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Enlightened Grimoire

On today’s show Charles Siegel joins us to talk about the Enlightened Grimoire, a book that contains every single rote ever published and updated for Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition rules. We discuss the Soft Apocalypse RPG I’m working on based on Will McIntosh’s book and the game mechanics I’m considering to run it (Strain, Fate Core, Savage Worlds, GURPS, Simple World, etc); the 1,500 rotes that appear in 200 pages of the Enlightened Grimoire; why he wrote the Grimoire; the How Do You DO That? book; who he consulted to write the Grimoire; the biggest challenge he faced writing the Grimoire; the most popular rotes and his favorite rotes; why he prefers to play Spirit Mages; how he got into role playing games and Mage; how his Chronicles have changed over the decades; the types of Chronicles he likes to explore; future projects he’s working on for the Storytellers Vault; advice for writing material for the Storytellers Vault; tools he used to wrote the Grimoire; Paradox: The Brainstorming.

Adjudicating Magickal Effects

Mage Actual Play: Justice Ascendant

Terry ran a Mage one shot for some players with mostly D20 prior experience. The session highlights the power and morality of what a mage does in the hands of new players.

Tomes of Magick: Syndicate

Fighting the Ascension Conflict isn’t all about daring and fighting for principles. Someone has to pay for the Devices, the Sanctums, the cleaning crew, and that’s hoping there’s enough coin left over to get a vacation every now and then. Enter the Technocracy’s Syndicate. Adam and Terry talk about the last 2e Convention book and what makes the shine, as well as the skeletons they have in their closet as they make millions while making billions.

Tomes of Magick: Cult of Ecstasy

The Cult of Ecstasy explores the liminal spaces between the magickal and mundane and between the emotive and cerebral to return with wisdom. Plus sex, drugs, and various musical genres not exclusively rock. Adam and Terry discuss the Cult’s varied methods of exploring outer and inner spaces of experience, their history, and their magick.

Upcoming Projects and GenCon 2019 Part 2: Politics in Mage, Writing and Editing, and Growing the Mage Community

The second and final Gen Con 2019 interview show, but first some updates on Mage: The Podcast projects!

Upcoming Projects and Gen Con 2019 Part 2: Politics in Mage, Writing and Editing, and Growing the Mage Community

The second and final Gen Con 2019 interview show, but first some updates on Mage: The Podcast projects!