Yes, strangely enough, while the rest of the good ol’ USA has a multi-day holiday, we at Onyx Path are working along. Even Mirthful Mike and Rollickin’ Rose on vacation still sent in their project updates for inclusion below so you folks would have the most up to date info possible.
But we have to, really. There are just so many projects that are clooooose to finish, or at least to getting finished.
Like Exalted 3rd Edition, which should be in to CCP for approval by the time you read this. (That’s art from the book above). Or Mage 20th‘s Standard PoD version which is still having trouble at the PoD printer, but which we expect to have worked out once the PoD printers get back from the Labor Day long weekend.
Meanwhile, Eddy and Rose were either at or in DragonCon in Atlanta over this weekend, along with our friends and Onyx Path contributors Bill Bridges, John Kennedy, and Matt McFarland, and seemed to have a had some fun and even talked some business.
Impish Ian Watson was up at FanExpo in his home country of Canada trying to both spread the word about Onyx Path and get his copy of V20 signed by as many of the voice actors who had worked on the old Vampire and Hunter video games as possible.
And as I mentioned last week, this same weekend I had the honor to attend (for the 5th year) the Save Against Fear convention which donates towards an organization of therapists who are incorporating tabletop RPGs into their therapy options.
While I have my own anecdotal evidence of how members of our community have been helped by playing RPGs, it was incredible to hear stories from actual educators and therapists about individuals who were reached and helped because of this “hobby” of ours.
They had one panel that I sat in on, that was more of a presentation and discussion group, all about the character sheet and how that info presented there parses out to the aspects of the PC which they then related to how those character aspects could be used in therapeutic sessions.
Fascinating stuff and the sort of things I point to when I’m confronted with folks who just don’t want to believe that tabletop RPGing is far more than just silly games. I say what we do is Art, because Art changes peoples lives, alters peoples’ realities.
So there!
I believe the panels were recorded and that the folks there will be sending me links to those recordings and vids, and I’ll get them off to you when I get them. I also sat down for a quick interview with a couple of old friends- more on that when they get back to me on when they’ll be posting that.
So yeah, quite the “holiday”.
🙂
Hope everybody else who had the weekend off had a great time and enjoyed themselves!
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And now, the BLURBS!
Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages is NOW available in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com! This massive full color tome is part of the V20 line but does not require V20 to play and enjoy.
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
The sixth and final Pugmire poster for now, Spike Mutt, is on the loose now as a free PDF or $.99 physical poster, suitable for framing: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150845/Spike-Mutt-Pugmire-Poster-6
The fifth Pugmire poster, Pan Dachshund, is ready now as a free PDF or $.99 physical poster, suitable for framing: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150844/Pan-Dachshund-Pugmire-Poster-5
The fourth Pugmire poster, Jack Rat-Terrier, is on-sale now as a free PDF or $.99 physical poster, suitable for framing: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150944/Jack-RatTerrier-Pugmire-Poster-4
The third Pugmire poster, Sgt. Leo Bulldog, is available NOW as a free PDF or $.99 physical poster, suitable for framing: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150843/Sgt-Leo-Bulldog-Pugmire-Poster-3
The second poster, Princess Yosha Pug, is available now: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149750/Princess-Yosha-Pug-Pugmire-Poster-2
And the first poster, Sister Picassa Collie, is here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148516/Sister-Picassa-Collie-Pugmire-Poster-1
Start spreading the Code of Man!
Dread Names, Red List for V20 is now on sale! This collection of the most dangerous Kindred ever called Anathema is available in both PDF and hardcover PoD versions: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150381/V20-Dread-Names-Red-List
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And now, new project status updates!:
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM ROLLICKING ROSE (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)
- 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)
- Pugmire Early Access
- Dark Eras Companion (nWod Dark Eras)
- Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition
- V20 Ready Made Characters (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Beast Ready Made Characters (Beast: the Primordial)
- Beast Fiction Anthology (Beast: the Primordial)
- Cavaliers of Mars
Redlines
- Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)
- Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition
- Cursed Necropolis: Rio (Mummy: the Curse)
- Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)- In Open Development
- WtF The Pack (Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition)
- VtM Lore of the Bloodlines (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- WtA Kinfolk (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
Second Draft
- Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Secrets of the Covenants (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)
- The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd 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)
- M20 Anthology (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Dark Eras Expansions (nWod Dark Eras)
Editing
- V20 Ghouls (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- V20 Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- W20 Shattered Dreams (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Demon Storytellers’ Guide (Demon: the Descent)
- Promethean: the Created 2nd Edition, featuring the Firestorm Chronicle (Promethean: the Created)
- Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition, featuring the Fallen World Chronicle (Mage: the Awakening)
- W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
Post-Editing Development:
ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:
In Art Direction
- V20 Ghouls – All in… sending art over to CCP Tuesday morning (wanted to make sure I had it all).
