Earthdawn Survival Guide

By Josh H & Dan BLeisure Games

Earthdawn Survival Guide episodes

September 20, 2023 EDSG Episode 188 - Another dive into the mailbag
* Another packed email episode!
* Email from Michael H: Supporting the show, and a question
about airship and riverboat rules.
* Upcoming topic: Dealing with player character death
* Email from Jennifer: Knacks spreadsheet?
* Sheet is actually what talents become available for the core
Disciplines
* Email from Jonathan: Do animal companions count as allies for
the Shaman pack spell benefits?
* Handling the Repel Animal spell cast in the path of a charging
mount?
* Email from Francois: Questions about kaers. How were they
closed? How did people open them? Communication from outside to residents of the
kaer?
* Naming spirits? Pattern items for Throal, Thera or other places?
* What do Josh and Dan do for their day jobs?
* Email from J: New Earthdawn fan! Question about obsidimen and the
Messenger path.
* Email from FrankFrankFrank: Support talents; Wilderness
Survival, Navigation, etc.
* Additional thoughts on vehicle-based talents, as well as Haggle.
* Email from Joel Fowler: Legend Point totals for Fifteenth
Circle characters.
* Updating player characters from earlier editions to fourth
edition.

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52 min
September 13, 2023 EDSG Episode 187 - Healing Herbs and Plants of Barsaive
* Herbs, plants, and natural medicines in Earthdawn.
* Can add more flavor, detail, and variety to your setting.
* The Survival Guide includes a mix of real-world and fictional
plants.
* The Herbalist’s Primer by Anna Urbanek.
* Great system-neutral supplement for any fantasy game.
* Item by item list from the first edition Survival Guide.
* Descriptions, uses, and adventure or story hooks.
* Pop culture connections: Lord of the Rings, Aquaman.

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37 min
September 06, 2023 EDSG Episode 186 - Exploring and Surviving the Badlands
* Exploring and surviving in the Badlands
* Final report on the Deeper Secrets Kickstarter campaign
* Possible reasons to go into (or over) the Badlands
* Historical overview of the region
* Is calling it the Badlands reinforcing its corruption?
* Additional ideas and hooks in the Travar sourcebook
* Solving the mystery of the region’s growth and cleansing the
corruption
* Geography and environment
* Travel difficulties
* Resources and survival
* Denizens of the Badlands
* Creatures, Horrorspawn, and foul folk
* Mountainshadow’s Lair

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29 min
August 30, 2023 EDSG Episode 185 - Post GenCon Mailbag Part 2
* Second of TWO post-GenCon mailbag episodes!
* Question from Josh (not that Josh): Adapting Earthdawn to
other systems?
* Some non-legally binding discussion of how to handle fan
works.
* Email from Svenn: Book of Tomorrow and the Earthdawn Publishing
Trust.
* Josh reminisces about the EDPT.
* Questions about Legend Awards…
* ED4 challenge ratings versus ED1 specific creature awards?
* Why change the Legend award system?
* History lesson from Josh about the revisions to Legend awards
over the years.
* With a side of design philosophy about creatures vs player
characters.
* Updating old adventures to the newer Legend award system?
* Guidelines for building creatures and Legend awards in fourth
edition?
* Different Legend awards based on character Circle?
* Reprints of Elven Nations and Questors?
* Appreciation for thoughts and comments Lou Prosperi posts to
Facebook.

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46 min
August 23, 2023 EDSG Episode 184 - Post GenCon Mailbag Part 1
* First of TWO post-GenCon mailbag episodes!
* As of this episode’s release, just over two days left in the Deeper Secrets Kickstarter
* Email from Alexandre: Playing an offended obsidiman?
* Email from Donald the SoloRPG Guy: Recent Earthdawn episode and shout-out to the EDSG
* Email from Ben: What kind of Horror was Zorg from the Legends of Earthdawn podcast?
* Email from Patrick: Illusionist spells and disbelief/sensing?
* Check out Episode 34 for Illusionist Discipline discussion, Episodes 72 and 181 for Illusionist spell discussions.
* Email from Aaron: Running a game for someone who is well-versed in the setting.
* A few suggestions and ways to approach the situation.
* Email from Tim: Thoughts on adventuring in mountains and making interesting choices.
* Question about characters leaving their kaer in the Badlands for the first time.
* Thoughts on experiences and encounters for newly emerged kaer dwellers.
* Email from Mark: Suggestions on speeding up combat mechanically and narratively.
* Josh shares a hard lesson he learned about pacing and resolving a combat.

