Mage Chantry Quest

These are all members of the Nine Mystical Traditions, an organization united to free humanity from the Technocracy. The Technocracy is devoted to wiping out magic and rendering the world safe for normal humans to live in, as well as advancing technology.

The Technocracy is made up of:

The Syndicate: Money guys, the super rich, and big business.

The New World Order: Spies, academics, the media, all serving the idea of a one world government.

Progenitors: Super-biologists

Iteration X: Super-engineers and 'hard scientists'

Void Engineers: Space explorers.

Ima leave this vote for half an hour then move

Calling it for Virtual Adepts!

The Virtual Adepts have a number of belief systems, all related to numbers and computers. Essentially, they believe that with computers and numbers you can control the world, or that the world is actually a computer simulation. They are hackers without peer, and have an entire virtual reality called the Digital Web.

But more importantly, what kind of things are you good at?

You have five points to spend between Mental, Physical and Social. A point adds 10 to a 1d100, with most people having one in one.

So for instance, you could take 3 Mental 1 Physical 1 Social.

Additionally, you can spend one point to get two on a more specific area. For instance, you could spend one point on Firearms, thus getting two points to everything involving firearms.

So, okay, what rules are we using? Are the Talents, skills and knowledge the same as the Storyteller's ones?

And... Where are we in the timeline? this is obviously post 3e, but are we in M20? And... What M20 Reality are you using, is the avatar storm over?

About the points:
Man as a true adept, we should be as strong as and healthy as a sedentary hikikomori, and i'm voting to go true weaboo if thats possibly XD.

2 Mental, One Social, 1(2 dots) in Computers and 1(2 Dots) in Occult.

>So, okay, what rules are we using? Are the Talents, skills and knowledge the same as the Storyteller's ones?
Basically anything that sounds about Ability sized. And we're using my own system.

Huh, okay, and about the timeline?

>2 Mental, One Social, 1(2 dots) in Computers and 1(2 Dots) in Occult.
Vote locked, and working on the next section.
It's 2011, M20 is mostly being ignored like the pile of shit it is, the Avatar Storm is ongoing but the Ascension War isn't.

You now have

Next up is your Magic. By default you have 21 points to spend here, as well as two Spheres automatically at 2. These two are Favored, and cost one less to buy.Raising a sphere or Enlightenment costs the new level in points. If you want to you can save some points here.

A sphere cannot rise higher than your Enlightenment, which is three right now.

The Ten Spheres are:

>Correspondence: Teleporting, looking at distant locations, and things like that.
>Life: Manipulating living things
>Mind: Manipulating minds
>Data: Manipulating data, from books to computers to minds.
>Prime: Meta-science, creating hyper-advanced objects, boosting your other science, and things like that.
>Fate: Manipulating and seeing destiny
>Time: Seeing through time, slowing it down, speeding it up, and traveling through it.
>Dimensions: Manipulating Dimensions, traveling to different ones, and changing the laws of reality.
>Matter: manipulating base matter, breaking or transforming it.

Aaaaahhh, but i liked M20! =/

May i ask you why is it a pile of doodoo?

Brucato was allowed to do whatever he wanted without any editorial oversight telling him not to rant about pizza or memes.

>hates on M20, uses Data.
As the Spheres same as normal? Can i consult the M20 or the 3e?

The spheres are different, and are more based on Mage the Awakening than oMage. And Data is from Convention Book NWO, which predates M20.

Is using Correspondence 2/Mind 2 to cause instantaneous orgasms possibly? I never had the chance to try this at a conventional table.

Veto

What spheres do i need to do thathy, then?

...Or is it just because it sounds like Magical Realm?

I was thinking of using it as a weapon to distract/humilhate enemies if necessary.

No, utter veto. You're being a That Guy.

Sorry, just curious, the mage tables that i played got me paranoid and bent on using everything possible as a weapon... I guess i shouldn't do that then.

Favored: Correspondence and Life.

