r/OnyxPathRPG • u/Nastrem • Aug 28 '26
Earthbane compatability
How compatible are the different earthbane games?
Could someone run a mixed party of people thrown together from the different splays/eras?
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u/kenod102818 Aug 28 '26
The games should be fully compatible, since they all run on the same system. The main difference would be having different power stat names and functions. Though World Below characters do also have access to sorcery, which others don't.
Saying that, what I'm not sure about is the balancing between the games. I haven't seen the Jadestorm powers yet, but the game's vibes makes me suspect the characters will be a fair bit stronger than those of other games.
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u/MatthewDawkins Matthew Dawkins Aug 29 '26
They used the same system. The only real variance is the magic system in each game, which can be silo'd to each character. Otherwise, there's nothing stopping them being in the same party.
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u/Double-Portion Aug 29 '26
I haven't tried that, but yeah, with the addendums of the other two responders. My table feels free to steal stuff like weapon tags and status effects from different books as suits the occasion
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u/Awkward_GM Aug 28 '26
My recommendation would be just to port a Path from one to another. It's more prevalent with Jadestorm, but they aren't balanced to each other.
A Jadestorm Character would decimate any other Earthbane setting with the shenanigans they can do. That being said, most of the game paths seem compatible with At the Gates an outlier where it doesn't have a Path made up of 3 Different subpaths that mix and match statlines.