James Bell

CREATOR

4 months ago

Project Update: October 2025 Monthly Update

Hello Shardstriders,

The Scion team has been working on lots of bits behind the scenes, and their focus is ever-shifting and intensifying as projects get crossed off their lists. No major changes for our list quite yet, but progress is happening as we move along.

Let's get to our regular monthly listing of stuff to keep an eye on!

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. In the meantime, I'll see if I can push to get one or two of those Stretch Goal rewards out to us over the next few months.

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: <September 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'm posting this before today's update is up, so I could already be a bit behind.

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: CURSEBORNE PLAYER'S GUIDE

Nine new families of Accursed!
New Role Paths, Lineage Torments, and spells
Fully playable Venators
Fully playable orphaned Accursed
Quick-build and random character templates

The Curseborne Player’s Guide is primarily focused on the players at the table who take on the role of individual characters. If you’re a Storyguide, you can expect to find ideas that help you prompt the other players and frame their place in the world. Use these to create details that resonate with a player’s intentions and to direct the story to places where the main characters’ themes and concepts can flourish. Other players can expect to find tools to develop your character, both in your narration and on your character sheet.

In this book, we introduce grounding concepts for playing the Accursed, providing role-playing hooks and touchstones rooted in the world they find themselves. These are intended for both brand-new players looking for a place to start and for players in the middle of a story who are open to new angles and complications. We expand on all the types of Accursed introduced in the Curseborne corebook, including those who don’t have a family to call their own, but also provide even more ways to express and wield the power of curses through new spells. We even add a new angle to the world of Curseborne as we present playable rules for the monster-hunting Venators, who contend with the same supernatural forces as the Accursed without Damnations of their own.

You can join in and support the project here

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