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I've been really interested in 1879 but was holding off until the Companions Kickstarter. Now that I've backed it (to get print copies of most everything) I'm really excited to give it a go! Unless I can talk my wife (big history buff) into running something it'll have to wait until I wrap up the Ea...

well, for what it's worth, I took the time to check the errata, and that makes it a bit more clear: "Haggle, Page 152 Clarification: Each side makes all their tests independently, they do not alternate tests." Thanks to Sharkforce! I'm glad someone thought to look at the errata. Last couple of time...

in the west marches campaign, we have had a great deal of success with using the optional rule "using all talents to advance". when you come across a talent that does not particularly fit your personal vision of the discipline, you can basically just bypass it entirely by using an optional talent t...

What do you dislike about Haggle? I have two primary complaints. A strict, literal reading of the RAW (4th Edition) is broken as it only gives you a +/-5% change in price, max. A more optimistic (from the Thief's point of view) interpretation of the RAW still relies on a great deal of luck to see m...

So, back in 2016 I see I started a thread talking about my problems with the Haggle talent and looking through it again I see that I never reached a satisfactory conclusion. I don't remember now what I did 4 years ago but I once again have a PC that just reached 3rd circle as a Thief and I'm still n...

The Cavalryman just seems very specialized to me. They work very well for a limited number of campaign styles and also for a very limited number of character builds. A campaign that's primarily in the wilderness and rural outdoor settings? They're going to dominate in many combat scenarios. Windling...

I'm not sure what I'll do with this idea in my games, if anything, but I really like it. I agree, with the importance of names it feels like a natural fit for Earthdawn. Just noodling off the top of my head, maybe something like a lahala with each new "Roberts" gaining access to the knowledge of the...

Thanks Mataxes! Yep, searchable PDF's are great. I thought about checking my 1st edition book, but then I'd have to go dig it out of a box. I've got 4th edition in electronic format and both 3rd and 4th in dead tree format on my book shelf. I started by doing a search on the PDF's and then moved to ...

Earthdawn specifically says (somewhere) that karma must be declared before the roll, and rolled with it.

Well that's sure what I remembered but then I couldn't find it!

Thanks for the answer!

Quick rules interpretation question: I was reading the examples of "actual play" for 1879 the other day and noticed that it at least implies and may explicitly use examples in which the players choose whether to use karma after seeing the results of the base, karma-less, die roll. With Earthdawn, my...