Earthdawn Survival Guide

* Episode 73 is a grab bag of optional rules!

* Piecemeal Armor

* First appeared in the first edition book Denizens Volume 2

* Attempt to simulate making a full suit out of fragments of different types of armor for style purposes.

* Could be used in relation to using hit locations, but that’s not an aspect of the standard Earthdawn rules.

* Chain Casting

* Developed in ED4 to offer guidelines for magicians keeping spells active over multiple castings or extended durations.

* Makes some assumptions to limit rolling dice and interfering with gameplay flow.

* Combat Training for mounts and animal companions.

* Considered a certain number of “trick” slots from Animal Training.

* Based on base creature tier plus ranks of Willful.

* Raising “free” talent ranks.

* Way of reflecting more of the setting realities into the mechanics.

* ED4 makes some assumptions and trades simulation in favor of reducing the perception of “wasting” Legend Points.

* Talent Crisis

* Mechanical teeth for a roleplaying concept introduced in ED1 The Adept’s Way.

* If an adept does not behave in line with their philosophical taboos and strictures, the magic is weaker or may not work at all.

* Should not be used as a cudgel by GMs to enforce “one true way” Discipline philosophies.

* Training Pledges and Ghost Masters

* Alternate advancement method from simply paying silver to a trainer.

* More mystical, leans into idea of a Discipline as a mystery cult or tradition passed from master to student through the generations.

* Possible stronger role-playing bond with a long-term NPC, other story potential.

* Potential drawbacks of the oath and its components.

* Ghost Master ritual is similar just uses a long-dead master of the Discipline.

* Often used for higher tier–Warden and Master–advancement.

* Very flavorful and appropriate for the setting but has its weaknesses.

* Discussion of change for Ghost Master Ritual from talent to knack for ED4.

* Dragons are planned for Episode 75! Get your questions in!

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* Follow-ups from Episode 71: Reviews and ratings depend on what the individual platform allows!

* Lou Prosperi comments on Josh’s commentary about Landis.

* Email from Edward: T’skrang physiology and sexual dimorphism.

* Praise and thank yous.

* Earthdawn soundtrack.

* Urupa book?

* Email from Nils: Magicians taking additional matrix options beyond the one listed?

* Discussion of First Circle Illusionist spells

* Illusionist Discipline discussion is in Episode 34, going more broadly into illusion spell rules.

* Assuring Touch is underrated.

* Discussion of Figment status for Cloak and Unseen Voices.

* Josh finds “Fun With Doors” frustrating.

* Brief discussion of reason behind allowing some spells to share matrices.

* Second Circle Illusionist spells.

* Discussion of Needles, the windling Illusionist from Legends of Earthdawn.

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* Email from Insaniac99: Ideas for questors of Garlen going too far, whether healer or protector.

* Sidebar about movies related to overprotective parents.

* Geographic Exploration: Cara Fahd

* Cara Fahd has everything! Variety of terrain types to cover many different campaigns.

* Josh bursts a bubble by talking about things you can’t do in Cara Fahd.

* Areas near Cara Fahd and what they can offer.

* Sidebar about Landis and its lack of development details.

* Internal border fuzziness between the ork carads.

* Discussion of Cara Fahd’s dearth of Elemental Wood.

* Cara Fahd is a new nation, dust is still settling.

* Campaign Theme: Nation building and what an “ork nation” will look like.

* Overview of political conflicts and challenges facing Cara Fahd.

* Not just politics! Lots of ruins and “traditional” adventuring scenarios.

* Whirlwind tour of cities, towns, and settlements of Cara Fahd.

* Zarass and the mysterious ruins in the southern jungle.

* Basstown, Kerup, and Freewater.

* More threats and dangers in Cara Fahd.

* Setting a campaign in the lead-up to the restoral, and the Blades product.

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* Final entry in our series on Passions and Questors!

* Lochost: Passion of Rebellion, Change, and Freedom

* Often associated with adventurers, and with games that feature anti-slavery themes.

* Symbols: strong winds, uprooted trees, open gates.

* Powers: Inspire rebellion, comfort the imprisoned, unlock doors, transform into wind.

* Rebellion can be awkward; ideals don’t always live up to reality.

* Lochost could be drawn to anybody who is seeking to upset the status quo, even of an egalitarian or progressive society.

* Places in Barsaive that could draw Lochost or be a focus for their questors.

* Discussing “The Lady of Chains” essay in the Questors book.

* Bringing followers and devotees of Lochost into your game.

* Devotions available to Questors of Lochost.

* Vestrial: Passion of Manipulation and Deceit

* Trickster before the Scourge, not as drastic a change as other Mad Passions.

* Inspiration from other mythological tricksters: Coyote, Loki, Anansi.

* Focus shifted from trickery as a way of conveying moral lessons to secrets for secret’s sake, or holding power over others.

* Is Vestrial actually Mad, or just playing a long con?

* Powers: To confuse or beguile with lies, learn someone’s secret desires, travel to anywhere somebody has said a lie.

* Pop culture reference: Nick Fury

* Player characters as followers of Vestrial.

* Discussion of essay “Vestrial Revealed” and self-justification for following a Mad Passion.

* Devotions available to Questors of Vestrial.

* Lots of overlap with talents and knacks available to Thief adepts.

* Looking back at the Passions series and lessons learned.

* Check out the Questors book!

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* Episode 69. Nice.

