James Bell

CREATOR

6 months ago

Project Update: September 2025 Update

Hello SHARDstriders,

We're in the back half of September and it's time for our regular update. First up, the latest Scion release from Onyx Path!

Are You Ready To Rock?

Scion: Rock Gods and Road Trips - now available as an Advance PDF from DTPRG.

Rock Gods & Road Trips takes the legend-fueled, epic narrative of Scion and puts it on a tour bus on the path to fame and glory. In this book, celebrity and Legend merge in a thrilling combination of badass story beats, mythic concerts, and road-trip shenanigans.

Rock Gods & Road Trips expands the scope of Scion in a direction never explored before, using the episodic nature of serialized media to turn up the volume on places in the World where Scion fight for stardom, the meaning of their art, and the strength of their Legend against rival bands, disapproving divine parents, and Fate itself.

Some of this book’s features are:

The Mythic Engine, a new system meant to empower episodic storytelling in Scion!
An entire tour of ready-made scenarios detailing a Band of rockstar Scions’ ascent to fame!
Tools to enhance mythical stories set on the road, including memorable locations touched by legends, music-themed antagonists, cryptids, and more!
New Boons and Birthrights meant to be the best equipment roadies and rockstars can count on!

Note: This is the Advance PDF. We'll be collecting feedback before preparing the final PDF and Print versions of the book. Anyone who downloads this Advance PDF will automatically get the final PDF added to their DriveThruRPG library for free. They will also get a discount on the Print version once that is ready to go live.

Rewards Still Pending

Onyx Path are still dealing with the mythic struggles of the printing industry and the chaos caused by ever-changing tariffs. Hopefully they'll have a plan soon and get the hardcover production in motion. I'll continue to monitor their monday meeting notes and include updates with new info as it becomes available.

Rewards Distributed to Backers

Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/

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: <August 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:

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 Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.

FINAL WEEK - MONSTER KINGDOMS

Funded and adding Stretch Goals! Check it out!

In Monster Kingdoms, you play a creature of darkness. You may be vampiric magus, or feyborn harlequin. You might be a warrior gauntlet, an orc cultist, a druidic elf, or a flame-spitting dragonkin. You can play a wildly creative goblinoid, a chaotic dwarf, a fierce ice elementor, or a shame-filled fiend. Your characters can be anything from hulking dreadnauts to disturbing mentalists, and many Mantles in between.

Name your weapon and make it your sceptre.

Slay a beast and seize its crown.

Build your infamy either as a monster or as a servant of the light. Perform deeds worthy of repute: vanquishing a beast greater than yourself, toppling a lord from his tower and seizing control of his lands and people, or freeing slaves to weaken the Malignant Mind. A character’s infamy is a means of measuring their success in the Monster Kingdoms, whether virtuous or vicious. The only unworthy deeds are the ones no one hears about.

In the chaos of the Monster Kingdoms, now is your time to make a mark and shape the world to your liking.

Monster Kingdoms is a complete tabletop roleplaying game of dark fantasy, where evil is a natural state, adventure boasts horror and violence, and politics are cutthroat. It includes:

A massive number of playable monstrous characters.
A dangerous setting encompassing 13 unique, competing kingdoms.
The entire dynamic Storypath Ultra system.

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