* Mailbag!

* Some discussion of why we've been away for so long

* Email from Felix: Non-adepts humans and Versatility?

* Email from Kevin (Jacklifear): Kudos and stuff going on.

* Email from Aaron: Update on his home game

* Coming at some point... the FASA Games Wiki

* Upcoming Kickstarter and products?

* Josh talks about Urupa book

* Suggestions for Horror minions and theming

* Another email from Felix: Garlen's ideals taken to extremes

* Josh sidebars about "Survival of the Fittest"

* Josh plugs summer Shakespeare!

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A quick note from Josh about recent silence and what this upcoming summer is liable to look like, release-wise.

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* Vivane Adventures: Chasing the Snakeskin Boots

* Lower Circle Characters

* Written By Carl Sargent

* Lots of background action

* Feels "Shadowrunny"

* Act 1: Group hired to recover stolen property

* Original owner (Daragast), current owner (Shand), Barsaivian thief

* High pay for what seems to be a simple job, but urgent

* Best for a group that doesn't have a problem working for Therans

* Act 2: Track the thief through the Broken Quarter

* Different avenues of investigation

* Low risk; no real danger of violence

* Act 3: Into the undercity

* Multiple possible encounters that don't relate to the group's goal

* Resistance meeting, triplicant ambush

* Find the (dead) thief, all but one coin taken

* Act 4: Recover the coins

* Beastmaster who killed the thief

* Complications: Agents of the original owner, Resistance members

* Possible consequences and fallout that can establish relationships and low-grade enemies

* Not especially heavy on "plot"

* GM needs to be flexible and willing to roll with character choices

* Strong feeling in the climax of "What *now*?"

* Final verdict and summary

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* Vivane: The Broken Quarter

* Largest region of the city

* Bisected by the Longwater River

* Much damage from past Theran bombardment

* Only about one third of the buildings are undamaged

* Part of Barsaivian Vivane, no interest from Therans to fix it

* Few clear cobblestone streets, mostly mud and overgrowth

* Neighborhoods of the Quarter

* The Warrens, The Arrow, High Gate, Ratside

* Historical inspiration: Lower class areas of Elizabethan London

* Patrols and militia

* Old City Graveyard and the Deeptombs

* Burial laws in Vivane

* Not criminal or corrupt, but its own "flavor of wretched"

* Bottom of the class pyramid in Vivane

* Residents squabble among themselves, but unite against outsiders

* Conflict between Green Squad militia and Broken Quarter locals

* Hotbed of anti-Theran resistance

* Strong place to highlight the cost of Theran Imperialism

* Brief aside about novel "Shroud of Madness"

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* Exploring Vrontok

* This is our second go at this topic

* Located in the shadow of Sky Point

* Desperate, lawless, crowded town built on the slave trade

* Not a vacation spot!

* Like Bartertown... but darker

* Combination of town, slave market, and military base.

* Stealing slaves is the most serious crime.

* Only punishments for crime are enslavement or death.

* Fortified by a high wall and dry moat with sharpened stakes.

* Three gates: Empire Gate (SE), Vivane Gate (NE), Outlaw Gate (NW)

* Theran citizens are not subject to laws in Vrontok

* Mayor T'rask, former slaver with large force of thugs.

* Taxes: House Tax, Guest Tax, Exit Tax

* T'rask focused on keeping the Therans from getting upset.

* Lots of business that serve the slave merchants: taverns, gambling halls, brothels.

* Result of imperialism; empires thrive on exploited labor.

* Reflections on Thera and Vrontok in light of present-day economic and political systems.

* "Keep politics out of rpgs!" is a crock.

* Contrast of Sky Point's wealth and power to Vrontok's "wretched hive"

* Fourth Edition changes and updates

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* Mailbag!

* Email from Eli: More about the winged t'skrang?

* Do t'skrang and windlings derive from human stock?

* What about their falling birthrates?

* Email from Matthew: NPC based on Dan to introduce legends?

* Email from Chris: Thanks for the show!

* Blades: Handling different PC approaches to the curse.

* Email from Nicholas: Question about Extended Pattern Spike knack

* Email from Frank: Clarification of Bleed talent knack

* Email from Bernhard: More thanks for the show from a new listener

* Wrap up musing about long-term future of the show

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* Blades: Pure Liquids

* Interlude: Last Words

* Rank 8 Key Knowledge and Deed

* Very open framing; PCs just need to get the info in some way

* Prophetic vision by the last surviving member of the Seven Spokes

* Deed: Visit site of the last battle against Betrayer by the Seven Spokes

* Adventure by Robin Laws

* Destination: Pale Ones dome below the Tylon Mountains

* Escorted by the Vodanicus family

* True Water miners, strongly disliked

* Opportunity for dark comedy; poor, hillbilly-style

* Overland trek with large rafts

* Dangerous journey; ork scorchers, underground rivers, rapids, waterfalls

* Betrayer pits the Vodanicus against each other just before encountering the Pale Ones

* Meet with the Shivalahala; she had a dream about the group's arrival

* PCs must learn a blood ritual to summon Betrayer out of the Blades

* During the week the group spends with the t'skrang, Betrayer continues to work

* Uprising against the Shivalahala led by Vodanicus

* Complete the Deed and may weave the last thread.

* Escorted by adolescent t'skrang to the ritual site

* Face the ghosts of the Seven Spokes, now under the Horror's influence

* Ghosts can only be harmed by the Blades

* Breakdown and analysis of Betrayer's game stats and combat tactics

* Play Betrayer intelligently; make it a difficult fight

* Climax of the story arc, could be a strong campaign ending

* Discussion of Karma Tap

* Closing thoughts about adventure difficulty

* Final thoughts about the overall Blades campaign

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* 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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