* Shipments from Empty Thrones have been showing up in people’s mailboxes in the US and overseas!

* Email from Leamon: Thanks and talking about group Names.

* Email from K Scott Rowe: Flame Weapon on missile weapons or shields?

* Purify other elements?

* Email from Clare: Windling racial astral sight and taking a Discipline that gets astral sight as a talent?

* Review of First and Second Circle Nethermancer spells from the Player’s Guide.

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* We took a week off from our regular recording due to life issues, but Dan brings us another special episode.

* From The Book of Exploration:

* A Plea for Help

* The Fountain Parchment

* Masquerade of Death’s Dreams

* Carrul and the Therans

* And from Legends of Earthdawn:

* The Book of Scales

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* Part Five of our series on Passions and Questors

* Passions to the extreme: Briefly revisiting Garlen and Dis

* Mynbruje: Passion of Justice, Compassion, Empathy, and Truth

* To the extreme: Batman, Judge Dredd

* Role of justice in society, breaking or fracturing the social contract.

* Justice versus Law

* Compassion and nuance; the role of society to provide for members of that society.

* Powers: Read minds, ease suffering, perceive obscure clues, travel thoughts from Namegiver to Namegiver.

* Roles: Demonstrators, lawyers, journalists, judges, negotiators, counselors, diplomats.

* Example: King Solomon; wisdom and understanding.

* Often overlooked as a patron of adventurers in their role as troubleshooters and reinforcers of (positive) social order.

* Strong associations with Scout, Archer, Troubadour, and Weaponsmith Disciplines due to strong perceptive or community elements.

* Discussion devotions and powers provided to Questors of Mynbruje.

* Questors and followers of Mynbruje in the game.

* Thystonius: Passion of Physical Conflict and Valor

* Not a war god

* Thystonius versus Floranuus

* Elements: Weapons, armor, banners, battlefields

* Again, NOT A WAR GOD

* Powers: Increased battle prowess, strength, overcoming pain, travel to site of physical conflict.

* To the extreme: Treating Thystonius as a “war god”; unsportsmanlike conflict and the “little league parent”, Imperialism

* Discussion of devotions and powers provided to Questors of Thystonius.

* Questors and followers of Thystonius in the game.

* Don’t be afraid to look for subtlety or nuance in Thystonius’s ideals.

* Passions don’t play politics, but their questors might.

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* Books from the Kickstarters in 2020 should be on their way to backers very soon!

* Email from Brian: Wizard Fifth Circle Karma ability and how it interacts with their spell utility.

* Clever uses of the Rope Ladder spell.

* Illusion spells and removing potential targets with extra threads.

* Email from Leamon: Airships and Karma Rituals in kaers during the Scourge.

* Josh sidebars about division between in-setting narrative and game mechanics.

* Construction of the Earthdawn in Throal.

* Other Windling weapon options?

* Support for Foundry Virtual Tabletop?

* Sidebar about the Steps Character Sheet

* http://www.secondstep.dk/Steps/

* Discussion of First and Second Circle Elementalist Spells

* Includes discussion of utility spells and the GM’s responsibility for giving the character opportunities to use them.

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* Part Four of our series on Passions and Questors

* Garlen: Patron of Hearth and Healing.

* Very popular, easy to work into a game.

* Questors often have Alchemy, Physician, or Medicine to supplement.

* Hearth and Home aspects often overlooked, defenders and protectors. Not just healers!

* Powers: Heal the wounded, comfort the frightened, travel to any home at a moment’s notice.

* Discussing the Garlen essay in the Questors book (which Dan wrote)

* Acts of devotion

* Devotions and powers available to questors of Garlen

* Many powers relating to and powered by Recovery Tests

* Non-adept questors of Garlen as Player Characters

* Dis: Mad Passion of confusion, slavery, and unnecessary work.

* Association with slavery can make them easy to bring in as an antagonist force.

* Rules and regulations for their own sake rather than the good of society.

* References to classic Asterix comic/cartoon, movie Office Space

* Wage slavery, lives broken and ruined in the heartless gears of society

* Powers: Confusion, obedience

* Discussing the Dis essay in questors; operational depression.

* Devotees of Dis and engaging the Passion’s ideals with player characters.

* Symbolic chains

* Devotions and powers available to questors of Dis

* Dis as a dark mirror of Upandal

* Many powers relating to mental domination and control

* Questors of Dis as antagonists; often operates with a network of compelled but innocent followers.

* They present social and mental obstacles rather than physical.

* Following Dis as a player character.

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* Email from Kendall: Kudos and comments about Sky Raider followers of Floranuus.

* Email from Sebastian: Magic use by dragons and Horrors?

* Where do spells known by Horrors and dragons come from?

* Email from Bryan: Questor Devotion abilities?

* Email from Riley: Undead association with Dis instead of Raggok?

* Email from Joel: Sensing tests with Displace Image?

* How obvious is it that somebody is disbelieving a spell?

* T’skrang (and other Namegiver) sleeping positions?

* Does strain happen before or after action?

* Does Avoid Blow break the Claw Frenzy chain?

* Using Riposte against missed attacks?

* Using the butt end of a spear as a Second Weapon and how that interacts with Forge Weapon.

* Using Second Weapon or Second Attack when getting up?

* Suggestions for future topics.

* Thanks to Kyle for the email with the story about his adventure near Death’s Sea!

* Discussion of First and Second Circle Wizard Spells

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