James Bell

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26 days ago

Project Update: January 2026 Monthly Update

Hello Deep Delvers,

Welcome to the first update of 2026! We've got some rewards coming soon, some rewards coming at some point, some rewards coming in a while, and some new rules you can incorporate into your game right now!

First up, let's talk about rewards coming "at some point." The biggest hurdle has been print production. Onyx Path had some real challenges with previous print partners over the past 18-months and had to investigate new avenues for production. They've found a new partner and are currently in the process of printing their first book with them now. It seems to be going well, and the foundation is being built to get their print schedule slowly lined up beyond this first test.

So, it'll be a while before we know how the print schedule shakes out and when we can start planning for distribution of our physical rewaerds (book, screen, and the rest). I'll keep you updated as new info comes out.

Next up, let's talk about a reward that should be coming soon. The Monstrous Ecology book that we unlocked via Stretch Goal during our campaign is finishing up the layout phase and should be going to the Proofing stage in the next week or so. The Onyx Path crew will review and fix until everyone gives it a greenlight, and then it'll be out to backers. I'm hoping that we'll get that for our next monthly update! Stay tuned!

Before getting to our regular check in and the rewards that'll be coming in a while, let's look at some new rules you can add into your game right now!

Now available from DriveThruRPG in PDF: Storypath Ultra Tasty-Bit 01: Massive Monsters!

This Storypath Ultra Tasty Bit introduces two new kinds of antagonists for use with the Storypath Ultra Core Manual or any game using the Storypath Ultra system.

Giants are characters, creatures, or artificial constructs operating on a scale where meaningful, direct interaction with human-sized creatures is possible, while titanic-scale creatures are beings so immense that human-sized creatures are unable to interact directly with them in any meaningful way.

Massive Monsters includes:

Four new antagonists ready to drop directly into your Storypath Ultra game
Two new antagonist types: Giants and Titanic-Scale Creatures
New Antagonist qualities
New Area Effects

Onyx Path will be releasing Storypath Ultra Tasty Bits all year - bite-sized rules & tools that you can drop into your Storypath Ultra system games with ease. Next month, I think they're working around a theme of Traps, which could be pretty useful for a World Below game.

Now let's get to our regular check in for rewards coming in a while...

Pending Projects

Once Onyx Path has finished their first print with their new partner, hopefully they can sort out a print schedule for some of their projects and build in timelines for our book and the various physical rewards that will ship alongside it. Beyond that, The Monstrous Ecology book is expected to move into Proofing any day now, and Underworld Adventures is in the Art Notes stage, lining up the artwork needed for the book, in the general and specific sense, with artist's calendars and abilities.

Many, many dots to fill in here and I'll continue to monitor Onyx Path's released information and keep everyone udpated each month.

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: <December 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.

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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:

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