2 Days Before- [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting

We’ve been talking a lot about the incredible response that we got from the nWoD Dark Eras Kickstarter. The more we discuss it the better historical era gaming sounds, and judging by the never-ending buckets of emails and posts we get, most of you agree. Things were really bad back then in history, and it really seems like there was a commensurately larger amount of angst floating around to make everything grimmer and nastier- the way we like it! Mmmmm- Historical Angst™. Due to legal contract type issues we can’t announce what we’re going to do this quarter- but that ends on Tuesday, so expect a press release as to our plans on Wednesday.

We also discussed the upcoming Deluxe V20 Lore of the Clans Kickstarter, which is designed with most of our most requested Rewards, and should have some excellent Stretch Goals to earn. But we are also adding a new element to the mix with the Achievement section. This is another way to gain bonus rewards for your fellow backers and yourself while having fun in a sort of virtual scavenger hunt as you send us links to pics you’ve shot containing various specific images.

For example the Followers of Set Achievement is to send us links of selfies that contain you holding one or more snakes (getting counted for the Achievement doesn’t require you playing a Settite, but with you needing to hold a snake I bet it helps!) What I really like about having these Achievements is that they are another way folks can get involved with the Kickstarter, but they don’t rely on monetary goals like the Stretch Goals pretty much do. So having fun with these directly improves the experience of the KS, and the Rewards and Stretch Goals keep doing what they do well, too. And for your enjoyment, here’s a spread from V20 Lore of the Clans:

Eddy was out getting dismissed from jury duty, so no notes from that meeting that didn’t occur. We are just wrapping up getting the first art assigned for Pugmire, so I’m pretty excited to see how artists will handle this new world we’re creating.

Before I go, I wanted to expand a bit on the “Sardonyx” System that we have been developing as essentially a house system for Onyx Path. It’ll be the base system for the Scion line, and the Trinity Continuum lines, so we’ve spent tons of time on it. My stated desire was to have a ten-sided dice pool system that could work if your character was a regular man on the street, or a god. Seeing the two games we’re first using it for, you can see why. We also wanted this system to allow for and reward players who were involved in the story as a collaborative effort, but not penalize or deter players who just want to roll some dice and get results.

Rollickin’ Rose Bailey and Naughty Neall Raemonn Price have been shepherding the system for the last couple of months, and while the Updates below say it is in the Development phase before Editing, that’s only half the story. During this phase, the system is now coherent enough that we can send it out of the team for review by several industry professionals that are renowned for their systems designs. While of course we’re hoping they simply love it, we are more interested in their concerns after reading through the design document. Based on their feedback, we’ll either fall back and see what we need to fix, or get it ready for some Open Dev blogging here on this site.

It is very exciting to have this long gestating system finally at this very important “gut-check” stage by people we respect, and since getting “Sardonyx” finished means work can rev up on Scion and the Trinity Continuum, this is a huge step in Onyx Path‘s plans for WORLD DOMINATION!

Uh, that’s MAKING GREAT GAMES. No idea where that domination stuff came from.

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And now, the BLURBS!

Look for Sothis Ascends for Mummy: the Curse to go on sale as an Advance PDF this Wednesday! See the gorgeous cover art at the top of this page.

Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition‘s Advance PDF is still available atDTRPG although the time to submit errata for official review is over. In fact, the final layout PDF went for proofing and out for an index to be created. Figure a bit of time to make those tweaks, and time for the index to be pulled together, and in around a month the physical copy PoD versions will be ready for sale. They’ll look not unlike these mock-ups below:

The Deluxe V20 Lore of the Clans Kickstarter is being put together right now and we hope to have it ready to go live Thursday at 12 noon eastern US time. See the notes above for more details on some added fun aspects.

Rollickin’ Rose Bailey has self-published a really cool collection of Russian-folklore themed stories called The Sugar House: The Adventures of Sasha Witchblood.

“These were the days when the three Romes had fallen. When the mother of the world had bled, when the Ice Horde had conquered Archangel, when the trees had marched on Muscovy, and when only white-walled Kiev stood against the forest. These were the days when Sasha Witchblood roamed the land, and tread its mud and jewels alike beneath her feet.”

–‘The Girl and the Gallows’ Everyone calls Baba Yaga “Grandmother.” For Sasha, it’s the truth. Journey through a Europe being slowly strangled by the forest in four stories where Robert E. Howard meets the Brothers Grimm. Check it out here: http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/146341

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And now, new project status updates!:

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM ROLLICKING ROSE (Projects in bold have changed listings)

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

W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition) (Going for open development soon.)

M20 Book of Secrets (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Secrets of the Covenants (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition) – In Open Development

Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)

M20 Anthology (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Demon Translation Guide (Demon: the Fallen and Demon: the Descent)

nWoD Hurt Locker (World of Darkness 2nd Edition)

Pugmire (Be a Good Dog.)

CtL anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

WoD nWoD 2e core (World of Darkness 2nd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Redlines

Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)

Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition, featuring the Fallen World Chronicle (Mage: the Awakening) – In Open Development

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

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

Cursed Necropolis: Rio (Mummy: the Curse)

Demon Storytellers’ Guide (Demon: the Descent)

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

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

Second Draft

V20 Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

W20 Shattered Dreams (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

W20 Novel by Mike Lee (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Development

V20 Red List (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

V20 Ghouls (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Promethean: the Created 2nd Edition, featuring the Firestorm Chronicle (Promethean: the Created) Being playtested.

Beast: the Primordial core book (Beast: The Primordial)

“Sardonyx” System Rules (Base rules set for Scion and the Trinity Continuum)

Editing

M20 How do you DO that? (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

MtC Dreams of Avarice

Development (post-editing)

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE

In Art Direction