The ascension, one of the corebooks of the classic world of darkness game lines from white wolf game studios. Like its vampire and werewolf counterparts it was released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first core rule book for mage. Sorcerers crusade, which is itself a supplemental or period sourcebook for mage. The ascension, a group of believing acolytes can add successes to the results of an effect, if they participate and truly believe in your mage s power. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. World of darkness is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed roleplaying games.
Additionally, a mage may join a legacy in the pursuit of perfecting their soul. The characters portrayed in the game are referred to as mages, and are capable of feats of magic. A sphere is a wellrounded knowledge of nine different yet interrelated elements of reality. The dichotomy between the rich and the poor, the influential and the weak, and the powerful and the powerless is much more pronounced than in the real world. The central theme of mage is the search for ascension, not only for the individual but for all of mankind. Shape the world to your whim, travel across time and space, delve into the astral planes of human consciousness. Onyx path is currently kickstarting a new project, and its not a world of darkness one. Mage the ascension 20th anniversary edition character sheet author. The ascension is an epic storytelling game of reality on the brink created by white wolf and set in the old world of darkness.
Mage is built upon the basic concept of werewolfs cosmology. The ascension technocracy assembled 1 op for mage, the ascension, vol 1 v. The book is very well written and offers insights on using mage either. Written by stewart wieck with chris early and stephan wieck in 1993, mage. The penumbra overlaps the physical world, and is reached upon passing through the gauntlet. Books a few weeks ago, in some thread whose topic i cant recall, a poster mentioned that gurps mage was in some ways markedly different. A community for fans of white wolfs roleplaying games, notably the world of darkness vampire. Stories arising from the dark recesses of your mind, but reaching toward the light. The near universe is akin to deep space, and is home to locations reminiscent of science fiction. This quickstart also features descriptions, stats, and storyhooks for playing an unlikely pack of mages. In story terms, these nine constructs represent a sort of unified field theory of earthly metaphysics. The ascension 20th anniversary edition includes a summary of the setting and basic rules. Interactive version by chris mrgone leland created date. These enlightened minds have the thankless job of being our shepherd.
Hottest mage the ascension, world of darkness, pdf hottest community mage the ascension, world of darkness, pdf. The ascension, revised in the tradition of vampire. The world of darkness game about shaping reality without people noticing, mage. Presents the most comprehensive and freeform magic system ever achieved in gaming, allowing characters to cast nearly any spell imaginable.
Official character sheet archive please note that all sheets within this archive are noninteractive. In game terms, they measure what mage characters do and cannot do, based upon their understanding of theoretical knowledge and practical results. Mages are those few individuals who have awakened to the truth, seeing the supernal world hidden behind the lie. The story of the young mage arctos awakening, told through letters and journal entries. The world of darkness is much like our world, but it is darker, more devious and more conspiratorial an aesthetic we call gothicpunk.
The ascension, but grew into a distinct type of mage in their own right with the introduction. Mar 17, 2020 onyx path publishing is doing its part to help people adjusting to social distancing by offering free copies of world of darkness 20th anniversary editions each day of this week. Mental fortitude always trumps the physical in a world where mind control exists. Socalled hedge wizards ply their arts in the shadows, wresting secrets from musty tomes and hidden glades. Obviously the 20th anniversary book has a ton more content, but a physical copy also costs a lot more. The ascension 20th anniversary edition quickstart this introduction to mage. Wonders by type levelwonder title page number talisman unique khalil abamalek, the iron satan infernalism. The technocratic union, or the technocracy also called the hidden ones or the five metal dragons were initially portrayed as the typical blackhatted mustached antagonist of the earlier editions of mage. The ascension is a roleplaying game based in the world of darkness, and was published by white wolf game studio. Core book for white wolfs old world of darkness mage the ascension game mage, the ascension revised edition. Familiar character creation the following is a stepbystep guide to creating a familiar character for world of darkness. Such a mage is a priest a flock of true fbelievers, a rock star with groupies or a guru with a gaggle of devotees willing to believe any miracle he deigns perform. World of darkness mage conversion help genesys ffg.
Mage the awakening world of darkness white wolf hardcover. The first was conceived by mark reinhagen, while the second was designed by several people at white wolf gaming studio, which reinhagen helped to found. Add the traditions in your awakening game, or bring the ten arcana to mage. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Please note books marked with the black dog games logo were originally intended to be sold to individuals 18 or above, and may contain content not. This book is a must have for any player or storyteller running the world of darkness system. Progenitors is available now in pdf and print editions at. I dont know how its different from the later games because i never played those apparent pieces of trash, but i can vouch for mage.
