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Mage: Garden of Forking Paths

2016-03-28T23:36:20Z

Acatalepsy: /* Bug Hunt */

Mage miniseries concepts.

=[[Arete Academy]]=
Hermetic university adventures & hijinx.

:P: Hermetics, or other trads here to foster inter-tradition understanding.

Characters 
:FBH: Lara Croft + Touko Aozaki
:Mal: '''[[Naomi Lee]]''' - Antisocial teenage bug witch.
:Exhack: Vaporwave Dreamspeaker
:Silence: Mari-chan (loli) version

=[[Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Inferno]]=
A motley crew of the lost and the damned assembles in the Golden City, hell of aesthetics, with a mind to finding their way back topside, even if they have to go through the rest of the lower realms to get there.

:P: Infernalists, explorers, escapees, all sorts.
:E: All kinds of horrors, both critter and scene.

Characters
:FBH: half demon bard who wants to travel. Dresses Angelicpunk.
:Silence: Gloria
:Exhack: Ox-Tiger Akashaic Renegade
:Mal: '''[[Startia Firenza]]''' - Combat Heels

=[[Servants of The Stars]]=
From the Deep Umbra, alien intelligences with strange technologies regard Earth with greed and curiosity. You work for them. (note: this is intended to have a mainly terrestrial setting)

:P: Outsider Technephandi, but not cartoon evil. Mystics are permitted if they can play ball.
:E: Technos, trads and/or critters, as required.

Characters
:FBH: Samus Aran, only trained by the outer darkness
:Exhack: Space Adventurer Mortal Kobra.

=Bug Hunt=
Trads and technos team up to fight the Millennium Bug in the the year 1999.

:P: ItX, VAs, or other conventions or trads as appropriate.
:E: Cyber-vermin in the shadow of Napster, Geocities and Pets.com.

Characters

:Mal: '''[[Elodie Liddell]]''' - Queen Selecta
:Acat: IterationX Troubleshooter. On the Computer's shit list, sent in to clean up bugs.

Talk:Relics of the Crown

2016-03-03T02:01:56Z

Acatalepsy:

=Lisbet Bernstein=
:Class: Vampire
:Strength:3
:Will:3
:Charisma: 4
:Wits/Intelligence: 4
:Perception: 4

=Dr Cornelius Sable=
:Class: Punch Doctor
:Strength: 6
:Will: 3
:Charisma: 3
:Wits/Intelligence: 5
:Perception: 1

An esteemed wandering physician, said to have come from the barbarian tribes from the distant frozen north. In defiance of expectations, actually quite cultured, if bare-chested. (he claims that it's too hot for a shirt around these parts) His remedies, tonics and various therapies have gained him no small amount of recognition, as did his willingness to walk right into the worst of plagues to aid those in need. Evades questions when asked who was his teacher, but is quite familiar with health and anatomies of non-humans as well. (for a very broad understanding of the term) Dislikes hurting others and killing, preferring to use his combined knowledge of pugilistic martial arts and medicine to disable attackers in non-lethal ways, but over the years has learned to accept that sometimes you do need to cut the tumor out.

Carries a large metal box on his back, apparently full of various medicine and "tonics", as well as Sable's supposed actual degree. Big on tonics. Tonics strengthen the body and fortify the spirit, he says. They certainly seem to have in his case; Cornelius' physique is nothing short of impressive, and his body has grown strong and tough enough that he can fight bare-chested and bare-fisted against men in mail with swords and triumph. "Rock-hard abs" are more than just a metaphor here. One rumour even says that the reason why he's bald is because he survived a burst of dragon's flame (but his hair didn't), but Sable does not appear terribly eager to prove it right.

=Fabien Burke=
:Class: Storm Mage
:Strength:2
:Will:3
:Charisma: 5
:Wits/Intelligence: 5
:Perception: 3

The 7th son of Count Harrowfled, Fabien Burke is a wiry, flamboyant figure, well-known on the southern frontier for daring expeditions, with many ventures to his name, most of them profitable. As a graduate from the prestigious Akademie des Sturms, Fabien is an accomplished elementalist, as even his siblings would (occasionally, grudgingly) admit.

