Kind of how a bunch of us are right now: In Freefall!
But while we don’t know what the future brings in the long-term, your friends at Onyx Path do know that we’ll be crowdfunding the Exalted: Alchemicals deluxe book this coming Thursday the 14th!
That’s a slight change to us starting on Tuesday, but we needed more time to pull the stuff together!
From the crowdfunding page:
Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God provides a detailed look at Autochthonia, an entire world of industrial machinery and impossible technology that exists within Autochthon’s body. It is the home to the Eight Nations, a world set apart from Creation and the rest of the cosmos. The Alchemical Exalted are the Chosen of The Machine God, artificial humans wrought from clay and metal and catalyzed by a heroic soul. The book also provides an extensive panoply of Alchemical Charms, along with new martial arts styles, sorcerous spells and initiations, and Autochthonian technology and artifacts.
And, as has been our practice for quite some time, we’ll be delivering the manuscript in sections to backers throughout the campaign, so you can check it out, find typos, argue about their Charms, all the good stuff!
See ya on Thursday!
Since last week was pretty overwhelming for a lot of folks, I’m also going to post this little reminder that Exalted: Sidereals in the PDF and PoD Drivethru versions, went live last Wednesday!
Maybe the wily Sidereals were slipping in there trying to be unnoticed, but that’s actually bad for us, so here’s me giving you this reminder that the book is out there and waiting for you!
Dixie and I had a great time at this year’s Save Against Fear to benefit the Bodhana Group, and although I was rapidly fading due to a head cold, we did manage to sit in on two panels for their Branch Riders game, which you can still pledge for on Kickstarter; fittingly, one panel was all about the game and setting, and the next panel was all about the therapeutic uses that are built into it.
Why does the DM never roll dice in Branch Riders? Answers were had at the con, and you can ask on the Branch Riders Discord that is part of the Onyx Path Discord!
As always, it was a great time with the Bodhana crew, and when I last heard, all the Branch Rider demos were filled up for the whole con, which is a super sign of continuing interest in a very fun game!
Speaking of conventions, PAX Unplugged is coming fast – December 6th – 8th in my hometown of Philly, PA! Come to the Onyx Path booth where we’ll be running demo games of Curseborne and handing out special cards!
Sales-wise, we have CofD Dark Eras book and screens 75% off at IPR:
https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/deals-and-specials
So yeah, a relatively short one this week, folks. Still fighting this head cold (and that’s all it is, I tested), getting a whole raft of plans together for more Curseborne, the Alchemicals campaign, and lots of commiseration and strategerizing in our meeting. Couple of folks were off this week, but that didn’t make the meeting a short one!
Hope you all are doing OK, helping each other out, and taking some mental health time or whatever you need. We’re here, and we still are making our:
Many Worlds, One Path!
Blurbs!
Crowdfunding!
NEXT ON BACKERKIT!
Exalted: Alchemicals! Coming Thursday, November 14th!
Onyx Path Media!
This week: An interview with the development team working on Alchemicals!
As always, this Friday’s Onyx Pathcast will be on Podbean or your favorite podcast venue!
Also check out our attached media schedule for the videos on our Twitch channel this week!
On this week’s Onyx Path News Matthew talks about Exalted: Sidereals and Exalted: Alchemicals! Check it out right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_4ZXL6rPE
Awkward GM Corbin has completed a five part Beginner’s Guide to Curseborne on the Onyx Path YouTube channel. You can find part 1 right here: https://youtu.be/1RsFbeLGhkU
On The Gentleman Gamer’s YouTube channel, we have the fifth Gentleman’s Guide to the Accursed with his guide to the Network family of Sorcerers! Check out this official lore drop here: https://youtu.be/lh7jcmeq7ow
Red Moon Roleplaying continue their Curseborne actual play of SUFFER MY SINS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0EMSuK-vU&
And if Matthew Dawkins talking about Curseborne is your thing, you might also enjoy this video about which adversaries you might face in Curseborne: https://youtu.be/e1YBaeZ3A1k
It won’t be nothing but Curseborne in the future, but my goodness, there’s a lot right now!
Virtual Tabletop!
They Came From Beneath the Sea! on Roll20 VTT!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/22308/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea
The Scion: Origin and Scion Hero Compendiums are now available on Roll20!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1716/onyx-path-publishing
Scion is just the start! They Came From Beneath the Sea! and other
Onyx Path RPGs are in development for Roll20 virtual tabletop!
The first of our official Scion sheets designed for Foundry VTT are
now available! https://foundryvtt.co
Looking for more virtual tabletop resources? We have a selection of
Tokens, Encounters, and more available now at DriveThruRPG! https://bit.ly/3SnrNJ7
Our Sales Partners!
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!
Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books, dice, and screens? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/
CofD Dark Eras book and screens 75% off at IPR:
https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/deals-and-specials
As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com!
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).
On Sale This Week!
Enter the Tomb of Memory, a full-length adventure designed to introduce Exalted Essence to your table! With ten ready-made characters and all the rules needed to play! Exalted Essence Jumpstart in PoD and PDF versions available Weds at DTRPG!
Conventions!
Here’s where you can find out more info on physical and virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!
