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Originally Posted by drohem
hehe....Talislanta is the game world for you then. It has a frozen land called the Northern Reaches where there is a blue-skinned race called the Mirin who have ice schooners on frozen Sea of Ice. Their main enemy are the Ice Giants. The Ice Giants are giant humanoid animated ice creatures ruled by a mysterious quasi-deity. It is rumored that the Ice Giant might some form of demon.
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I actually have Tal4 and the Northern Reaches, and I like the ideas in general. Ironically, I like the system much more than the world. The world isn't bad, but everything is at such a high level that I might as well use my own. I do the high level things well. What I don't do so well are the details...which I generally just wing.
Still, it's a nice reminder to dig out that book and look it over again.
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Originally Posted by drohem
Also, Talislanta has none of the standard fantasy races (i.e. elves, dwarves, gnomes, halfling, orcs, etc.). In fact, the advertising slogan for Talislanta when it came out in the late 80's was "No Elves!" The new 5th edition has revised that slogan to "Still no Elves!"
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Originally Posted by Atgxtg
Probably the biggest load of BS in the RPG hobby is Taslatntia's lack of elves. They got a dozen pointed eared slender races that act like elves. Just they give them a different name. Even the species they used to use with the "no elves" pictures looked like elves.
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I agree. Tal is full of what are essentially elves. It's also full of races that remind me of the "humans with funny ears [skin, <insert feature>]" that are all over generic fantasy RPGs. Personally, I'd prefer to stay humancentric and deal with societal differences. If I'm going to have other intelligent creatures, I'd prefer them to be completely alien: demons, elementals, etc. Glorantha is my one exception to my humancentric tastes, and it at least makes everything alien to some extent.