Thu Nov 16 '23 Announcement
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 11:06:51 AM
Greetings Chosen of the Deathlords!
My name is James, and I’ll be your Crowdfunding Concierge for this project, Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave for Exalted Third Edition! I’ll be updating the Indiegogo campaign as we go, possibly adding Stretch Goals, answering questions, and providing support wherever needed as best I can.
I’ll note that I’m not part of the creative team on this project – so I won’t be able to immediately answer some of the more intricate rules, setting, or design inquiries – but having me manage this crowdfunding campaign allows the developers and writers to keep their focus on the awesome projects that they’ve got in the works.
So, feel free to make me your point person for any questions or issues you may have. I'll make sure to dig up answers as quickly as possible and clear up any issues that arise. Mostly, I'm just looking forward to an exciting ride along with all of you on this (and future) projects.
I’ll be posting several previews and some cool fiction throughout the camapign – I know pledging to this campaign is a big jump, so want to make sure you get as much information as you need before the end. And don’t forget – you can always upgrade your pledge in the post-campaign Pledge Manager, so if you’re not sure you want the deluxe hardcover book yet, you can pledge for the PDF now and trade up at a later date if you want.
International Shipping – Collected in the Pledge Manager
One quick note about Shipping before we get into the manuscript previews.
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
I will also be the person who gets to post the Draft Manuscript Previews, which will be made available in update posts during the campaign. My current plan is to get the first two chapters up for review today, and then we’ll have a new section of the manuscript posted every 4 days during this campaign.
Breaking the manuscript into sections and spreading them out over 4 weeks helps guide and focus the conversation, and helps the development team keep on top of the feedback while these manuscripts go through their final development and editing stages.
In fact, if you want to provide feedback directly to the development team, Onyx Path has created a special Feedback Form just for Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave! You can access that here: https://forms.gle/iWbzZDwuRGJxUSnf6
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS
In today’s preview, we’ve got the Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2.
Chapter One: The Abyssal Exalted introduces the Abyssals, those dark champions Chosen at the moment of their deaths.
Chapter Two: The Deathlords details the nine unique and mighty ghosts who serve as patron and liege to the Abyssals — their deathly accomplishments, dark intentions, and plots of conquest and carnage.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT DOWNLOAD LINKS
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 1 – Intro, Chapters 1-2
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 2 – Chapter 3 – coming Nov 20
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 3 – Chapters 4-5– coming Nov 24
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 4 – Charms: Archery to Investigation – coming Nov 28
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 5 – Charms: Larceny to Presence – coming Dec 2
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 6 – Charms: Resistance to War– coming Dec 6
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 7 – Chapters 7-8 – coming Dec 10
- Abyssals Draft Manuscript Preivew 8 – Chapter 9 – coming Dec 13
As mentioned, we’ll also have a bunch of previews, some Abyssals fiction, and more coming your way in updates throughout the campaign, so there will always be something to talk about!
The comment section is for all members of this community – united by our shared desire to see this project fund and develop – to cheerlead the project and figure out how best to spread the word about what we’re building here. If you’ve started a thread on whatever social media platform exists today or a Discord conversation about the game or this campaign – let me know about it so we can share that info. If you’ve discussed the game on a blog or podcast, let’s hear about it! If you’ve got funny ideas for social media hashtags, well we can do those too!
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, welcome to Indiegogo! Welcome to the Abyssals! And let’s if we can create some Exalted over the next 4 weeks!