"...The mysterious and exotic Orient, land of spices and warlords, has at last opened her gates to the West."

For beginners or experts, players or DMs, this book holds all the information on oriental character classes, races, spells, magical items, weapons, fighting styles, and monsters. The world of samurai and ninja awaits!

This volume indroduced Asian cultures for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. The wide popularity of the concept and new charachters led to adventures specifically bearing the Oriental Adventures logo and to the Kara-Tur subsetting in the Forgotten Realms series.