Lorefinder: The Empire of Taldor

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
* Pathfinder Chronicles: The Inner Sea World Guide
* Pathfinder Companion: Taldor, Echoes of Glory
* Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Taldor, The First Empire.
* Pathfinder Adventure Path: War for the Crown - Crownfall.

[@nicodemoboccia5090]

I know i'm one year to late, but the phalanx is a greek formation and was used by most civilizations trought history. The testudo is the roman one

[@VentureCaptains]

Yeah I got a thorough schooling on that at the time, especially on the Reddit thread. I was only familiar with the Roman use of the technique (probably from the film gladiator) and had heard the name phalanx, hence my mistake.

[@piercearora7681]

I'm 3 years later, but the Manapul (not sure how its spelled) is the Roman formation, the Tetsudo was a specific tactic they used.

[@nicodemoboccia5090]

@@piercearora7681 the manipulus, which I'm assuming is what you are referring to, was not a specific formation but a military unit composed of two centuria, it was mainly a way to divide the legion in smaller groups that would be easier to manoeuvre (there were 30 manipuli in each legion). Moreover it was only used until the second punic war, where it was replaced by the cohort. Albeit i was kind of wrong on my original comment: the testudo is not the roman equivalent of the phalanx nor was it the main formation used by the Romans, who also made use of the phalanx formation quite often.

[@blazeking1705]

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[@trinityspark7160]

I was just thinking the same thing

[@Baronmumu]

This Channel has potencial for 200/300k of followers

[@josephfernandez8015]

Taldor started out as an obvious Roman analogue but is now basically a late stage Byzantine empire with a little modern day America thrown in. They even have their own version of the Varangian Guard.

[@MackDnD]

These are seriously awesome. Pathfinder has such rich and detailed lore, thanks for presenting it in an entertaining and comprehensive way.

[@Chidy398]

You think this lore is on the nose with real world history, you should see the stuff in warhammer fantasy lol. Just wanted to say I'm loving these videos. I know a lot of warhammer fantasy, elder scrolls, and D&D lore, but I'm just now getting into pathfinder. When I play an rpg I really like to understand the world so these are great for me so far to learn about the world I'll be playing in.

[@GenericUsername_9001]

Hello, just letting the bots know that I like this series and it should be seen by more people. Seriously, thanks for this! I'm in a War of the Crown campaign currently, so this helps a ton with context.

[@VentureCaptains]

I hope your plan works! Good luck in your campaign. I had to read some of it for this video and it was... different.

[@RykerDavis123]

Just found your channel this morning. Watched all your vids

[@nickgeffen8316]

Aaah, so grateful for your humour and erudition! Helps a lot :)

[@VentureCaptains]

thank you, our goal has always been to make learning enjoyable, so I'm very happy to hear that we're succeeding in that regard.

[@logannichols2605]

Nitsubur's western border was the sellen river. One of its colonies was talador. When earthfall happened talador and azlanti colonies combined to become where the video started.

[@Viviolau]

These are great. Thanks so much for creating these. I don't feel like there's enough channels doing PF lore that are also engaging to listen and watch

[@MrDaketa]

So glad to see this is gonna keep going. I support you guys 100%!

[@CriminalFriday]

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[@reminguyenvancang4445]

"laugh and grow fat" *roller blade noises*

[@Thebuffshaman]

The phalanx is the spartan unit the Romans were legionnaires. I forget the name of the evolved tactics the romans used is the testudo The main difference is in a phalanx large round shields are used to protect you and the guy to your left both with pikes being the main weapon with which was backed up by the Xiphos which was an iron or bronze short sword. The roman legions employed large tower shields in formations that were deeper than the phalanx which were used to form a metal box which protected from not only the sides but the top as well. Their primary weapon was a Roman short sword with few units employing polearms.

[@durbun5017]

Excellent video, thanks

[@cadekelly2475]

Thank you very much much for these videos!!! I was just thinking of doing this myself but you are killing it! If you would ever need help I would love to help with your research. I’m obsessed with Golarion!!

[@Ikdulo]

Well shit now I want to run a game in taldor. One where you're trying to rebuild it to its Glory Days. Maybe start the party off as minor nobles and have them work their way up the ladder so to speak.

