Vampires and Werewolves, or in this case The Hungry and The Primals: even with a covenant, they just don’t get along!
But in Curseborne, your vampires and werewolves aren’t forced to fight…and in the above pic, when you think about it, they might not even BE fighting! It’s our interpretation of what’s happening in the art that matters.
That’s part of what makes Curseborne so exciting – it’s all the options to tell your horror stories in your way!
As we are now in the last week of the Curseborne Covenant Kickstarter, it ends on Sat the 31st…Halloween, we’re looking at a book that expands and deepens the choices started in Curseborne!
Here’s Matthew Dawkins to give us an overview of just what’s in the book:
We are now within the final week of the Cursborne Covenant Kickstarter, so if you’ve not already given it your support, please consider doing so! If you somehow missed it, here’s what you’ll find in Curseborne Covenant:
– An explanation of the world of Curseborne
– How crews and individual Accursed join conspiracies
– A system for building your own liminalities and Outsides
– A massive number of conspiracies to join (which one is your favourite?)
– Five new Families linked to the Fae you can be a part of or situate as adversaries in your campaigns
– More information on the nature of the Fae, Archons, Outsiders, Nitheryne, and Living Hells
– Rules for character advancement
– New Edges, Torments, and powerful new Covenants you gain through joining a conspiracy
– A huge number of spell advancements, conspiracy rituals, and rules for cursebinding
– A system for territorial influence and combat
– New settings, locations, liminalities, story hooks and Storyguiding advice
– An adversary creation system
– Lots of new adversaries to bind, banish, or slay
– Appendices filled with every Trick, contact tag, wild shapes, and Damnations from Curseborne and Curseborne Covenant
So.. that’s a lot. Curseborne Covenant is a big RPG for new Entanglements of play, and it’ll open up whole new avenues for you and your Curseborne groups. My favourite part of the new game is the new conspiracies (as a co-developer, I shouldn’t have a favourite, but I do), and in particular I very much enjoy the Cinder Saints (the first conspiracy I covered on my YouTube channel, but definitely not the last).
Let us know in the comments the part of the book you’ve enjoyed the most and what you’ll be adding to your games! And please please share the campaign on your chosen social media before it ends!
If you’d like to hear all about Curseborne Covenant by watching Matthew, our first link is exactly that, but done in his melodious English voice, and the second is his look at one of the parts of the new territory rules:
What is Curseborne Covenant?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bp-ZRFQyX4
Conspiracy and Control – The Territorial Combat System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZReiBdk7V8
And then, to swing away from Matthew for a second, here’s a link to an interview with Covenant author Chris Jones, who contributed a nice bit to this blog previously – now you can hear from him “in person”:
AwkwardGMCorbin chats with Curseborne Covenant author Chris Jones over on his channel, in a riveting interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OJ_V711URE
While that is happening, the traditionally printed rewards from the first Curseborne KS are rolling through the printing presses! We’re hoping to get proof copies soon, and we’re comparing pricing for the Curseborne dice sets after going to a couple of manufacturers.
Plus, on the first Weds of November (next week), we’ll have both the PDF and the softcover PoD physical version of the Curseborne Compact Edition available to order via DTRPG!
Matthew was kind enough to relay the details of the Compact Edition last week, so, to paraphrase him: if you’ve been needing a leaner, “just the facts” version of Curseborne, this is the book for you!
As I understand it dogs can detect AI
I think that’s a Terminator reference, but honestly, we just noted the comment and moved on.
We moved on to reviewing our stance against generative AI being used for the art or writing, or really any part of, our projects. We make that clear to our freelance creators, and it’s overt in our Community Content and SPU License guidelines. Naturally, when discussing our AI rules in order to be sure that we have made our stance clear enough to folks who might be creating for us, we talked about the recent decision by Chaosium to pull a whole bunch of CC content from their sites because the projects went up against their previously stated ban on AI.
Much like us, Chaosium had made their anti-AI stance clear years ago, but felt compelled to act because of a sudden upsurge in Community Content projects that rang their alarm bells. Or so I’ve heard.
I don’t think we’re likely to run into the same impetus, but regardless, we’ll respond as we have been when we’ve encountered AI stuff – we boot it out the door and out of our projects.
