Earthdawn Survival Guide

* Ardanyan's Revenge: Kaer Dwellers
* Kickstarter deliveries are happening!
* Vasgothia Towers are also (finally) available!
* Josh gushes about Wildwood
* Intended for newer players, or a new campaign
* Lots of options for PCs; all Namegivers, all but one Discipline
* Understandable as a design choice, might strain credulity
* Overview of adventure storyline
* Introductory scenarios
* The "big secret" of Ardanyan
* Kicking off the main plot
* Leaving the kaer and reaching the surface
* Arrival in the town of Ardanyan
* Thoughts on greeting ritual
* GM support for kaer dwellers first seeing the surface?
* Potential communication issues
* Investigation and being discovered by the cult
* The secret prison under the council house
* Rescuing the mentors and thwarting the cult
* Thoughts on the split approach to the adventure
* Support (or lack thereof) for new Earthdawn GMs

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* Vivane: History and Daily Life
* Founding and early development
* Theran Arrival and Conquest
* The Scourge
* Post-Scourge and Theran Return
* Theran Houses
* Theran Garrison
* Militia: Red, Blue, and Green Squads
* Carrying Weapons
* Taxes
* Therans vs Provincials
* Imperialism, vassals, and corruption
* Magic is Commonplace

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* Mailbag (the Sequel)!
* Josh is neck deep in final week of rehearsals and didn't have time to do full show notes!

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* Mailbag!
* Email from Matt: Anything we feel the narrators of the books got completely wrong?
* Josh can't think of anything offhand
* Talking about in-character vs out-of-character information
* Email from Bernard
* Sidebar about Josh listening speed
* Table tales from Bernard
* Josh talks about Names and Naming
* NPCs getting a life of their own
* Looking at the world through an Earthdawn lens
* Context for difficulty for learning Key Knolwedge
* Question about what happens when Horrors are defeated?
* TL;DR: It depends on the Horror!
* What is up with the weight of windlings?
* How did citadels work?
* Archers and fire cannons?
* Finer points of the Icy Surface spell?
* Astral space in relation to our world and magic level.
* Pop culture references for adepts
* Closing

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* Vivane Adventures: Shadows
* Written by Teeuwyn Woodruff
* Upper Novice Tier (3rd & 4th Circle)
* Jailbreak in Vrontok
* Helping Aberdeen; recommended to introduce him before the adventure
* His son Thillik was arrested and made a slave in Vrontok
* But also... Thillik doesn't recognize his father.
* Primary purpose: Free Thillik
* Secondary purpose: Learn about the amnesia
* Mervyn and his goons: Lackeys of the Mayor
* Shakedown highlights the corruption in Vrontok's society
* Not a real physical threat, but group is trying to lay low
* The Wingsticker Tavern; information gathering from NPCs
* Complication: Mervyn and his goons drink at the tavern
* Caravath's Laboratory and rescuing Thillik
* Soul Spiders: Make their victims submissive and pliable
* Likely outcomes and complications
* Straightforward adventure with a dark secret
* Potential follow-up stories
* Final commentary and discussion

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