u/ActualFoghorn

I've been working on some conversions of Earthdawn into Cortex Prime and one of the things that I wanted to do was having the 9 Passions being able to be used, but really for the system, I need to sum up each of the Passions into a one-word value to really work the smoothest and so I thought I'd bring my list over here to get everyone's opinion on how I did.

1. Astendar: Expression – Captures the artistic, creative, and outward-facing nature of love and beauty.
2. Chorrolis: Ambition – Focuses on the drive for wealth and trade, elevating the concept beyond mere acquisition to the desire for advancement.
3. Floranuus: Vitality – Emphasizes the raw energy, motion, and revelry inherent to this Passion.
4. Garlen: Nurture – A perfect distillation of the hearth and healing, highlighting the protective aspect of this Passion.
5. Jaspree: Growth – Encapsulates the passion for the wilderness, farming, and the health of the land.
6. Lochost: Liberty – Directly hits the core of rebellion, change, and freedom from shackles.
7. Mynbruje: Integrity – A strong, single-word replacement for justice and truth, reflecting the moral rectitude Mynbruje demands.
8. Thystonius: Valor – Perfectly captures the focus on physical competition, courage, and athletic prowess.
9. Upandal: Creation – Defines the fundamental act of building, construction, and planning that this Passion embodies.

I have some ideas on how to use the Mad Passions as well, but that'll be for another day after I've got these locked in in a way that makes my brain happy

I just wanted to take a moment and say how much fun it has been taking one of my favorite settings with a system that absolutely drove me batty and watching how I can take the feel of Earthdawn and capture it in Cortex. A system that was such a strict level based progression system that was baked into the setting itself and how all of that can still be captured within Cortex while also stripping out all the bookkeeping and focusing on just giving players tools to be awesome.