure was called, and where any of. Intrigue and deception await our heroes in the province of the constructlich.
This is a guide to the shaman originally printed in oriental adventures. As you develop your oriental adventures campaign, it is recommended that you remove the monk character class from the europeantype campaigns. Not the dragon shaman, spirit shaman, shaman cleric variant or any similar spinoff. Can the pcs reach a lonely outpost before it is overrun by the forces of the redgloved daimyo. I played these adventures with my group, so they have minimal playtesting. Shaman handbook oriental adventures the shamans handbook note. A players handbook, dungeon master guide, and monster manual for the oriental realms, containing information on creating characters, spells for the new shukenja and wu jen classes, martial arts, new monsters, treasures, magica items, and basic info on the oriental realm of karatur. All social disabled faster classes in oriental adventures. Sadly i never got into the rpg by aeg and had no player for it to learn the new rules. I liked the setting also because i played the cardgame legend of five rings.
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