Tradition Book: Hollow Ones (Mage The Ascension) [Paperback]

Angel McCoy (Author), Tadd McDivitt (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588464032
• ISBN-13: 978-1588464033
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #918,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Gaming > Mage

More About the Author

Angel Leigh McCoy grew up reading books like CARRIE, JAWS, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, and THE EXORCIST to avoid the doldrums of growing up in a cornfield in Central Illinois. She was also addicted to the TWILIGHT ZONE and NIGHT GALLERY tv shows in her youth.

This put her on the path to writing spooky and sexy tales. Her fiction has appeared in numerous books, and in 2011, she has stories in the anthologies: BEAST WITHIN 2, FEAR OF THE DARK, GROWING DREAD: Biopunk Visions and CLOCKWORK CHAOS, among others.

In her day job, she gets paid to be a gamer! Her job title is "writer/game designer" at ArenaNet, where she's part of a vast team effort to make the coolest computer game ever: GUILD WARS 2.

Back in the early days of her career, she spent ten years writing stories, making up crazy characters, and laying out rules for games like MAGE, VAMPIRE, CHANGELING, and FORGOTTEN REALMS. She worked for companies such as White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, FASA, and other RPG companies. At Xbox.com, she was the correspondent Wireless Angel.

More recently, she's the head editor for a fiction podcast ezine (WilyWriters.com), and she edited the anthology NIGHT-MANTLED: the Best of Wily Writers, volume 1.

Angel lives with Boo, Simon, and Lapis Lazuli (kitties) in Seattle, where the long, dark winters feed her penchant for all things spooky and cozy.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Tradition Books I've read, March 9, 2003

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Martin McCarthy "Malfean" (Brighton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tradition Book: Hollow Ones (Mage The Ascension) (Paperback)

This is definitely one of the best tradition books, if not one of the best Mage: the Ascension source books, that I've ever read. While many of the rotes and almost all of the templates are lacking, the background and depth this book gives the Hollow Ones more than makes up for it.

My main gripe with the rotes provided is that some of the spheres listed for them are woefully inaccurate. As for the templates, most of them(all but two, I believe) completely violate the basic character creation rules for Mage, in that they have spheres higher than their arete.

The rest of the content, however, is amazing. It gives you an excellent feel for who the Hollow Ones are, providing so much more depth than the listing in the Mage core book gives. It takes them from being two dimensional goth kid stereotypes to being a full, three dimensional group with real motivations and desires. A definite must have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guide to the Goth-Mages, February 12, 2003

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A. Lee - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tradition Book: Hollow Ones (Mage The Ascension) (Paperback)

This book brings together all the ideas surrounding the Hollow Ones and tries to expand them beyond the 'Goth-Mage' stereotype. The book has plenty of information on history, philosophies, and rotes for the group.

The book is a good resource for players and storytellers who want more information beyond the material provided in 'Outcasts: A Guide to Pariahs'. The information is useful and is presented in a clear fashion. The cover art is great and the new spells are useful. The only things I didn't like about the book are the templates. Most of them are based off of sci-fi characters.

Despite it's efforts to show that the Hollow Ones are more than Goth-Mages, the group still comes out looking more Goth than anything else.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Tradition Books so far, July 22, 2003

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Shuniqua Dietz "Dragoness" (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tradition Book: Hollow Ones (Mage The Ascension) (Paperback)

As an ST, I've found the Hollow One Tradition the most difficult to explain to players. This book however eases that problem. I found this Tradition book to be very informative. The Rotes included are very useful and mostly subtle. This book has given me a newfound appreciation for the Hollow One Tradition.

More than a Tradion of Goth-Mages, the Hollow Ones are about survival. Their main means of survival is to remain as unnoticed as possible.

I highly recommend this book as a necessity for a well rounded Mage game.