Mage: The Podcast

How have Bygones changed across editions, where do they come from, and how can we use them in our games? Josh and Terry talk theories, dealing with Paradox, how to make your own, and a hearty helping of plot hooks. Show Notes Myths and Legends of Our Land - Book of NA folk lore Esoterrorists - Gumshoe game on the odd things that can sneak through reality Book of Unremitting Horrors - Esoterrorist monsters Magimundi Bestiary 5th Edition (5e) - Folklore inspired monsters Gods and Monsters -M20 book of building your own monster Tomes of Magick: M20 Gods and Monsters - Our review of Gods and Monsters Bygone Bestiary - Book of Bygones for World of Darkness --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Technomancers have a strange relationship with paradox, so what of their tech is likely near and what's far off? Dr. Steven Novella, author of The Skeptics' Guide to the Future discusses telepathy, AI experts, and pet chupacabras. The Skeptics' Guide to the Future - The book this conversation is based on Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Podcast 2d20 Fallout - Modiphius's licensed Fallout RPG Genesys Star Wars - Fantasy Flight RPG Time perception as we fall experiment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The Renaissance world crawls towards the light of enlightenment but shadows lurk with infernalists, demons, and horrors. Adam and Terry talk the Absolute, Aesfotedia, and Ahrimanites in Infernalism: The Path of Screams. Infernalism: The Path of Screams - This book Castles and Covenants - Next book M20 The Book of the Fallen - A large contemporary version The Garden of Adompha - Story by Clark Ashton Smith --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

World of Darkness has varied views on the divine while In Nomine is clear: A distant god and a bitter lucifer brood while their angels and demons pursue their agendas. Griffin and Terry discuss how to jam that into Mage. In Nomine - Core Rulebook The Story Told - Podcast where Griffin runs the Promethean actual play Promethean MtP Episode - Also with Griffin! Demon the Descent Demon the Descent Quickstart Demon the Fallen Core --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The World of Darkness has mere than mere vampires and werewolves in the shadows. Bygone Bestiary describes the dragons, unicorns, firebirds, and stranger creatures in it and Adam and Terry talk the hits and misses. Bygone Bestiary - This book M20 Gods & Monster - Another big book of beasties Infernalism: The Path of Screams - Next book! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Tarot, Ouija, runes, and trances receive heavy play in RPGs but what about using lightning, fire, coffee grinds and roosters? David Whitworth author of Eye to the Void joins to talk historical divination in RPGs. Eye to the Void Kickstarter - Where you can get it Drunken Storyteller Podcast - David's podcast! Ouija and Japan's Satanic Panic - Episode on Ouija's Japanese analog Halloween Episode: Kokkuri Spirit Boards and WTF?!  - Another show it Thoth tarot - Tarot variant informed by Uncle Ali Paradigm Shift - Introductory game on the God Machine Wikipedia page on divination Darker Days Radio -Show where David is a periodic guest https://thedrunkenstoryteller.podbean.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Can we use clocks to track finding a True Name? What if the Technocracy used Heat? Can we come up with good systems to represent flashbacks using Spheres? Charles and Terry talk systems to steal from Blades in the Dark. Blades in the Dark SRD - The Blades rules online for free Magickal Capital - High Resource firms for Mages Blades on DRTRG - The PDF Scum and Villainy - Sci Fi Forged in the Dark Various Forged in the Dark games Blades in the Dark Score generator - Make a score...NOW! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Crusade Lore is full of the bits that didn't fit into Sorcerers Crusade core with information on scourgelings, and town layout. Adam and Terry talk port logistics, gabled hats and war balloons in Tomes of Magick: Crusade Lore. Crusade Lore - This book Sorcerers Crusade core - The core book Bygone Bestiary - Next book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

What if the Dreamlands replaced the Maya, Innsmouth had wraiths, and Miskatonic University were the reality bubble of a Marauder? Bryce and Terry talk adding Mythos locations to Mage the Ascension. No forests on flat earth - it's real weird  The Lovecraft wiki - Really powered this episode The Control Wiki - Enter the Oldest House Pnakotus - Australian city where people write down their memories while cones Cover image designed by Dorchadas, thanks! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

1466 is a world where faith, science, and magick mix together in an uneasy brew. Sorcerers Crusade Core kicks off the first historical period for Mage and Adam and Terry talk balloons, Batini, and battle armor. Sorcerers Crusade core book - This book Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff - a podcast featuring Ken Hite --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

What do you ask during chronicle planning? How do you set up for a first or tenth session? Victor and Terry talk how they prepare for a new chronicle as well as what session prep looks like at each stage of a story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

