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Adding in other classes
New player/ GM Ive been reading and skimming the forums I was wondering about adding Oriental Adventures to the setting.
Any thoughts?
- Chainsaw
- Warlord
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Re: Adding in other classes
Welcome aboard!
hawkwing2k5 wrote:
New player/ GM Ive been reading and skimming the forums I was wondering about adding Oriental Adventures to the setting.
Any thoughts?
Sure! A while back, I had an idea about a group of samurai lost in a snowstorm and mysteriously transported to Hyperborea. You could easily have any OA-type class arrive into Hyperborea under similarly strange conditions, then either use them in an isolated fashion or even have them set up a secret society where they begin training others. My belief is that Hyperborea is ripe for cross-genre gaming. Only real question would be whether to simply re-skin an existing class (change the fluff) or use the existing ones as templates to build something from scratch by mixing/matching abilities and powers. Let us know how it goes!
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- DMPrata
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I’d recommend reading Joe Salvador’s Forgotten Fane of the Coiled Goddess for information on the Lemurian Remnant.
- Spider of Leng
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There was an OSRIC adventure published a few years ago called "The Frozen Wave Satsuma" that would be a perfect hook for such a thing. And I just found this online:
[link removed - management]
"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold? Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side? Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero. But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
- gizmomathboy
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Satsuma looks still to be under copyright
We don't want to undermine the work of folks creating content for us.
What? Me worry?
- Spider of Leng
- Swordsman
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Wasn't sure about that; just found a link and copied it. Sorry
"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold? Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side? Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero. But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
- Chainsaw
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Wasn't sure about that; just found a link and copied it. Sorry
No worries! All good. 
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- Spider of Leng
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Re: Adding in other classes
Incidentally, I did pay for my copy, as I got it in the Advanced Adventures hardcover compilation through Lulu.
"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold? Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side? Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero. But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
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