New (Unofficial) Zakhara campaign guide available 04/13/2021

[Ath'kethin]

Ahlan and well met, my friends!

Many of us have missed the storied lands of Zakhara, colloquially known as the Land of Fate. A land of genies, ghuls, mysteries, sultans, and sorcery, Zakhara draws inspiration in equal parts from 1,001 Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights) and 1960s Hollywood glamor.

Now, from the team who brought you the Electrum-bestselling Midnight in the City of Brass, with the invaluable assistance from Ahmed Aljabry of d20Arabia, comes

Campaign Guide: Zakhara - Adventures in the Land of Fate.

This 288 page tome contains the following:

• an overview of the great peninsula's geography
• details on Zakhara's great cities
• details on Zakhara's great wastes and desert tribes
• details on Zakhara's prominent power groups
• almost 100 monster and NPC statblocks
• new subclasses
• an optional take on character kits for 5th Edition games
• a starter adventure for 1st level characters
• appendices full of valuable information such as the local calendar, local terminology, names, and six pregenerated characters

Lavishly illustrated and presented in a style reminiscent of the classic product line from the early 1990s but with an eye toward modern sensibilities, Campaign Guide: Zakhara - Adventures in the Land of Fate has everything you need to either begin your adventures in the distant south or pick up and continue with your old campaign.

Available 04/13/2021 on Dungeon Masters Guild, in PDF and Print on Demand.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I am excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheSword]

How did you get round the IP? license from WOC?

 

[TwoSix]

Sold. I love Zakhara.

 

[Kodiak3D]

How did you get round the IP? license from WOC?

You can use WotC IP if you publish through DM's Guild.

 

[guachi]

Thumbs up!

Question: Does anyone know what actual Arabic word is supposed to be represented by "Zakhara"? Is it from the word for "teem" or "abound" or is it a slight mistransliteration of the Arabic for "flower" or maybe a bigger mistransliteration of "desert"?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

You can use WotC IP if you publish through DM's Guild.

Yep, as long as it is part of one of the allowed settings. And Zakhara is part of the Forgotten Realms, so legal to use.

 

[Ath'kethin]

Thumbs up!

Question: Does anyone know what actual Arabic word is supposed to be represented by "Zakhara"? Is it from the word for "teem" or "abound" or is it a slight mistransliteration of the Arabic for "flower" or maybe a bigger mistransliteration of "desert"?

Thank you!

And the word "Zakhara" means nothing, just sounds cool. Ahmed actually reached out to Jeff Grubb about it, and Grubb confirmed that it was just a vaguely Arabic sounding nonsense word.

For the record, the same is true of the Zakharan names for the calendar months.

 

[jerryrice4949]

Are the monsters illustrated?

 

[TwoSix]

1) Does the book have a spell list divided up by elements to allow for elemental wizards?

2) I don't need a ton of details, but what approach did you take to the sha'ir?