『BASKETBALL MAGE!!!』| The Awakening of Samson Tuttle - Norfolk Wizard Game

[@ImpudentInfidel]

Two men who know nothing about basketball trying to roleplay a basketball game. Perfection.

[@alfabusa]

That’s this episode and I love it for that

[@NoOne-us9os]

you know if I had a nickel every time I saw someone role-play a basketball player without knowing basketball I’d have two nickels.

[@overestimatedforesight]

I can only imagine how painful this was for people who actually play

[@TheeOK1]

​@@overestimatedforesight actually? Excruciating

[@mitomidou]

​@@overestimatedforesighti played varsity back in the high school and college years. Huge fan of the NBA too, go Spurs go. This was hilarious! Love their gusto.

[@silverdust4197]

Mage : I cast BALL ! Vampire : Do you mean , fireball ? Mage : No , BASKETBALL !

[@KVP424]

Force sphere augmented Basket ball can be pretty terrifying

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

Other vampire:"Ah hell naw stay clear of that guy he dunked on Danny with a basketball!"

[@korstmahler]

Paradox: You mean, Cannonball? Mage: What Paradox: COWABUNGA IT IS!

[@MrNickPresley]

Then the sportscasters start in with the play-by-play: "Tuttle's truly on fire tonight! He's plowing past the defense like a man possessed!" "Right you are, Ken. He's got that thousand-yare stare and is heading straight for that hoop." "Can no one stop Tuttle? He's- oop, we one of the vampires guarding! Can he-? "NO HE CAN'T, KEN! TUTTLE IS GOING FOR THE DUNK ALL THE WAY FROM DOWNTOWN!" "Oh my god, I've never seen a play like this before! This's gotta be one for the history books!" "OHHHHHHHHHHHH- BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE! "

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

Ball is Life

[@QosmicVoid]

Well that gives new meaning to the phrase "Come on and Slam, and welcome to the Jam." Because Craig got slammed and is now jam.

[@PeterDivine]

Hey, yo, what'cha gonna do?

[@evilsclone2499]

​​@@PeterDivine whacha gunna do when da ball is goin' right thru' you?

[@vetrakr]

....Angry like.

[@drgreen8030]

technocracy: what’s the status of the reality deviant? Agent: sir, he’ll ballin!

[@PeachDragon_]

"understood, hit-marks are being dispatched"

[@heartlessnobody1143]

"chief, mind telling me what you're doing with that ball of graphite?"

[@xanmontes8715]

​@@heartlessnobody1143 sir, ballin'

[@Wub-rv9xx]

"Quick, monkey! Advance scene!" "Ooh ooh ooh OOH!" _racks shotgun_ I love how Hulky indiscriminately uses 'monkey with a gun' as an improv button 😂

[@aCatNamedGarbage]

I don't know if Hulky actually controls the monkey, it may just be up to Speaker, in which case may the Great and Mighty Kevin have mercy on our souls.

[@Wub-rv9xx]

@@aCatNamedGarbage monke is indeed just SpeakerD, so it's extra funny when he looses him on Earndil

[@lord_dawnkeeper1209]

@@Wub-rv9xx Its canon now, the monkey is this universe version of Pi-Brain

[@slayer0235]

@@lord_dawnkeeper1209 A rivalry which transcends lifetimes and millennia.

[@ezmercopal5416]

Your honour, my client was balling beyond human limits but was within the rules of the game and therefore should be exempt from paradox

[@TheMightyHammer1]

The rules doesn't say anything about if a wizard can't play basketball.

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

@@TheMightyHammer1Air Bud rules are immortal for that.

[@loap4634]

In Mage the Awakening Paradox come from over reaching beyond their power, specifically from the Abyss.

[@TheRealXartaX]

@@loap4634 Paradox comes from casting magic that breaks the disbelief of humanity, specifically those in the area you're at. So if you're in a modern city and do something that obviously breaks the laws of physics, you're gonna get paradoxed. If you do the same in a superstitious tribe you might get away with it.

[@loap4634]

@@TheRealXartaX I know how it work in Mage the Ascension, I'm just saying that it's different in Mage the Awakening.

[@kwahn106]

This is your reminder that Samson is a 6'5" pumped up dunk mage

[@loap4634]

He is a basketball player, I wonder how he even fit through door.

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

@@loap4634 He's also secretly a limbo champion

[@PeachDragon_]

You know what's crazy? A mage is such an unbelievably lethal entity that him being a 6'5 athlete is the least dangerous thing about him

[@caliburncelt1987]

Remember: Winners don’t use drugs. They use magic. Copious amounts of tournament illegal magic.

[@breadrat7969]

Is it really illegal if they don't know what it is?

[@marmyeater]

I'm pretty sure the rulebooks for sports say nothing about magic being forbidden.

[@soulslikefan6760]

Ain't no rule say a mage can't play basketball!

[@syrusalder7795]

​@@marmyeaterI'm sure there's no rule about bringing a tank to a basketball game but it's pretty definitely not ok XD

[@marmyeater]

@@syrusalder7795 Bold words for someone not immune to tank fire.

[@gorilaazul2434]

I refuse to believe that this is the same human who voices The Great and Mighty Kevin. He sounds so normal and approachable lol

[@just_matt214]

You should have listened to him in Warhams and Rotgrind, this is actually a pretty common type of character for him.

[@kooolainebulger8117]

kevin pre embrace

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

so just to recap: Bill Morgan: meets an alien Sybil Inswood: almost gets Embraced by a Tzimisce Samson Tuttle: fucking kills a dude

[@OrmylLP]

Also hangs out with just a real ass Wizard

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

@@OrmylLP not as immediately relevant to the awakening

[@OrmylLP]

@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Way more than you would actually think, at least from my interpretation of stuff, especially with stuff from Episode 1. Samson didnt awaken _from_ killing a guy, he killed a guy _because_ of his awakening.

[@GoldenGecko3]

Didn't Bill just atomize a woman?

[@hectorryan7591]

Samson was ballin too hard

[@yolartheeldergod7803]

"(Booming mage voice)" "How will you warp the thin threads of existence, shatter what makes you human, and become Ascendant !?!" By challenging reality to a game of basketball "Can you repeat that"

[@fumarc4501]

Did the man stutter? It’s game time mage universe, square up!

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

Come on and SLAM! And welcome to the JAM!

[@hakuya14]

reminds me of that one image of a bunch of bearded wizards getting dunked on.

[@Bluecho4]

Mage: A Game of Philosophical Slam Jams

[@nopjhg]

It's game time

[@ntheawesome1]

The basketball court is like Vietnamese jungles all over again

[@bozo6049]

All that's missing is good old agent orange

[@christaswista4014]

Okay but using a basketball as a scrying orb and as a weapon sounds like a stellar move. Only on WoD

[@loap4634]

You could also do this in Chronicle of Darkness having basketball as your Yantras.

[@dantes_integrity]

Vampires: Nothing Happens during the day The Day: A monkey with a gun and a Collage Basketball athlete have a Intimidation battle.

[@loap4634]

If this was set in Chronicle of Darkness, Vampire could actually stay in the Sun for quite sometime without suffering from damage.

[@Canadian_Bags_of_Milk]

​@@loap4634In which case any vampires out and about who witnessed this have a story the others will never believe!

[@Bluecho4]

No vampire could get anything done if they had to deal with that nonsense. There's a REASON they do all their business at night.

[@loap4634]

@@Canadian_Bags_of_Milk I think you underestimate how weird vampire society in Requiem can be.

[@coletrain41]

The first sign of Gehenna...

[@syrusalder7795]

Theres something incredibly funny about seeing someone's specialties and weaknesses being updated as they are revealed. As soon as Samson was revealed to be 6'5" i looked to the side just in time to see "being tall" addes to his specialties and it killed me.

[@Levyafan]

the massive "BASKETBALL!" in the specialties did me in, personally.

[@syrusalder7795]

@@Levyafan I just got to that part, very funny. It's even in bold which is great Samson's weakness being monke was very funny, I'm hoping someday the monke brings salsa Verde to the gang one day, would be hilarious if he ticks everybody's weakness boxes

[@zoushaomenohu]

Somehow, despite coming after the Men-In-Black-style conspiracy and the LITERAL vampire, it's THIS episode that drives home that Mage is a HORROR game!

[@richardchicken923]

Graphite is not a material you can catch.

[@Karthull]

Well not with that attitude

[@AmericanBrit9834]

@@Karthull And not with that skeleton

[@Makyothegoddamnelf]

"It's all basketball??" "Always has... and now it's time for YOU. TO. DUNK. REALITY!!"

[@loap4634]

What does that even mean?

