Golden Voyages

Golden Voyages is a 2-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons boxed set. It is part of the Al-Qadim campaign setting and set in Zakhara. "Who among you dares to challenge the high seas?

Inspired by the tales of Sinbad, Golden Voyages provides the source material and adventures needed to run a mini-campaign on the Crowded Sea. Detailed backgrounds, perilous locations, and wondrous NPCs populate the enchanted seas. Player characters will discover wildly different adventures as they sail from place to place.

Golden Voyages includes: six booklets filled with mini-adventures, an overall framing adventure, expanded rules on ships and sailing, details and background concerning topography, tribes, and new locations, and plenty of maps and player handouts; Monstrous Compendium pages detailing new monsters; a custom DM screen for use in all AL-QADIM games; and a poster map of the Crowded Sea.

Recommended for use with the Arabian Adventures rulebook."

Description
In Golden Voyages, the player characters are cast adrift on the Crowded Sea, then sent on side-trips to the Strait of Sorrow and the Steaming Isles. The linking story sends the PCs on a rambling ocean voyage to seek a Great Treasure in an archipelago thick with wonders. The Dungeon Master chooses one of ten Treasures suited to the inclinations of his group (power gamers, warlords, role-players, story-tellers, or puzzle solvers), then plants clues that lure the PCs through seven mini-adventures in any order the DM likes.

The first book, Home Port: Wherein the Tale Begins is a 32-page book that includes an outline of the Golden Voyages campaign, the framing story encounters (beginning in the Pearl Cities), descriptions of the possible Great Treasure (the object of the adventure), expanded rules on ships and sailing, and background on the ways of Zakharan sailors. The last part of this booklet contains additional rules and background.

The second book, The Crowded Sea: al-Sartan, is a 16-page booklet that describes the islands that form Jazayir al-Sartan. It includes descriptions of topography, tribes, and The Great and Dread God, an adventure set in these islands.

The third book, The Crowded Sea: Nada al-Hazan, is a 16-page booklet. It covers the Nada al-Hazan (Strait of Sorrow) chain, including the trading port of Bandar al-Sa'adat. Two adventures, A Night in Town and The Isle of Sadness, are set in these islands.

The fourth book, The Crowded Sea: The Djinni's Claws is a 16-page booklet that details the deadly archipelago known as the Djinni's Claws. Several small adventures, Servitude, Broken Talons, and Shark Food are set in these islands.

The fifth and final book, The Crowded Sea: The Steaming Isles, is a 16-page booklet about the fog-shrouded and volcanic Steaming Isles, and the perils and treasures found there. Praise be the Loregiver is set on these islands.

Also included is a 16-page booklet containing maps used in the adventures, useful DM aids, deck plans, and player handouts for Golden Voyages. A Monstrous Compendium is also part of the boxed set.

Artifacts

 * Appearing
 * Blade of Mastery • Book of Lore • The Crab God's Shell • Earring of Prince Mamoon • Judgment of Abd Hikmat • Oracle of the Hakima • Seal of Fate • Spear of the Wandering Legion • Umar al-Rubban's Suwar • Voice of the Great Lion

Characters

 * Appearing
 * Diyab al-Jaradi • Fayiz • Husam Ibn Aasim al-Zalim • Kerim • Mauj • Sultan Yusef al-Wadi


 * Referenced only
 * Khalid al-Zayir • Umar al-Rubban

Crew positions

 * Appearing
 * Bahriyin • Nakhuda • Rubban • Rubbaniyah

Events

 * Appearing
 * Festival of the Pearl

Items

 * Appearing
 * Compass • Cross staff • Daftar • Kamal • Rahmani

Locations

 * Regions
 * Afyal • Crowded Sea • Golden Gulf • Pearl Coast


 * Settlements
 * Gana • Huzuz • Ibn Mutamin • Jumlat • Tajar

Monsters

 * Coelenite • Ogrima • Sartani


 * Referenced only
 * Marid • Reef giant

Ships

 * Appearing
 * Baghla • Barijah • Boom (ship) • Sambuk • Zaruq


 * Referenced only
 * Dhow

Spells

 * Referenced only
 * Geas • Magic missile • Sundazzle • Wall of fire