EarthDawn

[xerxez]

I was at the used book store today and stumbled onto a relatively good condition hardcover of the 1st Edition rules for Earthdawn.

The art was gorgeous and the setting looked great--the rules seemed d6 based and looked clear enough.

I almost bought it--did I pass up a good thing? Anyone ever play? Reminded me of the Bard Games "Atlantis" setting but better art, simpler source material.

I may go back....

[kesher]

I always thought it was an awesome setting; I don't think I ever used the rules, though, just played it with ADD.

[jeffb]

The system is based on dice steps. As your character levels, the action dice size increases. It is not d6 based, it uses everything.

The original hardcover had quite a bit of eratta, there was only one print run, and so only the softcovers got the benefit of updating. I never gelled with the races of Barsaive, but the system is very inspiring both mechanically and for setting.

I STILL use analogues to Parlainth in my games. Well worth stealing that from Barsaive. And hard to find the Parlainth boxed set these days for a reasonable price..wish I had never sold that.