[@fungusfungi5900]

CHAOS DUNK

[@pnutz_2]

@@fungusfungi5900 *warning:* a influx of -19M negative bball particles has been detected. A Chaos Dunk is imminent. *FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY*

[@hammermandan8264]

You know what the worst past of this is? They never say whether or not Galahad died from his injuries - so in all likelihood, this up-and-coming athlete with a promising career in front of him, is probably going to spend the rest of his life in a hospital bed, paralysed from the neck down. And he will NEVER understand why - as far as he could tell, God just randomly decided “Fuck THIS guy in particular” and hit him with a graphite cannonball.

[@MatthewCSnow]

And then a has a bunch technocracy dudes explaining to him that his back didn’t explode by a magic basketball but some light fixture (or whatever poor excuse they use)

[@masterbasher9542]

​@@MatthewCSnowassuming they don't either kill him... Or turn the victim into some Adam Smasher grade, cyborg b-ball hunter. Under "experimental" medical services.

[@DeltaV0]

@@MatthewCSnow He was hit by a particularly hard and round gas leak.

[@quinnholloway5400]

​@@MatthewCSnowAnd when he questions things, they beat him up in bed

[@Karthull]

Karma, Galahad was a dick

[@laststeal]

Samon Tuttle awakening: One billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the cosmos. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips, I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my veins. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there. I Am B-Ball. Though I have reforged the Ultimate B-Ball, there is something I must still do. There is... another basketball that cries out for an owner. No, not an owner. A companion. I must find this b-ball, save it from the depths of obscurity that it so fears.

[@seamussmyth1928]

I wish someone would slam my balls

[@IndigoWhiskey]

You say particle he says ball. Technically the description is equally accurate to the energy density expression of existence. So technically from a certain perspective, he's not wrong.

[@lucasgislon]

Throught the Courtroom and the Hoops, I alone am the balling one.

[@marydegroof6759]

It's interesting that the line "What the hand, dare seize the fire?" shows up in this one. It's from another poem by William Blake "The Tyger" and it has a lot to do with the idea of God's creations being both good and evil and even insinuating that God was playing with fire by creating terrifying creatures like the tiger. Two lines from the first stanza also stick out to me. "What immortal hand or eye, / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" Something that I noticed a lot in this series so far is that some of the more malevolent, mysterious, and paranormal portraits are facing the viewer and appear at least close to symmetrical. The Lamb is also referenced in the poem as contrast to the tiger, so there's another point to examine. There's probably more to it than just that, but I'm not an expert on William Blake by any stretch of the imagination.

[@randomuser371]

The homeless guy/Avatar also quotes the Tyger! "Did he who make the Lamb, make thee?"

[@Xebelan]

interestingly enough William Blake was also IRL a spiritual alchemist and the Lamb refers to the Lambspring, an alchemical text while the Tyger embodies the crucible--- the lamb is the instruction but the suffering necessary to achieve the state of the lamb is in the tyger.

[@xanmontes8715]

Bill always made me laugh. A mortal, assigning foibles and fallibility to something so far beyond comprehension it mightbas well be a force of nature. Incomprehensible to him, anyway.

[@EggheadsGuide]

I adore this Awakening. Bill is searching for his, Sybil is shunned anything else, Samson is robbed by his awakening.

[@quinnholloway5400]

You mean stunned? I don't think she shunned it really

[@AmbyrRavyn]

​@@quinnholloway5400 hes saying everything is shunning her

[@evilsclone2499]

​@@AmbyrRavynI think it's more so that sybil's Awakening shunned away her life. It's broke her perception of the already skewed norm. And it's tainted the memory of her big display. In essence, her Awakening to the world of truth and darkness ruined the work she had put into that world of before, the world of perceived comfort where she was the strange one her pushed into the depths of darkness. Now she's LOCKED into a world so much deeper, and inkier then anything her mind could fathom... at least for now, until a character like Sybil fully awakens. In the world of Mage an artist is probably the scariest kind. For they have the vision, and desire, to fully make whatever it is that's in their mind. Think back to the flesh city, what happens if someone with an idea like that could be able to change some entire city into said dream. A wet, pulsing, writhing city made of raw meat, bone and bile.

[@ZoanBlade90]

​​@@evilsclone2499I imagine the gristle gun from ExistenZ.

[@fenris5932]

If this character doesnt, at some point, perform the Chaos Dunk, i will be deeply disappointed with Ogre Poppenang

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

I'm already a bit disappointed the words wizard and wizardry haven't been replaced with Zaubermancer and Zaubermancy in the title and description ngl.