Pit the seers of the throne against the technocracy for dominion over the world, and let your nephandi call forth the abyss. Unlike most of white wolfs world of darkness gamelines, mage centered not on stereotypical horror movie monsters mostly, but on the force of magic and the various people who practice it, from mad scientists to angry druids to stereotypical old men in beards. Storytellers vault world of darkness mage the ascension. Enter the world of darkness, where mages of the awakened traditions battle the cold technocracy in an ancient war to decide the fate of humanitys fragile souls. The ascension 20th anniversary edition is free for one day at the. Please note that all sheets within this archive are noninteractive. Choosing which version of mage to play is probably the most contentious argument you can have with fans of the world of darkness. At the heart of these stories are mageshumans blessed some. This is a game where you can have an enlightened martial artist dispatching hungry ghosts from the chinese hells, a hermetic magician preventing demonworshippers from spreading corruption throughout san francisco, and a mad scientist dispatching evil gibbering things in the void of space. Its been a long time since ive paid any close attention to ascension and im toying with wading back into the pool. The ascension 20th anniversary edition quickstart onyx. Features boston as a fully fleshedout, readytoplay setting. Standard color uses a thinner paper stock than premium color, basically the same paper as. What ascension is, and how it is achieved is purposely left undefined.
Onyx path publishing is doing its part to help people adjusting to social distancing by offering free copies of world of darkness 20th anniversary editions each day of this week. The power to change mage is yours more than just storytelling advice and rules. Mage the ascension core rulebook revised edition idocpub. Gaming world of darkness general the best tradition book yet, with the only possible rival being the cult book.
This is everything you need for session zero of mage the awakening. The fallen world chronicle anthology c ontains 12 short stories 8 original to this collection of magic and mystery, in celebration of the second edition of mage. About 80% people in the world are religious and therefore, you should be able to use magic without a problem if you disguise it as miracles. The information here may be altered to conform to room and venuespecific rules, and takes precedence over other sources be it the books themselves, or online resources, including those approved for room use. The world of darkness wikiforge is a database of fan material and a project to give roleplayers a onestop site for fanmade creations for white wolfs world of darkness. Please note books with the sorcerers crusade logo were designed to complement the mage sorcerers crusade line, which was then eventually rolled into the dark ages world of darkness setting. This rulebook and players guide in one explores the realm of these lesser sorcerers through hedgemagic rules, character creation, detailed sects and more. It also includes the invisible world and the spirit realms where mages fight for abstract magical principles or places of power. While the split between classic and new mage is a large one, the divisions existed before as well.
This is a wiki, so anyone can create or edit a page. Crossover compatible with werewolf and the other world of darkness games details about the puzzling worlds beyond, including the three umbrae, the hollow world and myriad realms balador, autocthonia, victoria station. Free online character sheet generator for world of darkness games. Storytellers vault mage the ascension world of darkness. Mages are called to a given path, and may join an order that has similar goals. I mean, if world of darkness reflects our, actual, real world in any sort of capacity whatsoever, mages should be able to sling magic around with no fear of paradox. The forces of paradox wait to destroy those who bend reality too much. List of backgrounds old world of darkness wiki fandom. For the basics on editing, you can refer to how to edit a page on wikipedia. Wield incredible, earthshaking power, but do not be too arrogant, for all power has its price. Mage the ascension revised rules vs mage 20th rules. Guide to the world of darkness, part three mage mage.
A world of darkness examines the world in which mages battle for ascension. Mage the ascension core rulebook revised edition vnd56d8j3wlx. O the proud men and women who serve the new world order are the paragons and saviors of humanity. The awakening is a fallen lie of hopeless oppression, a prison for human beings cursed to remain ignorant of the myriad occult forces influencing them. The original world of darkness and chronicles of darkness explained.
The ascension euthanatos mage the ascension tradition book ascension s right hand op mage. Mage the ascension 20th anniversary edition character sheet. The ascension 3rd edition templates this file includes all of the word and indesign files, fonts, and graphics to create products in the. The low umbra dark umbra, yin world, shadowlands is a place of decay and darkness.
The ascension, a group of believing acolytes can add successes to the results of an effect, if they participate and truly believe in your mages power. Oneclick unsubscribe later if you dont enjoy the newsletter. The book of worlds is a massive sourcebook for umbral travelers, detailing rough cosmologies, sample realms and mystick places. Ive tweaked the rules for it, including once having a huge booklet of house rules which, ironically, were almost the exact same. Mage the awakening 2nd edition onyx path publishing mage. The middle umbra living umbra, yang world, spirit world, perhaps the dreaming is a place of spirits and spiritual importance, and is the spirit world used by werewolves.
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