EDSG Episode 66 - Passions: Garlen and Dis

Earthdawn Survival Guide

* Part Four of our series on Passions and Questors

* Garlen: Patron of Hearth and Healing.

* Very popular, easy to work into a game.

* Questors often have Alchemy, Physician, or Medicine to supplement.

* Hearth and Home aspects often overlooked, defenders and protectors. Not just healers!

* Powers: Heal the wounded, comfort the frightened, travel to any home at a moment’s notice.

* Discussing the Garlen essay in the Questors book (which Dan wrote)

* Acts of devotion

* Devotions and powers available to questors of Garlen

* Many powers relating to and powered by Recovery Tests

* Non-adept questors of Garlen as Player Characters

* Dis: Mad Passion of confusion, slavery, and unnecessary work.

* Association with slavery can make them easy to bring in as an antagonist force.

* Rules and regulations for their own sake rather than the good of society.

* References to classic Asterix comic/cartoon, movie Office Space

* Wage slavery, lives broken and ruined in the heartless gears of society

* Powers: Confusion, obedience

* Discussing the Dis essay in questors; operational depression.

* Devotees of Dis and engaging the Passion’s ideals with player characters.

* Symbolic chains

* Devotions and powers available to questors of Dis

* Dis as a dark mirror of Upandal

* Many powers relating to mental domination and control

* Questors of Dis as antagonists; often operates with a network of compelled but innocent followers.

* They present social and mental obstacles rather than physical.

* Following Dis as a player character.

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