PAX Unplugged – December 6th – 8th Come to the Onyx Path booth where we’ll be running demo games of Curseborne and handing out special cards!
https://unplugged.paxsite.com/
Game Night With Onyx Path Publishing at StartPlaying is the last Friday of every month! Come play some Curseborne that night! (But any of our game lines are welcome all day long!)
Here’s a link to give anyone $10 credit to play games on Start.Playing:
https://startplaying.games/referral/clog9y0v10006ju0968iev95m
Please spread the word about GMing games as much as possible! Details on how list a game are at the bottom of the page in the FAQ:
https://startplaying.games/event/game-night-onyx-path
Project Status Updates!
Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out October’s full list report here: https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-october-2024/
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!
Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production:
FIRST DRAFT
Curseborne – Curseborne Antagonist #1 (Jan 2025 Tasty Bit)
- Matthew: I have the first Curseborne adversary to write up for January and am already swimming in vile ideas. Do I go King, X-Files, Lynchian, or something slightly more fae in nature…? Oooh the possibilities.
REDLINES
Scion – Additional Mythic Shard: Lost Time
- Matthew: Charging into redlines goes this epic Mythic Shard, voted on by backers of our crowdfunding campaign earlier this year!
DEVELOPMENT
Tasty Bit – Scion Dragon Lair #4 (December)
- Eddy [COVERING FOR DANIELLE]: “The last Dragon lair Tasty Bit for the year is written and in Danielle’s hands for development. Look for it at the end of the year!”
ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!
In Art Direction
- Ex3 Alchemicals (KS) – Ready to roll.
- TC Anima Jumpstart (Terra Surge) – Color comps signed off, finals underway.
- TC Danger Skies – Cover AD’d.
- TC Aether Jumpstart – Cover/Full AD’d.
Layout
- Trinity Continuum CC
- Scion Tasty Bit Combo
- Ex Essence Pillars of Creation
- Ex Essence Deeds Yet Undone (Dirt Cheap) – With Travis…
- SCION God Storyguide Screen
- TC With Great Power
- M20 Victorian Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters – With Ron Thompson.
- TCF RPG Anthology – Yep… all me on this one.
- TC Aether Screen – I swore I had already done it… but no… I haven’t.
- SCION God Storyguide Screen – Gonna finish this up so we can get it out to Press with the book.
- World Below Screen – Yep… tis about that time.
Proofing
- Realms of Pugmire – Index in. I just need to do the page xxs and prep it for PoD.
Indexing
At Press
- Reprints:
- Scion Origin – Should be arriving at Studio2.
- TC Core – Should be arriving at Studio2.
- Ex 3 Exigents – Prepping press files.
- Ex 3 Exigents Screen – At Studio 2
- TC Aether – Prepping press files.
- TC Anima – On ship to Studio2.
- TC Anima Terra Surge Screen – At Studio2.
- TC Player’s Guide – Correx being worked on.
- The World Below – Backer PDF out to backers.
- Ex 3 Sidereals – Quoting and press files.
- Sidereals Novella – PoD proof on the way.
- Scion: God – Prepping press files.
- They Came From the Cyclops’s Cave – On ship to Studio2.
- They Came From the Cyclops’s Cave Screen – At Studio2.
- They Came From CLASSIFIED – On ship to Studio2.
- They Came From CLASSIFIED Screen – At Studio2.
- They Came From Classified Jumpstart – Out to KS backers this week.
- Ex Essence Jumpstart – PDF and PoD versions on sale this Weds on DTRPG!
Today’s Reason to Celebrate!
Today in the US we have the Veterans’ Day holiday, to celebrate those who served in our armed forces. Since we have three of these, which focus on different stages of service, I thought a little bit of history on this day in particular might be interesting (at least, it was to me): “Originally known as Armistice Day coinciding with holidays in several countries, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May: Veterans Day commemorates the service of all U.S. veterans, while the older Memorial Day, which grew out of Civil War commemorations, specifically honors those who have died while in military service. Another military holiday that also occurs in May, Armed Forces Day, honors those currently serving in the U.S. military.” And now you know!
So, what time Thursday does the KS go live?
You will give us some advance warning about that, right?
We’ll be shouting it from the social media mountaintops, don’t worry!
Plus we’ve started them at 2pm eastern us time for every crowdfunder I can remember, so odds are…
It’s historically been at 2:00PM Eastern, even on those rare yet infrequent* occasions when the campaign didn’t launch on Tuesday, but I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if that got adjusted too. I think they’re still at least trying to give us a 24-hour heads-up, but again, like Guildenstern, I’m assuming nothing.
* © 1984 Rodney Gambicus.
Celebration side note – On November 11th we have National Independence Day in Poland – as end of World War 1 was also date when Poland returned to exist on maps, after 123 years of partition by German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires in 18th century.
Haven’t heard about the surveys for the other game lines in a while. The Scarred Lands one is still planned for somewhat soonish ?
Before the end of the year, I hope. We _have_ been kind of busy… 😉
indeed! i guess it’s a good thing to be busy ^^ thanks
Back to having your own booth at PaxU this year? Nice. I see by the map that you’re tucked back in the corner. A few in my group want to test out Curseborn and Storypath Ultra for sure. See you there!
We should have two tables going with CB in the booth, although we may need to stagger them if we find that works better. Regardless, there will be plenty of chances to jump in and give it a try! We’ll have some handouts, too – and Studio2 will be there with our stuff to sell.
Nice. Can’t wait.