Wed Mar 27 '24 Announcement
6 months ago
– Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 08:43:28 AM
'Lo, Gravediggers,
We're at the earliest stages of this phase of the project, where there's a lot of stuff pending and in the works, so despite my goofy wordplay and dad-joke humor, these updates can be a bit boring. The projects we funded are seeds that will grow into big releases over the next few years, so I wanted to take a moment to look back at the past year and see some of the results from previous campaigns.
Some of these may have been included in Add On options during the campaign, but for the most part it's just an observation that there's a lot of Exalted stuff coming out lately, even though it may not seem like it sometimes!
It's sort of amazing how much has come out over the past 12 months, and there are some big books in there - Crucible of Legend, Across the Eight Directions, and Many-Faced Strangers have all come out in the past 5 months!
Anyway, it makes me happy and makes me want more! Including our Abyssals book and companion! To see a portion of what's still to come for us in the future, let's get into our project rundown!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Our main reward is currently in the editing phase. We have access to the draft manuscript in our BackerKit digital rewards page, but there is still some work being undertaken on the text before it moves to layout. We'll see the changes when the Backer PDF comes out, but that's still some time away. We'll keep an eye on our rewards via this chart, which will be posted in each monthly update.
REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS
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[Add On] Exalted Third Edition Core Rulebook PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Dragon-Blooded: What Fire has Wrought PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Lunars: Fangas at the Gate PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Exigents: Out of the Ashes PDF
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[Add On] Exalted: Essence PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Arms of the Chosen PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Crucible of Legend PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] The Realm (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Fiction Bundle
- [Add On] Music Bundle
All of these Add On options have gone out to backers. If you added any of these perks during the campaign or when filling out your survey in the Pledge Manager, you will have access to redemption links in your BackerKit 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://abyssals.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: <February 2024 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.
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: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; 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.
Wed Feb 28 '24 Announcement
7 months ago
– Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 07:52:07 AM
'Lo Gravediggers,
As noted in our last update, I'll be in touch at the end of each month with a progress update on the projects we unlocked during this campaign. A lot of these updates will be similar - mostly "still working on it", but it's important that you know the team is still here and working on it and we're all keeping on the same page.
I've got a "character sheet" I use to track our various rewards and let us know how far along the progress path it is. When the dots are full, a reward is on the way!
Let's review!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Our main reward is currently in the editing phase. We have access to the draft manuscript in our BackerKit digital rewards page, but there is still some work being undertaken on the text before it moves to layout. We'll see the changes when the Backer PDF comes out, but that's still some time away. We'll keep an eye on our rewards via this chart, which will be posted in each monthly update.
REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS
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[Add On] Exalted Third Edition Core Rulebook PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Dragon-Blooded: What Fire has Wrought PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Lunars: Fangas at the Gate PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Exigents: Out of the Ashes PDF
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[Add On] Exalted: Essence PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Arms of the Chosen PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Crucible of Legend PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] The Realm (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Fiction Bundle
- [Add On] Music Bundle
All of these Add On options have gone out to backers. If you added any of these perks during the campaign or when filling out your survey in the Pledge Manager, you will have access to redemption links in your BackerKit 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://abyssals.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: <January 2024 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 Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
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: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; 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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
Trust your instincts. Reward loyalty. Respect an honest duel.
And always, always pounce on the minions of the Unseen.
The Age of Man is long over. Cats – uplifted from our clever feline companions to use tools and language – now rule the world. In the Monarchies of Mau, cats study relics the Old Ones left behind to create new wonders, expand their understanding of the world, and combat the monsters and minions of the Unseen that threaten catkind. Curious cats explore ruins and set sail on the Acid Sea, or participate in games of intrigue against other houses, the dogs of Pugmire, and other rival species.
Tue Feb 13 '24 Announcement
7 months ago
– Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 11:49:52 AM
'Lo, Gravediggers!
It's been a few weeks since we started the BackerKit Pledge Manager survey process, and we've just passed the 80% response threshold so I've got some real data to look at and orders to start fulfilling. We use BackerKit to fulfill all of our rewards, so please fill out your survey and start your Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave backer page if you haven't already.
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://abyssals.backerkit.com/
DIGITAL REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Many of the rewards for our crowdfunded projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the Indiegogo campaign is a means of moving the project from an idea (even when it's a mostly-fully-written idea) into the actual channel that turns it into a project/product. It'll be quite a while before we're ready to talk about delivery on Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (the Companion supplement, the VTT token pack, and the rest).