- Tal Me Rah – AD’d… some sketches are coming in.
- W20 Shattered Dreams – Almost all the finals are in.
- V20 Lore of the Clans – Gaydos working on halfs.
- Pentex Employee Indoctrination Manual – Holding off until new text is in.
- Demon STG – AD’d.
- Mage: the Awakening Second – Art Directing. Still awaiting some replies, notes going out to several artists on Tuesday.
- Promethean: the Created Second – Looking over it…
In Layout
- Lore of the Clans – roughing in the new stuff while art is in progress.
- Dreams of Avarice – Starting on this.
- NWoD 2 – Probably start rolling on that this week.
Proofing
- M20 How Do You Do That ?!? – It’s with Phil.
- Ex 3 Anthology – Awaiting updated text file.
- Ex 3 core book – RichT here: Maria is sending me the proofs tonight so I can get them sent over to CCP for approval. Again, no idea how long they will take, but we’ll get the backer PDF links sent out as soon as we confirm that they are OK with the proofs (there might be a round of changes, but we won’t know until it happens).
- Beast: The Primordial – Interior first proof with McF.
At Press
- V20DA – Cover problems dealt with. Should be rolling along.
- M20 – Still hoping issues worked out.
- M20 Screen– At the Printer.
Special
- Dark Eras – Holding pattern.
- Wraith 20 – Yep… waiting on artnotes.
TODAY’S REASON TO DRINK: If you haven’t already, drink to salute the work you do the rest of the year.
You guys are great.
That art looks amazing althoug I have no idea what’s going on other than “crafting.” Is that a snake’s tongue coming out of his mouth?
He seems to be sucking the magic out of the sword.
Or vomiting magic all over the sword.
Either way, a singularly new and interesting crafting technique
:).
Crafting energy.
Oooooo
A pity though, there could be great merit in such projectile based delivery of enchantments. Just think! No more pesky need to lay on hands. Just BLAARG and your whole legion is ready to take on Thorns. The foundational work of Uke Mochi speaks for itself.
Admittedly Tsukuyomi did decapitate here almost immediately afterward so the technique would require a degree of … ergonomic refinement.
If I were the betting kind, I’ld say this is the illustration for the craft charm “Craftman needs no tools”. Congrats to the artist.
Hey whats going on with EX3 Anthology?
As we have done with other projects, we’ve taken notes from the backer feedback, and we’re making some adjustments to the stories.
K thx i’ll wait to read it than
WOW, quite a weekend RichT. So… EX3: The time has come, it was a long waiting… hell i feel the same as when i saw the preview of STAR CRAFT 2. One question: Can you give us some update about the Anathema Software development?, personally i depend a lot of it to make my chars.
Thanks and cheers.
I personally haven’t heard anything beyond the fact that Anathema has been given what they need and that and they are working on it. Again, in case there’s any confusion, their character generator is their project and not ours, so we have no oversight on how things are going with it.
ill be honest, ive always preferred Ed Exalted over Anathema for character generation. simply more customization of the overall tool kits, including charms, mutations, merits/flaws, backgrounds or really anything else you could imagine putting on a character sheet, ease of use, and generally more splats offered overall (link below in case someone hasn’t heard of it) the main thing though is that its made by 1 guy so updates can be slow and… it doesn’t much like the newer OS’s. you can get it to work but its often a bit more finicky and in my experience sometimes requires multiple attempts. still definitely always preferred it. the only thing that I can definitely say about the current release of Anathema is that I like how simple and well designed their sheets are.
Ed Exalted just updated to v7 on august 30th 2015 to now include Alchemicals. currently he has said that he doesnt plan to do 3e, but may work on it later.
here is the link to the web page =) http://www.edexalted.com/default.asp
Glad to hear each of you had some good trips at the various conventions.
You guys have some great stuff that is about to be released. And I have some great(okay?) money that I can’t wait to give all of the fine creative people at Onyx Path once they are.
Keep up the great work, Rich.