With October coming to a close – so soon?! – these are the last days of the two DTRPG Sales that are currently running: Month of Darkness and the Halloween Sale! So get your discounted PDFs while you can!
Speaking of our long-awaited and pretty spanking-new SPU Third Party License, here’s early-adopter Travis with a note about his new game and IP licensed to be powered by Storypath Ultra:
I’m very excited to report that the Stomping Grounds Backerkit pre-launch page is now online at https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/aegis-studios/stomping-grounds-an-urban-fantasy-game-for-storypath-ultra/pre-launch
Stomping Grounds is a new ttrpg in development from Aegis Studios for use with the Storypath Ultra Third Party License! In this gritty urban fantasy game, bizarre giants with blue skin and glowing eyes have appeared in various cities around the world. While each nation dealt with their arrival differently, the U.S. chose to view the giants as an imminent threat to national security. Hoping to contain these invaders, the U.S. set up quarantine zones around the five cities where giants had been spotted. People were given 24 hours to evacuate before the quarantine zones were sealed off and surrounded by military blockades with orders to kill anything that tried to leave the zone.
In Stomping Grounds players assume the role of survivors in one of these quarantine zones. Your character must contend with dwindling resources, other survivors, and the terrifying and alien giants.Some survivors become scavengers or raiders while others seek to build farms or refurbish what infrastructure remains within the quarantine zone. Some simply want the giants gone and are willing to kill if necessary to see it happen. Others worship the giants seeing them as divine messengers or biblical nephilim.
Stomping Grounds will contain new Paths, Edges, Antagonists, bond mechanics and more to help bring this new setting to your table, using Storypath Ultra! Please sign up on Backerkit to be notified when the campaign is going live!
Hey folks, please go ahead and check out and even sign up on the pre-campaign page so Travis’s new game gets a fightin’ chance to be noticed out there in crowdfunding land!
I wasn’t going to have another Branch Riders blurb this week after having Jack’s last week, but the followup he posted on our Branch Riders Discord is just too cute to ignore:
And if that wasn’t enough… more cuteness and inspiration from the youth of the nation… we had another player made Exposure Tracker this week. I promise we are not asking folks to make these.
This one has a paper clip that spins to point out the level of exposure! As they say in England, or at least the TV I watch – BRILLIANT!
Finally, if you’re in the Western Pennsylvania area over this Halloween weekend, I’ll be signing my Magic the Gathering cards at the Eternal Weekend con at the convention center in Pittsburgh. If you’re a MtG fan, and happen to be attending, please stop by our table and get some cards signed…we’ll have candy!
And with that hopefully not too creepy comment, here’s to the last days of our favorite and spookiest month of the year! Talk to you all next week when the rest of the world gets back to normal – but we still celebrate all the scary parts of our:
Many Worlds… One Path!
Blurbs!
Crowdfunding!
Curseborne Covenant on Kickstarter!
Less than one week To Go!
Follow the moth to the campaign page to check out all the horror! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/curseborne-covenant
Onyx Path Media!
In today’s Onyx Path News, Matthew discusses the Curseborne Storyguide Screen, Trinity art, and Curseborne Covenant: https://youtu.be/W6LzlFuCMjQ
Over on The Gentleman Gamer YouTube channel, Matthew covers…
Conspiracy and Control – The Territorial Combat System: https://www.youtube.
What is Curseborne Covenant?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bp-ZRFQyX4
AwkwardGMCorbin chats with Curseborne Covenant author Chris Jones over on his channel, in a riveting interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OJ_V711URE
Virtual Tabletop!
Check it out now! The Scion Demiplane Nexus! Click here for Early Access:
Campaigns for Scion Nexus went live last week as well. This blog post explains how Campaigns work on Demiplane:
https://www.demiplane.com/blog/campaigns-have-arrived
Scion Demigod Available on Roll20 NOW!
The Scion: Origin and Scion Hero Compendiums are now available on Roll20!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1716/onyx-path-publishing
The first of our official Scion sheets designed for Foundry VTT are now available! https://foundryvtt.co
They Came From Beneath the Sea! on Roll20 VTT!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/22308/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea
Looking for more virtual tabletop resources? We have a selection of tokens, encounters, and more available now at DriveThruRPG! https://bit.ly/3SnrNJ7
Our Sales Partners!
