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As somebody who used to work on Talislanta during the early days of Wizards of the Coast, I love the fact that the owner of the IP, Stephen Michael Secchi, has decided to put the PDFs for Talislanta up on his website for FREE. Yep, you heard that right, FREE. Wow! Here is the link!
Enjoy one of the most unique fantasy worlds ever created! And look for me in the art director and graphic design credits of the Wizards PDFs!
-Lisa
Always looking for ideas to plunder!
Activating Operation Freeloader in 3...2...1...
I've never heard of this game / setting before, but it looks pretty cool.
That looks very cool! Ahhh....Talislanta. Waxing nostalic for a moment.
Back when I was little gamer, I remember Talislanta's big Ad push in Dragon Magazine was that there were "no elves" - something unheard of to those living on a steady diet of TSR's D&D/Tolkeinesque fantasy style. I got on their mailing list beacuse I was intrigued, and used to get these little mailers with Talislanta tidbits from a little company called Wizards of the Coast - pre Richard Garfield/Magic and certainly way before they took over D&D. It's funny to see how things have changed. I'll have to dig through my stuff and see if I can find one of those things now.
An old friend of mine showed me Talislanta once. I wasn't able to absorb even 1/1000th of that setting in one sitting. Not just unique, but vast. The core book is one of the biggest RPG books I've ever seen. It was bigger then the Pathfinder Core book.
And if you go to the linked page, under the huge Talisanta banner it reads: Still No Elves! :-)
The page is down, I guess too many downloads.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Talislanta.com is currently undergoing maintenance.Thank you for your understanding.
Doh!
I'll check back later. I've still got my old Talislanta books packed away somewhere. I remember it was the whole "no elves" tagline that got me interested in the first place. I was suffering from elf burnout at the time.
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...I remember Talislanta's big Ad push in Dragon Magazine was that there were "no elves"...
That was a much better campaign than the "Better than broccoli" one. I always felt that wasn't saying much about the product. We might as well just have said "Talislanta: Not as annoying as stomach cramps!"
...I remember Talislanta's big Ad push in Dragon Magazine was that there were "no elves"...That was a much better campaign than the "Better than broccoli" one. I always felt that wasn't saying much about the product. We might as well just have said "Talislanta: Not as annoying as stomach cramps!"
Hey! I like broccoli!
Hey! I like broccoli!...I remember Talislanta's big Ad push in Dragon Magazine was that there were "no elves"...That was a much better campaign than the "Better than broccoli" one. I always felt that wasn't saying much about the product. We might as well just have said "Talislanta: Not as annoying as stomach cramps!"
Freak.
*dots*
I think I still have a copy of the Talislantia Bestiary kicking around -- those critters were awesome.
I also recall a largish tome that was all about creating and playing gods -- I don't recall the title though. It was supposed to be followed up by a book all about war in an RPG setting. I got to play-test that at Dragonflight one year, but I don't know if it ever saw the light of day.
CJ
I miss Talislanta!
Thanks for the heads up!
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Hey! I like broccoli!
Me too! Also, brussel sprouts. Mmmm.
Also, Talislanta! I met P.D. Breeding-Black at a King Richard's Faire and she signed some Talislanta posters for me.
Like Arduin Grimoire, Talislanta just felt chock-full of exotic and interesting stuff that felt like a breath of fresh air, back in the day, with a ton of flavorful races and spells and the like (without getting, IMO, *too* exotic, which was the impression I got from Harn).
When I looked at the site yesterday before it crashed, and did not download anything at the time *sigh*, I saw several editions of the main rules. What are peoples' opinions are which edition is the best?
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I also recall a largish tome that was all about creating and playing gods -- I don't recall the title though. It was supposed to be followed up by a book all about war in an RPG setting. I got to play-test that at Dragonflight one year, but I don't know if it ever saw the light of day.
Those weren't Talislanta products—they were what we called "capsystem" products, containing generic rules with specific notes at the end describing how to use them with a variety of then-popular systems. The one about gods was The Primal Order, which did very well, and even went through a couple of editions. There were a number of supplements to support it, too. The one about war was The Military Order, which never came out.
Those weren't Talislanta products—they were what we called "capsystem" products, containing generic rules with specific notes at the end describing how to use them with a variety of then-popular systems. The one about gods was The Primal Order, which did very well, and even went through a couple of editions. There were a number of supplements to support it, too. The one about war was The Military Order, which never came out.
Thanks for the correction and elucidation Vic.
I got to play test Military Order at one point and the play test was set in Talislanta...that is probably where I got confused.
CJ
I approves of this :)
I can only trust that there was a time this site was not "in maintenance," and that such a time may come again...
I can only trust that there was a time this site was not "in maintenance," and that such a time may come again...I'm wondering if interest generated by this thread overwhelmed the monthly bandwidth or crashed a server. Don't expect to see it until April 01.
Rez
But I keep checking everytime come here. Boo to me.
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Those "note on the end" came back to bite WOTC though, I remember Siembada threathening to sue over them and even TSR as I recall made a "friendly" cease and desist request.I also recall a largish tome that was all about creating and playing gods -- I don't recall the title though. It was supposed to be followed up by a book all about war in an RPG setting. I got to play-test that at Dragonflight one year, but I don't know if it ever saw the light of day.Those weren't Talislanta products—they were what we called "capsystem" products, containing generic rules with specific notes at the end describing how to use them with a variety of then-popular systems. The one about gods was The Primal Order, which did very well, and even went through a couple of editions. There were a number of supplements to support it, too. The one about war was The Military Order, which never came out.
Yep. The second printing of TPO removed the D&D conversion notes (and added conversions for a couple of other games). And the Palladium lawsuit almost put Wizards out of business.
Site still down :(
Yeah...
I had the books but I gave them away... :D
Now I have them! =D
Thanx again Fray
Hey! I like broccoli!Me too! Also, brussel sprouts. Mmmm.
Also, Talislanta! I met P.D. Breeding-Black at a King Richard's Faire and she signed some Talislanta posters for me.
Like Arduin Grimoire, Talislanta just felt chock-full of exotic and interesting stuff that felt like a breath of fresh air, back in the day, with a ton of flavorful races and spells and the like (without getting, IMO, *too* exotic, which was the impression I got from Harn).
I loved her artwork.
I think I have every edition of the game. It always depressed me SMS's game never had strong legs. The concept, the art and the world background was so well done. ( I even liked the multiple books put out by Bard )
*sighs* Never even did well with my own gaming group.
'Course the whole world reminded me so much of Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, I had to love it.
Greg
Although not pretty you can still download the PDFs by going to http://talislanta.com/pdfs/
God bless you, good sirrah!
Yes, well done, Jeremy.
