The mention of Sailor Moon on the same page as Mage style Maruaders lead me back to an old idea of mine in which the Sailor Senshi are actually Marauders.
The Book of Madness has the Sanity Sink flaw for Marauders, which causes them to very rapidly convert other mages into Marauders that share
their paradigm.
Imagine this, Luna is a manifestation of Usagi's avatar. When her avatar contacts her for the first time, the impossible act of meeting a talking cat
immediately sends the sheltered Usagi into a Marauder delusion involving her being a magical girl (she obviously watched way too many magical girl cartoons as
a kid). Since Mages naturally attract weird stuff, Usagi soon runs into a Nephandi cult that her delusion causes her to perceive as the enemies of her ancient
magical kingdom (interestingly enough, The Book of Madness also indicates that Marauders seem to be subtly drawn into thwarting Nephandi plots).
As Usagi runs into other mages of her own age group, her contact with them rapidly sucks them into her delusion and converts them into magical girl Marauders
as well. Sailor Mercury was once almost certainly a Virtual Adept. Sailor Mars was possibly part of the Celestial Chorus, Akashic Brotherhood or Verbena (IIRC,
practitioners of Shinto could wind up in any of them). I think that Sailor Venus may have actually been a Marauder to begin with (the latest in a long line of
London based vigilantes named V, which puts an entirely differernt spin on the V comic series) who got converted to Usagi's paradigm along with her
familiar, Artemis. Given Sailor Pluto's mastery of time, it is interesting to assume that she used to be part of the Cult of Ecstasy.
As Usagi's delusion grows, she goes from believing that she is a magical girl to believing that she is a magical princess to believing that she is the
destined queen of the Earth. Since the rest of the WoD was getting sucked down a metaphorical toilet to begin with, it is quite disturbing to believe that the
sole survivors of the world may actually be the ones trapped in the eternal magical kingdom of a madwoman with godlike mystical powers.
Now that is a crossover that should not be!
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
The Book of Madness has the Sanity Sink flaw for Marauders, which causes them to very rapidly convert other mages into Marauders that share
their paradigm.
Imagine this, Luna is a manifestation of Usagi's avatar. When her avatar contacts her for the first time, the impossible act of meeting a talking cat
immediately sends the sheltered Usagi into a Marauder delusion involving her being a magical girl (she obviously watched way too many magical girl cartoons as
a kid). Since Mages naturally attract weird stuff, Usagi soon runs into a Nephandi cult that her delusion causes her to perceive as the enemies of her ancient
magical kingdom (interestingly enough, The Book of Madness also indicates that Marauders seem to be subtly drawn into thwarting Nephandi plots).
As Usagi runs into other mages of her own age group, her contact with them rapidly sucks them into her delusion and converts them into magical girl Marauders
as well. Sailor Mercury was once almost certainly a Virtual Adept. Sailor Mars was possibly part of the Celestial Chorus, Akashic Brotherhood or Verbena (IIRC,
practitioners of Shinto could wind up in any of them). I think that Sailor Venus may have actually been a Marauder to begin with (the latest in a long line of
London based vigilantes named V, which puts an entirely differernt spin on the V comic series) who got converted to Usagi's paradigm along with her
familiar, Artemis. Given Sailor Pluto's mastery of time, it is interesting to assume that she used to be part of the Cult of Ecstasy.
As Usagi's delusion grows, she goes from believing that she is a magical girl to believing that she is a magical princess to believing that she is the
destined queen of the Earth. Since the rest of the WoD was getting sucked down a metaphorical toilet to begin with, it is quite disturbing to believe that the
sole survivors of the world may actually be the ones trapped in the eternal magical kingdom of a madwoman with godlike mystical powers.
Now that is a crossover that should not be!
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV