I'm really having a tough time understanding what is meant by the encumbrance rule on page 14. If I have a character that is 100 lbs with a STR of 0 Does this...
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Andrew Garrett
a_m_garrett3795
May 18, 2012 2:45 pm
Here is an example: Your character weights 237 lbs and has a Str of 3 you can carry 237 lbs plus 75 (25 lbs per +1 Str) for a total of 312. Hope that helps! ...
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Jim Alcala Sales
nightwasp33
May 18, 2012 4:03 pm
Thank you. I didn't understand that you can carry your own body wt in addition to your own body wt. So in my example below. That character can carry 100 lbs....
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
May 18, 2012 5:25 pm
Yeah, that rule was one of my contributions to 4th edition. It was meant to address the issue where particularly large or small characters seemed...
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Doctor Wheat
drwheat00
May 18, 2012 5:37 pm
I think the details of Tipop's example was that the straight STR and weight lifting rules explained why the Kharakhan giants were nomadic -- when one died,...
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nightwasp33
May 18, 2012 6:24 pm
I thank you both for the further explainations. I just couldn't wrap my head around that a 100 lb person could carry 100 lbs with a STR of 0. It is an easy...
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
May 18, 2012 9:27 pm
I think the problem is that you're thinking of a 100 lb. person as being inherently weak. The thing is, a human who weighs 100 lbs. usually won't have a 0 or...
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nightwasp33
May 21, 2012 2:57 pm
I wasn't thinking that a 100 lb person is week. I just didn't think that the encumbrance rule was so unrealistic. It didn't occure to me to think of it the way...
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
May 21, 2012 4:51 pm
It sounds like you have more experience with encumbrance in the real world than I. I assumed that being able to move your own body weight was considered...
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Doctor Wheat
drwheat00
May 21, 2012 5:02 pm
House rule it if you wish, it's pretty simple. SMS has promised on record not to come to your house with the Talislanta police if you don't play exactly by...
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nightwasp33
May 24, 2012 5:22 pm
Is this a skill? Such as Enchanting (Attack), and Enchanting (Move)etc.?...
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nightwasp33
May 24, 2012 5:38 pm
Ok, reading further I see it spelled out on page 90, top paragraph. Which of course means I have another question. When using the enchantment skill divine the...
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
May 24, 2012 8:00 pm
That seems like a reasonable rule. Keep in mind that the Talislanta system is rules-light, which means that most questions like this will come down to "what do...
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Thomas Ashcroft
ashcrofttom
Jun 5, 2012 7:12 pm
i don't know who to talk to, but I'm looking for a GM that plays Talislanta by email. I was hoping you might be able to help. So, do you know anyone? ...
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nightwasp33
Jun 12, 2012 5:58 pm
This is excellent. Very nice selection of creative trinkets. Love it!...
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daeryth
Jul 1, 2012 9:45 pm
Hello! I have searched around a bit and haven't seen this question posed before, if it already had I apologize. I am a new player to the game, and my group...
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Doctor Wheat
drwheat00
Jul 1, 2012 10:07 pm
Hello! I've always played it as a skill, modified by PER. So Jaka start with a skill rating of +5, modified by PER; a PER of +3 would give a skill of +8,...
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nightwasp33
Jul 2, 2012 2:05 pm
I'm having a terrible time finding a print version of the 4th Edtion Talislanta Menagerie. But I see there is a 5th one available in some places. I'm looking...
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Tom Zunder
tzunder
Jul 2, 2012 2:16 pm
5th menagerie will be easily close enough to 4th. In fact there is only one change I think, the separation of CR between melee and missile....
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nightwasp33
Jul 2, 2012 5:48 pm
Thanks for your patience. I was being stupid. I just downloaded both PDFs to compare them. They are as you say. Pretty much identical. But I see they dropped...
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Gamemaster
mdeblaauw
Jul 2, 2012 9:32 pm
Hi, We used to play the Jaka sixth sense more as a non-skill. The GM allowed the jaka to take a basic die roll whenever the sixth sense would be applicable,...
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nightwasp33
Jul 3, 2012 7:51 pm
Been playing Skyrim...Isn't it about time for a Talislanta game like this? High time even? So we can walk around in it and see this beutiful lands? Just...
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nightwasp33
Jul 11, 2012 3:23 pm
the are mentioned here and there as a real problem. Were these statted anywhere? I've looked in the Managerie's (4th and 5th editions). No luck. Rather not...
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Doctor Wheat
drwheat00
Jul 11, 2012 6:13 pm
They are statted in earlier editions. In 4th and 5th, it was realized that they were named winged "apes", with is at odds with Talislanta fauna, as there is...
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nightwasp33
Jul 11, 2012 8:07 pm
Sivian - yes, found it, Thank you! Ah this is like the Nag-bird from the 1st edition Chronicles of Talislanta which as far as I can tell becomes the Heckler in...
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nightwasp33
Jul 11, 2012 8:11 pm
Looks like there is also a Nag Avir......
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
Jul 11, 2012 11:12 pm
Yes, the same is true for flora. There are no elms, aspens, or redwoods, in Talislanta. No tomatos, roses, cucumbers, or bamboo. There are a lot of plants...
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
Jul 21, 2012 4:17 pm
Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who wants to self-publish a book? ... "Beware of geeks bearing GIFs."...
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Robert J. Grady
pawsplay
Jul 21, 2012 7:00 pm
What kind of recommendations? What kind of book? Â - RJ Grady, Tripod Machine ________________________________ From: Mark Williams <TipopWilliams@...> ...
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Mark Williams
tipop_williams
Jul 21, 2012 7:17 pm
A friend of a friend asked me for advice, but I've never done self-publishing before. She wants to write a book of short stories. I originally suggested a...
