Tabletop RPG· 1975· Role-Playing

Empire of the Petal Throne

by M.A.R. Barker

Empire of the Petal Throne: 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.

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The Riftwar Saga

Book · 1982

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This is Feist's most significant and legally/historically acknowledged source. Feist has explicitly stated that the alien world of Kelewan, the Tsurani Empire, the absence of horses and metals, the insectoid Cho'ja race, and the pantheon of 20 major and 20 minor gods were all imported directly from Barker's setting. Feist initially wrote Magician without realizing his college tabletop gaming group had lifted these concepts straight from Barker's published RPG world. Once discovered, he formally acknowledged Barker's profound influence on the lore.

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Empire of the Petal Throne

A rich, complex world and a complete set of rules, Empire of the Petal Throne includes rules for character generation, magic, monsters, adventuring, societies and languages. It is set in the 2,354th Year “After the Seal” – the accession of the first Emperor of Tsolyánu, just before the events chronicled in Man of Gold, the first of several novels written by Prof. Barker. Included with the rules is a four page set of charts and tables, errata for the original game, a map of the City of Jakalla, a b&w map of the Five Empires, and a citizenship document for Tsolyanu, the Empire of the Petal Throne!