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Project Update: Pinfall from Grace, Bodyslams from Hell - Manuscript Preview #6
At last we come to the final manuscript preview. With this update, the entire current draft manuscript is available for Backers to download and read, before any pledges are processed or any payments collected.
We've actually had the bulk of the rules and systems from Storypath Ultra for a bit now, and with today's chapter we're going to see what it could look like when you use all of the building material from SPU to assemble your own game.
The final version of the Core Manual will present three different settings that use Storypath Ultra as a system. They won’t spell out absolutely everything, but each of them will be a complete game to run for your players. We'll just leave some room for you to adjust and expand on them to suit your own taste.
Two additional game examples will be added to the final book, one flavored with a science fiction theme and the other with fantasy trappings. For our Sci-Fi example, backers have chosen "An experimental space flight flings the player characters into a distant galaxy full of strange and alien sights."
For the final poll, you'll be voting on a Fantasy setting example. Your options:
- A cozy fantasy game where explorers look for ingredients to help heal their sick dragon friend.
- A war-torn world ripped apart by a devastating magic war, and a few surviving wizards try to prove who is the best among them.
- A group of young heroes are blessed with magical armor and weapons in order to defeat an evil sorcerer queen seeking to destroy their land.
>>> CLICK TO VOTE ON THE FANTASY SETTING HERE <<<
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK
I've now shared the complete draft manuscript over this campaign. Along the way, the team has gathered feedback to help guide the manuscript through the next steps of editing and development. To that end, they've created a special Feedback Form for you to submit your comments after reading each section!
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: December 2024 Monthly Update
As noted last month, I'll be posting a regular check in to keep everyone on the same page while the Onyx Path team works on this project. I'm a little early this month, just setting up some time off over the year end holiday, but I'll be back in 2025 before the calendar flips to February!
Let's get to our review! As a reminder, despite my shining personality, many of these may be a little repetitive - or even boring. But making sure our communication is constant and consitent will hopefully keep everyone in the loop and help keep Onyx Path's info top of mind.
Rewards Still Pending
The team is working on the new sections we voted on.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- They Came From the RPG Anthology! Draft Manuscript (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- At The Gates Draft Manuscript (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- The World Below Backer PDF (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- Storypath Seeds Jumpstart Digital Bundle PDF titles (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- Storypath Seeds Corebook Digital Bundle PDF titles (Oct 31, 2024 update)
As rewards are sent out and become available, I'll note that in our Distributed Reward list. I'll also note any relevant updates or dates so if you need more info, you can go back and dig up the relevant post. Also remember that a link to the draft manuscript is available in your BackerKit Pledge Manager digital rewards page.
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://storypath-ultra.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 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!
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 To Pledge
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The Alchemical Exalted are the Chosen of the Machine God, biomechanical demigods forged from divine metal and heroic souls. They do not rule the Eight Nations, but serve as Champions of the people, a sacred duty greater than any ambition. The eldest of Alchemicals transcend their human forms to become metropoli, living cities that offer the Eight Nations a stronghold against Autochthonia’s perils.
The Realm of Brass and Shadows is unforgiving, and the Eight Nations find themselves faced with many challenges: cataclysmic upheavals of Autochthon’s world-machinery, incursions of gruesome techno-organic gremlins, and the ever-present threat to their livelihoods. All the while, the slumbering Autochthon grows ever sicker, his corrupting Blight metastasizing throughout his world-body. Despair not. There is work to be done.
Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God is an expansion for the Exalted Third Edition tabletop roleplaying game. It’s set in a mythic world where spirits walk openly among humanity, warring demigods topple kingdoms, and the restless dead roam on moonless nights. Heroes granted divine power contend against one another for the future of Creation. These are the Exalted!
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Project Update: November 2024 - Regular Monthly Update
It's been just over three weeks since we sent out the first wave of rewards - the existing PDFs that were Add Ons for the campaign. Now, as we hit the final days of November, it's time to start our regular monthly update schedule.
MONTHLY UPDATES
With the Pledge Manager up and running, this is officially the first "regular" monthly update for our project. I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.
Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Delivered" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.
REWARDS STILL PENDING
The chart isn't perfect, but it's a fun way to show progress on a project by filling in dots. Right now, I've set our main reward in "First Draft" status, as the two example settings we voted on during the campaign are currently being written for the book. We'll be able to follow the progress each month, as dots get filled in, until eventually we get a Backer PDF and another chance to provide feedback beore the book is finalized and prepared for PDF release and the eventual hardcover print run. It's still a long road ahead, but I'll check in every month and make sure we're all on the same page.
