As I write this we’re just under the 48 hours left mark for the Dead Man’s Rust Kickstarter for Scarred Lands! Where did the time go?

We have blown through a decent amount of Stretch Goals – and, in fact, backers are waiting for James to reveal the next ones – and we’re looking forward to the day that we can see DMR in game stores thanks to this Kickstarter!

So please do let your friends who love fantasy gaming know about this, if you haven’t already. And if you want more info before committing, please do check out any of the links below in the Media section.

Also, I was thrilled to listen to our Onyx Pathcast crew do an Actual Play of Dead Man’s Rust as last Friday’s Pathcast release. Just listening, I could tell that the gang had a blast, and even though this was a recording of a session where they clearly were using a VTT platform to play, the way they discussed what was happening made it clear just what the VTT visuals were showing them.

It was a really enjoyable peek into the terrors of the Scarred Lands‘ Hornsaw Forest. Sorry about Spike, Eddy (spoilers!). Check it out with all of our other Pathcasts (two years’ worth now) wherever you download your podcasts!

Next up on Kickstarter, we’re starting 2021 with a bit of a different kind of KS in that it’s a double-feature of Scion: Dragon and Scion: Masks of the Mythos! We haven’t really done a double KS like this as both books are expansions on the Scion concept but they take it in different directions, rather than a book and then another book that builds on the first.

Expect that as early in January 2021 as we can after the holiday season!

The Meeting Today is the Last 2020 Monday Meeting!

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, but 2020 was one messed up year! So I’m encouraging everybody in our Monday Meeting crew who can do it to take the last week in December off. Let’s ease on out of this year as painlessly as possible!

Of course, pretty much everybody has mentioned that one thing they still need to stay in contact on – a project, or a creator that needs help, or just one last meeting – but do expect that we’ll be less visible and responsive than normal.

Also, expect that next week’s MMN blog will be extremely truncated!

We do still have some things to get done before the holidays, though, and that’s mostly what we talked about in today’s meeting. We also touched base on a few holiday-themed things.

We’ve worked out a Holiday Surprise Giveaway that will be announced in Wednesday’s weekly sales blog message, so keep your eyes peeled for that! It’s a little something from us to all of you who have supported us this whole furshlugginer year!

(A tip of the hat to those of you who recognize the usage of that word ala Mad Magazine).

We also mentioned our impressions of our holiday party that we held over Zoom last week. I thought it actually went pretty well and certainly a lot of laughs were had. Not a bad way to end the year with a whole screen full of our writers and devs having a good time.

Haven’t mentioned the Onyx Pathcast all that much recently – yet here’s another mention just today! I’ll be sitting down for a yearly wrap-up with the crew this week that will air next week, or later in January. And then being aired this Friday is the Pathcast‘s version of MST3K as they watch and riff on the third Hobbit movie!

Should be a lot of fun and we hope a listen fits into your holiday plans!

And here’s also hoping that your holiday plans include playing lots of games in our:

Many Worlds, One Path!

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BLURBS!

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Kickstarter!

Dead Man’s Rust for Scarred Lands’s Kickstarter has less than 48 hours to go and we’ve already funded a bunch of Stretch Goals in addition to the main goal!

If you haven’t heard, though, Dead Man’s Rust is the most blood-spraying, face-melting, ass-kicking, heart-wrenching, undead-filled, heavy-metal pile of awesomeness ever conceived of for the fifth edition of the world’s most popular role-playing game!

As of this writing we have achieved four VTT Token packs and the exclusive Backer t-shirt discount, electronic wallpaper, and then a biggie:
Gazetteer: Dier Drendal – A supplemental PDF focused on the underground city of Dier Drendal, providing hooks and guidance on how to incorporate it into the Dead Man’s Rust mega-adventure. 

You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/dead-mans-rust-a-mega-adventure-for-scarred-lands-5e

Next Kickstarter in early January 2021 will be a double feature for Scion: Dragon and Scion: Masks of the Mythos!

