Dec 3rd, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which the trio gets obsessed with the movie "Silent Venom," but manages to talk about Complications and They Came From scenario creation in spite of it all.
- Enhancements and Complications
- Matthew starts an anecdote
- Snakes and Ladders
- Matthew gets obsessed with Silent Venom
- Self-indulgent nonsense
- Killer bee movies
- The snake/bee cinematic universe
- How to come up with adventure ideas
- Matthew finishes an anecdote
- Hannibal v. Sherlock Holmes
Links:
Nov 26th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which the trio talks about what makes a good arch-villain, and how to engage with them in TTRPGS.
* On children's books and their possible problems
* Matthew has two tangents
* We get pretty political for a few minutes
* Major antagonists in TTRPGs
* How to highlight antagonists
* Seeding antagonists
Links:
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Nov 19th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew cover the past few months of releases! Finally.
- Friend contract negotiations
- Time travel
- Mummy: The Curse Second Edition
- Deviant: The Renegades
- Aberrant: The Adventures of Teen Tomorrow
- Beyond the Grave: The Haunting of Abbeyham Priory!
- Exalted: Hundred Devils Night Parade
- Æon: Under Alien Skies (and Wookies)
- CofD: Player's Guide to the Contagion Chronicle
- Exalted: Heirs of the Shogunate
- Tasty Bits: Pets, Dracula's Tomb, and Car Competition
- Legendlore (it really is great)
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Kickstarter
- M20 Rich Bastard's Guide to Magick & Ghost Hunters
- A peek into our process and the podcast goals
Links (BOY I HOPE YOU LIKE LINKS):
Nov 12th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew discuss problematic issues in fiction and TTRPGs and methods of handling them!
* Eddy Webb is punctuation
* The question of appropriate children's books
* Providing fiction within its correct context
* Ability scores being linked to "race"
* Eddy explains some of the original game design behind games such as D&D and why it must remain the way it is
* Having zero dots in a Skill
* Dixie has a kitten o' nine tails
* Problematic clans in Vampire
* How to handle Banu Haqim and Ravnos
Links:
* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Nov 5th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which the trio talks about what video games they are playing and how they relate to TTRPGs.
* Matthew asks The Question
* Into the Breach
* Dixie's fantasy games & playstyle
* Encumbrance
* Achievements, completionists, and types of play
* How video game styles influence TTRPG play
* Making story hooks and NPCs
* Dixie's first Exalted 3rd game!
Links:
Into the Breach: https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/
For the King: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/For_The_King/
Divinity: Original Sin II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/
Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: https://www.ace-attorney.com/great1-2/us/
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Oct 29th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which Eddy and Dixie sit with guest co-host Meredith Gerber to talk about DriveThruRPG, along with the expected amount of digressions.
- Bones day or no bones day
- The Big O: theft or homage?
- Century Publisher Relations
- Print on demand
- Game preservation
- DM's Guild and community content programs
- Sales, marketing, and market research
- Pionerring new formats
- What value does DriveThruRPG bring to indie publishers?
Links:
Oct 22nd, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew provide the best damn GMing tips this side of October!
* Wrapping your head around a flat Earth, the Discworld RPG, and 1990s conspiracy theories
* When the GM sets an uninviting task / asking the players to just roll with it
* Asking players what they enjoyed about the recent game
* Building mysteries around player expectations
* Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective successes and failures
* The highs and lows of Horror on the Orient Express
* Is every RPG scenario a mystery?
* Is Storypath a GM-serving system?
* The difficulty of writing interactive adventures
* We discuss Descent into Avernus
* Back to the Orient Express
* Eddy's recollections of the Midway City RPG
* How to run and play nihilistic games such as ALIEN, Camp Murder Lake!, Ten Candles, Dread, Dead of Night...
* The Dark Fate Flaw and how to use it
* Safety checks and guidelines
* Adding obvious antagonists like Balthazar in Chicago by Night
* Handling bigoted characters
* We barely touch (but do recommend) Conspiracy X
* We recommend the best games for mystery roleplay
Links:
* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Oct 15th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which the trio and Rich talk about the various Storypath games at their Gen Con Online panel!
- No notes; this one was pre-recorded! Enjoy!
Oct 8th, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which the Onyx Path gang (Eddy, Dixie, Matthew, Rich, and Travis) talk to Gen Con Online about's up with Onyx Path!
- Note: Panel was recorded on September 18th, 2021
- Rich talks about the impact of 2020 and 2021
- Eddy talks about Pugmire, Scion, and Trinity
- Matthew talks about Trinity Continuum: Aether, They Came From... and World of Darkness
- Rich reveals details on a Double Feature Kickstarter
- Travis talks about Mage: The Ascension and Scarred Lands
- Dixie talks about Exalted and Chronicles of Darkness
- Q&A
- Rich nails the ending of the panel
Links:
Oct 1st, 2021 by Eddy Webb
In which Eddy, Matthew, and Dixie dive deep into the Deathless experience!
* Faxanadu bugs! The f- you say?
* Starting on Ataris and Commodores and moving to the NES
* The pains and pleasures of nostalgia in video games and TTRPGs
* Playing different timelines in Mummy: The Curse
* Some of Mummy: The Curse 1st Edition's Strengths and Weaknesses
* Affecting the passage of time in Mummy
* Carrying modern Skills to historic eras
* Expanding the range of playable characters to immortals and sorcerers
* The size of Chronicles of Darkness core books and the volume of information within them
* Design choices for Mummy (what to include and what to exclude)
* Making Mummy accessible
* Reimagining games like Trinity and supplements as bug fixes
* Slimming Mummy and other Chronicles of Darkness games down
* Media inspirations for Mummy
* Does Mummy have a metaplot?
* Memory issues (and forgetting to add things to the core book)
* Changing course on powers (Utterances and Affinities) during the Kickstarter
* Arms of Ahriman controversy!
* Presenting pulpy 1920 adventures next to stories of personal horror
* Pyramid level play
* Werewolf on Kickstarter!
* The godawful goddamn movie named Moonbound
Links:
* Should Old Games Be Fixed?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeemO9yW-hs
* Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/347148/Mummy-The-Curse-Second-Edition?affiliate_id=13
* Promethean: The Created 2nd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189395/Promethean-the-Created-2nd-Edition?affiliate_id=13
* Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233842/Wraith-The-Oblivion-20th-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=13
* Exalted: Essence: https://exalted-essence.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
* W20 Apocalyptic Record Kickstarter: http://kck.st/3kssZwU
* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
