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1ST EDITION ERA The original ''Oriental Adventures'' (ISBN 0-88038-099-3) was written by Gary Gygax , David "Zeb" Cook , and Francois Marcela-Froideval, and published in 1985 by TSR, Inc. for use with the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Edition rules. The book's early chapters introduce ten Character Classes and three Races that Oriental campaigns use in place of D&D's original classes and races. Further chapters provide spells, monsters, magic items, and other rules used in Oriental campaigns.
The fantasy setting introduced in the original ''Oriental Adventures'' is Kara-Tur . TSR went on to produce eight Adventures using the ''Oriental Adventures'' rules and the Kara-Tur setting. Gary Gygax intended to incorporate the material from ''Oriental Adventures'' into revised versions of the ''Players Handbook'' and ''Dungeon Masters Guide'' Gary Gygax, "The future of the game", ''Dragon'' 103:8-10, Nov 1985., but left TSR shortly after announcing the projectGary Gygax, "From the Sorcerer's Scroll", ''Dragon'' 122:40, Oct 1987.. Little if any material from ''Oriental Adventures'' was incorporated into the AD&D 2nd Edition core books, and ''Oriental Adventures'' itself was never revised for the 2nd Edition. 3RD EDITION ERA The second version of ''Oriental Adventures'' (ISBN 0-7869-2015-7) was written by James Wyatt and published by Wizards Of The Coast in October 2001. It uses the Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules. The book includes 5 new races, 5 new classes, over 25 new prestige classes, 100 new spells, and 75 new monsters. The featured campaign setting of this edition is Rokugan , a campaign setting originally created for the game Legend Of The Five Rings . The second ''Oriental Adventures'' won the 2002 Ennie Award for "Best Campaign Setting". The ENnie Awards - 2002 ENnie Archive , retrieved June 17, 2006. REFERENCES FURTHER READING
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