EDSG Episode 180 - Email and Jungle Environments

Earthdawn Survival Guide

* Email from Brendan: Question about Wound penalties?

* Email from Mark: Having Brad on the show to talk about 1879?

* Theran Empire and Horrors defanged?

* Comparing the Denairastas to the Therans.

* Some spoilers for Empty Thrones.

* Horrors as a disrupting political influence.

* Question about the Earthdawn version of Turkey/Anatolia?

* Why is Naaman Y’ross such a big deal?

* Exploring and surviving Jungle regions.

* More life in jungle habitats than anywhere else.

* Things to watch out for in the Servos Jungle.

* Heat, humidity, and water.

* Mold, insects, heatstroke.

* Low amounts of underbrush, swampy low spots.

* Inspirations: Return of the Jedi (Forest moon of Endor), James Cameron’s Avatar.

* Real-world inspirations: Amazon basin, equatorial Africa, southeast Asia.

* Tomb Raider and Uncharted video games.

* Easier to forage/hunt to survive due to abundant plant and animal life.

* Fantasy versions of hazardous plants; giant flytraps, pitcher plants.

* Wood and plant spirits.

* Downsides of vegetation-based threats.

* Fauna: Snakes, frogs, boar, and more!

* List of creatures by terrain at Panda Gaming Grove.

* Remember motivations of creature encounters!

* Using creatures as clues or hooks for jungle adventures.

* Fire and forests vs jungles.

* The Liaj Jungle, Usun, and the Tamers.

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