Earthdawn Survival Guide

This special episode is the video of Episode 209, recorded at FreedoniaCon 2024.

* EDSG Live at FreedoniaCon 2024!

* Josh summarizes the convention so far.

* Email from Patrick: Our ending to Infected!

* Email from Matthew: Thread items allowing the user to cast a specific spell?

* Email from Patrick: Favorite easter egg or plot detail?

* Email from K Scott: Glowing eyes in description of Astral Targeting spell?

* Email from Konrad: Thanks for the show...

* Shosara: Elves of the North

* Reminder: FreedoniaCon Feb 16-18 on the FASA Games Discord!

* Live EDSG on the 18th!

* Shosara is on a peninsula extending into the Gwyn Sea.

* Shosara's citadel was not breached.

* Founded by elves who set out from Wyrm Wood following a vision from Jaspree.

* Real world parallel geography.

* Early history of the Shosaran elves, meeting the Khistovans...

* Infected! Spoilers for the adventure in this episode!

* FreedoniaCon February 16-18 on the FASA Games Discord

* Written by the legendary Robin Laws

* Probably Josh's favorite published adventure.

* Let's talk about the cover!

* General gushes about art from old school FASA

* Dramatic, evocative cover.

* Open ended resolution.

* Plays on expectations and twists them.

* Plot background and summary...

* The Talshara Ranelle

* Reminder: FreedoniaCon Feb 16-18 on the FASA Games Discord!

* Talshara comprises most of the militia and exolashers in the Blood Wood

* Nearly every combat Discipline is represented in the ranelle.

* Likely includes a significant number of Woodsman followers

* (Check out Episode 78 for the Woodsman Episode.)

* Current leader: Erithander, strongly loyal, can be blunt with the queen...

* Adventure breakdown: Terror in the Skies

* SPOILERS!

* FreedoniaCon is February 16-18 on the FASA Games Discord

* Live Survival Guide on Sunday the 18th.

* Second adventure published.

* Like Mists of Betrayal, likely written to feature different aspects of the game.

* Still potential balance issues, but not as severely as Mists.

* Sidebar about adventures not strictly speaking a series, despite easter eggs.

* Written by Shane Lacy Hensley...

* The Jae'Helastri Ranelle

* Politically inclined gossip-mongers

* Most likely to pass information to manipulate events.

* May be envoys outside the wood.

* Keep an eye on other ranelles.

* No farming, trade, or other aspects of life.

* Smallest ranelle, no more ancestral lands or lesser ranelles sworn to them.

* The ranelle that "knows things".

* Came to power through unswerving loyalty to Alachia...

* New Year, New mailbag!

* The full, unedited interview with Lou is available on our YouTube channel.

* The pre-art draft for Grand Bazaar has been made available to backers...

* The Third and Final Part of our conversation with Lou Prosperi

* Lou's Favorites

* Why Ukraine

* One More Thing for Earthdawn

* Enduring Nature and Cliffhangers

* Is Lou a Passion

* Tales From Lou's Table

* Working With Greg Gorden

* Working on Different Systems

* Something from Fourth Edition You Like

* An Area You Wanted to Cover

* If You Could Change Anything

* What Would You Like to Revisit Now

*...

* The second part of our conversation with Lou Prosperi.

* T'skrang as alien race?

* What's the deal with the ash blowing in from the Wastes?

* Sidebar about the "Western Kingdoms"

* Questions about loci and their use in original plans for Barsaive at War.

* World maps?

* Thoughts about the return of the Earthdawn and other parts of the world.

* Magic use in lands outside the Theran Empire.

* Portals to the elemental planes...