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35-581: The name "The Onyx Path" and the company's logo appeared on White Wolf products and their message board in early 2012. There was some speculation about their meaning before the company went public with their plans during GenCon in August 2012. The company was founded in January 2012 by White Wolf Creative Director Richard Thomas, and is licensee for Paradox Interactive's World of Darkness , Chronicles of Darkness , and Exalted . The company also bought

70-595: A new edition of the game, titled Trinity Continuum: Aberrant , in 2021. Aberrant is the middle game of the Trinity Universe, and is thus the prequel to Trinity and the sequel to Adventure! . Trinity details the future history of the novas, over a 60-year span of time, while Adventure! covers the dawn of this setting in the 1920s. Aberrant is unique among the publisher's game-lines for having no particular castes or character classes . Aside from this, it shares with many other White Wolf games

105-460: A nova's ability to touch the quantum fabric of the world grows, he begins to experience Taint , the side effects of channeling larger amounts of energy. Taint is the 'non-humanness' side of quantum manipulation and at higher levels novas begin to show either physical or mental defects. These defects vary widely; examples might include a tentacle growing from one's stomach, sociopathic disorders, hair made of flames, odd skin composition (such as rubber),

140-450: A power that is "always on", megalomania, or continual radiation. In Trinity Continuum: Aberrant, Taint is no longer present. This mechanic is replaced with Transcendence, which provides a measure of how far the nova has deviated from humanity. As a nova acquires Quantum and Flux, their Transcendence increases. This leads to Transformations, which alter the nova's appearance, powers, or even their mental state. The metaplot revolves around

175-470: A specific "path" or are linked to a specific focus. For instance, all the powers of the nova called Anteus revolve around nature; he can teleport by stepping into a tree and out of another tree of the same type somewhere else, create new species of animals, or alter the normal course of life and death for plants and animals. All of his powers follow his focus of nature. Other novas have other foci such as plasma, fire, water, shapechanging, or invulnerability. As

210-502: A tendency to embrace "shades of gray" morality and reject the traditional superhero trope of "heroes vs. villains". The second edition, Trinity Continuum: Aberrant, presents a few significant changes to the setting. The events of "N-Day" in which the first novas began to appear were set 10 years later in Trinity Continuum: Aberrant than they were in the previous edition. Elements of malignant conspiracy within

245-420: A wide variety of tabletop role-playing games and card games , some owned by themselves, others under license to the listed third parties. Following a teaser advertising campaign via YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, Onyx Path announced the urban horror/fantasy roleplaying game Curseborne at Onyx Path Con 2024. The game promises the ability to play as Hungry (vampire protagonists), Primal (shapeshifters), Sorcerers,

280-406: Is 'Universe Creation'). Lower level powers are cheaper to purchase with experience, while higher level powers cost more. There are a wide range of powers from controlling any single element (fire, gravity, entropy, quantum, magnetism, etc.), to flying, to mental domination, to imperviousness, to time travel, and teleportation. Several books outlined by Kraig Blackwelder, Aberrant's developer, were in

315-410: Is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologically situated about 90 years after Adventure! , White Wolf's Pulp era game, and over a century before the psionic escapades of Trinity/Aeon . The game deals with how

350-647: Is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. The World Below TTRPG was announced in 2021 and crowdfunded in November 2023. It is described as a fantasy roleplaying game in which the protagonists are descendants of people who survived a great cataclysm on their world's surface, and are forced to survive, explore, and build lives in their new subterranean homes. The game's creator, Matthew Dawkins, cited influences such as J.G. Ballard , The Platform , and Hollow Knight . Onyx Path are one of

385-439: Is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. The Trinity Continuum games take place at different points in the past, present, and future, and place the protagonists as Talents, Psiads, Novas, Daredevils, and Aethernauts. In these roles, they fight against conspiracies, alien invasions, and supervillains (among other threats) across a slew of genres as the characters demonstrate superheroic abilities and must weigh

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420-529: Is supported via the Slarecian Vault community content hosted by DriveThruRPG . The Scarred Lands setting puts players in the roles of characters in the world of Scarn, recently following an epic war between gods and titans leaving the world damaged magically and environmentally as a result of the divine conflict. Onyx Path published a 2nd edition of the Scion roleplaying game, in which players take on