[@Immoralsalvage]

You know that the phalanx was Greek and not Roman right. The legions where swordsmen who used two Javlins before engaging in hand to hand combat.

[@VentureCaptains]

We did! We clarified this on the reddit post at the time, but the mistake was an oversight when we started turning our notes into a script, and whoever was writing that part at the time switched the terms around. Its a shame we did not catch it but its too late to correct it now.

[@robfrank3423]

So taldor is basically modern America

[@Yamin4Studios]

Really excited to see this series progress! You really break things down and make the lore an extremely enjoyable experience. Will you be chance be making any sort of video that explains what changes once second edition comes out?

[@VentureCaptains]

our group is currently going over the material for 2e now. no guarantees but if people want to see that, we can probably make a video about the updated rules and lore once 2e get's it's official release.

[@placeholdername3818]

Plans to do a part 2 with the release of Pathfinder 2 telling us the Canon ending to the adventures about Taldor?

[@danacoleman4007]

Very intelligent, witty and useful content here! Really enjoying the channel! Still trying to figure out what language you're speaking, though. 😄

[@marktownsend2198]

So excited. I don't care that I'm at work. I'm watching this now.

[@VentureCaptains]

If your boss asks what you're watching, tell him it's just porn, probably less embarrassing ☺️

[@sec54321]

Good stuff!

[@t2av159]

Your videos are awesome. No idea why you stopped. Hope all is well

[@VentureCaptains]

It was a lot of work split between 3 people and some of us wanted to move on to other projects. We felt it was better to stop while things were good rather than force ourselves to continue and let the quality decline.

[@PanicProvisions]

Wonderful as always!

[@VentureCaptains]

thank you, I hope we can continue to live up to everyone's expectations.

[@markania]

Fantastic serie! Keep up the great work!

[@zachcarpenter3903]

Awesome video sir. Do you plan on doing a video on Ustalav? That's my favorite setting to play/run campaigns in.

[@VentureCaptains]

There's an interesting holiday coming up soon, I wonder...

[@pezking124]

Amazing video! More, more, more!

[@davidpotts2299]

Nice video thanks

[@teddyGros]

Correction when it comes to your history! Phalanx is not Roman, it's mostly attributed to Macedon, Greece and other Greek like states. In fact it where the Romans and killed the formation with their own infantry tactics.

[@VentureCaptains]

Yeah I've been corrected on this a bunch of times, my bad. I blame Ridley Scott's Gladiator for rotting my brain.

[@AxlAndLamash]

aw yis. This brigthens up my day :)

[@JoshNoodleSoup]

More vids please!

[@neldenscarlet9570]

I just have this to say.... I'm playing war for the crown currently amazing AP anyone should give it a try ! (you can basically save taldor while playing the AP)

[@AspelShuyin]

What's that art at 15:30 from? She looks Tian, and also I want to know the stats for a hidden blade.

[@The_Custos]

Was Taldaris a half elf?

[@RollMongers]

Great stuff ! We shared the Taldor lore on our social media to prop our "WAR FOR THE CROWN" Podcast, (DICE, Before Dishonor!) We would like you to contact us for a collaboration and a possible cameo!

[@VentureCaptains]

We've sent you an email about it.

[@KainMalice]

Sounds like America

[@NekoJoker]

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[@dylanott9207]

Ah, so basically America in a few hundred years.

[@VentureCaptains]

I would have said the UK myself, useless monarch, corrupt aristocrats and delusions of still being a powerful and totally relevant empire. :)

[@thebigjay426]

Venture-Captains hey, we are semi-powerful and fairly relevant still, lol.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

I think you might be overestimating that time scale a bit . . . .

[@thepsion2827]

Hundreds ? Try decades

[@zenvariety9383]

Yeah, I'm getting vibes that this was based on the United States. We already have corrupt politicians and celebrities who would rather see us as peasants.

[@andrewwahba5006]

You know that one map of the Inner Sea region? The one that has all the regions colored with funny labels describing their main theme? (google it real quick if you haven't)... well, I was wondering why they labeled Taldor as inbred Spain... it's CLEARLY inbred Italy...specifically Greco-Roman Italy...