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.

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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

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.  

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.

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

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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

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!

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The World of Darkness is teeming with spirits and things yet stranger and shamanic mages practitioners from all corners of the globe act as messengers and defenders. Spirit Ways is a book on some types of shamanic practice and Adam and Terry walk you through it.

Previous similar episodes:

Tomes of Magick: Dreamspeakers

Tomes of Magick: Axis Mundi 

Related books:

Dreamspeakers - The 2e Tradition book for the most shamanic Tradition. Also available as part of Blood and Dreams.

Axis Mundi - The 2e crossover book with Werewolf

Next book: Masters of the Art 

Mage has changed a lot over the past 25 years but what was it like being on the inside as an artist, developer or writer? Find out from the people who were there with two artists, two developers, five writers, and the guy responsible for the Sphere system (who's also Dante). Full panel is Bill Bridges, Satyros Phil Brucato, Jackie Cassada, Echo Chernik, Jesse Heinig, Mark Jackson, Nicky Rae, James Sambrano, and Travis Williams

Mark Jackson - Mage Illustrator

Jesse Heinig working with cryptic studios on Star Trek Online - Former Line Developer

Bill Bridges

Travis Williams, VP of game development at lightstorm entertainer - On the 1e Mage Team

Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea - Long time White Wolf writers, heavily involved in Changeling and Kindred of the East

James Sambrano - 20th Anniversary Edition Writers

Satyros Phil Brucato - Longtime Developer and Writer

Echo Chernik - Artist and Illustrator

Mages can reach levels of power that can level mountains and carve Realms in the Horizon that follow their every whim, but where do they start, what can you do with an Arete of one, and how do you not get accidentally launched into the Umbra? Adam and Terry talk Initiates of the Art, the first in a series of books that outline mages at various steps on the Path of Thorns.

 Series:

Initiates of the Art - On low Arete games

Masters of the Art - On high Arete games

Bitter Road - On mid Arete games (Revised)

Next Book: Spirit Ways