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. The cover says legend of the five rings rokugan oriental adventures campaign setting, the left half is blue with a kind of string look for binding, a shirtless samurai guy jumping with a katana in one hand and a wakizashi in the other, the oriental adventures logo on the right, and the names wulf, carman. With the release of the dungeon masters guide, i was excited to see that there is a. A player needs only the players handbook and oriental adventures.
Rokugan oriental adventures campaign setting rpgnet d20. 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. Controls are awkwardly placed at times, and even experienced users may have a hard time finding the tool theyre looking for because its not in. I believe this was the first version i did in pagemaker. The button bar to the left will allow you to access the various download areas. D monster homebrew, monster a day, oriental adventures. Be the first to ask a question about oriental adventures d oriental adventures cover of the first edition.
Rokugan is a land where powerful shugenja and enlightened monks command the forces of the elements. But what if the players started outside of that world, then shouldnt i treat those strange new weapons as exotic. For most players, it was their first glimpse into the history and traditions of oriental cultures outside of the crude caricatures. Appendix external links errata product listing at wizards of the coast. In addition a pair of classic adventures were revisited and updated as free. Samurai and ninja have appeared in a variety of computer and tabletop rpgs, and a few games have been totally based around settings drawn from historical and mythical references in east asian cultures. Because what is found herein is superior and in the proper surroundings as well. Not the dragon shaman, spirit shaman, shaman cleric variant or any similar spinoff. 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.
Oriental adventures 3e oriental adventures introduces the infinite worlds of. User comments wizards of the coast offered several unique adventures for dungeons and dragons 3. The shaman is in the players handbook 2 as a leader based on the primal power source. A listing of various free adventures available on the internet. With the release of the dungeon masters guide, i was excited to see that there is a section on running. Fantasy rpgs have long flirted with the fantastical notions associated with the far east. 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. Wizards of the coast free adventure downloads series. So as i was thinking about the new weapons that i added to my campaign world, i. The one that i looked at was the 3rd edition version. Admittedly, a good part of the draw for me is the setting, but since i like what they were trying to do with the.
Oriental adventures abbreviated oa is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published. The classes are presented in a confusing way, and some of the mechanics are fiddly, so i thought id streamline it a bit. When it announced that a new oriental adventures would be published, many old. The shou lung empire of toril is described as a groundling nation with a realistic approach to space travel and exploration in the entry on the dragonship, a distinctively oriental shoudesigned spelljammer. From the beginning, oriental cultures have had a place within the spelljammer campaign setting. This is a guide to the shaman originally printed in oriental adventures. That makes sense if the players start out in wuxia. Oriental adventures lists a variety of different sources, but three were of particular importance.
Everything you need for 1st edition dungeons and dragons. Karatur, world of eastern mystery, is on the far side of the planet from the forgotten realms campaign setting, but the two cultures interact only if you want them to. So, oriental adventures is one of the few things that can actually bring me back to 3. All social disabled faster classes in oriental adventures. Here you can find oriental adventures pdf shared files. Foremost, this list looks like the listings that one may find in a phonebook today when looking for martial arts classes. Oriental adventures was the second version of this rpg source book for dungeons and dragons 3rd edition roleplaying game. Follow these steps to create a beginning, 1stlevel character for. It is possible that there is more recent edition version classes. The sample setting in the 3e oriental adventures is, therefore, rokugan.
Honestly all you need is the players handbook, the first monster manual and the dms guide and modules. Stan rated it really liked it apr 14, nov 14, roger royer rated it really liked it. What follows tracks oa in large part, but not 100%. The featured campaign setting of this edition is rokugan, a campaign setting originally created for the game legend of the five rings.
Wizards of the coast offered several unique adventures for dungeons and dragons 3. This marked the first time ever that tsr released two hardcover books in a single year, following from unearthed arcana 1985. I dont entirely know how well the oriental adventures classes have aged or even if they were good to begin with. 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. It is part of the oriental adventures campaign setting and set in karatur. Foremost, this list looks like the listings that one may find in a phonebook today when looking for martial arts classes not exactly good medieval fantasy material here. Rokugan oriental adventures campaign setting rpgnet d20 rpg. You are allowed to use all of it, put it on your website if you mention this site closeby, and print it. Download oriental adventures pdf files tradownload.
Review of oriental adventures rpgnet d20 rpg game index. Over 25 new prestige classes, including the ninja, the tattooed monk, and the yakuza. Oriental adventures 3e wizards of the coast dungeons. Appendix external links errata product listing at wizards of the coast references connections oriental. It seems like a good start for someone doing oriental adventures in 5e.
Shaman handbook oriental adventures the shamans handbook note. 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. Perhaps the most popular such rpg in this vein is the rokugan setting for the legend of. Oriental adventures 3rd edition forgotten realms wiki. All of it is free and pure fan material no illegal stuff here. Kami, oni, ghosts, tuenrin, kappa, kami, dragons, bakemono for example. With oriental adventures, gamers gained the ability to mix the weapons and armor, the warriors and wisemen, the creatures and gods of the east into their campaigns. Rokugan campaign setting rcs, complete exotic arms guide cea, oriental adventures oa, way of the ninja wotn monk weapon. The classes are presented in a confusing way, and some of the mechanics are fiddly, so i thought i d streamline it a bit. You can find them with the previous ones in this pdf. As you develop your oriental adventures campaign, it is recommended that you remove the monk character class from the europeantype campaigns.