[@nocturnGER]

The Chaos Dunk better be the Awakening

[@fenris5932]

@@nocturnGER Samson needs to delete a werewolf with a chaos dunk or I want my money back

[@MudDragon723]

But the last time anybody performed the Chaos Dunk, Manhattan was destroyed!! XD

[@scout360pyroz]

that sounds more like something to work up to

[@korstmahler]

Sportsball! Did he win? The game is won when the other player dies or goes to hospital right? Those ancient Mayans really knew how to play!

[@korstmahler]

You know, I ought to get myself one of those Sportsball hoops. I think it would look great on my yacht.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Warning: The video you are about to watch is canon.

[@caliburncelt1987]

May depict graphite imagery

[@Gm-ce5kg]

phosphorous photography , even.

[@thisisMYname223]

wizards and vampires played a key role behind the scenes leading up to the 2041 cyberpocalypse.

[@Stefano.M]

D:

[@caliburncelt1987]

@@Stefano.M knowledge is a terrible thing

[@caliburncelt1987]

Between Coach’s photos and that ending this truly is the Spec Ops: The Line of awakenings. “Do you feel like a baller yet?”

[@moldfather3633]

"I-I tried to ball" "You're no baller, your talents lie elsewhere..."

[@LTamazil]

Samson is such a G. He brought a basketball to a gunfight... and it turned into a stalemate.

[@JohnPabloEsposito]

COME ON AN SLAM, NOW WELCOME TO THE JAM

[@NEEDbacon]

COME ON SLAM, IF YOU WANNA JAM!

[@QosmicVoid]

Samson slammed and Craig is now jam

[@The_loathsome_Dung_Eater1]

COME ON AND SLAM

[@jackmclean4120]

SLAM JAM SLAM JAM

[@nandayane]

Erandil Brings such joy to every character he plays, all of them have such joy and love for life. None of them are tired of humanity at all, and they certainly never are tormented by Speaker D in any way with annoyances and kitch.

[@loap4634]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@sanguineregis5354]

​@@loap4634 no hes dead serious

[@Levyafan]

1:10:26 So I did a quick-and-dirty calculation, just to gauge how severely Craig got struck. An average basketball used in the NBA (and, I presume, in any other semi-professional basketball court) weighs about 0.6 kg (or 22 ounces) and is about 0.75 cm (29.5") in circumference, which can then be calculated to 7104 cubic centimeters in volume; it may sound large, but it's only about 7 liters. Out of that volume, 4.75 liters is air, leaving about 2.35 liters of solid matter. Graphite, according to my lookup, has the density of 2.26 grams per cubic centimeter. That means that a basketball-sized hollow sphere of pure graphite would weigh approximately 5.3 kilograms (or 11 pounds), almost NINE times the original weight. Launched with the velocity you'd expect an enraged and doped-up basketball player to throw a basketball with, it's no surprise it reduced Craig to a mangled heap on impact. If we then imagine that Samson's awakening didn't just transmute the ball itself, but the air inside of it too, turning it into a whole sphere of solid graphite, that bumps the mass to whopping 16 kilograms (or 35 pounds), twenty six times the original weight. Now that would be an even scarier projectile, likely to not just break Craig's bones but straight up punch a hole through and/or bisect the poor man with its sheer kinetic force.

[@ChaseSP1]

Did the math and got a result of 2900 joules of energy, probably higher but the best comparison is being hit by an olympic athletes hammer throw which would absolutely kill a man if got got slammed clean into your chest/gut

[@GlareanLiebertine]

Yeah holy shit he's not walking away from that one

[@ChaseSP1]

@@GlareanLiebertine dude is dead or crippled from a broken spine, seems to be the former going off how his body was drawn though.

[@noblebork7444]

Mages can never be ballin- *Sees this video* GOOD HEAVENS

[@thedude4840]

They do be ballin but at what cost?

[@nopjhg]

A basketball and someone's spine

[@sunnyd9921]

If i do not see Samson perform the CHAOS DUNK VERBOTEN JAM in this series i will send a plague of locusts

[@thetuerk]

VOTING FOR THE VERBOTEN DUNK!!

[@loap4634]

What is a CHAOS DUNK VERBOTEN JAM?

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

@@loap4634 Play Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden and experience the horrors of a world following the Great B-Ball Purge of 2041

[@IndigoWhiskey]

Don't make threats you can't back up. Australian spiders spawn in egg clusters of 2000-1800. It's not that difficult to get to 100,000 and they're quite adapt at using trees to annihilate flying swarms. There was a mosquito swarm exterminated entirely that way. Silver lining to the tsunami I guess. Still chaos dunk sounds pretty sweet so have at it hoss

[@mistery8363]

Imagine if he achieved the fabled DOUBLE DRIBBLE

[@biznestelch2941]

The baller meme is cannon. Take a second. The baller meme is cannon.

