Earthdawn Survival Guide

* 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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* Vivane: The Theran Quarter
* The Mailbox is empty!
* Catching up with life stuff
* GenCon and upcoming product delivery
* Theran Quarter: aka The Old City or the Walled City
* Walled off from the rest of the city.
* Overgovernor's Palace
* Least damaged by the Scourge and most rebuilt since then
* The Grand Walk
* North and South Barracks
* Walls along the Flamewalk River
* Contrast with Barsaivian Vivane
* Wealth, class, exoticism of influences from other cultures
* Aquaducts providing water from the river, also used for riot control.
* Presentation and design; white, clean, imposing.
* Inspired by 19th and early 20th Century impressions of ancient Rome and Greece
* The Hanging Ziggurats
* More exoticism; display of magical might
* The Wedge: Middle class homes and businesses
* Artisan District
* Theran Quarter Slave Market
* Presenting things to the player characters; experiences and sensations
* Play up the differences and cosmopolitan influence of the Empire
* What's in store for the future?

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* Vivane/Sky Point Adventures: A Message to Vivane
* A quick update on where we are.
* Which came first for Josh--theater or gaming?
* Shakespeare!
* Josh has run this one.
* Espionage and combat
* Part One: The Commission
* Hired to deliver information to the Vivane Resistance
* How Josh tweaked the intro for his group.
* What is the information being delivered?
* Part Two: So This is Vivane
* Arriving in the city and meeting the contact, Kron
* Introduction to Theran corruption and get a taste of the exotic
* Part Three: Delivery
* Meet contacts and get raided by the Red Squad
* It's just a coincidence! The Therans don't know about the group.
* Chase scene!
* Part Four: At the Manor House
* Safety after the chase... for a moment.
* Another Theran Raid
* Another escape
* Part Five: The Secret Room
* Into the Undercity (reference to previous adventure in this collection)
* Learn the scroll was sold to a crime boss.
* Decide what to do; help recover the information, or escape the city.
* Reasons why groups might take either option.
* Part Six: Marikis's Gang
* Attacking the crime boss
* Opportunity to get out some frustrations through combat.
* Adjustable difficulty of the combat and the dozen or so gang members
* Aftermath: Slipping out of the city and meeting Kron later in the campaign.
* Espionage in the way James Bond or Jason Bourne is espionage
* Linear in the way Josh likes linear to be; it plays fair
* Relatively simple task, just dealing with complications and problems
* Vary "Shadowrun", spy thriller
* "A bunch of stuff is happening, we just need to deal with it."
* Lessons on making a situation, not a plot

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* Mailbag!
* Some discussion of why we've been away for so long
* Email from Felix: Non-adepts humans and Versatility?
* Email from Kevin (Jacklifear): Kudos and stuff going on.
* Email from Aaron: Update on his home game
* Coming at some point... the FASA Games Wiki
* Upcoming Kickstarter and products?
* Josh talks about Urupa book
* Suggestions for Horror minions and theming
* Another email from Felix: Garlen's ideals taken to extremes
* Josh sidebars about "Survival of the Fittest"
* Josh plugs summer Shakespeare!

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A quick note from Josh about recent silence and what this upcoming summer is liable to look like, release-wise.
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