This episode scuttles into the World of Darkness to talk Ananasi, the shape-shifting were-spiders from Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Adam covers the Weaver, the Triat, creepy spider lore, and why these eight-legged schemers make surprisingly good allies for mages. From Umbra webs to spider rebellions, we look at why bringing were-spiders into Mage games can be strange, spooky, and downright fun. 🕷️
Show Notes
- Ananasi – This book’s got all the know-how you need, whether you’re spinning up a full-blown spider crew, sneaking a few extra legs into an ongoing Werewolf chronicle, or showing vampires that they’re not the only ones who know their way around a good blood meal.
- The Wyld – Creation, chaos, possibility, raw dynamism.
- The Wyrm – Entropy, decay, corruption, destruction.
- Digital Web – Much like the Internet itself, the Digital Web isn’t really anywhere you can point to on a map, but it still matters. Think of it as a crossroads without a crossroads sign, the kind of place Correspondence loves to hang its hat, even if there’s no dirt under your boots.
- Autochthonia (Iteration X Realm) – The Realm of Binding by Hermetics, is a Shenti of Stasis controlled by the Technocracy, a gigantic manifestation of the Weaver.
- Malfeas (Realm of the Wyrm) – The mad Shenti realm of the Wyrm located in the Deep Umbra.
- The Science Incarna – Science subsumed by systems and industry.
Executive Producers
Oracles
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