[@fleshdadbot6852]

Hold on, what?

[@IndigoWhiskey]

Balling

[@HenshinFanatic]

"A face only a Spetsnaz could love" GD that line kicks all kinds of ass.

[@dinodude6992]

Ok, so, we now know that the party is consisted of the following: A conspiracy theorist A artist who delves into game design (I forgot the correct term) A basketball player And one unrevealed player... Oh, and let's not forget the monkey with a shotgun and Pablo, the mysterious

[@somedouchemcbag987]

Won't spoil it, but Fredrick's character is also out of left field. And am waiting with anticipation to see how they animate his awakening

[@SuperAmaton]

Do you want the answer to the ominous number four? Or do you prefer to wait?

[@dinodude6992]

@@SuperAmaton I prefer to wait

[@SuperAmaton]

@@dinodude6992 Very well. Enjoy!

[@fumarc4501]

You’re gonna get a real sense of history with the next one. Nyhehehehehe

[@BSOE3058]

The only mage in team that can truly ponder the ball

[@rikhenry9701]

I laughed so hard at Coach Weasel that I dropped my phone, reloading the page. I then took the opportunity to RE-watch the Coach Weasel segment from the beginning!

[@fumarc4501]

Slammer Jammer Burning Bright On the Ball Field of the night; What magical hand or spell, Could ascend thy Baller symmetry?

[@randomuser371]

In what distant courts or hoops. Burnt those fire ally-oops? On what wings, his dunks aspire? His hoops so swish, his game so fire?

[@fumarc4501]

@@randomuser371 that’s amazing!

[@taddad2641]

Jaysus christ that was pretty gnarly way to awaken., and in front of an entire crowd, THAT can't be good. bill disintegrated someone in self defense, along with several objects around him. sybil teleported away from the looks of it... dunno how effective magic can be on the supernatural. imagine that a vampire has some level of natural ressitance to their influence. This man transmuted a basket ball into a sphere of graphite and fucking mushed another man into paste. Christ alive.

[@sirskitariibush5570]

Other supernaturals are just less susceptible to direct magickal influence, but certainly not immune. Transmuting vampires into lawn chairs is really hard, but more so because of the Spheres required and the Paradox such acts bring, but it's not inherently different than doing that to a normal human, just tougher.

[@loap4634]

If this was in Chronicle of Darkness you would be both right and wrong, awakening in front in public is pretty common, because of the Sleeper Curse. Supernatural Character do have natural ressitance to magical power, but some Mortal can have it too.

[@IndigoWhiskey]

Some people just keep pushing untill well untill they find out the hard way.

[@loap4634]

@@IndigoWhiskey What are you talking about?

[@egglordthenosferatu3479]

Vampires can definitely be affected by magick. It's the major edge Magi have on anyone else. Because they're still squishy mortals, but they can turn a vampire into a cinder pile with a spiteful "meet the sun." It doesn't take being able to fight a werewolf when you can deal aggravated damage with a spoken word poem or teleport the Vampire into the middle of the Gobi desert at high noon by slapping them with a tourist roadmap.

[@nalrashido]

So the Sphere of Matter for all the new fans allows a Mage to tamper, alter and change with the building blocks of Reality. Solids, Liquids and Gases. Or Earth, Water and Air if your into the whole Elemental magick shtick. The thing is that Matter Magick mostly deals with inorganic objects and things that *aren't* alive. This Sphere is highly versatile and useful due to how many things you can change! You can turn a coin into a Flashbang with Forces, Entropy to erode or repair inanimate objects and Prime to create something from nothing! Combine Mind and Matter for creating some Telekinesis! At low levels you can identify most substances of what something is made of or sense hidden doors/compartments At mid levels you can transmute matter like an Alchemist or a Transmutation Wizard in DND but the object must be a very close approximation to the original. At high levels you can turn lead to gold, water into wine just transform 1 inorganic object into another inorganic object like turning a radio into a phone. At master levels you can just completely alter inorganic matter by changing its properties from turning a slab of steel into a radioactive alloy, allow bullets to phase through walls or alter the weight of an inorganic object like giving a bowling ball the weight and lift of a feather or giving it the weight of an Abrams Tank.

