In the category of “things to be grateful for”, we have the fact that Fast Eddy Webb was not killed by terrorists as he watched the WWE in Atlanta. As we understand it, there was a threat made about the event.
So that’s a good thing.
The Eddy not being dead part, not the threatening.
Yes, it’s the time of the year where we here at Onyx Path give up some thanks for our Thanksgiving holiday here in the US (which we’ll be celebrating Thursday and I hear some of us might take Friday off too!) I’ll slide in a few comments about how stuff is going here along with them, too.
To start with, I’m thankful that things are starting off great with our friends at the new White Wolf Publishing as we piece together a new working relationship with a team that truly is excited and cares about the two World of Darknesses and Exalted.
- Fast Eddy Webb sez: “I’m thankful for a community that’s excited and enthusiastic about Onyx Path trying new things like Pugmire.”
I remain thankful that Onyx can work with both new talented folks and with long-time creators like Andy Trabbold who illustrated the full page piece of art from Mage: the Awakening 2nd that heads up this blog.
- Multi-talented Monica Valentinelli (upcoming Hunter: the Vigil 2nd Edition developer and marketing maven) suggests: “I’m grateful that we have the opportunity to be transparent in the way we create games, and that we can include fans in that process.”
I’m very thankful that I can have a chat with a guy who makes plush dolls, switch to a Skype call with Stew Wieck about our Scarred Lands Kickstarter, email Steve Secchi, my old client for Talislanta, just to catch up after 20 years, send Eddy some Pugmire symbols for the rulebook, run through V20 Lore of the Clans tweaks with Martin from WWP, discuss both the StoryPath system and Scion with Neall, and send out quote requests to our printers for Changeling 20th all in one afternoon. What a job!
- Rollickin’ Rose Bailey is thankful for: “Cavaliers of Mars moving forward.”
We have so many talented creators we work with without whose efforts none of our projects would be possible, and I am thankful every day that I get to work with these maniacs. From the freelance artists, writers, editors, designers, and developers, and our friends like the Wrecking Crew, Dead Gamers’ Society, By Night Studios, and Nocturnal Media, to our Onyx Path crew, the sheer effort everyone puts forth because they love this business is staggering.
- Mighty Matt McElroy yells in from his DTRPG desk: “I’m thankful for the awesome team at Onyx Path that makes these projects come to life and the fans that tell their stories with them.”
I’m thankful that Onyx Path has been able to accomplish our big goal of revitalizing the two Worlds of Darkness with 2nd and 20th Anniversary Editions, and to deliver, finally, a version of Exalted whose rules both work and which complement the setting. We have a lot more to deliver with these game lines, but to the point: today I almost never hear the oft-repeated cry of several years ago that “White Wolf Is Dead”.
- Impish Ian Watson affably adds: “I’m thankful the community’s being patient with us while we put together a Trinity Continuum we can be proud of.”
You can also hear our Impish friend chat about Onyx Path and Wraith: the Oblivion in this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5mLqR2Sxk
I’m thankful for the many friends I’ve made in these decades of making tabletop RPGs, who contacted me with their concerns and ideas for Onyx Path after the news about Paradox buying the WW IPs came out and nobody knew what was going on. Good feelings and good ideas there, and they were all appreciated, even if things are looking excellent right now.
- Lovely Lisa Thomas is thankful for: “My first full year at Onyx Path and the opportunity to work with such a great team.”
I was almost not going to include this because I say it all the time, but you folks make it worth it every single freakin’ day that we do what we do. So I’m saying it again, I’m thankful for our amazing, impassioned, and vocal community of players and fans. You folks!
And here we go: tell me of those things you are thankful for in the comments here. Personal, professional, gaming…lay them on me. And if you are not all about exposing your personal thoughts about this, how about telling me what your favorite character is thankful for? Be as obscure in your references as you like.
I’ll start: my monk, Lupo Vossi, from the Bellaluna Pathfinder campaign Justin Achilli runs at odd intervals through the year, is thankful that the non-violent priest he was bodyguarding finally went to his just deserts while Lupo was paralyzed. (Lupo was forgiven by his bishop). Now Lupo can actually use his maneuverability and get stuck in without having to wait to see what incredibly stupid thing the priest might be trying, like trying to mediate between two factions firing crossbows while standing between them. Madonna!
BLURBS!
SALES!
