Onyx Path: The Deviant KS Stands Alone! [Monday Meeting Notes]

[Matt]

Yes, we’re down to the last few days of the Deviant: The Renegades Kickstarter campaign, and backers have been talking full-time with developer Eric Zawadzki about all the options contained in the previews AND in the Stretch Goal projects. It’s been really great seeing folks come up with how popular (and unpopular, for that matter) characters in various media can be replicated in Deviant.

There’s been a ton of them, and it’s just awesome how flexible the character creation section is! Dave Brookshaw’s extensive process and playtesting is really paying off with a system that absolutely shines.

So, c’mon! Check it out while we’re still rolling and if you pledge you’ll be getting those sweet Stretch Goal projects as well as Deviant itself with your pledge!

And while Deviant is the last KS standing right now, our joint Creature Collection KS with Handiwork Games ended over the weekend with a satisfying amount that’s over 400% our funding amount, a great number of backers, and a fantastic 224 pages (we started with 160).

A huge round of thanks and appreciation to Handiwork and Jon and all his team over there! It is really one sweet project they put together – and even before the KS was over they had hired new writers and artists to start on the added sections. Our Creature Collection is in good hand(s) – iwork.

OK, even I think that’s a groaner, but I wrote it and it’s staying in as I gotta move on to the next topic!

They Came From Beneath the Sea! art by Brian Leblanc

Over the weekend, I also attended the SAVE convention in Harrisburg, PA. Not only was I joined by Eddy and Dixie, but surprise guest Neall Raemonn Price showed up! He was able to join us on panels, and we had a lot, I mean A LOT, of discussion of upcoming projects – tons of Scion talk, but also a couple of upcoming and currently secret projects.

SAVE itself was bigger than ever, and Saturday it was packed in the gaming area. Even more interesting to me, was the education and therapy tracks (as opposed to the game design and gaming ones I was in), because these were also packed with folks wanting to discuss and learn about how our hobby can be used to build understanding and help with therapeutic efforts.

What a fantastic place we are now in where we don’t have to only mention those anecdotal stories of roleplaying helping folks in their real lives, we now have real, practicing therapists and educators stepping up with methodologies. Very proud of my friends in the Bodhana Group for being forerunners in this effort!

On a personal gaming level, Friday night at the convention I stepped up and DM’d my long-time D&D world for the first time for adults in about thirty years. I just felt like if we’re publishing so many D&D 5e based game lines, I needed to be able to talk about them with experience, not just from playing a few campaigns.

So I girded my loins, converted an adventure I’d written that was published in White Wolf Magazine #15, and sat down with Eddy, Dixie, Neall, and Jen, Jack, and the Captain, from Bodhana. It was extremely fun, and very satisfying – even if we roleplayed so hard the party never actually got into the dungeon part!

They did however talk themselves into a free room at a very nice inn due to some high charisma dice rolling and simple chicanery, burn up two enemies and part of a pine forest, and team-work the hell out of young Frost Giant.

I’ve received a fair number of requests to continue the game, so that’s a good sign, and I’ll just have to see what I can do. Dunno if I’ve shaken off all the rust from decades of not running a game, but I also hate saying no to people who want to join me in my imaginary world. So….

Aeon Aexpansion art by Gong Studios

Last week also saw the release to the public of one of our secret projects: the phone app version of Pugmire! The folks at DTRPG used Pugmire as their first premiere project and worked up an awesome version of the core book, that they then offered as a free download – and I understand that they’ve had over 7,000 of those downloads!

Here’s a direct link:
https://phone.drivethrurpg.com/phone-pdf/?affiliate_id=4451

There’s are also some great games from other publishers on there, and we have at least one more project to add – again, one of the things we’ve been doing behind the scenes – you’d be surprised at how many of those are bubbling along right now!

Now for some useful sales info!

First, DTRPG is having their big Halloween Sale on DriveThruRPG and Storytellers Vault starting Wednesday the 16th and running until Halloween. Most of our Chronicles of Darkness PDFs will be on sale on both sites, plus there will be some Halloween Treats (i.e. free PDFs) hidden around the sites.

Here’s a link to a teaser for a Geist 2e game being run by Eric Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GOzzE8b3Wc

Here’s a link to this very cool Scion teaser announcing the project is being translated and published in Spain by The Hills Press! We think it’s an excellent video, a super teaser, and we just couldn’t be happier to be working with these folks!

Maybe the next line should be “Many Teasers, One Path”… maybe not. Let’s stick with:

Many Worlds, One Path!

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BLURBS!

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Kickstarter!

