Metaplot in Mage: The Ascension
Apr 28, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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Episode description
On today's show Mage: The Ascension co-creator Satyros Brucato and Darker Days Radio co-founder Mark Hope join us to to discuss metaplot in Mage.
- How Mark got into RPGs and Mage
- What is metaplot and how does it relate to Mage
- The House of Helekar and the beginning of the metaplot
- The cautionary tale of Vormaas
- If Amanda will return to Mage
- Should you check in with your players regarding the metaplot
- The Year of the Reckoning
- The Avatar Storm
- The Horizon War trilogy
- Porthos Fitz-Empress
- The Whiteout
- How Ron Perelman wiped out 30% of the comic book and gaming industry in the 90s and how it effected the metaplot for Wraith and Changeling
- Will there be future Sorcerer's Crusade-related releases
- How to use Threat Null as antagonists but still keep the Umbra open for player exploration
- What elements didn’t make it into the Mage metaplot
- What happend to the Jade Demon
- Big Trouble in Little China
- What the main difference in game mechanics between Victorian Age: Mage and Mage 20 is.
Join us next week when Antonios Galatis reads his short story, “Life," from the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology.
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