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 Dec 25 2006, 08:52 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,955 Joined: 6-December 06 From: Payson, Utah Member No.: 10,237  |
Anyone ever make Earthdawn References in their runs? Either refering to events, people, artifacts, etc. Or going there some how? (Rifts, rituals, etc)
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Dec 25 2006, 09:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 17-November 06 From: 1984 Member No.: 9,891 |
I love dropping hints about it during runs; and those of my players who understand them hate me for it. Not because they dont like the crossover, but it always means magical opposition in most cases - and thats usually the weak spot :)
I really could not play without them anymore - esp when i am the GM. Im not really throwing imortal elves or stuff like that at them, but subtle hints - esp recognisable names of places or artifacts - make their appearance from time to time: I had this company called Parlainth Security guarding a place once... (too bad only one player got the hint and i should mention that they screwed up the run because security looked so though :D ) I got to admit though that I have been playing Earthdawn for about five-six years. |
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Jan 3 2007, 07:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 24-December 06 Member No.: 10,446 |
I woould love to drop Earthdawn references but alas my current group has absolutely no knowledge of Earthdawn. IN fact I think I'm the only one in the city that does....such a good system.
Been playing ED since it was released....btw. Even been thinking about bringing over T'Skrang and maybe Obsidimen into SR. Throwing T'Skrang all along the Mississppi and Obsidimen in the Rockies and maybe Applichians. |
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Jan 3 2007, 10:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 268 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 78 |
Personally, I was just glad to see a subtle reference in Street Magic. I mean what is Metamagic Filtering if not a precursor to the spell matrix...
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Jan 3 2007, 10:56 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
I made use of some Immortal Nazi Elves, but not too often. Other then that, I used nothing in the past, but only because my group didn't know too much of the ED-background back then. Nowadays it changed, but we don't play SR at the moment.
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Jan 3 2007, 05:28 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 392 |
The ED campaign I'm about to start is going to end with an SR campaign where the runners defeat the Big V with cameos from their ED Adepts (I house rule that 15th circle adepts are immortal).
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Jan 3 2007, 05:44 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
I played in a game that did that and it didn't work very well sadly. I do however run lots of cross over related stuff and do have T'skrang around, deep in Amazonia where VITAS never found them.
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Jan 3 2007, 06:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Helsinki Member No.: 7,552 |
^Huh? IIRC correctly VITAS occurred before the awakening. And I'd think that the T'Skrang havne't been running around here during the downcycle.
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Jan 3 2007, 06:02 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Not in your 6th world ;)
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Jan 4 2007, 01:34 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
which kinda makes ya wonder... If the spell matrix as made just after the Scourge by the nethermancers because of how bad the astral poolution was, and we've already got the precursor, just how close are we to the same levels as the Scourge? :dead: |
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Jan 4 2007, 02:03 AM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Although to be fair, I somehow doubt that mankind was producing as much Background Count by iteself in the Fourth World, although not being a huge Earthdawn fan I could be mistaken...
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Jan 4 2007, 02:42 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
also, the BC is not everywhere, which it was in ED.
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Jan 4 2007, 03:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 29-December 06 Member No.: 10,483 |
Well I did put in some poor bastards that were being used to plant 'blood roses'. However the planter didn't actually realize where they were from originally, he was just a sick bugger.
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Jan 4 2007, 04:51 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
There's no background count in regions that are "safe". Matrizes were developed to avoid the drawbacks of casting raw magic (that don't need BC to work). |
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Jan 5 2007, 05:26 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 392 |
Actually matrices help to get rid of Drain for you regardless of background count. Raw magic still caused damage even in safe areas--drain. However, this was a bonus to them--they were meant to counteract background count ala Filtering and Centering. |
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Jan 5 2007, 06:06 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
True, but there's a difference between background count and drain ;)
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Jan 5 2007, 10:20 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
cheops, I think what you're thinking of, the increased damage from raw magic casting depending on the are, is more akin to mana warp damage than standard drain.
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Jan 7 2007, 04:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 23-December 03 Member No.: 5,929 |
:( i so miss earthdawn. i want to find a game again.:(
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Jan 7 2007, 06:33 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
Some players did that in a game I ran. They didn't know how to implant them properly so their test subject died. -Frank |
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