Mage: The Podcast

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 Theravada - Type of Buddhism discussed largely in this book. Mahayana - More popular branch of Buddhism --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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  Danielle's author page Danielle's Twitter account --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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 overall smaller Prior Episode on Sorcerer Hunters Hunted II - Another book on antagonists including some magickal and semi-magickal societies as well as numina. True Faith was not in this book but it's expanded in Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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 Warhammer world Pip system - A simple stat system that's kid-friendly Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition - Recent edition of one of the oldest RPGs Tomb of Dreams - Exalted 3e quickstart game Soulbound - Another Warhammer game which is where the Focus discussion comes from  Mork Borg - Black metal d20 RPG Genesys generic system - Fantasy Flight's house system where each die roll tells a story Revised Mage Quickstart - Simplified version of Mage Revised Podcasts mentioned The Story Told - Generic RPG podcast which also does a recurring Exalted liveplay Gehenna Gaming - Horror gaming rpg group

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.wikidot.com/scroll-9-jingu (look for Death of the King of Baekje) Books Religion in Contemporary Japan by Ian Reader. University of Hawaii Press 1991 Japanese Religions Past & Present by Ian Reader, Esben Andreasen & Finn Stefansson. University of Hawaii Press 1993 Ninja Attack! by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt. Kodansha International 2010 True Path of the Ninja by Antony Cummins & Yoshie Minami. Tuttle Publishing 2011 Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa. Kodansha International 1967 (1992) Yokai Attack! by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt. Tuttle Publishing 2008 Kojiki by Donald L. Philippi (translator).

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 Next book: Sorcerer Revised Notes Book of Crafts episode Midnight Express Episode on the Wu-Keng Ailon Rouge's Chantry Project --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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 Treachery - Revised book outlining the Wizards March declared against Clan Tremere Tradition Book: Order of Hermes - Revised Tradition Book Infinite Tapestry - Revised book on the Umbra Mage Storytellers Handbook - Handbook outlining a dozen dozen directions to take a Mage game Ascension - The last book of Revised Mage the Awakening: Second Edition --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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 of what the Order has become but might yet be.  Adam and Terry walk through what's changed from the Hermetic magick that makes your blood explosive to the new Astral Courts and the revelations as to the true reason Mistridge fell. This book: Blood Treachery Next book: Dragons of the East Others references: House of Tremere - Information the historical Tremere Clanbook: Tremere - Revised book outlining the hierarchy Tradition Book: Order of Hermes - Revised book on the Tradition written in the wake of the Wizards March. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this

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 Ascension War. References: The Avengers - British espionage TV show Get Smart - American spy parody James Bond - British secret agent movie series based on books by Ian Flemming Gojira - 1954 kaiju film introducing Godzilla  The Warmth of Other Suns - Book about the internal Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson  Sun Ra - American composer and experimental musician with a cosmic philosophy Parliament-Funkadelic - American funk collective headed by George Clinton Baader-Meinhof Group - Far left German militant organization about which numerous films were made Velvet Underground - American rock ba

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 give recommendations on how to bring the contents into your game. Warning! This is a Black Dog Game Factory supplement and is a bit more gorey and bad-touchy than most Mage books. This book: Dead Magic Next book: Blood Treachery Rework of Giant’s Playground by Adam Shaping up the Giant’s Playground should remain within Revised Edition’s parameters of keeping things on Earth so no portals to the Umbra or Horizon Realms.  Making it mystically interesting goes against Revised Edition’s rich character development but I swear I’m going to print some T shirts with the message “Rage Against the Rich Character Developm

Rusted Icon is the licensed provider of World of Darkness glassware, badges, decals, and LARP tools other neat stuff including a full line of Mage Sphere glasses, and Tradition and Convention decals.  Khris talks about running a small business, working with White Wolf, and his love of roleplaying. Between now and December 1st, use the code 'MTP20' to get 20% off of your entire order. Rusted Icon's web page Rusted Icon on Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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 Reich - Title says it all The Book of the Five Rings - Book on the five elements of proper battle written in about 1643 Come and See - Movie where actual footage is used to create a creepy and effective anti-war film Hardcore History Destroyer of Worlds - Episode on the ramifications of humans having access to nuclear weapons Nuclear Shadows - Images left by objects destroyed during the nuclear blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Stranger on the 3rd Floor - Early noir film The Asphalt Jungle - Later Noir film Blitzed - Book that argues that much of the military success and then failure of the Nazi's could

