[OD&D][Yoon-Suin] Anyone got Yoon-Suin?

[Big Mac]

I just bumped into someone on Faceborg who told me that they were interested in a campaign setting called Yoon-Suin.

I've never heard of this before. I did a bit of digging and it turns out that this is an OD&D compatible campaign setting, that was published last year.

Here is the blurb:

Yoon-Suin is a campaign toolbox for fantasy games, giving you the equipment necessary to run a sandbox campaign in your own Yoon-Suin - a region of high adventure shrouded in ancient mysteries, opium smoke, great luxury and opulent cruelty.

Contains:

• A bestiary of unique monsters, including self-mummified monks, liquid golems, tiger-beetle men, figments, and dozens more
• A new character class, the Crab-man
• A chapter for each of the major regions of Yoon-Suin, filled with random generators to brainstorm map contents, social groups, and more
• Extended rules for poisons, tea, opium, trade, deities and so on
• Extended rules for exploring the Old Town of the Yellow City, and the haunted jungles of Lahag
• Many encounter tables
• Well over 100 pre-written adventure locales to populate a regional map
• Over 300 pages of content
• Purple prose

Has anyone got this? What do you think of it?

How easy would it be to convert use the chapters of the regions of Yoon-Suin with a ruleset other than OD&D?

I can imagine why someone might want rules for poisons, but what do the rules for tea do?

[Tim Baker]

I just bumped into someone on Faceborg who told me that they were interested in a campaign setting called Yoon-Suin.

I've never heard of this before. I did a bit of digging and it turns out that this is an OD&D compatible campaign setting, that was published last year.

Has anyone got this? What do you think of it?

I just picked this up, based on your post. It's over 300 pages, so I've only given it a skim, but I'll answer your questions as best I can.

How easy would it be to convert use the chapters of the regions of Yoon-Suin with a ruleset other than OD&D?

This materials are largely system neutral. There's a new class, and around 45 pages of monsters. That leaves over 250 pages of details about the setting and various random tables.

There are a few other system-specific tidbits:

• A few of the tables mention how many hit dice an NPC or monster should have, but this just gives you a sense of how dangerous the encounter is, and the rest of the table is system-neutral, in these cases.
• There's also a table that lists spells that ghosts may have. These are D&D spells, so you may need to do a bit of conversion here.
• There are a few tables that list treasure types. You'd need to refer to OD&D for a conversion.
• There's a list of potions. I'm not positive, but I think these are detailed in OD&D (they're not detailed in this book).
• Psionics are included as an option.
• Prices are in GP.
• Magical tattoos, teas, and opium provide benefits that are described, but also expressed in D&D mechanics.

I can imagine why someone might want rules for poisons, but what do the rules for tea do?

Teas have near-magical properties in Yoon-Suin. Effects of drinking various types of tea include vomiting, aphrodisiac, hallucinogen, relaxant, stimulant, anti-toxin, truthfulness, healing, etc. Each entry provides the color of the tea, the preparation method, rarity, description of effects, and the mechanical effects.

It looks like an interesting setting. I hope this helps.