[@winstonsmith3703]

Comments like these have been so helpful to get an idea of possible shenanigans

[@alethe6809]

Talk about Awakening into a nightmare. Poor Samson. I wonder how this will reflect on his relationship with his Avatar and thoughts on magic going forward. I can't imagine he'll be looking at his new 'gift' too fondly after it took away his life and almost certainly put him on the radar of people looking to be making his new life very difficult indeed.

[@tyrannosaur219]

The fact that the countdown for the live broadcast is/was sports-themed is hilarious.

[@1gunnerShock]

Coach Weasal keeps coming back, not because of tenure, but because his replacements keep… disappearing

[@winstonsmith3703]

They just simply don't have the warrior spirit.

[@godorninja8079]

Jimmy Yam is Salsa Verde in human form

[@ErtaiCZ]

Sorry, but Salsa Verde in human form in an opera singer from 1981 Czechoslovak movie.

[@hariman7727]

You know enough about basket ball for it to not sound ridiculous... and you embrace that you don't know about Basketball, so it's hilarious in that tabletop game way. The ending came out of nowhere, but DAMN it hits hard... PUN INTENDED.

[@low-resghul8306]

Couldn’t contain myself and listened to all the available episodes on Spotify. And without hyperbole, this might be the best TTRPG liveplay out there and I can’t WAIT for more episodes!!

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

"Insurance doesn't cover people exploding out of phones!"

[@SirCroakster]

Is there any news on the next episodes?

[@jamzee_]

Certainly better than LA by night ngl. Labn feels so scripted, this just feels like nerds trying to describe games they certainly dont play.

[@TheSpecktre]

Saaaaaaaaaaame. I stumbled on these on Spotify by accident two or three months ago, and have been anxiously waiting for more. Was stoked to see them pop up in the channel.

[@qwertitus]

@@SirCroaksterThey’ve said it’s in development but are prioritizing the next chapter of H:tP and then audiologs, so it’s more of a tertiary project. As far as I know there’s no projection on when we could expect it.

[@Dugy1337]

I love Hunter the parenting, but this is just another level, really hope this project continues after the initial episodes finish airing.

[@Alex-DML]

Even though I already listened to the awakenings and Chapter 1 on audio form, the addition of images makes it ever more enjoyable, I really cannot wait 2 weeks for the absolute clusterfuck that is to come. Keep up the great work Alfa and the rest of O.P.

[@DarkinPunk]

24:22 "Is that a monkey?" "It's got a gun!"

[@beepeopeepeo2645]

COACH WEASEL HELL FUCKING YES

[@VGM00021]

Oh hell yeah. Paranormal investigator Mage, art mage, now sports mage? What's next accountant mage? ... Wait does Kevin count? He doesn't even have Thaumaturgy!

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

You actually have no Idea how close you are lmfao, it's not accounting so to say. Try delving into more *_antique_* jobs

[@worldlinezero4783]

You're surprisingly close lmao

[@KVP424]

Probably not among this group of Magi. But Magi of Syndicate paradigm is literally money wizard

[@GlareanLiebertine]

​@@KVP424 It sucks that you can't turn organs into cash while they're still in the target. Something about vulgar magic >:(

[@dorchadas7135]

**Somehow he’s always back next year**

[@NicholasHEADSHOT]

Coach Weasel will return.

[@alansmit9198]

Not unlike your father ​@@NicholasHEADSHOT

[@slayer0235]

@@NicholasHEADSHOT Coach Weasel deserves his own show. 😂

[@bionicdragon5]

Speaker D: "Hey Earndil. I'm gonna do a WoD actual play podcast. Wanna join?" Earndil: *"Fuck it, we ball."*

[@Nverdis]

I'm actually pleased to see Erendil play someone other than Baldric again. Baldric is an amazing, level headed voice of reason, but he's pretty moody. It's been such a long time since War Hams and it must be a breath of fresh air to get to play a fun cocky character

[@thedude4840]

Don’t forget nervous crab lady.

[@Nverdis]

@@thedude4840 Hard to remember someone who keeps hiding from you

[@Witherbrine98]

Bring me my bow of burning gold, bring me my arrows of desire, When I see Ogre Poppenang, The passion within is like fire!

[@Mion11c]

Mage: The Ascension, the ultimate ttrpg to play the BALL SPORTS! With such heavy hitters as: - CHASE AND KICK THE BALL - YELL WHEN HITTING BALL WITH BLUNT OBJECT - AMERICAN EGG-SHAPE HAND BALL - BASKET AND BALL And many more!

