Hello Scions,
I know I just posted our monthly update last week, and we've got a ton of reminders coming throughout July, but I've got one more thing to sneak in before the ...
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James Bell
23 days ago
June 2025 update - Locking Down Orders This Week
Hello Scions,
The 2025 edition of the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention was a fun time! If you missed it, they're starting to post videos of their panels and Actual Plays ...
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James Bell
about 2 months ago
May 2025 Monthly Update
Hello Scions,
As we get to the back half of May, it's time for our regular monthly update. And oddly, this month's update is all about stuff coming in June!
Order Lockdown ...
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James Bell
3 months ago
April 2025 Monthly Update
Hello Scions,
It's time for our regular monthly check in. No big announcements yet, but I can at least give you an expected timeline for some announcements. We'll call it a ...
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James Bell
4 months ago
March 2025 Monhtly Update
Hello Scions,
As we slide into these final weeks of March, it's time once again for our regular monthly update. Let's dive in.
Rewards Still Pending
No major changes sinc...
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James Bell
5 months ago
February 2025 Monthly Update
Hello Scions,
I'll keep February's monthly update short and sweet.
Rewards Still Pending
No big changes from last month, the team are prepping press files, so we're getti...
I know I just posted our monthly update last week, and we've got a ton of reminders coming throughout July, but I've got one more thing to sneak in before the calendar flips over.
Remember this from our time during the campaign?
Well, it's time to send it out!
Scion: God Digital Wallpaper
I try and change my desktop wallpaper on my computer as often as I check my thermostat. This week has been pretty hot. Luckily, I've got a new desktop wallpaper just in time!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Your links to claim your Scion: God Digital Wallpaper will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the few hours. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for these, 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 at https://scion-god.backerkit.com
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://scion-god.backerkit.com
The 2025 edition of the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention was a fun time! If you missed it, they're starting to post videos of their panels and Actual Plays on Youtube, and you can now watch the <Onyx Path Con 2025 Scion Panel>where Hiromi Cota, Coyote Crow, Kim Godwin, Geoffrey M, Kyle Novich, and T.J. Wilson discuss what's to come for Scion Second Edition!
Lockdown and Projected Delivery Schedule
While the world is pretty chaotic and unpredictable, the good news is that the books are printing, and will exist soon. But they'll take a few months to get to the warehouse of our fulfillment partners, Studio 2.
Since there are a lot of moving parts, we're going to give ourselves a solid schedule that will allow me to get things sorted and keep us moving at a reasonable pace. As a reminder, we will be charging shipping before these orders go out, so I want to ensure everyone has time to review their reward selection and shipping costs before we lockdown and process any orders.
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://scion-god.backerkit.com
JUNE 20 - ORDER LOCKDOWN - In 2 days, the BackerKit Pledge Manager will send out a final call for any ORDER ADJUSTMENTS. You will be given a link to review your order and a 48 HOUR NOTICE. After that time, orders will LOCKDOWN as they appear in the Pledge Manager.
JULY 11 - SHIPPING CHARGES - In just over 3 weeks, the BackerKit team will send one more reminder about the PENDING SHIPPING CHARGES so that you will have advance notice before payment processing. You will be able to see your shipping costs in your Order Review, but we want to ensure that we send one more reminder before any payments are processed.
JULY 15 - PAYMENT PROCESSING - Now that orders and shipping costs have been reviewed and confirmed, the BackerKit Pledge Manager will begin PROCESSING PAYMENTS for any ADD ON OPTIONS SELECTED IN THE PLEDGE MANAGER and all SHIPPING CHARGES for your order.
JULY 29 - ADDRESS CONFIRMATION - Two weeks after we process payments for shipping charges, the BackerKit Pledge Manager will send out a 48 HOUR NOTICE to CONFIRM YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS. You'll be able to review the information in the system and have a link to adjust the address if needed.
AUGUST 5 - FULFILLMENT INFO - A bit more than one week after address confirmations, I will pass all of this information over to Onyx Path's fulfillment partner, Studio 2, will -hopefully- be able to begin fulfillment prep for your orders to ship out in August/September.
COMMUNICATION + NEXT STEPS
Review your order and shipping charges. You can request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" at https://scion-god.backerkit.com
Look for the 48 hour Order Lockdown notice e-mailed from BackerKit on Jun 20.
Look for the Pending Shipping Charges notice e-mailed from BackerKit on July 11.
A campaign update will be posted reminding everyone about the Pending Shipping Charges.
Prepare for Payment Processing on July 15.
A campaign update will be posted reminding everyone of the Lockdown process and confirming which steps we've completed. A reminder for Address Confirmation will be included.
Look for the 48 hour Address Confirmation notice e-mailed from BackerKit on July 29.
A campaign update once orders are shipping, detailing how to retrieve the tracking number for your shipment.
Again, it may seem like a lot of work and a lot of time, but it's really just about reviewing information and making sure that everything's correct so we can get these orders out and delivered to you as smoothly as possible.
IF YOUR ADDRESS IS CHANGING IN August or September
If your shipping location will be changing during the August/September timeframe, please contact me at Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com. I will unlock your order and we'll hold off processing it until you're at your new location. If you have your new address and the effective date, let me know that too and I'll set it up. If you haven't confirmed your location yet, let me know that as well and I'll hold off the shipment until you're all sorted.
Quick note on schedules and timelines
I don't have to say too much here, do I? I'm moving forward with a lot of assumptions that things will work out as planned, but we've learned that unexpected complications are lurking around every corner. I'll keep in touch with Onyx Path as best possible and we can adjust these dates as/if needed.
