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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!
Episodes
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
In which Eddy, Matthew, and Dixie decide to skip the Scion Actual Play to talk about their personal struggles and their excitement about the upcoming Onyx Path Con.
- Black lives matter. Period.
- Onyx Path Con starts today!
- Eddy is not the best judge of Dixie's audio issues
- Farty horn update!
- Our new theme songs
- We're all struggling
- Onyx Path Con! (jump to 33:40 if you want to skip the serious stuff)
- Live Pathcast on Saturday!
- Rich is playing in a ton of games!
- Exalted Essence Playtest!
- Secret announcement for Realms of Pugmire on Sunday!
- Exciting panels!
- They Came from Beyond the Grave actual play!
Black Lives Matter Links
- https://blacklivesmatter.com/
- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
- https://blackliveswillalwaysmatter.carrd.co/
- https://moreblminfo.carrd.co/
- https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/a-growing-black-lives-matter-resource-list-for-designers-and-humans/
Other Links
- Onyx Path Con: https://onyxpathcon.com
- Farty Horns Remastered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oByTUQjCFg
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
In which Dixie sits down for a chat with Eric Minton, Monica Speca, and Neall Raemonn Price to chat about Exalted and Exalted Essence.
* Developer Introductions
* How Eric transitioned from fan to developer
* What sort of nerds are we?
* We throw it to Monica for the fan to developer question!
* A bit on Essence development
* Some wider thoughts on Exalted development
* Chat about the density of the setting
* Our favorite design pieces of Exalted
* A little on the feel of Exalted
* More on Exalted content and what we like about it
* Some thoughts on balance in Essence
* Different ways of presenting Exalted setting
* Final thoughts!
* A long outro, full of tangents!
Links:
Legendlore Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/legendlore-rpg-setting-for-5th-edition-fantasy-roleplaying-0
Exalted Third Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162759/Exalted-3rd-Edition
Dragon-Blooded: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/261732/DragonBlooded-What-Fire-Has-Wrought
The Realm: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/276067/The-Realm
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
In which Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew continue with their Scion: Origin story!
* What have we been up to? Editing, new laptop, and They Came from Beyond the Grave!
* Musical interlude and the Rich Bastard's Guide to Magick!
* Music for roleplaying games (farty horns, of course)
* Who can't play the recorder?
* Who plays the recorder for Lucifer?
* The best kind of palate cleanser.
* Scion: Origin continues!
* Cliffhangers in the sewer.
LINKS:
Scion Origin: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246765/Scion-Second-Edition-Book-One-Origin
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
In which Eddy and Dixie talk to Ian A. A. Watson about his latest projects, including some more details on the recently-announced Trinity Continuum: Anima!
- Faxanadu on NES
- Streaming video games on Twitch
- More farty horns and Dixie's Wikipedia Corner
- Ian reveals his middle names!
- We remember the rough times we had recording episode 4
- How things have been in the past couple of years
- Ian is still a well-known shitposter
- Trinity Continuum: Anima
- The Crash
- Surprising inspirations
- Internet shit
- MMOs have their own language and cultural impact
- The Glass brain implant
- Different things to try in Trinity as a result
- The importance of media touchstones
- Why it's not set during the Aberrant War
- M20 Victorian Mage
- How Ian's evolved as a creative
- Interpreting Matthew's dreams
- Impostor syndrome and making something with your hands
LINKS:
- Faxanadu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxanadu
- Matthew's Twitch: https://twitch.tv/matthewdawkins
- Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: https://www.xplainthexmen.com
- Mamoru Samuragochi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoru_Samuragochi
- Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/260788/Trinity-Continuum-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=548232
- Otherland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherland
- Mass Effect Franchise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect
- X-Com Franchise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM
- Technocracy Reloaded Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/m20-technocracy-reloaded
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
In which Matthew runs Scion Origin for Dixie and Eddy, but not before we spend an unreasonably long time talking about everything else.
* Trinity Continuum: Anima Teaser
* Cockney Rhyming Slang and the Polari
* The incipherable lyric game: WWF RAW theme from 1998 - 2000
Dixie's take on the lyrics:
It’s my life in the box into the beef
I’m dropping my ox it’s the Solar beat
Why am I thorn in your eye?
Eddy's take on the lyrics:
It's the lights and the night of joie de vivre
And you chop off the arms and soil the meat
With your arms aghast you see me leave things here
Your headbutt's a dog; it's a pain
* Resident Evil music: Farty horns vs. Farty cello
* Working on V5 Cults of the Blood Gods stretch goals
* The worst Toreador coterie
* The Scion Origin actual play continues!
LINKS
WWF RAW Theme: https://youtu.be/m6s9uSz5oE0
WWF Full Metal Album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Full_Metal:_The_Album
Resident Evil Director's Cut Basement Theme: https://youtu.be/0kcF7E69C6Q
Resident Evil Basement Theme: https://youtu.be/sITJuWV3HXg
Scion Origin: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246765/Scion-Second-Edition-Book-One-Origin
M20 Technocracy Reloaded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/m20-technocracy-reloaded
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
In which Eddy and Dixie talk with developers Danielle Lauzon and Travis Legge about M20 Technocracy Reloaded
- M20 Technocracy Reloaded KS is doing well!