Talk:The Festival of Scarlet and Shady Cultists

Ray Sevin

2015-09-28T01:55:11Z

Acatalepsy: /* Things to Track */

= Overview =

== Appearance ==

== Background ==

== Lessons ==

= Vital Statistics =
[[file:Ray_MadeSawPlayed.jpg|It's kind of like that.|right|350px]]

:'''Real Name//''' Ray Sevin
:'''VA Handle//''' 7-fold 2ymmetry
:'''Tradition//''' Virtual Adepts
:'''Concept//''' Philosophical Sentinel of Reality
:'''Image Song//''' [TODO TODO]
:'''Nature//''' Curmudgeon
:'''Demeanor//''' Competitor
:'''Essence//''' Dynamic
:'''Chantry//'''

== Things to Track ==

:'''Willpower//''' 75
:'''Temporary Willpower//''' 4
:'''Health Levels//''' -0 x 1, -1 x 2, -2 x 2, -5 x 1, Incapacitated
::Current Damage// 0
:'''Arete//''' 3
:'''Quintessence//''' 0/4
:'''Paradox//''' 3

=Attributes=
:'''Strength 2//'''
:'''Dexterity 2//'''
:'''Stamina 3//'''

:'''Perception 4//''' Eye for Detail
:'''Intelligence 5//''' Incisive Analysis
:'''Wits 4//''' Intuitive Leaps

:'''Charisma 3//'''
:'''Manipulation 3//'''
:'''Appearance 4//''' Archetypal

=Abilities=

'''TALENTS/'''
:'''Alertness 2//'''
:'''Awareness 3//'''
:'''Dodge 2//'''
:'''Instruction 2//'''
:'''Intuition 2//'''
:'''Streetwise 2//'''
:'''Subterfuge 2//'''
'''SKILLS/'''
:'''Drive 1//'''
:'''Leadership 1//'''
:'''Melee 1//'''
:'''Survival 1//'''
:'''Technology 5//''' Electronics
'''KNOWLEDGES/'''
:'''Computer 4//''' Programming
:'''Cosmology 4//''' Noetic Entities
:'''Culture 1//'''
:'''Enigmas 3//'''
:'''Investigation 3//'''
:'''Lore (Virtual Adepts) 1//'''
:'''Occult 3//'''
:'''Science 2//'''

= Paradigm =
(TODO)

== Foci and Spheres ==
:'''Correspondence 4//'''
:'''Entropy 2//'''
:'''Mind 2//''' Baysian Rationality + Memetic Theory
:'''Dimensional Science 3//''' Noospheric Theory
:'''Prime 1//'''

== Rotes ==

= Backgrounds =
:'''Avatar 4//'''
:'''Resources 1//''' Starving Grad Student.
:'''Library 5//''' Access through friends to one of the VAs most prized databases of Official Weird Shit, including scans of Hermetic texts, Technocratic manuals, encounter reports - you name it, someone has it. The Alexandrian is constantly changing its real-world location to avoid government action. Some think that even this is just a ruse, that the '''real''' Alexandrian exists somewhere in noetic space. The administrators aren't talking.
:'''Contacts 3//''' Works with FIREWALL, a Virtual Adept group that believes that the world is fragile and needs constant vigilance against threats to humanity. Would be accused of being 'crats if they weren't so militantly distrustful of authority. FIREWALL has contacts all over the place, as well as several communities that can be contacted online.
:'''Wonder 4//''' Some kind of technofetish. WIP.
:'''Spirit Magnet 2//''' For some reason spirits like to be around Ray. He thinks that it's because his brain is a nice computational environment for them (ie, he's tasty to spirits). This is...not always a good thing, but can be handy when you need spirits on hand for something.

=Merits=
:'''Lightning Calculator''' (1 Pt) Your character can perform complex mathematical equations in their head instantly with little error at the speed of a computer.

