EDSG Episode 75 - Dragons

* Dragons! * Dan brings up an old review of Earthdawn that says the game “does dragons right.” * In Earthdawn, dragons are characters. They have goals and motivations, sometimes in line with the PCs, sometimes not. * Dragons are not, generally, “nice.” They tend to take the long view and may have an alien mindset of a kind. * Dragons might be fond of individual Namegivers but might not necessarily “care” about them as we might think of that. * Summary of native dragon abilities. * Very formal society; rituals and ceremonies of all kinds that allow them to exist as a society and minimize direct violent conflict. * An overview of draconic life cycle. Eggs are held by Great Dragons, hatchlings educated by their guardian. * Adolescence (and resemblance to wyverns). * Josh spins some theories and potential hooks related to the similarity. * Final form relates to guardian dragon type (and a basic overview of the four types). * Adulthood. * Sidebar about 90s movie Rising Sun and formalized hierarchies and rituals. * Dragon death rituals. * Dragonspeech and memory crystals. * Questions! * Updated Dragons sourcebook? * Sidebar about development goals and how we choose what to develop. * Supplement about dragons using low Circle adepts as agents? * Introducing new (great) dragons to Barsaive? * Do the dragons care about affairs in Iopos? * More legends involving dragons? * Adolescent forms of other dragon varieties? * Dragon type association with elemental wood? * Which dragons survive the Fourth World? * Dragonkin other than the Denairastas or Immortal elves? * Book on Araucania and Feathered Serpents? * Rather work for a dragon or Theran noble? * How should adepts interact with a dragon? * House Henghyoke’s connection with dragons? * Is Cara Fahd the most dragon-influenced nation? * How many immortal dragon kin in Barsaive? * Dragon appearance changing (scale color, etc)? * Armor or weapons made of dragon parts? * Is dragonfire magic or biology? * Other known Great Dragons descended from All Wings? * Barsaive’s significance in relation to the Age of Dragons? * Was All Wings a previous Lorekeeper? * Remains of All Wings and their significance or role in the Fourth World? * Death of All Wings connected to the Passions? * Dragonkin and their role in ancient Earthdawn history and why can they exist when there aren’t other “half-races”? * Dragonkin displaying draconic traits? * Reasons behind dragon ritual cremation on death? * Returning to wyverns. * Favorite movie with dragons in it? Find and Follow: Email: [email protected] 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