James Bell
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10+ projects backed in 2023
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Project Update: January 2026 Monthly Update
Hello Essence Players,
It's our first update for 2026!
The developers have incorporated your feedback from the campaign into the manuscript, and now they're working with the Onyx Path team to figure out the general and scpecific artwork needs for the book before matching that to artist's schedules and assigning contracts. Meanwhile writers are working on drafts of our stretch goal fiction!
Not part of this project, but you may also note that Onyx Path has an "Exalted: Essence Storyteller's Guide" in their December monthly summary also working through writing drafts, so something to be excited about for the future!
Until then, let's get to our regular review.
It's our first update for 2026!
The developers have incorporated your feedback from the campaign into the manuscript, and now they're working with the Onyx Path team to figure out the general and scpecific artwork needs for the book before matching that to artist's schedules and assigning contracts. Meanwhile writers are working on drafts of our stretch goal fiction!
Not part of this project, but you may also note that Onyx Path has an "Exalted: Essence Storyteller's Guide" in their December monthly summary also working through writing drafts, so something to be excited about for the future!
Until then, let's get to our regular review.
Pending Projects
Forward momentum for our main book, as the manuscript is mostly done and thoughts turn to production. I'll continue to monitor Onyx Path's shared info and fill in dots as we move forward.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Exalted: Essence Core Rulebook PDF
- Pillars of Creation PDF
- Tomb of Memory PDF
- Deeds Yet Undone PDF
- Across the Eight Directions PDF
- The Realm PDF
- Heirs to the Shogunate PDF
- Many-Faced Strangers PDF
- Exalted Third Edition Core Rules PDF
- Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought PDF
- Lunars: Fangs at the Gate PDF
- Exigents: Out of the Ashes PDF
- Sidereals: Charting Fate's Course PDF
- Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave PDF
- Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God Draft Manuscript
- Exalted Music Bundle
- Exalted Fiction Bundle
Pledge Manager
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://exalted-essence-players-guide.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
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December 2025 Project Status Summary>. Check out the Storyteller's Guide listed in second draft status!
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.
Remember: You can use the links at the bottom of this e-mail to unsubscribe from updates or Manage your notification settings. These status updates are available on the campaign page for you to review at any time.
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.
Remember: You can use the links at the bottom of this e-mail to unsubscribe from updates or Manage your notification settings. These status updates are available on the campaign page for you to review at any time.
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:
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 BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
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