Episode 26: Listen to our Story(path)!

Onyx Pathcast

In which Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew do a deep dive into the Storypath system that Onyx Path uses for Scion, Trinity, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, and Dytopia Rising: Evolution.

* Newscaster voices!

* Storypath system primer/basics of the mechanics

* Various systems Storypath does well

* Skill + Attribute

* Arena + Approach

* Storypath is structured like media!

* A bit about failures being interesting

* Dramatic editing and Trinity’s structure

* Momentum and Scion

* Integrating mechanics into setting

* More about failing before you succeed

* Dixie makes a WoW connection!

* Wading deeper in the Momentum pool

* The “Paths” of Storypath

* On…Trademarks? Props? in TCfBtS!

* More on Momentum, Conditions. and Flaws

* Dice rolling in Storypath, Enhancements, and Complications

* System flexibility

* Scale in Storypath

* A tangent!

* You don’t have to memorize the rules to run a game

* Power levels in Storypath

* Getting meta with TCfBtS!

* Trinity’s…continuum

* Our personal favorite Storypath games

* Another stinger brought to you by us goofing off before recording!

Links:

Trinity Continuum: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/trinitycontinuum/

Trinity Preorders: https://trinity-continuum-aeon-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Scion: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/scion/

Scion Preorders: https://scion-2nd-edition-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Dystopia Rising: Evolution: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/dystopiarising/

Dystopia Rising: Evolution Preorders: https://dystopia-rising-evolution.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

They Came from Beneath the Sea!: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/tcfbts/

Chicago by Night Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed?ref=577145&token=5538fbe5#