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Earthdawn Survival Guide

Josh H & Dan B

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 291

A semi-official podcast dedicated to the Earthdawn role-playing game, hosted by Dan Boice and Earthdawn developer Josh Harrison. Whether it's rules basics, setting lore, or behind-the-scenes insights, this is the place to start building your legend.

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EDSG Episode 235 - Deeper Secrets: Nethermancer Spells

Season 5 · Episode 235

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 • Duration 31:07

* Reminder: The Survival Guide will be on hiatus until November!

* Coming at some point in the future, Josh is in an Actual Play!

* Deeper Secrets: Nethermancer Spells

* First Circle

* Detect Undead

* Preserve

* Putrefy

* Spirit Labor

* Undead Struggle

* Top choices and First Circle spells from earlier editions

* Second Circle

* Animate Skeleton

* Death Trance

* Netherlight

* Sculpt Darkness

* Translator Spirit

* Top choices and Second Circle spells from earlier editions

* Final discussion and commentary

Find and Follow:

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast

Find and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchant

Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com

FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc

Official Earthdawn Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialearthdawn

FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u

Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

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EDSG Episode 234 - Shards: Journey to Lang

Season 5 · Episode 234

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 • Duration 32:09

* Good news: Josh has been cast in a local show!

* Bad news: Survival Guide going on hiatus until November.

* Send us emails or suggestions for future topics!

* Journey to Lang

* Introductory adventure by Lou Prosperi

* First Earthdawn adventure

* Straightforward, no complex mystery or twists.

* Plot summary.

* Hired to travel to find what has befallen the village of Lang.

* T'skrang riverboat ride, first tests.

* Travel to village; clues and an encounter.

* At the village; encounter with cadaver men.

* Meeting the surviving villagers.

* Defeating the corrupted obsidimen.

* Introduces many key themes and concepts of Earthdawn.

* Early adventures as a template for typical stories in the game.

* Excellent for a first-time Earthdawn GM.

* Little room to wander off the map, great for new players.

* Difficulty of combat encounters.

* Possible hooks for follow-up adventures.

* Comparison to airboat scenes in Terror in the Skies.

* Final thoughts.

Find and Follow:

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast

EDSG Episode 225 - Throal Adventures: Deep Trouble

Season 5 · Episode 225

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 • Duration 27:28

* Throal Adventures: Deep Trouble.

* Also known as "Blackout" in the RedBrick rerelease.

* The only adventure in the collection with a Horror.

* Cloak-and-Dagger style introduction as a vetting process.

* No direct politics, but there are potential political consequences.

* Rival groups serving other parties that may work at cross-purposes.

* Earthquakes below the city of Hustane, two scouting parties have vanished.

* Rivals working to dig up dirt on Hustane's Baroness.

* Watched during prep, then venture into the tunnels below the city.

* Thoughts on updating the adventure to "present day".

* Underground environments, critters, and rival parties.

* The Horror: Emr'r'ko

* Biggest obstacle: The Horror's darkness power

* Despite political concerns, straightforward delve.

* Possible conclusions based on what happened with the other groups.

* The Horror's curse and possible sequels.

* Other possible tweaks for a completed Hustane to establish stakes.

* High marks for a short, direct adventure with potential consequences.

Find and Follow:

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast

Find and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchant

Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com

EDSG Episode 137 - River Travel

Season 3 · Episode 137

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 • Duration 47:20

* All things nautical! River travel in Barsaive.

* We covered individual vessels in Episode

* Each aropagoi controls a section of the Serpent and its associated tributaries.

* Trading cartels that have developed over generations for mutual economic benefit.

* Most aropagoi are led by a shivalahala – the political, spiritual, and cultural leader of the entire cartel.

* Historical perspective on the Serpent River trade

* Bakshevas – a ritualistic toll extracted by the t’skrang who controlled a stretch of river.

* The Free Trade Compact – the aropagoi retain exclusive rights to their tributaries, but the Serpent trade is open.

* Standard unit of freight: the duari. A cask that holds 300 pounds of dry rice.

* About 16 hours of travel per day, approximately 5 silver per day.

* Brief comparison of riverboat versus airship travel.

* Types of passage.

* Freighter: mildly cramped, eat with the crew, may work to reduce passage.

* Passenger line: Passengers only, planned routes and known stops.

* Warship passage: Not commonly available, only adepts who can fight.

* Ferry service: Crossing the river, low cost, no berths, short jaunts.

* Dwarf barges: Easy travel downstream, must pay a riverboat to tow them upstream.

* Showboat: Floating entertainment, carnival, or circus that travels the lower Serpent and Coil rivers. More diverse.

* Lots of pop culture and historical inspirations in this episode for river travel flavor and story ideas!

* River travel is a great source for color and excitement, and mot places in Barsaive aren’t too far from part of the Serpent River network.

EDSG Episode 136 - More from the mailbag!

Season 3 · Episode 136

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 • Duration 01:03:22

* Email madness!

* We have a YouTube channel. Old episodes being uploaded.

* Let us know if you want to help with captions/transcripts!

* Email from Brendan: Using talents during Experience Death?

* Email from Matthew: Enchanting a group true pattern item?

* Replacing or altering parts of a thread item?

* Further enchanting of thread items to add additional thread ranks?

* Email from Captain Olimar: Iberian peninsula?

* Territories outside Barsaive but not described in books?

* Email from Bryan: J’role in his campaign.

* Email from Patrick: Status of podcast listenership?

* Thoughts on mass combat and player characters interacting with it?

* Group masks in Empty Thrones page 213.

* Band of Blades for other system ideas on large-scale goals and campaign integration.