= Equipment =

== Outfits ==

== Transport ==

== Weapons ==

== Misc ==

= Merits and Flaws =

== Merits ==

== Flaws ==

= Chargen =

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xrjltpviZeNyGRD_dWoU7kC6lxWQshs6U4nKjeYS6IA/edit#gid=0 Spreadsheet]

= XP =

== Experience Gains ==
Experience Total/Spent/Unspent (79/33/46)
*Bonus Chargen XP (50)
*Session 1 (4/10 w/ Violette, stopped Tass deal at SF con (5)
*Session 2 (4/26) w/Violette, Sig, Ragnar, learned about doomsday. (4)
*Session 3 (4/27) W/Violette, Sig, got the GameStation++, messed with technos, learned about Nephandi (3)
*Session 4 (5/2) w/Violette,Sig - participated in war crimes, had a falling out with Sig (6)
*Session 5 (5/8) w/Mara in Baltimore (3)
*Session 6 (5/23) w/Mara in Baltimore (3)
*Session 7 (6/4) w/Violette, in Shadow Boston (3)
*Session 8 (6/13) w/Mara, Sigrun, 'rescuing' Evangeline and Veronica (2)
*Session 9 (Circus Introduction TODO)
*Session 10 (Circus Marahome TODO)

== Experience Spending ==

== Freebies ==

[[Category:M:RR_PCs]]

Ray Sevin

2015-09-28T01:48:10Z

Acatalepsy: /* Foci and Spheres */

= Overview =

== Appearance ==

== Background ==

== Lessons ==

= Vital Statistics =
[[file:Ray_MadeSawPlayed.jpg|It's kind of like that.|right|350px]]

:'''Real Name//''' Ray Sevin
:'''VA Handle//''' 7-fold 2ymmetry
:'''Tradition//''' Virtual Adepts
:'''Concept//''' Philosophical Sentinel of Reality
:'''Image Song//''' [TODO TODO]
:'''Nature//''' Curmudgeon
:'''Demeanor//''' Competitor
:'''Essence//''' Dynamic
:'''Chantry//'''

== Things to Track ==

:'''Willpower//''' 7
:'''Temporary Willpower//''' 5
:'''Health Levels//''' -0 x 1, -1 x 2, -2 x 2, -5 x 1, Incapacitated
::Current Damage// 0
:'''Arete//''' 3
:'''Quintessence//''' 4/4
:'''Paradox//''' 3

=Attributes=
:'''Strength 2//'''
:'''Dexterity 2//'''
:'''Stamina 3//'''

:'''Perception 4//''' Eye for Detail
:'''Intelligence 5//''' Incisive Analysis
:'''Wits 4//''' Intuitive Leaps

:'''Charisma 3//'''
:'''Manipulation 3//'''
:'''Appearance 4//''' Archetypal

=Abilities=

'''TALENTS/'''
:'''Alertness 2//'''
:'''Awareness 3//'''
:'''Dodge 2//'''
:'''Instruction 2//'''
:'''Intuition 2//'''
:'''Streetwise 2//'''
:'''Subterfuge 2//'''
'''SKILLS/'''
:'''Drive 1//'''
:'''Leadership 1//'''
:'''Melee 1//'''
:'''Survival 1//'''
:'''Technology 5//''' Electronics
'''KNOWLEDGES/'''
:'''Computer 4//''' Programming
:'''Cosmology 4//''' Noetic Entities
:'''Culture 1//'''
:'''Enigmas 3//'''
:'''Investigation 3//'''
:'''Lore (Virtual Adepts) 1//'''
:'''Occult 3//'''
:'''Science 2//'''

= Paradigm =
(TODO)

== Foci and Spheres ==
:'''Correspondence 4//'''
:'''Entropy 2//'''
:'''Mind 2//''' Baysian Rationality + Memetic Theory
:'''Dimensional Science 3//''' Noospheric Theory
:'''Prime 1//'''

== Rotes ==

= Backgrounds =
:'''Avatar 4//'''
:'''Resources 1//''' Starving Grad Student.
:'''Library 5//''' Access through friends to one of the VAs most prized databases of Official Weird Shit, including scans of Hermetic texts, Technocratic manuals, encounter reports - you name it, someone has it. The Alexandrian is constantly changing its real-world location to avoid government action. Some think that even this is just a ruse, that the '''real''' Alexandrian exists somewhere in noetic space. The administrators aren't talking.
:'''Contacts 3//''' Works with FIREWALL, a Virtual Adept group that believes that the world is fragile and needs constant vigilance against threats to humanity. Would be accused of being 'crats if they weren't so militantly distrustful of authority. FIREWALL has contacts all over the place, as well as several communities that can be contacted online.
:'''Wonder 4//''' Some kind of technofetish. WIP.
:'''Spirit Magnet 2//''' For some reason spirits like to be around Ray. He thinks that it's because his brain is a nice computational environment for them (ie, he's tasty to spirits). This is...not always a good thing, but can be handy when you need spirits on hand for something.

