James Bell
CREATOR
5 months ago

Project Update: September 2025 Update

Hello Deep Delvers,

No major news this month, but before I get to our regular review, I just want to call attention to the latest game in the Earthbane Cycle, which is ending it's Crowdfunding campaign on Thursday.


The third entry in this line of loosely-connected worlds, 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.


Over the past few updates, I've shared some informative videos from Matthew Dawkins on his Gentleman Gamer youtube channel and a video of some Monster Character Creation in a Session Zero stream on Onyx Path's channel. Beyond that, we've got...


In addition to all of that, the complete draft manuscript is available for backers to read, before any pledges are processed or payments collected.

AND - during the campaign, we've also had some amazing in-game fiction, a travelogue exploring the different realms within the Monster Kingdoms. This is just for the campaign and not part of the manuscript, and it's truly delightful stuff. 

If you're interested and haven't joined up yet, you can check it out <HERE> until Thursday September 25th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.





Rewards Still Pending



The Onyx Path team is still waiting for the tariff world to settle down so they can lock in print pricing and manufacturing schedules. Hopefully that happens soon.

Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Trinity Continuum Digital Starter Bundle (January 25 '24 Update)
  • Scion Second Edition Digital Starter Bundle (January 25 '24 Update)
  • They Came From Digital Starter Bundle (January 25 '24 Update)
  • Redbubble Backer T-Shirt Link (April 4 '24 Update)
  • The World Below Backer PDF (Oct 31 '24 Update)
  • World Below VTT Asset Pack (March 19 '25 Update)
  • World Below Streaming Overlay Set(March 19 '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://the-world-below.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

You may be able to get further insight and possibly some in-depth conversation at 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 BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
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