* Mailbag!

* Tariff talk

* Josh is in another play!

* Email from Dean the Machine: Any plans for Cathay?

* Email from Tibor: Thanks for the podcast!

* Group pattern for the Throalic Army?

* Email from Paul: Campaign tales!

* Email from Justin: Upcoming Roll20 materials?

* News about the upcoming Legends of Barsaive: Haven Vol 2

* Email from Michael: What's the deal with dwarf sword game stats?

* Email from Brian: Inventory spell and ChatGPT

* Extensive discussion about LLM "tools" like ChatGPT

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* Minor Tribes of Cara Fahd, Part One

* Smaller groups and tribes

* Righteous Vipers

* Led by Orguk.

* They also appear in the Blades collection.

* Only 50 or so warriors.

* Allied with the Fists of Fahd through marriage, but relations are strained.

* Live in the Delaris foothills, raiders and more "traditional" ork scorchers.

* Orguk is desperate to make alliances and build power, has been making overtures to Zarass Icethought.

* Useful as low-stakes antagonists and rivals, not significant movers and shakers.

* Having some difficulties dealing with the changes in Cara Fahd and how it hinders their traditional lifestyle.

* Henkar's Spears

* Group of orks that lived in southern jungles.

* Recently got new chieftan, Henkar, a Swordmaster from Travar.

* Welcomed "city orks" from other parts of Barsaive to join a "traditional" Carad culture.

* Grown from around 300 to over 1000 members, tribe is becoming more prosperous.

* No cavalry; they are premier source of infantry for Cara Fahd.

* Cosmopolitan, an example of what Krathis is trying to achieve with Cara Fahd.

* Potential conflict with more traditionalist tribes as they have grown.

* Thunderborn Cavalry

* Lives along the Greenheart River.

* About 600 members, 100 cavalry that ride dyre.

* Very close cultural bonds with dyre; more than just mounts.

* Raids into Vivane province.

* Sworn oath of mutual aid with the Thunderers tribe.

* Building their value as a cavalry force for coming conflict with Thera.

* Uses for minor tribes in a Cara Fahd game.

* Continued variety and detail fleshing out the ork nation.

* Traditional tribes each dealing with the new situation in different ways.

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* Deeper Secrets: Wizard Spells Circle Three and Four

* Third Circle Spells

* Fulcrum

* Addressing a listener question about the spell.

* Makeshift Missile

* Mental Library

* Shatter Lock

* Silence Objects

* Temporary Erase

* Discussion and top picks.

* Fourth Circle Spells

* Etch and Sketch

* Icy Protection

* Inventory

* Mystic Vines

* Sanctuary

* Stick Together

* Discussion and top picks.

* Mystic Vines versus Binding Threads

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* Tribes of Cara Fahd: Fists of Fahd

* Ruled by Moschtug who claims to be the true King of Cara Fahd

* Claims descent from Cathon Grimeye.

* First appeared in the adventure collection Blades.

* Similar to Zarass's Chargers, Moschtug is set up as an antagonist.

* More canny than Zarass but still a warlord.

* Resents the presence of the new arrivals and their domination of the area.

* Self-important, egotistical, convinced with ork purity.

* Controls Copper Cauldron, an important resource for Cara Fahd.

* Trapped by his own narrative; ambitions ran into Krathis Gron.

* Was a big fish in a small pond, but now the pond is much bigger.

* Is on the council because of the importance of Copper Cauldron.

* His ego and self-importance could make him easily manipulated.

* Not a threat like Zarass, but could cause problems.

* Could be a source of comic relief in Cara Fahd politics.

* Still a tough character; strong Cavalryman.

* Ideas on bringing Moschtug into games.

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* A ream of email from the mailbag!

* From the Discord: Stealthy Stride, duration, and narrative context.

* Email from Eli: Comments about production quality.

* Question about FreedoniaCon.

* Urupa book is in development.

* Metaplot comments.

* Josh's Gencon adventures?

* Legend of Earthdawn podcast still running?

* Attacking an illusion and sensing tests.

* Why didn't Horrors kill everything in the astral during the low magic period?

* Email from Allan: Follow-up tale from the table about group pattern and Horror marks.

* Best stats to ask for Creature Analysis/Call of Harrow?

* Do Defensive Stance penalties apply to Damage rolls?

* Weaponsmiths and thread weapons/armor?

* Interaction of Sprint and Great Leap?

* Battle Bellow penalties?

* Josh's favorite Nethermancer spells?

* Neat rules from earlier editions we use at our table?

* Avoiding getting bogged down in combat at higher Circles?

* Email from Chris: Weaving threads into a song?

* Creating astral storage boxes as thread items?

* Troll clans in other mountain ranges?

* Illusionist slowing down or stopping a curse?

* Email from Michael: Surviving descendants of House T'kambras returning from Theran slavery?

* Wilderness Survival for specific terrain/environment types?

