An exotic post-apoc fantasy world inspired by the fantasy novels of Jack Vance, and by other sources such as H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dreamlands, Michael Moorcock’s Elric novels, and The Travels of Marco Polo.
The game is set in a strange world of twin suns and seven moons that's overflowing with exotic peoples, places, and creatures. The time is the New Age, a Renaissance-like period 600 years after The Great Disaster, a cataclysm that marked the fall of the Space Wizards of the Archaen Age.
Talislanta has seas of glass, phytomantic bird-people, tattooed clone warriors, transmutation wizards who use quintessence to change storms into crystals, sindarans with two brains, warring cultists who have taken over entire nations, elemental demons, ice schooners running on glaciers, windships manned by astromancers, beastmen mutants riding two-headed mini-dragons, and a whole lot more stuff that's a combo of every prog-rock album cover you've ever seen.
Best game that never gets discussed on Veeky Forums
Aaron Gutierrez
Hear! Hear!
What's your favorite race?
Nicholas Johnson
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Ayden Ramirez
Matt, is that you?
Sebastian Diaz
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Grayson Garcia
Yeah it's me, Matt. What's up?
Brody Rivera
Hah! Haven't seen you in a while. Group still meeting at the university?
Jacob Morris
Do not listen to pretenders, man. This is Veeky Forums.
Shut up, you bastard.
Jacob Peterson
Yes, E. Big group now, lots of fun. How's the new digs?
Lucas Ramirez
Its pretty cool. Mostly coursework and video games, but winter has been surprisingly mild over here. It is funny that Talislanta is obscure enough on Veeky Forums that its players can identify each other by name
Landon Lee
Hah, yes, but we did meet on the Veeky Forums meetup thread so it follows. I don't think anyone else I know or who plays Tal visits here.
Winter has been brutal for us this year.
You playing any good RPGs out there?
Henry Mitchell
Probably Thrall, favorite edition would be 4th I really love that magic system.
Jackson King
Haven't got a tabletop group going, so I filled in with Divinity: Original Sin 2. It is pretty good.
Cooper Cooper
Anyone know of any good campaign podcasts/blogs for Talislanta? Besides what is on their main site
Camden White
My nigs.
One True Talislanta is, of course, 2e with 3e's magic system. Alternatively, 3e with 2e's lore.
Julian Sanchez
Podcasts no, but there is a recent Tal blog with homebrew stuff here:
Good choice! Fun game. I've modded Skyrim for maximum gains, looks amazing.
Michael Peterson
Excellent choice. My preference too, though most of the Tal community prefers 4E.
Carter Sullivan
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Adrian Ramirez
What're the differences from 4e?
Michael Mitchell
Mostly the magic system. The power level of starting PCs rose through the editions. The magic system was revised almost every edition and became more complex and flexible over time.
1/2/3e is spell-based with some magical schools introduced in 3e.
4e/5e use "modes" of magic which can be modulated to produce many different spells/effects. It requires a bit more understanding of the system to use properly but can be very fun. It's similar but less complex than the Ars Magica system (which came out around the same time).
Elijah Rivera
There's a complete breakdown of the differences here:
