Website Updates
Over the next week or so, Morrigan Press Inc. will be performing a much needed update to the talislanta.com website. The first step was bringing the Product List up to date and this was done today. All existing Talislanta books are now included on the Products page and most are available for order directly from Morrigan Press or in e-book format from DriveThruRPG.com.
In the coming days we will be updating the links and downloads sections and will be making several new files available along with new information about the upcoming 5th edition of the game.
Finally, we posted a poll on the Talislanta-L Yahoo Group about an imporant decision required for 5th edition. If you'd like to have your say into how Tal5 shakes up, please login to the Yahoo Group and cast your vote in the Polls section.
08/22/06
20th Annivesary - Talislanta 5th Edition Announced
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that design work for a 5th Edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is currently underway with an expected release date in 2007, just in time for Tal's 20th anniversay!
The 5th edition of the game will build upon the critically acclaimed 4th edition mechanics and Morrigan Press assures fans that all 4th edition books will be fully compatible with this new edition. The biggest change in the game will come in the form of a new, dynamic character creation system. Essentially, we'll be giving Tal fans new Archetype creation tools.
In addition, the talislanta.com website will receive a major overhaul in the new year including sneak peeks and sampler documents of the new edition. Stay tuned as we draw nearer to the 2007 release.
05/16/05
New Talislanta d20 Web Enhancement Available
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that the second in a series of web enhancements for the new d20 edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is now available for download. This web enhancement includes new playable races (Batreans and Marukans), new weapons and a new Prestige Class for those Zandir players out there.
Volume II of the Talislanta d20 web enhancements is available HERE.
3/31/05
Talislanta d20 character Sheet Available
A new character sheet specially designed for use with the d20 edition of Talislanta is now available for download HERE . This sheet was kindly designed and provided by Ed Dorner Jr. Many thanks to Ed.
3/30/05
Talislanta d20 Errata Updated
The errata sheet for Talislanta d20 Edition has been updated and we have included a new Prestige Class originally cut from the book due to space restraints. The Certament PrC is now available in the errata document found HERE .
3/24/05
Talislanta d20 Web Enhancement Available
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that the first in a series of web enhancements for the new d20 edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is now available for download. This web enhancement brings some of the favorite villains of Talislanta to d20 players and gamemasters: The Rajans. The Rajan web enhancement may be downloaded HERE and will be made available until April 30th, 2005 so get while it's hot.
3/23/05
Talislanta d20 Errata Available
With a little egg on our face, we would like to announce that an errata sheet for Talislanta d20 is now available for download at www.talislanta.com or at the Talislanta Yahoo Group. It appears as though the Botanomancy feat was accidently omitted from the book. We are pleased to announce that we were able to correct the problem and get this feat out as errata within 1 hour of being notified of the mistake. Our apologies to our customers (especially all those Green Aeriad out there who bought the book). The errata sheet for Talislanta d20 Edition is available HERE .
3/14/05
Talislanta d20 Edition Hits the Streets
Morrigan Press Inc. is pleased to announce that our very first Talislanta title should now be available at all of your favorite local gaming stores. We have had early reports of brisk sales and have actually been informed that Alliance, one of the largest RPG distributors in the US has actually sold through their stock of Tal d20 in the first week of release.
If anyone has any trouble locating Talislanta d20 Edition, please contact Scott Agnew at Morrigan Press and he will attempt to put you in touch with a local retailer who still has copies left. Scott can be reached at scott@morriganrpg.com.
10/04/04
Morrigan Press acquires Talislanta license
Morrigan Press Inc. is pleased to announce that it
has acquired the license to the unparalleled roleplaying game
setting of Talislanta. Taking over from Shooting Iron Design,
Morrigan Press strives to take the exciting and unique world of
Talislanta to another level, and build on the cult status that it
currently enjoys among gamers. The Talislanta game was originally
created by renowned game designer Stephan Michael Sechi in the
1980's. In the intervening years, Talislanta was further developed
by Wizards of the Coast (Jonathan Tweet) and Shooting Iron Designs
(John Harper).
Continuing this evolution, Morrigan Press is confident that a whole
new generation of gamers is ready to experience this unique world
from a freshly creative perspective. Scott Agnew, Morrigan's
founder and president had this to say: "As a long time Talislanta
fan myself, I am very excited about this license acquisition.
Talislanta is one of the most complex, unique and exciting settings
in the industry and we look forward to bringing it to a whole new
generation. We will also be maintaining support for the existing
Talislanta material in print so fans of the current game need not
worry: the game they know and love is not going anywhere."
With this new acquisition, Morrigan adds to its' already diverse and
exciting line of products. Morrigan Press Inc. currently designs
and develops the Jeremiah Roleplaying Game based on the critically
acclaimed television series by J. Michael Straczynski, the same
person behind the Babylon 5 phenomenon. Jeremiah is being published
by Mongoose Publishing, one of the most respected names in the RPG
industry. Morrigan Press also publishes an Organized Crime line of
sourcebooks for the d20 Modern system, has a licensed sci-fi game in
development from Platinum Studios and is working with the Horror
Writers Association on a line of horror RPGs. In addition, two in-
house games are currently slated for release in early 2005: an
historical fantasy game entitled High Medieval and the dark, modern
supernatural game, Lazarus Effect.
A Note from SMS:
"First of all, I'd like to thank John Harper and Jonathan Elliot of
Shooting Iron for the great work that they did on the Talislanta 4th
Edition and the Talislanta.com website. They did an awful lot to
help promote and support Talislanta, and they've also helped make
the transition to Morrigan Press a smooth one. Thanks to them, "the
Rasputin of RPGs" lives on.
I think the Morrigan Press deal will be terrific for Talislanta
fans, or I wouldn't have agreed to do it. Scott's a Talislanta fan
from way back, and I think the game will be in good hands with him
and his team. I look forward to seeing what Morrigan will do with
the next incarnation of the Talislanta RPG."
Note from Morrigan Press:
First of all, we are ecstatic to be taking over Talislanta. The SI
guys have done a great job with 4th edition and we look forward to
continuing on in their footsteps.
About Morrigan Press Inc.
Morrigan Press Inc is incorporated in
New Brunswick, Canada and publishes multiple lines of roleplaying
games for the Adventure Game market. Their first foray into the
wild and chaotic roleplaying marketplace was with the Jeremiah
Roleplaying game based on the popular television series of the same
name. Morrigan has since secured other licenses as well as
developing game lines of their own creation.
www.morriganrpg.com
4/21/04
Midnight Realm printing is finished
Yes, indeed. The printing for MR is complete, and now it's just a matter of receiving the books and shipping them out to all of you who pre-ordered. And if you haven't already ordered a copy, we suggest you hurry down to your local game store and do so.
10/20/01
Campaign Cartographer Tal map available
Clay Van Sickle was a great guy, and decided to make a Talislanta map using Campaign Cartographer. You can see a jpg version of it, or just download the CC file (1.1 MB). You'll need the CC viewer to look at the file, and it's available for free from Profantasy (sorry Mac and Unix users, it's only for Windows). It's highly worth it. You can zoom in and out, print at good resolution, and it's in color!
09/17/01
Talislanta Map Now In PDF Format
Just recently it struck me on how to make the Tal map into a PDF, and not have it be 15MB in size, so that's exactly what I did, and now you too can download it. Weighing in at only 1.9MB, here's the One-page Talislanta Map from the back of the Tal4 book.
08/22/01
Official Talislanta Character Sheet Available
Finally! I know you've all been waiting for it for a while, but now the wait is over. It's actually a bit bigger than I wanted it to be (just over 1MB), but it prints out just as nicely as the one in the back of the book, and you don't have to dea with trying to get your book to lay flat on the photocopier. Download it now from the Character Sheets page.
F.A.Q. Page Added
Since there are a lot of questions that get asked frequently, we decided to post the F.A.Q. list that's been circulating on the email list lately. Hopefully it will answer YOUR question.
07/27/01
Tal 4 Errata page added
Even we make mistakes, so we figured that the least we could do was let you know what and where they were in the book. So, feel free to check out the Errata page. It'll most likely be a growing thing as more are found.
Hit Location Rules added to House Rules section
Dave Vershaw sent in a set of house rules to determine hit location, and how to modify the damage taken accordingly. He also deals with height of the target and attacker, and a rule about skill penalties for hit point loss.
07/26/01
Sindaran Chandlery added to Equipment page
Betcha never gave much thought to candles in Talislanta before did ya? Well now there's a whole bunch of nifty ideas for you to use on the Chandlery page of the Equipment section. Once you've seen 'em, you'll never use a plain old candle again.
07/24/01
Introductory adventure added to Downloads page
Originally, there was an introductory adventure included with Tal4, but due to space restrictions it was cut. Now you can just pretend that the reference to it in the book really references The Puzzle Box online. Of course, you'd have to have an online connection... never mind.
New Gallery additions
So, for those of you wondering if there was ever going to be anything more to the gallery than just the 3 P.D. pics that were there (and very lamely duplicated from the tour I might add), you should be pleased to note that there has indeed been more content added. New artists too! Check 'em out.
Character accessories updated
All of Colin's weapons, armor, and instruments have been updated, and now that Tal 4 is out, when better a time to check 'em out to see if there's anything you might want for your character. Also, his selection of new skills has been updated.
02/01/99
The new talislanta.com site goes online.
Champagne and little cheesy snacks were served at the opening party, but everyone snubbed them and went straight for the case of Newcastle Colin brought.
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce the wide-release of the fifth (and 20th anniversary edition) of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game. The 5th edition of Talislanta consists of four core books:
