A tag-based cyberpunk-fantasy roleplaying game in a megacity of tech and myth, powered by City of Mist.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Legend in the Mist is live!
2 months ago
– Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 10:12:59 AM
Welcome companions!
Legend in the Mist is live -- and funded!!
Son of Oak is proud to present Legend in the Mist, our exciting new Rustic Fantasy RPG! This Kickstarter ALREADY FUNDED (thanks to our dear backers!) the creation of two books – the Legend in the Mist Core Book and the Hearts of Ravensdale Setting Book – as well as a range of accessories such as premade character folios, a Master of Ceremonies (GM) screen, cards, dice, maps, and more.
Spin a fireside tale of unlikely villagers setting out on a quest into a greater unknown world, rife with peril and mystery, in the vein of The Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, Princess Mononoke, and many other classic fantasy stories, or create your own legendary realms with the game’s open-ended system!
Day One Backers Reward
As a token of our appreciation for backing us on day one, we will gift a pair ofACORN D6 (SIX-SIDED) DICE to all backers pledging for a physical tier in the first 24 hours of the campaign (before 10am EST, Feb. 7th).
Learn more about Legend in the Mist RPG
Check out the campaign page for Legend in the Mist:
To help you get to know more about Legend in the Mist and how it plays we’ve created the Tinderbox Demo, a Quick Start PDF with rules and a short demo scenario that you can run as well as a set of three sample (pregen) characters.
Metro:Otherscape is here!
2 months ago
– Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 04:41:58 PM
Hey there ancient gods riding data highways,
We are SO incredibly excited to announce that the Core Book PDF, Metro:Otherscape, is now being sent to eligible backers via DriveThruRPG! It's still sending, so please wait about an hour to receive it. If after an hour of receiving this update you still haven't received the book file, please contact [email protected].
The file you received contains the full content of the book, all laid out. However, as we announced previously, some art and table styles are still missing, and will be added over the month of February as we continue to polish off the book and bring it to our usual produciton value levels. We are also working to lay outTokyo:Otherscape within that timeframe, preparing both books and accessories to go to print in March 2024, so we can deliver the game in print form in June 2024, as per our latest announced schedule.
Tropes, powered by some IMMORTAL tier art!
This book has so much in it: 357 pages (!!!) of setting and rules, tropes and themebooks, a Loadout Catalog, Challenges and guides for the MC, Key Players, and more. We are thrilled to share it with you, and hope you enjoy it! We will be adding to it additional sheets like the character sheet, tracking cards, and such over the next few weeks, so stay tuned.
We promised to release this PDF book to you before launching our next Kickstarter -- indeed, tomorrow we launch Legend In The Mist, the rustic fantasy RPG based on the same engine described in Metro:Otherscape. We'll send another update about that tomorrow morning.
Until the next update, happy reading!
-Amit and the Son of Oak team
Character Creation is here!
3 months ago
– Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 07:56:43 AM
Hey there cyborg vampires in dark alleys,
Time for another quick update.
Character Creation Playtest Is Out!
The second part of Metro:Othersacpe Chapter 3, ://CREATE, which contains all the :Otherscape Themebooks and Theme Kits, has now been delivered to all eligible backers. If you didn't receive it, or if you have any issues with the file, please reach out to us at [email protected] . This leaves just the section of Loadout Catalogs in this chapter, which will come next.
With this complete Character Creation tool, you can now use Rapid character creation to make characters in a few minutes, or delve into a deep character creation session with a concept for each theme, custom tags and motivations, Theme Specials, and crew relationships.
So - which mythic cyberpunk PC are you working on first? Will you combine Self, Mythos, and Noise -- or drop one of them? Share your ideas in the comments.
The Full Metro PDF Is Coming!
The dev team's full focus is on completing :Otherscape. Layout for Chapter 1 is done, Chapter 2 and 3 are in progress. This week, the Dev team will be finalizing the last Chapter, the MC's guide chapter of ://RUN, and the attached Starter Adventure. Isago has wrapped up most work on the IMMORTAL tier characters and is working on additional art for the book, alongside a slew of other artists.
Take a look below at some of the layout designs you'll soon find in this book. Don't worry - most of the book is on white background, and we're tweaking the dark pages for maximum readability.
It's going to be a beautiful book!
What comes next?
We are on track to have the full laid out text of the Metro: Otherscape PDF released before our next kickstarter campaign begins in February; this will include the entire book and most of the art, with missing art added to the PDF later in February. Then we'll be laying out and delivering Tokyo: Otherscape.
Looking further ahead, the team is continuing to work diligently towards getting the print copy of the game ready and we are still on track for our planned date of June 2024 for the physical release.
Need a Recap? Here's a Video!
If you're one of the backers who hasn't been reading the playtest materials or following our updates about the changes we made to the game, this one is for you. We've just released a video explaining the game changes compared to City of Mist and why :Otherscape is going to be a hit at your table. Check it out:
That's all for now. For any questions, email us at [email protected].
Remember, we are giving live updates on the Discord server -- please join us there if you want a more play-by-play report.
Stay tuned for more updates,
- The Son of Oak team
First Part of Metro #3 ://CREATE Incoming!
4 months ago
– Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 07:08:23 PM
Hey there spirit-bending droid monks,
We have another quick update for all of you!
The playtesting copy of the first half of Metro #3 ://CREATE, the character and crew creation chapter, has been sent out to backers via DriveThruRPG. As always, if you're having problem with accessing the files or if you have related questions, please hit us at [email protected].
