The Ascension A Storytelling Game of Modern Magick by Stewart Wieck with Chris Earley and Stephan Wieck Truth Ontil Paradox” Mage™ uses the Storyteller™ Game system right 1993 by White Wolf. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this book in any manner without consent from the publishes is prohibited. Players may reproduce the character shests fer personal use only.ESTEE RE) ELE PRES Credits Stewart Wieck with Chris Barley and Stephan Design Wieck ‘Additional Design: Mark Rein Hagen and Chris Hind Storyteller Game System: Mark Rein*Hagen Words: Sam Chupp, Christopher Earley, Robert Hatch, Chuis Hind, Mark Reine Hagen, Kathleen Ryan, Stephan Wieck, Stewart Wieck, Travis Williams and Keith Winkler Development: Bill Bridges, Andrew Greenberg, Mark Reine Fagen, Stephan Wieck and Stewart Wieck Editing: Robert Hatch, Ken Clife and Kathleen Ryan Designand Development Contributors: BrianCampbel, SamChupp, Ken Cliffe, Robert Hatch, Kathleen Ryan, Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, Travis Williams and Keith Winkler Art Direction: Richard Thomas Art: Michael William Kaluta, Richard Thomas, Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, Lawrence Allen Williams KenMeyer,J., William O'Conner, John Cobb, Janet Aliso, Darryl Elliot, Danyl Midgerte, Andrew Robinson ‘Typesettingand Layout: Sam Chupp, Chris McDonough and Michelle Prabler (Cover Design: Richard Thomas and Chris McDonough Production Assistance: Kathleen Ryan Playtesters: Bill Bridges, Paul Butler, AndrewCampbel, William Hale, Harry L- Heckel IV, Rick Jones, Alex Knepper, Greg Krywusha, Scott Lien, Stephanie Lucas, Benjamin T. Mork, Jt, Mark Rein¢Hagen, Arthur Snyder, Paul Stafford, Lori Swift Joshua Gabriel Timbrook,MattTrocdson, Stephan Wieck, Tom Wiggington, Travis Wiliams, Daniel Greenburg, Hany Heckel, Heather Curatola, Rcbert Kaminsky, Alan M. Ficher, Jon Sill, Bacbara Haze, TravisBryant, Matthew Glut, Ross Issacs, Seve Cook, Alan C. Kerr Katerine James, John Kuzma, Owen Gtersen, Matt Fulton, Lowell Stouder, John Lewis, Chris Bartlet, RobereSchroeder, David Pulver, Kathleen Ryan, Brian Campbell, Matthew Burke, Shayne Patrick, Victor Smith, Rob MeMillon Dedication This game is dedicated toRobert M. Pisig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mamuenance (1974) and Lila (1991), Many people talle of paradigm shifes, but Pirsig makes them real. In this game, mages re the people who draw us onward toward their own Dmamic Quality. Firsig is @ mage of this kind, and [highly recommend both his books, “What sin mind isa sort of Chautaugue — that's the only name Icanchinkofforii— the the ravelingtent-showChauuguas that wsed to moveacross America, ths America, the one thar we are now in, an old-time series of popular talks intended to edify and encertain, improve the ind and bing culture and enlightenment to the earsand thoughts ofthe hearer. The Chancauquas were pushed aside by faster paced radio, movies and TY, andit seems to me the change was not entre an mprovement. Perhaps bicause ofthese charges the sear of rational consciousness maves fester now andl is broader, but i seems to ne less deep, The old charmels cannot Ccomuain it ane in ts search for new ones there seems to be growing havoc and destruction along its banks. In this Chast | would like not to cut any new channels of consciousness but simply dig deeper into od ones that have become sited én withthe debris of thoughes grown sale and platitudes to often repeated. “What's new?” isan interesting and broadening etemal question, but one sutich, if pursued exclsivdy, results only in an endless parade of trivia and fashion, the sit of tomorrow. I would like, instead, 10 be concerned with the question “What ishest”,aquestion uich cuts ideply ratherthan broedly, a question whose answers tend to move the sit downstream. There are eras of hiaman history im. which channels of thought have been t20 deeply cut and no change was possible, and nothing new ever happened, and “best” wasa matter ‘of dogma, but that snot the situation now. Now the stream of our common corsciousnes: seems tobe oblteratngiss oun banks, sing itscentral ection amd prepose, flooding the lowlands, dcomnect- ‘ng and isolating the highlands md to no particular purpose cher than the wasteful fulfilmene ofits own intemal momention. Some channel deepening seems called fr.” Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance