EDSG Episode 79 - Email, a soapbox moment, and more Dragons

* New short series Earthdawn actual play from the Thornvale podcast, run by Rob from the Namegivers podcast! * Email from Tom: Episode on adventure and campaign design? * Josh provides some thoughts, including a campaign idea called “Scavenger Hunt”. * Foundry VTT and the new Earthdawn Player’s Guide Compendium in the FASA Games shop! * Josh gets on a soapbox about advice, complex mechanics, the reflection of setting in the system, and narrative permissions. * Josh’s rant wanders into reskinning, verisimilitude, and the purpose mechanics serve in the game. * We talk about dragons some more, this time focusing on dragon powers! * Armored scales, including a review of changes to armor defeating hits over the editions. * Dispel Magic: Works like the talent, but also covers creature powers, Horror abilities, and the like. * Disrupt Fate: The dragon can spend a Karma point to force a target to reroll a test. * Dominate Beast: Like the talent but allows the dragon to control multiple creatures. * Dragon Breath: Area effect damage and item destruction. * Dragon Sight: Astral Sight on steroids. * Dragon Speech: Communication and spirit interaction ability. * Fear: Similar to Frighten, penalizes action steps by target. * Karma Cancel: Dragon can spend their karma points to cancel use of karma by the target. * Karma Points: Errata on Karma Step and available points. * Lair Sense: Enhanced Awareness in the dragon’s lair. * Poison: Some dragons have venomous bites or stings. * Regeneration: Spend a Recovery test in combat to heal damage or wounds. * Talents and Skills * Spellcasting: Requirement for weaving threads and raw magic. * Suppress Magic: Reduces Steps from magic on the target. * Wingbeat: Knockdown and knockback effect. * With their power suite, dragons are significant opponents and taking one out requires lots of planning and luck. * Link to the Thornvale Podcast: https://www.thornvalepodcast.com/ 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