=Merits=
:'''Lightning Calculator''' (1 Pt) Your character can perform complex mathematical equations in their head instantly with little error at the speed of a computer.

= Equipment =

== Outfits ==

== Transport ==

== Weapons ==

== Misc ==

= Merits and Flaws =

== Merits ==

== Flaws ==

= Chargen =

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xrjltpviZeNyGRD_dWoU7kC6lxWQshs6U4nKjeYS6IA/edit#gid=0 Spreadsheet]

= XP =

== Experience Gains ==
Experience Total/Spent/Unspent (79/33/46)
*Bonus Chargen XP (50)
*Session 1 (4/10 w/ Violette, stopped Tass deal at SF con (5)
*Session 2 (4/26) w/Violette, Sig, Ragnar, learned about doomsday. (4)
*Session 3 (4/27) W/Violette, Sig, got the GameStation++, messed with technos, learned about Nephandi (3)
*Session 4 (5/2) w/Violette,Sig - participated in war crimes, had a falling out with Sig (6)
*Session 5 (5/8) w/Mara in Baltimore (3)
*Session 6 (5/23) w/Mara in Baltimore (3)
*Session 7 (6/4) w/Violette, in Shadow Boston (3)
*Session 8 (6/13) w/Mara, Sigrun, 'rescuing' Evangeline and Veronica (2)
*Session 9 (Circus Introduction TODO)
*Session 10 (Circus Marahome TODO)

== Experience Spending ==

== Freebies ==

[[Category:M:RR_PCs]]

Microscope

2015-09-08T01:06:52Z

Acatalepsy:

== What is Microscope? ==

:''Humanity spreads to the stars and forges a galactic civilization…''
:''Fledgling nations arise from the ruins of the empire…''
:''An ancient line of dragon-kings dies out as magic fades from the realm…''

These are all examples of Microscope games. Want to explore an epic history of your own creation, hundreds or thousands of years long, all in an afternoon? That's Microscope.

But you don’t play the history from start to finish, marching along in chronological order. Instead, you build your history from the outside in. You start off knowing the big picture, the grand scheme of what happens, then you dive in and explore what happened in between, the how and why that shaped events.

You are free to jump backwards or forwards, zooming in or out to look at whatever you want, defying limits of time and space. Want to leap a thousand years into the future and see how an institution shaped society? Want to jump back to the childhood of the king you just saw assassinated and find out what made him such a hated ruler? That’s normal in Microscope.

You have vast creative authority. You can make whole empires rise and fall at will. Dream up a utopia or destroy one with nuclear fire. You have that power, but remember you’re not alone: everyone else at the table can do it too.

You create independently, but not in isolation. Each facet you add to history builds on what other players built before you. You expand on their ideas, and they expand on yours. History might not turn out the way you expected. Be prepared to think on your feet.

The website for Microscope is [http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/ here]. Having a copy is not required, but highly preferred. Microscope uses index cards to represent periods, events, and more, so for our digital equivalents we've got a Google Draw ([https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1PPLGYaeJiYMCdUSfDR31l7typBCqQOk6gou6H73OWgY/edit an example game is laid out here]).

===Elements===

The timeline you build in Microscope is comprised of three things:
#'''Periods'''' - Broad stretches of time time that could be decades or centuries. Periods are very broad - new technologies, ideologies, and more change from period to period. A description of a period can include its relation to adjacent periods, but keep in mind that someone can always add another period in between any two existing periods.
#'''Events''' - Something specific that happens in a Period. An event should include an outcome - it's never a question how an Event ended, though we might not know the how or why precisely. An event should be detailed enough that other players can figure out what physically happened.
#'''Scenes''' - Scenes are the smallest units of history. They show us exactly what happens at a specific place, at a specific time, with specific people. Scenes answer specific questions about an Event. They're also different from Periods and Events in that they can be played out but the group rather than dictated.

