Wards and Witchcraft: Mage the Awakening Actual Play with the Witches

What happens when a Thyrsus closes their eyes and wanders into the wood of New England? Join Hannah on their inward outward journey.  This is a clip of Episode 8: Sinister Shadows. The story continues in Episode 9: The Nemean, King of Cats.

A continuation of our Mage the Awakening actual play set in Salem Massachusetts. Trapped in a web of space and time the cabal finds themselves struggling to break free from what had just been a pleasant day trip. Gravediggers and assassins continue to take interest in their exploits and it is all they can do not to be consumed by the intrigues that ensorcel them.  

Featuring 

Charlotte as Mona, gregarious reality warper 

Trevor as Parallax, renegade time bender 

Victoria as Ethel Stubbs, the once dead 

and Caity as Hannah, or at least that is one of their names 

Storytelling by Rudy  

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In the shadow of a sinister secret, the cabal pursues the truth about a mysterious book signing.  Will their mastery of reality be enough to protect them when all signs point to danger? 

Starring Trevor as Parallax, the often imitated but never replicated 

Caity as Hannah, nemesis of Capitalism 

Charlotte as Mona, happy-go-lucky voice of the God-Machine 

and Victoria as Ethel Stubbs, Mona's errant student and junior necromancer 

Storytelling by Rudy  

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 Clips are highlights from our first prologue session establishing the Obrimos and Acanthus mages of the series. Atop a bloody ziggurat in another timeline the duo meet someone unexpected...  

Full Session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQAT...

Mage is a rpg system where players take on the roles of willworker who can bend reality. They are opposed by those who use their enlightenment to nefarious ends and their own hubris.  

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The cabal gets up to late night antics as they each quest for a suitable bed. After a fitful sleep the party is transported to Salem center where they go on a shopping spree. What is the ominous shadow that lays over this occult center and will the witches unveil it catches them in its teeth? 

Starring: Victoria as Ethel Stubbs, our skull toting Thanatos in training 

Caity as Hannah, speaker of the spirits (and occasional dog) 

Trevor as Parallax, ruthless researcher 

and Charlotte as Mona, punk rock sleuth 

Storytelling by Rudy 

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A echo in the well lures our heroes deeper into the mystery of The Covenant House. With life or death hanging in the balance will this stranger survive meeting the cabal? Also what kind of pizza does Parallax want?!  

Starring: Charlotte as Mona, telekinetic mechanical engineer, 

Victoria as Ethel Stubbs (Ermengarde Ward), the lethal necromancer, 

Trevor as Parallax, weaver of time and space, 

and Caity as Hannah, friend to cats, dogs, spiders and moss.

Storytelling by Rudy.

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Caught by the Guardians of the Veil the fugitives weigh their options, sit in judgement or flee reality. What crimes have they committed? Their next words will seal their fate.  

Featuring: 

Victoria as Ermengarde Ward (for now), the rogue heiress to a magical tradition 

Trevor as Parallax, the sharp edged professor of unreality 

Caity as Hannah, a stranger to even herself 

and Charlotte as Mona, the free spirited wrench wielder  

Many thanks to Occultist Anonymous for their shoutouts and inspiring content. Cheers to the great community celebrating Onyx Path games. May your spirits be bright!

The dead hunger for the cabal and they are not the only ones who want their Awakened souls. Backseat antics ensue as the party gets to know Hannah, a rebel Thyrsus mage. When every place is the right place to start and every place is wrong where do we begin?  

Featuring  

Hannah, the mysterious stranger played by Caity 

Mona, reality mechanic, played by Charlotte 

Parallax, scholar and universal threat, played by Trevor 

Ermengarde, girl who talks to a skull, played by Victoria 

Storytelling by Rudy   

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The cabal meet the Léons in their den. Parallax is propositioned with an alarming offer of power over tea. Meanwhile Mona and her deathly shadow walk an eerie path through the New England woods. This is a taste of the secrets hidden by the circle of Alabaster but a taste can be deadly.

Mona, Obrimos reality mechanic of the Mysterium, played by Charlotte 

Parallax, Acanthus mage of the Ladder, played by Trevor 

Ermengarde, newly Awakened Necromancer (see session 0), played by Victoria 

Storytelling by Rudy

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Join us for our first session of our Mage the Awakening campaign. Mage is an RPG system using the Chronicles of Darkness rules for modern horror.   Awakened to a higher reality, mages find a higher state of reality where their conscious minds change the fundamental building blocks of reality. Some mages seek to protect the world, others to rule it. Power does not always come with wisdom

Three American mages wash up on the shores of Northern Massachusetts.  

Mona, Obrimos reality mechanic of the Mysterium, played by Charlotte 

Parallax, Acanthus mage of the Ladder, played by Trevor 

Ermengarde, newly awakened Necromancer (see session 0), played by Victoria 

Storytelling by Rudy  

Brought together by fate what witchcraft lies hidden here?