This Black Friday, DTRPG will have the Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition PDF on sale for 50% off, and on the following Cyber-Monday, DTRPG will have the W20 Book of the Wyrm PDF also 50% off! All weekend there will be other deals and sales of our books as well!
Expect something special on Dec 25th, as we lead up through the 12 Days of Onyx Christmas, coming next month!
KICKSTARTER!
And this KS is OVAH! Thanks to all our backers and especially those who sent in pics of their Achievements! It’s going to be a gorgeous book!
Coming in December…the Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Kickstarter!
ON SALE!
M20 How Do You DO That? is coming to DTRPG in PDF and PoD versions!
Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition PDF & Standard and Premium PoD physical book editions are NOW AVAILABLE on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149562/Mage-the-Ascension-20th-Anniversary-Edition
The Pugmire Pamphlet we had available at Gen Con is now ready for PDF download. Read about the world of Pugmire from the enthusiastic and optimistic pen of Princess Yosha Pug, as well as notes from the gruff and worldly hunter Pan Daschund: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/153518/Pugmire-Gen-Con-Brochure
There are also six Pugmire posters available as free PDFs or $.99 physical posters, suitable for framing:
- Spike Mutt: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150845/Spike-Mutt-Pugmire-Poster-6
- Pan Dachshund: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150844/Pan-Dachshund-Pugmire-Poster-5
- Jack Rat-Terrier: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150944/Jack-RatTerrier-Pugmire-Poster-4
- Sgt. Leo Bulldog: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150843/Sgt-Leo-Bulldog-Pugmire-Poster-3
- Princess Yosha Pug: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149750/Princess-Yosha-Pug-Pugmire-Poster-2
- Sister Picassa Collie: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148516/Sister-Picassa-Collie-Pugmire-Poster-1
Start spreading the Code of Man!
CONVENTIONS!
We’re one of the Contributing Sponsors at Midwinter Con this year this January in Milwaukee! RichT, Fast Eddy Webb, and Newlywed Neall Raemonn Price will be there at our booth as well as running demo games of Scion and Pugmire. We’ll be talking more about panels, but I think you can count on a Pugmire one and a Scion/StoryPath System one, at least. In the meantime, check out the show here: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/
And now, the new project status updates!
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
- M20 Book of Secrets (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- CtL anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)
- Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition
- Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)
- Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)
- Scion: Alpha (Scion 2nd Edition Playtest Alpha Slice)
Redlines
- Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)
- Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition
- Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)
- V20 Ready Made Characters (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Cavaliers of Mars
Second Draft
- Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Beast Ready Made Characters (Beast: the Primordial)
- WtF The Pack (Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition)
- Beast Fiction Anthology (Beast: the Primordial)
- Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- WtA Kinfolk (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
Development
- StoryPath System Rules (Base rules set for Scion and the Trinity Continuum)
- Scarred Lands Player’s Guide: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- W20 Changing Ways (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
- nWoD Hurt Locker (World of Darkness 2nd Edition)
- VtM Lore of the Bloodlines (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Dark Eras Companion (nWod Dark Eras)
- W20 Shattered Dreams (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
Editing
- W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Dark Eras Expansions (nWod Dark Eras)
- Secrets of the Covenants (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)
- M20 Anthology (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
Post-Editing Development:
- Cursed Necropolis: Rio (Mummy: the Curse)
- V20 Ghouls (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- V20 Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:
In Art Direction
- V20 Ghouls – Awaiting text.
- W20 Shattered Dreams – KS completed.
- Mage: the Awakening Second – Getting more art in.
- Promethean: the Created Second – Last of the finals rolling in.
- Scarred Lands PG – contracted.
- Dark Eras – Getting in photos for backer likenesses.
- Pugmire Early Access – contracted.
In Layout
- Dreams of Avarice – in proofing.
- Demon STG – Second Proof out today.
- Guide to the Black Hand – Working on it.
- NWoD 2 – At Paradox for approval.
- NWoD 2 Cards – Once NWoD 2 is done.
- Clan Novel Assamite (PoD and epub update) – Awaiting PoD files to clear.
- Clan Novel Ventrue (PoD and epub update) – Proofing.
Proofing
- Ex 3 Anthology – Awaiting formatted file.
- V20 Lore of the Clans – Making all the requested changes.
- Beast: The Primordial – Matt’s working on the errata and marking up the PDF.
- Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Devs working on notating changes to a clean PDF to send to me and Maria for review. Art corrections are in progress. Unique Charm Compilation Reward backers continue to send in their ideas for the Charms that the team will be creating for them.
At Press
- M20 – Deluxes printing (Screen is finished and awaiting book).
- M20 How Do You Do That ?!? – Waiting for PoD proof.
Special- projects on hold in the art and production area until an external factor is resolved
- Wraith 20 – Can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky.
- Pentex Employee Indoctrination Manual – Some added and amended text needs to come in.
TODAY’S REASON TO DRINK: MST3K Turkey Day Marathon streaming all day Thursday. Gamera is a friend to all children.
Wow, I really like that Mage 2E art. Definitely excited (and thankful) to see that book coming along.
Good to hear!
Those kids at school, they tease you, Kenny, because they’ve never tasted Hell. Today, we turn the tables.
(I’m Canadian, but Thanksgiving MST3K is something we can all be thankful for. Also Onyx Path!)
I hear it is Canadian Columbus Day up there. Good enough for an MST3K marathon!
The second proof for demon, is that the pdf proof or does it still have to get to paradox for a once over? I’m getting irked over paradox if it takes them this long to approve a single book. Like they’re trying to drag their heels into the new year.
This is their first time going over a book for approval. I’m sure once we all get used to the new setup, it’ll go much smoother.
Still has to go to Black Hat Matt for any additional changes and the page xx’s.
Please don’t read conspiracy into folks trying to work out a new system for approvals that gives everybody involved what they need. Thanks!
Gamera is really neat, Gamera is made of meat. We love Gamera!
Kenny!
Whoo Pugmire! Very excited to get my hands and the game and take it for a spin.
I’m thankful that it appears things are shaping up well with Paradox. I’ve been concerned about that since the announcement, and every update seems to bring more good news.
So far, things are coming together well. No matter what, Pugmire wouldn’t be affected by our relationship with Paradox/WWP
Since you can’t bold deleted lines, am I right in thinking that Promethean 2e has finished development and is now entirely in art and layout? And that the main Dark Eras book is also out of development and into art and layout?
If I am right, yay! Really looking forward to both of those.
Correct, once they are truly done a stage they move into the next, and writing/editing is followed by art/layout. Thanks!
It’s funny you should bring up both MST3K and Gamera. I just found a Kickstarter to revive the show at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k?ref=hero and I bought the “Gamera Legacy” DVD set a few weeks ago (I’m only four out of 11 films in).
Thanks for the heads-up about the sales. I bought Requiem 2nd back when it was still the “Strix Chronicle” but I’ll definitely look into “Book of the Wyrm”. 🙂
Yes, I pledged on the first day and while I’d love to see the old gang in various combinations get back together if they could do an episode here and there, Joel’s plans for hosts and robots and bads sound pretty interesting.
About Scion. Would it be okay to ask about a recap of where we stand? Wasn’t there a change in the team? If so, how does it impact what Joe had said so far about his goals and core concept?
Thanks in advance.
Joe isn’t the developer any more; I’m the dev. I could recap what’s going on in a bit, I suppose.
Hi Neal!
If you wouldn’t mind. I know I would appreciate it. At least in terms of the game itself. Joe had said quite a lot about his goals and the pantheons he intended to include for example. I would just like to know if I should expect a continuation of that or a new approach. I am fine either way. You have to do what you feel you need in order to deliver in quality. I’d just like an idea. If you would.
Dunno if you’ve seen it, but there’s a whole “Ask Neall” thread on the Scion forum that Neall has been answering questions in. It’s pretty good for covering a lot of your questions here.
Oh? I guess I’ll have look. I’ve mainly been using this very blog as my source of knowledge.
Got a wiki compiling what Neall (and Joe before him) have revealed on 2e to date: http://www.ttrarchive.com/store/index.php?title=Scion_2E:_What_We_Know
Very handy- thanks!
Thanks a lot for the link! I shall read this right away!
Ok Rich, roger that:
I’m thankful for my group of friends, wich whom i’m actually playing tabletop rpgs (after 10 years).
I’m thankful for having some mental peace, after a couple of rough years. More importantly for my wonderful family.
I’m thankful for today’s walking dead episode ;)… Ohh and i’m thankful for the onyxpath marvelous work and the new wwp deserved recognition.
Ohh and for the Steam controller, playing Castlevania with your keyboard it’s hell.
