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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsOctober 2, 2025October 1, 2025

Every Man His Chimera: demons from Charles Beaudelaire

When I originally wrote these monsters up I was considering the chimeras as adulterations which could be seen before the person fades into Twilight. Adulterations are the parts of a person that won’t get through the filter into Criamon’s Pure Land. Some are as a small as a little spirit, while others are….well, enough of…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsJune 11, 2020June 7, 2020

A horological demon from Jules Verne

There’s an odd little demon in Master Zacharius by Jules Verne. He’s a little too technologically sophisticated for 1220, but a similar idea may be used for any mastercrafter, or for a Verditus magus. The horological demon has sent a plague against the master clockmaker’s works so that, in defiance of physical laws, the springs…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsNovember 18, 2019January 13, 2020

The Siren of the Pier and the Revener of Ben Battle

I’ve added statistics to the episode transcript discussing these creatures, but here they are, for easy access. The Siren of the Pier Faerie Might: 15 Characteristics:(human form) Int +1, Per +1, Pre +0, Com +1, Str 0*, Sta 0* , Dex 0*, Qik 0*.*These scores are provided by the host body. Size: 0* (*as host) Virtues and…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsOctober 20, 2019January 13, 2020

The Siren of the Pier: a monster from the comedic poetry of Thomas Hood

A pair of monsters from some comedic poems.

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsSeptember 10, 2019January 13, 2020

Man – The Black Dog of Peel Castle

A quick episode this week, which is from our Isle of Man series, in which we learn the valuable lesson to not mock hellhounds. The recording which follows was released into the public domain by Larry Wilson through LibriVox: thanks to Larry and all the LibriVox. See a few plot hooks at the end ***…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsJuly 1, 2019January 13, 2020

Cornwall: Negotium Perambulans

This is the 200th episode of Games From Folktales, so you’re going to have to indulge me, dear reader. I’m sharing a fiction piece. It’s set in Cornwall and has a creature which is presumably, in Ars Magica terms, an Accuser: that is, a demon who hunts sinners and claims to be sent from God.…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsJune 11, 2019January 13, 2020

June 2019 Monster Update

The Coachman of Major Weir This creature takes the form of a wizened man in elegant clothes. It claims to be Satan himself, but that’s simply a lie. Order: Lord of the False Gods Infernal Might: 25 (Ignem)Characteristics: Int +1, Per +1 , Pre +1, Com +5, Str +0, Sta +5, Dex +5, Qik +2Size: -1: Usually takes the…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsMay 10, 2019January 13, 2020

The Gemstone That Betrays

Occassionally I find an audio source with so much useful material that I can’t properly cut out the plot hooks. Here’s a hook that comes from two little fragments of The Curious Lore of Precious Stones by George Kunz. The readers for Librivox, in these sections, were Dustim Thomas and Mike Golcyzinski. I may revisit…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsApril 4, 2019January 13, 2020

Pu – The Painted Skin

This week and excerpt from “Strange Stories of a Chinese Studio”. The following story contains a creature that is either a revener that has unique limitations but is more pwoerful than usual, or a faerie. The statistics for each version will eventually be given on this blog. The following story was recorded into the public…

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Ars Magica Podcast transcriptsMarch 21, 2019January 13, 2020

Infernal Regio of Major Weir

This week, Major Weir’s Infernal regio in Edinburgh. LibriVox is a community group which records books that are in the public domain into the audio format. I believe this recording is by Colleen McMahon and I thank her for putting it in the public domain. It demonstrates something interesting about folk tales – things which…

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