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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4250487" data-attributes="member: 43283"><p>Talislanta is a game that uses a single d20 roll to determine the success or failure of anything/everything.</p><p></p><p>There are modifiers that are added to the roll, but that's about the only real "additional" stuff that happens.</p><p></p><p>The roll is compared to a simple chart, which incorporates a mild element of "degrees of success". As I recall, the chart looks like this:</p><p></p><p>0 or lower = "Mishap" / Critical Failure</p><p>1 - 5 = Failure</p><p>6 - 10 = Partial Success</p><p>11 - 19 = Full Success</p><p>20+ = Critical Success</p><p></p><p>The setting can be hard for some people to get into, as it's more of an "alien world" than the "medieval earth with different geography" that most fantasy games seem to be.</p><p></p><p>If you can find the 4th Edition of the book, it's worth picking up. It was published by Shooting Iron (John Harper). Morrigan Press is the current holder of the Talislanta License, but there seems to be some question as to whether or not the company is really still alive. Morrigan hasn't paid a number of people for their work.</p><p></p><p>Morrigan Press did a "5th Edition" of Talislanta which basically split the 4th Ed book into 3 books (Player, GM, and a setting only book), added a few tweaks to the magic system (I think from Codex Magicus), and finally added an archetype creation system.</p><p></p><p>Characters in Tal are made by picking an Archetype, making a few modifications to customize it a bit, and then you're good to go. Rather similar to the template system from the old West End Games Star Wars system, if you're familiar with that.</p><p></p><p>Morrigan Press also turned around and modified the system used in Talislanta a bit, and put out a generic version of it called The Omni System.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it's still a pretty light system, but it does have a lot more meat to it than Risus.</p><p></p><p>If you're interested in the generic version of the rules, you can buy the pdf here:</p><p><a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2862&it=1" target="_blank">http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2862&it=1</a></p><p></p><p>If you're interested in Talislanta, you can find it here:</p><p><a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=182_244" target="_blank">http://enworld.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=182_244</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 4250487, member: 43283"] Talislanta is a game that uses a single d20 roll to determine the success or failure of anything/everything. There are modifiers that are added to the roll, but that's about the only real "additional" stuff that happens. The roll is compared to a simple chart, which incorporates a mild element of "degrees of success". As I recall, the chart looks like this: 0 or lower = "Mishap" / Critical Failure 1 - 5 = Failure 6 - 10 = Partial Success 11 - 19 = Full Success 20+ = Critical Success The setting can be hard for some people to get into, as it's more of an "alien world" than the "medieval earth with different geography" that most fantasy games seem to be. If you can find the 4th Edition of the book, it's worth picking up. It was published by Shooting Iron (John Harper). Morrigan Press is the current holder of the Talislanta License, but there seems to be some question as to whether or not the company is really still alive. Morrigan hasn't paid a number of people for their work. Morrigan Press did a "5th Edition" of Talislanta which basically split the 4th Ed book into 3 books (Player, GM, and a setting only book), added a few tweaks to the magic system (I think from Codex Magicus), and finally added an archetype creation system. Characters in Tal are made by picking an Archetype, making a few modifications to customize it a bit, and then you're good to go. Rather similar to the template system from the old West End Games Star Wars system, if you're familiar with that. Morrigan Press also turned around and modified the system used in Talislanta a bit, and put out a generic version of it called The Omni System. Overall, it's still a pretty light system, but it does have a lot more meat to it than Risus. If you're interested in the generic version of the rules, you can buy the pdf here: [url]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2862&it=1[/url] If you're interested in Talislanta, you can find it here: [url]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=182_244[/url] [/QUOTE]
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