A very nice range of things and people to appreciate!
I am thankful for having the chance to bring together a great group of players. While some members come and go, the core of their ranks remain consistent and are willing to save me from eternal GM hell.
I never have a game with these guys that I can’t wring some enjoyment out of. My best roleplaying memories are with them. I had the privilege of bringing them into the World of Darkness when I chose to ST a Vampire: the Requiem game for them. I am thankful they gave me the chance to do so after we had a rather awful experience just before that with Mage: the Awakening under a first time ST.
Now I’m getting the honor of bringing my friends into my love for Exalted, and I am so very thankful that Third Edition has been an edition I could feel proud to introduce them to.
Glad to hear it about EX3, and I agree, a solid gaming group can get you through some crazy times!
I am thankful for Mage20, and how it gave me a chance to coer– I mean, *convince* a group of fine folks to subm– I mean *join* me in playing the first White Wolf game that truly changed how I see the world.
It has been an unexpectedly wild ride that has suddenly taken a very strange direction, as they build a spy car out of a german sedan. I swear I did not know a brief and unpredictable encounter with some slightly offended technocrats would get them this antsy!
It has been a fantastic year, so I am also thankful for finding and regularly meeting to play with these crazy mofos.
And finally, yes, I am thankful for you, Rich, and the entire Onyx Path family, for being excellent, all in all. Cheers!
Well, you are most welcome and very cool to hear about your M20 inductees!
Though not an American, let me just say in the Thanksgiving spirit that I am also thankful that things between Onyx Path and White Wolf are working out! You guys at Onyx Path have been doing an utterly outstanding job with the World of Darkness and I would love to see it continue!
Things are certainly moving along in a good way. Thanks!
Changeling 20.
In December? What fresh hell is this????
Couldn’t you guys have chosen a month with the possibilities for more spare cash? Christmas is going to leave me strapped for cash as it is.
January is at least just the fallout from the Holidays, but my bank account is going to be reeling as it is?….
Bah. Humbug.
You’re doing it wrong – you need to get cash for Christmas and hoard it waiting for cool things like the C20 KS. Not spending it on other people! Pshaw!
So about C20, how much would it cost to have covers made of real stained glass?
What? It’s completely unfeasible and likely to be disastrous to ship? That’s Autumn People talk!
Looking into the possibilities of that sort of idea with my printer for a C20 Ultra Deluxe. We’ll just have to see what’s possible.
That is Autumn People Talk.
Not in the US here but thankful for a lot of things; In terms of gaming I’m thankful for a really great E3! Also for the other posters in the forum – I learn a lot from there!
Something character-wise? Easy. My VtM Lasombra who’s been played through from DA and has existed for years and years – He’s thankful for Abyssal sorcery and his Infernal contracts (Yes, plural) as he’s a devious creep and somehow manages to always come out on top; he’s especially thankful for his debased Garou minions. Cultivating a Rev family over centuries through Ghouldom, Dominate and Abyssal sorcery really does give you the warm and fuzzies. Especially if their changers. 🙂
Ugh. “they’re”. Work speed posting failure. 🙂
Love the Lasombra!
Well, I’d say that the not being dead thing is a great one to be thankful about. I would say also that I am thankful to see Scion stir again. I am thankful to Richt for being here every week to entertain us and keep us posted. I am thankful someone realized it was a crime the these licences were not used in other media and finally bought them with the full intent to do something about it. I am thankful for the moral endurence of the OP team who have continued on even if many of us homids can be quite insensitive at times.
I am thankful to have such a great community to come back to every week. Happy thanksgiving everyone!
And thank you!
Hope we will see some news on WtF : The pack soon.
It is in process and in Second Draft stage according to our Update here.
I am deeply thankful to be alive and to be getting my deluxe Vampire Dark Ages from the post office later today. I am also thankful that C20 is next month. My character, an Ecuadorian pest controller who is descended from a Brazilian wandering spider, is thankful that nobody has yet twigged he isn’t human, and for the abandoned and flooded silver mine which he found in the jungle and which makes a perfect Sylie. Bastet, Garou and especially Ratkin KEEP OUT!
I’m thankful that OPP has such a great team that I look at my wallet and cry when I think about all the books I want to buy and play. I also wait with baited breath for nWoD 2e. I need it in my life!
