The 4th Edition of Talislanta PDF is now up with...

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:03 pm

the rest of them. For free, for those not aware of this yet.
http://talislanta.com/pdfs/

Edit: a working link:
http://talislanta.com/?page_id=5
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:38 pm

Very cool. Thanks

Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:18 pm

Treebore wrote:
the rest of them. For free, for those not aware of this yet.
http://talislanta.com/pdfs/

Nice catch, Tree. I have been waiting for these for awhile. Oddly, the actual www site seems down. Hopefully they do the other ones too.

Now, I just need to find someone to run a game of Talislanta for us in the Thursday Irregulars slot
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Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:05 am

Already downloaded all the PDFs from that site. What is missing?
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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:26 am

Hehe... it's a big book. Got a copy second-hand a couple of years ago. Looks interesting but never delved deeply into it.

Thanks for the PDF links though!

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Plaag · Post by **Plaag** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:04 pm

BRD2000 Talislanta BG The Chronicles of Talislanta
BRD2001 Talislanta BG Talislanta Worldbook
BRD2100 Talislanta BG The Talislantan Handbook

BRD2101 Talislanta BG Talislanta Handbook and Campaign Guide
BRD2200 Talislanta BG A Naturalist's Guide to Talislanta

BRD2300 Talislanta BG Talislanta Sorcerer's Guide

BRD2400 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta

BRD2402 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta II: The Seven Kingdoms

BRD2403 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta III: The Wilderlands of Zaran

BRD2404 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta IV: The Western Lands

BRD2405 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta V: The Eastern Lands

BRD2406 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta VI: The Desert Kingdoms

WOC2002 Tal3rd WoTC The Talislanta Guidebook
WOC2003 Tal3rd WoTC Thystram's Collectanea

WOC2201 Tal3rd WoTC Talislanta Geographica
WOC2202 Tal3rd WoTC The Archaen Codex
WOC2301 Tal3rd WoTC The Scent of the Beast
WOC2302 Tal3rd WoTC Sarista

WOC2303 Tal3rd WoTC Sub-Men Rising
WOC2310 Tal3rd WoTC Quantrigue

WOC3001 Tal3rd WoTC Tales of Talislanta

MOG1003 d20 MP Talislanta

MOG1004 MP Chronicles of Talislanta Revised

MOG1006 Tal4th MP Northern Reaches

MOG1008 Tal4th/d20 MP Talislanta Menagerie

MOG1009 Tal4th/d20 MP The Weight of Water

MOG? Tal5th MP A Gamemaster's Guide to Talislanta

MOG? Tal5th MP A Player's Guide to Talislanta

MOG? Tal5th MP Hotan's History of the World: Worldbook & Gazeteer

MOG? Tal5th MP The Menagerie
IRN1001 Tal4th SI Talislanta Fourth Edition
IRN1002 Tal4th SI Midnight Realm

Bolded what was in that folder

ShaneG.

shadoes · Post by **shadoes** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:25 am

sweet. I had the first and second edition books and have been wanting to dip back into Talislanta for some time. thanks for the links!

Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:09 am

Plaag wrote:
BRD2000 Talislanta BG The Chronicles of Talislanta
BRD2001 Talislanta BG Talislanta Worldbook
BRD2100 Talislanta BG The Talislantan Handbook

BRD2101 Talislanta BG Talislanta Handbook and Campaign Guide
BRD2200 Talislanta BG A Naturalist's Guide to Talislanta

BRD2300 Talislanta BG Talislanta Sorcerer's Guide

BRD2400 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta

BRD2402 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta II: The Seven Kingdoms

BRD2403 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta III: The Wilderlands of Zaran

BRD2404 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta IV: The Western Lands

BRD2405 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta V: The Eastern Lands

BRD2406 Talislanta BG The Cyclopedia Talislanta VI: The Desert Kingdoms

WOC2002 Tal3rd WoTC The Talislanta Guidebook
WOC2003 Tal3rd WoTC Thystram's Collectanea

WOC2201 Tal3rd WoTC Talislanta Geographica
WOC2202 Tal3rd WoTC The Archaen Codex
WOC2301 Tal3rd WoTC The Scent of the Beast
WOC2302 Tal3rd WoTC Sarista