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 Magic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

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-Folk references: Temporis - True Brujah power of time manipulation Chronos - Changeling power of time manipulation House Criamon - House of seers and prophets within the Order of Hermes Shade Realm of Time - Realm where moving through it causes you to move through time Time Archsphere - Big Time Travel Books references: Infinity Tapestry - Contains Courts that may help with time-appropriate Realms and time travel.  Book of Mirrors - Storyteller guide that includes bits on previous time periods. Digital Web 2.0 - Lots of Sectors that are restricted creating a type of time travel --- Send in a voic

Revised created a whole new world for Mage but not everything could fit in the core rulebook. How do I make Charms or Periapts? Who are the Taftani? Can I have more deets on the Avatar Storm? Adam and Terry talk what you need to know and what you can skip in the Mage Storytellers Companion. Books mentioned in the intro: Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials - Illustrations created for various non-Earth species Barlowe's Inferno - Illustrations of what a hell could look like with few touchstones to Christian thought Next up: Bitter Road --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Today we tackle two vital questions: How could you make a Mage the Ascension video game and how would go about dating an archmage. Kris Newton of the MegaDumbCast joins to help tackle these questions and more. Also, Kris gives us some tips on how to steal things from Palladium's over-the-top trenchcoat horror classic Beyond the Supernatural.   MegaDumbCast on Twitter MegaDumbCast on Podbean Beyond the Supernatural, MegaDumbCast's current project Masters of the Art - Archmage Book! Masters of the Art episode - Mage the Podcast talking about archmages --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Mage Revised is often called a seismic shift in the world of the Awakened with a directionless Technocracy, confused Nephandi, and shattered Traditions but what really changed? Adam and Terry walk you through the lore, tone, theme, and rules changes for the book that set the stage for everything to come until Ascension. Wayne Peacock Letter - A letter from one of the early playtesters for Mage of the new system. Revised Storyteller vs Revised Edition - Revised can me two things in World of Darkness. This explains the difference. Next book: Storyteller Companion - Everything that couldn't fit into the core book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Mortals may lack Spheres in investigating the ghostly mysteries of the World of Darkness but they do have technology, grit, numbers, and some wisdom to make up for it. World of Darkness Ghost Hunters outlines how to add mortal ghost hunters from the celebrity skeptic to the trained necromancer to your games as players or as NPCS. Matthew Dawkins talks numina, the Orpheus group, mummies, and a dash of M5. World of Darkness Ghost Hunters Kickstarter Matthew Dawkins Author Page Matthew Dawkins Patreon Page Recommended books: Wraith 20 - You want ghosts, it's got ghosts and Matthew's favorite Vampire 20 - the simplest of the X20 core books --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

What lies beyond mastery? Mage has provided tantalizing hints of archmages capable of leveling mountains with a thought but Masters of the Art gives rules and setting for these walking demigods. Adam and Terry walk through arch-allies, arch-nemeses, and of course archspheres as well as some alternatives to archmastery. Next book: Mage the Ascension: Revised Core Book - NEW EDITION! Other books in the series: Initiates of the Art - book on newly Awakened mages Bitter Road - book on disciples --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Paradigm deep dive time! Occultist and author S Rune Emerson talks North American Witchcraft and outlines the paradigm, practice, and instruments for naturalistic and supernatural witchcraft that follow North American traditions. More on Rune! Patreon Blog Book Etsy Store Other links! Jmag's Demon the Fallen to V5 conversion - Rules for Demon the Fallen demons in V5 The Feri Tradition - a NA witch group The Return of Witches as a Symbol of Feminism STONE LOOOOOORE Statement from the American Council of Witches Books Mentioned: Truth Beyond Paradox - a Mage short fiction collection Tradition Book: Dreamspeakers - Revised Tradition book Tradition Book: Verbena - Revised Tradition book Tradition Book: Order of Hermes - Revised Tradition book Witches and Pagans - Sorcerers Crusade book on witch magick Traditions Gathered: Blood and Dreams - 2e collection of Dreamspeaker, Verbena, and Cult of Ecstasy Tradition books --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/