All Pitched Out [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

Like the above art we are scribing like mad here at the Onyx Path. So I’m going to be briefer than normal today.

Part of that is sorting through and assembling lists of pitches, so Thanks! everybody who posted your ideas for projects for Chronicles of Darkness, Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition, and Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition last week. We just had so many excellent ideas, many with really interesting descriptions and reasons, that I could do little but watch them pour in and marvel at the variety.

Rockin’ Rose wanted me to pass on her thanks for all the Vampire pitch ideas in particular, she really appreciates them!

Yes, it’s a circus here right now. Besides running through the pitch ideas in order to submit a new schedule to the new White Wolf Publishing, we’re settling the lingering shipping issues with the Deluxe Mage 20 ship-out, and starting shipping on the Deluxe V20 Lore of the Clans, and getting out backer discounts for Exalted 3rd Edition PoDs.

I’m also setting up the Deluxe Changeling 20th Edition KS surveys in BackerKit. I tried out BackerKit for our Pugmire KS, and thought it worked so smoothly to extend the KS, in that if you missed the KS you can still pre-order the books and screens and such, that I thought I’d try it on one of our Deluxe KSs. So if you missed the Changeling 20th KS, keep an eye here for the link to the Deluxe Changeling 20th Pre-Order page.

Here is Pugmire‘s Pre-Order page if you want to get in on the Doggy Goodness: https://pugmire-fantasy-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

And speaking of Pugmire, our buddy Rick Carroll gives Eddy and I a podcast-tastic interview all about the beginnings of Pugmire and Onyx Path and what we are looking at doing next. It’s a huge list and I scramble to try and hit even the highlights! http://rickacarroll.com/podcast/episode-0021-pug-life-eddy-webb-rich-thomas/

Finally, today is the 9 year anniversary of the release of the first edition of Scion: Hero. So very hard to believe that it has been that long, and now we are actively planning the Scion 2nd Edition Kickstarter! So very cool, and I even just sent over the first new art notes for the new edition for a big battle scene in the city streets to Mirthful Mike.

Scion as a game line surprised a lot of people in that it proved that WW was still one of the only big tabletop companies that could create an entirely new game line that sold, and I think that the new edition is going to build on top of the first in a way we rarely see with 2nd Editions. A huge part of that has been the untiring efforts of Naughty Neall Raemonn Price; first as the team leader for the StoryPath System, and then with his work as Scion 2nd developer.

Check out below for a special sale on DTRPG that we are running this week to celebrate!

And now, back to work!

BLURBS!

SPECIAL SALE:

DriveThruRPG celebrates the 9th anniversary of Scion being launched by putting all Scion PDFs on sale for 30% off! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_8569/Scion

ON SALE!

Here’s the link to the press release we put out about how Onyx Path is now selling through Indie Press Revolution: http://theonyxpath.com/press-release-onyx-path-limited-editions-now-available-through-indie-press-revolution/

Children of the Unconquered Sun arise! Exalted 3rd Edition in both PDF and PoD versions will go one sale at DriveThruRPG.com on Wednesday!

The Black Hand returns! V20 The Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra Advance PDF is available on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/179023/V20-The-Black-Hand-A-Guide-to-the-TalMaheRa

Beware the Beast: the Primordial PDFs and PoDs NOW on sale at DTRPG.com! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162443/Beast-The-Primordial

You are a Beast, and you must feed. Your Hunger drives you, and your Hunger might damn you. Indulge too lightly and your Horror will take matters into its own hands, roaming the Primordial Dream for sustenance and awakening murderous hatred in spiritually weak individuals. Feed too deeply and too often, and you become sluggish, sacrificing the raw edge of Hunger for the languor of Satiety. You must decide how to grow your Legend – will you be the monster incarnate, the thing that all other monsters fear? Or are you doomed to die under a Hero’s sword?

This book contains:

The complete guide to playing a Beast in Chronicles of Darkness

A game system designed for crossover with the other Chronicles of Darkness lines

A look at the Beasts and their broods all around the world, from Vancouver to Tokyo

Rules for Heroes, the deluded individuals who think that this is their story

The Demon Storyteller Guide has dropped its cover and is on sale as a PDF and a physical copy PoD on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170165/Demon-Storytellers-Guide

The Demon Storyteller’s Guide includes:

Expanded information on angels, including a look at how Incarnations apply to them

A extensive look at the spy genre and its permutations and how they apply to Demon

Three “setting hacks,” including an examination of Demon in the Bronze Age

The Chronicles of Darkness Core Rulebook looms out of the shadows, and is now on sale with PDF and PoD versions on DTRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168428/Chronicles-of-Darkness

Chronicles of Darkness RPG rulebook contains:

A guide to creating characters to explore a world of modern horror, from hopes and fears to psychic powers.

