Golden Voyages is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons boxed set. It is part of the Al-Qadim campaign setting and set in Zakhara.
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.
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.
Index[]
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[]
Locations[]
- Regions
- Afyal • Crowded Sea • Golden Gulf • Pearl Coast
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
Gallery[]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Canon material does not provide dating for the Al-Qadim campaign setting. For the purposes of this wiki only, the current date for Al-Qadim products is assumed to be 1367 DR.
Further Reading[]
- Allen Varney (July 1995). “Role-playing Reviews: A Thousand and One Adventures”. In Wolfgang Baur ed. Dragon #219 (TSR, Inc.), p. 50.
External links[]
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.
References[]
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline. ALQ1 Golden Voyages (2e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2014-04-16.
Connections[]
| Al-Qadim | |
| Boxed sets | A Dozen and One Adventures • Assassin Mountain • Caravans • Cities of Bone • City of Delights • Corsairs of the Great Sea • Golden Voyages • Land of Fate • Ruined Kingdoms • Secrets of the Lamp |
|---|---|
| Accessories | Arabian Adventures • Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix • The Complete Sha'ir's Handbook |
| Adventures | Al-Kandil • Blood and Fire • Reunion • The Assassin Within • The Last Oasis • The Rose Of Jumlat |
| Gamebooks | Secret of the Djinn |
| Video Games | Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse |