The Rookery - Episode 2: Fire and Fur
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2019
- The Awakening is when a mundane mortal, a Sleeper, has the truth of the real world, the Supernal, revealed to them. It is traumatic and intense, and thereafter, they are one of the Wise, the Mages, living in the Fallen World, surrounded by the Lie. They strive to learn more, to bend reality to their will, to call forth creatures of the Underworld at a whim, or delve into the souls of others to learn their dark secrets.
Episode 2 of 2, from our first Session!
Finding the source of the storm, or at least, the center of the storm. The cabal can begin to investigate, but who are these people in the empty convention center?
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I find it both awesome and hilarious how the dm makes the supernatural npc's act so casual and nonchalant about their situation. Just how they act like normal people gets me.
Werewolves are all about telling stories and sharing knowledge. While they're information might not be completely correct all the time, they probably have at least a little idea what they're dealing with.
Besides, got to show confidence! :D
@@OccultistsAnonymous Also, if you park an UFO in the garage, it will get old the next year. So this UFO, yea, got high mileage and leaks on landings. A right mess.
This seems to be another system to add to the list of games i have to play
It's a little complicated since it's trying to create rules for an infinitely creative system but once you get beyond that, it's amazing!
Minus this episode thanks to the whole accidentally deleted video file, this show has good production values for such a small channel. Kudos, imma spread the word on this.
Thanks very much! It's been a lot of fun to work on improving the quality of the show over time!
Another super entertaining episode. 😁😁😁
Thanks Clare!
Really enjoying this show! Your sound quality is leagues ahead of most Chronicle streams online. Also MtAw is my favorite. Nice to listen too while I work ☺️
And the audio gets better in a few more episodes!
@@OccultistsAnonymous I'm budding storyteller for this game and have some questions about the system, I would love to get in contact with you of possible
We have a Discord, you can find all sorts of answers to your questions there. We'd love to chat with you.
@@OccultistsAnonymous how can I connect with that server?
www.yeetinto.space
Uratha don't have souls: they are half-flesh, half-spirit beings. No "main splat" except mages has a soul in the truest, awakened sense of the word. Vampire have the Beast and Sin-Eaters have their geist filling the void their soul left when they died, werewolves are as above, beasts have their horror, mummies have the "Egyptian" brand of soul which is split in parts, and Demons don't have anything at all. The reason most supernaturals don't trigger paradox is because they lack a soul, and with it, the shard of the abyss embedded within each and every one of them (psychics and minor templates DO cause paradox as sleepers, unless they're also sleepwalkers).
Shhhh, you'll take all the fun out of the discovery! :D
@@OccultistsAnonymous But changelings can have souls. Are changelings sleepwalkers like ghouls are?
Changelings aren't "Sleepwalkers" in the very specific definition the book uses, because those are mortal humans who have failed an Awakening.
However, they don't cause Paradox & Dissonance, and they don't suffer Quiescence because they have their own powers. And for me, they definitely have a soul, it's just all twisted up after the Fae got hold of them. :D
Wait. Hmm. My knowledge is based on 1st edition nWoD lore (1st edition Vampire Requiem, Mage the Awakening etc etc) with some second edition lore that I'm slowly catching up on.
But I was under the assumption only humans and human like creatures had souls, but everyones souls are badly damaged unless they are an awakened mage. Sleepers have a supernal spark but it's smothered by the lie. Werewolves are instead a spirit soul hybrid somehow (though I'm less familiar with werewolf lore). Vampires had a supernal spark that became corrupted. It's unclear what, but if Belial's brood and snippets of lore from Mage Summoners book are anything to go buy, the beast is probably an anti-supernal (aka hell) infection that replaced their dead supernal spark.
Sorry, randomly replying a full year later, just love WoD lore and I do fully understand it's all over the place and self contradictory on several levels, especially 1st edition. Not sure if second edition clears that stuff up a lot or not. Though I love that aspect as it does give storytellers a lot of lee way and breath of movement.
Also doesn't everyones soul's split into two parts in WoD when they die? Like a ghost forms that goes to the underworld, that has your intelligence and memories but not your true living spark, and then the soul proper ends up in the supernal waiting for the ghost to complete his voyage through the underworld to eventually reunite with the soul in Stygia (if that's where the maelstrom at the end of the underworld connects, some think it connects to abyss instead or somewhere else entirely)
Gosh again sorry, this stuff is fascinating. Had to comment my thoughts on the lore.
In short, that might have been so for 1e, but in 2e there are only a few "known" facts.
The abyss taints all souls until they awaken, this is what causes paradox.
You cannot make a soul with magic.
The soul leaves in it's entirety shortly after Death unless captured.
Thanks man
I've been trying to find mage the acension actual play but I can't find any
Good luck with your search, just Mage: The Awakening around these parts!
... By god I need to study up on this system🤣😅
Edition 1, right?
This is definitely 2E. :D
@@OccultistsAnonymous okay...gotta buy that pdf then🤣🤣🤣
Second edition is very very good. The change to spell casting means that really powerful spells are more risky and less "just got to build up to it" guarantees. Among other changes, obviously.
@@OccultistsAnonymous I see... Wait, are there arcmages in this edition?
Absolutely, many of the 1e books still apply to 2e.
Ive just started watching Its early days in the campaign but my immediate observations are: the ST doesnt let the players lead as much e.g. "of course you ask about werewolves" when they were in the car. " Also.. let the dice decide more. So many skills available in this game. Great world so far though. :)
I appreciate your observations, and welcome to the show. Bear in mind this is the first time for many of the players using the CofD rule system or even experiencing this universe. A lot of the first episodes I do a lot of guiding.
Is this the first or 2nd edition of mage the awakening? I have been watching and its been very interesting so far, but ive only read 2nd edition mage the awakening, and i've not heard of reach yet. Is reach in mage the awakening 2nd edition?
Oh it was answered, but is there an exact section for reach, on 2nd edition?
Reach is mentioned frequently in the 2e book. It's described on page 111 and is what you use to move spell factors to an advanced rating or to allow other modifiers to spells, with many of the example rotes having a couple options.
@@OccultistsAnonymous Thanks alot! I'll definitely go and get a more thorough read myself.
That's definitely the intention of the series. You can also swing by the discord, there's a bunch of friendly folks who are quite happy to answer your questions.
I want to be a Verbenna kinfolk in this story right now.
A who's a what's it?