- Impostor Syndrome
- How Danielle and Travis got involved in the project
- What's in M20: TR?
- Reconciling different takes on the Technocracy
- Hit Marks
- "Metaplot agnostic" vs keeping up with technology
- We talk about old cellphones for quite a while
- The cult-like nature of the Technocracy
- Surface-level inclusivity in the Technocracy
- Gadgets and tech toys
- The "space opera" flavor of the Void Engineers
- What things do you think are cool about TR?
- Playing the games you worked on
- Eddy is now Pugs Teddy.
LINKS
- M20 Technocracy Reloaded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/m20-technocracy-reloaded
- Zigg'raugglur: https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Zigg%27raugglur
- Disco Elysium: https://zaumstudio.com/
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
In which we put all of our Scion actual plays thus far into one giant file for easy catching up!
* Everything is a bit meh, but Technocracy Reloaded is doing well!
* A segue!
* Pirates of Pugmire backer PDF is out!
* A bit about Pirates of Pugmire and tone in writing
* We chat about They Came from Beyond the Grave!
* We talk about...day drinking?
* We talk about...Gloomhaven?
Character Creation Episode
* A brief history of Scion
* Matthew is the Storyguide, Dixie and Eddy are playing
* We'll be posting the first game session somewhere
* Setting: Miami, Florida
* Character concepts
* Deeds: short, long, and Band
* Storyguide advice: How to make sure characters work together
* Choosing divine parents and pantheons
* Oh, and character names
* Origin, Role, and Pantheon Paths
* Skills and what Skills actually mean
* How Storypath makes competant characters
* Attributes and Approaches
* Callings and Knacks
* Eddy missed a step
* Tweaks and Connections
* Future pantheons
Session One
* Scion: Origin Actual Play
Session Two
* Scion: Origin Actual Play
Session Three
* Scion: Origin Actual Play
Session Four
* Fay and Kian
* Meeting with the daughter of Poseidon
* Learning about the Tattoo Lizards
* Setting up a meeting
Links:
Technocracy Reloaded Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/m20-technocracy-reloaded
Scion Origin: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246765/Scion-Second-Edition-Book-One-Origin
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
In which Dixie and Eddy talk to Ian and Mark from Gehenna Gaming about their organization, running games at cons, and Virtual Horror Con.
* Dixie puts the pressure on
* A Mark exclusive!
* A brief history of Ian!
* What is Gehenna Gaming?
* On running con demos and consent forms
* A bit on how constraints can make you more creative
* How did Gehenna Gaming come together?
* A bit on PAX Unplugged and cons
* Mark derails the podcast and turns the tables!
* How Eddy and Dixie came to OPP
* Virtual Horror Con!
* How VHC came to be and how they scheduled it
* VHC Highlights
* What's to come for VHC
Links:
Covid-19 Response Fund: https://covid19responsefund.org/
Gehenna Gaming: https://www.gehennagaming.com/
Gehenna Gaming Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gehennagaming
Gehenna Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/gehennagaming
Gehenna Gaming Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Twb5m6d
The Magnus Archives: http://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-archives/
The Magnus Archives Transcripts: https://snarp.github.io/magnus_archives_transcripts/
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
In which Dixie and Eddy actually play Scion: Origin, with Matthew as Storyguide. Note: This is the continuation of the story from episodes 54 and 56.
- Wow, 100 episodes!
- The Childminder and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Jerkbirbs!
- Recap from last time
- Phaedra and Kian
- Meeting with the daughter of Poseidon
- Learning about the Tattoo Lizards
- Setting up a meeting
LINKS
- Scion Origin: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246765/Scion-Second-Edition-Book-One-Origin?affiliate_id=548232
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Episode 99: Five Minute Pitches #3
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy continue to pitch games at each other in the course of five minutes!
* Colin Mochrie playing D&D
* Support your live entertainers!
* Elric!
* Adventure! pitch - by Eddy Webb
* Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary and Victorian Age Mage pitch - by Matthew Dawkins
* Deviant: The Renegades pitch - by Dixie Cochran
* Assassins pitch - by Eddy Webb
* Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition pitch - by Matthew Dawkins
* Blending Wraith with Orpheus
* Thank you so much everyone for pitching pitches for us to pitch!
Links:
Elric! RPG: hhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Elric-Fantasy-Roleplaying-Young-Kingdoms/dp/0933635982
Adventure! RPG: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/trinitycontinuum/
Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149562/Mage-The-Ascension-20th-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=13
Deviant: The Renegades Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/projects/200664283/deviant-the-renegades-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game
Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233842/Wraith-The-Oblivion-20th-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=13
Orpheus: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/771/Orpheus?affiliate_id=13
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk