Talislanta
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A D&D clone???
Nosiree...it is a game and a universe all on it's own.
www.talislanta.com
Visit...and have your imagination stirred!
Nosiree...it is a game and a universe all on it's own.
www.talislanta.com
Visit...and have your imagination stirred!
RangerWickett
Legend
Talislanta is what got me into gaming, and it might explain why I've been fascinated with magic in particular. I remember, I must've been 8 or so when I saw the Naturalist's Guide in my local comic store. I didn't know what the heck it was, but I got it, and the Worldbook (My mom gladly payed for them, because she was a librarian, and always wanted me to read whenever I could). Then, that summer, at a sort of elementary school-level daycare, I ran a game, with no rules whatsoever. It was all just made up. Dang, that was fun. We were such munchkins.
Anyway, I have the new Tal 4th edition book, and it's a beauty, but I don't have time even for an online game. But I plan to run my next game in Tal, at least briefly, hoping the players will appreciate it. I also hope that my efforts to take some of the greater concepts from Tal and adapt them to D&D (like the magic system, and the limit of magical items), will be accepted well.
Good luck to you, though, in finding a game.
Anyway, I have the new Tal 4th edition book, and it's a beauty, but I don't have time even for an online game. But I plan to run my next game in Tal, at least briefly, hoping the players will appreciate it. I also hope that my efforts to take some of the greater concepts from Tal and adapt them to D&D (like the magic system, and the limit of magical items), will be accepted well.
Good luck to you, though, in finding a game.
Tsyr
Explorer
I'd love to see the Talislanta magic system converted to DnD...
DnD clone? Eh...
If by that you mean "Does it have non-human races in a demi-mideval/renisance type time period using swords and posessing magic", then yes, I suppose it.
Of course, that doesn't do Talislanta justice.
A very simple rule system (This is d20 folks... Not "D20" the brand, but a d20 rule system... you need one d20 to play the game... all rolls are made on the SAME single table. It's very easy), a really cool magic system (Which vaugly reminds me of the one in Ars Magica at times), a ton of new races (And no elves, dwarves, etc), some cool concepts related to the magic and history of the land, skill-based characters (as opposed to class-based), and has a good balance between "detailed" and "generic" information so that you can run campagins without much effort, or creating a ton of stuff from scratch, as you choose.
All bound up in a beautiful 500 page hardcover tome.
DnD clone? Eh...
If by that you mean "Does it have non-human races in a demi-mideval/renisance type time period using swords and posessing magic", then yes, I suppose it.
Of course, that doesn't do Talislanta justice.
A very simple rule system (This is d20 folks... Not "D20" the brand, but a d20 rule system... you need one d20 to play the game... all rolls are made on the SAME single table. It's very easy), a really cool magic system (Which vaugly reminds me of the one in Ars Magica at times), a ton of new races (And no elves, dwarves, etc), some cool concepts related to the magic and history of the land, skill-based characters (as opposed to class-based), and has a good balance between "detailed" and "generic" information so that you can run campagins without much effort, or creating a ton of stuff from scratch, as you choose.
All bound up in a beautiful 500 page hardcover tome.
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