Mage: The Podcast

The Ecstatics find liberation and possibly Ascension through potent sensory experiences in both agony and ecstasy so how have they met modernity? Adam and Terry talk a plethora of new groups, expanded history, and very practical magick in Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy . Next book: Convention Book: Iteration X

The mechanics for raising Arete are easy, but how do you play out a Seeking where a mage may make a self discovery or learn about the fundament of the cosmos? Josh and Terry share how Seekings changed across editions and some ways you can run them. Dusk Wiki - Large wiki with house rules on Seekings TryItCon Links: If you have a game you’d like to try, ask for it: https://forms.gle/mt5eY3QRQhY3WXD...

In a world going mad how do the Marauders manifest? How have the Nephandi cope with the Avatar Storm ? How do I barter my (character's) soul? Adam and Terry talk the dark whisperers in the Ascension War in Book of Madness Revised .  This book: Book of Madness Revised Next book: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy   Previous Book of Madness   Book of the Fallen - 20th anniversary update to the Nephandi

Three different interviews with three different liveplays! Terrifying Tales nods to Kult, Ombligo Del Diablo is an M5 hack in a strange Southwest, and Technogate explores the 90s, one Umbral Realm at a time and what 2d10 and Guldan Age Stories are up to. Terrifying Tales - A run of Mage with hints of Kult added for good measure run by Vorpal Tales . Technogate 1999 - Exploring the goings on an Umb...

Guide to the Traditions lifts the curtain on the thousand ways the Traditions work with and against each other. Adam and Terry talk high-ritual shamans, hidden Cathars, Asthika technomancers and stranger magicks in this broad look at the 21st century Council. Books: Guide to the Traditions - the one we're talking about The Bitter Road - Another big book of group and plot options Book of Madness (R...

The 19th century saw the West push to conquer the world but what were mages up to? The Technocracy rises, the American frontier closes and dozens of societies resist colonialism in Onyx Path's newest crowdfunding campaign, M20 Victorian Age now on Indiegogo . The crowdfunding campaign for Victorian Age Mage Victor Kinzer on Walking Away from Arcadia Technocracy history Books references:  Guide to...

This minisode is with Max from Saga Experience which is trying to create a new type of virtual tabletop with a kind of built in game engine. We talk about our favorite numbers, virtual tabletops, and outcome distributions. Regular episode will be out Saturday! Saga Experience - Their webpage Saga Experience Discord - Talk to 'em! Tell them you want a freeform magick system. :3 Saga Experience Yout...

What does faith look like as the End Times approach? What is the role of shepherds when monsters walk the earth? Adam and Terry talk how the Chorus as broadened even as theology seemingly declines in Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus . Next up: Guide to the Traditions Our discussion of the previous Celestial Chorus book Swords of Faith which includes the prior Tradition Book and two others Traditio...

Mage is a game suited for many genres from pensive journey to space opera but the rules don't always give us fast-paced action. Bryce Perry of Darker Days Radio talks with Terry about things to steal from games like Torg and how to speed up combat. Games to steal from: Torg - Game geared towards action and adventure with group leveling and dramatic build-up system. Unknown Armies - Urban fantasy g...

In the 21st century, the Ahl-i-Batin quietly invoke the Khwaja al-Akbar while the Taftâni fight druj and pursue Asha with explosive ferocity. Adam and Terry talk math, carpets, figs and other goodies from Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni . Show Notes More information on the Entelechy in Ascension Previous information on the Ahl-i-Batini in Book of Shadows

The Traditions claim to represent all of mystick magick but may were left out of the Grand Convocation. So what is a Tradition and what makes them special? Victor and Terry talk Traditions over time, areas to explore, and how to build your own.  The Hermit Hipster's Patreon Video on Tradition Book Garou Nation - Werewolf explainer by the team of Juarez by Night Books mentioned: Guide to the Tradit...

No longer lead by monastic ascetics the Akashayana are ready to bury old ways but can they hold together long enough to change? Adam and Terry talk new sects, new rotes, new wonders and a whole lot of Do in Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood . This book: Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood on Drivethrurpg Next book: Lost Paths: Ahl-I-Batin and Taftani on Drivethrurpg Fist of the North Star Therav...

