Seeking Hindi/Indian Adventures For Inspiration...

[Flynn]

Good Afternoon, All:

For those that have been reading my campaign/Savage Worlds evaluation thread, you may be aware that my players are about to embark on a dungeon crawl. I want to capture something of a Hindi or Indian flavor, and was hoping that perhaps someone had already released a dungeon with Hindi elements, either free online or in Dungeon magazine, or perhaps as a third-party adventure. If you know of any, please feel free to post the title and source (URL if free on the internet), so I can check it out. (I can convert easily, so it's okay if the adventure is D20, or even an older version of D&D.)

If not, any suggestions on monsters, traps or dungeon dressing that would capture a proper Hindi/Indian flavor? (Again, I can convert, so system is relatively not an issue.)

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and efforts on this request.

With Regards,
Flynn

 

[tankschmidt]

It's not quite Hindi/Indian, but Empire of the Petal Throne has a lot of influences from that part of the world. You can find some handy-dandy links for that game at the OD&D discussion boards, located here: http://www.odd74.proboards76.com/v45index.cgi?board=ept&action=display&thread=609

There are also some stats for Tekumel-style creature located over there, here: http://www.odd74.proboards76.com/v45index.cgi?board=ept&action=display&thread=651

If you search drivethruRPG by publisher for M.A.R. Barker, there's a bunch of Tekumel PDF's available too.

If not, any suggestions on monsters, traps or dungeon dressing that would capture a proper Hindi/Indian flavor?

Rakshasas. Definitely Rakshasas. The wikipedia entry alone is inspring: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa

 

[Voadam]

There is a 2e Ravenloft module set in their Indian realm of Sri Raji, it deals with weretigers, rakshasa, kali death cultists, etc. There is a temple to raid but not a full dungeon.

I don't remember the name off the top of my head but I think it has illusions in its title. It has a rakshasa on the cover.

I ran it and enjoyed it but it has lots of jarring elements I would suggest tearing out. Foreign outsiders are slain on order of the ruling high priestess by her thugee assassins and people turn them in, but the party's guide is a foreign girl who was orphaned young and raised by locals who kept her secret simply by giving her a big mask. Also some wonkiness with lycanthropic infected PCs must be dealt with. I ditched the girl guide quickly and had fun with the different power group factions.

 

[Merova]

There is a 2e Ravenloft module set in their Indian realm of Sri Raji, it deals with weretigers, rakshasa, kali death cultists, etc. There is a temple to raid but not a full dungeon.

I don't remember the name off the top of my head but I think it has illusions in its title. It has a rakshasa on the cover.

The module is Web of Illusion. It's a decent adventure.

Another option is the Map of the Yakshini Palace, a location supplement for Dog Soul Publishing's Sahasra setting. It is merely a location description, without an accompanying adventure, but it's nicely designed. It's a pdf publication.

Sadly, there isn't a strong supply of Indian-inspired rpg products.

---Olivia

 

[Kvantum]

There's a bit of Indian flavor in Ruined Kingdoms, a 2e Al-Qadim box set, though it's mostly just generic jungle ruins/temples to forgotten gods type of stuff.

http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=16878&it=1

 

[DeadlyUematsu]

The Star of Kolhapur is a good Indian-flavored adventure:
http://paizo.com/store/downloads/wizardsOfTheCoast/aDAndD2/adventures/v5748btpy7mgn

 

[Ahzad]

Green Ronin's Mythic Vistas Mindshadows has a Indian/South East Asian kinda feel to it
http://www.greenronin.com/Merchant2...ode=1001&Product_Code=grr1402&Category_Code=3

 

[Rafael Ceurdepyr]

I've written several Indian flavored products published in PDF by Dog Soul. Besides the already-mentioned Map of the Yakshini Palace, there are Sahasra: Land of 1,000 Cities (the main setting book), and adventure called Sahasra: The Spirit in the Spice Groves, and The Books of Faith: Hinduism. Also in the line is James Quigley's Items of Magic and War. They're all available through RPGNow at big discounts.

Donna

AKA

 

[Flynn]

Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. If you have any more, feel free to post. In the meantime, I'm going to check a few of these out!

With Warm Regards,
Flynn

 

[Alzrius]

This is a setting rather than a dungeon crawl, but hopefully it'll be of some help. WotC's Indian web enhancement to Oriental Adventures was called Mahasarpa.