The prediction of the destinations of the stars and other celestial bodies is the demesne of the legendary crafters of the skies, the Phantasian Astromancers. Although stripped of most of the awesome power of their Archaean ancestors, Phantasians can still command potent sorcery. The main advantage, and disadvantage, of this tradition of magic is that…
Gnorls - alongside Black Savants, Dhuna Witches and Xanadasian Savants - are some of the most secretive of Talislantan peoples, and their magical tradition is so steeped in mystery than hardly anyone alive can properly describe it. This is what makes Rhabdomancy so powerful: it is the art of finding, trading and using secrets for…
On the eastern bank of the Sea of Glass stands a partly-ruined watch tower from an olden time, besieged by the wilderlands on its flanks and fractured blocks of green and blue glass at its back. This relic of a lost civilization has been colonized by an expedition of Callidians from the city of Jalaad,…
Simplicity works best for Talislanta. This is a revised 2nd edition Talislanta character sheet that re-arranges some fields, has spots for Thystram's modified magic system and adds a bit more room for equipment and other stuff. Feel free to use it for your games. Talislanta 2nd Edition Revised Character Sheet - PDF 62 KB.
Here are 600 random weird & magical site names you can drop into your setting at a moment's notice. Roll 1d6 for the hundreds column, then 1d100 for the tens and ones. A 1d600 Random Weird Locations PDF document is also available for your printing convenience. "But they're not all fleshed out!", you say. To…
One of the best things about the 2nd edition of Talislanta was that the Player's Handbook contained several pages of small but nicely-illustrated figures of every archetype available to play in the game. This made it really easy to make a character just by picking an illustration that looked cool. You didn't have to compare…
Over on Facebook and Kickstarter Steve Sechi has posted a few preview pages of the upcoming Talislanta: The Savage Land book being prepared for printing this year. It looks gorgeous. The book is full-cover, with splendid interior design, painted illustrations and new typography, finally giving Talislanta a professional look that's been absent for a long time. The…
Let your inner Djaffir Merchant run wild! The first of these lists shows general trade goods by type that might be available across Talislanta; the second list shows the major exports of each region/country and any exotic or special resources they may have, whether they are exploited or not. Items on the second list are…
Talislanta has had an incredibly tangled and varied history as a published game, and its covers show its ups and downs very clearly. I always found it annoying when searching the net for Talislanta to only find tiny thumbnail images of the books. This page is an archive of higher-resolution covers for various Talislanta books…
Click any thumbnail to open the gallery.
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