For now, I'll send out the 48 Hour Notices for your Orders as mentioned, so please review and make sure your pledge and Add Ons are all included. Also, I'm here to help. If there are any issues, get in touch and I'll sort everything as best I can.
REWARDS STILL PENDING The latest Monday Meeting Notes blog at Onyx Path as our Scion: God book listed as "Printing. Should be getting on a boat soon." so I'm hopeful things will proceed as planned. The MMN also have our Digital Wallpaper reward listed as completed, so we may get a fun reward in the middle of all of those reminder updates! The Storyguide Screen is also at the beginning of the printing process - it doesn't take as long to ship as the books, so hopefully everything will line up and arrive in the warehouse on schedule.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book One: Origin PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Two: Hero PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Three: Demigod PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Pledge] Discounted PoD Order LInk(Sept 17 '24 Update)
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 2025 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.
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:
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 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.
Launching Tomorrow
Pugmire Unleashed: A Player’s Guide is a supplement for the Realms of Pugmire tabletop RPG. Pugmire Unleashed is primarily a book for players who are interested in new options for their games. Inside you’ll find not only more options for dog player characters, more advice on how to play dogs, and more information about dog communities beyond the kingdom of Pugmire. You’ll also find more species to play: badgers, birds, lagomorphs, and reptiles.
If you have a yen to be a nautical adventurer, there are rules for sailing and ships presented within, as well as a more detailed writeup of the main coastal city, Waterdog Port. For dogs looking to use strange and exotic weaponry, there are rules for gunpowder weapons, as well as the associated syndrome of Gunpower Panic that goes with using them. Combined with loads of new spells and backgrounds, there’s something for every player in these pages.
We haven’t forgotten the hard-working Guide in all this. Within in this book, we present not only some new enemies for player characters to thwart or befriend, but also three adventures that present a loose chronicle using much of the material presented in this book (and Realms of Pugmire). Players should avoid reading the back of the book, in case of spoilers, but most of the book is here for you to enjoy.
As we get to the back half of May, it's time for our regular monthly update. And oddly, this month's update is all about stuff coming in June!
Order Lockdown begins in June First up, I wanna note that we'll begin our Order Lockdown process next month! The Scion: God hardcovers are currently printing, and I expect (hope!) to ship those out to backers in August. That means I'll be giving backers an opportunity to review shipping costs and confirm (or adjust) your order selection starting in our next monthly update.
Basically, my plan (which may be adjusted as the situation evolves):
June 17 - Backers will receive a notice to review their orders and shipping charges July 15 - Backerkit will begin processing payments for shipping charges and Pledge Manager Add Ons July 29 - Backers will confirm shipping information that I'll pass along to Onyx Path's fulfillment parter in August
So, we're not quite there yet, but next month's update will begin the process of locking down our rewards and preparing the path for hardcover shipping in the summer. Good stuff ahead!
Onyx Path Virtual Convention 2025 Probably the best place to get some Scion updates will be the Scion panel during Onyx Path's 2025 Virtual Convention on the very first night!
Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention 2025 is just around the corner! As they enter the final weeks of preparation, the schedule is settling in. Some panels and actual plays needed minor tweaks, which is normal for this stage of the game. People’s availability shifts and schedule issues bubble up, but so far they’ve been able to roll with the punches pretty easily and are on track for a smooth, fun, and informative show!
They’re also getting games for attendees to play ramped up via Startplaying.games. There are already a few games set up, and your encouraged to consider setting one up yourself, if you like running games! It’s a great opportunity to try out games you might not otherwise get the chance to, meet new players, and make a few bucks. Onyx Path's partners at Envoy who run convention games for them will also be running games via Startplaying.games and those entries will be showing up very soon at https://startplaying.games/event/onyx-path-2025!
What's Up with Onyx Path on Sunday June 8 at 12:30 PM EDT
Scion: Origin Actual Play on Saturday June 7 at 5:30 PM
Scion: Hero Actual Play on Sunday June 8 at 2:00 PM
Rewards Still Pending
Again, printing is underway for our hardcover rewards and I'll have a clearer idea of the schedule next month, when we begin the order lockdown process.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book One: Origin PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Two: Hero PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Three: Demigod PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Pledge] Discounted PoD Order LInk(Sept 17 '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://scion-god.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <April 2025 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.
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:
It's time for our regular monthly check in. No big announcements yet, but I can at least give you an expected timeline for some announcements. We'll call it a "foretelling" and hope that our visions come to pass as predicted.
Rewards Still Pending
Our hardcover books are currently in the Proofing phase. Onyx Path's print partner is printing test versions for the team to review and approve (unless any minor tweaks are needed), and then the actual print run can begin. Once the books are printed, the long shipping wait begins.
So, right now, my estimate based on all known variables is that we'll see our hardcover books fulfilled in August. That means I'll be confirming orders and shipping costs as part of our June update, and then processing payments for any Pledge Manager Add On selections and shipping charges in early July and finally confirming shipping information by the end of July.
Again, that's based on all of the info I have right now and our usual timelines once proofing has begun. Nothing major to do yet, but next month I'll start putting out the word to double-check your BackerKit Pledge Manager page to make sure it's all correct before we begin the order lock down process in June.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book One: Origin PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Two: Hero PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Three: Demigod PDF (Dec 17 Update)
[Pledge] Discounted PoD Order LInk(Sept 17 '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://scion-god.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <March 2025 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.
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:
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.