That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs of existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the week.
The following Add On Rewards Will Be Distributed This Weekend:
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[Add On] Exalted Third Edition Core Rulebook PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Dragon-Blooded: What Fire has Wrought PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Lunars: Fangas at the Gate PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Exigents: Out of the Ashes PDF
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[Add On] Exalted: Essence PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Arms of the Chosen PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] Crucible of Legend PDF (and discounted PoD Links)
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[Add On] The Realm (and discounted PoD Links)
- [Add On] Fiction Bundle
- [Add On] Music Bundle
Yeah, you remember the Add On perk selection during your pledge? It was basically this part of the Add On options menu
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
Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next few days. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the hosts for these, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.ph
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.
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for these rewards over the next 2 days if any of them are on your expected list of rewards. I'll be releasing them in waves, so don't panic if you only see a couple links at first... the rest are coming. (We're in a digital world, but there are still a lot of manual processes. And there are many links to go out!!)
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account:https://abyssals.backerkit.com/
MONTHLY UPDATES
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.
At the end of each month, I'll include a summary of our rewards and their current status (they'll either be delivered or marked as still pending, possibly with additional details if I know more). I'll also list any relevant Update posts, in case you want to go back and check into something.
So, I'll be back with our first Month End update in two weeks. Until then...
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; 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.
If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board. Indiegogo campaigns set up a bit differently than I'm used to in the Pledge Manager, so there's a strong chance that there are a few bits and bobs that may need to be corrected.
Fri Jan 26 '24 Announcement
8 months ago
– Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 03:18:21 AM
'Lo Gravediggers,
It's time for our first update of 2024 and our first update of this post-campaign phase.
It's taken a lot of work (and it's not quite finished) but the Pledge Manager surveys will be coming to you next week! They'll roll out in waves over the week, so you may not see your survey invite for a week or so, but we're finally ready to get that running.
Today's Topics
- BackerKit Pledge Manager Surveys Coming This Week
- Compiled Draft Manuscript (available in BackerKit Digital Rewards)
- Coming Next
BACKER SURVEYS
Over the next handful of days (Jan 30-Feb 2), you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although that may help keep things organized if you've got multiple projects going.) 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!
The e-mail will look something like this:
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts, and that won't happen until the books are being printed and we're preparing to ship.
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://abyssals.backerkit.com/
If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; 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.
If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board.
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 Kickstarter campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
When you click on your BackerKit invitation link, you should see something like this...
From the BackerKit welcome page you can choose to
- Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
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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 international 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.
If you click on your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards (including Stretch Goals and the Draft Manuscript), and also have the option to switch your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the hardcover pledge instead of the PDF-only pledge tier for example.
Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GET STARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.
Once we've got a fair response to our survey and collected a reasonable amount of info, I'll be working on fulfilling rewards that are available now - like the PDFs of the titles included in our Add On section (for example, the Exalted 3E Core Rules, Dragon-Blooded, Lunars, Exigents, Exalted: Essence, and the rest). Those will likely be coming out by mid-February, and I'll send another update with more info when that time comes.
So, in summary:
- Look for an e-mail invitation to BackerKit sometime next week
- 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 PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
Looking in the example pledge list above, you can see a listing for the Draft Manuscript. In your BackerKit digital rewards page, you will have access to the compiled draft manuscript. It won't be different from the one that was shared during the campaign - it'll just be all gathered together in one big file. The Draft Manuscript link may not be active when you first login to your BackerKit survey, but I'll throw the switch and it'll send you a notice next week after all of the invitations have gone out.
I will talk about how to access your BackerKit digital rewards links in an update coming February, when I send out the first wave of available rewards.
COMING NEXT
In the next week or two, I'll send an update with details about the distribution for that first wave of existing rewards. I'll also get the compiled draft manuscript up and ready for you.
We'll also begin our regular monthly check-ins, tracking the progress of this project as it moves through this phase. It'll take some time, but we'll have regular updates all through the process. I'll also have notes on how to check the weekly and monthly All Project Progress updates on Onyx Path's website.
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; 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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
We’re all out of the traditionally-printed copies of several of our core rulebooks from previous crowdfunding campaigns. So we’re going back for more!
This should help us fund a new print run for:
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You, if you back this. Fulfillment, probably later this year. No development needed, just printing.
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Other campaigns: we like adding core rulebooks as add-ons to other campaigns (we did a bunch of those on this campaign too!), and this helps us keep doing that.
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Retailers: Put our games in front of other faces at physical game stores!
The books have all received minor edits to fix a few errors we’ve noticed over the years. Today's Onyx Pathcast will talk about these books and the possible minor edits that are being worked on. You can check out the campaign for one more week <here>.
Fri Dec 15 '23 Announcement
9 months ago
– Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:11:30 AM
'Lo, Gravediggers!
WE DID IT!
Over the past 4 weeks, more than 1800 backers came together and helped this project achieve nearly 550% of it's funding target, enabling the Onyx Path crew to add additional rewards (like the jam-packed Abyssals Companion book) plus other Onyx Path staples like VTT Tokens, a Streaming Overlay, a backer T-shirt, and digital wallpapers.
But the most important thing...
ABYSSALS: SWORN TO THE GRAVE
Working together, we funded the development of Abyssals and printing of the limited deluxe edition, so the new book can sit proudly on your shelf next to the the other fatsplats like Dragon-Blooded and Lunars! I'm gonna have to get a bigger Exalted shelf!
And, as noted above, we unlocked 17 Stretch Goals, smashing every single target that we'd posted!
ACHIEVED! - At $40,000 in Funding - New Underworld Locales
ACHIEVED! - At $50,000 in Funding - An Underworld Map
ACHIEVED! - At $60,000 in Funding - New Abyssal Charms
ACHIEVED! - At $70,000 in Funding - More Necromancy
ACHIEVED! - At $80,000 in Funding - Expanded Section on Ghosts
ACHIEVED! - At $90,000 in Funding - Abyssal QCs
ACHIEVED! - At $95,000 in Funding - Abyssals T-shirt on Redbubble
ACHIEVED! - At $100,000 in Funding - Abyssal Storytelling Section
ACHIEVED! - At $105,000 in Funding - Digital Wallpaper
ACHIEVED! - At $110,000 in Funding - Deathlord QCs
ACHIEVED! - At $115,000 in Funding - VTT Token Pack
ACHIEVED! - At $120,000 in Funding - New Soulsteel Artifacts
ACHIEVED! -At $125,000 in Funding - Abyssals Streaming Overlay
ACHIEVED! - At $130,000 in Funding - New Underworld Locales 2
ACHIEVED! - At $140,000 in Funding - New Abyssal Charms 2
ACHIEVED! - At $150,000 in Funding - Shadowland Locations
ACHIEVED! - At $160,000 in Funding - More Necromancy 2
LET'S CELEBRATE!
So a huge congratulations to Danielle, Chazz, Vance, E and the creative team on this project, and to all of the backers who've joined in to make this possible. I'm happy about the goals we hit and rewards we introduced, but I'm also always amazed and excited about having 1841 backers join in during this campaign!
So, thank you to all the backers who supported us and made this happen. And a personal thanks to everyone who participated online, either asking questions and adding comments in the discussion section of the Indiegogo page, and on social media around the web. Thanks to everyone who's provided feedback using the Feedback Form - you'll help the developers shepherd the book through the next stages of development and editing and make the book better for everyone! Thanks to those who come out, time after time, to support Onyx Path and these projects. We had a ton of great discussion on Discord and some sharing online, and I loved it all!
COMMUNICATION
So, as noted in today's earlier update, I'll be sending out updates once a month and whenever we've got a new goal, survey, or other item to cover. If you have any questions or need clarification on something related to the Indiegogo, feel free to get in touch. I may take a bit to answer as take a bit of a break and recover from this past month, but I'll eventually have an answer!
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyxpath.ks [at] gmail.com
- Via Indiegogo: Click "Ask A Question" under the Onyx Path logo on the main page; the message will come to me!
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:
So, huge thanks to everyone for joining our pack and making this Exalted project happen!
It's just past 3 AM for me as I type this, and I'm barely awake (though probably making fewer spelling mistakes than on our first update after we Fudned!) so I'm going to sleep like I'm in the grave. And then I'm going to take some quiet time over the holiday season, but I'll be back in the new year to get the Pledge Manager set up and start the post-campaign process.
Great job, everyone!
#Exalted
