Onyx Pathcast

Episode 78: Deep Dive: Mummy the Curse Second Edition

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about the upcoming second edition of the Chronicle of Darkness game Mummy: The Curse.

• Diving puns!
• High-level pitch
• What is Du'at?
• Time travel! Kind of.
• Impactful is a word, despite what Matthew thinks
• Cults: How do they work?
• Other immortals
• Cool powers!
• "Mummy the Curse is about looking at your fridge forever"
• The ticking clock
• If you're watching the Red Moon Roleplaying game of Mummy the Curse, SPOILERS FROM 40:00 TO 42:15!
• The Judges
• Doctor Doom toots when he pleases!
• Where Dixie and Matthew screwed up on Mummy

LINKS:

• Mummy the Curse Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/mummy-the-curse-2nd-edition
• Dark Eras: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/178583/Chronicles-of-Darkness-Dark-Eras?affiliate_id=548232 

Episode 77: The Chronicles of Meghan: The Fitzgerald

In which Dixie and Eddy interview Meghan Fitzgerald (who was our first interview ever!) about what she's been up to in the Chronicles of Darkness and Threefold, and we also talk a lot about Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

* Matthew is in the sea
* Dixie has FOMO
* Meghan Fitzgerald is here!
* Oak, Ash, and Thorn (the Changeling Companion)
* Kith and Kin
* Mummy/Changeling crossover?
* Mummy: The Curse Second Edition
* Deviant: The Renegades
* Mage: The Awakening
* Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed
* Don't fact check us
* A bit on art notes
* Threefold!
* PAX Unplugged
* We talk about Fire Emblem: Three Houses for 20 minutes. Literally.

Links:

Changeling: The Lost 2e: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/248078/Changeling-the-Lost-Second-Edition
Mummy: The Curse Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/mummy-the-curse-2nd-edition/
Mage: The Awakening 2e: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/181754/Mage-the-Awakening-2nd-Edition
Lodestar and Susuruss: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242690/Hundred-Devils-Night-Parade-Lodestar-and-Susuruss
Sam Araya's artwork: https://www.arayaart.com/
Threefold for Modern Age: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284574/Threefold
PAX Unplugged: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/
Fire Emblem: Three Houses: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/fire-emblem-three-houses-switch/
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

Episode 76: Save Against Fear Panel: Brick by Brick - Creative Worldbuilding

In which Dixie, Eddy, Neall, and Rich (at Save Against Fear) talk on a panel with other creators about worldbuilding.

• Eddy forgets someone's podcast
• (Editing Note: Huge thanks to Josh Heath, for providing the audio. Because this was recorded with one mic, we've edited the audio to amplify when the speakers are quiet.)
• Panelists: James Kirk (moderator), Calvin Johns, Dixie Cochran, Neall Raemonn Price, Eddy Webb, Richard Thomas, and Doug Levandowski
• How important are world settings in a game?
• What are the most important parts of a world?
• What are your favorite aspects of worldbuilding?
• What motivates the creation of a world?
• Do worldbuilders feel responsibility to remove bias in their worldbuilding?
• What advice would you give to future worldbuilders?
• Community pruning
• Save Against Fear
• PDX Con
• Rich's D&D game
• Matthew sneaks backstage at PDX Con

LINKS:
Save Against Fear: https://www.thebodhanagroup.org/about-the-convention

High Level Games Podcast: https://www.highlevelgames.ca/podcastingnetwork

Anthropos Games (Early Dark, Fantaji, Centennial Gothic): http://anthroposgames.com/

Kids on Bikes: https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/kids-on-bikes

PDXCon: https://pdxcon.paradoxplaza.com/

Parsely: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/248491/Parsely

Crusader Kings III: https://www.crusaderkings.com/ 

Episode 75: Legendlore Deep Dive

Episode 75: Legendlore Deep Dive
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Steffie (no Eddy this week!) dive into the world of Legendlore and the excitement surrounding this new RPG!

* Playing versions of yourselves in a fantasy setting
* Matthew is a troll, apparently
* Two queens in power
* The nature of gender, cultural, and transdimensional migrant acceptance in Legendlore
* Evil in the world of Legendlore
* Feed the Nazis to the undead or throw a fireball in their faces
* Legendlore uses the OGL system with some changes
* We hope you're listening, Eddy, as the manuscript is about to change
* The most exciting thing about developing Legendlore
* Where to find all of us

Links:
Legendlore Comics: https://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/403/Caliber-Comics/subcategory/779_3768/Legendlore
Onyx Path Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/CFJytTf

Episode 74: Pathcast on Podbean LIVE

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew play around on Podbean's new live show feature, and take calls from freelancers and fans!

• Dixie and Matthew are indignant as Eddy claims to be the sole host
• We talk about our test run episode
• Dixie talks a bit about Exalted, and some other projects she's working on
• Mummy the Curse will be our next Kickstarter!
• Matthew talks about V5 Cults of the Blood Gods
• Eddy talks about Aberrant and Pirates of Pugmire
• Mario Kart 8 update
• Scion update, and Neall calls in!
• We get gifts and PodPoints
• Matthew answers some Mummy questions and reveals his origin story
• Discussion about future 20th anniversary books
• Games at Save Against Fear
• We get more gifts! And claps!
• Questions on Scion: Dragon
• What kind of media would we like to see our work adapted into?
• Questions about future Exalted books
• Awkward Silence song
• Rich and Mike Tomasek both call in
• Rich talks about Legendlore
• Super-fan Nicholas calls in and says some very nice things
• Meghan Fitzgerald calls in
• Matthew cuts a promo on Eddy and one more Mummy revelations
• A new Scarred Lands show coming on Twitch
• The live show cut off "Many Worlds One Pathcast," but we have some pre-show nonsense after the outro

LINKS:

• TC: Aberrant pre-order: https://trinity-continuum-aberrant.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
• Pirates of Pugmire pre-order: https://pirates-of-pugmire.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
• Twitch: https://twitch.tv/theonyxpath
• Discord: https://discord.gg/rK4DYr 

Episode 73: An Editorial Interview

In which Dixie and Eddy interview Maria Cambone, one of our editors, about editing, how she got started, and sticky babies.

