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Question for all you GMs out there. How many rounds is your average combat? I've been trying to come to grips with thread weaving taking away a turn for our casters and it's bothering me. For us if it goes passed round 2-3 my players start to disengage beyond major climaxes and even then it's iffy. ...

I do want to also mention that summoning outside of combat can be a major tool for story development and a great (though underused by some) source of alternative solutions to problems that arise for the group. I would hate to get too wrapped up in mechanics and take that aspect away. A good GM can w...

I thought about this over night and have a thought or two. I like limiting the number of spirits you can control by a number. Which is apparently now summoning rank, that helps but still leaves the same issues. How about a mechanic along these lines. You may summon and make pacts with rank spirits. ...

I love Earthdawn for this more than anything. I consider each campaign a bardic telling of the adventures of a particular group of heroes. As with all oral traditions the details change to suit the story and be more entertaining to the audience. Things we change I like we keep but if it doesn't fit ...

I'll preface this with my experience is with ED 1ed so this may have changed. Here's my 2 cents. Summoning a spirit and striking the bargain "protect my companions and I through this kaer exploration" or something similar removes the turn delays. Rough with an entity with multiple attacks/...

We have also had a player use summoning and it ground the game to a halt. I love everything conceptually about it but it would need a lot of work to be an actually viable option. We found that it added too many additional rolls and decisions to be made by one person and then lead to that player taki...

Also echoing Tanthalas, Our group has a tendency to push the limits on character design for both theoretical character building and play. I've had a warrior that swore off weapons and used versatility to cast spells through matrix items, an "Archer" who was all throwing weapons, a Cavalrym...

Thanks for the quick responses! Sorry for the lack of clarity, our group is so familiar with the 1st ed. talent knacks and have some in house short hand so I forget to be specific when branching out. I'm glad Riposte is back to a single roll, removing the +3 will make a few of our players whine but ...

First off, this is my first post here and I'm excited to bring our groups insights and opinions to the Earthdawn community. I'm a gm/player from a group of 1st ed. Earthdawn players who have been playing since the first books came out. I don't know anything about the 2ed-Revised books other than hav...