There are other rewards from the campaign that are not listed as part of this tracking. The Add On pre-orders for They Came from the RPG Anthology! PDF and At The Gates PDF have both had the draft manusripts out to backers who selected those as Add Ons, and they will receive the backer PDFs once those are ready. Backers who selected The World Below have already received the backer PDF for that book. Those will all go out as they become available and we won't need to track them here.
Beyond that, we had a few Stretch Goals that are different than our usual rewards in nature and won't be tracked here. The Storypath Nexus Community Content progream for Storypath Ultra and the process for applying to license the SPU system will be sorted by Onyx Path, and I don't think we'll necessarily see regular progress reports on those until they just appear. I'll make sure I mention it in our regular updates when that happens.
Similarly, the Discord Dice Bot reward will be created and released by a third-party that is working with Onyx Path. We won't get progress reports on that one either, but I'll make sure it's noted when it becomes available.
So, left with our core SPU rewards (and the Starbearer Dice, which was another add on, and I just want to track it because it'll go with the hardcover books when they ship), I'll post this chart in each monthly update, and fill in dots as projects move along.
REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS
- They Came From the RPG Anthology! Draft Manuscript (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- At The Gates Draft Manuscript (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- The World Below Backer PDF (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- Storypath Seeds Jumpstart Digital Bundle PDF titles (Oct 31, 2024 update)
- Storypath Seeds Corebook Digital Bundle PDF titles (Oct 31, 2024 update)
As rewards are sent out and become available, I'll note that in our Distributed Reward list. I'll also note any relevant updates or dates so if you need more info, you can go back and dig up the relevant post.
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://storypath-ultra.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 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.
TO CONTACT JAMES
- 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.
Now Funding on Crowdfunding by BackerKit
The Alchemical Exalted are the Chosen of the Machine God, biomechanical demigods forged from divine metal and heroic souls. They do not rule the Eight Nations, but serve as Champions of the people, a sacred duty greater than any ambition. The eldest of Alchemicals transcend their human forms to become metropoli, living cities that offer the Eight Nations a stronghold against Autochthonia’s perils.
The Realm of Brass and Shadows is unforgiving, and the Eight Nations find themselves faced with many challenges: cataclysmic upheavals of Autochthon’s world-machinery, incursions of gruesome techno-organic gremlins, and the ever-present threat to their livelihoods. All the while, the slumbering Autochthon grows ever sicker, his corrupting Blight metastasizing throughout his world-body. Despair not. There is work to be done.
Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God is an expansion for the Exalted Third Edition tabletop roleplaying game. It’s set in a mythic world where spirits walk openly among humanity, warring demigods topple kingdoms, and the restless dead roam on moonless nights. Heroes granted divine power contend against one another for the future of Creation. These are the Exalted!
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Project Update: Reward Distribution - Existing Rewards Going Out to Backers!
It's been two weeks since we started sending out our Pledge Manager invitations. If you haven't yet filled out your backer survey, please do so as soon as possible - you can change it or update it right up until the books are printing and we're getting ready to ship. We use the Pledge Manager for all reward fulfillment, so having your backer page set up ensures you'll be getting your rewards in a timely manner.
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://storypath-ultra.backerkit.com/
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here>
DIGITAL REWARD DISTRIBUTION
- They Came From the RPG Anthology! Draft Manuscript
- At The Gates Draft Manuscript
- The World Below Backer PDF
- Storypath Seeds Jumpstart Digital Bundle PDF titles
- Storypath Seeds Corebook Digital Bundle PDF titles
Since They Came From the RPG Anthology! and At The Gates are still in development, anyone who added the pre-order to their rewards list will receive the draft manuscript for those projects. As with our draft manuscript, there are still rounds of editing and development that the text is going through or has gone through, but you can consider it about 95% there.
For The World Below, the Backer PDF has become available today! Great timing! For those who added the pre-order to their rewards list, the World Below design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print. Onyx Path will be launching a special The World Below Feedback Form, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/jTQ95sHhJmhGvYUq8
In addition, the two Storypath Seeds bundles will have the PDF redemption codes going out. There are multiple titles included in each bundle (especially that Jumpstart bundle) so lots of rewards going out despite a short list.
