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Legend of the Five Rings OGL\D20
Oriental Adventures
Oriental Adventures introduces the infinite worlds of fantastic Asia to the Dungeons & Dragons game. In these pages, you'll find:
* 5 new races, including Hengeyokai, Nezumi, and Spirit Folk
* 5 new classes, including the Samurai, the Shugenja, and the Wu Jen
* Over 23 new prestige classes, including the Ninja, the Tattooed Monk, and the Yakuza.
* 100 new spells
* 75 new monsters
* A complete campaign setting: Rokugan, the world of the Legend of the Five Rings Trading Card Game.
* 5 new races, including Hengeyokai, Nezumi, and Spirit Folk
* 5 new classes, including the Samurai, the Shugenja, and the Wu Jen
* Over 23 new prestige classes, including the Ninja, the Tattooed Monk, and the Yakuza.
* 100 new spells
* 75 new monsters
* A complete campaign setting: Rokugan, the world of the Legend of the Five Rings Trading Card Game.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2001
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398 books431 followersWizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC /ˈwɒtˌsiː/ or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, the company popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid-1990s, acquired the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by purchasing the failing company TSR, and experienced tremendous success by publishing the licensed Pokémon Trading Card Game. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Renton, Washington in the United States.[1]
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November 14, 2017
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August 10, 2017
First off, I'm likely not the target market, considering that I'm from the "Orient" that's the title is encompassing.
My primary peeve with the book is that it's an odd mix of a Player's Handbook, a Dungeon Master's Guide, and a campaign setting. I think it should have been two separate books.
The sourcebook part is only adequate. Most the early chapters deal with what's out (of the core rulebooks) and what's in (the "replacements" here). For the mostly part, there aren't any direct replacements, but you cant helped but draw similarities, like hengeyokai vs elves, korobokuru vs dwarves, spirit folk vs half-elves, etc. You can obviously draw similarities between the classes, but for the most part, they can stand alone. The spells and equipments are where it shines I think, with obvious real-world inspirations. The prestige classes are poor - most are simply someone trying way too hard to make a typical/normal role in an Asian society and trying to make something "prestigious" out of it. The monk ones are suitable for use outside of an Oriental campaign though.
The section on monsters is way too focused on Rokugan - which is the setting that replaced Kara-Tur as the default. The poor presentations is where throughout the entirety of the earlier chapters, there are hundreds of sections and paragraphs devoted to stating what's in Rokugan and what's not. Yet the sourcebook ends with two chapters entirely abouts Rokugan. It's an odd choice of presentation - why not just put all Rokugan-specific material together? But that aside, this part of the book is pretty decent, as it lays out the history of Rokugan and presents you with a current state of affairs.
My primary peeve with the book is that it's an odd mix of a Player's Handbook, a Dungeon Master's Guide, and a campaign setting. I think it should have been two separate books.
The sourcebook part is only adequate. Most the early chapters deal with what's out (of the core rulebooks) and what's in (the "replacements" here). For the mostly part, there aren't any direct replacements, but you cant helped but draw similarities, like hengeyokai vs elves, korobokuru vs dwarves, spirit folk vs half-elves, etc. You can obviously draw similarities between the classes, but for the most part, they can stand alone. The spells and equipments are where it shines I think, with obvious real-world inspirations. The prestige classes are poor - most are simply someone trying way too hard to make a typical/normal role in an Asian society and trying to make something "prestigious" out of it. The monk ones are suitable for use outside of an Oriental campaign though.
The section on monsters is way too focused on Rokugan - which is the setting that replaced Kara-Tur as the default. The poor presentations is where throughout the entirety of the earlier chapters, there are hundreds of sections and paragraphs devoted to stating what's in Rokugan and what's not. Yet the sourcebook ends with two chapters entirely abouts Rokugan. It's an odd choice of presentation - why not just put all Rokugan-specific material together? But that aside, this part of the book is pretty decent, as it lays out the history of Rokugan and presents you with a current state of affairs.
February 15, 2024
Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.
Kind of a mess of a book, a couple of good classes and a number of prestige classes of varying degrees of quality. Which would be a prefect way to describe this book. Varying degrees of quality.
Feats that are all over the place, more of 3.x's issue of prestige class vomit. How many of them are there? There has to be like 300-400 right?
I just looked it up. 782. Don't worry no bloat here.
This half wants to be a Rokugan guide book with things like the great clans, the taint, the shadowlands. And yet we have a bunch of non-Rokugani shit in here like Wu-Gen and the race who's name I forgot who are literally just 3.0 Dwarves.
The best thing here, and without a doubt the most useful is the monsters. Giving us the Momono and the Kappa. 2 personal favorites of mine.
If you are playing 3.X still this book is a skip
Kind of a mess of a book, a couple of good classes and a number of prestige classes of varying degrees of quality. Which would be a prefect way to describe this book. Varying degrees of quality.
Feats that are all over the place, more of 3.x's issue of prestige class vomit. How many of them are there? There has to be like 300-400 right?
I just looked it up. 782. Don't worry no bloat here.
This half wants to be a Rokugan guide book with things like the great clans, the taint, the shadowlands. And yet we have a bunch of non-Rokugani shit in here like Wu-Gen and the race who's name I forgot who are literally just 3.0 Dwarves.
The best thing here, and without a doubt the most useful is the monsters. Giving us the Momono and the Kappa. 2 personal favorites of mine.
If you are playing 3.X still this book is a skip
September 16, 2008
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