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Smoke and Mirrors Episode 1

Season 1, Ep. 1

Welcome to PrestoCon, the annual international prestidigitators’ convention! It's always a surreal experience, but this year's Con will be stranger than ever. Magicians with secret powers and dangerous entities converge on the little town of Wizard Springs, and doom is on the horizon. In a story spanning four decades three unusual heroes will risk everything to save the world. You play as stage magicians secretly connected to a source of limitless magic.


The game system is a one-page RPG Wizard Springs, created by Em Hubbard.


Players:

Static as Marie

Pan as Gizzard

Tanya as Ryse


GM:

Em Hubbard

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