A solid skeleton of a story for Mage, and based on one of the short stories (by the same author) in the Truth Beyond Paradox collection. Honestly, I'm giving it full points for just being one of the few depictions of a Marauder in all of Mage that actually takes Marauders seriously instead of making them stupid joke characters or an organized force for chaos, but actually a metaphor for mental illness that functions at all. The only serious criticism I have is that Marauders still need the spheres to do the things they do, and this one is described as doing a ritual using Life 5 while having no dots of Life. I assume this is a typo, and will be easily fixed if the author chooses to update.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |