World of Darkness
The World of Darkness is much like our world, but it is darker, more devious and more conspiratorial — an aesthetic we call “Gothic-Punk”. The dichotomy between the rich and the poor, the influential and the weak, and the powerful and the powerless is much more pronounced than in the real world. Decadence, cynicism, and corruption are common. Humans are unwitting victims or pawns of vast secret organizations of supernatural creatures. Vampires, werewolves, and mages (among others) struggle with internal factionalism and against other species in secret wars of intrigue for control.
The World of Darkness (sometimes “WoD”) was first developed in 1991 with the release of Vampire: The Masquerade. It has reached hundreds of millions of people through thousands of books published in a wide variety of languages, as well as via a prime-time television show, multiple well-regarded video games, and even World of Darkness-focused conventions. Onyx Path Publishing offers dozens of role-playing game, fiction, art, and clothing products for the World of Darkness, as well as helping to re-release hundreds of original books through PDF and print-on-demand.
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Vampire: The Masquerade
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Mage: The Ascension
Wraith: The Oblivion
Changeling: The Dreaming
Hi Everybody, This week’s art preview comes from Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition. This week’s art was created by Jeff Laubenstein and shows a Mage creating a talisman. The notes for this piece: “Although it’s technically possible to create some forms of minor magical items with lesser Prime power, most potent objects require at least … Read more
As we develop V20 Dark Ages, I get a lot of this question. “Can we see the stuff you guys talk about between drafts, the notes you cut, and all that?” Usually, we don’t include these notes because they’re silly, they become redundant, or they make us look like slightly less than consummate professionals. My … Read more
Hi Everybody! I am Mike Chaney, Art Direction Dude and Design Monkey here at Onyx Path Publishing. Welcome to the first “Art and Design” post here on the Onyx Path site. I’ll be posting up new pieces of art or snippets of design here every Friday, so make sure you check back every week to … Read more
Now available in print! MTAs: Convention Book: Void Engineers: Softcover B&W MTR: Guildhalls of the Deathless: Hardcover color (premium), hardcover color (standard)
I’m not dead, just busy. If you’re paying attention to the Monday Meeting notes – and if not, why not? – you’ll be aware of a few things that we’ve got going on. First, we’re giving W20 backers a copy of Rage Across the World. We first mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but … Read more
Hi Everybody, This week I thought I’d share a piece of artwork from the upcoming Rage Across the World which is currently in layout. This piece is by Tyler Windham and illustrates one of the mutated horrors one might find roaming around in Chernobyl. Definitely looks like Mister Bear is a tad grumpy…perhaps it’s because … Read more
It’s hard to be Nosferatu. We get that. Who wouldn’t? For V20 Dark Ages, we wanted to give a new, but oddly familiar twist to the clan. Instead of harping on the curse, we’re giving a seed as to where the curse comes from. Where is that? The strange secret in Nosferatu blood, a secret … Read more
Spoiler: Clan Salubri dies off. Sorry about that. So it really sucks to play them, right? Because that puts the Salubri in the role of metaplot vehicles with a foregone future. That’s kind of contrary to the point of a roleplaying game, isn’t it? Roleplaying games are about choices and consequences. As a player, you … Read more
Hi Everyone, For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been showing off some of the new art for Mage 20th Anniversary. This week however, I want to change things up a bit and preview a piece of art from one of the Changing Breeds 20 Kickstarter Stretch Goals. The piece to the right is a Corax … Read more
A lot of Vampire remains essentially unchanged from the modern nights to the Dark Ages. Most of the clans remain the same. Many of the Disciplines are basically similar. But with V20 Dark Ages, one of our biggest goals is to really give you a lot of value for your readership. We want to add … Read more