21 points in Mind(0 to 1(7exp) and 1 to 2(14exp) right?)

Mind 2 can distract and humiliate. Just cast a spell with the goal of 'distracting and humiliating.' Mind 2 can make targets feel emotions.

Mind to 1 costs 1. From 1 to 2 costs 2. So you still have 18 points to spend.

Oh, now we're talking!
So, Life 3 let me heal,right? And about metamorfing? Life 3 let me change apparence, sex, bodytype and minor meta-humans modifications(claws, cat ears...i don't know) while 4 makes possible more powerfull ones?(Becoming a horse, a dragon, so on).

First idea:

Correspondence to 3(3exp)
Life to 3(3exp)
Mind to 3(3 exp)
Data to 2(3exp)
Forces to 2(3exp)
Prime 1
Time 1
Dimensional Science 1

That works. Now for Chantry. Choose 3

Extra Mages: +3 Mages
Extra Sorcerers: +10 Sorcerers
Public Front: A way to make, and possibly launder, money.
Protected: Extra Protections
Secret: Extra secretive.
Extra Money: Mad Dosh
Hallow: A place to get Quintessence and Mana.
Better Foci: Labs and hypercomputers and stuff.
Extra space: room for living, recreation, and more.
Digital Web: Have the place in the Web rather than IRL.
Militant: Your people know how to fight and have access to weaponry.

Please explain these:
Extra Mages(Do i already start with a few mages even if i don't select this?)
Extra Sorcerers(How good is a sorcerer in this system?Do i normally already get them like mages?)
Protected(Normal protections or magical ones?)
Digital Web(do i get ANOTHER Chantry,or the one i have becomes digital?)

All three points in extra sorcerers.

Why not take Extra Money, Extra Space and Protected, and have a mansion as a chantry?

Because everything counts in large amounts. With that much manpower, we can take the money, space and land that we want.

You Start with two, plus yourself. A Sorcerer is someone who can cast at least one spell without being a Mage. Beyond that their power varies greatly. The Digital Web option moves most of the Chantry to the Web, with a small portion of it in realspace.

Man, have you ever played Mage? The Ascension War may be over, but the technocracy can still come to kill our asses if we get too much attention.

And while most traditions are amicable, i think that half of them could try to screw us over depending on what we try to do.

How exactly are you planing on using the sorcerers army?

>How exactly are you planing on using the sorcerers army?

However we can. My point is it's easier to use the points to get the Sorcerers and acquire the other elements in game than doing it the opposite way.

>IT IS I! THE MOELORD! AND I COMMAND YOU TO GET ALL THE RICHES OF THIS LANDS TO ME! YOUR MASTER!

Sounds interesting, are they really going to work to us so easy? Are they more like apprendices or friends?

Okay,
How are our relationships with the sorcerers?

And... What would be our monetary power and living space if we go full sorcerers?

Nah, screw it

3 in Sorcerers

I think OP is gone again, any lurkers?

AWAKEN OP.

WE SUMMON THEE.

THE MOELORD MAGE CALLS FOR YOUR POWERS TO COME FORTH!

I'm back bitches

Hey, welcome back OP, Let's get it going?

Last bit: Where is your Chantry located?

Any limitations in this choice?

Not really. It's more of a flavor thing; if you pick Hong Kong you'll be dealing with the Wu Lung and Akashics and Technocratic oppression more. If you pick Nigeria you'll be dealing with Dreamspeakers fighting Syndics over oil, and so on. And of course most of your characters will fit into the area that you choose.

I'm thinking of Akihabara, any advice?

Akihabara is a solid choice. It would be better if you had Public Front though, (I'll allow you to change it if you want) as you'd be able to interact with all the otaku more easily, and look for recruits that way.

Another interesting option may be the "Liberdade" District in São Paulo, we could be a bastion of Otakulture in the second country with more japanese in the world... What would you have in mind then?

Any lurkers? We could use some suggestions, no harm in hearing some options in this.

