{"product_id":"the-magus-the-oracle-rpg","title":"The Magus \u0026 The Oracle RPG","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby the author of ENNIE-nominated ARC: Doom, winner of the 2022 Diana Jones Award for Emerging Designers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcross your workshop lay curious mementos, these patient witnesses to a life colored by deep yearning. Was it for power? Gods, were you strong. Wielding fantastic spells to uncover stranger truths, or perhaps— to exert control on an increasingly alienating world. Or was it... For human touch? All this— for what? For connections that would barely quench your longing to belong? As you close this chapter of your life, you reflect on your storied past— all your scars and regret. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou are the Magus, the Wizard of the Lonely Tower, and with these pages you will remember your story. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Magus\u003c\/strong\u003e is the book that will help you tell a unique story about the quest for arcane mastery and the loneliness of power. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oracle\u003c\/strong\u003e is the card deck that will inspire you as you write your journal--- the ultimate artifact and yield of this game. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo tell the story, you will fill your journal with your character's spells, thoughts and memories. You can also sketch pictures, take photos, make a pastiche of other forms of creativity. Whatever you choose, you get to set the pace of the game, whether it's only a few hours or several weeks of play. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis game is driven by prompts, attributes, and dice rolls where you track your aspects and test your power against increasingly more difficult events. Make difficult decisions how to manage your resources and expend your power, or risk losing it all in a fiery calamity that swallows you whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUnlike many solo journaling games, the Magus is crunchy — you will use all your dice to play and control your character, for unparalleled structure to your narrative.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAside from the countless prompt combinations made possible by the Oracle deck, this new Oracular Edition of The Magus includes a set of alternate game modes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hex:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pull the Magus’ loneliness out of the mists of old and thrust it beneath the neon lights of a modern metropolis. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Two Towers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Play with a friend, turning the Magus’ diary into a bittersweet exchange of letters between rivals challenging each other at a distance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTo Serve the Lonely Tower:\u003c\/strong\u003e Play with a group, recounting the sad tales of all those who bind themselves to the Magus and put trust in their spells. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMagus Must Die:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brave the Lonely Tower alone, playing a line of Champions willing to die in order to topple the Magus at the top. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/em\u003e momatoes (Bianca May Canoza) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlayers: \u003c\/em\u003e1+ \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuration: \u003c\/em\u003eOne-shot or multiple sessions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45033518596272,"sku":"NSD010","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/image_0dd26238-a7f2-43cf-a936-fb53ec71ff9a.jpg?v=1774985502","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-magus-the-oracle-rpg","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}