Oh, and by the way, are we still looking at the last week of September for W20: Shattered Dreams?
We’re still pulling together the Shattered Dreams Kickstarter pieces, so this month is still the goal to go live. Thanks!
Shattered Dreams! Shattered Dreams! Shattered Dreams!
‘nough said.
Speaking of video games. While I love your books, of course, I also think your worlds are just perfect to explore in other media and… honestly still cannot understand, even knowing all that has happened in the past, how it can be that there aren’t more shows, movies and video games set in those settings. I mean just look at bloodlines as an example of the pure awesomess that can be achieved if done right.
So, now that you guys are all sails open in a sea of endless potential, I ask the 10 000$ question. Without revealing anything that would not be proper, and with full understanding that the answer will have to remain theoretical: How likely is it, that we might get a new show, movie or game within, let’s say, 3-5 years?
How open would/could you be if approached by third parties interested in producing either ones?
Because I for one would kill for a Werewolf TV show, movie trilogy and/or open world game or a Vampire: The Mascarade episodic game.
I think our best hope is that Steam’s market of visual novels will grow big enough that CCP will notice and see an opportunity to make some easy cash for little investment, especially if it’s Kickstarted.
Without revealing anything that would not be proper, and with full understanding that the answer will have to remain theoretical: How likely is it, that we might get a new show, movie or game within, let’s say, 3-5 years?
How open would/could you be if approached by third parties interested in producing either ones?
Anyone who approaches us about WoD projects will get directed to CCP, because they own the IP. Any decision on this sort of thing is theirs to make. We have the license to make tabletop games only.
For all I know there may be other projects currently in development, but they don’t have to communicate that to us at all.
That… makes sense. Is a bit sad, but it makes sense. I hope they do make something with those licenses. It would be such a waste not to. And any event, thanks for the reply Ian.
Computer game made by hem i would guess no with the wod mmo failing and them being mainly mmo guys (ccp each). Maybe if someone approached them with an idea that he had a chance to do it himself.
Films and series. A series would be possible as there was one already. And only stopped with the dwath of the main actor. But i wiuld guess that there wont be enough profit in a series to split between 2-3 companies. Esp. With so many similar ones around. Which leaves films. And there are many films set in a dark vampire filled universe. So possible lawsuits,… If one gets too successfull as they can only get similar. So a high risk there.
All in all. I would guess low propability there 🙁
Yes, but that’s assuming Vampire is the focus. Which I am personally not rooting for. Vampire as a game, yes, gimme, gimme, but as a movie/show, we’re saturated right now. I agree.
But a Werewolf: The Apocalypse or Mage: The Ascension show or movie would be a vastly different breed of movie/show than anything on right now if they keep the setting and mood intact.
So long as Ex3 comes out between the 10th and the 28th, it’s all good. It’ll give me an excuse to work at home while people get used to all the traffic and construction going on around here.
Aside from that, I’ve been in the mood for some more Beast during the last few days. I’m really looking forward to learning more about the player’s guide.
I’ve been meaning to say this for a while, but the picture of Pan Dachshund makes me squee a little bit. The SUPER-SERIOUS expression, and then the big floppy ears is just…
Awesome! It was really important to me that each dog’s character come through in the poster art, besides them showing a range of attitudes, classes, and environments. Thanks and thanks to Jon Hodgson for illustrating Pan so well.
A serious question: lots of coffee during a project or a nice whiskey when a project is done?
I was running Mage at FanExpo this past weekend! Darn shame I wasn’t able to swing by the booth.
We didn’t have a booth, so you didn’t miss anything. But glad to hear you were running!
So… What’ll be next on Kickstarter?
Shatttered Dreams for Werewolf 20th, covering the Wars of Rage.
Is this dress gold or blue?
Any updates on how the Mage 20th POD looks? I have this money I’m wanting to throw your way. ;-D 😀
Discussions with the PoD printer continue, but nothing we can act on.
I hate to broken-record, but this never got a reply in the previous post’s comments. This is a uniquely PoD problem, and since it’s apparently taking some time to sort out, is there any chance the PDF edition could be greenlit for sale in the mean time?
That’s not in our current plans, no.
o.o; wellll
uhm…. i just found this report about kickstarter. considering you use it id figure youd like to see it.
https://youtu.be/ayuHpicwiIE
So I’m from Washington state and am a part of the Ex3 Kickstarter, you know the one that is 2 years overdue. Double the 650,000 they raised would be a pretty penny.