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Earthdawn 4th Edition - Magic - Deeper Secrets

Author: FASA Games

Compendium Expansion: Readable and searchable in all games using this game system, and in the Compendium.

Price: $24.99

AN AGE OF LEGEND

Long ago, in a time remembered in the echoes of myth and legend, the world was alive with magic. Humans, dwarfs, and elves lived alongside more exotic races like the reptilian t’skrang, diminutive windlings, and stony-skinned obsidimen. Thriving forests sheltered plants and animals, and the peoples of the world grew and prospered.

This bounty came with a price. An elven scholar discovered ancient texts that revealed magical energy rises and falls, a natural cycle spanning thousands of years. At its peak, dread creatures enter the world, causing a time of suffering destruction that would last for centuries. He called these creatures the Horrors.

Armed with this knowledge, magicians and scholars came together to learn more about the coming disaster, which they called the Scourge. From these noble beginnings grew the Theran Empire. While they were unable to find a way to prevent the Scourge, they did find a way to protect their subjects. As the Scourge approached, villages and towns built fantastic underground shelters called kaers. Generations lived in these shelters, sustained by magic and protected with powerful wards.

The Horrors roamed the earth for over four-hundred years, corrupting all they touched, but the ebb of magic forced most back to their native plane. People emerged slowly from their kaers, half in hope the Scourge was truly over, half in fear the Horrors lingered. They found the world broken and changed almost beyond recognition.

Now heroes travel the land, rediscovering its lost knowledge and exploring its changed face. Entire kingdoms were lost to the Scourge. The Horrors breached kaers, tormenting and killing those within. Other kaers fell to internal strife, plague, or other disaster. Some shelters remain sealed, their residents unaware the Scourge ended or unwilling to face the world beyond their walls and wards. There is still a chance these fear-darkened souls can be convinced to once again live in the light.

WHAT IS EARTHDAWN?

Earthdawn is a role-playing game of “hopeful, post-apocalyptic fantasy” where you play one of these heroes, fighting to rebuild the wounded world and protect those in it. As you search the land for lost treasures and forgotten cities, you use magic to drive back the Horrors that remain, and stand against those seeking to dominate and enslave the peoples of the world.

Earthdawn is a game with over twenty years of history. Originally developed and released by FASA in the 1990s, it set the standard for games melding system and setting. It built a world where the clichés of fantasy gaming—classes, levels, dungeons, and more—are integrated and make sense.

Now in its fourth edition, Earthdawn is back home with FASA. If you’re a new player, welcome! If you’re a returning fan, welcome back! The new edition is a great place to jump in, and while there have been some changes over the years, material from earlier editions is largely compatible with the new one.

It is an age of magic, wonder, exploration, darkness, and hope. Time to forge your legend!

THE ASHWOOD INSTITUTE

Is a distinguished center for magical education. Magic levels have remained stable for decades and researchers continue to push the limits of what they can do with magic. The Institute hosted a symposium, with notable speakers presenting the advancements developed by adepts from across Barsaive.

HOW TO PLAY EARTHDAWN ON ROLL20

The Earthdawn 4th Edition Compendium is a conversion of the FASA sourcebooks and rulebooks to the roll20 platform. The content in this product is the same as the version published by FASA made accessible via a web-browser and in-game.

This adaptation was carried out by independent content creators who also worked on tools to facilitate playing Earthdawn in roll20. The Earthdawn 4th Edition Character Sheet for roll20 and its companion Mod (API) automate many of the rules and content.

In addition to support character creation and evolution, the character sheet and API automate rolls, initiative, Legend Point Tracking, and allow easy access to most of the content by drag and drop either to the character sheet or to the Virtual TableTop.

CONTENT OF THE MAGIC:DEEPER SECRETS SOURCEBOOK

Magic: Deeper Secrets brings these developments to your Earthdawn game, giving players more options for customizing their characters. Scores of spells, hundreds of talent knacks, more binding secrets, and the enchanting mysteries of single-use spell fetishes, wards, and permanent spell effects are found with this book.

The following content is available in the book and can be used in combination with the Earthdawn 4th Edition Character Sheet for roll20:
* Between 70 and 80 new spells per Discipline including high-Circle Spells
* Over 600 new Talent Knacks
* Over 600 new Improved Spells Knacks
* 50 Binding Secrets for Shamans, Elementalists and Nethermancers
* Droppable Creatures, Masks and Traps corresponding to the summons of the new spells

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