WOC2303 Tal3rd WoTC Sub-Men Rising
WOC2310 Tal3rd WoTC Quantrigue

WOC3001 Tal3rd WoTC Tales of Talislanta

MOG1003 d20 MP Talislanta

MOG1004 MP Chronicles of Talislanta Revised

MOG1006 Tal4th MP Northern Reaches

MOG1008 Tal4th/d20 MP Talislanta Menagerie

MOG1009 Tal4th/d20 MP The Weight of Water

MOG? Tal5th MP A Gamemaster's Guide to Talislanta

MOG? Tal5th MP A Player's Guide to Talislanta

MOG? Tal5th MP Hotan's History of the World: Worldbook & Gazeteer

MOG? Tal5th MP The Menagerie
IRN1001 Tal4th SI Talislanta Fourth Edition
IRN1002 Tal4th SI Midnight Realm

Bolded what was in that folder

ShaneG.

Thanks for the list.

There is an interesting discussion at rpgnet of the project to release these for free
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=475602&page=27

One notable quote from the game creator is:

SMS wrote:
For those who asked when the Talislanta website will be back up and running, we're shooting for April 1. That's the date when the final clause in Morrigan's license (a 90-day sell-off period) expires. It might be a little later than that, as the kind people who volunteered to help get the site up are doing this in their spare time.

Finally: yes, the Tal website was accidentally online for a few days. And as mentioned here, if you downloaded any PDFs during that time, you probably got some unedited versions, and you definitely didn't get any of the Morrigan PDFs. Go back again Once the site is officially up and running, you'll find a lot more stuff, in a lot better condition.

Hope that answers those questions. If there are any other Q's, feel free to fire away and I'll do my best to answer them.

Thanks again to all of you for your interest in Talislanta -

Steve

So Hopefully at the beginning of April, some of the ones I have been waiting for will be available.

Unfortunately, in the same rpgnet thread,
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=1 ... st11882439

there is a list of titles they have not yet scanned because they don't have copies and some I want are on there. So we may have to wait a bit yet
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Geleg · Post by **Geleg** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:45 am

thanks for the link, Aramis. It's nice to hear about the fate of Talislanta from the man himself. It's always been one of my favorite settings ... and systems.
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anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:05 pm

Cool way to "retire" from game publishing.

Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:44 am

Here is a little video intro to Talislanta. It's produced by the guy who wrote the game (he did the music too) and shows off the distinct Talislantan art:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RUYejtvMwM
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:43 am

That intro video is old skool styleee

alcyone · Post by **alcyone** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:11 pm

I can't believe I never played this. I've been reading the PDFs the last week or so and there's lots to like. I am inspired by all of the templates, and the core rule is a bit like SIEGE in its simplicity.

Pretty awesome.

Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:39 pm

According to the FAQ on the site, they recommend playing either 4th or 5th. The older books are mainly for reference. The major difference between the two editions, besides presentation, is a stylistic difference.

Talislanta 4th utilizes archetypes.

Talislanta 5th utilizes life paths, aka careers.

I prefer archetypes so I would prefer 4th edition. But at the same time I would be using the 5th edition world book for the updates to the setting.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:58 pm

Aergraith wrote:
I can't believe I never played this. I've been reading the PDFs the last week or so and there's lots to like. I am inspired by all of the templates, and the core rule is a bit like SIEGE in its simplicity.

Pretty awesome.

There is definitely a lot of "cool" to it, but I have two problems First I am a "The Arcanum" grognard, in that is what I would prefer to play, since it came first, but as I understand it is considered to be the "future" of Talislanta.

My second problem is I have never found a group interested in playing Talislanta or Arcanum ever since I got stuck on Arcanum, so have never had the opportunity to develop a liking of Talislanta over Arcanum.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:03 pm

BTW, I have posted a new working link in my OP, and will put it in this post too.
http://talislanta.com/?page_id=5
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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:22 am

Great. Thanks a lot. I'll see you next month when I finish all the new stuff I have to read.
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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:13 pm

I'm something of a straight-edger. The prologue states that Talislanta was inspired by a hashish-fueled hallucination. That kind of turned me off.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:38 pm

dutch206 wrote:
I'm something of a straight-edger. The prologue states that Talislanta was inspired by a hashish-fueled hallucination. That kind of turned me off.

So was Alice in Wonderland, many great poems, and other great stories.
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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:05 pm

True. I believe the story of Shangri-La was written in an opium den.
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