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Beyond the Lie in Santa Cruz [LGBT+ Friendly][Beginner Friendly]
In Santa Cruz mages wage a secret war for control of the region. In the background of this war, something is secretly breaking the world apart.
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$30.00
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Weekly / Wednesday - 4:30 AM UTC
Feb 18 / Session 3
Session Duration / 3 hours
5 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In sunny California, on the cool and beautiful coast lies the city of Santa Cruz. Home to a Surfing Museum, a thriving state college, and plenty of beautiful beach, it seems like it might just be the perfect city. For a select few, however, it is an intense battleground for the very souls of all humanity. In the background of a gorgeous city and lovely vacation spot are the Pentacle Orders and the Seers of the Throne. Warring for both personal reasons and over lost ancient histories these two factions have made Santa Cruz into the site of many proxy battles. As they wage their magic and mundane war on one another, many supernatural occurrences go unchecked. The enlightenment of mages has cast a long shadow for supernatural horrors to hide in and act unbound. You are a newly awakened mage. Your soul was lit aflame in an encounter with the supernatural, and you were granted power untold. You have only begun to see how it feels and what it truly is to tap into that power. You have peeked beyond the Veil of the Lie and see a world of wonder and terror stretching before you. Whether you want it or not, you are now embroiled in the conflict all mages are a part of. The struggle to maintain your wisdom as the world around you tempts you to acts of hubris that will inevitably destroy you. Beyond the Lie in Santa Cruz is a new player friendly Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition game. Players will be Newly Awakened Mages who are part of the Pentacle Orders. Guided loosely and expected to find their way as mages, players will be granted opportunities to explore the dangers and joys of being a mage. All this while hidden forces corrupt the city and a cold war wages in the background.
Game style
Rules as Written (RaW)
Roleplay Heavy
Sandbox / Open World
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(92)
5 years on StartPlaying
1053 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Storytelling
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 50%
About me
Hello, my name is Oscar and I am a game designer and active GM! I hope to GM a wide variety of games for an equally wide variety of people so that I can experience more perspectives on TTRPG's. I like the strange and the niche and want to bring unique TTRPG experiences to life! I've been a GM since 2017 and in that time I have run a number of different types of game. From galaxy spanning space adventures to gritty and cruel low fantasy I can run a variety of different tones and settings. I tend towards more combat but I am just as happy to run more story and role-play focused games. I'm not overly attached to any one system, and if I don't already know it I'm happy to learn it. I've actively run Exalted, Lancer, Crowns, Five Torches Deep, and Shadow of the Demon Lord as well as familiarized myself with Eclipse Phase, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e, Chronicles of Darkness, Pathfinder 2e, and Cyberpunk RED
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Creating your character
Players will create characters using the Newly Awakened template in Signs and Sorcery which will be made available through journals at the Foundry table. Character creation will take place during session 0 at the table with all the players together. Late joiners will have a private, paid, session 0 with the GM to make a character appropriate to the game.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need a copy of Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition, a microphone, computer with internet, forge-vtt.com account, and a discord account.
What Oscar C. brings to the table
I will provide maps, journals with rules note, a compendium with merits, conditions, tilts, and equipment, and music during session.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Oscar C. creates a safe table
This game will use a session 0 to set player expectations, make characters, and discuss safety tools. This game also uses X,N,O cards for player safety during game. X cards stop the game if content that players are uncomfortable with comes up, N cards are used when a player feels content that could lead to an X card is coming, and O cards are used to check in on a player if you feel content may have upset them. This game uses the Lines and veils safety tools. Lines are content that players do not want in the game at all. Veils are content that players only want hinted at. The default lines and veils at this table are No Sexual Assault, No Racism, No Homophobia, No Misogyny. This game will have a 10 minute break if it goes beyond the 2 hour mark. This game also has an open door policy, so players are free to leave for any reason if they need to.
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