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Onyx Path Media!

This week: Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy will be watching and riffing on The Hobbit part 3, MST3K-style! Enjoy your holiday with their wacky commentary!

As always, this Friday’s Onyx Pathcast will be on Podbean or your favorite podcast venue! https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/

A new week with new media, starting once more with Scarred Lands!

Over on Red Moon Roleplaying, Matthew Dawkins and Klara Herbøl continue their Dead Man’s Rust campaign with Craig and Hjalmar of RMR! Check out episode four right here (https://youtu.be/l5D-vxdIhi0) and give them a subscribe.

Wanderer’s Haven Productions continues their series of deep dives into Scarred Lands with these excellent videos:

Keshe and the Akesheth: https://youtu.be/W7bsHa_FYDk

Dromyas and the Minotaurs: https://youtu.be/XrQEV3XtS2A

The Isle of K’thon: https://youtu.be/43ax3AzYge4

Fenrilik: https://youtu.be/-akbk6M1Scs

History of Hallowfaust: https://youtu.be/7jrs9LjRMDs

Hallowfaust Today: https://youtu.be/QeWntYoPeN0

History of the Hornsaw Forest: https://youtu.be/eyqW5VKEbZk

Factions of the Hornsaw Forest: https://youtu.be/1FJ25Jl-UK0

The Gleaming Valley: https://youtu.be/0lmDi093XYw

And many, many more: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpK1DZP4y9yt3h4HAhLtGunwcvzkZtoUx

For anyone new to our media section, you can find us running and playing games over on twitch.tv/theonyxpath pretty much every day of the week! Plus, if you’d like your games hosted there, just get in touch with Matthew Dawkins using the contact link on matthewdawkins.com. 

This week on Twitch, expect to see these games and streams running:

• Scarred Lands – A Family Affair
• Contagion Chronicle – Vorpal Tales
• Pugmire – How the Pirates Stole Yuletyme
• Hunter: The Vigil – The Devil’s Deal

Get watching for some fantastic insight into how to run these wonderful games and subscribe to us on Twitch, over at twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Come take a look at our YouTube channel, youtube.com/user/theonyxpath, where you can find a whole load of videos of actual plays, dissections of our games, and more, including:

Changeling: The Dreaming – The Last Faerie Tale – E26 – https://youtu.be/RhL4g6v3FTU

Vampire: The Masquerade – Boston by Night – Game 10 – https://youtu.be/5uo5NrbR3rI

Hunter: The Vigil – Cold Cases; Forsaken Spaces – FINALE – https://youtu.be/WbwlLglxKg0

Scarred Lands – Dead Man’s Rust w/ Vorpal Tales – 2/3 – https://youtu.be/k5bnwl5FB-U

Scarred Lands – Dead Man’s Rust w/ Vorpal Tales – 3/3 – https://youtu.be/aby77Wpw3AE

Scarred Lands – Dead Man’s Rust – Fight in the Shade – MEATGRINDER – https://youtu.be/6IYXr3IXWS8

Scarred Lands – Frostlands of Fenrilik – One Shot – https://youtu.be/QSi3sZQvc_s

Subscribe to our channel and click the bell icon if you want to be notified whenever new news videos and uploads come online!

Systematic Understanding of Everything is a fantastic Exalted Explainer Podcast by Exalted Dev Monica Speca and Exalted Writer Chazz Kellner. You should check it out, because it remains among the best Exalted shows out there.

