Oriental Adventures (3rd edition)

This article is about the 3rd edition sourcebook. For the 1st edition sourcebook, see Oriental Adventures.

Oriental Adventures is an accessory for the 3^rd-edition of Dungeons & Dragons^®.

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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 25 new prestige classes, including the ninja, the tattooed monk, and the yakuza
100 new spells
75 new monsters

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Contents[]

Introduction
Chapter 1: Races
Chapter 2: Characters
Chapter 3: Prestige Classes
Chapter 4: Skills and Feats
Chapter 5: Description and Equipment
Chapter 6: Combat
Chapter 7: Magic and Spells
Chapter 8: Magic Items
Chapter 9: Monsters
Chapter 10: Campaign Design
Chapter 11: The Empire of Rokugan
Chapter 12: The Shadowlands
Appendix 1: Spell Index
Appendix 2: Monster Index
Appendix 3: Pronunciation Guide

Description[]

The featured campaign setting of this edition is Rokugan, a campaign setting originally created for the game Legend of the Five Rings. The book includes: seven playable new races, five new base classes, 17 new prestige classes, over one hundred new spells, and seventy-five new monsters, over a dozen of which (including five types of Naga) were given level adjustments for adapting them into playable races.

Oriental Adventures won the 2002 Ennie Award for Best Campaign Setting.^[1]

Credits[]

Designer: James Wyatt
Editors: Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Michele Carter, Tom Kristensen
Additional Editing: Duane Maxwell
Managing Editor: Kim Mohan
Creative Director: Richard Baker
Art Director: Dawn Murin
Graphic Designer: Cynthia Fliege
Cover Art: Raven Mimura
Interior Artists: Matt Cavotta, Larry Dixon, Cris Dornaus, David Martin, Raven Mimura, Wayne Reynolds, Darrell Riche, Richard Sardinha, Brian Snoddy, Arnie Swekel
Cartographers: Robert Lazzaretti
Typesetting: Erin Dorries
Business Manager: Anthony Valterra
Project Managers: Justin Ziran
Production Manager: Chas Delong

Appendix[]

External Links[]

Oriental Adventures Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2001-10-12). Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved on 2020-03-19.
Excerpts: Oriental Adventures (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2001-10-05). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.
James Wyatt (2001-10-19). The Mahasarpa Campaign (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Oriental Adventures. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-10.
Errata

References[]

↑ 2002 ENnie Awards Noms and Winners (Web). (2002). Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.

Connections[]

Supplemental Sourcebooks

3rd and 3.5 edition

[1] 2002 ENnie Awards Noms and Winners (Web). (2002). Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.

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