Thanks so much- they are a fantastic bunch to work with!
nWoD2 nearly approved!!! Cannot wait to get that one! Hopefully approvals at the new WWP go quickly!
Getting close!
Hunter the Vigil 2nd edition stealthly confirmed? or was it already? Anyway, this might put to ease some of the NWoD axing rumors. 🙂
Also, UHUU! More Hunter. 😀
It was confirmed at GenCon I believe.
Ah, I see some second edition Mage art! Could this be deliberately whetting our fangs–errr, acting as a teaser to keep us hyped for the release? I do think so…
One mustn’t rush greatness, but…no seriously, do hurry up, I needed a copy of this book over three months ago, I must run a tabletop game! >;[
Ya think? 🙂
I’m excited to see a Forsaken 2E supplement come out! Are we going to get a peek before it’s released?
That’s up to Sterling Stew Wilson, the developer.
I’m thankful for Onyx Path and nWoD. I’m thankful that someone writing something that is entirely and blessedly fictional can inspire me to reinvigorate my love of history. I’m thankful that they can also inspire me to pick up the pen as an author instead of an academic for the first time since grade school and push me to writing something worth reading. I’m thankful that they have an open door policy when it comes to freelancers so that one day I may get to look at things from the other side of the sourcebook page.
All of these are little things that I’m greatful for, and there are much bigger ones in my life like family, good health, and an awesome job. But the little things matter, and they have helped push my mental health from good to great! That’s worth the thankfulness and the thanks.
You are very welcome and yes, isn’t it great when one thing in your life build up or upon another like that? One of the things Eddy and I often talk about is how to stay open to other possibilities in your life even while working intently on projects because nothing we do exists in a vacuum. I took a break from painting a few years ago, was just feeling frustrated with my efforts, and painted up some miniatures including a Blood Bowl team, and just doing that gave me ideas for how to technically approach 2-D painting and drawing and got me revved up again for illustration. And that’s an example of two close experiences, never mind the far out ones that shouldn’t connect, but do.
It’s somewhat late and there in Hungary we haven’t a Thanksgiving Day, however, I’m thankful about the positive hints about WWP and for OPP for bringing back to life the games which have been always resonating very deep in me.
Simply, the good ‘ol world won’t be the same place without books and enthusiastic people about cWoD, our glorious, beautifull, horrific and magical twin.
Very cool and I think you will have much to enjoy in the years to come!
2nd Edition Mage the Awakening is the next big item on my wish list. Very happy to see that getting towards the end of the line.
Me too!
Damn, so many things to be thankful for! Let’s start with:
– MAGE 2e!! Oh baby, my body is ready.
– My chapter of Shattered Dreams (War of Dragons) was revealed on the KS, and people (seemed to have) liked it! /relief
– On that note, I am incredibly, indescribably thankful to have written on not one but TWO WoD books. Seriously, that is something that teenage-me could only have DREAMED about. 😀
– Lastly, I have a craft beer advent calendar, and I am counting down the days to Dec 1st.
All in all, good times!
Yeah! And congrats and I almost splurged on the whisky version of that advent calendar.
I hope someone who cares about you reads this and gets the hint, RichT!
There’s still time!
Seriously, though, next time I am TOTALLY going doing a whiskey-vent calendar. Merry Scotch-mas!
My dad passed away this week, but I am trying to flip the grief and say that I am thankful for the little time we had together, and that I will always cherish e wry moment we had.
Ad astro, pater.
Sorry, Rick. Hang in there.
I’m grateful for Onyx Path. I move through a world of work and mundane obligations. I’m not getting any younger and sometimes feel like I don’t know who the person in the mirror is anymore. But when I sit down with friends and step into the world of darkness I feel a vital energy and imagination return. Sometimes I only feel alive when I’m playing the dead. Thanks again and again for keeping this amazing world going for us.
Very true. It is very cool to dive into the world of imagination again after long/hard/mundane days. Thanks!
I’m thankful that RichT responded to my Kickstarter gripe right away (and not, as I explicitly TOLD him to do, AFTER the turkey feast day)! I mean, he and the rest of Onyx Path are a treasure no matter what… I mean, DUH!
Further, family who feel like friends and friends that really are family, reasonably good health after nearly 25 years of World of Darkness, and my high-speed internet connexion are all worth thankfulness. Also, I hope that the rest of all y’all have a very best weekends, whether you’re giving thanks or not!