Mage: The Podcast

Tradition Book: Sons of Ether gives a sneak peak of what the end times in the World of Darkness could be but first it shares much more. Adam and Terry talk Ethics Councils, missing archmasters, and some crackpot science.Next: Tradition Book VerbenaFlash Gordon - On The Planet Mongo - Titan BooksThe Shadow Out of Time by HP LovecraftSome Thomas DolbyShe Blinded Me With ScienceFlying NorthI Live In A SuitcaseWindpowerOne of Our Submarines

Mage can often provide surreal moments but how do you run a game with the surreal baked in without breaking everything? Chazz and Terry talk surrealism in Mage, references, and things to steal from Invisible Sun.  Invisible Sun Preview - A free preview of the game Invisible Sun - The whole game Itras By - A surreal game in a strange town Dreamhounds of Paris - Game of surrealists discovering the dreamlands Lacuna - Surrealism  of strange agents fighting things they don't quite understand Teratology Preview - Free peek Teratology - Monster book for Invisible SunWorks Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening - Dali painting The Gone Away World - Nick Harkaway's book about a strange sci fi book The Last Days of New Paris - China Miéville book on destructive surrealism Cicero - A print Terry finds inspiring Afro Surrealism Pinterest The Guardian article on modern Afro SurrealismArtists Kay Sage - Surrealist who did haunting studies of depression. Alberto Giacometti - Surrealist sculpter Leonora Carrington - Long-lived vibrant Surrealist Yves Tenguey Max ErnstOther Private Language/Beetle in a box Surrealist game book  Exquisite corpse examplesChazz's StuffSystematic Understanding of Everything - Exalted explainerThe Fall of Jiara - Chazz's actual play

Wonders trace back to 1e but in Forged by Dragon's Fire they are completely fleshed out. Adam and Terry talk Wonders Artifacts, Inventions, Talismans, Devices, Periapts, Matrices, Fetishes, Grimoires, Principiae, and Familiars.Books Technomancer's Toybox - 2e Technomancer book Mage Storytellers Companion - Previous book on new Wonders M20 Gods and Monsters - Big book of familiars Forged by Dragon's Fire - This book Tradition Book: Sons of Ether - Next book

Patrick McNamara ran a Mage hack based on Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition for Club Penny Arcade and shares his tweaks, hacks, ideas, and what it's like running Mage the Ascension for one of the most widely known groups in tabletop play.Key Books: Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition - Foundation of the system Mage the Awakening 2nd edition - Foundation for Reach used to determine Paradox dice M20 Quickstart - a pretty good run-down of the M20 rulesAnimal House PodcastAnimal House VideoAnimal House Rules Quick Reference (Must be Club PA member on Patreon)Patrick McNamara TwitchAdam Neely's 24 Hour Album project

The Order has lost Doissetep, waged a questionable war against vampires and lost many masters but the Hermetics are far from defeated. Adam and Terry talk new houses, new praxes, new rotes, and new chantries in Tradition Book: Order of Hermes.Things mentioned! Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Rare book library The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast - A podcast that covers much of the corpus hermeticum Embassy of the Mind - Hermetic documentsBooks! Tradition Book: Order of Hermes - This book Forged by Dragon's Fire - Next book

Sleepers wildly outnumber the Awakened but a few know something about the supernatural and use it to their own ends. Josh and Terry talk the Orpheus Group, Pentex, the NSA, and the Arcanum, what they know, and how to use them.Sources:Pentex W20 Book of the Wyrm W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook Subsidiaries: A Guide to PentexArcanum Mage Chronicles 2 - Includes both Halls of the Arcanum and Ascension's Right Hand Halls of the Arcanum The Orpheus Group Orpheus: End Game - Lots of info on Grandmother and some previously unanswered questions Orpheus Core Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition - Also contains a condensed but complete version of Orpheus without the Grandmother metaplotGovernment Groups Project Twilight - Contains Bob Schnoblin's Pyramid of Satanic Power V20 The Hunters Hunted II - a massive update to mortal groups and mortal-ish groupsBob Schnoblin's PyramidMusic: Ukulele - Bensound https://www.bensound.comSupport by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/2xGHypM

The Umbra contains mysteries and wonders enticing to mages seeking wisdom and power. But how to navigate the Otherworlds and secure their boons? Infinite Tapestry answers this in spades and Adam and Terry talk patrons, realms and planets.Books mentioned:Infinite Tapestry - This bookBeyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds - Previous Umbra book for mageW20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - Werewolf book that outlines the Middle Umbra

Mage has many strange places and the Umbra doubly so but how can we use them in games? Charles and Terry talk Autochthonia, The Fortress of Government, The Far Shores, and the Copernicus Research StationBooks mentioned:Beyond the Barriers, the Book of Worlds - The first book about the UmbraInfinite Tapestry - Revised book about the Umbra

Dead Magic II tells of magicks rare or hidden but not yet gone, some ignored by the major players, and some that lay in wait. Adam and Terry talk rune magick, the Dreamtime, lightning divination, tikis, and of course the Salmon of Wisdom. Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors - This book Licensed Mage Tarot deck - Reasonably priced version of the Mage tarot for less than the infinity dollars of the 90s one. Tarot Art Pack - Just the pictures, free! Tarot Sleeves - Sleeves for tarot cards Storyteller's Thesaurus - Book listing types and variants of objects. Sooth Deck - Divinatory and gameplay aide for Invisible Sun Fantod Deck - A gloriously weird pack made by Edward Gorey Mage Books Dead Magic - The first volume in the series Paradigms Explored: Wyrd and Weft - Another view of Norse magick Scion Second Edition - Revised version of Scion setting

Mage is a big setting with big questions and M20 provides a set of Future Fates to help a Storyteller build their setting, but how do you use them? Victor and Terry walk through the options presented and share their experience building Mage worlds.Books discussed:Ascension's Landscape - Terry's Storyteller Vault title on the topic.Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary - Contains all the Future Fates