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Statosphere: The Invisible Clergy Sourcebook (for Unknown Armies)
Published by Atlas Games
Written by Tom Adams, Tim Dedopulos, Kenneth Hite, Daniel Ksenych, Andy Lucas, Michael D. Mearls, Rick Neal, James Palmer, John Snead, Greg Stolze, Tim Toner, John Tynes, Chad Underkoffler, and Ian Young
128 pages, $19.95 (perfect bound, softcover)
Statosphere is the latest high quality sourcebook to come out for Unknown Armies. It fleshes out in great detail many of the mystical elements in the UA universe alluded to in the main rulebook that aren't covered in Postmodern Magick.
In the Unknown Armies cosmology, the Statosphere is a mystical domain where the Invisible Clergy dwell. The members of the Invisible Clergy are semi-divine beings each embodying a particularly strong archetype in the collective unconscious of humanity, though they were once mortal. The individual members of the Invisible Clergy manipulate probabilities to shape events on earth according to their desires, often acting at cross purposes. When the 332nd member of the Invisible Clergy ascends, the Comte de Saint-Germain, the First and Last Man, will then ascend, and the universe will end.
As with Postmodern Magick, Statosphere opens with a clever little short story, this time one that offers insight about a day in the life of the Comte de Saint-Germain written by Greg Stolze.
The first chapter examines the Invisible Clergy in great detail. It includes lengthy sections on integrating the Statosphere into an . . .
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Article publication date: August 4, 2000
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