[@Rodoet001]

"Terry has a face that only a spetsnaz could love" is such a fucking golden line and I never knew I needed it in my life! It instantly tells you everything you need to know about how that guy looks and I'm definitely going to need to use it in my own games.

[@brothgurlegion4229]

Bro I love the monkey, he is the best character

[@yoggsaron8968]

Putting THE GREAT AND MIGHTY Erandil in the world inhabited by Speaker-D you are bound to get something awesome, or destructive.

[@legionaireb]

Usually both.

[@matteodelgallo1983]

Samson Tuttle is such a real one for smacking his head on the shower railing, part of the quintessential 6'6'' experience

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

This is. Terrifying in terms if the ending Like someone GOT KILLED. ANNIHILATED! Okay sure one of bills friends died but he was more private cause well it was a bunch of men in black and agency. This on the other. This is. PUBLIC! For all to see and be in awe. Samson a killer. Or somewhat. He has Matter manipulation of the sort. So technically he can straight up kill a vampire with a ball OF DEATH

[@q-tip9962]

Thats also got me wondering, will Samson be in court next time we see him or what. Because there are multiple people who can confirm that before the ball struck Craig that the basket ball was a basketball, and it was a basketball until it left Samson's hands. Not to mention they can't really figure out a means of turning a basketball into a ball of graphite.

[@HenryIVth]

Figuring out and googling a common term during a big finale. Now THAT'S a peak roleplaying experience.

[@T3nch1]

Glockpanzee is my new favorite character.

[@syrusalder7795]

I can't wait for the evolution into ChimpanUzi

[@lazrustosadow5880]

Erindales "bad" acting reminded me of the Star Trek episode where Picard has to declare his love for Tori in a shakspearian way

[@Doribi117]

I feel like an insufferable trekkie doing this but it was Luxona Troi he had to do that for, luxona being the mother of the ship councilor Diana Troi

[@trout5434]

Y'all aint ready for strapped monke

[@misterjoshua5720]

Ape together gun

[@whatalovelyday1308]

I certainly wasn't! I spat my drink out in laughter and almost destroyed my computer!

[@crowickedone4037]

COME ON AND *SLAM!* AND WELCOME TO THE JA- AH AAH *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

[@Karelwolfpup]

"okay, lemme check the monkey's willpower" did not expect to hear that today XD

[@aleidius192]

Coach Weasel is my spirit animal.

[@rori2089]

Okay gotta say again under here as a Norfik area resident, y'all are NAILING the location. The fact you have him live out off Campostella tells me volumes about his background, and it lines up perfectly with that complex, often unfortunate relationship with his family. Are you guys even CAPABLE of making something mid, or is it impossible for y'all to not write the most perfect shit since your last release? Like, y'alls understanding of Norfolk is disconcertingly accurate. It feels almost like being doxxed, but instead of terrified for my safety I'm just being embarrassed for the spooky mundane of my boring area. You're writing of Marcus and Kitten's relationship was already so good that my friend and I thought "SOMEBODY at OP has to be queer" and now I'm sitting here like "okay who TF at OP lives amongst us?" Addition: I DIDN'T SEE THE IMAGES YET WHEN I FIRST POSTED THIS Y'ALL ACTUALLY OUT HERE ON THE MAPS GETTING THE STREETVIEW STOP I BEEN DOWN THERE THAT LOOK TOO ACCURATE YOU SPOOKIN ME

[@seanfall]

"Give up the rock!" *takes boulder to the chest* "NOT THAT LITERAL!"

[@benmalatin5237]

I keep replaying these episodes for background noise. I am champing & frothing for more of this! This is one of the better actual play shows I’ve come across. I really appreciate the effort put into the visuals despite there being no camera or set or anything. The audio quality being good from the very beginning is a huge plus in my book. Critical Role and many other actual play shows had horrible audio in the early days. I know it’s probably not impressive considering you guys have been doing voice acting type stuff for so long, but I still really appreciate it.

[@SuperGreenSmartie]

Honestly want to thank you guys for making this series, so excited to see where it goes and it has come at the perfect time to renew my interest in Mage and really make me see it a whole new light. Also having it take place in the mid-2000s was a brilliant move because it made me realize that Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield is actually the perfect mage theme song, so thanks for that as well!

[@Gibilisko]

Can't believe we are going to be Balling

[@michaelkostas6717]

But at what cost?

