Mage: The Podcast

Adam discusses legendary places lost to time and the book Lost Continents by L. Sprague de Camp. Atlantis, Mu, Lemuria, Ys and others. Could these places still be hiding somewhere in your Mage game? How might your players uncover them?  What secrets could they yield? Dig into the details of past writers, speculation on Plato’s secrets and hear about what magic fruit can do for you.

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Adam and Pooka discuss Bastet, the were-cats of the World of Darkness.  Where do they come from? What do they want? Do they work well with mages? How can you mix them into your games and how do you keep them happy?  The 9 tribes, the lost tribe & just what kind of boots Puss in Boots wears are all covered.

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Pooka and Lee Webb revisit White Wolf's 1995 anthology City of Darkness: Unseen, a collection of interconnected stories featuring mages, vampires, werewolves, and wraiths.
This episode focuses on the Mage stories and examines magical hubris, the Technocracy, supernatural crossovers, and what makes fiction feel true to Mage: The Ascension.
Spoiler warning: Major story spoilers throughout.
Show Notes
“Assault on Treasure Island” by Bill Crider: A Dreamspeaker, a Hollow One, and their allies attempt an ill-advised assault on a Technocratic stronghold.
“Persistence of Vision” by James Lowder: An Etherite filmmaker confronts a supernatural reflection and the consequences of her cinematic experiments.
“Self-Portrait in Nightmares” by Thomas S. Roche: A Verbena's blood paintings become entangled with a vampire's desire to escape his existence.
“Antiphon” by Jackie Cassada: A Progenitor confronts a crisis of loyalty when a Celestial Chorister becomes the target of a cloning operation.
“The Dark of the Year” by Kevin Andrew Murphy: Necromancy, supernatural contracts, ghostly legal intervention, and the continuing Penny Dreadful storyline.
“Sparrow's Song” by James S. Dorr: A jazz musician uses supernatural music to evade the authorities.
“Career Move” by Edo van Belkom: A stage magician recovers from a previous encounter with the Technocracy while pursuing his career.
“A Place to Stay” by David Chart: A young mage and a lupus Garou form an unlikely partnership around an urban Node.
“Shadow of a Reflection of a Cat's Head” by Jane M. Lindskold: An Akashic mage investigates altered memories, betrayal, and the death of fellow mages.
“Waiting for Goddard” by Philip Nutman: An encounter involving mages and a Silent Strider leads to further supernatural complications.
Related material Truth Until Paradox — earlier Mage fiction anthology
When Will You Rage? — Werewolf fiction anthology
Death & Damnation — Wraith fiction anthology
The Beast Within — Vampire fiction anthology

The cats are out of the bag! Adam is joined by Pooka for a tour through the Bastet, the werecats of the World of Darkness, and the many ways they can complicate a Mage: The Ascension chronicle.
Show Notes
Bastet biology and shapeshifting
The supernatural weaknesses called Yava
All nine Bastet tribes
Bubasti connections to magic and ancient Egypt
The mysterious Celican
Qualmi riddles
The possible connection between Den-Realms and Mage Shallow Realms
Never underestimate what a target word count and a heaping ladle full of passion can get you.

Pooka and TL Webb discuss the finer points of Dark Destiny and Dark Destiny 2.  These short story collections offer World of Darkness stories.  The ones that involve mages get special focus.  What drink helps a mage warp reality?  What sport do mages love to interfere with?  All that and more in today’s episode.

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