This is a spreadsheet of the 614 creatures with Might that appeared in the supplements for Ars Magica 5th edition. I hope you find it useful.
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Ebony and Ash: A Tale of Three Wishes by Richard Eli Morse
Richard Morse was one of the circle of people H.P. Lovecraft traded letters with. This was recoded by Ben Tucker. Thanks to him and his production team. I’m attracted to this because it has a certain Venetian feel, particularly because I’ve recently been writing about theriac, their plague medicine. *** The city lay stricken, in…
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Venice: Glass and Theriac
During layout of a book there are occasional bits where you need an extra page, or an extra column, to make things sit correctly. Here are the pieces that were added since the first draft went live. Vitrum flexile : The lost secret of unbreaking glass It is recorded that in the reign of Tiberius…
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The Riddle by Walter de la Mare
Do you ever read a piece of media and say “I want to use that in a game, but don’t know how?” That was how I’ve felt about “The Riddle” by Walter de la Mare. I’ve used his material on this podcast before, but this eerie little story, written for small children, deliberately doesn’t tell…
Read MoreThe Lovelorn Cuttle
This week an odd little familiar that turned up while I was looking at some Venetian material. I’ve been reading “Venice is a fish” and there’s a section in it which, to me, seems to be a perfect origin story for a. familiar Here’s the quote: “Apart from the inevitable mess left by man’s best…
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Goethe: The King in Thule, The Minstrel, and the Cavalier’s Choice.
Our last episode of ballads from Goethe. Thanks again to the Librivox recorders. Shall we start with a potential candidate for cursed treasure? The King in ThuleA King there was in Thule,Kept troth unto the graveThe maid he loved so trulyA goblet to him gave.And ever set before himAt banquet was the cup And saddening…
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Goethe : Seven Sleepers, The False Lover and The Water-man
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus The Seven Sleepers has some deep links in Ars Magica lore., because an Infernal variant of them appears in Tribunals of Hermes: Rome. The Islamic version of this story has a sleeping dog that guards the door of the cave, which has made its way to Goethe. That character entered…
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Protected: Venice Rough Draft
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Ashcan and audio of Mythic Venice Chapter One
An ashcan, by way of an explanation, is a proof of concept piece of work. In terms of the public facing part of this, it now pauses until the Atlas license goes live. I don’t want to do substantial layout work and then find, for example, that the character of Tytalus is off the table.…
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Goethe: The Erl-King, The Treasure Seeker and the Magician’s Apprentice
This is the second episode of poems from Goethe. Two of these will get stats eventually, and the middle is what happens when you fumble while selling your soul. Alan Mapstone pronounces “Erl king” in a way that I’m forced to admit is correct, but sounds strange to my ear. The word he’s saying is…
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Games From Folktales 