* Comments about actual conditions in jungles.

* Email from Rasmus: Updates on upcoming product releases?

* Email from Ted: The Alarm spell and Disarm Trap.

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* Tribes of Cara Fahd: Zarass's Chargers

* First tribe set up as potential antagonists

* Led by Zarass Icethought

* Deals with family dynamics and weird magic.

* Zarass is daughter of Terath the Contemplative.

* She joined Cara Fahd against her father's wishes.

* Terath's Chargers work for Throal, he thought highly of Varulus.

* Zarass's older brother Earal is enamored of Throal.

* Terath is not fully aware of conflict between his children.

* Zarass is bitter and a strong believer in the superiority of Cara Fahd.

* Would act against Krathis Gron if she makes a treaty with Throal.

* Obsessed with ruin found in southern jungles.

* Other perspectives that ruin is a bad place.

* Getaft Allthought sees Zarass as a potential, but not current, threat.

* He believes she could be easily manipulated to cause trouble for Cara Fahd.

* Information on the ruins: Citadel settled by Landisian citizens and their ork slaves.

* Site of a battle between Dis and Lochost that killed all the residents.

* Ruins are severely cursed; astral space is corrupted.

* Lifting the curse is a potential high Circle objective.

* Zarass's tribe is less about a different slant on ork culture, more setting up hooks for future problems in Cara Fahd.

* Discussion of Zarass as a character. Potentially set up as a tragic character.

* Closing thoughts.

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* Earthdawn Shards: Tear for Jaspree

* Novice-tier adventure.

* Hired to accompany a tailor's assistant.

* Adventure revolves around espagra.

* Premise presents some nice world building detail.

* Broader context that isn't necessary, but is appreciated.

* Encounter with young espagra.

* Shrine to Jaspree and white espagra.

* Attack by brigands hunting the espagra.

* Town of Safeway and the missing tanner.

* Assistance from a questor of Jaspree.

* Rescuing the tanner and dealing with the brigands.

* Town is useful but not critical to the adventure.

* Solid adventure with good themes and throughlines.

* Discussion of thread dagger included in the adventure.

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* Mailbag!

* Josh catches us up with the production.

* Email from Michael: Elementalist spell idea.

* Feedback on why Flameweapon doesn't work on arrows.

* From Joel: Only 3 councilors in Travar

* More from Michael : Weaponsmiths and downtime.

* From Cobrasai: Thanks for connection with Foundry team.

* Healing potions and the "bonus" Step 8 test.

* From Eli: Horrors targeting other netherworlds? Elemental planes? Land of the Dead?

* Ideas for teaching Earthdawn to new players?

* Pregenerated characters?

* What happens to Death's Sea when the magic level is low?

* Ideas about the Ivory Codex.

* Where to find info about Aardelea?

* Namegiver cross-breeding?

* Adjusting difficulty for small groups (2 or 3 characters)?

* Organizations that help those emerging from kaers?

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* Tribes of Cara Fahd: Rejruk's Foxes

* The first "indigenous" tribe we've encountered.

* All chiefs take the Name Rejruk.

* Live in Gevosht, a planned community.

* Don't have high opinions of the other tribes.

* Very small force - maybe 50 mounted warriors.

* Located between the Iron Fist and Broken Fang lands.

* Scouts and couriers; focus on speed and stealth.

* Rite of adulthood; emphasis on patience and focus.

* Train in varied terrain so they can function anywhere.

* Historical need for mounted messengers and couriers.

* Krathis and Titanstroke recognize the value of the Foxes.

* "Town orks," not nomadic the way the other tribes we have discussed.

* Gevosht is your stereotypical "fantasy starter town"

* Little sidebar commentary.

* Discussion of some tribe-specific magic and gear in the back of the Cara Fahd book.

* "Keepers of Secrets"

* Practical folk, another twist on ork society.

* Commentary about variety and no "one true way" for things to be.

* Both Dan and Josh are fans of this tribe.

* Image of Cavalryman mounts charging in to aid their riders.

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* Welcome to 2025!

* Production schedule for the next few weeks.

* FreedoniaCon: February 21-23

* Kickstarter fulfillment

* Earthdawn Shards: Betrayal's Sting

* Journeyman tier adventure

* Less structured, more free-form design.

* Part 1: Something That Might Interest You

* Primary goal is to motivate characters to travel.

* Easily adapted to other campaign circumstances.

* Part 2: Who Are You? What Do You Want?

* Meeting traveling merchant.

* True "hook" for the adventure.

* Investigation into what's going on.

* Appreciation for the chapter's Troubleshooting section.

* Part 3: The Madman's Diary

* Finding and fighting the Enrager; a Horror construct.

* Locations provided; ways to track it down.

* Different paths to find the answer.

* Unrelated adventure hooks; small sandbox area.

* Following up on the adventure.

* Closing thoughts.

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