- See also: Convention Book: Progenitors (Revised edition)
Technocracy: Progenitors is the first sourcebook about a Convention of the Technocracy from Mage: The Ascension. It was later added to the Technocracy Assembled 1 compendium.
The revised edition is called Convention Book: Progenitors.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 catalog:
- "Ever since the mage Copernicus changed the entire structure of the universe in 1543, reality has been under the sway of the Technocracy. One of the five Conventions of the Technocracy is the Progenitors, mages who have turned genetic science to their will. Mortals look forward to the day when genetic engineering is possible. For the Progenitors, that's living in the past. This sourcebook takes a closer look at these mages as it explores their motivations, organization and special powers."
From the Back Cover:
- Masters of the Body...
- The Progenitors, life-shapers of the Technocracy, wage a shadowy war to shape reality for the common good. To this end, they poison foods, create clones, spawn monstrosities and warp both themselves and others, inside and out.
- ...Monsters of the Soul.
- Technocracy: Progenitors is a Convention sourcebook for Mage: The Ascension covering the hierarchies, methodologies, tools and tactics of the genetic wizards. It includes:
- An apprentice's journal, following his progress through Progenitor training
- New spells, effects and devices for the Progenitors, and
- A battle roster of Technomancers, agents, and gene-spliced monsters
Contents[]
Book One: The Student's Journal[]
Chapter One: The Doors Open[]
Chapter Two: The Maze of Secrets[]
Book Two: Systems[]
Chapter Three: Order of Battle[]
- General Progenitor Life Effects
- Life Sense
- Lower Lifeform Manipulations
- Limited Grafting and Recombination
- Higher Lifeform Grafting and Recombination
- Cloning/Shapeshifting
- Life Sense
- Methodology Effects
- FACADE Engineer Life Effects
- Pattern Store
- Augment Simple Lifeform
- Graft Alien Bio-Matter Between Animals
- Graft Alien Bio-Matter with Humans
- Clone
- Pattern Store
- FACADE Engineer Mind Effects
- Empower Self
- Scan Memories
- Transfer Memoires
- Manipulate Memoires
- Move to Clone
- Empower Self
- Genegineer Life Effects
- Gene Scan
- Alter Small Sequence
- Delete/Insert/Alter Gene
- Genetic Pattern Matching
- Genetic Mastery
- Gene Scan
- Pharmacopeist Life Effects
- Life Sense
- Simple Biochemical Manipulation
- Biochemical Regulation
- Physiological Rule
- Metabolic Mastery
- Life Sense
- FACADE Engineer Life Effects
- Spells
- Enhance Drugs ( Life, Matter, Prime)
- Create Mage Drugs ( Life, Matter, Prime)
- Create Primessence Drug ( Life, Prime)
- Control Nerves ( Life, Forces)
- Simulate Inborn Errors of Metabolism ( Life, Entropy)
- Nanotech Life Support ( Matter, Forces, Mind, Prime, Life)
- Quintessence Net ( Life, Matter, Prime)
- Enhance Drugs (
- Pharmacopia
- Street Drugs
- Cocaine, Uppers, Amphetamines
- Hallucinogens
- Mage Drugs
- Cognition
- Smart Drugs
- Drugs for the Masses
- Steroids
- Nicotine/Caffeine/Alcohol
- Birth Control/Pregnancy Drugs
- Street Drugs
- Devices
- Alley Shades
- Helix Ring
- Link Collar
- Scalpel of Correspondence
- Syringe Pharmacopeia
- Q.A.D. (Quintessence Absorbing Device)
- Alley Shades
- Battle Roster
- Progenitor Characters:
- Student - Stats (Pg. 48)
- Research Associate - Stats (Pg. 48)
- Primary Investigator - Stats (Pg. 48)
- Research Director - Stats (Pg. 49)
- Non-Awakened Support Staff (Consors and Acolytes):
- Technician - Stats (Pg. 49)
- Street Operative - Stats (Pg. 49)
- The Recruiter - Stats (Pg. 49-50)
- Replacement Clones (Pg. 50)
- Examples of Homegrown Nasties:
- Damage Control Monsters:
- Progenitor Characters:
Chapter Four: Progenitor Construct[]
- Commonwealth Trio Laboratory: Research Construct of Richmond
- A cluster of three labs in Virginia connected to the Progenitor Horizon Realm: EcoR.
