It's been mentioned before - Talislanta: Epic Edition is coming. Originally it was going to be 5e, then the wisely moved to dual-stat-edition with classic rules. Now they've dropped the 5e version entirely and are going pure Talislanta.

Here is the new artwork of the races.

https://everythingepic.myportfolio.com/talislanta-archetypes

Landscapes
https://everythingepic.myportfolio.com/talislanta-landscapes

They had a lot of this project done before the whole OGL debacle... Steve Sechi, made the call to drop all the 5e development. That takes guts. But that means they're likely doing a lot of rework. Anyhow, I thought you guys might be interested.


Disclaimer: I'm attached to the project. Now that it's not 5e, I can get behind it, heh. I'm working on the Savage Worlds conversion for any of you Savage Lands players out there. If you ever wanted to take a crack at Talislanta (which has a great system in its own right) the Savage Lands rules will be SWADE so if you wanna port your stuff over, or bring some Talislanta into your game, now you can!

Artwork looks fantastic. What's the best place to follow the project?

What is the pitch versus the five earlier editions? Is there a discussion page anywhere?

Pitch (ignore anything about 5e now):  https://gamefound.com/projects/cbatarlis/talislanta

Discussion:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/2211928311

Cool, thanks

I do have some inside info... but not sure what I can say.

What I probably can say is that it moves up the timeline (but not too much). It sets the perfect time for people that never played Talislanta to get in on "the ground floor". It also doesn't change much of the big Talislanta sandbox for veteran fans of the setting. You'll be right at home.

There *are* some in-setting shifts... and I'll be honest, I think they're good and make a lot of sense. Functionally it's a redrawing of the political map between a lot of the cultures, but in a conservative way. They didn't suddenly make the Beastmen "good guys" or anything like that.

And you know.. in the sense of *real* diversity - you can't match Talislanta. The number of playable races, the cultures, the politics within the main cultures, give a GM and their players a ton of options to do some great campaigning. And the Talislanta system still stands as one of best designs ever. Magic is rich, powerful and contextually plentiful (and dangerous). The whole system is ridiculously easy to learn. So I'll throw this in there for anyone that has entertained the idea of playing Talislanta over all these years, or if you've never heard of Talislanta before, this is a good train to jump on.

ALSO - you don't have to wait to get a taste of what the system is like. All the Talislanta editions (with the exception of Talislanta: The Savage Lands) are *free* on www.Talislanta.com. The differences between the editions are pretty mild (but there *are* differences - mostly in the Magic system), they're all 99.9% compatible. Technically speaking you can use all the magic-systems from all the editions in the game simultaneously if you're perverted like me.

Ain't my thing, but danged if I'm not glad to see Talislanta still in the mix nowadays.

I'm intrigued by Savage Talislanta.

Tenbones, is the SW version just diferent mechanics or will the setting be somewhat different as well?

I never really played or got into Talislanta mainly because it was on the periphery and we were all playing WFRP at the time.

But I loved Savage Lands. So I'm definitely going to check this new version out.

Quote from: Spinachcat on January 28, 2023, 06:47:00 PM
I'm intrigued by Savage Talislanta.

Tenbones, is the SW version just diferent mechanics or will the setting be somewhat different as well?

Currently* I'm building races at +4 values like in SW Pathfinder, plus an Archetype (think Profession) and we're making some "lifepath" tables to roll on. Nothing wild like and actual lifepath from CP2020, more like the M.A.R.S. tables from Savage Rifts.

Magic will be a little different in the sense that that Arcane Backgrounds will reflect Talislantas schools, but the mechanics will be solidly SWADE. There will be new setting and cultural Edges... sweet jesus there are a lot of races.

Gear and vehicle translations. Ship combat. etc.etc.

*don't hold me to this, everything is subject to change.

Is Savage Talislanta going to be a formal product or is it a personal project?

What is the setting like for Talislanta? I really know nothing about it.

I'll be in on this. Nice to see the update coming. And a SWADE version will be cool to see. I'm glad they jumped off of the fucking 5E bandwagon. I was so disappointed at the first release's mention of it being a 5E product.

Quote from: Batjon on January 29, 2023, 08:44:36 AM
What is the setting like for Talislanta? I really know nothing about it.

"No elves," is the tagline, iirc, in old Dragon magazine ads for the game. 

Sorry, but I can't recall much more than that, and the utterly bewildering amount of playable character races available.  Had two editions (maybe three) pass through my hands at some point but nothing about the game called to me much - and that's on me, mind you, not the game itself.

Quote from: tenbones on January 28, 2023, 01:01:27 AM
It's been mentioned before - Talislanta: Epic Edition is coming. Originally it was going to be 5e, then the wisely moved to dual-stat-edition with classic rules. Now they've dropped the 5e version entirely and are going pure Talislanta.

That is good news. Dual stat books are terrible. Better to published different compatible versions as separate books.