Press the generate button and the results will appear below the form. Perhaps the most popular such rpg in this vein is the rokugan setting for the legend of the five rings ccg and rpg. It seems like a good start for someone doing oriental adventures in 5e. What follows tracks oa in large part, but not 100%.
Dragonlance adventures advanced dungeons and dragons by tracy hickman. Jun 19, 2008 as for karatur, its existence is kind of weird basically, it was 2e, but used the oriental adventures rules and was thus 1e. Simply select method desired and the number of times you need it. Oriental adventures pdf version rpg item version rpggeek. Everything you need for 1st edition dungeons and dragons. Wu jen are the arcane spellcasters in my wuxia campaign. Honor was reflected in a characters family, going so far as influencing family. They did this to test others reactions, to prepare for a hazardous circumstance, to hone their skills, and simply for their own amusement. Becmi had the mystic class although people give it flack as well as the land of ochalea mentioned in the poor wizards almanacs series. Oriental adventures 3e wizards of the coast dungeons. Oriental adventures 3e oriental adventures introduces the infinite worlds.
This is the kroten adventures manual for the l5 module, providing five adventures in an around the town of kroten on the lendore isles. Several expansion manuals for advanced dungeons dragons. Oriental adventures introduces a fareastern campaign setting, replete with ninjas and. The classes are presented in a confusing way, and some of the mechanics are fiddly, so i thought id streamline it a bit. Thus, a 1stlevel hengeyokai can switch from human form to animal form and back again in a single day. This supernatural ability functions like the polymorph other spell, but a hengeyokai can change form a number of times per day equal to 1 plus his character level. Both times, its basic purpose has been to provide information and mechanics to assist dms and players who want to run games using a more asian feel. Gary gygax with david cook and francois marcelafroideval.
An official but not 100% comprehensive update of oriental adventures to the v. Thats why i highly recommend the rokugan book over oriental adventures if you want to set your game in rokugan itself. Two 96page books describe the places, culture, politics, monsters, magic, people, religions, and more, plus advice on running a longterm oriental adventures campaign, bringing characters from other worlds into karatur to other worlds. Dms guide and the second moster manual are the two attachments. They are like wizards, but there are subtle differences.
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. Jan 21, 2014 honestly all you need is the players handbook, the first monster manual and the dms guide and modules. With the release of the dungeon masters guide, i was excited to see that there is a section on running. Players handbook 2nd edition, premium edition 2100. However, a more recent inspiration might be the anthropomorphic animal martialartist characters of the thenrecently released usagi yojimbo and teenage mutant ninja turtles comics. This is the official campaign setting for the oriental adventures rulebook. Each is broadly modeled after a specific land and era in the far east, allowing a. Just comparing them to wood elves, they seem to be slightly underpowered, though i admit im still not 100% on how the races in. Free in pdf, once their current kickstarter reached a certain number of. The classes in oriental adventures are barbarian, fighter, monk, ranger, rogue, samurai, shaman, shugenja, sohei, sorcerer, and wu jen. Oriental adventures 1e dungeon masters and players. Sep 20, 2017 here are three religious classes for oriental themed games. Advanced dungeons and dragons 1st edition series librarything. 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.
Shepherd compared the sourcebook favorably with bushidoanother oriental roleplaying game of the ddition, feeling that oriental adventures was a better choice as a game system. Kami, oni, ghosts, tuenrin, kappa, kami, dragons, bakemono for example. Oriental adventures 1st edition oriental adventures is something of an anachronism now, especially since the word oriental is sort of taboo these days. Here are three religious classes for oriental themed games. Oriental adventures covers the classes of adventurers, weap ons, armor, spells, magic, and even the special monsters that make the legend and myth of the far. 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. Fourthly, the oriental adventures book allowed me to create the framework of a new worldkaratur. Oriental adventures is something of an anachronism now, especially since the word oriental is sort of taboo these days. Review of oriental adventures rpgnet d20 rpg game index. Because what is found herein is superior and in the proper surroundings as well. As you develop your oriental adventures campaign, it is recommended that you remove the monk character class from the europeantype campaigns. Second, oriental adventures included an honor system, in which honor points were lost when a character failed to behave in a correct fashion or uphold the family name. Details this is the kroten adventures manual for the l5 module, providing five adventures in an around the town of kroten on the lendore isles. Dungeon had some oa adventures, definitely for 1e and 3e.
They valued a prank played well, without witnesses or. Hengeyokai of all breeds were naturally mischievous and enjoyed tricking people, regardless of what others, or their victims, thought of them for it. In francois marcelafroidevals original design, oriental adventures was supposed to be set in the world of greyhawk. It is part of the oriental adventures campaign setting and set in karatur. On this site you will find several adventures based on a pseudochinese oriental adventures setting, maps with an oriental theme, as well as campaign information for the shattered. For beginners or experts, players or dms, this book holds all the information on oriental character classes, races, spells, magical items, weapons, fighting styles, and monsters. For the pdflayer challenged, i have now added nonlayered. Gary gygax with david cook and francois marcela froideval. Need to generate character attributes for 1e advanced dungeons and dragons. Despite that, the 1e oriental adventures sourcebook kept being referenced for years after the release of 2e showing that edition lines werent as hard and fast then as they are now. I like the nezumi too, though i think they might be deserving of another small boost.
I believe this was the first version i did in pagemaker. Besides karatur, some supplements on the horde forgotten realms, which is geographically in between karatur and faerun, was released as well they use many of the oa rules, as well as some 2e realms rules such. Oriental adventures is a term on tg that can refer to either of two things. Also, a wu jen has the ability to manipulate their spells to change range, duration, effect. Apr 30, 2015 wu jen are the arcane spellcasters in my wuxia campaign. Nov 23, 2011 dungeon had some oa adventures, definitely for 1e and 3e. Every character was expected to possess proficiencies in noncombat arts with skills such as calligraphy, etiquette, or animal handling, a mechanism that was explored in more detail in the 2nd edition of the general. Oriental adventurers pdf advanced dungeons and dragons.
Throughout these pages are references to the lands of karaturshou lung, ti lung, kozakura, and more. The familiar sohei and yamabushishukenja and a not quite fluffed out priest. Hengeyokai can change shape, assuming one of three possible forms. The book was edited by steve winter, mike breault, anne gray. I was wondering, are there any dragonlance adventures in 2e or 1e rules that can be downloaded in pdf format. I was disappointed in the monster section though, as for many of the monsters you are only provided with guidance in how to create them instead of stat blocks. This wet as far as the character sheet being simply thrown away, if such behavior continued. I have some of the older stuff for modules that i bought years ago, but i actually do not have all that much in the form of modules. Honestly all you need is the players handbook, the first monster manual and the dms guide and modules.