EDSG Episode 272 - Blades in Depth: With an Axe in Hand

* Blades in Depth: With an Axe in Hand

* Interlude: With a Tale to Tell

* Liferock corrupted by a Horror that resembles the way the Horror operates

* Objective: Find a Troubadour who can provide information about the liferock

* Campaign context and purpose of the interlude

* Open format -- can easily substitute with an existing NPC or change location

* Adventure written by Nicole Lindroos

* Josh talks about his acquaintance with Nicole

* Josh talks about the weirdness of being a "peer" in the RPG industry

* Reminding Dan he has also contributed to Earthdawn

* Act 1: Journey through the Tylon Foothills

* Encounters with villages on route to the liferock

* Purpose of this stage of the adventure

* Darkest adventure of the campaign

* Narrative importance of the curse and its consequences

* "The only way out is through"

* Summarize the three encounters in Act 1

* Act 2: The Corrupted Liferock

* Asmersious, the lone survivor

* Message from the Seven Spokes

* Wait for Asmersious to wake up from hibernation

* Attack by obsidiman Horror constructs

* Objective other than simply killing the PCs

* Act 3: Return Journey

* Consequences of the curse

* Reason for the tragedies and character motivation

* Pacing of the later adventures

* Take care with the dark themes, but Josh advises not overly downplaying them

* Lots of material in a relatively small space

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