Talk:Earthdawn

Adepts Disciplines and Talents
Seems to give an outline of publications more than the game and it's mechanics. Anyone object to lists of Disciplines and Talents beign added?

I've removed most of the links from place names as the links are all dead. Psychodolly (talk) 10:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Merging Windling with Earthdawn
This should be an uncontroversial merger I would recommend going ahead with it. -- SusanLarson (User Talk, New talk, Contribs) 16:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd rather see that article developed. If Windling should be merged into anything, then it should be Races of Earthdawn or something like this, describing all the different races. Eventually I am sure Windling can have its own article.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Races of Earthdawn doesn't need to exist. Simply incorporate that into the Earthdawn article as well; this isn't an Earthdawn wiki (although an english-language and well-developed one would be nice). -- Rintaun (9:54, 18 Jan 2006 (UTC))
 * Seconded - ChrisPy 22:59, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't mind adding that Earthdawn and Shadowrun take place in the same universe, on the same Earth, with a large amount of time between them. Also, there should be a note concerning the Elves of ED and the Elves of SR, with special notes for Harlequinn and Aina.
 * By all means, be bold.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 04:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Windling merged
I've created a new section briefly mentioning the different races in Earthdawn. I've included the information presented in the Windling article, and turned that into a redirect pointing here. Feel free to modify what I've done. Ryanjunk 20:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I fleshed out some of the race descriptions in an attempt to give each a bit more of the "Earthdawn" feel. Please edit what I have added if anyone feels I missed the mark or put in extraneous information. Judge-z 04:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Dead link
The link to the Character Generator (http://www.secondstep.dk/) is broken. Maybe someone more versed in the game knows if it has moved to another place. I did not want to take it out without a replacement. --82.207.222.168 05:25, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It appears to be working now. Krychek 16:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Rearranging the page ?
What do people think about rearranging the page so that the current release (the RedBrick one) has more of the focus of the article?

At the moment it seems that the article focuses on 'old stuff' and the latest release from RedBrick is tacked on as an afterthought. I was thinking that rearranging the page and having the 'old stuff' - First and Second Editions - as subsections describing their respective histories might shift the focus more towards current Earthdawn activity, thereby keeping the article more up-to-date.

Note that I'm not advocating actually removing any significant information, just re-arranging to say what Earthdawn currently is, with subsections mentioning the history (what it previously was), rather than the other way 'round, which seems to be what we have now.

Any thoughts or comments?

Mister Pe 02:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I believe the article could expand more into the current installments (Living Room Games and RedBrick). Not just one of the two companies. The article is about Earthdawn not the companies producing it, thus the game itself should remain the focus of the article.

Non-english Versions of Earthdawn
Perhaps it would be nice to know that there is a nonenglish Version of Earthdawn. The only other Language Earthdawn is translated to is German. The German Licence is hold bei "Games In" (http://www.games-in-vlg.de)

Greets from Germany 217.232.27.101 13:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Lochost http://www.lochost.de

There is also a Polish edition by Wydawnictwo MAG.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 03:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Pre-1999 history?
The history section of this article seems weird. It starts off with FASA's closedown of the series in 1999; the only trace of any earlier history is the 1993 publication date listed in the infobox.

And while I'm at it - what about some references? Check out WP:V - if I don't find a reference for facts stated in the article, why should I believe it? And if I don't believe it, why shouldn't I delete it? --Alvestrand 22:29, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Because of WP:AGF? :) This article is on my 'to work on' list, but I consider RL stuff more important than fiction, so... I'll see what I can do about history and refs soon.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 02:10, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * That's why it's still here.... but seriously, if you've got all these books on your bookshelf, just adding a list of the books, their ISBN numbers and years of publication would make the article enormously more WP:V. --Alvestrand 02:24, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I good idea :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 14:46, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Connection to Shadowrun universe
The races in Earthdawn look just like their equivalents in Shadowrun, which was made by the same company. Both are set in a world where magic comes and goes in cycles, and as I recall there were some other hints that Earthdawn was either in the distant past or the far future of the Shadowrun setting. 12.40.5.69 (talk) 21:59, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Distant past. See Shadowrun wiki for more details or this article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 22:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Earthdawn Futures
It appears there are 2 seperate RPGs based on the Earthdawn future, for the cycle beyond Shadowrun - Eclipse Phase and Equinox. Each being done by the current owners of the relevant RPGs - Catalyst = Eclipse Phase, Red Brick = Equinox.

In each case, there'll be no mention of the other setting [Equinox won't mention Shadowrun, Eclipse Phase won't mention Earthdawn], so as not to impinge on Copyrights and licencing.

213.206.7.50 (talk) 12:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Eclipse Phase is not connected to Earthdawn / Shadowrun in any way. It has a similar setting to Equinox but is completely unrelated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.130.156 (talk) 05:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)