In this new file, you'll find the Series Setup, the Megacity Generator, and 33 Character Tropes. The Themebooks, Theme Kits and Loadout Catalogs will complete the chapter in the next release. Here's some of what you can expect to find in the first part of the chapter.
THE MEGACITY GENERATOR
The Megacity Generator contains over 430 mini-prompts for trends and events that could define your Megacity. By roughly dividing your chosen Megacity into districts and rolling for developments in each district, you can quickly create a bustling dystopian + mythic megatropolis to set your games in. The Generator tables cover topics related to the main thematic pillars of the game, such as Mythology Weaponized; Gangs, Cults, & Countercultures; and Transhumanism -- to name a few. Each time you roll, you also add a unique district tag to your Megacity, which is applicable only when your crew are visiting or interacting with that specific district.
In addition, the Series Setup section contains three premade Megacities you can use as an example: Istanbul, London, and New San Francisco, where the massive tectonic event known as 'the big one' led to a rule of silicon valley megacorps and AI, and the mythological American Wild West comes back to life.
This Gremlin-Assisted Gearhead is one of the Character Tropes available for rapid character creation and customization in Metro:Otherscape #3 ://CREATE.
THE CHARACTERTROPES
We've talked about the Character Tropes in the previous update. These are pre-made character "recipes" that combine a character concept with a set of three suggested Theme Kits, and three suggested alternatives for the fourth Theme Kit -- allowing you to create a character rapidly, but still give it your own touch. In addition to the previously mentioned Tropes, you can be a Hermetic Sigil Scribe, a Bleeding-Heart Street Doctor, a God-Honored Warrior, a ExurbanNomadic Scout, a Lab-GrownSupersoldier, and more.
The final chapter has 14 Thembooks and 112 Theme Kits (excluding the Crew Themebook and Theme Kits in the Series Setup section), listed at the end of the file we just sent!
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Let us know what you think about this section of the game and most importantly, which Megacities you are going to create, and which Trope is your favorite!
We'll return soon with more updates and content.
Until then, Happy New Year to you all and have a fantastic 2024! 🎉 🎉 🎉
- Amit and the Son of Oak Team
Making Good Progress
4 months ago
– Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 09:00:23 AM
Hey there cyber-mobster baba yagas,
Time for another progress status update!
We are making good progress with the two remaining chapters of Metro:Otherscape, namely ://CREATE and ://RUN, but bringing them to the desired level of content quality is taking me (Amit) longer than expected. Recently, I have been working on refining the 33 Rapid Character Creation Tropes, which define types of PCs you'll be able to conjure up in minutes (a la City of Mist's Shadows & Showdowns as well as QUEERZ! Rapid Character Creation for those familiar) and also serve as a showcase for the types of individuals you can play. Some of my highlights so far are:
A high-tech shinobi that can manipulate shadows
A hovercycle gearhead, a mechanic / race driver with a tech gremlin companion
An Egyptian lector priest who specializes in corpse animation and self-healing technologies
A techno-rapture minister who can commune with machines and hijack cyberware
An oldtech reviver who scavenges and repurposes abandoned devices
...as well as many cyberpunk classics like a broken detective, a mnemonic data courier, various hackers and techies, a chromed-up "ogre" ("auger" - augmentation junkie), and more and more...
Speaking of playable characters, Isago Fukuda (ISA) is moving forward with sketching and finalizing more of the IMMORTAL tier characters, and they are *gorgeous*. Some of this art will be used in the Character Tropes section, in addition to the individual character folio of each of these unique :Otherscape mercs:
Note that these are work-in-progress SKETCHES, not final version. We've received feedback from the Immortal tier backers that may change how these look in the final book.
ISA's most recent sketch of Baba Yaga and her goons (also work in progress)
At the same time, the team is working on the Megacity Generator, which also requires some retooling to make it truly mythic. For those of you who love world-building but don't want to spend weeks on setting up a Megacity, this generator will help you create one in one sitting, complete with districts and everything that has transpired in them, whether corporate, mythical, technological, criminal, and so on.
The gorgeous art of Black Rabid Dog
The final layout process is expected to begin early in January, when our beloved lead graphic designer Manuel Serra Saez will return from his well-earned break. The styling of the pages is ready to go, and we only have to pour in the content!
NM3 Anthros face off with a Neo-Occultist and her demons in Daniel Liang's stunning cover for Chapter 2 - ://PLAY
The Anthill, one of the location-based mini-jobs included in Tokyo:Otherscape, in which your crew must free/abduct a scientist from a high-tech clinic, or at least that's what it says in the brief. Work of the masterful Diogo Assunção.
SO WHEN WILL IT ALL BE FINISHED?
As you can see, the team has not been idle in trying to push this exciting game to completion -- and this is just a taste. We do have two whole books to share with you, once they are refined and finalized. Just like you, we are chomping at the bits to release all of this. We understand that it's already very late, but we do want to take the time to do it right, so we can make it totally fry your brain with delightful stimuli, for years to come. We appreciate your incredible patience and understanding -- you have been amazing backers throughout this!
This is not to say we have not learned from this process. We are now clearing the board cross company with QUEERZ! getting on the boat and Local Legends coming out in PDF within the week, leaving us to focus on delivering this game. As promised, we will deliver this game in PDF before we launch our next Kickstarter campaign in early 2024, so you can expect it very soon.
Until then, we will continue to send out playtesting file updates and bi-weekly progress updates on our Discord server to keep you in the loop. Stay tuned!
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That's all for now folks. Watch out for a yearly Son of Oak update on our YouTube channel which will also be joined by the Son of Oak's annual community survey.
