Lovely video as always, Huddy! I always felt that Mage had the most creative ability design in that it’s an open ended approach where the outline is given and then the players can run with it. It makes any potential video game equivalent next to impossible but I think mage as a line was always supposed to stay on the table anyways
My story teller recently indulged in an experiment my Tremere character and a time mage wanted to try. Which was turning a kindred into a mage. After a session of really amazing rolls to his high difficulty the experiment was more or less successful. But of course this is WOD. Alfred is no longer kindred, and he’s not quite a mage nor human. He accidentally became a Litch. Lore wise it’s more of a sub species. So hear I am studying my ass off on mages to hopefully get a basic understanding of wtf I just did to my poor character 😂🤣😂
@@dibblemcbibble2787 having seen the arc to its entirety by this point, for his own gains that he couldn’t personally attached to at all and the last place a mage would look for an ally is mostly fresh kindred. I later found out it was supposed to be a one off npc for a mission, but our requests for payment were a better for the story he wanted to tell, and ease into mage mechanics for the table in preparation of the game we have now in mage 20th.
@@Badleo818 not saying you did anything wrong, play how you like because it's your game, but it's worth noting that Kindred cannot become Mages generally because they lose their Avatar upon Embrace
@@skeeter5076 correct, which is why time was abused heavily from their end on my character. There was a lot more too it but at this point that was a couple years ago the details evade me. Which sucks cuz I can understand it now lmao
You missed an option for the tenth sphere: the reality is those who understand the tenth sphere literally scream the info from the rooftops to everyone who will listen, but the truth is either so profound or mundane that listeners either willingly or unintentionally downright refuse to comprehend it no matter how hard its shoved down their throats. It's like banality in a way, in that most people like the walls they've put up around themselves and they're cozy in what they already know. Just like how Mage players think they're playing a ttrpg instead of being cognizant of the fact that they're learning real occultism 😀