Dramatic rules for investigation, social manipulation, and bone-crunching violence.

Over a dozen monsters straight out of weird fiction and urban legend… plus complete rules for creating your own.

The God-Machine Chronicle, a massive collection of sample characters and techgnostic adventures.

Formerly titled nWoD Core Rulebook 2nd Edition.

The Pugmire Early Access book is for sale in both PDF and PoD formats! Check out the beta-rules for our family-friendly fantasy game of uplifted dogs exploring a world they never made! Lord of the Rings meets Planet of the Apes, but with dogs!

CONVENTIONS!

Gen Con 2016 planning has started. We’re starting to plan our booth demo schedule and our 2016-2017 Brochure and a Scion/Trinity/StoryPath brochure, too.

Here are some cons Fast Eddy Webb will be attending! Talk to him about V20 and Pugmire and Sherlock Holmes and Oxford Commas:

ECGC ( April 19-21, 2016 , Raleigh, NC)

, Raleigh, NC) MomoCon ( May 26-29, 2016 , Atlanta, GA)

Matt McFarland (2Ms) and Matt McElroy (3Ms) are guests at Marcon: http://marcon.org/ (May 6-8th). They’ll be doing a “What’s up with Onyx Path?” panel on Saturday the 7th. Some Onyx Path brochures and some Condition Cards will be given away.

And now, the 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 fiction anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

Ring of Spiragos (Scarred Lands)

VtM Endless Ages fiction anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

BtP Building a Legend (Beast: the Primordial)

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide 5E: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

DA V20 Dark Ages Companion (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

Trinity Continuum: Aeon Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

M20 Gods and Monsters (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

V20 Dark Ages Anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

VtR A Thousand Years of Night (Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition)

Redlines

Dagger of Spiragos – Pathfinder Version (Scarred Lands)

EX3 Quickstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Scarred Lands The Wise and the Wicked (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Second Draft

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Cavaliers of Mars

Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

Development

W20 Changing Ways (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

V20 Lore of the Bloodlines (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Beast Ready Made Characters (Beast: the Primordial)

Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

CofD Hurt Locker (Chronicles of Darkness)

Scion: Alpha (Scion 2nd Edition)

Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)

Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)

Editing Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

DA Tome of Secrets (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

The Prince’s Gambit (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

CofD Dark Eras Companion Cleopatra Mummy content (Chronicles of Darkness)

MtC Mummy Novel (Mummy: the Curse)

Post-Editing Development:

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Indexing:

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

W20 Shattered Dreams

Scarred Lands PG

Dark Eras Companion

Secrets of the Covenants

Necropolis Rio .

. W20 Kinfolk

V20 Ready Made Characters

EX3 Backer Charms – Finals coming in and being reviewed.

– Finals coming in and being reviewed. Beckett’s Jyhad Diary

CofD Hurt Locker

Mummy Novel

In Layout

Promethean: the Created Second



V20 Ghouls

Proofing



Ex 3 core book – From RichT: PoD and PDFs on sale to the public this Wednesday, backers will get the discounted PoD links before that. Now on to prepping the actual deluxe traditionally printed files.

– From RichT: PoD and PDFs on sale to the public this Wednesday, backers will get the discounted PoD links before that. Now on to prepping the actual deluxe traditionally printed files. Curse of the Blue Nile – Proofing.

– Proofing. Mage: the Awakening Second – At WWP for approvals.

– At WWP for approvals. WtF2 The Pack – At WWP for approvals.

At Press

Beast Screen – At shipper.

– At shipper. Beast Prestige Edition

Lore of the Clans LtD Edition – Shipping to backers this week.

– Shipping to backers this week. Lore of the Clans Screen – Shipping to backers this week.

– Shipping to backers this week. Beast Anthology

Dark Eras

V20 Black Hand – Advance PDF is live and errata collecting ends this week.

Special- projects on hold in the art and production area until an external factor is resolved

Wraith 20 – Art direction and layout can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky.

Art direction and layout can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky. Pentex Employee Indoctrination Manual – Some added and amended text needs to come in.