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Thank you for you explanation of spell matrixes and Thread magic. I have only read through the rules once I plan to read through them at one more time if not two.

One of the things I am having trouble wrapping my brain around is thread magic and spell magic (spell matrix) both seem overly complex. What help/advice for that?

I am new to the world of Earthdawn and was wondering what advice would you give to a new player/gm? Like what is the best way to learn the game? What are some of the most common pitfalls and high points of the system? Years ago a friend got part way through character generation trying to learn the s...