I really like this illustration by Andrew Hepworth, but didn’t get a chance to feature it during our just finished Buried Treasures crowdfunder, so here it is now! Yep, the BackerKit crowdfunding campaign for Secrets of Kalm and Kaos and also for The Delver’s Guide, both important books for The World Below, finished up last Thursday, so they are done and done!
This was a different kind of crowdfunding campaign as the monies raised are earmarked for both getting a little more art for the books to complement the cool visuals already revealed during the campaign, and mostly to fund the Stretch Goal big adventure: The Advent of Silt!
Thanks to everybody who pledged and sent in comments and errata: Matthew is already going through those comments for tweaks to the manuscripts, and hey, speaking of Matthew: he’s here with some wrap-up thoughts about the books and the Buried Treasures campaign:
Thank you to everyone who supported The Delver’s Guide and Secrets of Kalm and Kaos for The World Below! Hitting over $16k on a crowdfunder for PDF and Print on Demand books is a pretty big achievement. Now comes time to review and incorporate changes from the crowdfunder feedback and get the amended manuscripts over to our art director for review, so we can finalise our art buy and start on layout.
The main takeaway I’ve made from the discussion surrounding these books is that people love to find connections between The World Below and the other games in the Earthbane Cycle. I’d be very interested to see what links people discovered that connect these books to At the Gates and Monster Kingdoms, and what links you would put in to make those connections for your campaigns. I know people spotted the dreadnaut armor in the manuscript, but what else lurks in there?
Otherwise, it’s been spectacular to see my local gaming groups using this material to create new characters using the new Callings and Dialectics. As mentioned elsewhere, the Soulweaver is a definite favourite, and players seem to love their creepy, oozing Ichori. I don’t know what it is that attracts players to gunk and slime, but people seem to enjoy playing amorphous characters.
Once again, a big thank you to everyone who helped us with this campaign. I’ve heard of adventures using the Obscura and Fadeward, new stories involving fishing minigames, crafting, and games of WAR!, and a settlement rising to crush Mud Town once and for all (they don’t deserve it, but roleplayers do like to burn things down). Let us know how you’re using the material in your games!
Thanks, Matthew! And again, thanks to everyone who jumped in to back this! It was a fun double campaign, I thought, and the last-minute rush of pledges was both surprising and gratifying!
A new Bundle of Holding, this time for Scion, launched today with a lot of great deals for Scion PDFs, so if you have some books you’ve been thinking of filling your collection with, or if you’ve ever considered getting into Scion: this is the time and place!
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ScionOrigin
There is also a Fantasy Grounds Sale for PDFs/VTT stuff for Scarred Lands running for a few more days!
And since we’re speaking of Scarred Lands, here’s Travis Legge to let you in on the newest exciting Savage Worlds (SWADE) version of a Scarred Lands project:
Scarred Lands Creature Collection 1 (SWADE) in Advance PDF!
A Land Where Legends Walk
Drawing enthusiastically on Greek mythology, Scarred Lands offers a world shaped by gods and monsters. Only the greatest of heroes can expect to be counted among them. The Divine War left the world of Scarn ravaged. From the battle-scarred continent of Ghelspad to the desert wastelands of Asherak, the wounds of war still fester. The jungles of Termana are corrupted by titanic influence. The Blood Sea is tinted red because the titan Kadum lies bleeding at the ocean floor. The Dragon Lands and the frozen north of Fenrilik were spared the worst of the Titanswar, yet these lands carry their own perils.
Scarred Lands Creature Collection 1 (SWADE) gathers all monsters & NPCs presented in the Spiragos Trilogy as well as those covered in the 2025 Scarred Lands Creature Profiles. This volume presents updated and expanded information on dozens of entries, providing you with over 140 stat blocks ready to be dropped into your Savage Worlds campaign.
Scarred Lands Creature Collection 1 (SWADE) includes:
- Game traits and setting information for over 65 monsters.
- Over 60 NPCs.
- New Powers.
- Edges and Hindrances used in the NPC traits.
Look! Now we have graphics for the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention! Wooooo!:
Just a reminder that this year’s Game Jam is going on right now! Here are the rules from last week:
The 2026 Storypath Nexus Game Jam will take place between 9:00 pm EDT March 16th to 9:00 pm EDT April 10th, 2026. Judge and Popularity votes will take place between April 11th and the 17th, 2026. Judges are allowed to score submitted entries early to speed up the process.
During the course of the contest, judges and contestants will be encouraged to stream their design process and content.
The winners will be announced on Onyx Path Publishing’s Twitch Stream at 9pm ET on April 17th, 2026.
Prompts:
This year we are asking you to “Create and Adventure”! Give us a playable story for whatever game line you are submitting for.
Rules:
- Contestants are allowed to work individually or in teams. Please identify all team members, commissioned collaborators, and appropriate attributions in the credits page of your entry.
- All entries must be submitted to Storypath Nexus as within the timeframe of the competition with #StorypathNexusGameJam2026 in the description.
