We're not going to be able to top last month's update! So the quick summary before our regular check in:
Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback for the Storypath Ultra Core Manual backer PDF that went out last month. The Onyx Path team has taken your notes and are currently finalizing the PDF to release in the very near future on DTRPG. Once they've finalized, you'll be able to download the latest version at your convenience from your DriveThru digital library.
When they release it on DTRPG, they'll also make Print-on-Demand versions of the PDF available for purchase. Many of your reward lists include discount codes in case you wish to order a PoD version and I'll get those out to you when they're available. (note - this is NOT the hardcover reward that you pledged for, this is a digitally printed one-off version of the PDF from DriveThru).
Pending Rewards
SPU being finalized. Many dots still to fill in. I'll continue to monitor Onyx Path's info channels and update each month.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
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)
They Came From the RPG Anthology Backer PDF (sent Jan 17, 2025 via BackerKit)
They Came From the RPG Anthology discounted PoD links (sent Feb 20, 2025 via BackerKit)
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/
Even as we're waiting on the finalized SPU Corebook to release, Onyx Path is introducing new support for the Storypath Ultra system in general each month. These can easily be added to your Curseborne game, Earthbane Cycle games or any game using the SPU system.
This Storypath Ultra Tasty Bit introduces traps for use with the Storypath Ultra Core Manual or any game using the Storypath Ultra system.
Traps are a natural fit for action-adventure scenes, endangering the protagonists without needing to directly confront their enemies. The characters may also set traps of their own to even the odds against a superior foe in pursuit. Regardless of who’s wielding them, traps ensure the environment’s perilous to any who tread carelessly.
Troublesome Traps includes:
Rules for setting and disarming traps
Expanded crafting rules for traps
New trap tags, Edges, and Area and Status Effects
Thirteen trap elements to inspire you
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: <January 2026 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.
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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 BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING!
The World Below: Buried Treasures
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls they encounter. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will, in turn, become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
Now, two new books will let you delve deeper into The World Below and illuminate some of the darkness!
The Delver’s Guide is a Player's Manual for The World Below.
Delvers may be brave, but that doesn’t mean they don’t require help once in a while. That’s what this guide is: help for all delvers, explorers, and survivors in the World Below. New Callings and weapons, new Dialectics and powers, a new scenario and fresh rules for crafting and harvesting, and much, much more await within, so every delver can feel properly equipped for the adventures ahead.
Secrets of Kalm and Kaos is a Storyguide’s Handbook for The World Below.
There are hundreds of tales to tell of the World Below. From stories of adventurers braving Kaos storms to intrepid explorers who throw themselves into the dreamlike Obscura or harrowing Abyss. From chronicles of settlements rising and falling to those of bold delvers who go so far as to tame the beasts of their realm and call them pets. New playable options, new powers, new rules for Kalm, machinery, monstrous mounts, and more besides await within.
