Loom of Fate is a story for Mage: The Ascension. It expands on the "All Hallow's Eve" scenario from Mage: The Ascension Rulebook. It was later included in the Mage Chronicles Volume 3 compendium.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 catalog:
- "The first story for Mage. Characters find themselves woven into a pattern of tragedy and usury where free will threatens to unravel the very threads of the Tapestry. This first supplement for Mage can be played either independently or as a continuation of the story in the rulebook."
From the Back Cover:
- Free Will or Fate?
- The future of San Francisco hangs by a thread, the thread of Cob, weaver of the Pattern Web. One scared, gifted girl holds the key to the city. The Technocracy wants her alive, the Marauders want her dead, and the role of mages who befriend her may be foretold by cards in the hands of destiny.
- Loom of Fate is story for Mage: The Ascension, and includes:
- Details about San Francisco, a city torn between Pattern and Wyld.
- A unique storytelling format.
- A glimpse of fate and free will in the World of Darkness.
Contents[]
Introduction: Once and Future Things[]
Chapter One: All Hallow's Eve[]
Player-character mages travel to San Francisco (if they were not there already) to participate in a fortune-telling session. While on their way, they stumble through a chaotic accident scene caused by the subconscious magick of Norna Weaver and the imminent arrival of a group of Marauders. The players discover that Norna is wanted by the Technocracy. By helping her, the mages also become targets. At the end of the scene , Madame Cleo Verthank performs a Tarot reading that hints at a horrible fate.
Chapter Two: Discerning a Pattern[]
Here, player mages must take the initiative. After researching various topics, they discover just enough of what is going on to pique their curiosity. They discover that Norna Weaver is destined to become a prominent mage, if properly molded. Mages who visit San Francisco's Umbra may discover a number of significant sites. Hints of a powerful, dormant Node provide prompting.
While delving into Norna's mundane life, the players discover yet another layer of the plot to capture Norna: both her parents have died at the hands of the Technocracy. Later, Marauders attack, intent on eliminating Norna.
Chapter Three: Tangled Webs[]
Events begin to move more rapidly. The Technocracy holds a Symposium wherein Technomancers propose their plan to transform Norna Weaver into a pattern spider. While the Technocracy meets, Marauders attack and injure Cob, causing a minor earthquake. At some point, Dr. Himiitsu contacts the mages. By revealing his plans, he hopes to gain the characters' help...or at least set them up for an ambush.
Chapter Four: Prometheus Unbound[]
During the story's climax, characters take the battle to the Technocracy's home turf. They search for clues in Merika Seth's apartment or Dr. Himiitsu's office at the U.C. Medical Center. Finally, they invade the Technomancer Chantry known as GeneTech Lab, or even Cob's lair in the Umbra.
Appendix I: Supporting Characters[]
Appendix II: Fortune-Telling[]
The Cards[]
- I. The Sleeper
- II. The Pure One
- III. The Wyld
- IV. The Weaver
- V. The Faerie
- VI. The Kindred
- VII. The Node
- VIII. Justice
- IX. The Mage
- X. The Wheel of Fortune
- XI. Force
- XII. The Haunt
- XII. Death
- XIV. The Talisman
- XV. The Wyrm
- XVI. The Dark Tower
- XVII. The Spheres
- XVIII. The Garou
- XIX. The Mummy
- XX. The Ascension
- XXI. Gaia
Background Information[]
- The book has one ad at the back for Wraith, the 4th in the Storyteller System (Summer 1994).
- The book is an expansion on the Mage adventure, "All Hallow's Eve" from the Mage: The Ascension Rulebook.
- The art for the Marauder Cycle Gang by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook is referencing an anime series/OVA/movie from the 1980s/90s.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Chapter Three: Tangled Webs
- Tecson - Iteration X
- Harold Wu - Syndicate
- Eva Raum - Void Engineer
- Chapter Four: Prometheus Unbound
- Agnes Merridrew - Himiitsu's receptionist
- Appendix I: Supporting Characters
- Primary Non-Player Characters
- Norna Weaver - Female Hollow One Mage (Pg. 55-56)
- Madame Cleo Verthank - Female True Mage, Master of Time, Fortuneteller (Pg. 56)
- The Technocracy
- Dr. Ken Himiitsu - Progenitor Mage (Pg. 57)
- Merika Seth - Female Orphan, Ex-Virtual Adept Mage (Pg. 57-58)
- Ramses (or RAM) - Virtual Adept, Merika's Mentor
- Reverend John Williams - Celestial Chorus defector, Mage (Pg. 58-59)
- Frey and Friia - Progenitor Twins, Mages (Pg. 59-60)
- Progenitor Clones
- Dr. Himiitsu's Clone
- Mrs. Weaver II (Pg. 60)
- Mutant Alligators (Pg. 60)
- The Marauders
- Marauder Cycle Gang (Pg. 61)
- Spiritual Entities
- Cob, Umbrood Preceptor - Powerful Pattern Spider (Pg. 61-62)
- Pattern Spiders, Umbrood Minions (Pg. 62)
- Wyld Things, Umbrood Minions (Pg. 62-63)
- Spirit of Dr. Weaver - Ghost (Pg. 63)
- Primary Non-Player Characters
Terminology[]
1579, 1906, 1989, 1993, October 31, November 7, Alcatraz Island, Aquatic Park, Ascension, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Berkeley, Cabal, Caern (Sept of the Western Eye, not mentioned in name, but implied), California, Cataclysm (Spirit, Ancient), Chantry, Coit Tower, Construct, Diamond Heights, Doissetep, Embarcadero Freeway, Faerie, Fisherman's Wharf, Gaia, Garou, GeneTech Lab (Progenitor Construct, Horizon Realm, Below the U.C. Medical Center), Ghost, Glen Canyon Park, Golden Gate Bridge, Grace Cathedral, Haight-Ashbury, Haunt, Horizon Realm, The House of Quodosch (Cult of Ecstasy Chantry in Berkeley), Hyde Street Pier, Kindred, KWLF (News), Lincoln Cemetery, Mage, Mile Rock Lighthouse, Mt. Sutro, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Mummy, Mythic Age, Near Umbra, Nob Hill, Node, Oakland, Oracles of Time, Pattern Web, Project: Reincarnate, Pure One, San Francisco, Seth's Workshop (Diamond Heights), Sleepers, Spheres, Stepping Sideways, Symposium, Talisman, Telegraph Hill, The Tempest's Eye (Madame Cleo's Store, Whaler), Uktena, Umbrood, Union Law Office Building, Union Square, The Way Down (Hollow One Chantry), Weaver, Werewolf, Wyld, Wylderness (Wylding Realm), Wyrm,
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