- Suggested Reading
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
- The White Plague by Frank Herbert
- Post-Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
- Books and essays by Stephen Jay Gould
- The Cartoon Guide to Genetics by Larry Gonick and Mark Wheelis
Background Information[]
- Technocracy: Progenitors was later bundled into the Technocracy Assembled 1 omnibus.
- There is a Developer's Note stating that the various references to drugs in the sourcebook does not in any way be construed as an endorsement by White Wolf Games.
Trivia[]
An art piece with werewolves (Pg. 33) by Dan Smith was also similarly used in Caerns: Places of Power.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Chapter One: The Doors Open
- Steven
- Diane
- Dr. Robinson, "Rob" - Technician, Progenitor
- Socrates - Historical Figure
- Hippocrates - Historical Figure
- Aristotle - Historical Figure
- Francesco Redi - Historical Figure
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Historical Figure
- Hertwig - Historical Figure
- Gregor Mendel - Historical Figure
- Cameron - Progenitor
- Dr. N - Graft Specialist, Progenitor
- Frankenstein - Son of Ether, died
- Galton - Historical Figure
- Ploete - Historical Figure
- Garrod - Progenitor
- Hardy - Historical Figure
- Weinberg - Historical Figure
- Sutton - Historical Figure
- Mengele - Historical Figure
- Beadle - Historical Figure
- Tatum - Historical Figure
- Avery - Historical Figure
- MacLeod - Historical Figure
- McCarty - Historical Figure
- Chargaff - Historical Figure
- C. Franklin - Historical Figure
- Watson - Historical Figure
- Crick - Historical Figure
- Dr. Martinez - Progenitor
- Dr. Sheffan - Progenitor, Genegineer
- Travis - Progenitor, Pharmacopeist
- Helen of Troy - Clone
- Catherine de Medici - Clone
- Sarah Bernhardt - Clone
- Chapter Two: The Maze of Secrets
- Dr. Vincent Carichi - Syndicate
- Chapter Three: Order of Battle
- Eileen - RA of Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated, Progenitor Genegineer
- Chapter Four: Progenitor Construct
- Dr. Charles Reid
- Yurikazi Ishida
- Sara Burns
- Linda Smith-Nevans
- Hadji - Linda's cloned poodle
- Chain
- Stephen Thundran
- Marcie - Stephan's Girlfriend, Disciple of the Verbena
- Gina Milano
- "Fred," The Portal Guardian
- Mary Beth Talley - Student, Major in FACADE Engineering
- Tim Hughes - Student, Pharmacopeia
- Andrew Greene - Student, Genegineering
- Angela Morten - Technician, Works for Dr. Ishida
- Sanjay Koustubhan - Technician, Works for Dr. Burns
- Sharon Bailey - Technician, Works for Dr. Smith-Nevens
Terminology[]
Progenitor Methodologies: FACADE Engineers (Forced Adaptation and Clone Alteration Developmental Eugenicists), The Genegineers (Formerly: Mutagenic Engineers), The Pharmacopoeists; 1989, 1990, The Administration, Black Spiral Dancers, Clone, Commonwealth Trio Laboratory (Richmond, Virginia), Damage Control, Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated, DNA, EcoR (Progenitor Horizon Realm), EcoR Japan, EcoR Lab Group (Richmond, Virginia), Faeries, Ghosts, Graft Specialist, Hippocratic Circle, HIT Mark, Hollywood Cemetery, Human Genome Project, International Conference of Progenitor Science, Kinfolk, Laboratory, Mummies, PI (Primary Investigator), Progenitors and Modern Culture by Dr. Cameron (1899), The Progenitors versus the Traditions: An Age-Old Battle by Dr. Charles Reid (1965), RA (Research Associate), RD (Research Director), Recruiters, Replacement Clones, Richmond, Street Operative, Student, Technician, Vampire, Virginia, Werewolves,
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