Matt Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lore-Faux-Book-Mockup-Revised.png Thrilled to be able to say that the Kickstarter for the Deluxe M20 Lore of the Traditions starts this Tuesday, the 18th of January, at 2pm EST! The thrill really comes from the fact that we weren’t sure we’d be able to even do another M20 book, but the gang at Paradox were cool with it – so here we come! Our team have done a great job of breaking out each Tradition into its own focused chapter, and really digging into all the lore for each one going all the way back to first edition – in proper 20th Anniversary style! Of course, you’ll get the chance to read through those chapters once you back, so I’m sure the comments will fly hot and heavy. Mage: The Ascension fans being so shy and retiring, you know! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Loboyko_Squeaks-in-the-Deep.jpgSqueaks in the Deep art by Pat Loboyko Like I like to do in the first MMN talking about a new crowd-funding campaign, is relate to the start of the project, and/or of the game line. In Mage‘s case, it was the first of the WoD first edition core books I was able to visually design and art direct from the start and see through to publication, so the game always has a special place in my heart. While the writing was being fought over, we quickly saw the gold and purple coloring as the main theme visually, and we had Joshua Gabriel Timbrook’s concept sketches to help narrow down the visuals for each Tradition. After designing the symbols for Vampire: The Masquerade 2nd Edition, Mage 1st Edition got both Tradition symbols and two-page spreads for each Tradition right from the get-go. We were actually waiting for Josh to deliver his final inked Tradition piece of art for those two-page spreads as the Fedex truck pulled up. Josh needed to finish inking and we had to drop the art into the layout – and then get the physical page files in a big package out to the printer. But the Fedex guy had a route and a timetable. Fortunately, Chris McDonough and Travis Williams, and I think Stew Wieck himself, were able to talk (and talk and talk) the driver into hanging out until we had the package ready! So you see, a lot of blood, sweat, and even tears (of frustration, at least), went into that first pass on the Traditions – and here we are able to present this latest – potentially the ultimate – depiction of them all with M20: Lore of the Traditions! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SamDenmark_Operatives-Dossier.jpgOperatives Dossier art by Sam Denmark Tradition Says We Had A Meeting Today… …which we have done for pretty much every Monday for a decade! Today, in addition to the Kickstarter review and talk, we also ran through the 10th Anniversary focus on Dystopia Rising: Evolution this month. More things coming, like the DR:E fiction anthology An Exquisite Corpse going on sale on Wednesday, and our Onyx Pathcast crew focusing on Zombie media and DR:E in this upcoming Friday’s show. Of course, the big news is that the DR:E core book PDF is now on sale for 10% of its cover price in honor of the 10th Anniversary: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/283402/Dystopia-Rising-Evolution That 90% off, btw. And we are doing the same with the rest of the DR:E books starting next week – except for An Exquisite Corpse, because that’s new and only getting released this week. Plus, our friends at Studio2 also have the traditionally printed hardcover core book and Screen on sale over at their site! Check it out below under Studio2! Then next month, we’ll do more celebration, but with a different game line. Each month, all through the year! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DAC_PrometheusUnbound.jpgPrometheus Unbound art by Digital Art Chefs We’re starting to set up the panels and games we’ll be officially running at the 3rd Onyx Path Virtual Convention, and we are really just starting to discuss that. So now is a good time, if you have any suggestions, to please feel free to make them! Here in the comments, on our Discord, or any of our other social media venues. We love knowing what you’re interested in! Speaking of other online media, there’s a new Twitch show that Eddy and Danielle Lauzon are doing together called Lunch and Crunch! Its first show is Tuesday the 18th at 12 noon EST, and in it they will focus their game-making and system-crunching powers to look at Storypath System game design. It promises to be an in-depth but irreverent dialogue between two of the most experienced Storypath designers we have! And with that, I am outta here until next week or I see ya at the M20 Lore of the Traditions KS! Until either of those occur, thanks for joining us for: Ten Years, Many Worlds, One Path! BLURBS! Kickstarter! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lore-Video-Splash.png The campaign for the Mage 20th: Lore of the Traditions starts at 2pm EST on Tuesday, January 18th! Until that happens, you can sign up for this preKS page so we can automatically alert you when the KS goes live! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/lore-of-the-traditions-for-the-mage-20th-anniversary-ttrpg Onyx Path Media! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/onyx_pathcast6a.jpg This week: Zombie Media and Dystopia Rising: Evolution! The Trio take a long, hungry look at how you can bring your favorite zombie media into DR:E, and vice versa! As always, this Friday’s Onyx Pathcast will be on Podbean or your favorite podcast venue! https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/ Onyx Path Media now has its own blog on Tuesdays! We’ll continue posting our highlight of the week here, but Tuesday will be the day to visit if you want to catch up on actual plays, interviews, deep dives, and other assorted Onyx Path media! Please check out our attached media schedule for the impressive number of videos on our Twitch channel this week! In particular, keep those eyes open for our Storypath Showcase, where we give an excellent profile of our various Storypath games and how to play them! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2-OPPScheduleJan18-24GRAF-1024x576.png MEDIA HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK:The Story Told RPG Podcast have been creating fantastic episodes of their Exalted Dragon-Blooded actual play podcast for a long time now and are now approaching the end of season three with a series of epilogues. Check out their full catalogue of episodes and feel free to start from the beginning and follow their troupes adventures from the start right here: https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/ http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2-OPPScheduleJan18-24-1024x576.png Come take a look at our YouTube channel, youtube.com/user/theonyxpath, where you can find a whole load of videos of actual plays, dissections of our games, and more. Please subscribe and click the bell icon if you want to be notified whenever new news videos and uploads come online! Virtual Tabletop! The first of our official sheets designed for Foundry VTTis now available! As they say: Direct Link: https://foundryvtt.com“Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a self-hosted roleplaying platform with support for hundreds of game systems with modern features and a developer-friendly API. Foundry VTT is a one-time purchase where your players connect for free using a web browser.” http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/eric_donner_image-825x1024.png We’re offering first the character sheet for Scion Origin and Hero, featuring: A whole platform as a new place for Storyguides and Players Fully integrated and up to date character sheet Familiar to users of the paper sheet Handles all needed rolls Officially created and supported More VTT offering and projects will be arriving this year! A Quantum Leap (A Trinity Continuum: Jumpstart),The Adventures of Teen Tomorrow (A Trinity Continuum: Aberrant Jumpstart),Quantum Entanglement (A Trinity Continuum: Aeon Jumpstart),are all on Astral TableTop. Also on Astral TableTop is the Secret of Vinsen’s Tomb for Realms of Pugmire! Check out Astral TableTop for two free projects: Scion 2E: A Light Extinguished and Scarred Lands: Gauntlet of Spiragos and this Dagger of Spiragos module for sale: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/336406/Dagger-of-Spiragos-5e–Astral-VTT On DrivethruRPG, here is the main filter for all of our current VTT content:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing?filters=0_0_0_45317_0 A few highlights of our platform agnostic DTRPG content:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309127/Scarred-Lands-Creature-Collection-VTT-Token-Packhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/317690/Trinity-Continuum-Hunt-for-the-Red-Widow-VTThttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/340327/Trinity-Continuum-Aeon-VTT-Tokenshttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/311578/Scarred-Lands-VTT-Separation-Anxietyhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/311580/Scion-2e-VTT-Origin-Signature-Tokenshttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/311579/Scion-2e-VTT-Hero-Signature-Tokens Our Sales Partners! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/logo.png We’re working with Studio2 to provide our traditionally printed books out into your local game stores. Game stores can order via their usual distributors, and can also contact Studio2 directly. And individuals can check out our projects via the links below! 50% off Dystopia Rising: Evolution Hardcover corebook and screen on S2 is live now:https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/iprlogo.png Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books, dice, and screens? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/ http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DriveThruRPG.png As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com! Today starts our 10th Anniversary Sale on the Dystopia Rising: Evolution corebook in PDF for 10% of the cover price! That’s 90% off! 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). http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Fiction-Wave-5-1024x382.png On Sale This Week! http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Prometheus-Unbound.png This Wednesday the secrets of the Psi Orders can be revealed in Trinity Continuum: Aeon’s Prometheus Unbound In Advance PDF format on DTRPG! Psions united for humanity’s future! Prometheus Unbound expands the Trinity Continuum: Æon setting by diving into the inner workings, goals, and attitudes of the psi orders. Headed by proxies with powerful visions of the future, the psi orders are united in ensuring humanity’s prosperity but differ on the details. Inside, you will find: Detailed information on all eight psi orders, including their structure, organization, politics, projects, and goals. An overview of the important people within the orders, their allies and enemies, how they relates to each other, and what threats each order must overcome. Guidance for running campaigns focusing on specific psi orders, how such stories interact with other