Realms of Pugmire Tabletop RPG (A New Edition of Pugmire!)
Created by Onyx Path - Realms of Pugmire
A streamlined fantasy rules system with an evocative setting that's both family-friendly and deep enough to create compelling stories.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
August 2024 Update
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 07:53:18 AM
Hello Good Doggos,
It's the second last Thursday of the month and time for our regular monthly update. It's only been three weeks since our last update, though - we managed to sneak out the Backer PDF for Realms of Pugmire in the final day of July. If you haven't already downloaded it from DTRPG, you can check out our last update for more information on that process.
In our July monthly summary, I listed our two adventures as being in post-approval development, but I think I may have jumped ahead on those. Or at least my records show we're not quite there for those two projects, but I'll double check by September's update to confirm for sure where we are.
That said, the Onyx Path team is pretty far along on the jumpstart... and I've got a quick preview from the jumpstart featuring Pugmire's very own Yosha Pug!
Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart Preview 1
Here’s Yosha Pug updated for the new edition in the Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart!
Princess Yosha Pug
History: Yosha is the daughter of King Puckington Pug. She’s grown up in Pugmire’s court, learning what it means to rule in case she sits on the throne someday. She’s polite and curious — it bothers her when people think that also means naïve, which is something she’s had to try training her friends out of. She understands why, though — she’s been adventuring with them since she was young, and sometimes it’s hard for people who see you a lot to realize you’ve grown up or changed. She’s a voracious reader, and most of the time her rucksack is heavy due to all the books she carries with her. Yosha has been studying magic since she was a pup, when a visiting merchant gave her a strange silver ball that let her lift her furniture up into the air. She wants to use her skills to help people, whether that’s by protecting them with magic or helping make the City of Good Dogs safe for everyone.
Roleplay Tips: Yosha puts her heart into everything she does, even if that means sometimes it gets broken. She’s learned to temper her curiosity just a tiny bit, though that means she tries to think about the ways danger might be lurking before rushing into anything — it certainly doesn’t scare her off once she’s figured out what those dangers might be! Her optimism helps keep her friends’ spirits up, and she cares deeply for them all.
Description: Yosha is a fawn-colored pug. Her clothing is well-tailored and expensive, and she prefers pants and robes to dresses. It’s much easier to explore in comfortable clothes. She carries a rucksack that’s overflowing with books.
Rucksack: A signet ring and a set of fine clothes, one dagger (1d4, stabbing, finesse, light, thrown 20/60), one set of light padded armor, one masterwork artisan focus (her silver ball), a bottle of ink, an ink pen, a few sheets of parchment, and a small collection of books
Plastic Track: Many coins
Personality:
Drive: I am a good dog because I learn about magic to keep my friends, family, and kingdom safe.
Inspiration: I am inspired by my bond to the kingdom of Pugmire, my family’s home.
Weakness: No matter what, I just can’t stop being curious and trusting.
REWARDS STILL PENDING
I've adjusted the two adventures according to what I found in the Onyx Path tracking, so moving forward but I may have misinterpreted my notes last month. I'll keep an eye on everything for our next update, along with another Jumpstart preview.
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://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <July 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:
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.
Reward Distribution: REALMS OF PUGMIRE Backer PDF
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 12:26:12 PM
Hello Good Doggos!
It's the final day of July but I wanted to squeeze in this update before the calendar page flipped because I've got great news!
It's time for our Backer PDFs!
Reward Distribution: REALMS OF PUGMIRE Backer PDF
Dogs have inherited the world, building the kingdom of Pugmire untold centuries after the Age of Man is over. These dogs have been uplifted to use tools and language, and they seek to rediscover the ruins of the Old Ones. Some have learned to use the leftover technology of humanity, but they believe it to be magic handed to them by their lost gods. Others seek to create an ideal civilization, using a Code of Man compiled from ancient, fragmentary lore left behind by humanity. The world is dangerous and mysterious, but good dogs will persevere.
Some highlights of Realms of Pugmire include:
An evocative and mysterious setting that’s both family-friendly and deep enough to create compelling stories.
The Onyx20 rules system, designed for streamlined play and easy creation of heroic dogs with an emphasis on cooperation and action over competition and violence.
A variety of callings and breeds that give access to several fun and interesting tricks.
Rival species to interact with, like cats and rodents, along with terrifying and dangerous monsters that roam the landscape.
New features of this edition include:
Refined and clarified rules, developed after years of playing and community feedback.
New and updated tricks, spells, masterworks, and enemies.
New features such as random and template character creation, friendship rules, and safety-tool advice for Guides.
Advice on how to create cat and rodent player characters right away.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your Realms of Pugmire Backer PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for this reward over the next 24hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.
BACKER PDF VERSION
This is the first version of Realms of Pugmire to be released. The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.
With that in mind, I'd like to introduce the Realms of PugmireFeedback Form!
They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest version.
You've already made the book a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the backer PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
TO CONTACT JAMES
If there are any issues with your digital reward redemption links, please let me know asap and I'll get them sorted over the weekend. You can either contact me at one of the methods below or just comment on this update post. I'll be back in 22 days with our next month end update and I'll be adding the backer PDF to the delivered items!
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 CROWDFUNDING
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.
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
July 2024 Update
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 04:01:24 AM
Hello Good Doggos,
With our main reward in the layout phase, we're starting to see some artwork sneak out. I always know we're getting close when I can start sharing some illustrations from the project.
Before I get to our regular update that comes the second last Thursday of every month, let's jump back to June to check out this Pugmire Panel!
The Realms of Pugmire panel from this year's Onyx Path Virtual Game Convention is full of news and discussion about this project and many related items! Check it out!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
While our main book continues in layout, the two adventures have both jumped forward and are now in development! Next month, I'll share a sneak peek at one of the characters featured in the Jumpstart! Hint: It's everyone's favorite pug princess!
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://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Within your BackerKit Digital Rewards page, you'll find a link to the collected Draft manuscript for Realms of Pugmire. So anytime you need to access it, know that it's waiting for you in BackerKit.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
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 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:
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
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.
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://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Within your BackerKit Digital Rewards page, you'll find a link to the collected Draft manuscript for Realms of Pugmire. So anytime you need to access it, know that it's waiting for you in BackerKit.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
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:
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 - 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 - especially Pugmire! - 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 Eddy and 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 2024 Update
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, May 23, 2024 at 11:26:36 AM
Hello Good Doggos!
We're coming a week earlier this month. I think I'll have our updates on the second last Thursday each month from now on.
Last month, I shared a video from the 2023 Onyx Path online game convention, and it's now time to get ready for the 2024 version!
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, the What's Up With Onyx Path? panel on Saturday, and the Realms of Pugmire panel on Sunday! It's a full weekend of awesomeness!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Our main book is currently in the first steps of Art Direction - the Art Notes Prep stage, which is the hand-off between production and art, when art notes are collected from developers and the Art Director works to line up with artists schedules. The jumpstart is in final development, while the two adventures have completed redlines and are now in final draft phase! Bit by bit, the pieces are moving forward.
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://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Within your BackerKit Digital Rewards page, you'll find a link to the collected Draft manuscript for Realms of Pugmire. So anytime you need to access it, know that it's waiting for you in BackerKit.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
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:
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?