Everything in Microscope is defined as either '''Dark''' or '''Light'''. These are value judgements, applying your own sense of right and wrong to the history, and explaining it to others. You can never be 'wrong' about what the Tone of something is, but you do have to explain it.

== Starting A Game ==

#'''Big Picture'''
#*Create a one-sentence summary of the world you want make. Something like "''Mankind leaves the sick Earth behind and spreads out to the stars''" or "''An ancient empire rises and falls.''"; history in the broadest possible overview. Don't worry about it being generic; the interesting parts come from the details.
#'''Bookend History'''
#*History will be divided into Periods, large time spans that could be decades or centuries. Describe how the history begins and ends; everything else in the game will take place between these two periods. Decide whether or not the period is Light or Dark, and agree on a short description of each period - no more than a paragraph or so.
#'''Palette'''
#*The Palette is a list of things the players agree to reserve the right to include or, conversely, outright ban. It gets everyone on the same page about what belongs in the history and what doesn’t. Everyone can choose to add something to the Palette, or ban something. Adding something means that the element, whatever it is, belongs in the history even if it seems out of place otherwise, and it's always okay to introduce it. A ban is the opposite - it's never okay to introduce that. If everyone has added or banned something, repeat, until at least one person doesn't want to add or ban anything. The Palette doesn't need to be an exhaustive list, just a list of exceptions - you wouldn't need to add 'dwarves' to the Palette of a fantasy game, but you would need to add 'wizards' to a space opera game. Conversely, you wouldn't need to ban 'knights' from a cyberpunk history, but you would need to ban 'knights' from a fantasy game.
#'''First Pass'''
#*Players add either another Period between the bookends, or an Event (a specific thing that happened inside a period), going in any order.

== Playing The Game ==

#One player is the '''Lens''' for a given round. They pick a '''Focus''' for a round; it could be a specific individual, a concept, a theme, an object, an organization - whatever. Everything has to be related to that thing.
#The Lens goes first, and creates a Period, Event, or Scene, ''or'' creates a pair of nested objects - a Period, and an Event inside that Period, or an Event, and a Scene inside that Event.
#Everyone else goes in order (to the 'left'), creating a Period, Event, or Scene.
#*The only limits to what you can do are - Don’t contradict what’s already been said, Make sure what you add relates to the current Focus, and Don’t use anything from the No column of the Palette.
#The Lens goes again, and can again make a nested creation.
#The player to the 'right' of the Lens picks something created or referenced in the last round to be a Legacy (or keeps their current Legacy). They then make an Event or Dictated Scene about any one of the existing Legacies.
#Quick intermission to discuss how the game is going - talk about what you liked or what intrigues you, but don't plan what happens next. Then, the player to the 'left' of the Lens becomes the new Lens, and the process repeats.

== Scenes ==

Scenes are the part of Microscope where you take the roles of specific characters. The rules for scenes are the largest individual chunk of the book, and while they're not complicated, they're slow on IRC, and sometimes confusing even for people who grok what they're doing. I'm not saying we should necessarily avoid them - but I'd be comfortable doing so.

In addition to the dictated scene - where a player just says what happens in a scene, like an Event - another way to run a scene is the Election Scene. The player whose turn it is decides the setting and question, then asks for answers to the question. Every player has the opportunity to propose answers to the question (including the person who asked it), and then the group votes. The person whose vote won dictates the course of the scene.

== History Seeds / Genre Ideas ==

Some possible history seeds and genres. Feel free to add new ideas.

#Space pirate gangs become new empires after the old empire collapses.
#A fantastic society descends into tyranny based on sorcerous power to compel binding oaths and read minds.
#Inhabitants of a megastructure fight for control of their environment and destiny.

== Players ==

Post your name if you're interested, any ideas, genres, or other things that you're interested in, and whether or not you would like to do this game via voice or IRC.

#Acatalepsy. I'm prone to transhuman space opera, but like any number of other genres. I'm free days that aren't Wednesday. I'd like to do voice if possible, but am more than fine with IRC.
#Mal. Fantasy. IRC.
#BM. Fantasy, preferably about corruption and transformative supernatural (Gothic) elements. I'm free Tuesdays or Thursdays, possibly Mondays or Sundays. Voice or IRC.

