User blog:SensibleCenobite/Ascent to Transcendence: A White Wolf campaign with hints of Shadowrun and Battletech.

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'''WARNING: Suitable for all Acolytes and Mages. This is just fiction, duh. NOT FOR SLEEPERS. MONITOR YOUR SLEEPERS.'''

I thought about this all last night and here's the tentative campaign forming in my head.

Main perspective and system used: Euthanatos Mage; White Wolf's Mage the Ascention: 2nd edition. I'm thinking a woman from Iraq/Turkey/Lebanon/Egypt/United Arab Emirates. I'll take votes on which Middle Eastern country she hails from. We'll make a heroine that is from the Middle East that is nerdier than she is violent. She'll still throw down in a pinch without hesitating.

Main purpose: Blog on Matrix about various topics throughout history. Caught wind of some ancient manuscripts from Atlantis and their instructions on how to enact the Ascent to Transcendence. Wants to find them, share them, and enact that.

Main location and time: Shadowrun 5th edition universe, Seattle/Emerald City, 2089.

Motivation and Intentions driving character:  Technocracy Exhaustion Disorder. After a mental break down from working with the Technocracy, got motivated to take up Greek style teaching. Now walks the Matrix and shares information via Matrix posts. Intends to find the Ascent to Transcendence by using Beckett's Jyhad Diary and the Atlantis Manuscripts. Hopes to start a new, much happier/content/joyful, age for Gaia.

Themes: Pentax just achieved AAA mega corporation status. The Umbra is a sub pocket of the astral plane. Deckers will be from the Daughters of Ether and Technomancers are Virtual Adepts. Glass Walkers are the most powerful Garou tribe. Magic isn't in the closet anymore and is openly practiced. Mech warriors are hitting the battle fields of 2089 with devastating impact. After the surge, Changelings don't have to be in the closet. Some Nosferatu look like a Metahumans and don't have to obey the Masquerade except for hunting.

How will this get done?: Trying to use historical research, wits, and inference to paint a picture and share it. Using democracy and awareness, Gaia can do it!

List of races on Gaia in 2089: Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Orks, Trolls, Changelings, AI, Robots, Spirits, Elementals, and [to be filled in].

List of creatures of the night that will be included: Magi, Licks [Beckett's Jyhad Diary], Garou, Ananasi, were Creatures [rat, shark, dog, buffalo, mantis, and horse], Faeries, Wraiths, Prometheans, Angels, Demons, Shadowrunners, pre modern mech warriors.

Chronicle: Ascent to Transcendence: Describe the Shadowrun universe and other background fluff. Tie in White Wolf's perspective on how Sleepers view the World of Darkness in the 2089 Seattle megaplex. The Masquerade and the Technocracy are still firmly in control, but the sixth wave of magic hit and fractured Gaia's reality. Global economic pressures is pushing for World War III. Thirty foot tall mechs are being designed to fight out battles for their nations, criminal organizations, and AAA mega corporations.

Chronicle: Ascent to Transcendence

Campaign 1: Beckett's Diary: Session 1: Rude Awakening

Campaign 1: Beckett's Diary: Session 7: Archaeology in Egypt.

Campaign 2: Giza and the Great Light House: Session 1: Off to see the Magi of Nod.

Campaign 2: Giza and the Great Light House: Session 11: The Atlantis Manuscripts.

Campaign 3: Atlantis at Last: Session 1: Beginning of the end.

Campaign 3: Atlantis at Last: Session 13: Ascent to Transcendence.

I have to re read about ten core books, so I'll be building the first fluff blog slowly in batches. I'll re post it after any major changes. This should take a few weeks at least, so be patient with me. Then I'll get a good pen and paper story going that you should be able to insert into any campaign. Each session will be designed as a one shot, so they won't need to be played an any particular order. I'll still write them in a way that connects them directly.

'''DON’T DO THIS AT HOME SLEEPERS. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHANTRY. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SLEEPY CREEPS TRYING TO THINK THEY ARE THE ANCIENT ROBOT MAGE! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!'''

Hope that intrigues some Creatures of the Night out there,

Sensible Cenobite