Onyx Pathcast

Episode 94: Metaplot - Yeah or Nah?

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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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