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*'''Spontaneous Combustion''': suffer from a backlash of 10 or more points of Paradox in a single hit. | *'''Spontaneous Combustion''': suffer from a backlash of 10 or more points of Paradox in a single hit. | ||
*'''Strange Bedfellows''': Agree on a cease-fire and a temporary alliance with the Technocracy in order to bring down a bigger threat. | *'''Strange Bedfellows''': Agree on a cease-fire and a temporary alliance with the Technocracy in order to bring down a bigger threat. | ||
*'''Those | *'''Those Wacky Nazis''': Punch a nazi. | ||
*'''Reentry Burn-up''': Fall down to Incapacitated from the damage dealt by crossing the Gauntlet. | *'''Reentry Burn-up''': Fall down to Incapacitated from the damage dealt by crossing the Gauntlet. | ||
*'''Look At What I Made''': Create an Artifact. | *'''Look At What I Made''': Create an Artifact. | ||
*'''Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him''': Botch a magical attack against an enemy and, in the following round of combat, use a nonmagical, nonenchanted firearm against the same enemy, killing him. | *'''Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him''': Botch a magical attack against an enemy and, in the following round of combat, use a nonmagical, nonenchanted firearm against the same enemy, killing him. | ||
*'''It's Magic, I Ain't Gotta Explain Shit''': Do something so outlandish that even you refuse to make any attempt to justify as " | *'''It's Magic, I Ain't Gotta Explain Shit''': Do something so outlandish that even you refuse to make any attempt to justify as "coincidental" to the ST. In front of multiple witnesses. | ||
*'''Gaze Upon My Spellbook And Despair''': Create 20 or more original rotes. | *'''Gaze Upon My Spellbook And Despair''': Create 20 or more original rotes. | ||
*'''I Be Rollin' With The Wizzards, Yo''': Create 30 or more original rotes. | *'''I Be Rollin' With The Wizzards, Yo''': Create 30 or more original rotes. | ||
*'''Magical Bling''': Have more than 3 permanently enchanted artifact or magical items of any kind. | *'''Magical Bling''': Have more than 3 permanently enchanted artifact or magical items of any kind. | ||
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*'''(Correspondence) Crazy Gun Fu''': Curve the trajectory of a projectile by more than 90° in mid-air. | *'''(Correspondence) Crazy Gun Fu''': Curve the trajectory of a projectile by more than 90° in mid-air. | ||
*'''(Correspondence) I Can See Forever''': Scry on 5 or more places at once. | *'''(Correspondence) I Can See Forever''': Scry on 5 or more places at once. | ||
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*'''(Entropy) Million To One Chance''': Have an event that has been explicitly stated to be a "million-to-one-chance" actually happen. | *'''(Entropy) Million To One Chance''': Have an event that has been explicitly stated to be a "million-to-one-chance" actually happen. | ||
*'''(Mind) Your Head Asplode''': Use a vulgar Mind effect. | *'''(Mind) Your Head Asplode''': Use a vulgar Mind effect. | ||
*'''(Mind) What Is This I Don't Even''': Rewrite someone's short-term memory with something completely ridiculous and | *'''(Mind) What Is This I Don't Even''': Rewrite someone's short-term memory with something completely ridiculous and unbelievable. | ||
*'''(Forces) Megaton Punch''': use Forces to empower an unarmed attack and knock out an enemy with a single hit. | *'''(Forces) Megaton Punch''': use Forces to empower an unarmed attack and knock out an enemy with a single hit. | ||
*'''(Forces) Screw Paradox''': Use a vulgar Forces attack to bring down an enemy from "healthy" to "dead" in a single hit. | *'''(Forces) Screw Paradox''': Use a vulgar Forces attack to bring down an enemy from "healthy" to "dead" in a single hit. | ||
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*'''(Akashic Brotherhood) No, I Really Don't Know Kung Fu''': Play an Akashic with neither Brawl nor Melee higher than 2. | *'''(Akashic Brotherhood) No, I Really Don't Know Kung Fu''': Play an Akashic with neither Brawl nor Melee higher than 2. | ||
