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<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5204548" data-attributes="member: 4892">Yes. I had an advance copy that I borrowed from my FLGS owner. The year the game debuted, it was rolled out at GenCon. The only games of Earthdawn available at the Con were the demos run by FASA and my own Earthdawn events (which earned me a free signed copy of the book since I didn't actually own my own copy yet). And I continued to run the game for my home group for the next couple of years.I really liked the Talent system. It made every PCs extraordinary within their role. The background of the system is that the PCs used the high magic levels of the world to augment their natural talents. I saw alot of the Earthdawn Talent system in the 4E D&amp;D power structure (my current game of choice).Magic items were another good take from the system. Rare items that increased in power as you learned more about them or completed certain deeds. I'd still like to use a similar system for my D&amp;D games.The style of adventure was different from standard D&amp;D. It's hard for me to describe as alot of the different feel probably has to do with the pacing. Characters in Earthdawn could not heal very well, if at all, during combat. Even afterwards it took time (although the base idea for 4E healing surges seems to have come from ED). There were no healbots (clerics) or curesticks, so adventure design seemed to lean more towards exploration, intrigue, social encounters, all leading up to a throw-down with one of the Horrors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 5204548, member: 4892"] Yes. I had an advance copy that I borrowed from my FLGS owner. The year the game debuted, it was rolled out at GenCon. The only games of Earthdawn available at the Con were the demos run by FASA and my own Earthdawn events (which earned me a free signed copy of the book since I didn't actually own my own copy yet). And I continued to run the game for my home group for the next couple of years. I really liked the Talent system. It made every PCs extraordinary within their role. The background of the system is that the PCs used the high magic levels of the world to augment their natural talents. I saw alot of the Earthdawn Talent system in the 4E D&D power structure (my current game of choice). Magic items were another good take from the system. Rare items that increased in power as you learned more about them or completed certain deeds. I'd still like to use a similar system for my D&D games. The style of adventure was different from standard D&D. It's hard for me to describe as alot of the different feel probably has to do with the pacing. Characters in Earthdawn could not heal very well, if at all, during combat. Even afterwards it took time (although the base idea for 4E healing surges seems to have come from ED). There were no healbots (clerics) or curesticks, so adventure design seemed to lean more towards exploration, intrigue, social encounters, all leading up to a throw-down with one of the Horrors. [/QUOTE]

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