* Eddy doesn't support my bit
* Interview Song!
* What Maria has done for work
* We're all nerds!
* How she got started with us.
* We're all support classes.
* Eddy is a Methuselah
* Maria helped on Pugmire
* Maria is working on Vampire!
* Ugly, sticky babies
* Companies whose values align with yours
* Feedback
* We're not perfect!
* Outros are sad
* Deviant Kickstarter!
* Creeping at cons

Links:
Pugmire: https://www.realmsofpugmire.com/
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
PDXCon: https://pdxcon.paradoxplaza.com/
SAVE Against Fear: https://pdxcon.paradoxplaza.com/
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Deviant: The Renegades Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2Av3ZNV

Episode 72: Deep Dive -- Deviant the Renegades

In which Dixie, Eddy, and developer Eric Zawadzki do a deep dive into the latest Chronicles of Darkness game, Deviant the Renegades! (And a lot of pop culture references.)

• Eddy sucks at Mario Kart
• RenegadeS, not Renegade
• High-level pitch
• Origins and Clades
• Tons of pop culture inspirations
• The Midwinter playtest
• Forms
• Variations and Scars
• Conspiracies
• Stretch goals
• Eric's enthusiasm in the Kickstarter comments
• Inktober

LINK:

• Deviant the Renegades Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/deviant-the-renegades-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/switch/games/products/mario-kart-8-deluxe/10141928.html
• Inktober: https://inktober.com/ 

Episode 71: Red Moon Roleplaying Interview

Episode 71: Red Moon Roleplaying Interview
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy discuss video games and RPGs, and Matthew goes on to interview Craig, Hjalmar, and Mattiaz of Red Moon Roleplaying!

* Rude introductions
* Nintendo Switch games
* Excitement for our guests today
* Introductions to Red Moon Roleplaying
* How Mattiaz, Craig, and Hjalmar came to know each other, get into roleplaying, and start an award-winning podcast
* The kinds of games Red Moon Roleplaying love, from Kult: Divinity Lost to They Came from Beneath the Sea!
* The kinds of games Red Moon Roleplaying don't like quite as much...
* Highlights from They Came From and Scarred Lands
* Future actual plays including V5 Cults of the Blood Gods and Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition
* Goodbye to our lovely guests
* We neatly synopsise the interview
* Games we're currently working on
* Deviant: The Renegades and Creature Collection on Kickstarter

Links:
Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/switch/
Red Moon Roleplaying: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
RMR's They Came From Actual Play: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/podcast/2019/1/23/terror-at-make-out-point-01-denton-alabama
RMR's Scarred Lands Actual Play: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/podcast/2019/4/19/the-great-vilhaim-heist-01-the-dragon
RMR's Ongoing V5 Actual Play: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/podcast/2019/9/6/chicago-by-night-the-sacrifice-01-saturday-night
Scarred Lands Creature Collection: http://kck.st/2AeXS00
Deviant: The Renegades: http://kck.st/2Av3ZNV
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

 

Episode 70: Gen Con Panel: Community Content

In which we present our Gen Con 2019 Community Content panel (but with intros and outros!). The sound quality for the panel isn't amazing, as it's recorded in a panel room, but bear with us!

 

* Finger-licking good, I guess.
* Who's even on this panel?
* More sponsorship opportunities
* Community Content panel!
* Matthew angers the Colonel
* Notes on the Burger King King
* We're on topic for once!
* We have rules and guidelines!
* On unintentional plagiarism
* The road to damnation
* Vague prawn cocktails and Neall's tears
* Matthew never lets us sign off
* Ever

Links:
Storypath Nexus: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/26/StoryPath-Nexus
Canis Minor: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/17/Canis-Minor
Slarecian Vault: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/19/Slarecian-Vault
Storyteller's Vault: https://www.storytellersvault.com/
Scarred Lands Creature Collection: http://kck.st/2AeXS00
Deviant: The Renegades: http://kck.st/2Av3ZNV
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Episode 69: Convention Rambling

Episode 69: Convention Rambling
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy discuss conventions they've recently attended, the kinds of conventions they enjoy, and sponsorships!

* Buggered up introductions!
* Sponsorship potential
* What is a "bio break"?
* Dixie's adventures at Dragon Con
* Arcades, gaming rooms, cosplay, parades, and so much more
* Convention TV (Gen Con, take note of this)
* Eddy's adventures at PAX West
* Formal conventions, blackbox meetings and seminars, quiet spaces
* Video games on display
* Matthew's adventures at Tabletop Scotland
* Meeting new gamers, the heat inside hangars, and running They Came from Beneath the Sea!
* Upcoming conventions: Save Against Fear, PAX Unplugged, PDX Con, Dragonmeet, Midwinter
* Back to sponsorships
* Dixie ruins our airline sponsorship deal

Links:
Dragon Con: https://www.dragoncon.org/
PAX West: https://west.paxsite.com/
Tabletop Scotland: https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Save Against Fear: https://www.thebodhanagroup.org/about-the-convention
PAX Unplugged: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/
PDX Con: https://pdxcon.paradoxplaza.com/
Dragonmeet: https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/
Midwinter: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2020
They Came from Beneath the Sea! Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay

Dixie's promised Dragon Con videos:
https://youtu.be/tr6BxjrFBoE

https://youtu.be/ifaKmpgUylk