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TalislantaFantasy Roleplaying Gamed20 edition

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TALISLANTAFANTASY ROLE PLAYING GAME

d20 EDITION

DESIGN TEAM

LEAD DESIGNER

K. Scott Agnew

CREATIVE DIRECTORSK. Scott Agnew

Stephan Michael Sechi

ADDITIONAL GAME DESIGN

Jim Andrews

John Harper

Mark Williams

Jason Leinen

EDITORAlison J. Mnard

Don Rosso

CARTOGRAPHY

Jonathan Elliot

Kevin Knight

LAYOUT & GRAPHIC DESIGN

Kevin Knight

INTERIOR GRAPHICSChristian St. Pierre

ART DIRECTOR

K. Scott Agnew

COVER ART

P.D. Breeding-Black

ILLUSTRATORS

P.D. Breeding-Black, Ron Spencer,Adam Black, Anson Maddocks, Mark

Tedin, Larry Dixon, Larry Elmore,

Christian St. Pierre, Obsidian, Scott

Purdy

MORRIGAN PRESS INC.

46 Weldon Street

Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5V8 Canada

On the Web: www.morriganrpg.com

Email: talislanta@morriganrpg.com

Dedication:To Hannah and Mhiri

d20 EDITION PLAYTESTERSChristian Denton, Denis Pacquet, Darren Sweet,

Kevin Chiasson, Brad McKenzie, Andrew

Robinson, Alex Rowe, Jennifer Bray, Colin Kay.

The Talislanta game and fantasy world are the creations

of Stephan Michael Sechi. Talislanta is a trademark of

SMS, and is used by Morrigan Press Inc. under license.

All rights reserved. Talislanta d20 Edition Fantasy Role

Playing Game is 2005 by Morrigan Press Inc. and StephanMichael Sechi .

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This edition of Talislanta was designed under the Open

Game License and d20 System Trademark License by

Wizards of the Coast. As such, players familiar with

other d20 games should find the concepts and ideas

presented within readily identifiable. Great effort was

made by the game designers to fit the d20 system around

Talislanta and not vice-versa. Talislanta has a long and

respected history in the RPG industry and great care wastaken not to mess with the core of the world to force it

into a game system for which is was not designed.

Older fans of Talislanta will recognize many of the

same rules as previous editions of the game but will

also notice that some of the sacred cows of Talislanta

are gone. Archetypes for example are absent from this

edition in favor of the more standard class and level

system familiar to many gamers. That said, the classes,

races, skills and feats of Talislanta have been carefully

crafted around the world of Talislanta and thus are

custom made for the Talislanta player.

One distinction Talislanta has had for many years is theelegance of its magic system. Tal fans will be pleased to

see that not only have we kept this system largely intact

but we have defined it in d20 terms, again, bringing the

OGL and d20 STL to Talislanta and not vice versa.

Along with Core Rulebook I from Wizards of the Coast,

this book is all you will need to begin adventuring in

the fantastic and dangerous world of Talislanta. Again,

experienced Talislanta fans will notice decidedly fewer

character types than they may be familiar with from

previous editions. No need to worry, if your favorite

race or class didnt make it into this book, then it most

certainly will appear in one of the number of other booksand supplements we have planned for Talislanta.

In particular, due to space restrictions, only a handful

of creatures and monsters are presented in this book.

That said, players wanting more monsters should look

for the Talislanta Menagerie from Morrigan Press in

the coming months (early 2005).

For spellcasting players, the Codex Magicus will be an

invaluable tool, fully detailing Talislantan magic and

containing many new magical character classes. In

addition, several regional guides are also forthcoming

These will go into much greater detail of the variouslocales found on Talislanta.

Finally, for those looking for a more detailed overview

of the continent of Talislanta, pick up a copy of the

Chronicles of Talislanta (revised & annotated). Written

by the renowned wizard Tamerlin, the Chronicles detail

his travels around the continent and contain much more

detail then we could squeeze into the world guide

chapter of this book.

We hope you enjoy this new edition of Talislanta and

have hours of fun playing in this unique world in the

annals of roleplaying games.

SPECIAL THANKS

Special thanks goes to my wife for her patience,

understanding and assistance in the preparation of this

book. Thanks also to the following individuals without

whom this book would never have existed:

Stephan Michael Sechi, Bob Rybak, PD Breeding-

Black, Jonathan Elliot, John Harper, Adam Black,

Colin Chapman, Aldo Ghiozzi, Ron Spencer, Trudy

Andrews, Gary & Terry Agnew, Brian Agnew,

Florence Spencer, Joy Cummings, and all members

of the TalDev group.

VISIT TALISLANTAONTHE WEB:

WWW.TALISLANTA.COMWeb enhancements, the Talislanta mailing list, new character types,

spells, equipment, the Fan Zone, and more!

Declaration of Product IdentityThe following items are hereby designated as Product Identity in accordance with section 1(e) of the Open Game License version 1.0: Any

and all Talislanta logos and identifying marks and trade dress, including all Talislanta product and product line names; any elements of the

Talislanta setting including but not limited to race and culture names, place names, organizations, characters, equipment, setting and historic

events, storylines, locations, plots, thematic elements, all artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, illustrations, maps and cartography, likenesses,

logos, graphic design; any other unspecified incarnations of Talislanta creative property, including elements either drived or inferred from the

Talislanta setting. The above Product Identity is NOT Open Game Content.

Open Game Content:All skills and feats and new character race game statistics are Open Content with the exception of race and

culture names and descriptions. All other content should be considered closed. All material derived from the d20 SRD or d20 Modern SRD

is Open Content.

d20 System and the d20 System logo are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and are used according to the terms of the d20 System

License version 6.0. A copy of this License can be found at www.wizards.com/d20.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One: A Travelers Guide to Talislanta 7

The Seven Kingdoms 10 The Western Lands 14

The Wilderlands of Zaran 16

The Desert Kingdoms 18

The Eastern Lands 19

The Northern Reaches 20

The Central Regions 22

The Southern Rim 23

The Far Isles 24

Talislantan Cosmology 25

Chapter Two: Races & Cultures 33Chapter Three: Character Classes 101

Barbarian 101

Magician 103

Rogue 107

Scholar 110

Scout 116

Trader 119

Warrior 121

Prestige Classes 122

Chapter Four: Skills & Feats 131 New Skills and New Uses for Old Skills 131

New Feats 143

Chapter Five: Equipment & Trade Goods 153

Equipment Master Lists 182

Merchants and Trading 186

Chapter Six: The Magic of Talislanta 189

Spell Design 193

Modes 196

Orders 207

Chapter Seven: Gamemasters Only 225 Religion in Talislanta 244

A Talislantan Bestiary 253

Index 283

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