Mage

This is the system for players who want to be very powerful. It's ideal for power gaming, (Just playign to develop an impressive set of statistics) but it does also work for those who want to work through a good story. As all White Wolf systems tend to do, mage draws heavily on the mythology of magical practise to form its clans - verbena are clearly Pagan, the Akashik brotherhood follow the eastern traditions, The Celestial chorus represent christian mysticism, and there are modern magics based on technology and drugs to name a few. Mage interacts well with Vampire, Changleling and Werewolf. i don't know enough about Wraith to say how it would ift with that ...  Read the complete review

Bend reality to your whim and change the world. In ?Mage the ascension? it can all be done, you play one of the select few who have had the scales lifted from their eyes to the true nature of reality. All that you once knew to be real is lies; your own world view is the true world view, you and those like you can raise humanity to a new and true level of existence. Of course that all depends on your point of view. Mage is part of White Wolf?s ?World of Darkness? and so is compatible with the likes of Vampire and Werewolf. As you would expect from a Storyteller game the emphasis is very much on the story. Adult themes abound and techniques such as symbolism, ...  Read the complete review