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.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edsg-podcast
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 6 hours 22 minutes
episode 7: EDSG Episode 7: Spellcasting 101
* Email: Throal sent out scouting parties before the elemental clocks stopped?
* Email: Wizard spell Flame Flash is pretty powerful, damages target twice!
* System Overview: Spellcasting
* Matrix Casting - Earthdawn’s “Spell Slots”
* Magicians have a lot of options
* Grimoire Casting
* Grimoire casting in various editions
* Raw Magic
* Threads in Spellcasting
* Dan’s “Meat Grinder” analogy
* Spellcasting target
*...
episode 6: EDSG Episode 6: Timeline Part Two and Combat Overview
* Listener feedback: Matt asks about Barsaive's current political status quo, and why certain changes were made...
episode 5: EDSG Episode 5: Success Levels, Karma, and Windlings
In this episode:
* Follow-up on derived values from Attributes
* Success Levels in Fourth Edition
* Karma in Context - Historical and Design
* Windlings: Not flying Kender
* Windling mechanical upsides and downsides
Find and follow:
Email: edsgpodcast@gmail...
EDSG Special: Earthdawn Elevator Pitch
As mentioned in a previous episode, here is a short "elevator pitch" that gives a brief setting overview you can use to pitch Earthdawn to potential players.
episode 4: EDSG Episode 4: The Mechanics Behind a Character
Let's talk making characters!
* Point-buy vs Random Roll.
* Decide what you want Discipline and/or race to play before you start.
* Mechanics of Attributes and derived characteristics.
* Roleplaying is collaborative -- work with the other players!
* GM Advice and mechanical guidance for new Earthdawn players...
FASA Games Earthdawn Panel - GenCon 2019
This is a recording of the Earthdawn panel presented by FASA Games at GenCon 2019.
Panelists: Kyle Pritchard, Michael Allegro, Tiffany Ragland, Morgan Weeks, Josh Harrison, Russell Zimmerman, and Andi Watson.
Audio cleaned up as best as possible. Enjoy!
episode 3: EDSG Episode 3: History, Geography, and Linguistics
A little longer, and a little rougher. It's a learning process!
In this episode:
* Josh as a Horror!
* Listener E-mails
* History Lesson: Founding of Thera to the Scourge
* A broad geographic survey of Barsaive.
* Pronunciation Guide: How do you say some of these words?
* Legends: Lyllaria's Mirror
Find and follow:
Email: edsgpodcast@gmail...
episode 2: EDSG Episode 2: Game Basics
In this episode:
* The Elevator Pitch
* What is Earthdawn?
* Broad setting conceit: What do you do?
* Underlying theme of stories and legends.
* Magic items with histories that grow along with your character.
* All player characters use magic, not just spell casters.
* Disciplines: More than just a "class".
* Broad mechanical overview; Steps and exploding dice...
episode 1: EDSG Episode 1: Introductions
It's our premiere! Meet your hosts, Dan Boice and Josh Harrison.
In this episode:
- Josh and Dan each tell the story of they came to discover Earthdawn.
- A broad history of the game's production history.
- Discuss Earthdawn's influence on RPG design. (The article Josh mentions can be found here.)
- Experience running Earthdawn.
- Talk about favorite characters. (Listen to the Legends of Earthdawn podcast...