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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 6 hours 22 minutes
episode 163: EDSG Episode 163 - The Southern Exiles
* We continue to explore the Twilight Peaks
* Geography of the southern Twilight Peaks.
* Rough, dangerous, inhospitable territory.
* The Fire Slopes
* The Burning Shore
* The Ashen Hills; lowlands between the Grey Forest and the Burning Shore
* Home of the Southern Exiles; “Kavaheim.”
* No central organization; multiple groups along with isolated individuals.
* Significant population of followers of the Outcast path...
episode 164: EDSG Episode 164 - Email Avalanche
* E-mail avalanche!
* Email from Polythemus: Introducing talent knacks.
* Balancing encounters for large groups (action economy)...
episode 165: EDSG Episode 165 - Giftbringer and Ubyr
* Horrors!
* Giftbringer: The Stephen King homage.
* Almost certainly inspired by 1991’s Needful Things.
* Entry written by victim/survivor.
* The Horror feeds off aggression and violence, kindled by jealousy.
* Powerful illusion powers, masquerades as a travelling peddler or merchant and targets small, isolated communities.
* Sells items, then manipulates people’s desires to covet each other’s possessions...
episode 166: EDSG Episode 166 - Email and The Delaris Moots
* Email from Matthew: Fourth edition political situation in Haven?
* Email from Nick: Stephen King recommendation.
* Story about using Giftbringer.
* Note: The Velocity spell is not in a first edition book. It was created by Morgan Weeks.
* Trollmoots of the Delaris Mountains
* Quiet, serene, isolated.
* Location of the monastery where Elianar Messias allegedly found the Books of Harrow...
episode 167: EDSG Episode 167 - Nemesis and Chantrel's Horror
* Our Named Horrors series continues!
* Revealing how Dan chose the order we’re going through these.
* We return to the wonderful and unique aspects of the Horrors sourcebook.
* Nemesis: Master of metamorphosis and deception.
* Always appears a beautiful, attractive human with bright eyes.
* No record of its natural form; like Deceivers in its mutability.
* Astral form has dozens if not hundreds of dark tendrils extending out into astral space...
episode 168: EDSG Episode 168 - Email and the Firescale Moot
* Email from Balas: Does Josh know what Virag means in Hungarian?
* Email from Polythemus: Story from their game!
* Passions and their role in Barsaivian cultures?
* Adapting other game content to Earthdawn (vampires)?
* Email from Brendan: Shield Bash and Second Attack/Second Weapon?
* Email from Anthony: Continuing the Earthdawn demo games!
* Involvement with Free RPG Day?
* The Firescale Moot of the Scol Mountains
* Geographic...
episode 169: EDSG Episode 169 - Buualgathor and Druistadt
* Even more Named Horrors!
* Buualgathor – The Horror Hunter
* From the Parlainth campaign set.
* Uses marked and corrupted Namegivers to track down its prey.
* Bloatforms and Depairthoughts are preferred targets.
* Little known about the Horror outside Parlainth.
* Its essence permeates the landscape; those who spend time there “remember” tales they have heard about it.
* Seven bladelike arms, wavy appendage that resembles a flowing cloak...
episode 170: EDSG Episode 170 - Email, Life Among the Crystal Raiders
* Email from Scott: Nemesis and Horror Stalkers.
* Updating movement rates from first to fourth edition?
* Legends of Earthdawn podcast update.
* Email from Pierre Luc: Timeline overview?
* Interactive atlas.
* Standard-size books?
* Life in Crystal Raider society – part one.
* The legend of living crystal.
* Crystal raiders and other Namegivers wearing living crystal.
* Mountain travel and hazards in the Twilight Peaks...
episode 171: EDSG Episode 171 - Aazhvat Many-Eyes and the Tempter
* Our penultimate episode about Named Horrors!
* Aazhvat Many-Eyes: Lovecraftian mind-screw.
* Purely astral Horror
* The Eurydon Document: Includes sections in an unknown, untranslated language that some suspect may be the native language of the Horrors.
* Plays into Lovecraftian themes of books containing forbidden, mind-breaking knowledge.
* Inspires madness by warping its victims’ perceptions to see the Horror’s eyes in any circular or oblong object...
episode 172: EDSG Episode 172 - Crystal Raider Arts and Crafts
* Email from Chris: New listener excitement!
* Josh is running an in-person game!
* Trolls: The final (?) episode.
* Arts and crafts.
* Purpose first, beauty second.
* Crystal, stone, leather.
* Steel is rare; resource and labor intensive.
* Stonesmiths and crystalsmiths.
* Troll crafts and spirituality; more complex and personal than honor.
* Revisiting the dichotomy of troll culture...