In Brazil you have a mix between the Syndic and Ecstatic Cartels, native Dreamspeakers, and Celestial Chorus, as well as the rest of the Technocracy and Traditions, though to a lesser extent. Again, it would be better if you had chosen Public Front, as that would let you interact with the consumer stuff.

Japan is a heady mix between Technocrats and Trads, with the Emperor being carefully neutral in a way that both sides can say that he's on 'their side, really.' It's got Dreamspeakers, Virtual Adepts, Akashics, as well as a lot of Technocrats and lesser numbers of all the other Traditions.

If we choose Brasil, Is Liberdade one of those "culture mix zones" where Kuei-jin can be born and things of both cultures can come from the umbra?

And is the emperor and archmage or something?

The Emperor is not an Archmage, and few people are sure if he's actually a mage, a human, or something else.

Liberdade is heavily mixed, yes. Things from the Umbra take a variety of forms there, though I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the Kuei-Jin yet.

And about the protagonist, i was thinking of something like this, his parents were technocrats from syndicate, but were too occupied to really pay attention to him, so he grew up on too much anime and were awakened in the end of his teenager years, but at this time he we're too much of an anarchist and weaboo to really care about rules like the time table and so on, and end up creating his own chantry away from the stern glare of his parents... That just let in go because they think it's just a rebellious fase and he will come back for money or THE TRUTH eventually.

Am i going too far?

>pic related?

That works.

So, let's go Liberdade.

I'll give it another few minutes for other people to maybe vote, and for me to write up character profiles for you to choose from.

Yeah, feels kind of alone here =/

Choose 3 Elite (mages)

1:
Ana
Ana was crippled in a car accident when she was young, and turned to video games to take her mind of her injuries. Her scores were so good, that she got scouted by Iteration X. However, little did they know that she had already been contacted by the Adepts. Iteration X fixed her, the Adepts jailbroke her new cybernetics, and she escaped with the loot. A perfect op. Ana is a Cyberpunk to an extreme, and is deeply into taking down the forces of the Man, be it Technocrats or Pentex or Vamps. Along the way she became Awakened, and has learned to get more out of her cybernetics than anyone else could.

Enlightenment: 3
Spheres: Cybernetics 3 Forces 3 Time 2
Special: Heavily Enhanced combat asset.

2
Morpheus
When Morpheus was a kid, he saw the Matrix. Always a bit odd, he became obsessed with the idea that reality was a simulation, and began trying to hack it, with everything from drugs to meditation. He had some small successes, but ultimately his greatest success came when he Awakened in his late teens. He soon ended up in the Adepts, where he now works to free the simulation from the programs controlling it.

Enlightenment: 2
Spheres:
Forces 2
Fate 2
Life 2
Correspondence 2

>Choose 3 Elite (mages)
This should be two, not three.

Is "Cybernetics" really an Sphere?
This sounds more like an combination of Matter/Life and maybe Prime.

It is indeed a sphere. It is however a specialty sphere, only used by certain specialists, typically cyborgs.

Like in Mage's Storyteller's Guide then?
Is it cheaper to buy specialty spheres then?

It's from another website. forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/white-wolfs-world-of-darkness.6205/page-103#post-4963106 The exact levels are somewhat different, but that should give you an idea.

Adriano

Adriano isn't a typical Virtual Adept. While others focus on hacking computers or reality, he focuses on hacking minds. With a brief conversation he can have a target eating out of his hand, occasionally literally. However, despite his vast knowledge of the human psyche, he mainly uses it to get laid. Keep him on a tight leash around female associates.

Enlightenment: 4
Mind: 4
Life 2
Data: 1
Note: High Social

Sounds cool so far.

Devilbot

Devilbot is self-described as 'the worlds greatest hacker, and don't you forget it.' Alternatly, he refers to himself as god. Despite his obvious ego, he is a competent programmer and hacker, focused on computer security rather than reality. You'll need to manage his ego carefully, and give him lots of targets.

