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Talislanta: The Savage Land 5E
Discover the dangerous past of the classic Talislanta RPG in this new edition for the 5th edition of the
Do you dare to venture into The Savage Land...
This brutal and primal update to the Talislanta setting is fully compatible with 5th Edition of the world’s most famous roleplaying game, and features exciting new rules such as:
Talislanta Races and Alignment Rules
New Rules for Tribes, Renown and Mass Battles
Classless Character Creation & Play
All New Skills, Feats & Magic.
New Monsters & Enemies
Other game mechanics designed to evoke the post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Talislanta.
Talislanta is a fantasy roleplaying game and game-setting that was first published back in 1986.
Unlike most RPGs from the 1980s, the Talislanta milieu was not based on traditional Western mythology. It didn’t have the usual Tolkien-esque trappings of games like D&D; in fact, ads for the game proudly proclaimed, “No Elves”.
The original Talislanta RPG was inspired by the fantasy novels of Jack Vance, and by other sources such as H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dreamlands of Unknown Kadath, Michael Moorcock’s Elric novels, and The Travels of Marco Polo.
The game was set in a strange world of twin suns and seven moons that seemed to be practically overflowing with exotic peoples, places, and creatures. The time was the New Age, a Renaissance-like period that started a thousand or more years after The Great Disaster, a cataclysm that marked the fall of the once-great Archaen Age.
During this era, Talislanta was still a dangerous place, especially in the wilderness regions that lay beyond the walled cities. But for many who lived in the New Age, there was also a sense of hope, and the possibility of greater things to come.
That Was Now.
This Is Then...
Talislanta: the Savage Land is a prequel to the original Talislanta game. It takes place just a short time after The Great Disaster, which the inhabitants of this era refer to as The Fall.
This period is like a nightmarish version of our own Dark Ages. All knowledge of spell-casting has been lost; maps are nearly non-existent, and much of the world is unknown. Most of those who survived The Fall are illiterate, and governed by superstition.
There are no nations, city states, or even laws. In their place, tribes of warriors, nomads, slavers, and refugees struggle to survive in a hostile wasteland, torn by centuries of warfare and a malevolent magical maelstrom known as the Gyre.
This edition of Talislanta: The Savage Land uses the d20 ruleset of the 5th edition of the worlds most popular fantasy RPG.
Do you dare to venture into The Savage Land...
This brutal and primal update to the Talislanta setting is fully compatible with 5th Edition of the world’s most famous roleplaying game, and features exciting new rules such as:
Talislanta Races and Alignment Rules
New Rules for Tribes, Renown and Mass Battles
Classless Character Creation & Play
All New Skills, Feats & Magic.
New Monsters & Enemies
Other game mechanics designed to evoke the post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Talislanta.
Talislanta is a fantasy roleplaying game and game-setting that was first published back in 1986.
Unlike most RPGs from the 1980s, the Talislanta milieu was not based on traditional Western mythology. It didn’t have the usual Tolkien-esque trappings of games like D&D; in fact, ads for the game proudly proclaimed, “No Elves”.
The original Talislanta RPG was inspired by the fantasy novels of Jack Vance, and by other sources such as H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dreamlands of Unknown Kadath, Michael Moorcock’s Elric novels, and The Travels of Marco Polo.
The game was set in a strange world of twin suns and seven moons that seemed to be practically overflowing with exotic peoples, places, and creatures. The time was the New Age, a Renaissance-like period that started a thousand or more years after The Great Disaster, a cataclysm that marked the fall of the once-great Archaen Age.
During this era, Talislanta was still a dangerous place, especially in the wilderness regions that lay beyond the walled cities. But for many who lived in the New Age, there was also a sense of hope, and the possibility of greater things to come.
That Was Now.
This Is Then...
Talislanta: the Savage Land is a prequel to the original Talislanta game. It takes place just a short time after The Great Disaster, which the inhabitants of this era refer to as The Fall.
This period is like a nightmarish version of our own Dark Ages. All knowledge of spell-casting has been lost; maps are nearly non-existent, and much of the world is unknown. Most of those who survived The Fall are illiterate, and governed by superstition.
There are no nations, city states, or even laws. In their place, tribes of warriors, nomads, slavers, and refugees struggle to survive in a hostile wasteland, torn by centuries of warfare and a malevolent magical maelstrom known as the Gyre.
This edition of Talislanta: The Savage Land uses the d20 ruleset of the 5th edition of the worlds most popular fantasy RPG.
248 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2018
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About the author
Stephan Michael Sechi
26 books3 followersStephan Michael Sechi is best known for creating the Talislanta RPG, originally published by Bard Games. Along with contributing and producing many more books in the Talislanta Milieu (including a fiction anthology), Sechi also wrote Bard's Atlantis and Complete Adventurer series, recorded three CDs based on music from Talislanta, wrote the Pandemonium! RPG, and adventures for both Cyberpunk 2020, and Over The Edge RPGS.
His interests are eclectic and include the writings of William S. Boroughs, football, the music of Steely Dan, The Police, and Tom Scott, the art of Phillipe Druillet, Moebius, and Rodney Matthews. He plays saxophone and has worked/recorded in the studio.
His interests are eclectic and include the writings of William S. Boroughs, football, the music of Steely Dan, The Police, and Tom Scott, the art of Phillipe Druillet, Moebius, and Rodney Matthews. He plays saxophone and has worked/recorded in the studio.
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