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Talislanta - An excellent system you've never heard of FOR FREE
Ferrus
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Hi everyone,
I guess many people will already heard about this but the sheer awesomeness warrants a thread, so here it is.
The excellent system/setting Talislanta will be available for free! I've looked into it since I had never heard from that setting before and all I can say it is seems to be very very good. The rules are simple as hell, combat is fast and deadly and the world itself can be summarized as a mix between Lovecrafts' Dreamquest and Howards' Hyperborea. The game has no elves. Or dwarves. In fact, it doesn't even have true humans.
What it does have however are some of the most fantastic places and races I've ever seen. A race of magically engineered warriors who all look exactly alike but have an elaborate culture of tattooing. A race that literally lives in a castle made of clouds that buys and sells dreams. Plains that where turned into barren acidic wastelands by their inhabitants careless use of alchemy (Not that they'd much care).
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this. The official site is said to be up again next month.
I guess many people will already heard about this but the sheer awesomeness warrants a thread, so here it is.
The excellent system/setting Talislanta will be available for free! I've looked into it since I had never heard from that setting before and all I can say it is seems to be very very good. The rules are simple as hell, combat is fast and deadly and the world itself can be summarized as a mix between Lovecrafts' Dreamquest and Howards' Hyperborea. The game has no elves. Or dwarves. In fact, it doesn't even have true humans.
What it does have however are some of the most fantastic places and races I've ever seen. A race of magically engineered warriors who all look exactly alike but have an elaborate culture of tattooing. A race that literally lives in a castle made of clouds that buys and sells dreams. Plains that where turned into barren acidic wastelands by their inhabitants careless use of alchemy (Not that they'd much care).
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this. The official site is said to be up again next month.
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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Anyway, there is a good review at RPGnet.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
Some books are missing right now but the essential stuff is up. I'd recommend starting with the 4th Edition Core Book since it allows to start playing right away and has all the important stuff in one file.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I am kind of curious about it, though.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
What would be the recommended version and/or book if one wanted to experience this for the first time?
It is no exaggeration to say that once I got used to that system, I simply could not go back to D&D. The amazing depth of the one-volume game was staggering. Building your own homunculi, machinae, and war machines? Yes, please.
My gaming group long since disbanded so I'll probably never have time to ever play a game of Talislanta, but I'll definitely give it a read.
Thanks for the head's up, Ferrus.
I'd say the 4th Edition Book, since it contains everything you'll ever need to play.
I've been reading it and it's amazing how straightforward but at the same time complex the rules are. It's like the system started at a point some modern RPGs haven't yet reached, rules-wise. I mean, I can't think of any other system from the 80ies with a semi-freeform magic system, sudden-death rules for mooks etc.
But the best aspect, for me, is the incredibly diverse setting. It feels fresh even though it's been around 20 years.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.