If you want any of these and didn't add them on during the campaign, you can still update your BackerKit page and add them to your rewards list. See the BackerKit How-To instructions above.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
The best way to ensure these redemption codes work smoothly is to log in to your DTRPG account first, and then click (or copy) the link shown in your BackerKit.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
With the Pledge Manager up and running, next month I'll have our first "regular" update for our project. I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.
Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Delivered" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.
That's for November, though. For now, enjoy these Treats on Halloween!
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
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 everymonth until the final reward has gone out.
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 MINUTES OF THE CAMPAIGN
The End is Nigh!
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Project Update: Pledge Manager Surveys Coming Soon!
It's time for our first update of the post-Crowdfunding campaign phase!
We finished up the Crowdfunding portion of our campaign just over three weeks ago with a successful run, adding many backers and voting on content to the final book. Now it's time to start the next phase of the project - the Post-Campaign, where we track the progress of the various projects we helped fund and send out rewards as they become available.
To help with all of that we use BackerKit's Pledge Manager.
Today's Topics
- BackerKit Pledge Manager Surveys Coming Soon
- Compiled Draft Manuscript (available in BackerKit Digital Rewards)
- Coming Next
BACKER SURVEYS
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although you probably already have one from pledging to this campaign). When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available later this week via email!
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://storypath-ultra.backerkit.com/
If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comments for this update, the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:
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.
I had initially expected to be sending this out a few weeks from now, but caught a free moment even while I'm battling a cold that's worked it's way through my family over the past month. The chances of a few errors in the Pledge Manager set up are ... greater than zero ... so let me know if you see something off and I'll fix it as quickly as possible.
Within the BackerKit Survey and Pledge Manager, you can:
- Review your Pledge Tier Selection and Rewards
- Upgrade your Reward Tier pledge selection
- Confirm Add On selections
- Set up payment information for any failed payments from the Crowdfunding campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
From the Pledge Manager welcome page you can choose to
- Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
- Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed
- Switch Your Pledge Level
If you've pledged to a reward tier that includes physical rewards, you can enter your shipping country at this stage. As noted during our campaign, we haven't set shipping costs yet - those will be calculated and added in when we're preparing to ship the book. That won't be for a long time, though, and there will be plenty of opportunity - and notice - for you to make changes.
- Look for an e-mail invitation to BackerKit's Pledge Manager sometime over the next 4-5 days
- Get Started on your survey
- Confirm your Pledge Level (or SWITCH your Pledge Level if you want to change it)
- Confirm and Select Any Add On options
- Confirm Your Shipping Information (if needed)
- Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)
I will post an update in another week or two as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing title PDFs, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
COMING NEXT
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.
CURRENTLY FUNDING
CURSEBORNE is now live on Kickstarter!
The second part of the book are the instructions on how to use this book to play a game. You’ll find the chapters on how to play the game using the Storypath Ultra system, how to create a character, all the cool powers those characters have, and information on how to run a game of Curseborne.
With 13 days left in the campaign, we've hit 500% of our initial funding target and unlocked several Stretch Goals - including three new supplements that will be added as bonus rewards for backers of this project!
Join In!
Want to know more about the Curseborne RPG?
- Sneak Peeks from the Onyx Path website
- Discussion on the Onyx Path podcast (ep 325, ep 323, ep 319)
- Convention Panel from Onyx Path Con 2024
- Free Brochures available from DriveThruRPG (#1, #2, #3)
Curseborne Actual Play Sessions, including:
- Danielle's Storypath Ultra Showcase (Pre-Curseborne preview) (One-Shot)
- Onyx Pathcast Episode 300: m̷̙̉o̴͈̒t̶̠̊h̷͔̉ (Preview) (One-Shot)
- Suffer My Sins by Red Moon Roleplaying
- [Onyx Path Con 2024] Curseborne Actual Play (One-Shot)
- Curseborne Ashcan by Awkward GM Corbin (One-Shot)
- Curtain Call by The Gentleman Gamer
- Stealing the Show by Queen's Court Gaming
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT: Over the course of the campaign, backers will receive access to chapters from the current draft manuscript of Curseborne. By the end of the campaign, backers will be able to read the entire book as it stands now, before any pledges are processed or payments collected. No secret curses with this campaign - you'll know exactly what you're supporting with your pledge. Read the manuscript and make sure the project is right for you.
CURSEBORNE was built using the Storypath Ultra system! You'll have three example settings in the final Storypath Ultra Core Manual, but if you want to see a game completely designed from the ground up that uses SPU, check out CURSEBORNE on Kickstarter!