Earthdawn

[etherial]

Certain persons (tpau) have been begging me to run an Earthdawn game. I will be starting it up pretty soon, and wanted to make sure everyone reading this journal knew they were invited. So, naturally, the 5 Ws:

•Who?

princess_muffin, shadowravyn, shogunhb, and tpau are in so far. I'd love to see several more.

•What?

Earthdawn is a fantasy roleplaying game. It has a richly developed world with well-defined cultures. For those familiar with Shadowrun, it shares FASA's "Name Magic" metaphysics. Depending on the GM's style, it can be epic, horror, post-apocalyptic, or pulp. I'm aiming to highlight its horror and post-apocalyptic aspects. For those of you who are book-happy, we'll be using the Second Edition rules published by Living Room Games.

•Where?

I intend to run at the house I'm taking care of this summer in Ashland. Ashland is just south of Framingham, 5 minutes from either the Mass Pike or 495.

•When?

Tuesday evenings.

•Why?

Besides the begging, Earthdawn is one of my favourite systems, and each game, even if it doesn't last long, I try to highlight something new and interesting about the world, making it a unique adventure.

•How?

E-mail me or reply to this post.

Comments

[shadowravyn.livejournal.com]

Toph is reading the book and interested, but hasn't fully committed yet

[shogunhb.livejournal.com]

2nd Ed core book I got. Which supplements are you using/allowing? Should I wait for game night to make a character with all your nifty books, or just use the core book?

re: nifty books

[etherial.livejournal.com]

What are you looking to play? A Horror Stalker? A Shaman? A Galeb-Klek?

Unless you want to play a weird Discipline or Racial Variant, the Corebook will be all you need (though Spellcaster players might get away with 1 or 2 spells from the other books).

Re: nifty books

[shogunhb.livejournal.com]

I didn't have anything specific in mind, just considering my options.

[evan712.livejournal.com]

I'm interested, but can't commit yet. When are you looking to start?

[shadowravyn.livejournal.com]

tomorrow. Remember our conversation this morning?

Could you email me your cell phone number to nuance dot shaffer at fmr dot com? I may get out of work early, and, if you're not busy doing other thing, may ask you for a ride home.

[londo.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to come up with reasons that my response is not "OOOH OOOH ME ME ME!" and so far all I'm coming up with is that I don't like Earthdawn's system.

Um...

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you want to play?

[7threality.livejournal.com]

I'd volunteer, but I'm not sure I could deal with the commute and my 5AM wakeup.

What's the drive from Worcester like (timewise)?
From When to When would the game run?
How are characters to be generated?

I can't think of other questions at the moment.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

1. Google says it's a 30-minute drive from your place. Though some people are trying to convince me to run at Shaughn's place.
2. From about 6ish to about 11ish.
3. Standard die-rolling system. All 15 Corebook Disciplines are allowed, no Obsidimen. The Jerris-specific Sky Raider variant is allowed, others will be available upon GM bribery.

[7threality.livejournal.com]

1. Which is close by if I remember correctly (even if I don't remember how to get there right at the moment). I could also offer the area off my living room. Good gaming space, which is all we use it for when it's not covered in invader_haywire's mini or model stuff.

2. I could deal with the 11ish if it were closer to home. 11ish with a 30 minute drive, for me, would mean midnight or so for bed/sleep, with a 5AM wakeup and being effectively dead at work for a day or two.

Of course, it's selfish to expect you to shift venue for that reason because then you'd have to drive the 30 minutes or so. My job schedule also makes it difficult for me to raid in WoW as well. which is a completely different issue, but somewhat related.

re: 1

[etherial.livejournal.com]

The reasons for using Shaughn's place have nothing to do with its Worcesterness. Personally, I'd rather play in my swanky air-conditioned pad with nigh-infinite supply of LEGO terrain, my computer, and the dogs I'm being paid to take care of.

[macdawgversion2.livejournal.com]

Hey... I know we don't hang much outside of parties... but I am an insane Earthdawn fanatic. My gmail is on my info page. If you'd allow it, I'd like to game. Is that cool?

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Game's getting kinda large, but I'll add you to the list. Maybe we'll have a trial by stone or something.

[macdawgversion2.livejournal.com]

Cool. I appreciate it.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Where do you live, anyway?

[macdawgversion2.livejournal.com]

I live in North Reading... but a commute to Ashland takes me like... 40-45 min. If your game's full, no biggie.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

If a slot opens up in my game in Haverhill, I'll be sure to ask you.

[macdawgversion2.livejournal.com]

Alrighty. Cool.