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''{{Magical Girl}}s in Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness''. Basically, [[spoiler:post-Madoka's Ascension]] ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' that is set in ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'' (mainly with ''[[DeusEstMachina God-Machine Chronicle]]'' and ''DemonTheDescent''); plenty of elements in this game is ripped directly from ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.

* God-Machine: Extra-dimensional entity that maintain the cosmic order (read: physical law). It's in a ''damaged'' state, in no small part thanks to the actions of the [[MageTheAwakening Exarchs]]. It needs to be fed Grief Cubes, or it will be completely broken. An obvious {{expy}} of the Gnostic Demiurge.

* Demi-Witches: [[spoiler:Madoka's Wish causes the magical girl to not turn into Witches when their Soul Gem goes completely dark, but this doesn't mean that Witches stop existing.]] The Witches are there waiting beyond the [[MageTheAwakening Abyss]], and they can corrupt 'normal' magical girls into becoming their servants.

* FinalDeath: For a machine-angel, this is when her HeartDrive is shattered. This is considered a better end than [[BodyHorror succumbing to Biometal Syndrome]].
** For Revenants, it's death, natural or otherwise, after she have regained her true humanity. Her soul won't go to the Underworld after such death. Also, certain entities in the Underworld can kill even ghosts, but this is by no means a FinalDeath that is limited to the Revenants.

* IntimateHealing: Being a Revenant is a very harrowing experience that quickly wear down your sanity. But you can redouble your battered psyche, the fastest and surest way is having sex with your lover([[YourCheatingHeart s]]). It doesn't matter whether it's gentle or rough, hetero or homo, young or old, as long as the love is there.

* BiggerBad: The God-Machine itself. It does its best to manipulate everyone and everything to maximize Grief Cubes production, in order to maintain its dominion over the world.

** The dark magical girls doesn't have Decorum, but if they set up Vicious {{Cult}} with them as the central figure, they can reduce their Corruption by [[AGodAmI being prayed to]] and/or organizing an Orgy[[note]]An Orgy is a collective activity of excesses, such as over-eating. It may include excessive sex, but it's by no means a must-have[[/note]].

* CrushKillDestroy: When a machine-angel has been pushed a bit too far, she may experience Zero Tolerance mode in regard to fulfilling their duty. If she has Sword 3+, this is exactly what will happen.

* AllHallowsEve: Any deathly celebration[[note]]Dates that the local culture consider related to death or the macabre, not an event where people are slaughtered in a FeteWorseThanDeath[[/note]] is an easier period of time for a revenant to get into and get out of the Underworld. In Japan, this is usually the date of the ''Obon'' festivals.

* FantasyKitchenSink: The game is quite blatant about this. If there is a supernatural being who is considered a Demon, then it probably exists somewhere in the world advancing its nefarious agenda (and the magical girl can defeat it for its phat loot o' Grief Cubes). Since [[ShinMegamiTensei one man's deity is another man's demon]], the list of 'things that can be considered demon' is a ridiculously LongList.

* ''The Scores of Oktavia von Seckendorff'' is a collection of diverse musical scores which can influence various {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. While some scores can keep the monsters out (ala ''[[CthulhuMythos The Music of Erich Zann]]''), some will actually invite them and make it easier for them to come in. It's not obvious which one is which...

''{{Magical Girl}}s in Franchise/WorldOfDarkness''. Basically, [[spoiler:post-Madoka's Ascension]] ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' that is set in ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'' (mainly with ''[[DeusEstMachina God-Machine Chronicle]]'' and ''DemonTheDescent''); plenty of elements in this game is ripped directly from ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.

! ''{{Magical Girl}}s in Franchise/WorldOfDarkness'' provides copious amount of {{Angst}} and examples of:

* BeingGoodSucks: The ''Franchise/WorldOfDarkness'' is not friendly to good people. Also, a dark magical girls can alleviate their Torment by harming people in way congruent with her Vice, there is no such option for normal magical girls.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: The machine-angels are [[{{Egregious}} especially bad offenders]], and deliberately so. The state want them to focus on fighting the God-Machine, and little else. A machine-angel can meet vampires, werewolves, or Sin-Eaters eye to eye and simply dismiss them as "yet another God-Machine's machination" [[VanHelsingHateCrime usually followed by them blasting said beings to smithereen]]. They ''can't'' entertain the idea that there are creepy fuckers out there that are independent from the God-Machine.

''{{Magical Girl}}s in WorldOfDarkness''. Basically, [[spoiler:post-Madoka's Ascension]] ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' that is set in ''WorldOfDarkness'' (mainly with ''[[DeusEstMachina God-Machine Chronicle]]'' and ''DemonTheDescent''); plenty of elements in this game is ripped directly from ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.

! ''{{Magical Girl}}s in WorldOfDarkness'' provides copious amount of {{Angst}} and examples of:

* BeingGoodSucks: The ''WorldOfDarkness'' is not friendly to good people. Also, a dark magical girls can alleviate their Torment by harming people in way congruent with her Vice, there is no such option for normal magical girls.

''{{Magical Girl}}s in WorldOfDarkness''. Basically, [[spoiler:post-Madoka's Ascension]] ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' that is set in ''WorldOfDarkness'' (mainly with ''[[DeusEstMachina God-Machine Chronicle]]'' and ''DemonTheDescent''); plenty of elements in this game is ripped directly from ''{{Exalted}}''.

