Author: Matthew McFarland

  • [Changeling 20th]Anthology All-Call

    [Changeling 20th]Anthology All-Call

    Greetings, aspiring writers of Changeling-related fiction. I want your words. Here’s what you need to know: The anthology is going to include 10 stories, about 5000 words each. I haven’t hired anyone to write for it yet. I haven’t even decided if I’m going to write one (hint: I probably will, which would mean there are…

  • [Beast]Ready-Made Characters

    [Beast]Ready-Made Characters

    Heya, folks. Matt here (briefly). The Beast Ready-Made Characters are now in art direction, and the author of said characters, Hayley Margules, was kind enough to take some questions about her writing process over on the OPP forums. Here are the answers. Enjoy!

  • [Promethean]Transmutations

    [Promethean]Transmutations

    So, Transmutations. The “kewl powerz” of the Promethean set. Let’s talk about them. In Promethean‘s first edition, Transmutations worked more or less like the powers in other White Wolf games; they had a linear progression (though you could buy them out of sequence for an additional experience cost), and they covered a lot of the bases:…

  • [Promethean]Ramblin’

    [Promethean]Ramblin’

    One of my favorite bits of Promethean is the Ramble. In case you don’t know, the Ramble is simply the tale of a Promethean’s Pilgrimage, a story summing up their experiences on the road to the New Dawn. I’ve been taken with the idea of Prometheans exchanging letters, constantly relating their Rambles to a disparate throng…

  • [Promethean]Milestones

    I couldn’t find a shot of Mark when he gets the idea to “save the Empire” at the end of the movie, but this one is pretty good for my purposes. If you’ve never seen Empire Records, don’t worry about it. OK, so, it’s been a good long freaking while since we’ve done a Promethean preview, and…

  • [Promethean]Into the Furnace!

    [Promethean]Into the Furnace!

    Lots going on this week. Exalted 3rd out to backers, Beast out to backers, some kind of big Paradox-related news yesterday…easy to get lost in the shuffle. I strolled on over to the Promethean forums yesterday, and noted that I said I’d put a preview up, like, months ago, and then got busy with (among other things) developing Promethean…

  • Day 5: The Firestorm Chronicle

    Day 5: The Firestorm Chronicle

    Onyx Path’s Month of Nightmares features games, stories, and more to celebrate the spirit of Halloween. Count down the days with us by reading our excerpts, participating in the discussion, or by taking advantage of our special offers leading up to a haunted Halloween. This is from “Some Running Night,” by Tanya Cohen-Diaz, which is…

  • Dark Eras Progress Report

    Dark Eras Progress Report

    You get a Dark Eras update if you can answer me these questions three. No, not really. So, here’s the deal with Dark Eras. It’s progressing more or less on schedule, as is the Dark Eras Companion, but “more or less” is an important distinction. Dark Eras is a weird project because a) it’s huge and b) rather than having…

  • [Demon]Storyteller’s Guide

    [Demon]Storyteller’s Guide

    I haven’t talked about Demon for a while, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been on my mind. Originally Rose was going to develop the Demon Storyteller’s Guide, but scheduling issues and so forth meant that it landed with me instead. She did the initial outlining, and I hired authors (including some folks who responded to the…

  • [Beast]Revisions

      Heya, Matt here. So, first of all, I want to thank all (as of this writing) 1149 folks who have backed Beast. Your support means everything to the project, not just in the form of your hard-earned cash, but also in the form of the comments and discussion here. It’s been a real pleasure…