* Using Mystic Paths in earlier editions?

* Comparison of different editions?

* Email from Maciej: The Invae Burnings and Chorrolis?

* Information on Landis?

* Email from Bart: Ally spirits and overshadowing other characters?

* Advice on handling GM burnout?

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeoifzUuBjez9V6wnvzom3g

EDSG Special Episode: Legends Vol. 6

Episode 15

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 • Duration 34:59

* Legends Special #6

* Dan narrates tales from Legends of Earthdawn Volume 2: The Book of Exploration

* The Lost Kingdom of Lasael

* In the Bones of the Earth

* Paradise of Swords

* Chamber of the Ages

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @EDSGPodcast

Josh on Twitter: @LoreMerchant

Dan on Twitter: @boice_voice

Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com

FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc

FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u

Earthdawn Guild Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/earthdawnguild

Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

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EDSG Episode 135 - High Circle Scout

Season 3 · Episode 135

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 • Duration 33:53

* High Circle Scout.

* Review of the Scout’s focus and role in the game.

* Ninth Circle Discipline Ability: Supernal Awareness.

* Warden Tier bonuses and Discipline talents.

* Warden Tier talent options.

* New to the Companion: Critical Hit, Plant Talk, Relentless Recovery

* Thirteenth Circle Discipline Ability: One With the World

* Master Tier bonuses and Discipline talents.

* Master Tier talent options.

* New to the Companion: Eidetic Memory, Matrix Sight, Netherwalk, Second Chance, Soul Aegis, Spirit Strike

* High circle build options and analysis.

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @EDSGPodcast

Josh on Twitter: @LoreMerchant

Dan on Twitter: @boice_voice

Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com

FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc

FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u

: https://www.facebook.com/groups/earthdawnguild

EDSG Episode 134 - GenCon Report, Email, and The Dragons Network

Season 3 · Episode 134

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 • Duration 01:08:15

* Josh reports on GenCon 2022!

* Status of various products.

* Travel summary – kids’ first flights!

* Too much sun at the zoo.

* Covid precautions and experience.

* GenCon adventure and session reports.

* Minimalist preparation and the lessons to be learned from it.

* Hiccups and setbacks (and insights from those)

* Bad behavior before and during the convention.

* Email from Digital Hermit: Updating old adventures to fourth edition?

* “Commoner” stat block supplement as a GM aid?

* Soapbox moment: Earthdawn vs D&D, Shadowrun connections.

* Email from Chris: Shosara questions. Firbruid? Dragons?

* Other events or themes for Shosara?

* City in a Bottle revamp?

* Second email from Chris: Five ancient cities referenced in Travar book?

* Print version of Misguided Ambitions?

* Email from a different Chris: Circle advancement and acquiring new talents.

* Email from Lee: Other uses for the Eye of Throal.

* Suggestions on future topics.

* Quick overview of the Dragons’ Network.

Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @EDSGPodcast

Josh on Twitter:

EDSG Episode 133 - The Eye of Throal

Season 3 · Episode 133

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 • Duration 34:36

* Secret Societies: The Eye of Throal

* Hey listeners, is there anything you would like us to cover? Whether new or revisited?

* One of the largest movers and shakers in the Secret Societies book.

* Thera doesn’t know who runs it, but it is revealed in the Throal sourcebook: J’role.

* Five major leaders below the Senior Gatherer, only one known by the Therans.

* Discussion in this episode about the “present day” Eye might differ from eventual published material.

* One of the largest (if not the largest) intelligence network in Barsaive.

* Essay focuses mostly about Throal’s connections and interactions with other powers in Barsaive.

* Partnership between the Eye of Throal and His Majesty’s Diplomatic Corps

* Role of the Eye in late first edition products and potential role in the fourth edition timeline.

* Using the Eye of Throal in adventures and campaigns.

* Not just an employer – use as a complicating factor.

Find and Follow: Email: ⁠edsgpodcast@gmail.com⁠ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeoifzUuBjez9V6wnvzom3g Twitter: ⁠@EDSGPodcast⁠ Josh on Twitter: ⁠@LoreMerchant⁠ Get product information, developer blogs, and more at ⁠www.fasagames.com⁠ ⁠FASA Games on Facebook⁠: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc ⁠FASA Games Discord Channel⁠: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u ⁠Earthdawn West Marches⁠: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

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EDSG Episode 132 - High Circle Sky Raider

Season 3 · Episode 132

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 • Duration 39:39

* High Circle Sky Raider

* GenCon! Josh talks about his (delayed) prep!

* Technical problems continue! But not as bad as before!

* Recap of Sky Raider themes and ideas.

* Ninth Circle Discipline ability: Strength of the Sky

* Warden tier bonuses and Discipline talents.

* Warden talent options.

* New to the Companion: Lion Spirit, Relentless Recovery, Resist Pain, Storm Shield, Vital Ward

* Thirteenth Circle Discipline ability: Stormcall

* “Names are hard” and Josh goes through the math of the “big-ass lightning attack”.

* Master tier bonuses and Discipline talents.

* Master talent options.

* Josh misspeaks – Resist Pain would reduce effect of Wound-causing abilities, not Unflinching Fortitude.

* New to Companion: Aura Armor, Champion Challenge, Critical Hit, Eagle Eye, Second Chance, Undermine, Weapon Breaker.

* High circle analysis and build options.

* Talent option system and making choices interesting.

* Other Disciplines can deal as much (or more) damage, but the Sky Raider style is *great*.

Find and Follow: Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeoifzUuBjez9V6wnvzom3g Twitter: @EDSGPodcast Josh on Twitter: @LoreMerchant Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

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