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47 min
August 16, 2023 EDSG Update and Kickstarter Reminder
No new episode this week, but a reminder that the Kickstarter campaign for Deeper Secrets is still going! We just broke 56k, and are running through August 25. If you haven't backed, please go check it out!
We return next week with a regular episode!
2 min
August 09, 2023 EDSG Episode 183 - Third and Fourth Circle Shaman Spells
* Third and Fourth Circle Shaman spells
* Quick review of a couple important Shaman spell features.
* Third Circle Spells
* Catwalk
* Invoke Lion’s Pride
* Mark of the Wolf
* Polecat Resilience
* Sunlight
* Third Circle picks and discussion.
* Fourth Circle Spells
* Ferret Reflex
* Gills
* Invoke Shark Rend
* Mark of the Bear
* Repel Animal
* Fourth Circle picks and discussion.

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23 min
August 02, 2023 EDSG Episode 182 - Exploring and Surviving Forest Environments
* Josh gives a GenCon update! Booth times and such!
* Reminder: If you have questions for Lou Prosperi, send them in!
* Exploring and surviving forest environments.
* Named vs unnamed forest.
* Typically, much drier than jungles, more undergrowth.
* A brief ecological overview of deciduous and evergreen forests.
* Potable water in forests and the associated hazards.
* Fauna commonly found in forests.
* Pop culture references and inspirations for forest environments.
* Negative vs positive portrayals of woodlands.
* Corrupting presence of Horrors in forests.
* Namegiver and spirit presence.
* The Blood Wood
* Iconic “haunted forest”, the land is alive and watching you.
* How the Blood Wood differs from regular forests.
* The Poison Forest
* Perpetually in a state of undying decay; infected by the ash blown in from the Wastes.
* Mood and feeling of the Poison Forest.
* Large number of Horrors and Horrorspawn.
* How the Poison Forest differs from normal woodlands.
* More mood and feelings.
* Encountering spirits and fauna.
* Corrupted and cadaverous masks from the Companion.
* Book of Exploration entry about the Poison Forest: The Fountain Parchment.

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50 min
July 26, 2023 EDSG Episode 181 - Third and Fourth Circle Illusionist Spells
* Magic: Deeper Secrets Kickstarter is live!
* Third and Fourth Circle Illusionist Spells
* Josh briefly recaps some thoughts on the Illusionist as a magician
* Third Circle Spells
* And Then I Woke Up
* Blinding Glare
* Fog of Jeer
* Nobody Here
* Phantom Warrior
* Top third Circle picks and discussion
* Fourth Circle Spells
* Clarion Call
* Great Weapon
* Notice Not
* Phantom Lightning
* Stop Right There
* Suffocation
* Unmask
* Top Fourth Circle picks and discussion

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31 min
July 19, 2023 EDSG Episode 180 - Email and Jungle Environments
* Email from Brendan: Question about Wound penalties?
* Email from Mark: Having Brad on the show to talk about 1879?
* Theran Empire and Horrors defanged?
* Comparing the Denairastas to the Therans.
* Some spoilers for Empty Thrones.
* Horrors as a disrupting political influence.
* Question about the Earthdawn version of Turkey/Anatolia?
* Why is Naaman Y’ross such a big deal?
* Exploring and surviving Jungle regions.
* More life in jungle habitats than anywhere else.
* Things to watch out for in the Servos Jungle.
* Heat, humidity, and water.
* Mold, insects, heatstroke.
* Low amounts of underbrush, swampy low spots.
* Inspirations: Return of the Jedi (Forest moon of Endor), James
Cameron’s Avatar.
* Real-world inspirations: Amazon basin, equatorial Africa, southeast
Asia.
* Tomb Raider and Uncharted video games.
* Easier to forage/hunt to survive due to abundant plant and
animal life.
* Fantasy versions of hazardous plants; giant flytraps, pitcher
plants.
* Wood and plant spirits.
* Downsides of vegetation-based threats.
* Fauna: Snakes, frogs, boar, and more!
* List of creatures by terrain at Panda Gaming Grove.
* Remember motivations of creature encounters!
* Using creatures as clues or hooks for jungle adventures.
* Fire and forests vs jungles.
* The Liaj Jungle, Usun, and the Tamers.

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55 min