[@Erblorg]

​@@michaelkostas6717one human life apparently

[@HellishSpoon]

I haven't watched it yet, but damn that thumbnail goes really hard

[@KyleDornez]

I was almost ready for Truck-kun to claim his next victim.

[@Cogfather]

YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT LUIGI (may the algorithm look kindly on this video)

[@theredpanda3729]

I sure do hope no part of William Blake's _Songs of Innocence_ is mentioned in this episode. I love christian poetry and I love having to do 12 page essays

[@dirzydoo2785]

The fury the sorrow and now THE BALLER

[@AquaticLotus7552]

Mage wil never be ballin Mage in question:

[@jtlego1]

Objection: SAMSON FUCKIN' BALLIN'!

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

Once upon a time, there was a kind of janky RPG Maker game about Charles Barkley exploring the basketball post-apocalypse. I feel this must be said, given the events we witness here.

[@crhoades555]

Shut up and jam gaiden?

[@mr.strugglesnuggle6668]

Really?

[@GlareanLiebertine]

​@@mr.strugglesnuggle6668 Yes really, it was a jam. A slam jam if you will

[@ScadrianGhostblood]

I really loved listening to this episode. Samson is a really interesting character and I can't wait to see him grow and change in the future. also BASKETBALL!!!

[@Dzugoslav]

I love SpeakerD and Earendil going at it. Like Big E and Sigilite, the best couple to have around.

[@StygianSkunk]

Damn, that second image of the Creepy Old Guy was pretty intense.

[@randomuser371]

Loving the Blake References! The Lamb, rounded off with Tuttle's Avatar quoting The Tyger- the predator and the prey, both created by the same Creator. I feel like there's an implication I'm missing, but I always feel that when it comes to Blake. Blake is always good.

[@randomuser371]

Oh and only after this did I remember that "What the hand, dare seize the fire?" is part of The Tyger as well. Beautiful.

[@Oliver-is4dl]

I screamed in pure euphoric *joy* as Bill entered the scene!!

[@nathanielpullig932]

I’m so excited to see the return of the Trunk Monkey.

[@QueenSuccubug]

This is a great introduction and all, but I'm finding it very hard to focus because I can't stop thinking about how Samson's cousin looks like Jerma in a wig and how fitting it would be for Samson, an athlete's, family member to be Femscout.

[@SlippedZ]

I almost screamed when I saw the same van from the first awakening. I can’t wait for what’s next!

[@TheSpecktre]

Speaker bookending the episode with William Blake was masterful storytelling.

[@GrzegorzCembruch]

Thank you for making my English language and literature A level relevant again. William Blake is back with a vengeance

[@mattwo7]

19:22 As a Los Angeleno who doesn't drive and thus is almost always at the mercy of traffic at crossroads, I can confirm. Even when I lived in the suburbs of Ventura County there were plenty of people who couldn't drive too, just not nearly as many.

[@TheOwlslayer]

These are such a joy to listen/watch. I pray we get to see Coach Weasel again. Also, the opening theme is a banger, especially the second half, really worms its way into my skull. It has such a cool, haunting, slightly crazy vibe to it.

[@surimonizarro9791]

Ah can't wait to watch this with my husband!! Got him to watch the first episode, gotta watch the second then heading to this one. Can't wait!!

[@korstmahler]

I've never played a tabletop WoD game, but I grew up playing Hunter the Reckoning: Wayward and VtM. (A ps2 game and a PC game because I realise now those are tabletop systems too) I would try out a tabletop game if the guy running it had SpeakerD's energy, that's for sure. Dude builds scenes with skill but doesn't take it too seriously. it's both hilarious and strangely enthralling.

[@ColorfulCredits]

Again, amazing side characters names. Amazing interactions and setup. The sound effects and visuals were on point too. lol

[@AwesomeAutismHC]

24:18 Is that a monkey? HE’S GOT A GUN! BLAM BLAM

[@RVGmetallicasaw]

COME ON AND SLAM, AND WELCOME TO THE JAM! COME ON AND SLAM, IF YOU WANNA JAM! SLAM JAM! Hey you, what you gonna do? Hey you, what you gonna do?

[@Blood_M4ster]

Well, Craig certainly is jam right now.

[@bunnywaffles898]

Coach Weasel had me laughing so hard I almost passed out there. Had to rewind a bit because I missed a whole section of the video while recovering.

[@nachoguy5]

He's a wizard on the court

[@xCrimsonTV]

These are seriously the highlights of my week. Absolutely amazing as always! ❤

[@jonduke4472]

These are freaking great. Great work everyone!!