Their most recent episodes are available over on https://www.exaltcast.com/, with their newest the following:
Kicks that split mountains, hand signals that seduce spirits, words that incite riots. How does it work? Monica and Chazz explain the basic systems of Exalted and then use them as we investigate why the Dragon-Blooded are so interested in a corner of the Tarpan Wastes.  
https://www.exaltcast.com/2020/12/14/myriad-laws-of-creation-basic-exalted-mechanics/

Occultists Anonymous continue their wonderful Mage: The Awakening chronicle right here:

Episode 151: Road to Nowhere 
The cabal split up the grimoires to take them to a safe location for magical experimentation and attract some unwanted attention in the process.
https://youtu.be/E2Kt0l2eBz0

Episode 152: Pyramid Scheme
In hiding outside of a cabin in the woods, the cabal begin to work with the 5 grimoires in an effort to glean understanding and perhaps complete them. As their understanding deepens, they encounter other roadblocks.
https://youtu.be/Cxhh0NQtdrk

Back to Exalted, and the Story Told Podcast continue their Fall of Jiara Dragon-Blooded chronicle right here:https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/fall-of-jiara-33
While Sanzo infiltrates the household of their prime suspect, the rest of the Dragon-Blooded host a party with all the key players.  

Our very own Chris Allen continues his wonderful chronicle of Werewolf: The Forsaken over on the Paleo Gaming Twitch channel! Please add a follow to their stream and give them your support: https://www.twitch.tv/paleo_gaming

Please check these out and let us know if you find or produce any actual plays of our games! We’d love to feature you!

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Electronic Gaming!

As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is awesome! (Seriously, you need to roll 100 dice for Exalted? This app has you covered.)

We’re told that the App Dev is currently creating an updated version for the latest devices, so keep an eye open for those! The App was also pulled down from the Apple store in order to make some required updates – it’ll be back there soon!

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Virtual TableTop!

Two Virtual Tabletop adventures: the Gauntlet of Spiragos and the Dagger of Spiragos for Scarred Lands on Astral TableTop and DriveThruRPG!

Scars of the Divine War, which ended less than 200 years ago, have still not healed. One such scar is the Chasm of Flies, a rent in the earth created when the titan Spiragos the Ambusher was smote down by one of the young gods, Vangal the Ravager. Now, the Chasm is inhabited by spider-eye goblins and their spider allies, but it is also thought to be the resting place of powerful artifacts from that elder age.

Astral TableTop is the easiest way to play any tabletop RPG online, free. Astral already supports popular systems like D&D and Pathfinder, and Astral can support virtually any tabletop roleplaying game. Get started quickly with built-in support for most popular game systems. Whether you’re brand new to TTRPGs or a veteran tabletop gamer, Astral‘s ease-of-use and built in automation is designed to streamline gameplay.

Astral is browser-based and uses the latest technology to streamline your storytelling experience. Connect with your party online and run your campaigns however you like. Astral offers tools optimized for phone, tablet, and desktop devices, no installation required.

Build epic battlemaps using Astral‘s enormous collection of scenery, props, and tokens or upload your own. Pro users gain access to over 12,000+ assets and fresh new packs every month. Add weather, visual effects, triggers, and so much more with easy-to-use tools

Build your own adventure, or choose from pre-generated game kits like Gauntlet of Spiragos and Dagger of Spiragos. Create character sheets, craft maps, or just jump right in to connect with your friends and start your adventures!

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On 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).

If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue from which you bought it. Reviews really, really help us get folks interested in our amazing fiction!

Our selection includes these latest fiction books:

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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!

You can pick up the traditionally printed Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau main books, screens, and the official dice through our friends there! https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire

Now, we’ve added Chronicles of Darkness books such as Changeling: The Lost Second Edition products to Studio2‘s store! See them here: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/all-products/changeling-the-lost

Scion 2e books and other products are available now at Studio2: https://studio2publishing.com/blogs/new-releases/scion-second-edition-book-one-origin-now-available-at-your-local-retailer-or-online

Our Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition books are also available from Studio2 in the US: https://studio2publishing.com/products/vampire-the-masquerade-chicago-by-night-sourcebook

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

And you can order Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, Cavaliers of Mars, and Changeling: The Lost 2e at the same link! And now Scion Origin and Scion Hero and Trinity Continuum Core and Trinity Continuum: Aeon are available to order

Farewell 2020 and Save 20% on Storypath Sale is going on now until Saturday at IPR:

https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Deals-and-Specials/

As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles at DriveThruRPG.com!

