teh bunneh Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I don't have my book in front of me or I'd just look it up, but can someone quick tell me if there is an Fantasy Arabia-equivalent in the Turakian age? Vast deserts, bejeweled cities, nomadic tribes on camels, flying carpets, forty thieves, Djinn and Ifrits granting wishes and causing trouble, etc? Thanks! Bill. (And a page ref so I can look it up when I get home?) :hat in hand: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? There is no specifically Arabian cultural analog. The closest you might come would be some parts/tribes of the Harge****e Empire of Vashkhor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? Hey! Steve got *bleep*ed! Anyway, are there any Arabian-themed RPGs out there? Except GURPS Arabian Nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? There's the D20 Al Qadim setting, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? ...tribes of the Harge****e Empire of Vashkhor. That is the funniest thing I have seen all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? Hey! Steve got *bleep*ed! Anyway, are there any Arabian-themed RPGs out there? Except GURPS Arabian Nights. Al-Qadim has alreday been mentioned, thre was also an Arabian Nights book for Rolemaster (it was similar to ICE's Campaign Classics line, but published after the split with Hero so it did not include Hero stats, only Rolemaster ones). What's cool about it? it was written by James L. Cambias, of Star Hero fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? So, are we only talking about Turakian Age, or other systems/settings, too? If the later, Far Harad seems quite Arabic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? To be honest, I feel like an "Arabian" setting in Fantasy HERO would be more in line with the Valdorian Age. Djinni, sword-swinging mercenaries and adventurers, thieves, and long lost forgotten tombs filled with traps... Sounds like the Valdorian Age to me. I don't have my copy of The Valdorian Age here at work, but I bet there's a country with an Arabian aesthetic to it in there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTemp Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? I would expect the upcoming book about a fantasy Middle Ages Europe to include a chapter about "Arabien nights" style play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted October 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? To be honest' date=' I feel like an "Arabian" setting in Fantasy HERO would be more in line with the Valdorian Age. Djinni, sword-swinging mercenaries and adventurers, thieves, and long lost forgotten tombs filled with traps... Sounds like the Valdorian Age to me. I don't have my copy of [i']The Valdorian Age[/i] here at work, but I bet there's a country with an Arabian aesthetic to it in there somewhere. Good point. Anyone know if there's a fantasy near-east area in the Valdorian Age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? Well, as Steve said, Vashkhor comes closest . . . I guess the Arabization wouldn't be too big a project . . . ? Edit: Ohhh, the Valdorian Age? I'd have to get back to you on that one, I'm just in the middle of the first chapter . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrat Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? I always pictured the Indusharians to be more Arabian-like. The Thun are my Egyptian empire motif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? The Indusharan cultural analog would be Hindu India -- or at least, that's what I had in mind when I wrote it. Each GM's free to change and interpret as he sees fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? I do find it amusing that the profanity filter would catch an official name. Since I don't have Turakian Age, it took me a little bit to figure out that what was getting bleeped was Hargeshite. Eh, and I thought I would sneak one past the filter, but I guess I'm no h4xx0r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? The Indusharan cultural analog would be Hindu India -- or at least' date=' that's what I had in mind when I wrote it. Each GM's free to change and interpret as he sees fit. [/quote'] Sounds about right to me, though I think more specifically 'Mughal India' when I look at it, with the widowed young queen in the one country being another Razia or Nur Mahal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? There may be some good ideas in the Empire of the Petal Throne RPG as well... I think I've got the first edition floating around my house somewhere... (or did I give it away?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? To be honest' date=' I feel like an "Arabian" setting in Fantasy HERO would be more in line with the Valdorian Age. Djinni, sword-swinging mercenaries and adventurers, thieves, and long lost forgotten tombs filled with traps... Sounds like the Valdorian Age to me. I don't have my copy of [i']The Valdorian Age[/i] here at work, but I bet there's a country with an Arabian aesthetic to it in there somewhere. Not really. You've got yer quasi-greek, quasi-roman/medieval, quasi-scythian, quasi-viking, quasi-italianate, plus generic pirate, barbarian and rogue and a couple that are hard to quantify - but nothing that says "arabic" apart from the deserty-wandering people who are kind of vaguely cryto-bedouin. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bismark Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? The Dahganir tribesmen of the Harge****e Devastation (yes, I know I'll be 'bleeped'…) are the nearest you will get to Arabs in the Turakian Age - they are pseudo-Bedouin types. [The Harge****e Empire of Vashkhor always struck me as a Persian-Turkish hybrid] Valdorian Age has a classic 'Hollywood Saracen' kingdom in the shape of Tharestan. I say 'Hollywood Saracen' because the titles of the nobles (Emir, Pasha) are of Turkic and Persian derivation respectively - there is very little, if any, fantasy Arab stuff which is just an Arab analogue rather than 'Arab plus the cultures/mercenaries of the Arab Empire'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Turakian Age Arabia? i always consider the ha*****empire of vashkor (the middle and the south) a kind of arabic land and the rivality between the high faith and the harger****e faith sound like christian (chretienne) and islam rivality hope i am clear english not my first language stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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