Earthdawn Survival Guide

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 50m. Bisher sind 239 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 6 hours 22 minutes

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episode 153: EDSG Episode 153 - Email and Revisiting Highland Troll Culture


* Happy New Year!

* Email from Brendan: Karma as a payment for spirit services?

* Horrors using Karma?

* Horror knowledge of organizations, nations, and politics of Barsaive?

* Horror knowledge and opinions on Horror Stalkers?

* Email from Nicholas: FreedoniaCon in 2023? (Yes, February 17-19)

* Status of Legends of Earthdawn podcast?

* T’skrang racial mount for Cavalryman?

* Limits of permanent threads?

* Email from Brian: Idea...


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 January 4, 2023  46m
 
 

episode 154: EDSG Episode 154 - Ristul and Taint


* Our Horrors series continues with Named Horrors.

* Ristul

* Narrator Cymric and the novel Prophecy.

* More esoteric: no body, mind, or specific entity -- corruption itself.

* Most Lovecraftian, cosmic horror styled Horror.

* Implacable – nothing concrete to defeat. Might exist as long as magic and corruption exists.

* Subsumes minds and personalities of those it infects.

* Event Horizon

* “What Ristul corrupts, Ristul absorbs...


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 January 11, 2023  43m
 
 

episode 155: EDSG Episode 155 - Everybody Else Is Talking About It...


* Bonus points to those who catch the reference in the episode name!

* A brief, pre-show message from Josh.

* Email from SaintBlissed: Promise oath in astral space?

* Not clear on what the question is, but oaths don’t work differently in astral space.

* Spirits, spellcasting, and raw magic, with a cut-in from future Josh...


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 January 18, 2023  1h5m
 
 

episode 156: EDSG Episode 156 - Stoneclaw and Swiftwind Moots


* More Crystal Raiders

* Geographic overview of the Eastern Twilight Peaks

* Mount An’grak

* Stoneclaw Moot

* Adopted several dwarf clans during the Scourge; mining companies that worked the mountains.

* Strongest kaers of all the trollmoots.

* Seen as best option for Throal to establish initial diplomatic relations.

* Stoneclaw chief: Kerththale Farseer Stoneclaws

* Progressive and forward thinking...


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 January 25, 2023  37m
 
 

episode 157: EDSG Episode 157 - Emails and Joie


* Email from British Joel

* Pick Pocket vs Fast Hand

* New Discipline variants? Paths?

* Love for 1879?

* High Circle play?

* Content Ideas: Compare/Contrast between Disciplines? Quests around magic items?

* Favorite Thread Item? Nioku’s Bow?

* Favorite unanswered mystery?

* Email from Jonathan

* Madness or sanity rules?

* Email from Tanner

* Accessibility options for digital editions?

* Horrors in depth:...


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 February 1, 2023  52m
 
 

episode 158: EDSG Episode 158 - Ironmonger and Thundersky Moots


* Live episode of the EDSG at FreedoniaCon on February 19!

* Central Twilight Peaks

* Highest slopes and roughest terrain of the range.

* Skytoucher Mountain, legendary home of the first trollmoot.

* Destination of the Behemoth in the Battle of Sky Point

* Ruins of Ustrect

* Twilight Tower, Order of Silver Twilight

* Blackheart Liferock

* Ironmonger Moot – Northern portion of the central Twilight Peaks...


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 February 8, 2023  36m
 
 

episode 159: EDSG Episode 159 - Nebis and Bone Crown


* FreedoniaCon this coming weekend! (Feb 17-19, 2023)

* Update on the Wizards of the Coast/OGL situation.

* Horrors in depth…

* Nebis

* Only recorded appearances after the Scourge, but many of them.

* Questions about connection to existing living legend cults or other secret societies.

* Not overly powerful physically.

* Dual-natured Horror, defeating the physical form is only the beginning...


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 February 15, 2023  44m
 
 

episode 160: EDSG Episode 160 - LIVE from FreedoniaCon 2023


* LIVE from FreedoniaCon 2023!

* Where are our attendees from?

* Earthdawn news from the con

* Deeper Secrets is next book in the Kickstarter queue

* An upcoming official Earthdawn Wiki

* Thirtieth Anniversary – new omnibus editions for the J’role trilogy and the “lost novels”

* Email from Polythemus: Returning to Earthdawn!

* Questions about player character deaths in the game and social mechanics...


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 February 22, 2023  49m
 
 

episode 161: EDSG Episode 161 - Bloodlores and Blackfangs


* Crystal Raiders of the Western Twilight Peaks.

* Geographic overview of the western range.

* Great Sword Valley and the Battle of Sky Point.

* The Crystal Span and its connection to Death’s imprisonment.

* Death’s Eyes and tales about Death’s domain.

* The western passes and Three Rivers.

* Bloodlore Moot: Most aggressive and warlike moot.

* Embody the stereotype of bloodthirsty troll raiders.

* History of the moot...


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 March 1, 2023  51m
 
 

episode 162: EDSG Episode 162 - Artificer and Ysrthgrathe


* Email from Anthony: Introducing Earthdawn at a one-shot game night.

* Horrors in Depth: Artificer

* Not flesh and blood; metallic, covered with wheels, levers, and pulleys.

* “Steampunk” Horror.

* Background: Elemental spirit summoned by dragons in the previous age and it was corrupted.

* Uses Forge Trap power to convert tunnels and caverns into metallic mazes filled with deathtraps...


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 March 8, 2023  44m