Al qadim was a 2e campaign setting that had an arabicdesert theme. Not about to dm the setting just got curious about the d20 adaptation o. Alqadim sourcebox originally published in october 1994. Stories set in the alqadim world these are in swedish, and thus rather pointless for those of you who dont understand the language.
The alqadim campaign will enchant roleplayers for a thousand and. Alqadim campaign box set hardcover box set, july 1, 1993. I love the idea of offering a unique dragonborn variant for this setting, but it. This village is situated on a series of small plateaus in a mountainous region of my alqadim campaign. Thematically, the land of zakhara is a blend of the historical muslim caliphates, the stories of legend, and. Introduction coming from a port city, the players are all aboard a merchant vessel shipping spices to a continent across the ocean, a two week trip. If the line had continued, tsr was considering pairing the crusades with a book drawn from their own arabic setting, alqadim arabian adventures. Al qadim campaign setting is themed after the arabian nights stories. But effectively birthright is dead, especially if a new campaign guide doesnt come out. Hr7 the crusades campaign sourcebook 2e nine hundred years ago, the dark ages ended. Zakhara, also known as the land of fate, was a giant peninsula of the same supercontinent. Planescape campaign setting 2e wizards of the coast. Alqadim is set in the land of zakhara, called the land of fate. It is the default for most of the story arcs so far, and already has one sorta setting product.
Dungeon masters guild dungeon masters guild character. I need names of modules and sources of adventures for an upcoming desert campaign. Arabian adventures 1992, by jeff grubb with andria hayday, was the 150page rulebook that introduced the setting of al qadim. However, alqadim appeared under its own label, and not the forgotten.
Land of fate 5e conversion morrus unofficial tabletop. Tour the city of brass, from its golden towers to its brazen streets, foil the evil yak men and their dao servants, travel on the desert whirlwinds of the jann. Unsurprisingly, the seeds of metaplot were planted in the planescape campaign setting as well, primarily through mentions of the blood war and the mysteries of the lady of pain. Click on the desired option using the sword cursor. The forgotten realms campaign setting book has just been announced by wotc. Laws of the loregiver as interpreted in our campaign. And that pdf allows me to play 5e using just my old material. Alqadim sourcebox originally published in july 1994. The first in a series of products, this volume features everything dms and players need to launch the al qadim campaign.
Blackmoor was added added as a region to the far north of oerth. These mini settings, as they were, were conceived of as small projects that would allow tsr and gms to explore alternate campaign settings. Hr7 the crusades campaign sourcebook 2e wizards of the. Apps need to be installed before you can set them as the default. Many campaign settings were published officially by tsr and wizards of the coast, while countless other dungeon masters have created their own homebrew campaign worlds.
I was really interested in the setting and i thought the map was super cool. I generally found alqadim settings material of consistent quality. Series of adventures released to support the alqadim campaign setting. Many of us just accepted that the magic settings would only get an occasional short pdf, at best, then ravnica got published. Just click on the appropriate link to download the pdf or rtf file. I own a smattering of the fantastic 2e al qadim books, the complete necromancers handbook whose default setting is also tropicalarabian, and i know that dragon magazine 315 contained an updated shair genie mage class, but i was wondering what else is out. Characters in the campaign, including some pictures image gallery on another site and containing some nudity. Orcs used to be the old default, but its easily possible that most of the orcs she encounters will be more urbane and civilized by aq terms than she is. Earlier 2e settings such as dark sun and alqadim had been created with heavy influence from artists, and this was the case for planescape as well. The actual original settings were the lands around castle. If you would like to incorporate them into your own campaigns, their statistics follow. Obviously, the setting has to be one of the more prominent settings. Also looks like you can get everything on drivethru rpg as a pdf. Normally, climates include things such as arctic, subarctic, temperate, and tropical, and terrain would.
Forgotten realms campaign setting 3rd edition, 2001. Im currently assembling materials for an 1001 arabian nights d20 campaign. Its sort of a frontier outpost that sits near the mountainous boundary between semiarid planes of the north and brutal desert to the south alqadim proper. The forgotten realms are the default setting for most adventures released for 5th edition of. Id like to go with that premise in my next campaign, and wanted to see what ideas you guys could come up with. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends. Join date sep posts 4, the set was designed by david zeb cook and published in it is now a cult game 11 and was out of print until its dvd rerelease as a budget title in dark alliance baldurs gate. It is distributed as a set of individual files, one per topic. A map of the forgotten realms atlas of ice and fire.
A campaign setting that evolved from the b and x series modules. These minisettings, as they were, were conceived of as small projects that would allow tsr and gms to explore alternate campaign settings. Tale of the comet 2e wizards of the coast adventures. Although the quseir project did not have a field season johnson this year, we were actively engaged in the study of the and donald s. Thus, when they released reunion 1998 for alqadim, it would bear the alqadim logo, not odyssey. Much like karatur and maztica, it was presented as a distant continent on the world of toril, the homeworld of the forgotten realms setting. Ive heard multiple people online say this would surprise people. The setting was developed by jeff grubb for tsr, inc. Now that the site is running properly again we will just have to wait to see if any of the editors return. Revealed within are the greatest secrets of the genies. Alqadim certainly has loads of stuff to steal for an arabian nightssinbad setting.
If you plan to run a ravenloft campaign, you filename. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. As the rewhitcomb suit of a formal division with the egyptian organization of antiquities, a very large percentage of the materials. Alqadim uses one thousand and one nights as a theme and is set in the land of zakhara, called the land of fate.
It is the brainchild of canadian writer ed greenwood who started developing it as a setting for fantasy stories when he was just eight years old. Unlike other settings, mystara had ascended immortal beings instead of gods. Masque of the red death and other tales by william w. It seems that the likely course of action is that they will release other classics in pdf form first, with possible hardcover treatments down the road if that setting proves popular and profitable. Fourth edition brought us nentir vale as the default setting, but like. From the citadel of ice and steel to the great dismal delve, the works of geniekind are as wondrous as they are magnificent. This campaign setting is no longer officially supported, however, it is now regarded part of the forgotten realms campaign setting as its setting is mentioned in some forgotten realms sourcebooks and novels. Ive been wanting to do either a 5e alqadim campaign or a southlands campaign, so this is just what ive been looking for. Alq1 golden voyages alq2 assassin mountain alq3 a dozen and one adventures alq4 secrets of the lamp alq5 ruined kingdoms alq6 cities of bone alq7 corsairs of the great sea alq8 caravans alq9 reunion. I feel like there were a few things that had their origin in the al qadim setting woven here and there throughout.
This was what was needed to add a new world campaign with an arabian theme to dungeons and dragons. You were accused of a crime and sought refuge at a mosque. Cardmaster adventure design deck advanced dungeons and dragons game by rich borg. Alqadim campaign setting is themed after the arabian nights stories. See a fantasy arabian setting, with genies, elemental.