And other tricks of those really in the know.
If you want to get the best sandwich in the world go to a Subway™ restraunt and say “Make me the sandwich you always wished someone would order.” The person behind the counter will assemble a sandwich with amazing skill and precision. Although stuffed none of the ingredients fall out. While no two uses of this trick ever produce the same sandwich each one is verifiably the best sandwich ever tasted by who ever takes a bite. Even if they wouldn’t normally like what ever happens to be in it.
If you want to know when you are going to die go to a liquor store and buy their cheapest bottle of white wine. You can trade it to the next bum you see for the date of your death. It is just a really good estimate based upon various factors and it can be changed. Smart dukes check at least once a month to see if trouble is heading their way.
If you need to get home quick hop on a bus that runs a north-south route. Tell the bus driver, “I need to catch the sun before it sets.” You won’t have to pay fare and he’ll make a special stop along his route. Another bus will be waiting for you, heading west. After five minutes and fifty five seconds you’ll end up in the town you were born at sunset.
These are so great! It’s these little bits of weirdness that I love best about UA. The other “modern supernatural” games, though I’m a big fan of those too, don’t seem to turn the thoughts in quite that direction….
Thanks. I’ve found you can drop UA style weirdness into any modern occult game. It is great to see the reaction of hardcore Mage fans reacting to a UA plot transplanted to the WoD. They get twitchy.
Actually, I’m a hardcore Mage fan, but as soon as I saw the wierdness in UA I thought “Wow! This is precisely what Mage needed! Less angst and more surrealism”
Also, I have a severe bug up my butt about the traditions, and how centered Mage is on them. UA satisfies my needs for wierdness, and a more open and Jungian focused cosmology, so I think it’s the “best thing since Crack Cocaine(TM)”!
BTW, am I the only one who has been tempted to actually walk into Subway and ask that?
As soon as I get some money, I’m so gonna try it!
Well, as soon as I get some money and don’t immediately order sushi. I am addicted to sushi!