The world of Mage is teeming with strange creatures so why not add dragons? Scion: Dragon explores the powers and agendas of the mythic creatures and their heirs and developer Danielle Lauzon shares how dragons can go in your Mage game. The Kickstarter campaign! Scion core books: Scion: Origins - Book outlining starting Scions and the storypath system  Scion: Hero - Book on more powerful Scions  D...

The grip of Paradox has tightened but sorcerers, psychics, extraordinary citizens, and practitioners of limited or codified magick are unhindered. So what are they up to? Adam and Terry talk new groups, new paths, new systems, and PSYCHIC POWERS in Sorcerer Revised . Next Book: Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batini and Taftani World of Darkness: Sorcerer - Prior Sorcerer book which was less free-form and overa...

What games did you play in 2020, and more importantly, what hacks, mechanics, settings, and ideas can we take from them to bring into Mage? Mike from Darker Days Radio talks Sanity from Call of Cthulhu , quick stats from the Pip system, focus from Soulbound , and more as we review the games we played in 2020. Games mentioned Wrath and Glory - The story of eight systems cut off from the rest of the...

A bonus episode to go with our episode on Dragons of the East.   Adam Simpson offers some ideas for bringing East Asia into your Mage Chronicles. Seven Branch Sword https://michael-chen-mg2n.squarespace.com/news/2017/10/12/legendary-7-branched-sword-of-japan https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/seven-branched-sword-mystical-ceremonial-sword-japan-003185 http://nihonshoki.wikid...

Dragons of the East vastly expands Mage Revised ’s territory by outlining the Awakened world in large parts of East Asia. Adam and Terry review the major points like the mysterious new groups ranging across Mongolia’s steppes to the dense forests of Vietnam and an ancient conspiracy of the Dalou’laoshi that lurks in the edge of the Technocracy ....maybe. Show Notes This book: Dragons of the East N...

For over twelves centuries the Order of Hermes has pushed will as the key of magick, where do they stand in the 21st century? Stephen Michael DiPesa authored Tradition Book: Order of Hermes and Blood Treachery and shares where he thinks the Hermetics would be today. Stephen's written for a number of other games and White Wolf lines and shares his experiences as an RPG writer. WoD Books: Blood Trea...

The Order of Hermes is cut off from the Horizon Realms that form the basis of its power and struggling to find its footing after realizing they can no longer destroy the Technocracy. What's a Tradition to do? Decvlare war on the Tremere to try and get their stuff back! Blood Treachery advances the Revised metaplot with a bang weaving a tale of magick, blood, hubris, and guncotton in an exploration...

JFK was just been inaugurated as president, Patrice Lumumba is assassinated the Berlin Wall is built, Elvis returns, Motown is founded, and the Cold War is in full-swing but what's going on in the Awakened world? Mage Developer Satyros Phil Brucato walks through ideas in using the 1960s as a chronicle setting, how it's informed by what came before, and how it sets the stage for our modern Ascensio...

With the master's gone, how is an Adept to achieve Mastery ? By learning the secrets of the ancients through a mix of cultural outreach and maybe a little grave-robbing.   Dead Magic explores the magic of the cradle of humanity, the ruins of Babylon, the forbidding tracts of North American of Arctic, and the visceral practices of Greece. Adam and Terry tour through the ruins of past magick and giv...

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World War II stands as a pivotal and maybe the pivotal event in the 20th century, but how did it change the Awakened world? Matthew Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios talks through the war and post-war period from the war within the Technocracy, the split in the Traditions, the fallout for the Crafts, to how it set up the revolutions of the 60s. Media Mentioned The Rise and Fall of the Third Re...

In the wake of the Avatar Storm , Mage Revised refocused on earthly chronicles. What kind of games can you run there? How do you set a game at a college or office park? What's does Node 4 mean when your chantry is mobile? The Bitter Road sets up the world of Revised and gives a dozen ways to run games in it. Adam and Terry share the best and worst parts. This book: The Bitter Road Next book: Dead...

Mage has a history that spans millennia and the entire globe, so how can we explore it in a modern game? Correspondence magick can take a mage anywhere and Time magick can bring a mage to any when but there are options well beyond that. Charles Siegel joins to discuss ways to bring your game to wherever or whenever you want using the tools given across all of the World of Darkness books. Night-Fol...