Teach Your Kid to Game Sale is on now at DTRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/rpg_teachkids.php?manufacturers_id=4261

We have a handful of Pugmire PDFs included in the sale.

The next big sale at DTRPG will be the New Year, New Game sale next month (year)! All of our core books and Jumpstarts will be on sale!

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On Sale This Week!

As a Super Special Holiday Surprise we’ll have some special gifts for the holidays for everybody that we’ll be announcing on Weds!

This Wednesday Fetch Quest for Realms of Pugmire electronic wallpapers will be available on DTRPG! And we’ll be offering They Came From Beneath the Sea! and Dystopia Rising: Evolution game journals over at our RedBubble store!

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Conventions!

Though dates for physical conventions are subject to change due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, here’s what’s left of our current list of upcoming conventions (and really, we’re just waiting for this last one to be cancelled even though it’s Nov/Dec). Instead, keep an eye out here for more virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!

Gehenna Gaming is planning a second Virtual Horror Convention in mid-February and Onyx Path will be there and sponsoring sessions! More news as we have it!

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And now, the new project status updates!

Development Status from Eddy Webb! (Projects in bold have changed status since last week.):

First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep.)

• Exalted Essay Collection (Exalted)
• No Gods, No Masters (Scion 2nd Edition)
• TC: Aeon Novella: Dawn (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• Once and Future (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Tome of the Pentacle (Mage: the Awakening 2e)
• They Came From [Classified]! (They Came From…!)
• They Came From [Classified]! Jumpstart (They Came From…!)
• Realms of Magic and Mystery (was Terra Incognita) (Scion 2nd Edition)
• The Hedge (Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition)
• Proteus Nova Compendium (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Redlines

• Dragon-Blooded Novella #2 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• They Came From Beneath the Sea! Jumpstart (They Came From…!)

Second Draft

• Many-Faced Strangers – Lunars Companion (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Wild Hunt (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Monsters From the Crypt! (They Came From…!)
• TC: Aeon Novella: Meridian (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• They Came From Camp Murder Lake! (They Came From…!)
• Tales of Depravity! (They Came From…!)

Development

• TC: Aberrant Reference Screen (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• Contagion Chronicle: Global Outbreaks (Chronicles of Darkness)
• Exigents (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Kith and Kin (Changeling: The Lost 2e)
• Adversaries of the Righteous (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Saints and Monsters (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Trinity Continuum: Anima
• They Came From Beyond the Grave! Jumpstart (They Came From…!)

Manuscript Approval

• Crucible of Legends (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Trinity Continuum: Adventure! core (Trinity Continuum: Adventure!)
• Assassins (Trinity Continuum Core)
• Scion Fiction Anthology (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Exalted Essence Edition (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Across the Eight Directions (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Post-Approval Development

• Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters (Chronicles of Darkness)
• M20 Rich Bastard’s Guide To Magick (Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary)
• The Devoted Companion (Deviant: The Renegades)

Editing

• Lunars Novella (Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition core rulebook (Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition)
• Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)
• The Book of Lasting Death (Mummy: The Curse 2e)
• Dearly Bleak – Novella (Deviant: The Renegades)
• N!ternational Wrestling Entertainment (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• Under Alien Skies (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• Dead Man’s Rust (Scarred Lands)
• V5 Trails of Ash and Bone (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
• Mission Statements (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• The Clades Companion (Deviant: The Renegades)
• V5 Children of the Blood (was The Faithful Undead) (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• M20 Technocracy Operative’s Dossier (Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary)
• Yugman’s Appendix: People of Ghelspad (Scarred Lands)
• V5 Forbidden Religions (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• CtL2e Novella Collection: Hollow Courts (Changeling: The Lost 2e)
• Heroes in a World of Horror! (They Came From…!)
• Dystopia Rising: Evolution Fiction Anthology (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)
• Squeaks In The Deep (Realms of Pugmire)
• Prometheus Unbound (was Psi Orders) (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
• Legacies of Earth (Legendlore)
• Hundred Devil’s Night Parade (Exalted 3rd Edition)
• Novas Worldwide (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Post-Editing Development

• Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
• Hunter: The Vigil 2e core (Hunter: The Vigil 2nd Edition)
• Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)
• Legendlore core book (Legendlore)
• Masks of the Mythos (Scion 2nd Edition)
• They Came From Beyond the Grave! (They Came From!)
• Scion: Demigod (Scion 2nd Edition)
• TC: Aberrant Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
• LARP Rules (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Scion: Dragon (Scion 2nd Edition)
• Peoples of the Crossroads Continent

Indexing

• TC: Aberrant (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

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Art Direction from Mike Chaney!

In Art Direction

• WoD Ghost Hunters (KS)
• Hunter: The Vigil 2e – Art buy in progress.
• Mummy 2 – AD’d. More art is in.
• Legendlore – Art buy figured out.
• Scion: Dragon (KS) – Art for KS in progress, waiting on 2 halfs. Fulls are in. Cover is in.
• Masks of the Mythos (KS) – Ready for the KS.
• Scion: Demigod – Art buy in progress.
• They Came From Beyond the Grave! – Art buy figured out.
• TC: Adventure! (KS)
• Contagion Chronicle Jumpstart (Chronicles of Darkness) – LeBlanc is on it.
• M20 Victorian (KS) – Splats in. Fulls and scenes in progress – first three fulls in.
• TC: Under Alien Skies – Most final art in.
• Heirs to the Shogunate – Sketches coming in and over to devs.
• Dead Man’s Rust (SL KS) – KS rolling.
• Children of the Blood – Only waiting on one artist to send in art.
• M20 Technocracy Jumpstart – Art in progress.
• Exalted Essence – Dixie and Maria are talking about visuals.
• V5 Trail of Ash and Bone – Finishing getting art assigned.
• V5 Forbidden Religions – Art buy figured out.
• TC Mission Statements – Art buy figured out.
• TC Aberrant N!We – Art buy in progress.
• TC Aberrant Jumpstart – Art buy figured out.
• M20 Technocracy Dossier/Companion

In Layout

• Vigil Watch
• M20 Technocracy Reloaded – Going over Josh’s proof.
• Monsters of the Deep
• TC: Aberrant Screen

Proofing

• Yugman’s Guide Support Decks (Scarred Lands)
• Aberrant – Indexing.
• Geist: One Foot In the Grave – Travis filling in character sheets.
• Tales of Aquatic Terror – PDF out to KS backers for errata.
• Deviant – Almost ready for approvals.
• Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad Compiled

At Press

• TCFBTS Screen and Booklet – KS shipping wrapping up.
• They Came from Beneath the Sea! – KS shipping wrapping up .
• Pirates of Pugmire – KS shipping wrapping up .
• Pirates of Pugmire Screen – KS shipping wrapping up .
• Dark Eras 2 – KS shipping wrapping up .
• Dark Eras 2 Screen and booklet – KS shipping wrapping up .
• Contagion Chronicle – KS fulfillment prep.
• Lunars Wall Scroll Map – At KS fulfiller.
• Lunars Screen and Booklet – At KS fulfiller.
• Lunars: Fangs at the Gate – Shipping to KS fulfiller. PDF and PoD on sale at DTRPG.
• V5 Cults of the Blood Gods – Prepping for press. PoD proofs ordered.
• Cavaliers of Mars: City of the Towered Tombs – PoD prepping.
• TC Core Jumpstart – PoD proofs ordered.

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

Happy Holidays to all, from Onyx Path Publishing! Go have some fun you wacky kids!