In this alternate history setting for D20 Modern, magic is introduced into the
early 20th century and dramatically changes the flow of events for the rest of
the century.
Magic Awakens
"Underneath the reality in
which we live and have our being, another altogether different reality lies
concealed. "
~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
On June 30, 1908,
near Tunguska, Siberia a mysterious explosion flattened hundreds of square miles
of forest. Eyewitnesses alternately described a ball of flame falling from the
sky or the sky opening up and pouring out fire. An orange glow in the sky was
visible for days as far away as Western Europe. Although the cause is still
unknown, the consequence was clear. Magic was reawakened. Traditional native
cultures and occultists were the first to notice, but it soon became common
knowledge.
The genie was out of the bottle – and nothing would be the
same again…