Onyx Path To Go Towards the Light!

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Hello, my Onyx Path Publishing community!

As we start this new spring month, it is a glorious time of renewal. And your pals at Onyx Path are not immune to the warming breezes and glinting sun. In fact, we’re inspired as we look at the amazing successes of our own family-friendly Pugmire and that zany Yo! Ho! Pirate game 7th Sea to wonder if maybe the whole “we’re walking down a dark path in the dark” thing has run its course.

I mean, even though there’s a huge amount of both bathos and pathos (and Athos and Aramis) in the saga of our uplifted dogs wondering when their human creators will return (and wondering if it was their fault because they were Bad Dogs) I’m pretty sure we’ve had such overwhelming support for the game because dogs are cute and funny. At least, some people on the internet said that was the case.

Now, this is marketable.

I mean, I’m already talking with Neall about redesigning Scion. What’s another year or two for release in order to bring together a concept like this? Our heroes will be the children of the Muppets, the Care Bears, and whatever they call those My Little Ponies ponies. The pantheons will write themselves…and they are so colorful and cute! We need more of that in this crazy world of d…um, drabness.

Speaking of which, we know we can’t really do much to brighten our classic WoD lines, I mean even Changeling: the Dreaming only looks bright. Other than the “Balloon Bear”, it never really delivers on that promise to “lighten up, Vlad”. So we have an idea. We have had massive resistance to this from the new White Wolf Publishing, but we think we are wearing them down. Let’s just say that our idea involves “sparkles”.

Because they are set up to be more toolbox-y, the Chronicles of Darkness game lines are actually easier to tweak towards the cute. First, we’ll be creating seven more core rule books, each with a happier, more colorful, cover than the last. Chronicles of Kind of Hard to See Through Shadows, Chronicles of Dimness, Chronicles of Heavy Fog, Chronicles of Light Fog, Chronicles of Overcast Days, Chronicles of Lightness, and Chronicles of Oww, My Eyes!.

These will all be released within a single two-month period, but a year and a half later than expected. We’ll probably Kickstart them unless everyone says they want us to. Expect supplements like Light Eras, and Monster: the Not Really.

And, of course, Exalted 3rd Edition is already the happiest game there is!

It is a bright and sunny future I kind of see.

What is it with that burning yellow ball of fire, anyway?

And here, is our brilliant new logo:

OPP Happy-01 copy

 

 


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34 responses to “Onyx Path To Go Towards the Light!”

  1. branford Avatar
    branford

    Chronicles of Sparkles!

  2. Matthew Dawkins Avatar
    Matthew Dawkins

    “Yay!” said the sun.

  3. Phil Edwards Avatar
    Phil Edwards

    Chronicles of Overcast Days sounds like it should be set in Scotland. Put me down for one of each please.

    1. richt Avatar
      richt

      Wait for the Kickstarter-

  4. James Bailey Avatar
    James Bailey

    I kinda want a poster of that logo.

    1. richt Avatar
      richt

      Or at least a coffee mug with it on it-

      1. Matthew Dawkins Avatar
        Matthew Dawkins

        I’d buy one.

        1. Arcane Avatar
          Arcane

          Seconded.

        2. Philip Enders Avatar
          Philip Enders

          I’d buy 4 if we’re taking orders

        3. Caelene Avatar
          Caelene

          Thirded.

        4. Jim Fisher Avatar
          Jim Fisher

          Yep, I’d buy it as well. It’s like we all don’t dare to be sour! And that we’ve felt the power! It’s a New Day, yes it is!

          (Also, despite not watching much WWE….I really get a kick out of the New Day. Sue me.) 🙂

        5. ThomasM Avatar
          ThomasM

          I would definitely buy mugs for my entire gaming group.

        6. Wyrdhamster Avatar
          Wyrdhamster

          Count one for me also!

  5. Anna Barrett Avatar
    Anna Barrett

    I really want a poster of the new logo!

  6. Louis Garcia Avatar

    Light Eras, can’t wait for that one. Hopefully that cover the era when President Trump makes America great again.

    1. Ian A. A. Watson Avatar
      Ian A. A. Watson

      -1 to Dexterity due to tiny fingers

  7. Hiram Alem Avatar

    I’ll join the happy OPP coffee-mug initiative.

  8. Reptle Avatar
    Reptle

    “A Black spiral jumps out at you!”
    – Wait, with the new chronicles, isn’t it called a Different shades of Grey Spiral?
    ” . . . He attacks you”
    – By attack, do you mean he’s offering me a cup of Tea? I roll to see if he uses the proper utensils!
    “. . .”

  9. George Avatar
    George

    Whose idea is this?! Please don’t do it…

  10. Laughing Hyena Avatar
    Laughing Hyena

    So you are finally going to do “World of Darkness KIDS!” from Bates’ comic strip, then?

  11. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I legitimately want to see what Monster: the Not Really is.

  12. Caleb Cushing Avatar

    Does this mean that tOP will successfully be starting a “touched by an angel” reboot? 😀

  13. Cary Avatar
    Cary

    HAIL THE GOSH MACHINE

  14. Peter Avatar
    Peter

    April Fools jokes like this are more terrifying than the usual horror you guys pedal

  15. Tassy Avatar
    Tassy

    I knew it was called The evil day Star for a reason..

  16. Shay Avatar
    Shay

    Where is my Chronicles of sparkling unicorn farts!!!!

    lol loooove the logo.

  17. MetalheroD Avatar
    MetalheroD

    I have always advocated that The Cullen family aren’t actually Vampires, they’re just Fae fucking with people. So, I would fully support Them coming to Changeling.

  18. Sunwolf Avatar
    Sunwolf

    How about a coffee mug with the “new” Logo on one side and the old one on the other. or even better when you put hot liquid in it the logo changes from the old to the new

  19. Cornelius Avatar
    Cornelius

    As a part of spreading the Light. On the Beasts of War website there is an article about Beast the Primordial.
    Perhaps it would be interesting for Onyx Path to make an article to clarify the two worlds, and that they are different from each other. For example, that Beast the Primordial is a truly new line unique for the Chronicles of Darkness, not a reprint/update.

    1. Cornelius Avatar
      Cornelius

      Addendum: After re-reading the article I see two things that causes this line of thinking:
      First) The name of the article – Release Beast: The Primordial Back Into World of Darkness
      Second) the article itself – return of Beast: The Primordial.
      .
      I think that the words ‘back’ and ‘return are/will be confusing

      1. Cornelius Avatar
        Cornelius

        I think that the words ‘back’ and ‘return of’ are/will be confusing

  20. Micha Avatar
    Micha

    Onyx Path: Friendship is Magic

  21. The Cowardly Scion Avatar
    The Cowardly Scion

    The smiling god and the Strex Corp. Synernists Inc. executives are pleased. Very pleased with the performance of their new acquisition.

  22. ETNimitz Avatar
    ETNimitz

    I had to say, new logo is awesome!!!