D&D 5E Arabian Nights adventures for 5E?

[Jreilly89]

I doubt it's probably high on WOTC's list, but are there any 3rd party or otherwise Arabian Nights style adventures for 5E? Otherwise, I think I will end up running X4 Master of the Desert Nomads and X5 Temple of Death using the conversion guides available.

In regards to that, has anyone used the Classic Modules Today guides before? I downloaded their free one and it seems fine, but nothing majorly impressive.

 

[toucanbuzz]

It's not 5E, but Pathfinder's "Legacy of Fire" adventure path (3rd edition rules) was styled for Arabian Nights with an ancient genie war and desert setting. Gnolls play a big part in the first two modules, so it works great with the expanded gnoll monsters put out in Volo.

 

[jayoungr]

Check out some of the Southlands modules put out by Kobold Press. Some of them are more Egyptian-themed, but many take place in a city resembling 19th-century Cairo, which is not too far off from Arabian Nights and does have the desert setting. Cat and Mouse has definite overtones of The Maltese Falcon. Or the "Three Little Pigs" series (Warlock Lairs 30-32) is set in the same city, with the three beautiful daughters of a wealthy merchant being turned into pigs. Either of those would be good places to start.

 

[3catcircus]

I dunno, X4/X5 always struck me as more Indian subcontinent or SW Asia-inspired than Arabian/Middle Eastern.

 

[Jreilly89]

Check out some of the Southlands modules put out by Kobold Press. Some of them are more Egyptian-themed, but many take place either in a city resembling 19th-century Cairo, which is not too far off from Arabian Nights and does have the desert setting. Cat and Mouse has definite overtones of The Maltese Falcon. Or the "Three Little Pigs" series (Warlock Lairs 30-32) is set in the same city, with the three beautiful daughters of a wealthy merchant being turned into pigs. Either of those would be good places to start.

Sounds good, I'll check them out!

I dunno, X4/X5 always struck me as more Indian subcontinent or SW Asia-inspired than Arabian/Middle Eastern.

That may be a more apt description, I was just pulling out names to give a general sense of what I'm after.

 

[jayoungr]

That may be a more apt description, I was just pulling out names to give a general sense of what I'm after.

If "fantasy Egypt" is within the realm of what you're looking for, the Southlands setting also has several cool tomb crawls which I didn't mention in my first post because they are not Arabian specifically.

Some links you might find interesting:

Southlands and the Arabian Nights

Some things naturally go together, like cake and ice cream. Among them are incredibly rich and unique campaign settings and adventures that stir them to life. Kobold Press combines the distinctive flavor of the Middle East, Egypt, and Africa with the Southlands Kickstarter. Southlands draws upon...

koboldpress.com

Short article discussing the influence of Arabian Nights on the Southlands.

So You Want to Play in Midgard? (But You Don’t Know Where to Start)

You’ve picked up the Tome of Beasts or maybe the Creature Codex. Maybe you have the Midgard Heroes Handbook. You were thinking about just dropping these monsters into your homebrew or adding those subclasses. But you keep hearing about this Midgard place, this amazing campaign setting that...

koboldpress.com

Includes a "Southlands campaign arc" list of adventures that can take you from level 1 to 10 in the setting.

 

[Tonguez]

I dunno, X4/X5 always struck me as more Indian subcontinent or SW Asia-inspired than Arabian/Middle Eastern.

thats true, but its fine since the new version of Disneys Alladin is very Indian Subcontinent too. Plus the original 'Arabian Nights' was Persian and based in an Indian frame story

 

[Quickleaf]

MT Black just released the Calimshan Adventurer's Guide on DMsGuild which might offer some things of interest!

 

[jayoungr]

MT Black just released the Calimshan Adventurer's Guide on DMsGuild which might offer some things of interest!

Just added that to my wishlist, thanks!

 

[Demetrios1453]

MT Black just released the Calimshan Adventurer's Guide on DMsGuild which might offer some things of interest!

Oooh, that looks nice! Definitely taking a closer look as a potential purchase.