TITANS RISING (and Titanomachy) for Scion 2nd Edition RPG
Created by Onyx Path - Titans Rising
Help us fund the development of Titans Rising as well as a print run of Titans Rising and Titanomachy to send to backers and stores!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
July 2024 Update
11 days ago
– Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 03:31:48 AM
Hello Titans,
It feels like it's been a pretty fast few weeks, but it's already time for our regular monthly update! Before I get to our project round up, I wanted to share two cool bits of Scion info with you today!
ONYX PATH CON PANELS
First up, as noted back in our May update, Onyx Path recently held their annual Virtual Gaming Convention about a month ago and I've got some cool Scion panels to share with you! If you've been looking for information on what's up with Scion and what projects are in the pipeline or more information about the game, these panels are for you!
First up, a big group panel where members of the Scion gang (pantheon?) discuss Scion with a focus on the tiers of play!
And then we get a look at what's ahead for Scion, with a big focus on the upcoming Scion: Mythic Shards book!
SCION: MYTHIC SHARDS
And that panel is how I segue into our big news of the day! The latest book for Scion Second Edition, Mythic Shards, will launch it's crowdfunding campaign later today!
The World never truly ends, it merely shatters. Each fragment giving birth to new possibilities, new futures within whole new realities as they fall. Every time the World is saved, it continues on in one reality while other possibilities propel forward into another tomorrow. When we sleep, our souls travel to other worlds and realms. Our imaginations touch the shards and run rampant. They are not merely dreams. These Mythic Shards are as real as the Divine Realms, and the realm we live in. All myths are true.
Scion: Mythic Shards presents alternate realities for the World of Scion and provides new rules for players and Storyguides to incorporate into their games. Each chapter explores a single shard of reality at varying tiers of Scion gameplay. These chapters are standalone from each other and don’t need to be consumed with the other chapters in order to start playing. Mythic Shards requires the use of Origin, Hero, Demigod, and God in order to play.
Scion’s setting — the World — is an exciting place where heroes are larger than life, and Fate always lurks in the shadows, pulling strings. It is a place of urban fantasy where the legends and myths of our ancestors live in a world that’s much like our own.
But, there are some tales that belong to another world — stories that need another place to breathe and come alive — places like…
After the End: A post apocalyptic desert full of peril and opportunities for new beginnings
Cyber-Scion: A cyberpunk dystopia where Scions pilot mecha to fight corporate kaiju
Farewell to Heroes: Gritty noir cities where Scions are illegal
Four Color: A place of superheroes, alter-egos, and over-the-top excitement
Space Odyssey: An entire galaxy of starships and aliens
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://titans-rising.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <June 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates everymonth until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
June 24 Monthly Update
about 1 month ago
– Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 05:53:09 AM
Hello Titans,
Before I get to this month's regular update, I just wanted to let you know about the latest Scion project that just came out today!
If you believe that as children of the Gods you are entitled to rule The World as you know it, you’re in for a rude awakening.
Scion: No Gods, No Masters is a tier-spanning chronicle for the Scion roleplaying game, providing a tale playable with pre-Visitation Scions all the way through to Demigods, and perhaps beyond. Contained within this book, you’ll find:
An epic three-part adventure for your Scions to embark upon, wherein the fate of The World is in your hands.
The emergence of a deadly set of antagonists in the form of the Keepers of The World and their many monstrous servants.
Ready-made characters so you can embark upon this heroic journey immediately.
Scion: No Gods, No Masters is available now at DriveThruRPG.com!
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
While our main book is finishing up in post-editing development, two of our Stretch Goal supplements (War Games and Gifts of the Titans) are both in the first stage of Art Direction, where the developer writes up the Art Notes and coordinates with the Art Director to schedule artists and set up the illustrations needed for the book.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://titans-rising.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <May 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
COMING SOON
Onyx Path's next Crowdfunding Campaign will be for Scion: Mythic Shards! Take your Scion campaign for a spin around some alternate settings and play the game you know in a new way.
CURRENTLY FUNDING - ONYX PATH ADJACENT
From The Bodhana Group, the Branch Riders tabletop roleplaying game is currently in a campaign on Kickstarter. The Bodhana Group advocates for and utilizes tabletop gaming as a directed therapeutic and clinical practice that can benefit personal growth as well as enhance social and educational services to individuals and families. Gaming has usefulness in education, skill building and therapeutic applications.
Branch Riders is an RPG that came out of years of design and development - with the help of some of the Onyx Path team - to be a fun and compelling game first and foremost, but with the right therapeutic and skill-building tools "under the hood" for trained instructors to utilize beyond that.
If you're interested in a multi-genre action-packed easy-to-learn and -teach fun game with different approaches to problem solving and a variety of GM tools and player challenges, come check it out!
As if coordinating a three-day online convention wasn't exhausting enough, Onyx Path's Travis Legge as rolled right into launching his latest Kickstarter! Bizarre Kingdoms is a setting expansion for Odysseys & Overlords, though the lands and creatures introduced herein could be easily adapted to any Savage Worlds Fantasy setting. In this book you'll find four new kingdoms your adventurers can explore or even hail from! This book requires the use of the Savage Worldscore rules and the SWADE Fantasy Companion.
May '24 Update - War Games Preview
2 months ago
– Tue, May 21, 2024 at 08:20:55 AM
Hello Titans,
Today I have a quick sneak peek at one of our Stretch Goal supplements!
War Games is one of the stretch goals for Titans Rising, but plays well with any aspect of the Scion RPG. As well as containing a full length adventure concerning the eponymous war games, the book contains several story seeds at Origin and God tier! Check these two examples out:
Origin Story Seed
Origin story seeds provide jumping-off points that focus on what Scion stories exemplify: exceptional people who don’t quite know just how special they are yet.
