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Chat, interviews, and banter by Onyx Path Publishing’s in-house developers. Join Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy on the Onyx Pathcast!
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Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about the value and difficulties in using established metaplot in tabletop RPGs.
- Timothy Dalton and James Bond Jr were the best James Bonds
- What is metaplot?
- Dixie's Vampire games
- Matthew talks about Transylvania Chronicles and too much metaplot
- Writing on a metaplot-heavy property, and how Exalted Essence deals with that
- Day Zero vs metaplot
- Players who love to delve into setting and metaplot
- "It happens no matter what" vs "it only matters when you interact with it"
- How historically accurate should you be?
- Example: Star Wars and Star Trek games
- Talk in advance and set expectations
- Explicitly changing things
- GM's Day Sale, a Poe mashup, and Duke Rollo
- INSERT: We're doing another five minute pitch episode!
LINKS
- GM's Day Sale: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/featured.php?promotion_id=RPG-GMsD2020
- Legend of the Five Rings: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257004/Legend-of-the-Five-Rings-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=548232
- New 52: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_52
- Marvel Super Heroes RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Heroes_(role-playing_game)
- Disco Elysium: https://zaumstudio.com/
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey
- Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/178583/Chronicles-of-Darkness-Dark-Eras?affiliate_id=548232
- Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
- Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Transylvania Chronicles
- TC I Dark Tides Rising: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2303/Transylvania-Chronicles-I-Dark-Tides-Rising?affiliate_id=548232
- TC II Son of the Dragon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/313/Transylvania-Chronicles-II-Son-of-the-Dragon?affiliate_id=548232
- TC III Ill Omens: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2304/Transylvania-Chronicles-III-Ill-Omens-WW2813?affiliate_id=548232
- TC IV The Dragon Ascendant: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/314/Transylvania-Chronicles-IV-The-Dragon-Ascendant?affiliate_id=548232
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