We’re working with Studio2 to provide our traditionally printed books out into your local game stores. Game stores can order via their usual distributors, and can also contact Studio2 directly. And individuals can check out our projects via the links below!
Chronicles of Darkness, Monarchies of Mau, and more are up to 50% off for a limited time over at our Studio 2 shop:
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing
And don’t forget to let your local game store they can order direct
from Studio 2. Details here:
https://studio2publishing.com/pages/retailers
As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com!
The Halloween Sale is live!
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Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).
On Sale This Week!
This month’s SPU Tasty Bit: Fighting With Style PDF spin-kicks its way this Weds onto DTRPG!
On Sale Last Week!
Easy to read, useful at the table: the Curseborne Storyguide Screen unfolds – Advance PDF only on DTRPG!
But that’s not all!
TC Aegis Mobile Wallpaper – Out to backers and on DTRPG!
TC Anima Mobile Wallpaper – Out to backers and on DTRPG !
TC Aether Digital Wallpager – Out to backers and on DTRPG !
TC Player’s Guide Digital Wallpaper – Out to backers and on DTRPG!
Conventions!
Here’s where you can find out more info on physical and virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!
Twin Cities Con – November 20th – 22nd (Game Room demos).
PAX Unplugged – December 4th – 6th (Studio 2 will have our books and more).
Project Status Updates!
Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out September’s full list report here: https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-september-2026/
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!
Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production:
First Draft
SPU Horror
- A new experiment for Storypath Ultra — a book that explores a specific genre, rather than a game world. Matthew Dawkins is taking the reins on this one, and I’m excited to see what comes out of it!
Redlines
SPU Tasty Bit – Crafting (December 2026)
- More Tasty Bit progress as our final project of 2026 moves to redlines!
Manuscript Approval
Heart of the Empire (March Tasty Bit for Monster Kingdoms)
- The 2027 Tasty Bits continue to move ahead of things as the March one for Monster Kingdoms rushes ahead to approvals!
ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!
In Art Direction
- Ex3 Liminals (BK) – At Paradox for approval.
- Curseborne Solo – Awaiting sketches.
- TC Aether Player’s Guide – Sketch review.
- Curseborne Covenant (KS) – KS ends Saturday.
Layout Queue
- Monster Kingdoms – Getting this going.
- TC Aeon Tasty Bit Omnibus #2 – Finishing it up.
- PUGMIRE 2E Screen – Working on it.
- ROP Curious Cats of Mau Screen – Still on my “when stuff is in proofing” list
- Curseborne Digital Wallpaper
- Curseborne PG – In progress.
Proofing Queue
At Press
- Curseborne – Printing.
- Curseborne Screen – Printing.
- Curseborne Jumpstart – Printing.
- Making of Curseborne – Printing.
- Curseborne Slipcase – Awaiting cutlines from printer.
- Curseborne Dice – Reviewing price quotes.
- Ex Essence PG – Errata input.
- Pugmire Adventures – Backer PDF out to backers this week.
- TWB Underworld Adventures – Backer PDF Errata ends Thursday or Friday.
- Curseborne Compact Edition – PoD files uploaded.
- SPU Martial Arts Tasty Bit – PDF available this Weds on DTRPG!
Today’s Reason to Celebrate!
We celebrate the life and career of actor Walter Koenig, who died yesterday at the age of 90. He began acting in 1963, and in 1964, he portrayed a New York City juvenile gang leader in an adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s Memos from Purgatory for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He began playing Ensign Pavel Chekov, navigator on the USS Enterprise, in the original Star Trek television series in the second season, and continued in the role in all of the films featuring the original cast, including Star Trek Generations. He based Chekov’s exaggerated “Russian” accent on his father’s. Years later, he played a recurring role as Psi Cop Alfred Bester, a very different “man you love to hate” character on the television series Babylon 5. He was a Special Guest Star in twelve episodes and, at the end of the third season, the production company applied for an Emmy nomination on his behalf. Thank you, Walter, for two legendary characters – be seeing you!
Hello! It’s your boy Jeremiah again! This is the first time I’m seeing new of the storypath ultra book and I’m already SO excited for it.
The SPU book about Horror i mean! I love curseborne,wod,cofd,urban shadows and monsterhearts. I can never have enough games where i play a movie monster! Super excited for it!