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Project Update: Backer Draft Manuscript Part 5
We're in the Final Days countdown for this Crowdfunding campaign. At The Gates finishes the crowdfunding campaign on Thursday, June 6th at 2:00 PM EDT. There's still time to Inspire others to help explore Everend, but we're definitely getting closer to the finish line. With that in mind, I wanted to touch on some of the basics over these final four days to make sure everyone has the information they need to support this project in the way that works best for them.
Final Days Schedule
- June 2 - Reward Tier & Add On Review
- June 4 - Manuscript Preview # 5 - Adversaries! (That's today!)
- June 5 - Stretch Goal Review
- June 6 - Final Day Checklist & What Comes Next
Whether you're a veteran of many daemon summonings or just learning your first Art, these are some good topics to review over this week to make sure we all end up where we want to be. If you're looking at this update and deciding whether or not to join, please click on the Pledge Tier Review link to get a better idea of which rewards are included in our pledge tiers.
(An aside, if you're a new backer, make sure you check out our Final Week Countdown / Resource Update. It has links to the manuscript previews, podcasts, and a ton of Actual Play sessions.)
Before we get to the manuscript, just a quick reminder...
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And one more reminder...
International Shipping – Collected in the Pledge Manager
First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. We get that, but there's not much we can do at this time. Onyx Path is in a difficult space where the company is big enough that they're not saving money by fulfilling out of Rich's garage, but small enough that they can't really set up international partners to handle portions of the fulfillment. So we are where we are - for now.
The best we can do at this point is to plan carefully, advise everyone up front that international shipping will likely be expensive (see our projections on the main page) and only charge what it costs us when the time comes. We’ll be charging for shipping in the Pledge Manager once the books are being printed and we can deal with the actual shipping charges rather than using our best-guesses this far out. If you live outside the US and aren't sure you want the hardcover or other physical items, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY
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Project Update: April 2025 Monthly Update
No major changes to report this month, the Onyx Path team continues to work on things behind the scenes making incremental progress but we're not coloring in any dots yet. Let's get to it!
Rewards Still Pending
No major changes since March, though work continues.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Trinity Continuum Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- Scion Second Edition Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- They Came From Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- The World Below PDF (Oct 31 '24 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://at-the-gates.backerkit.com
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here
Onyx Path Project Tracking
Onyx Path Discussion Channels
To Contact James
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
FINAL DAY FOR REAL
FINAL DAY TO JOIN IN
Chosen by the gods, their power tempered only by human hearts, the Exalted are all that stand between Creation and the forces that would ruin the world. Set in a rich and intriguing setting that draws from real-world histories and fantasy archetypes, Exalted: Essence features streamlined rules for a new way of playing a classic game, incorporating story-focused action and a presentation designed to appeal to new players and longtime fans alike.
The Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide is a book chock full of player-facing content. Within, we’ll walk you through how to think about playing your character, what kind of person they might shape up to be, and how to consider their strengths and weaknesses as well as Intimacies and Virtues. Beyond advice for roleplaying, each chapter also contains dozens of new Charms for characters to take, shaping the outcome of your campaigns.
Unlike other Exalted books, this does not contain any new setting material. It’s all about your character and your campaigns. Most books also speak directly to the Storyteller, assuming they’re the person who does most of the reading. Not so here! If you’re a player in a game of Exalted, this book is for you. You don’t have to read the whole thing cover to cover, but the section that applies to your character has so much there for you.
Learn what it means to be Exalted.
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Project Update: March 2025 Monhtly Update
As we slide through these final days of March, it's time, once again, for our monthly update!
Rewards Still Pending
Forward progress on our Companion PDF that was unlocked via Stretch Goal. Our main book is finishing up in final development, and our jumpstart is currently in early development, while the Companion is now in redlines, where the developers provide feedback and direction for the writers to create their final drafts.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Trinity Continuum Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- Scion Second Edition Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- They Came From Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- The World Below PDF (Oct 31 '24 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://at-the-gates.backerkit.com
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here
Onyx Path Project Tracking
Onyx Path Discussion Channels
To Contact James
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
Launching Today!
The Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide is a book chock full of player-facing content. Within, we’ll walk you through how to think about playing your character, what kind of person they might shape up to be, and how to consider their strengths and weaknesses as well as Intimacies and Virtues. Beyond advice for roleplaying, each chapter also contains dozens of new Charms for characters to take, shaping the outcome of your campaigns.
Learn what it means to be Exalted.
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Project Update: February 2025 Monthly Update
February is the shortest month, so let's see if I can keep our monthly update brief.
Rewards Still Pending
While work continues on the final development side for our main reward, the first draft of our Companion, unlocked via Stretch Goal achievements, is now in First Draft status! Great to see more material coming along!
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Trinity Continuum Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- Scion Second Edition Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- They Came From Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- The World Below PDF (Oct 31 '24 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://at-the-gates.backerkit.com
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here
Onyx Path Project Tracking
Onyx Path Discussion Channels
To Contact James
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
FINAL HOURS!
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In Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars, your player characters are the crewmembers of a war rig, venturing into battles against people from far off countries, aligned to ideals different than their own, and trying to preserve their peace, their way of life, or their rich deposits of a new, bizarre energy source: condensed coal. Your characters — the crewmembers of these war rigs — are as likely to be enlisted crooks as they are commissioned officers; gung-ho patriots as common as conscripted people from the imperial powers’ colonies. They fight because they have to. But in the fear and fog of battle, bonds form, friendships and rivalries grow, and legends are made.
Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars takes place outside the Trinity Continuum's "Alpha" timeline -- the worlds explored from Aegis to Æon -- taking place in a parallel reality, setting the stage for new adventures and discoveries.
- A complete setting based on the acclaimed graphic novel Steam Wars with writing by Larry Blamire and art by David Miller, Steve LeBlanc, and Christoper Ehnot.
- Detailed rules on piloting, managing, and fighting massive coal-powered giant robots in a parallel 19th century.
- Six different roles you can perform on a steam rig, along with more than half a dozen Alliances involving in the Second Steam War that you can fight, ally with, or sabotage.
- Storyguide advice, secrets, hooks, and plots, to enable you to start your game of Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars
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Project Update: January 2025 Monthly Update
We start off regular monthly updates for 2025 in pretty standard form. We'll review our rewards still pending, we'll confirm which rewards have been distribued, and we'll have links to find more information, to discuss this project and the Earthbane Cycle, notes on how to contact me, and a look ahead at our next project.
Rewards Still Pending
No big changes from last month, with the exception of our Jumpstart reward which has sprinted forward to development. At this stage, the developers take the final drafts from all of the writers and hammer it into a holistic version that speaks with a constant voice throughout before submitting the manusrcript to the review and approval process.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Trinity Continuum Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- Scion Second Edition Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- They Came From Digital Starter Bundle (July 17 '24 Update)
- The World Below PDF (Oct 31 '24 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://at-the-gates.backerkit.com
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here
Onyx Path Project Tracking
Onyx Path Discussion Channels
To Contact James
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
LAUNCHING TODAY!
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In Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars, your player characters are the crewmembers of a war rig, venturing into battles against people from far off countries, aligned to ideals different than their own, and trying to preserve their peace, their way of life, or their rich deposits of a new, bizarre energy source: condensed coal. Your characters — the crewmembers of these war rigs — are as likely to be enlisted crooks as they are commissioned officers; gung-ho patriots as common as conscripted people from the imperial powers’ colonies. They fight because they have to. But in the fear and fog of battle, bonds form, friendships and rivalries grow, and legends are made.
Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars takes place outside the Trinity Continuum's "Alpha" timeline -- the worlds explored from Aegis to Æon -- taking place in a parallel reality, setting the stage for new adventures and discoveries.
- A complete setting based on the acclaimed graphic novel Steam Wars with writing by Larry Blamire and art by David Miller, Steve LeBlanc, and Christoper Ehnot.
- Detailed rules on piloting, managing, and fighting massive coal-powered giant robots in a parallel 19th century.
- Six different roles you can perform on a steam rig, along with more than half a dozen Alliances involving in the Second Steam War that you can fight, ally with, or sabotage.
- Storyguide advice, secrets, hooks, and plots, to enable you to start your game of Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars