EDSG Episode 23: Parlainth, Weapons and Armor - a podcast by Josh H & Dan B
from 2020-04-29T05:00
* Parlainth
* Important in what it represents
* Review of Parlainth’s History
* Haven: An adventuring boom town
* Original boxed set available in PDF
* A full campaign setting on its own
* Lots of room for GMs to place their stuff
* Not fully mapped out on purpose
* The Map Wall
* Immersive in-character inserts and bits
* Laneways and Screaming Fountain
* 8-episode In depth podcast series from Live From Barsaive
* https://lavamonkeygames.com/livefrombarsaive/
* Geographic Overview of the City.
* Legends of Barsaive adventure series
* Classic Adventures
* Not just a high-Circle area, but be careful about danger level.
* Dan describes his group’s arrival at Parlainth.
* Use personalities and factions in Haven to drive adventures.
* Old-school dungeon crawl mega-setting… with an Earthdawn twist.
* Research and investigation are important. Lack of caution gets you killed.
* Strong reinforcement of Earthdawn’s theme of forgotten past.
* New Topic: Weapons and Armor
* “Living” Armors
* Magic weapon and armor discussion will be a later episode
* Armor doesn’t change your Defense Rating, it reduces damage dealt.
* Armor Defeating Hits and why they changed.
* Shields increase Defense Rating not Armor Rating.
* Earthdawn doesn’t have hit locations by default.
* We talk about hit locations a bit anyway.
* Third Edition’s Parry versus Avoid Blow.
* Josh is a fan of narrative differences rather than redundant mechanics.
* Shattering a shield.
* Weapons: No notable changes to basic stats
* Josh admits he didn’t look at them clearly.
* Quarterstaff discussion.
* The illusion of weapon variety and granularity.
* Weird armors and more variety.
* Not getting into bows and crossbows again.
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