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Introducing Golden Road 2.0. No longer set at Havrion University, Golden Road 2.0 explores the Chronicles of Darkness in the Bay Area in the 1990s!

Episode 1:

The great earthquake of 1996 rocked the foundations of the Bay Area both physically and spiritually. While the city recovers from the damage, the landscape of it’s shadow has changed greatly. A large wound near the San Andreas fault has appeared and is growing. Unlike other wounds, it’s starting to become a space devoid of magic. Something is draining any and all effects, making exploration at it’s root cause more difficult with each passing day.

The Consilium of the Aurum Via has asked for help amongst the finest occult experts and mages around the world. They are seeking help in not only exploring the mystery of the wound, but also it’s root cause. Some say it’s caused by the Seers of the Throne. Other say it’s a plot by the Timori, a legacy of Banishers. And darker still are the rumors that it’s the soul sucking Tremere Liches who are the cause.

You are one of the mages the the Aurum Via has called upon. Will you investigate the wound or will you seek out the root cause and find yourself amongst the Seers, Timori, or the reapers. Join us at Golden Road MUSH: telnet://goldenroad.mudhosting.net port 4201.

We are a tabletop style game, with weekly sessions to advance the Chronicle of the Golden Road. This is arc 1. Come join us if interested! We use Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition! See you there!

Peeve: How certain names are forever ruined by your experience with them.

E.G. I went on a game to check things out and froze in my seat when I saw the name Eloise. I did what I could to make sure that /that/ player was not there before even going beyond guest bit.

MU*s that expect you to write a thesis dissertation worth of text as part of your character application to play a fun pretendy time supernatural character.

I thought we got rid of that in the 90s.

If you’re playing a 16-20 year old in a modern day MU*, can you at least try to be a believable member of Gen Z? I’m seeing too many ‘teen’ characters that act like 30+ year old Millennials and Gen Xs. It really breaks my immersion.

At least look up how Gen Z acts and learn some of their slang. It’s low-key cringe if you don’t. (See what I did there?)

I’m thinking of running and making an oWoD MU*. I would be in charge of Mage the Ascension.

My thoughts on it are as follows:

1. Limited sphere (main focus on more mystickal Traditions like OoH, Verbena, Chorus, Akashics, Euthanatos, CoX) initially for PCs while Technomancers/Technocrats/Disparates will be more NPCs
2. Set in the Bay Area (including Palo Alto, East Bay all the way to Oakland)
3. Starting characters (as in standard CG) will be awakened for at least 2 years. They aren’t complete newbs and will know tradition protocol lest the elders get all uppity. IF you’re going to play an apprentice to dick around, then you start arete 1 and 3 spheres, cause srsly, people who play apprentice disciples are annoying AF

I have more thoughts on the metaplot, etc, but it’s still ruminating.

The MU* will be hybrid sandvbox/metaplot. What does this mean? There is an overarching metaplot for the game (run by me and other staffers), and PCs are free to create their own plots. However, I’d like their sandboxes to be logged, so that way anything that happens can be incorporates into metaplot.

IF you’re willing to help out on Mage or possibly other spheres, DM me. I’m a newblet when it comes to Garou and Vamp, so I wouldn’t be able to make a coherent history/metaplot for them.

New pet peeve:

When there are MULTIPLE plot threads for people to pursue, but instead, other characters decide that the most interesting thing to do is ICly and OOCly gossip about your character. YAY WoD.

Since Diablo IV is crossplatform, for those who play, let’s do something? Put down how to reach you here.

Looking for someplace fun to play that’s generally active. No Arx please. Thanks!

Peeve:

I have two of them

1. When people make up reasons to get you off a game when logs clearly show that their accusations are completely false.

2. When you cheat by taking a power and you add special effects like (it’s oh so addictive and feels so good to the target) for your own jollies.

Oh, it looks like I have a third.

When you manipulate someone OOCly by offering to spy on someone else so you can eventually hook up with them. And then use 2 as a reason and cheat along the way.

That is all.

@Whisky That I am. Just say hi on my discord. It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything as Dominique.

@Autumn What game are you referring to that did that?!?

Looking for some people I used to play with a lot. A small list is here.

Dylan @ The Reach
Gerard @ The Reach
Vanity @ The Reach
Sabin @ The Reach
Jean-Paul @ The Reach
Seamus @ The Reach
Twist @ The Reach
Cillian @ The Reach
Patrick @ The Reach
Gamble @ The Reach
Pride @ The Reach
Veles @ The Reach

Cole @ Fallcoast
Shen @ Fallcoast
Jacob @ Fallcoast
Geoffrey @ Fallcoast
Jules @ Fallcoast

If you’re one of these people, feel free to DM! Would love to play Mage with y’all again.