*'''(Virtual Adept) Out Of My Way, I Have To Save The Internet''': Save the Internet, a good portion of it, or solve another massive, world-wide communications-related menace. | *'''(Virtual Adept) Out Of My Way, I Have To Save The Internet''': Save the Internet, a good portion of it, or solve another massive, world-wide communications-related menace. | ||
*'''(Sons of Ether) SCIENCE!''': Change the dominant scientific paradigm one step closer to your personal brand of super-science (example: death rays become | *'''(Sons of Ether) SCIENCE!''': Change the dominant scientific paradigm one step closer to your personal brand of super-science (example: death rays become coincidental) | ||
*'''(Celestial Chorus) Can't We Just All Get Along''': | *'''(Celestial Chorus) Can't We Just All Get Along''': Successfully mediate a religious dispute, ending a blood feud. | ||
*'''(Euthanatos) All Work And No Play''': Fall into Jhor at least once. | *'''(Euthanatos) All Work And No Play''': Fall into Jhor at least once. | ||
*'''(Verbena) Life Ain't Pretty''': Scare someone into compliance or submission through simple descriptions of common Verbena rituals. | *'''(Verbena) Life Ain't Pretty''': Scare someone into compliance or submission through simple descriptions of common Verbena rituals. | ||
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*'''(Dreamspeaker) Say Hello To My Little Friend''': Summon a spirit in battle. | *'''(Dreamspeaker) Say Hello To My Little Friend''': Summon a spirit in battle. | ||
*'''(Hollow Ones) Crawling In My Skin''': Do absolutely nothing for a whole session. | *'''(Hollow Ones) Crawling In My Skin''': Do absolutely nothing for a whole session. | ||
*'''( | *'''(Syndicate) Of Course I Can, Silly''': After being told that a problem cannot be solved with money, proceed to do exactly that. | ||
*'''(Void Engineers) These Are The | *'''(Void Engineers) These Are The Voyagers''': Build a vehicle that can cross the Gauntlet and travel into the Umbra. | ||
*'''(Iteration X) Go Go Gadget Something''': Have at least 5 different cyborg tools built inside your body. | *'''(Iteration X) Go Go Gadget Something''': Have at least 5 different cyborg tools built inside your body. | ||
*'''(New World Order) How Perceptive Of You Mr. Anderson''': Play a NWO Operative called "Smith", wearing a black suit | *'''(New World Order) How Perceptive Of You Mr. Anderson''': Play a NWO Operative called "Smith", wearing a black suit, and mirrored shades. | ||
*'''(Progenitors) It Lives''': Create a new species entirely in lab, capable of breeding true and living outside controlled environments. | *'''(Progenitors) It Lives''': Create a new species entirely in lab, capable of breeding true and living outside controlled environments. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:46, 17 June 2023
Achievements that could be attained in a game of Mage: The Ascension.
PC-specific[edit | edit source]
- Trouble Magnet: have 10 or more points of Paradox at one time.
- Walking Timebomb: have 20 or more points of Paradox at one time.
- Spontaneous Combustion: suffer from a backlash of 10 or more points of Paradox in a single hit.
- Strange Bedfellows: Agree on a cease-fire and a temporary alliance with the Technocracy in order to bring down a bigger threat.
- Those Wacky Nazis: Punch a nazi.
- Reentry Burn-up: Fall down to Incapacitated from the damage dealt by crossing the Gauntlet.
- Look At What I Made: Create an Artifact.
- Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him: Botch a magical attack against an enemy and, in the following round of combat, use a nonmagical, nonenchanted firearm against the same enemy, killing him.
- It's Magic, I Ain't Gotta Explain Shit: Do something so outlandish that even you refuse to make any attempt to justify as "coincidental" to the ST. In front of multiple witnesses.
- Gaze Upon My Spellbook And Despair: Create 20 or more original rotes.
- I Be Rollin' With The Wizzards, Yo: Create 30 or more original rotes.
- Magical Bling: Have more than 3 permanently enchanted artifact or magical items of any kind.