organizations, and the challenges players will face.Deeper examination of psi powers, their potential and limitations, including flexible systems to allow players to generate their own spectacular effects!Rules and descriptions of new technologies used by each psi order. http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DRE-Exquisite-Corpse.jpg Plus, in honor of this month’s dedication to Dystopia Rising Evolution: Exquisite Corpse, the fiction anthology for DR:E shambles through its post-apocalyptic landscape to bring tales of horror and heroism to DTRPG on Weds.! In PDF/epub and PoD versions! No one knows how long it’s been since the world was blasted with nuclear radiation and became infested with undead. The survivors of the Fall were the first strain of deviation from the human condition and were able to make it through the rapidly spreading epidemic. Finding a community of decent size in this world is rare; finding one with any concept of equality or morality is rarer still. Oh, and people have the unnerving ability to come back from the dead, regrown from the very virus that destroyed the world. Over the course of these 16 stories, learn what it’s like to live in a devastated world populated with the undead. Welcome to the Evolution. http://theonyxpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TC-Assassin-3D-Mockup.png Remember: the Pre-Order page for Trinity Continuum: Assassins is open on DTRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/379041 Conventions! Because dates for physical conventions are subject to change due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, we don’t yet have a list of upcoming physical conventions. Instead, keep an eye out here for more virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with! Right now, we’re planning our first plans for the 3rd Onyx Path Virtual Con later this year. Can we pull it all together a third time? Wait and see! And now, the new project status updates! Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Development Status from Eddy Webb! (Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production): Second+ Draft TC: Aberrant – With Great Power Eddy: Some personal problems delayed things, but now things are moving ahead to final drafts. Manuscript Approval Scion 2e – No Gods, No Masters Eddy: Writers kept falling off this project, which delayed things, but we now have enough of the manuscript in hand that we can start approving it. Editing TC: Core – (Tasty Bit) Polyphemus Eddy: Asked for a moderately-large rewrite to help dial in the material, and the team knocked it out of the park! It’s zooming through milestones now. Indexing Hunter: The Vigil 2e Dixie: Hunter: The Vigil 2e’s index came in over the weekend and once again Sarah Herrick has done an amazing job! We rely on our indexers to organize the information in the back of the book in an accessible way, and their work is as important as any other step in the process. (Also, they almost always catch a few typos we and the errata process didn’t!) Art Direction from Mike Chaney! In Art Direction M20 Victorian – AD’d. Aileen is up for doing the layout… which is a relief as the layout queue up until July is gonna be hectic.TC: Assassin – Completely AD’d. I’ve seen sketches for several pieces already.Mage20 Lore of the Traditions (KS) – Last bits done up… KS launches on Tuesday. CtL2e: Kith and Kin – Amended art notes in.EX3 Exigents (KS) – KS art rolling… contracted out fulls and halves for KS.TCFBtG! Tales of Depravity – Art notes in. Dead Man’s Rust – Artists contacted… artnotes going out. In Layout Squeaks in the Deep – Layout happening, symbols being made. Animal Encounters They Came From Tasty Bit – Yeah… I’m working on it. Had to get all the stuff from end of 2021 PoD’d out last week. Proofing M20 Operatives Dossier – Missing artwork working… I’m going over the layout proof.TCFBtG! Heroes in a World of Horror – Reviewing 2nd proof. At Press M20 Technocracy Reloaded – Deluxe printing soon.Mummy 2e – Printing soon. Mummy 2e Screen – Printing. Deviant – Printing soon.Deviant Screen – Printing.Technocracy Reloaded Screen – Printing.TGFBtG! Screen – Printing. WoD Ghost Hunters – Printing Soon.WoD Ghost Hunters Screen – Printing.Legendlore – Trad printing finished, shipping to fulfillment shipper.Legendlore Screen – Printing. M20 Rich Bastards Guide – PoD proof ordered.TC: Aeon Novella: Dawn – PoD proof arrived.TC: Aeon Novella: Meridian – PoD proof arrived.They Came From Beyond the Grave! – Trad printing finished, shipping to fulfillment shipper.Ghost Hunters Jumpstart and RMCs – Backer PDF garnering errata.They Came From Camp Murder Lake! – Waiting to order PoD proofs.Hundred Devils Night Parade – PoD proofs ordered.Trinity Continuum: Assassins pre-order is live on DTRPG. TC: Prometheus Unbound – Advance PDF on sale Weds on DTRPG! Dystopia Rising Evolution fiction: Exquisite Corpse – PDF/electronic and PoD versions on sale Weds on DTRPG! Today’s Reason to Celebrate! Here in the US, today we have a national holiday honoring the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.. We celebrate his efforts during his life, and the man whose “legacy’s call is clear: deliver justice for the poor, protect those targeted by hate, defend the freedom to vote, and demand that our leaders fight current malice as the best bulwark against future harm.” It’s also the late Betty White’s birthday, which a lot of people are celebrating, too, it seems. View the full article View full record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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