It’s Quiet. Too Quiet.
Something strange has happened in the Players’ home city. From the moment that the sun rose, there has been a shocking lack of aggression. Nobody has gotten into altercations; there have been no cases of violence or fights anywhere. Events that would lead to flaring tempers simply simmer out. The players’ investigation should lead to them hearing about how the War Gods are up to something.
Pulling Fate’s Strings
This seed can take place in any location. While some may initially consider a lack of tempers or violence a good thing, it should become apparent how unnatural this is. This inability to fight should also impact the players, requiring an Integrity check (difficulty 3) to initiate combat. Once combat begins, SGCs are able to engage in combat as normal but resume their passivity once combat finishes.
Snags:
This may be unsettling, but some people are encouraging this situation, noting how great it is to have no fighting.
The building tension could suddenly snap like a rubber band and plunge the city into a wild free-for-all. For players who want a fight, this is their chance. Given the Visitations may occur here, perhaps the players may gain reputations as ill omens.
Characters:
Asim (he/they) is an up-and-coming boxer whose match has been delayed due to nobody being able to fight
Cedar (they/them) is one of the outspoken members suggesting that no conflict is an ideal for the future.
God Story Seed
The following adventure can be used to deal with the results of the Polemomakhia (the war game in the book’s title!) and the new expectations thrust upon the Band.
Fair-Weather Friends
The players exceeded expectations in the Games and, in doing so, have also gained a lot of reputation and a surprising amount of goodwill. Players are being approached by Gods with an offer – Perhaps the Players would care to syncretize into these Pantheons? Not as Titans but as newly adopted Gods.
Pulling Fate’s Strings
The Band find themselves with admirers and offers from all sorts of Pantheons. Those who exist as Divine or Titanic figures within a pantheon already will be approached by some Gods within their Pantheon, offering to bring in former Bandmates.
Snags
Being able to join the Games was an uphill battle with opposition from some parties. Are those parties now smiling and cozying up to the Band?
While these offers may seem to be hollow and shallow, at least one of them should be sincere and made in good faith.
The Rival Titan Band from the previous Adventures are not taking this loss well. They are working in secret to try to form their own Pantheon.
Characters
Lugh Lamhfada (he/him) of the Tuatha dé Danann hadn’t hidden his low expectations of the Band, but says he recognizes talent.
Ishtar (she/her) of the Anunna cares not that the Players are Titans, she just likes their performance.
Makanduk (he/him) of the Balahala seems unconcerned with any greater politics. He thinks that the Band are really awesome.
The best source for the latest information is from the Onyx Path team, of course, and you'll be able to hear about the latest Scion developments and projects direction from the team during the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention!
Next month, on June 14-16, they'll be streaming panels on their twitch channel (twitch.tv/theonyxpath). Here's the panel schedule
The big info panels are usually the Opening Ceremonies on Friday and the What's Up With Onyx Path? panel and Scion panel on Saturday.
In addition, you'll be able to see Actual Play sessions streamed via partner channel Rolling Nomads. Check out the Scion sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://titans-rising.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <April 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
CURRENTLY FUNDING!
At the Gates is a high fantasy tabletop roleplaying game about burgeoning heroes struggling to survive, fighting for what’s right, exploring dangerous places, and saving the world.
Magic fuels all parts of Gaia, from fields of wheat to the people who sow them. Magic is rooted in the living nature of the world: the elements, the mind, the body, and the soul. The Void stands outside the world, and represents all the esoteric concepts such as order, entropy, and energy. Where the Void meets the world, Outlands grow. These places are warped by the intermingling of two opposite magics, and everything that lives there is tainted and dangerous. Hidden inside these Outlands are gates into the Void, standing as literal tears in reality.
You play as heroes who have chosen to buck the status quo and try to change the course of things. Your characters may attempt to change the course of the war, delve into the secrets of daemons and the Void, fight against tyranny to protect what they love in the world, fight to restore balance to Gaia, or all the above.
You can stand at the gates and hold back the tide, changing the course of history. Will you heed the call?
April '24 Update
3 months ago
– Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 06:34:31 AM
Hello Titans,
A few minor updates for our monthly tracking check-in this month. We've got one quick reward that delivered earlier this month, and one of our Stretch Goals moving forward on the progress chart. Let's get in to it!
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
Gifts of the Titans has moved forward into post-editing development, where the developers take a final pass over the manuscript to ensure it's all cohesive before passing it over for layout. And our Redbubble Shirt limited time offer has moved from pending to delivered. I'll have a preview from War Games in next month's update!
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://titans-rising.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <March 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
4-4-24 Backer T-Shirt Bonanza
4 months ago
– Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 04:47:41 AM
Hello Titans,
A quick update at the start of the month because I've got a Stretch Goal reward for you!
Remember this during our Kickstarter campaign?
Well, we unlocked that (along with a bunch of other fun things) and now it's ready for you!
So, this Stretch Goal during the Crowdfunding campaign was for a special available-for-a-limited-time Titans Rising Backer Shirt <LINK>. I listed it as a Backer T-Shirt, but really there are more than just T-shirt options there (and more colors as well!)
If you click over to Onyx Path's REDBUBBLE T-shirt Shop using this link <Titans Shirt> you will see the backer shirts, which will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! You have ONE WEEK to order a shirt with this design if you'd like to announce you're a titan!
If you scroll down a bit, you'll see other options - including hoodies and other styles - you can change the style, color, and size to make sure it works for you! Changing the style and size may change the cost, so be aware. Make sure you review your selection before you process payment to ensure you've got the correct images, style, color, and size.
One last time: This shirt will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY - please act quickly if you're interested!
I'll be back later in the month for our regular monthly summary, now with one more reward moved from Pending to Delivered!
TO CONTACT JAMES
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
