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I'm not sure about healing Blood Wounds. Page 239 "In some cases Blood Magic Damage is permanent, and should be recorded as a reduction in the character’s Death and Unconsciousness Ratings that is never recovered " Can never been healed Page 240 "Unless specifically noted, any Wound c...

Thank you Telarus Ok so the Studying a Pattern part on page 228 gets you the Test Knowledge, which for this example is to 'find out what the true pattern's name is'? And the Research on page 229 gets you that name? I thought you only make the Research roll after you have roleplayed and actively adve...

Thank you

Does it mention Jaron and the Sphinx?

I'm going to purchase it anyway, but can't for a day or three

You get hold of a major pattern item. It has one Key Knowledge You study the pattern item using Item History vs Mystic Defence 15 You succeed and find out the Test Knowledge (the name of the True Pattern) So you've just used Item History and found the test knowledge So what's ' Studying a Pattern It...

I really like the old-school FASA "sizzle" flyers for this, they are on Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/document/258650366/Earthdawn-Sizzle-Release-Brochure You have to tell people that certain terms changed (Atlantis -> Thera, Warlock -> Adept), but the 2 stories at the end really nail th...

ED4GMG has a new fiction story that's pretty good as well as "How It Came To Pass", the History article of the game setting. Over the years, various fansites have summarized it and can still be found with a google search... The ED4GMG has the 1st ed 'How it Came to Pass' section? That wou...

I am hoping someone can help me here I am gearing up to GM Earthdawn 4ed for my friends, and aside from one player who literally created a pc some years ago and played the game for about 30 minutes, none of them have any familiarity with the game. One of the big selling points about Earthdawn is its...

Interesting

Thanks all for the feedback

Have the designers ever considered taking the ED system and using it for another different setting? Perhaps one with not so much an emphasis on magic?

I think the core of the rules are very good and would serve well.