** ''Black-Winged Crane'' is an obvious {{expy}} of the ''[[{{Exalted}} Broken-Winged Crane]]''. It foretells the entire events of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' in a very cryptic way. Perusing it allows you to learn [[spoiler:the Clara Dolls charms]], which is not good for anyone's sanity. The catch? The book is not complete yet-- it's written in the future, and it's only written to completion the day the world come to its end. Various magical girl secret orders have risen through history to prevent the book from ever being completed, and they aren't reluctant to kill hundreds of puppies to achieve that objective. [[spoiler:The book spontaneously come to its complete form as part of Homura's transformation into an akuma, [[ShaggyDogStory so there's no hope in preventing its completion]]. All the incomplete copies are reverberation of her Evil throughout the fabric of space and time]].

* {{Housewife}}: See the ''Spirit of the Living Humanity'' above? An Esoterium member decided to take it UpToEleven and become a loving housewife. The husband know of her situation and [[ThePowerOfLove take it like a man]]. There are several ''other'' problems: magical girls don't grow old, and with each passing year, this married couple seems more and more... [[{{Lolicon}} age-dissonant]]. Also, the kids (two boys, one girl) must be kept away as much as possible from their mother's magical girl life.

** In the splat that explains how magical girls deal with the other denizens of darkness, sample Ventrue [[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem vampire]] Matsurizaka Michiru certainly looks and acts like a stereotypical LesbianVampire. She's taken '[[{{Lolicon}} an intense liking]]' to magical girls, even though magical girls blood are not real blood and provide no nourishment to vampires.

* BigBad: The Maeljin, most powerful Arch-demons from ''WerewolfTheForsaken''. There are nine of them, with seven being embodiment of Vices and the other two being embodiment of Deception and Violence. [[spoiler:Each of them WasOnceAMan.]]

* {{Lunacy}}: There is a specific kind of magical girl decorum that can only be taken by girls who were [[WerewolfTheForsaken Wolf-blooded]] prior to the moment of exaltation, and the phase of the moon affects their power. No other magical girls are affected by the moon phase.

* ImmuneToBullets: The body of a magical girl is not a normal human body. It's animated by the magical girl's sheer will emanating from her Soul Gem, and can take far more punishments than normal humans. In game terms, certain damage that should cause Lethal wound will only cause Bashing wound. (For reference, the other WOD entity that shares this peculiarity are [[VampireTheRequiem vampires]], and they are undead.)

** In the splat that explains how magical girls deal with the other denizens of darkness, sample Ventrue [[VampireTheRequiem vampire]] Matsurizaka Michiru certainly looks and acts like a stereotypical LesbianVampire. She's taken '[[{{Lolicon}} an intense liking]]' to magical girls, even though magical girls blood are not real blood and provide no nourishment to vampires.

* Machine-Angels: Something completely different. They are artificial magical girls created by glorious Japan[[note]]Or America, or China-- the point is that they protect and serve the country[[/note]] to counter the machinations of the God-Machine. Their magic is industrial and cybernetics. (Example: [[{{Persona 3}} Aigis]])

** The game cannibalize elements from other ''NewWorldOfDarkness'' gamelines. Its BigBad are the Maeljin from ''WerewolfTheForsaken''. Lady Lucifuge from ''HunterTheVigil'' is a Legend 8 dark magical girl. The God-Machine was broken by the Atlantean from ''MageTheAwakening'', requiring constant supply of Grief Cubes. [[spoiler:The Unchained Ones from ''DemonTheDescent'' are responsible for the existence of the Maeljin.]]

* NaiveNewcomer: Even though the Incubators must state the state of living of a magical girl, a few wide-eyed girls make their Wish anyway, resulting in this trope every now and then. They either lose their naivety quickly, or still holding to it into their early grave. In the per-chapter fiction in the core book, Chitose Yuma grow from NaiveNewcomer to {{Badass}}, following the footsteps of Miki Sayaka.

* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: The Colossus as well as other more advanced forms of machine-angels are as graceful as their human counterpart. If the machine-angel is a Social-centric character, her massive forms will reflect her physical awkwardness; if she's a martial artist, the Colossus might as well be a giant BruceLee.

* ''Holy'': Charms with this keyword are [[{{Pokemon}} super effective]] when it comes to harming Creatures of Darkness. If it inflicts wounds, the wounds are Aggravated damage. If it inflicts loss of Willpower or Vice channel, the target find it near impossible to recover the loss. If it's used to dismantle social machinations, it will seriously hurt the Creatures' conspiracies. Can only be used by magical girls and a few Vigilantes.

* [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Like A Badass Out of Inferno]]: In particularly extreme cases, magical girls must go into the local Inferno, kick the ass of whoever is causing the problems, and get out. Some magical girls powerful enough that they can do this on regular basis, they are very powerful allies.

* {{Cult}}: Ubiquitous, and [[GoddamnOrks the majority of them are up to no good]].

* Revenants: Soul of girls who could have become magical girl, but was killed before they can make their Wish. They are given a chance to taste life once again, at the cost of having to carry out the grudge of ghosts who are restless in death. Figures of {{tragic hero}}ine, they walk the border of life and death. Example: [[JigokuShoujo Enma Ai]]

** As a dark magical girl rise in Legend, her transformed form become more and more disturbing in appearance. It won't ever cross into inhuman monstrosity, but it certainly gives off the vibe of 'a dark mistress'. For reference, they may gain the appearance of the Witches in ''FinalFantasyVIII''.

* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Behelith, created by the most powerful Unchained Ones in order to turn strong-willed humans into Maeljin]]. It's not known how many of them exists, but the number is as low as nine and as high as [[TheNumberOfTheBeast six-hundred and sixty-six.]]

* [[MysteriousProtector Vigilantes]]: Mundane humans who were deeply inspired by a magical girl's heroism, to the point that their Virtues are awakened and become capable of magic similar to the magical girl. However, they must avoid getting in contact with magical girls outside the masquerade, because they will be inevitably drawn to the magical girls' Legend, making them second fiddle in their own life. (Example: [[SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]])