Al-Qadim

• Arabian inspired setting.
• Haggling is common and encouraged.
• Religion (any) is held in high regard and expected.
• Very little animosity between races - they share culture, language, & values.
• A divide exists between the city-dwellers and the nomads.
• Non-mage races can barter with genies for magical powers.
• Desert survival - water, heat, sandstorms...

Al-Qadim is an Arabian Nights-themed campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The setting was developed by Jeff Grubb for TSR, Inc., and was first released in 1992. Al-Qadim is set in the land of Zakhara, called the Land of Fate. Thematically, the land of Zakhara is a blend of the historical Arabian Empire, the stories of legend, and a wealth of Hollywood cinematic history. Zakhara is a peninsula on the continent of Faerûn in the world of Toril, the locale of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, although Al-Qadim is designed to stand on its own or be added to any existing campaign setting. The basic campaign setting was divided between two game products: Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures, a sourcebook describing character creation rules, equipment, and spells unique to the setting, and Al-Qadim: Land of Fate, a boxed set describing the land of Zakhara, with separate sourcebooks for the players and the Dungeon Master.

• Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is a computer game released in 1994.

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