455-423: Is that in addition to normal attributes such as Dexterity, Manipulation and Wits, novas have what are called Mega-Attributes . Scores in such attributes may be added as dice every time a character makes a roll using the linked mundane attribute, but Mega-Attributes are much more powerful. Every success rolled using Mega-Attribute dice counts as 2 normal successes, and rolling a 10 counts as 3 successes. Alternatively,

490-569: The Storyteller System . A character adds his attribute to his skill (or power as the case may be) and rolls that many 10-sided dice. Any die that comes up as a 7 or higher counts as 1 success. Accomplishing different tasks requires different numbers of successes to accomplish. Flying a plane may only require 1 success, but flying a 747 with a near fatal wound, all the rest of the crew dead, and no hydraulic pressure could require 5 or more successes. The first major difference with Aberrant

525-540: The Trinity Universe and Scion gamelines from White Wolf / CCP Games . As such, Onyx Path Publishing released the titles that were previously announced by White Wolf for the 2012/2013 schedule. Onyx Path make books available through DriveThruRPG electronically (as PDF files) and physically via DriveThruRPG's print on demand service, with selected products available via traditional print in game and book stores. In addition, Onyx Path Publishing has used

560-462: The crowd funding service Kickstarter to raise money for deluxe editions of some of their new products. The homepage of Onyx Path Publishing provides guidelines to send in material, in case one would want to have their own game published by them. They also provide contact links on their website for people who wish to submit writing, editing, and art samples, and get hired to work for Onyx Path. Onyx Path Publishing have since their founding published

595-746: The Dead (phantoms that can possess people), and Outcasts (demons banished from their home realm). Each playable Lineage is divided into multiple families with different themes of play. The game has been heavily featured on the Onyx Path website blog and in videos from several YouTube RPG creators. It is due to have its crowdfunding campaign in October 2024. The Scarred Lands setting received an update for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder with Onyx Path's Scarred Land's Player's Guide , Creature Collection , and Dead Man's Rust mega campaign, and

630-683: The Mythos , and dragons in Scion: Dragon . Scion is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. The They Came From...! series of cinematic roleplaying games are each based on different media genres, parodying cult classics via tabletop roleplay . Players take on the roles of characters in cult favorite movies such as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Manos: The Hands of Fate , and can use cinema logic to have their protagonists break through cheap sets, insert missing reels to escape impending danger, and use deleted scenes to justify

665-453: The benefits of developing power with the responsibility of wielding it. The Trinity Continuum Core was followed by Trinity Continuum: Aberrant , in which the protagonists are mutated superheroes in the near future; Trinity Continuum: Aeon , in which the protagonists exist in a far future sci-fi era of psychics and aliens; Trinity Continuum: Assassins , in which the protagonists are trained killers; Trinity Continuum: Adventure! , in which

700-406: The interactions between various factions, most of which employ Nova agents. Among the most important are: Various smaller groups exist, most of which are focused on more specific goals. Players' characters generally belong to one of the above factions, work for a specific corporation, or hire themselves out for odd jobs, often as mercenaries or troubleshooters. Aberrant uses a modified version of

735-767: The licensees for Paradox Interactive's World of Darkness game, once owned by White Wolf/CCP . Onyx Path produced seven books ( Chicago by Night , Let the Streets Run Red , The Chicago Folios , Cults of the Blood Gods , Trails of Ash and Bones , Forbidden Religions , and Children of the Blood ) for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition before they were repackaged as games by industry peer, Renegade Games , and otherwise focus on creating content for Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition and Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition . Onyx Path are

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770-470: The location and adventure book, Witch-Queen of the Shadowed Citadel , and Esoterica of Mars , covering characters plots, factions, and new rules for the game. Michael Pucci licensed his game of zombies, apocalypse, mutation, and survivalist mentality to Onyx Path to produce as a tabletop roleplaying game following many years as a Live Action Roleplaying Game (LARP). Dystopia Rising: Evolution

805-635: The organizations of the Aeon Society and their nova-facing Project Utopia and Project Proteus were reduced or removed with the new edition, and guidelines for facilitating play across multiple subgeneres of superhero media were introduced. Super powers in Aberrant come from an individual's ability to manipulate energy at the "quantum" sub-atomic level. Since individuals who can do this have an imperfect understanding of quantum mechanics , their powers are limited by their subconscious and usually follow

840-411: The players' meta-human characters (called "novas") fit into a mundane world when they most definitely are not mundane , as well as how the mundane populace react to the sudden emergence of novas. The original Aberrant product line was discontinued in 2002, though a d20 System version was released in 2004. Onyx Path Publishing has recently acquired the rights to the Trinity Universe and released