The Deviant: The Renegades Kickstarter has ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS to go and it’s vengefully slamming through Stretch Goals now! So far, we have the classic Backer T-Shirt, unlocked the Deviant Screen and Deviant wallpaper, added the Beast and Demon core book PDFs and Dark Eras PDFs to the CofD PDF collection, and added four sections of the Clades Companion book! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/deviant-the-renegades-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game

Next up: Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition!

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Onyx Path Media!

This Friday’s Onyx Pathcast features last week’s Call-In Show – it was live at the time and undead now, so check out as our trio and some special call-in guests answer chat questions and chat with questions!

We’ve really increased production of content for our Twitch channel in the last week! Every day has new content, every day has a different game, and much of that content is now being transferred to our YouTube channel.

I’m going to link both here in case you’re not following / subscribed to them.
www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath & www/youtube.com/user/theonyxpath

It really helps us to have subscribers on our Twitch channel, and you can do so for free and catch premieres as they go up if you have an Amazon Prime account. Just type Twitch Amazon Prime into Google and you’ll be shown how to subscribe for free.

Also on our Twitch channel, we’ve been proceeding well with Character Creation Month, having created characters for Scarred Lands and Deviant: The Renegades. Also tied into those two games, Eric Zawadski has run a two-parter Deviant chronicle which will soon be transferred to YouTube, and Matthew Dawkins ran a very fun Scarred Lands meatgrinder, to show off some of the monsters from the Creature Collection. A different character dies in every scene!

We have so much fun content coming out soon, with this weekend hosting a Trinity Continuum character creation session, so please catch that if you’re at all interested in Trinity!

Remember, if you miss any content on our Twitch channel, some of it finds its way to our YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/user/theonyxpath Don’t forget though, that some of that content is Twitch exclusive or belongs to the Storytellers running their games, so don’t miss out and remember to follow us!

Meanwhile, our fans keep creating excellent content for us, not limited to:

Occultists Anonymous for your Mage: The Awakening needs:

Episode 51: Portents of Doom
The recovered grimoire is returned to the Adamantine Arrows, but Wyrd the Seer discovers some concerning information.
https://youtu.be/_2UJbimcc_c

Episode 52: Rocks Fall…
Wyrd shares a surprise revelation before the cabal leaves for Peru. In Peru, the cabal searches for local Pentacle mages.
https://youtu.be/R56aMsiT81M

The Story Told Podcast for Exalted:
In the Fall of Jiara episode out this week, we hear a dramatic combat between Dragon-Blooded and Solars!:  http://thestorytold.libsyn.com/fall-of-jiara-16

Caffeinated Conquests wrapped up their actual play of V5: https://youtu.be/nCqrC3PPunI

Red Moon Roleplaying continue with their fantastic actual play of The Sacrifice for V5 over on their website: www.redmoonroleplaying.com

Maybe the most exciting news of the week is Eric Campbell will be running Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2E! Catch the teaser trailer here: https://youtu.be/3GOzzE8b3Wc

So much fantastic content, and more every week.

Drop Matthew a message via the contact button on matthewdawkins.com if you have actual plays, reviews, or game overviews you want us to profile on the blog!

Please check any of these out and let us know if you find or produce any actual plays of our games!

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Electronic Gaming!

As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is awesome! (Seriously, you need to roll 100 dice for Exalted? This app has you covered.)

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On Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).

If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue from which you bought it. Reviews really, really help us get folks interested in our amazing fiction!

Our selection includes these fiction books:

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Our Sales Partners!

We’re working with Studio2 to get Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau out into stores, as well as to individuals through their online store. You can pick up the traditionally printed main book, the screen, and the official Pugmire dice through our friends there! https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire

We’ve added Prince’s Gambit to our Studio2 catalog: https://studio2publishing.com/products/prince-s-gambit-card-game

Now, we’ve added Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition products to Studio2‘s store! See them here: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/all-products/changeling-the-lost

Scarred Lands (Pathfinder) books are also on sale at Studio2, and they have the 5e version, supplements, and dice as well!:
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/scarred-lands

Scion 2e books and other products are available now at Studio2: https://studio2publishing.com/blogs/new-releases/scion-second-edition-book-one-origin-now-available-at-your-local-retailer-or-online

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

And you can order Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, Cavaliers of Mars, and Changeling: The Lost 2e at the same link! And NOW Scion Origin and Scion Hero are available to order!

As always, you can find most of Onyx Path’s titles at DriveThruRPG.com!

The big Halloween Sale on DriveThruRPG and Storytellers Vault starts Wednesday the 16th and runs until Halloween.

Most of our Chronicles of Darkness PDFs will be on sale on both sites, plus there will be some Halloween Treats (i.e. free PDFs) hidden around the sites.

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On Sale This Week!

We’re releasing new Trinity Continuum: Aeon journals on our RedBubble store on Weds!

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Conventions!