Main Page

2015-09-07T02:54:53Z

Acatalepsy: /* Developing Games */

==RPGs==
===Currently Running===
'''Dirt Simple Calendar Link:''' http://teamup.com/ks3f90d5d685b8344f 
It's set to UTC time, so remember to adjust for your timezone! 

[[FBH Fantasia Second]] 
[[M:RR]] 
[[Space Princesses]] 
[[Raiders of the Astral Sea]] 
[[Vampire: LA in Summer]] 
[[Ascension Isle: Legacy]] 
[[Blackbury Troubles]] 
'''[[All Those Oneshots]]'''

===Developing Games===
[[The Festival of Scarlet and Amber]] 
[[Fate/Silence/Night: Unlimited Yandere Works]] 
[[A Devil Haunted World]] 
[[The Wall of Yearning]] 
[[Cold Stars]] 
[[Microscope]] 

===Hiatused Games===
[[Hell's Garden]] 
[[Mage: The Ascension]] 
[[Peelmage]] 
[[Thorns]] 

===Finished Games===
[[Black Pearl Gate]] 
[[Blue Archives]] 
[[Epitaph: A Gothic Fantasy Game]] 
[[Exalted: Silence]] *brought back for syndication* 
[[FSN: Clock Tower]] 
[[Heaven's Garden]] 
[[Isolated: Superhero Game]] 
[[Paint It Black]] 
[[PIP]] 
[[Planar City: A BM Miniseries]] 
[[Prayer Drive]] * Buy the Season 1 Blu-Rays! * 
[[Space Cruiser Amahara]] 
[[The Sunken Worlds]] 
[[The Shadow Haunted World: A Conspiracy Game]]/[[The Candlelight]] 
[[The Painted Dream]] 
[[The Hunt for Manticore]] 
[[Turn Appalachia]] (may return for season 2) 

==Story Debates==
[[Ascension Isle]] 
[[Star Wars Rebuilding of Empires]] 
[[UnderRealm]] 
===Rabid Dog SDS===
[[Galactic Empire Builder]] 
[[Cold Stars (suspended)]] 
[[Building a Dynasty Fantasy SD cancelled]] 

==Quests==
[[Long Live the Queen]] 

==[[The N-Field]]==

==Fictive Prose==
[[Spherefic]] 

[[Haraway Shorts]] 
[[Tempest Fic]] 
[[Solstice]] 

[[Last]] 
[[Intervention]] 
[[Border Skirmish]] 
[[Sphereberrant]] 

[[FBH's Writing Challenge]] 
[[FBH's Second Writing Challenge]] 
[[Peel Short Stories]] 

[[Gunpla Garden.ZERO]] 

===Nanowrimo===
[[Shrike's Nanowrimo Project]] 
[[Singh's Nanowrimo stuff]] 
[[FBH's Nanowrimo]] 
[[Exhack's Nanowrimo]] 

==Misc. Projects==
[[Sphere]] 
[[Aberrant 2.0]] 
[[Wheel Respun]] 
[[Mage 2012]] 
[[Empires of Ragnarok]] 
[[Creation Project]] 
[[FATE NOOSPHERE]] 
[[The Project]] 
[[Recommendations]]

===Theory===
[[The State of the Nation]] 
[[Of Gods and Mods: How to run a good nation SD]]

==Misc Contents==
XML dumps of the current contents of the wiki are made on a regular basis, currently at least once a week. See [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup.7z backup.7z]. A backup of the wiki including page history and revisions is made less frequently, see [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup-full.7z backup-full.7z].

You will need [[wikipedia:7-Zip|7-Zip]] or similar for this.

- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 13:25, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Ray Sevin

2015-04-27T03:45:31Z

Acatalepsy: /* Sessions */

Talk:Ray Sevin

2015-04-27T02:39:01Z

Acatalepsy: /* Other Notes */

Talk:Ray Sevin

2015-04-27T02:38:45Z

Acatalepsy: Created page with "=Sessions= 1. Ran through a Convention taken over by spirits with Violette. Was chased by MIBs, bound a spirit, got some Tass. Violette was kind enough to explain some of the..."