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AG6003 THE UNNATURAL SOURCEBOOK BYBY TIMTIM AKERS,AKERS, TEDTED CABEENCABEEN,, MICMICHAELHAEL DAISEYDAISEY,, TIMTIM DEDOPULDEDOPULOS,OS, KENNETHKENNETH HITE,HITE, JOSHUJOSHUAA KRKRONENONENGOLD,GOLD, DANIELDANIEL KSENYKSENYCCH,H, NICOLENICOLE LINDRLINDROOS,OOS, MICMICHAELHAEL D.D. MEARLMEARLS,S, RICRICKK NEAL,NEAL, LISLISAA PADOL,PADOL, JAMESJAMES PALMER,PALMER, JOHNJOHN SNEAD,SNEAD, GREGGREG STSTOLZE,OLZE, TIMTIM TONER,TONER, CHADCHAD UNDERKUNDERKOFFLEROFFLER && IANIAN YOUNGYOUNG ATLAS GAMES PRESENTS POSTMODERN MAGICK THE UNNATURAL SOURCEBOOK BY TIM AKERS, TED CABEEN, MICHAEL DAISEY, TIM DEDOPULOS, KENNETH HITE, JOSHUA KRONENGOLD, DANIEL KSENYCH, NICOLE LINDROOS, MICHAEL D. MEARLS, RICK NEAL, LISA PADOL, JAMES PALMER, JOHN SNEAD, GREG STOLZE, TIM TONER, CHAD UNDERKOFFLER & IAN YOUNG art director John Tynes graphic design, illustrators Toren Atkinson cover artist Richard Pace photos & production John Tynes Andrew Baker Nathan Fox visionary Ian Young proofreading John Nephew Matt Harpold Thomas Manning editor John Tynes publisher John Nephew Richard Pace special thanks to Gareth Hanrahan Karen Lewis Richard Pace James Palmer Up In Your Grill Ian Young The intellectual property known as “Unknown Armies” is owned by Greg Stolze & John Tynes and is used by Trident, Inc. d/ b/a Atlas Games under license. With the exception of any and all previously published elements of the Unknown Armies Atlas Games intellectual property (which are all ©1998–2000 Greg Stolze & John Tynes), the text of this work is ©2000 by the respective authors. The Atlas Games logo is ©2000 and ™ Trident, Inc d/b/a Atlas Games and John Nephew. All rights reserved world- wide. Except for purposes of review, no portions of this work may be reproduced by any means without the permission of the relevant copyright holders. This is a work of fiction. Any similarity with actual people or events, past or present, is purely coinci- dental and unintentional. Acknowledgements: The Yellow Sign is ©1986 Kevin A. Ross. “I don’t sleep / I drink.” www.Atlas-Games.com Stock No. AG6003PDF, Digital Edition v. 1.0, January 2004 [email protected] Look the Look .................................................... 58 Taste the Darkness ............................................ 79 Two Thousand Zero Zero ............... 2 Love Hurts.......................................................... 58 Iconomancy (Idol-Based Magick) .................... 80 Who’s That?....................................................... 58 Stats..................................................................... 81 Chapter 1: Magick Theory ............. 8 Foot in Mouth.................................................... 58 Iconomancy Effects.............................................. 81 Why Magick? ..................................... 10 Tell Me Your Troubles ........................................ 58 Marilyn Monroe ................................................. 82 The Adept’s Life................................... 11 You’re My Obsession ......................................... 58 Charlie Chaplin .................................................. 82 Sponsors ........................................... 12 Please Protect Me ............................................. 59 John F. Kennedy ................................................ 82 The Daily Grind ................................... 14 Self-Loathing ..................................................... 59 Mohandas Gandhi ............................................. 83 Why Now? ........................................ 15 Amoromancy Major Effects ................................. 59 Elvis Presley....................................................... 83 Mancy, Magy and Urgy . Revisited ................ 16 Annihilomancy (Destruction-Based Magick) ...60 Mao Tse Tung..................................................... 83 Becoming an Adept ............................................. 19 Stats..................................................................... 61 John Wayne ....................................................... 84 CO Magick and Insanity ............................. 21 Annihilomancy Minor Formula Spells ................. 62 Princess Diana ................................................... 84 Magick out of Madness.................................... 21 Burn the Illusion................................................ 62 Richard Nixon .................................................... 84 Madness out of Magick.................................... 22 Clutter Buster .................................................... 62 Infomancy ........................................................ 85 Obsession .........................................................22 All Things Shall Pass ......................................... 62 Stats..................................................................... 86 Schizophrenia & MPD .......................................... 23 The Facts Laid Bare ........................................... 62 Infomancy Minor Formula Spells ........................ 87 Individual Schools ........................................... 23 Lesser Cleansing ................................................ 62 Changing Channels............................................ 87 Amoromancy ........................................................ 24 Pas Encore Vu .................................................... 63 Download........................................................... 87 Annihilomancy ..................................................... 25 Superficial Karma.............................................. 63 Narrowcast......................................................... 88 Bibliomancy ......................................................... 26 Annihilomancy Significant Formula Spells ......... 63 Scramble ............................................................ 88 Cliomancy ............................................................ 26 Feed the Fire ..................................................... 63 This Just In ........................................................ 88 Cryptomancy ........................................................ 27 Purification ........................................................ 63 Ijack ................................................................... 88 Dipsomancy.......................................................... 27 Weight of the World .......................................... 63 Infomancy Significant Formula Spells................ 88 Entropomancy ...................................................... 28 Chink in the Armor ............................................ 63 Doctored Records............................................... 88 Epideromancy ...................................................... 28 The Other Foot................................................... 64 Negativland ....................................................... 89 conomancy ........................................................... 30 Pants on Fire ..................................................... 64 Programmed Response...................................... 89 Irascimancy .......................................................... 30 Behind the Mask ............................................... 64 Upload ............................................................... 89 NT Kleptomancy ........................................................ 31 Annihilomancy Major Effects .............................. 64 Endorsement...................................................... 89 Mechanomancy .................................................... 31 Bibliomancy (Book-Based Magick) .................. 65 Virus................................................................... 89 Personamancy...................................................... 32 Stats..................................................................... 67 Big Brother is Watching .................................... 90 Plutomancy .......................................................... 33 Bibliomancy Minor Formula Spells ..................... 67 Irascimancy (Anger-Based Magic) ................... 90 Pornomancy ......................................................... 34 Let Me Check My Notes..................................... 67 Infomancy Major Effects ..................................... 90 Urbanomancy ....................................................... 34 The Sorrows of Young Werther ......................... 68 Stats..................................................................... 91 Unique Schools ................................... 35 Speed Reading .................................................. 68 Irascimancy Minor Formula Spells ...................... 92 Booking Glass .................................................... 68 Churlishness....................................................... 92 Chapter 2: Magick Practice ........... 38 Book Learning ................................................... 68 Enemy Roulette ................................................. 92 Creating Formula Spells ......................... 40 It’s Right There in Black & White..................... 68 Zero Tolerance ................................................... 92 Mechanics.........................................................40 Blur the Lines .................................................... 69 Anger’s Vice....................................................... 93 Mechanics Outline ............................................... 41 Bibliomancy Significant Formula Spells 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