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 Oriental Adventures -- Asian
magic, combat, mystery, and monsters, all with a
D&D twist. It's a beautiful book that takes its
graphic inspiration from the texture of handmade papers and
the grace of calligraphy mixed with the kickin' edge of the
new D&D style. Check out this new gallery of art
drawn from the book, and if you haven't bought
it yet, what's keeping you? All the great classes and
races from the original 1st edition AD&D are back
and much, much more. And there are more weird, wonderful,
mysterious Asian-inspired monsters than ever before -- from
all the varieties of lung dragon, to the grisly mamono
(wouldn't want to shake hands with one of those), to
the classic hopping vampire (check him out in the Oriental
Adventures
excerpt). Get yourself warmed up with Chinese Ghost
Story and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and then
join the rest of your gaming group as they crack open their
copies of the book and dive in for some serious Asian fantasy
roleplaying.
Characters and Combat
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| Bear warrior
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Foot and fist
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Iaijutsu focus |
Ninja spy (top)
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Races of
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to right: Henshin mystic, Shintao monk, tattooed
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Left
to right: Weapon master, witch hunter, yakuza |
Prone
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Samurai |
Shaman |
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| Shapeshifter
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Shugenja |
Sohei |
Sorcerer |
Void
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Equipment and Magic
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| Ashigaru armor |
Bone armor |
Brigandine |
Chahar-aina |
Cord armor |
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| Dastana |
Dhenuka |
Fire wings |
Great
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Kappa
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| Lamellar |
Leather scale |
Mempo of pure
thought |
Partial armor |
Snake
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Tessen |
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Weapons (top to bottom, then
left to right): Row 1: chain, shikomi-zue; row 2:
sasumata; row 3: lajatang; row 4: chakram,
fukimi-bari, korobokuru lajatang; row 5: blowgun,
kusari-gama; row 6: greater blowgun; row 7:
three-section staff; row 8: sodegarami; row 9:
sang kauw; row 10: chijiriki |
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Weapons (top
to bottom, then left to right): Row 1: wakizashi,
ratling tail spikes, butterfly sword; row 2:
nagamaki; row 3: katana, ninja-to; row 4: tonfa,
goad; row 5: nekode, sai,war fan; row 6: jitte,
kawanaga; row 7: kau sin ke; row 8: naginata |
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Monsters
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| Bajang |
Bakemono |
Bisan |
Bog hag |
Doc cu'o'c |
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| Dokufu |
Fire
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Hannya |
Hebi-no-onna |
Hopping vampire |
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| Jiki-ketsu-gaki |
Kappa |
Ki-rin |
Lung dragons
(left to right): Tu lung, chiang lung, li lung,
lung wang |
Lung dragons: Pan lung (top), shen
lung, ti'ien lung, tun mi lung (left to
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| Mamono |
Nats: Lu nat
(top), hkum yeng nat (left), einsung nat
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Oni: Me-zu oni
(top), common oni (left), go-zu oni (right) |
Onikage |
Pennaggolan |
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| Rokuro-kubi |
Shadowlands oni:
Akuma no oni (back), kyoso no oni (right), skikibu
no oni (front) |
Shinomen naga |
Shirokinukatsukami |
Spirit centipede |
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| Tako |
Tasloi |
Tengu |
Tigbanua buso |
Tsuno |
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| Wang-liang |
Yeti |
Yuki-on-na |
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Rokugan
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