Enlightenment: 3
Spheres:
Data 3
Fate: 3
Correspondence: 2
Mind 2

Not that it's any of my business, OP, but giving options and backstory only someone who's already read the source material (M:tA) could understand and making important choices with literally two people in the thread are both sure-fire ways for your quest to die stillborn.

Haruna

Haruna is an otaku without peer, and is obsessed with The Digital Web, the internet, and video games, in that order. She spends most of her time in the Web, and has managed to infiltrate many secure sites.

Enlightenment: 3
Data 3
Correspondence 3
Dimensional Science 3

Is this the last one? Please warn us of when we have to make this choice.

So far... Adriano and Ana seem like the best choices, but i they look like the kind of very problematic VA that ends up getting everyone in trouble.

This reminds me of a thread who had one or two players for more than ten sessions in /quest/.

End

End is a developer instead of a hacker, focused on building newer and better programs to hack reality. He tends to look down on other Adepts

Enlightenment 4
Matter 3
Life 3
Time 3

You may now vote for two.

I applaud their dedication, but that's not really for the QM.

Can End make "magical itens" or new rotes for the sorcerers?

>That's not really *fair for the QM, derp.
I pick Ana and Haruna.

Edit his profile so that it has Prime 3 instead of Time 3. Yes, he can.
I'm trying, but I just keep messing up. Ah well, learning experience.

Also, I'm running another version of this quest over here, if you two are interested. I'll keep both going as long as I can.

forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mage-chantry-mage-the-ascension.426199/

I'm fairly certain there's a quest thread somewhere for all newbie QM's. Might help if you give it a look.
I at least will check that out.

What about End making us Reality Hacking programs?
I agree that we should have at least one combat able mage... And that Haruna seems very fitting with the setting going on right now(And a hacker is aways good), but being able to "mass produce" magical warfare may be more advantageous, no?

>Imagine 30 Otaku-Fireball-throwers

Do we need Quintessence to make the magical programs? Do we have a steady source of it? Would normal humans be able to use it? Would it cause paradox to them if they are "too advanced to the local paradigm"?

He can do that.

You need Quint to make multi-use programs, you don't have any yet, and normal humans can use them. They'll cause paradox if they're too advanced, especially when used by a sleeper that's not 'in the know.'

Voting for Haruna and End.

Do we get to choose "Elite Sorcerers" too?XD

For your Hackers you get to choose a focus for each group.

I have an idea of how to break the tie; you get all three, but at the cost of a slightly increased difficulty. Vote yes or no?

Just wait i little bit and someone gonna break the tie.

But that depends, is this going to be a sandbox slice of life/adventure mage, or is it going to be "SURVIVE SUPERNATURAL THINGS ALL THE TIME" Mage?

if the second, no thanks.

Could we instead sacrifice 3 Sorcerers? it sounds fair.

You said that each of them has at least onde spell, right?
Can we divide them by their "hacks" and then select foci for every group?

Sandboxy, and I'm not going to throw hardcore mode at you. Especially since you didn't pick Void Engineers.

You can sacrifice one tier of sorcerers to resolve the tie instead.

No, it's divided by what type of thing their hacks are good for. Physical Mental or Social.

One Tier would give us +3 mages right?

I was thinking of sacrificing 3 or 4 sorcerers because 10 Sorcerers=3 Mages.

Right, that works.

So... 26 Sorcerers, Right?

Physical/Mental 4
Physical/Social 4
Mental/Social 4
Pure Social 5
Pure Mental 4
Pure Physical 5

What about this?

Gain Ana, Haruna, and End.

Select Specialty for each group of Sorcerers:
Physical
Mental
Social

10
10
6

So vote something like
>10 physical
>16 Mental

Assuming that they have at least one hack, but some have more.

Can we do this?If not:
>10 Mental
>10 Social
>6 Physical

That works better, due to constrains on the system and my time.