What's a Marauder do with billions in the bank? What's the richest Tradition? Adam and Terry talk the treasures of Doissetep, private towns, nanotech clouds and cold hard cash in M20 The Rich Bastard’s Guide to Magick. M20 The Rich Bastard’s Guide to Magick - This book Rich Bastard’s Guide to Magick with Lauren Roy - Conversation with the developer and Josh Heath about the book The Midnight World on DTRGP The Midnight World on itch.io Joe Versus the Volcano - Adam movie recommendation #1 Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Adam movie recommendation #2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

How many successes to lift a monastery? When do you need dots in Medicine to kill someone? Can Spirit 2 just do everything? Charles and Terry talk their methods for determining what a magickal effect needs. The Nine Spheres - A guide to Spheres on the Storyteller Vault Sphere clarifications Google Docs - A document that seemingly compiled most of the Sphere stuff from M20 Charles Siegel’s Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The Great Old Ones may sit outside of reality, Horizon, or merely our front doors but how do we use the Cthulhu Mythos in our games? Bryce and Terry talk space gods and investigation systems from Trail of Cthulhu.  Things mentioned! Bubblegumshoe - Teen Detective game Night's Black Agents - Jason Bourne vs Dracula Cthulhu City - Gumshoe game where you're stuck in a Mythos-riddled city Cthulhu Confidential - A one on one gumshoe game Esoterrorists - A game of modern supernatural horror Guide to the Traditions - Adversarial backgrounds! ST Joshi and Robert Price - Lovecraft scholars Common Mythos features - Pelgrane Article KARTAS make your own entity - The origin of Qotha Nhur’rin Red Sign book - Introduces the King in Yellow formally to WoD Last Exit by Max Gladstone Prior episode on Lovecraft Michael Shea - Lovecraft author Dark Day Radio - Linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

How does terranorming work? Why are there so many wormholes in the Antarctic? What's the Enlightenment level of a Brown Paper Bag? Adam and Terry dive into the zany goodness of The Operative's Dossier. M20 The Operative's Dossier - This book M20 Technocracy Reloaded - The big volume Guide to the Technocracy - Previous omnibus book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Charles Siegel walks us through creating linear magic effects for M20 Sorcerer from start to finish. He explains aspects, rituals, dice pools, and complications and what makes Awakened magick different. M20 Sorcerer - This book Magickal Capital - Charles book on sources of high resources for Traditionalists Paths of Power - An STV take on M20 Sorcery --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Are the Star Council and Thal'hun still an "it's complicated"? Is there still just one member of the Nephite Priesthood? What affiliations hate vampires? Drew K and Bek join to walk through every affiliation in M20 Sorcerer. Occultists Anonymous Youtube yeetinto.space - OA Discord Bek Andrew Evans other DTRPG products M20 Sorcerer - This book Hunters Hunted II - V20 book with True Faith Sorcerer: Paths of Power - STV book by the mechanics developer Project Twilight - Book on Project Twilight Mage Chronicles 2 - Book containing Halls of the Arcanum --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Sorcerers boast centuries long lineages and unique abilities while largely avoiding the Ascension War. So how do you play one? Travis Legge joins to talk M20 Sorcerer, the latest addition to the M20 line. Books! Welcome to the Rock - Technocracy Jumpstart Scarred Lands - Grittier D&D and Pathfinder setting Odysseys and Overlords - OSR game M20 Sorcerer - This book Hunters Hunted II - V20 book with True Faith Ars Magica 5e - Another big book on magic Sorcerer: Paths of Power - STV book by the mechanics developer The LIbrarians - Franchise of artifact seeking historians Pyramid of Satanic power Sorcerer Lodi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

What if Tesla had discovered a way to time travel and this caused Martians to attack? What if Sleepers knew about hyperscience and were split on its use? Kim Godwin joins to discuss using Trinity Continuum: Aether in Mage! M20 Sorcerer on DriveThruRPG Aether Kickstarter - Where it's all happening Festival of the Steel Phallus - Yup, the one we talked about Kim Godwin on Twitter Kim Godwin's author webpage --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The Technocratic Union started as unabashed antagonists but in M20 are they the heroes? Satyros Phil Brucato, Tyler of Vorpal Tales, and Terry join a panel hosted by Simon of Walking into Shadows on heroism and sacrifice in Mage. Satyros Red Shoes - Fiction by Satyros in dead tree and audio Tyler Vorpal Tales - Long running AP network with regular Mage games Simon Walking into Shadows 9pm ET, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month - M20 explainer show --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message