GameHoleCon: October 31st – November 3rd
PAX Unplugged: December 6th – 8th

2020: Midwinter: January 9th – 12th

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And now, the new project status updates!

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY WEBB (projects in bold have changed status since last week):

First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)

• Exalted Essay Collection (Exalted)
• Exigents (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Many-Faced Strangers – Lunars Companion (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)
• N!ternational Wrestling Entertainment (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• Creating in the Realms of Pugmire (Realms of Pugmire)
• Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters (Chronicles of Darkness)

Redlines

• Tales of Aquatic Terror (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
• Kith and Kin (Changeling: The Lost 2e)
• Crucible of Legends (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
• Dragon-Blooded Novella #2 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Contagion Chronicle Jumpstart (Chronicles of Darkness)

Second Draft

• Across the Eight Directions (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Scion: Demigod (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Wraith20 Fiction Anthology (Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition)
• Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad (Scarred Lands)
• Pirates of Pugmire KS-Added Adventure (Realms of Pugmire)
• Contagion Chronicle: Global Outbreaks (Chronicles of Darkness)

Development

• Heirs to the Shogunate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)
• Masks of the Mythos (Scion 2nd Edition)
• TC: Aberrant Reference Screen (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• Titanomachy (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Trinity Continuum Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum Core)
• Monsters of the Deep (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
• One Foot in the Grave Jumpstart (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2e)
• Lunars Novella (Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Manuscript Approval

• Mythical Denizens (Creatures of the World Bestiary) (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Scion: Dragon (Scion 2nd Edition)
• M20 The Technocracy Reloaded (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
• Vigil Watch (Scarred Lands)
• Terra Firma (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition core rulebook (Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition)

Post-Approval Development

• Trinity Continuum: Aberrant (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)
• Scion LARP Rules (Scion)

Editing

• Lunars: Fangs at the Gate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Hunter: The Vigil 2e core (Hunter: The Vigil 2nd Edition)
• Let the Streets Run Red (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• Geist 2e Fiction Anthology (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition)
• Dragon-Blooded Novella #1 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Scion Companion: Mysteries of the World (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)
• Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• Legendlore core book (Legendlore)
• WoD Ghost Hunters (World of Darkness)

Post-Editing Development

• Chicago Folio/Dossier (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• TC: Aeon Ready-Made Characters (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)
• City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)
• Oak, Ash, and Thorn: Changeling: The Lost 2nd Companion (Changeling: The Lost 2nd)
• W20 Shattered Dreams Gift Cards (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th)
• TC: Aeon Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

Indexing

• Dystopia Rising: Evolution core (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)

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ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!

In Art Direction

• Contagion Chronicle – Sending out contracts.
• Trinity Continuum: Aberrant
• Hunter: The Vigil 2e – Sam on the fulls.
• Ex3 Lunars – Contracted.
• TCfBtS!: Heroic Land Dwellers
• Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed – Workin’ on it.
• Ex3 Monthly Stuff
• Trinity RMCs – Contracted.
• Cults of the Blood God (KS) – Contracted.
• Chicago Folio – Looking for one more artist.
• Mummy 2 (KS) – KS stuff in progress.
• City of the Towered Tombs – Contracted.
• Let the Streets Run Red – Right after Chi Folio art is in.

In Layout

• They Came from Beneath the Sea! – Template created… system chapter done.
• Dark Eras 2 – Aileen working on it.
• Trinity Continuum Aeon: Distant Worlds
• VtR Spilled Blood – In progress.
• Geist 2e Screen – Need notes from developer.

Proofing

• C20 Cup of Dreams – Heading off for WW approval today.
• M20 Book of the Fallen – Josh finishing cover.
• DR:E Threat Guide – Helnau’s Guide to Wasteland Beasties – At Eschaton for approval.
• Memento Mori – Layout proofing as art comes in.
  
  

At Press

• Trinity Core Screen – At Studio2 – shipping to backers.
• TC Aeon Screen – At Studio2 – shipping to backers.
• Trinity: In Media Res – PoD proofs coming.
• Trinity Core – At Studio2 – shipping to backers.
• Trinity Aeon – At Studio2 – shipping to backers.
• V5: Chicago – Printing.
• Aeon Aexpansion – Prepping for PoD.
• DR:E Jumpstart – PoD proof ordered.
• W20 Art Book – Backer PDF out to backers, PoD proof ordered.
• Geist 2e (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition) – Getting print files ready.
• DRE Screen – Getting print files prepped.

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

Today is the five year anniversary of Impish Ian Watson’s line of Social Justice Classes t-shirts, with Social Justice Paladin and Social Justice Wizard being particular favorites. You can find them at:
https://www.redbubble.com/…/c…/328337-social-justice-classes Congrats, Ian!

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