Inspired by the official Reaper, and the Ice Queen and Toad King from these boards, here is the Ferryman.

The idea is to use the river and give an alternative way to cross the Stormriver (or die trying).

English is not my first language, so feel free to point out grammar or spelling errors.

Playtested the Ferryman last night, and it worked fine, although he didn't see to much action. One safe crossing and a couple of lifes and lost turns because of him.

Enjoy.

The Ferryman in game.

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Starts in Stormriver at the tavern.
Encountered as a card (encounter #4).
(May not be used if already occupied).

Pay 1 gold to enter the ferry and end your turn.

Your next turn: Roll 1D6 as your movement, and read the result from this card.
Encounter the space where you land.

After used or ignored, the ferryman immediatly row ID6 clockwise (outer region).

The ferryman can not be killed or removed.

Roll 1D6 (fate works)

1- Charon
You are transported to the underworld (dead).

2 - Storm
You fall in the water and have to swim back to the shore . Lose 1 life.

3 - Thick fog
Lost one turn. Then roll 1D6, move the ferry and yourself that many spaces and return to the shore.

4 - Gust of wind
Roll 1D6 and follow the ferry that many spaces and cross the Stormriver.

5- Safe
You arrive across the Stormriver.

6 - Good breeze
Move the Ferryman and yourself to any space around the Stormriver and cross.
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Large 300 DPI version can be found here: http://www.xiii.dk/temp/Talisman - Ferryman01.jpg

Large 300 DPI version can be found here: http://www.xiii.dk/temp/Talisman - Ferryman02.jpg

EDIT: Made the card pictures smaller and inserted links to the bigger versions.

EDIT 2: Pictures of card removed, due to artistic rights. Will upload new ones later. Stay tuned.

EDIT 3: New versions of cards is uploaded.

EDIT 4: Included the text from the card for easier reading.

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Hmmm... not so thrilled about having my graphics reused outside of intent.

Oh, it was yours?

Thought it was from one of the official cards. I'll change it then, sorry about that.

*pictures down until changed...*

THERE, new versions of pictures in original post (borders changed to exclude other artists work).

And, again; JCHendee; It was never my intent to "steal" your graphics. I know from personal experience how frustating that can be, when others takes credits for your work. Hopefully you see it from the bright side that your graphics was so good that I mistook it for original Talisman art. I hope there are no hard feelings.

Actually, have you looked at Strange Eons, the game card making software, and Jon News plugin for it to make Talisman cards? The original template for my "rules" card is in there... of was that where you found it? And I don't mind people using my stuff as intended, and that's why I've put some of my custom templates out there for use.

www.talismanisland.com/strange_eons.htm

No, I just googled aroud to find Talisman cards with a nice border. And used the one i liked as a template.

AH... a bit of a dangerous prospect... but we've all done it.

I work exclusively in PS CS5.5 and AI CS 5 for my own creations, but check out SE when you have the time, since its free. Jon's done some pretty awesome work on the Talisman plugin (and currently working on the same for Runebound). Great way to create all sorts of cards on the fly with ease. Not as versatile as a graphics editor, but its more versatile than some would assume.

Draii: I notice in your photo that one of the Adventure cards is on a stand.....would that be Cerberus? Or do you have some system of using stands? I use them myself to remind me of what Spells I have (otherwise I always forget to use them). At first I thought I might use stands for all the Adventure cards on the board so that they don't disappear onto the board; what stopped me was that that way, they're only visible by some people at the table.

I like the Ferryman, by the bye.

Hi Zozimus!

That is correct. We use stands (the ones from Talisman 2nd edition) for cards that "block" the way, like Cerebus and sentinels. Otherwise it's easy to run past them by mistake.

We also use to put events on a stand in the middle of the board.

Glad you liked the Ferryman, he's not very important or dangerous (unless you choose to enter the boat), but I thought he would give some more life to the game.