PC/Sphere-specific[edit | edit source]
- (Correspondence) Crazy Gun Fu: Curve the trajectory of a projectile by more than 90° in mid-air.
- (Correspondence) I Can See Forever: Scry on 5 or more places at once.
- (Entropy) How Did I Do That: Have your character use the Beginner's Luck rote unconsciously.
- (Entropy) Million To One Chance: Have an event that has been explicitly stated to be a "million-to-one-chance" actually happen.
- (Mind) Your Head Asplode: Use a vulgar Mind effect.
- (Mind) What Is This I Don't Even: Rewrite someone's short-term memory with something completely ridiculous and unbelievable.
- (Forces) Megaton Punch: use Forces to empower an unarmed attack and knock out an enemy with a single hit.
- (Forces) Screw Paradox: Use a vulgar Forces attack to bring down an enemy from "healthy" to "dead" in a single hit.
- (Prime) For A More Civilized Age: Use in combat the vulgar, "lightsaber" version of the Holy Stroke rote.
- (Prime) Hadoken: Use in combat the vulgar, "projectile of energy" version of the Holy Stroke rote.
- (Spirit) I Ask The Lightbulb For Directions: Entertain meaningful and helpful conversations with at least 10 inanimate common household objects over the course of the campaign.
- (Spirit) Rise And Shine: Permanently awaken the spirit of an inanimate object, and later buy it as an Ally, Contact or Mentor.
- (Time) You Can't Do That Snake: Cause a time paradox, and get Paradox for that.
- (Time) To The Time Machine!: Attempt to go back in time in order to stop yourself from doing something that would later turn out to be a mistake.
- (Matter) You Make What: Make Antimatter, Neutronium or another type of "Exotic Matter", either with Matter 5 or though other bizarre shortcuts.
- (Matter) Not A Problem: Routinely solve the Cabal's finance problems by transmuting gold or other valuables.
- (Life) The Hexmaker: Infect your enemies with at least 10 different diseases over the course of the campaign.
- (Life) Pink Mist: Bring someone to three health levels below "Dead" with a use of the Rip the Man-Body rote.
PC/Order-specific[edit | edit source]
- (Order of Hermes) Just Like Hogwarts: Manage to use otherwise-vulgar Hermetic magic in the open without repercussions.
- (Akashic Brotherhood) No, I Really Don't Know Kung Fu: Play an Akashic with neither Brawl nor Melee higher than 2.
- (Virtual Adept) Out Of My Way, I Have To Save The Internet: Save the Internet, a good portion of it, or solve another massive, world-wide communications-related menace.
- (Sons of Ether) SCIENCE!: Change the dominant scientific paradigm one step closer to your personal brand of super-science (example: death rays become coincidental)
- (Celestial Chorus) Can't We Just All Get Along: Successfully mediate a religious dispute, ending a blood feud.
- (Euthanatos) All Work And No Play: Fall into Jhor at least once.
- (Verbena) Life Ain't Pretty: Scare someone into compliance or submission through simple descriptions of common Verbena rituals.
- (Cult of Ecstasy) All Three Of Them, Baby: Manage to enjoy sex, drugs and rock and roll simultaneously, and use them for magic.
- (Dreamspeaker) Say Hello To My Little Friend: Summon a spirit in battle.
- (Hollow Ones) Crawling In My Skin: Do absolutely nothing for a whole session.
- (Syndicate) Of Course I Can, Silly: After being told that a problem cannot be solved with money, proceed to do exactly that.
- (Void Engineers) These Are The Voyagers: Build a vehicle that can cross the Gauntlet and travel into the Umbra.
- (Iteration X) Go Go Gadget Something: Have at least 5 different cyborg tools built inside your body.
- (New World Order) How Perceptive Of You Mr. Anderson: Play a NWO Operative called "Smith", wearing a black suit, and mirrored shades.
- (Progenitors) It Lives: Create a new species entirely in lab, capable of breeding true and living outside controlled environments.
ST-specific[edit | edit source]
- Forced Crossover: Ghoulify a PC.
- To The Shadow Realm: After a particularly bad Backlash, shut a PC into a Paradox Realm.