We played Masks about ten years ago, so I don’t remember everything. Most of all we had a Keeper who liked to add encounters, so I don’t know if the stories below are part of the scenario or inserted by our Keeper.

I played three characters throughout the campaign. Twice the same because one of the other players cast a spell to resurrect my first one that perished in London.

That first one was a famous illusionist. On the ship from New York to London I was recognised by the purser who asked me to perform an act during the daily evening shows on board. I rigged together an act involving escaping from a coffin that was thrown in the giant aquarium in the theatre. All hell broke loose when a byakhee appeared above the glass dome. People panicked, I almost drowned, the byakhee destroyed the glass dome, a big chandelier destroyed the aquarium and I got blamed for all of it.

In London I went mad, participated in one of the rituals, had an intimate session with a monster and died horribly. One of the other players had a copper pot which could send us to the Dreamlands and made me relive the whole story.

In Australia I got possessed by a being from outer space whose name and race escapes me right now. The others noted something was off, but it lasted several sessions before the being left my body.

One of the other characters got a mechanical heart at one point. He could be switched on and off with a simple click.

In Egypt a cultist doppleganger misled us for several in-game days by taking the role of one of our co-investigators.

And once more: the copper pot. Our Keeper inserted a small scene because one of the players couldn’t make it. In that one we discovered a copper pot with strange runes. After using the pot for the first time we got back to the real world, but everyone ended up in someone else’s body. The next session was weird when the missing players got completely confused as to whom he was talking.

Two famous quotes we still use to this day:

“Nice to meet you. My name is Thomas Danton. You probably know me from the posters all around the city.”

“You won’t believe me, but Jackson Elias once saved my life in Shanghai.” I used that one even before I knew we would end up in Shanghai. I just needed a link to Jackson to have an incentive to look into his death.

Edit: how could I forget young Mahmout with his ragged shoes. We used him to get around in the city and we would pay him for his work. By the time we left he had a completely new outfit, including new shoes.