875-501: The plots and principles of The Realm - as presented in the comic - into game form. Megan Mackie is a contributing writer. Game designer Eddy Webb and his company, Pugsteady collaborated with Onyx Path to create the tabletop role-playing games, Pugmire , Monarchies of Mau , and Squeaks in the Deep , in which you play anthropomorphized animals (primarily dogs, cats, rats, and mice) in a far future setting where humans have disappeared and

910-584: The presence of unlikely items. They Came From...! has so far produced the 1950s sci-fi influenced They Came from Beneath the Sea! , the 1960s and 1970s horror influenced They Came from Beyond the Grave! , the espionage genre influenced They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! , the fantasy feature influenced They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! , and the slasher movie influenced They Came from Camp Murder Lake! . They Came From...!

945-419: The protagonists take on the pulp heroic roles of the 1930s; Trinity Continuum: Anima , in which protagonists live in an oppressive cyberpunk city while finding escape in a realistic MMO accessed via neural implants; and Trinity Continuum: Aether , in which the protagonists bend the laws of reality in a Victorian age where all the characters and events of 19th century fiction are real. The Trinity Continuum

980-473: The rise of nova-led cults. This book was complete and waiting for art at the time of the game's cancellation. The second of the Mega-Books, called Aberrant: Brainwaves , was going to examine Mental Mega-Attributes and provide comprehensive rules for "gadgeteers," those novas who use their vast minds to build amazing devices. The last of the Mega-Books, tentatively titled Aberrant: Brute Force , would address

1015-595: The role of Solar champions with devastating powers, has received a 3rd edition from Onyx Path, along with additional player character options in the form of Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought , Lunars: Fangs at the Gate , Sidereals: Charting Fate's Course , and the upcoming Abyssals . Game designer Rose Bailey worked alongside Onyx Path to create her RPG about playing in a romantic Mars of flashing sword, choking sands, winking courtesans, and lantern-lit canal cities. Cavaliers of Mars has gone on to spawn sourcebooks such as

1050-511: The roles of gods' children from across multiple global pantheons, such as the Theoi , Aesir , and Kami . The game takes characters from Origin level, where they start as blessed but mostly mundane humans, through to Hero, Demigod, and God levels of power. Onyx Path have taken Scion away from its traditional material with ventures into playing the children of Lovecraftian Great Old Ones in Masks of

1085-454: The scores in a Mega-Attribute may be used to reduce the difficulty on a one for one basis, though never below needing one success. The player can choose each turn which way to use his Mega-Attribute, and can even split the points between the two ways. Powers are treated almost exactly like skills except that they come in different levels of power. Level 1 powers are comparatively weak, while level 6 powers can do nearly anything (one level 6 power

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1120-582: The sole licensee for Paradox Interactive's Chronicles of Darkness game, once owned by White Wolf/CCP . Onyx Path have released 2nd editions of Vampire: The Requiem , Werewolf: The Forsaken , Mage: The Awakening , Promethean: The Created , Changeling: The Lost , Geist: The Sin-Eaters , Hunter: The Vigil , and Mummy: The Curse , as well as the games Beast: The Primordial , Demon: The Descent , and Deviant: The Renegades , along with sourcebooks for each game line. The epic fantasy roleplaying game of Exalted , in which players take on

1155-628: The uplifted animal protagonists are tasked with exploring the mysteries of their unusual world. A 2nd edition of Pugmire , named Realms of Pugmire , was funded on Kickstarter in 2023. White Wolf Publishing Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 948160151 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:43:42 GMT Aberrant Aberrant

1190-466: The works for Aberrant at the time of its cancellation, most notably the three "Mega-Books," each of which focused on what it might be like to have Mega-Social, Mega-Mental, or Mega-Physical Attributes, while also shedding light on some other element of the Aberrant setting. The first of these Mega-Books, called Aberrant: Cult of Personality , took a close look at Social Mega-Attributes and also examined

1225-573: Was funded through Kickstarter, and has subsequently been made available through DriveThruRPG and in traditional print, along with sourcebooks including Helnau's Guide to Wasteland Beasties and the Trouble on Steel Pier adventure. The Legendlore comic by Caliber Comics led to a collaboration between Caliber and Onyx Path and their publication of the Legendlore role-playing game, using the system from 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons to convert

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