D&D 5th Edition Oriental Sourcebook

Hello there!

Can I please get a clarification on something?
The spell Create Spring (my favourite of all of them), states that it puts forth 6 gallons per hour and that one can't be created within 100 yards of another.
Is the water for the spring magically produced from nothing, or is it drawn from the ground (hence the limitation).
I'd prefer the former, but that would make it very powerful, especially with no consumed component.
Could it instead state that the water is produced from nothing, have a costly component, and perhaps upcast for more water?

Lots of interesting content, but very basic layout.

So, there is a lot of work here, most well done. The Shaman rework, the Samurai rework, the shugenja and the Wujen, all a lot of work, and all well presented. These form the core of the work. The bonus monster stats at the end of the book are a real boon, and all represent a ton of very good work. The publisher did not shy away from the hard work here.
The Shaman represents a Oriental cleric, so I thought the domains were well thought out, and were a lot of work. Definitely not the easy way. The best current iteration of the Shaman class, IMHO.
For the Wu Jen and the Shugenja, some of the best versions of each. My only issue here is the clunky elemental mastery mechanic. Still, it's a faithful import from 3.0 to 5e, and the powers are well written.
As a generic OA supplement, the entirety is written without mechanics like "Shadowlands Taint" or inclusion of the Shadowlands. That's a bonus for settings that don't want to be tied to those mechanics.
Now my gripes.
So first...See more off, the hengeyokai race. It's included in the table of contents but the entry is a link that points to another product. I find that questionable. It might make sense for a book on equipment, for the monster section, even, but not for any of the races or classes. it just felt inappropriate.
Second, this is not the original OA, it's the 3.0 version. Some of the 3.0 issues are: the clans dominated the entries (You almost had to adopt the clans in a homebrew to make some of the classes work. Kara-tur did not have the clan mechanic). Fast Fact: The Original OA did not have a shaman class. The 3.0 version moved the Original 1e version of the Shukenja to that class,(Meaning the 1e Shukenja was meant to be more of a shaman than a mage). The Shugenja was then remolded for Rokugan and the L5R setting.I'll note that although the flavor text continually calls the shugenja a priest, "Closest thing to a cleric", it has no clerical powers, and resembles the wu jen more than anything. This version of the rules perpetuates those flaws.In all fairness, the clans and the shugenja were actually broken by Hasbro, and other publishers have made the same mistakes. All in all, a very good supplement for adventures in an oriental campaign.

The Spells TRANCE and WEAPON BLESS are missing

Hengeyokai Information Missing

Hello there, great product thank you but I have a few questions as I seem to be a bit of an idot here, 1st Under feats you have prerequisites for some of Ki, and Martial arts, where are these feats?

2nd: Under Wu Jen you have listed under features on the table Arcane Recovery but there seems to be no record of it.

I know I am probably being stupid but if you could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.

Thank you for the hard work and this is an excellent piece of work, I am at this point trying to put it into fantasy grounds for a world I am building.

Great that you did this! I've been putting together a 5e campaign and trying to use the 1e Oriental Guide for character creation. Thanks!

What monsters are in the book?
Are they just monsters from Kara-tur/Oriental Adventures redone for 5e or are there new ones?
Any Korean monsters?

I agree, I hate it when people rate things and don't give a review. I would like to know there perspective as well.

T.G.

Hopefully the person that gave a two star review will at least tell me what they thought was wrong.