Mythic Arabia/Persia for D&D 3.5?

[Turjan]

Maybe everyone here could get together and recreate it as a fan product?

Well, all of you guys, anyway. I've got way too much on my plate as it is.

So, go on. Get cracking!

Well, the netbook that I linked is just that .

 

[Crothian]

Maybe everyone here could get together and recreate it as a fan product?

Well, all of you guys, anyway. I've got way too much on my plate as it is.

So, go on. Get cracking!

I want something published with pretty pictures and real game balance.

 

[humble minion]

What I want (and I've been saying this for years now) is an Arabian Adventures book.

Make it like Oriental adventures. Make it a toolkit, with a default setting (say Al-Quadim), but provide options for those who want to make it a more realistic or whatever setting.

WotC should do it. Or failing that Green Ronin. Decent HC book. It would be great.!

Way back in the dim dark ages, when the OGL was still shiny and new, I was working on this exact book. I even used the phrase 'like Oriental Adventures, but Arabian' in my pitch.

Unfortunately, my publisher went the way of all flesh, the alternative publisher they recommended me to turned out to be a bunch of fly-by-nighters, and now all that's left of the project is 30 000-odd words and a bunch of plans and chapter outlines sitting idle on my hard drive. I'd go back to it in a second if there was some real interest from a real publisher, and I've even thought of putting in the work, getting it finished, then releasing it as a pdf or something, but I have no experience in graphic design, layout work or art, so that prospect is pretty daunting at this stage. Though unless someone beats me to it, I'll probably bite the bullet one day...

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

If WOTC had half a brain, there would be a bunch of this type of stuff in Sandstorm.

 

[Krieg]

If WOTC had half a brain, there would be a bunch of this type of stuff in Sandstorm.

...but then they wouldn't have room for dire armadillos & half-fiendish roadrunners!

 

[Nisarg]

I agree. Its an unfortunate development. Al-Qadim preceeded Al-Qaida by many years, but in this knee-jerk enviroment, I doubt it would be well-recieved. WOTC would HAVE to rename it.

First, its Al-Qaeda, not Al-Qaida. I thought I'd mention that because several people have repeated this spelling mistake.

Second, in reality, Al-Qaeda (the movement) preceeds Al-Qadim (the setting) by a few years, it just didn't figure in American public perspective until (in many cases) 2001.

Nisarg

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

First, its Al-Qaeda, not Al-Qaida. I thought I'd mention that because several people have repeated this spelling mistake.

Since we're talking transliteration between two different alphabets, it's not a spelling error, just like "Quran" and "Koran" are two popular spelling variants for the same word. The AP Stylebook uses a different spelling for AQ than Reuters, to take an example from my field.

 

[Nisarg]

Since we're talking transliteration between two different alphabets, it's not a spelling error, just like "Quran" and "Koran" are two popular spelling variants for the same word. The AP Stylebook uses a different spelling for AQ than Reuters, to take an example from my field.

Technically you're correct, though al-qaeda is the more conventional spelling. Consider that it gets three times the number of google hits.

Nisarg

 

[LoneWolf23]

Al-Qadim is a great setting. I think there is room for it, especially if produced as an FR product. Don't make Al-Qadim the 'big title.' Call it 'Forgotten Realms: Fun in the Sand' in big font and 'A Return to Al-Qadim' in smaller font. Slap on a disclaimer that the book doesn't support international terrorism....kind of like how Palladium slaps 'we do not support the occult' on their books. Problem solved....but then again, Al-Qadim is slightly redundant to Calimshan and the like for FR purposes.

Just call it "Arabian Adventures" like when it was originally printed, I think.

 

[Ranger REG]

Just call it "Arabian Adventures" like when it was originally printed, I think.

Actually, it is "Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures by Jeff Grubb. For intermediate to advanced players, age 10 and up."