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4.0 out of 5 stars
Where the other half of the 1st Edition Mage went, July 15, 1998
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This review is from: *OP Book of Mirrors: Mage Storyteller Gd (Mage - the Ascension) (Paperback)
All those rotes, flaws, and merits you've been looking for in the main book are here, plus a more detailed description of the worlds, enemies, allies, and others. This book gives you more of a feel for the Neo-Gothic setting of the game, and a better idea of the way magic(k) works, though it doesn't deal as much with the mindsets of the Tradition willworkers. Overall, not truly necessary, but useful.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good, one of White Wolf's better offerings., December 7, 1998
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This review is from: *OP Book of Mirrors: Mage Storyteller Gd (Mage - the Ascension) (Paperback)
This is one of White Wolf's better offerings within the Mage arena. While it doesn't have as many rules clarifications as I would like, it does give a strong showing for the whys and hows of running a good Chronicle, from the ground-up, including different styles and other methodologies. One of the nice touches that's found within is the 'FAQ', a synopsis of questions similar to a Usenet FAQ, with most of the answers that many might ask found within. Also useful are the many indices found at the back of the book-- it's often that /I/ can't remember where to find something, I think that's a nice help, White Wolf has had problems with indices in the past.
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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good with streaks of horrible, March 2, 2000
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This review is from: *OP Book of Mirrors: Mage Storyteller Gd (Mage - the Ascension) (Paperback)
The Book of Mirrors has several good laughs and quite a bit of thought-provoking material in it. It also has fairly thorough indices on most of the information in Mage books published to that point. None of it, however, is necessary for any clear-thinking Mage player who owns the main rule book. To boot, some of the FAQs are self-contradictory. The "cheat-sheet" at the back of the book, "Common Magickal Effects," is simply inaccurate, and D. McKinney's article on gender and roleplaying is sexist and insensitive.
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