- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: White Wolf Publishing; New edition edition (Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565041194
- ISBN-13: 978-1565041196
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,741,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book includes information on the Akashic Brotherhood.
I worked on several sections of this roleplaying book based on White Wolf's "World of Darkness" (WoD) and the Mages that live within it. The book deals with the effects that people's wills can have in shaping reality. The Book of Shadows is an additional resource book to be used with Mage:: The Ascension.
I worked on several sections of this roleplaying book based on White Wolf's "World of Darkness" (WoD) and the Mages that live within it. The book deals with the effects that people's wills can have in shaping reality. The Book of Shadows is an additional resource book to be used with Mage:: The Ascension.
The book includes information on the various Traditions of Mages that populate the WoD. It also includes information on making detailed characters in the Mage system with Merits, Flaws, and more Abilities to expand upon those given in the standard game book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some rules not relevant any more, but still a good book,
By thefragster@hotmail.com (Hereford, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Shadows (Mage) (Paperback)
This is a good book. When it was first released it was probably a great book, while it's not quite so useful now, it's still pretty good.To start with the bad: Some of the rules relating directly to doing magic are for 1st edition magic rules. Quite a few of the merits and flaws mentioned are also in the Revised Second Edition Rulebook. A few of the stories put in to provide background end just as they start to get good. Finally, the rules for designing talismans are complicated, annoying, dive you weak talismans, and don't add up when you apply them to the example talismans. On the good side: You get a lot of Rotes, Abilities, Talismans, Merits and Flaws (some bad, but most good). There are sections on all the different groups; both descriptions and member's eye view. It talks about paradox, resonance, foci and other such stuff in a useful way, without laying down any absolute laws. The Certamen or Mage duel rules are really good and have just the right flavour, plus there are suggestions for alternatives such as Verbena shapeshifting duels, or Virtual Adept flame wars. The rules for familiars are also here, they could do with more detail, but they are quite useful. One thing I really like was the background stories; they really do let you see the context that the rules fit into, and are far better at describing events than dry historical description. My favourite story is one where you have representatives from each tradition on the 'Magic Bus Chantry' and they all try to explain their version of the formation of the Council of Nine to a young Orphan Mage. When it first came out this book would have been an absolute must-buy. It isn't as useful as it was then, but if you're prepared to use what you want and leave what you don't, and do some work yourself, then this is a very useful book.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Great companion to the Mage sourcebook.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Shadows (Mage) (Paperback)
This book is invaluable for the new lists of merits and flaws and the new abilities. Unlike some other White Wolf books, this book actually gives lists, not just a few new listings. I constantly refer to this book in character generation. Though some of the new abilities can really be covered by standard abilities, some of them are really helpful. Those and some of the merits and flaws even give me new ideas for characters. A great resource.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good oldie showing it's age,
By Andrés Felipe Pabón L. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Shadows (Mage) (Paperback)
This is a good book which has a lot of information to make your character richer (merits and flaws, extra skills, more detailed information on each Tradition, the Technocracy and others, etc.). However, most of the sections in this book are beginning to show their age, as the information presented here has been revised and updated to much more practical information in several other Mage books. The section with the parables, though, is still one of my favorite Mage reads.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Out of date,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Shadows (Mage) (Paperback)
I've played mage for a few years now, before third edition graced the shelves, and I found that this book was not terribly helpful. While it had several high points, the extra skills included on a whole could be gained by taking a specialty in an already listed skill. The merit and flaw section was interesting, with the publication of revised and third edition, it's no longer needed. The expanded tradition sections, were helpful, but sense the publication of third edition, they are no longer up to date and to be honest, if you want to know about traditions The Traditions Gathered set of books is a far better resource. While The Book of shadows is an interesting read, it's definitely not a required resource for mage.
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