I've been watching a video on Al-Qadim, and the land of Fate is one of those settings which TSR stopped and Wizards never redeveloped due to two problems:
1. A lot of people liked Quasi-Medieval fantasy. Faerûn settings simply outsold those for Al-Qadim.
2. Al-Qadim is a great setting that had some problems from the get go. Mostly because TSR was overextending itself during the '90s.
BUT . . . I'm thinking of running a game set in Zakhara: The Southern Realms. However, I wonder, how many people will be willing to play in a setting based off of the Arabian Nights and Sinbad? There were a lot of movies produced based off of Sinbad and the Arabian Nights tales. Even Disney got one off (Aladdin).
I could do an adventure with Qadira in Golarion, but Zakhara of the Forgotten Realms is very detailed and I have a lot of material to base a game there. Yes, if you read the Arabian Nights tales, and seen some of the Sinbad movies (and there are a lot of them) and enjoyed them, then a campaign set in Zakhara could be your ticket.
However, it would mean redeveloping Al-Qadim for 3e and Pathfinder. Wizards won't call foul on a game set there, though. The game that I'll run won't be a paid game in money. Which means its purely a hobby game (mostly because I don't want to get sued by Wizards).
This, hypothetical game, will have the hallmarks of a Fantasy game inspired by the Arabian Nights tales. If I get a lot of interest, I'll put the Waterdeep idea on the back burner and run this instead.
You know, that might be a perfect setting for a dervish dancer of some sort. There are a number of classes and archetypes that could pull it off. I would be interested in trying that.
I’m not familiar with the specifics of Zakhara, but the general premise sounds interesting.
The Al-Qadim: Land of Fate set costs only ten dollars to download from Drivethru.
Sounds like fun.
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Would love to get in on this.
I imagine a Summoner, genie-flavored.
Neat, that's seven so far that are interested.
Reviewing materials for Al-Qadim and Zakhara I noticed that it notes that Ogres living peacefully with the normal population. I have long had this idea of an Ogre that uses a "cannon" and after the initial volley uses it basically as a large metal great club.
As always, I expect the answer to be no, because 'Ogre', but just thought I would throw it out there.
Reviewing materials for Al-Qadim and Zakhara I noticed that it notes that Ogres living peacefully with the normal population. I have long had this idea of an Ogre that uses a "cannon" and after the initial volley uses it basically as a large metal great club.
As always, I expect the answer to be no, because 'Ogre', but just thought I would throw it out there.
Yeah, I'm sure we would have to build the Ogre's stats from the ground up.
Seems like a good campaign to build toward a Living Monolith, which I’ve always wanted to try by never had a good opportunity for. Not sure what I’d start as, maybe an Oread unMonk or Brawler? Not sure I want to commit to that with certainty, though.
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Elton, have you decided on the character creation specifics you are going to use for this campaign?
What level would be starting at?
No, I haven't. But when I do, I'll create a separate recruitment thread.
I'm thinking level 3 to start out with.
You keep offering up all these games I'm interested in... but then stick to a system that is archaic to me. Hopefully one of these days you'll offer a PF2e game... :-)
You keep offering up all these games I'm interested in... but then stick to a system that is archaic to me. Hopefully one of these days you'll offer a PF2e game... :-)
I checked out PF2e. And I didn't like all of it. It would be a disservice if I ran PF2e. Not to the players that would play, but for me. Plus there are other reasons, but they are more personal.
Hmm...
I think it's time to put up a recruitment thread.