- Complimentary copies of entries must be sent to the Judges in order to be entered. This can be done through DriveThruRPG’s account page -> Promotional Tools -> Send Complimentary Copy -> To storypathnexusjudges@gmail.com
- Sending copies to the Judges means your entry is ready to be judged. Any updates after submission will not be judged.
- Multiple entries are allowed, but will be scored individually.
- Entries must follow the Storypath Nexus guidelines found here. Frequently Asked Questions can be found here.
- Entries must fall into the Trinity Continuum, Scion, The World Below, or They Came From… settings.
- After the GameJam is completed contestants are allowed to edit and adjust their products in accordance with the Storypath Nexus guidelines.
- The entries must be developed within the timeframe of the competition
- It can’t be something that has been worked on or workshopped outside of the timeframe.
- Art in an entry can either be created by the developer, commissioned, from an Onyx Path Art Pack, or creative commons and origin must be listed in the credits.
- Art used in an entry cannot be stolen or AI created, use of such will result in disqualification.
- All writing must be done by the developer or commissioned. It cannot be AI based, use of such will result in disqualification.
- Judges are allowed to participate, but cannot win either the Overall Winner, Judge Award, or Best Original Art categories.
- Results:
- Overall Winner – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in both Judge Score and Popularity Score. Reward will be a $25 gift card to DriveThruRPG.
- Judge Award – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in the Judge Score that is not the Overall Winner. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
- Popularity Award – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in the Popularity Score voted on by other contestants and the public, that is not the Overall Winner. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
Note: Voting is limited to 1 vote per person and will be enforced via email sign in. Email addresses will not be collected for any other purpose.- Best Original Art – This is given to the entry that scores the highest on Presentation without using stock or Onyx Path art assets. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
- Anyone wishing to report any rules violations can submit them to this link. Judges will investigate and determine if the report is credible.
The previously-mentioned Travis also has this to share about Twitch this week:
Last week we had some speedbumps in the schedule. Life happens and sometimes a show has to be delayed. Fret not, as we have a new raft of content coming this week!
- Tuesday at 9 AM EDT Comrade Bubbles returns to the channel with more Behind The Screen! Get a look at their process as they create a new community content release for the Storypath Nexus!
- Thursday at 3 PM EDT, Tom Murr returns to give tips and tricks for running your Storypath Ultra campaigns in a new episode of Guiding the Path.
- Friday at 9 PM EDT Scion: The Veiled Society returns! We are in the final stretch for their story, so do not miss out!
- Monday at 9 PM EDT Storyguide Mike Athey returns with a brand new episode of his Trinity Continuum: Adventure! tale!
Speaking of schedules, please be sure to mark June 5-7th on your calendar for Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention!
In addition to panels and actual plays, we invite you to run games during the convention via our partners at Startplaying.games! We have dedicated channels on our discord to give you a place to play, should you need it.
I mentioned last week that I sensed a strange disturbance. That weird and scary manifestations would be, uh, manifesting in the Onyx Path vid space. And lo and behold, this showed up:
What does this mean, this pesky teasing teaser? Is that a Sorcerer of some kind? A Hyde preparing a transformation potion – or an elixir that holds back transformations? Or…something else? Why is it labelled “Sacrifice”?
I ain’t tellin’
We’re still awaiting news that the US-bound Exalted Exigents books have arrived in port; hopefully on Wednesday. But shipping delays do seem to happen all the time, so fingers crossed. From there to Studio2 and from them to backers! One step at a time in this topsy-turvy world right now.
Which is very much how our processes are working, too. Get this part done, get the next part done, and so on, and so on…
And sometimes, make sure something gets even more done! I’m adding in Knacks and Boons and the like into the Pandora’s Box PDF thanks to all of you Advance PDF purchasers who pointed out missing ones! And then that’ll go out to the devs for review. So maybe a little longer on waiting for the PoD, but a lot more complete!
Yep, one step at a time. One step out of many to get to our:
Many Worlds… One Path!
Blurbs!
Crowdfunding!
Our Next Crowdfunder Will Be Announced Soon
Onyx Path Media!
Check out our attached media schedule for the videos on our Twitch channel this week!
On this week’s Onyx Path News, Matthew still hasn’t climbed out of the World Below, as he’s now scouring Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology book! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKypBxeGScI
Virtual Tabletop!
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!
Select Chronicles of Darkness Screens and Monarchies of Mau books,
screens, and dice 50% off at Studio 2:
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing
Some more deluxe books have popped up on Studio 2, with more on the way.
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing
As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com!
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 (March 2026) Shadows and Mirrors PDF will be on sale this Weds on DTRPG!
On Sale Last Week!
Legendary TTRPG creator Ed Greenwood explores the flora and fauna of The World Below in this lavishly illustrated tome that will add “depth” to your World Below enjoyment! Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology available in PDF and PoD versions on DTRPG!
Plus, in honor of and to help facilitate the Game Jam – as described above – we are releasing these Community Content templates and art packs:
The World Below art and assets pack, and layout templates!
Scion: God art and assets pack, and layout templates!
They Came From the Cyclops’s Cave! art and assets pack, and layout templates!
They Came From [CLASSIFIED]! art and assets pack, and layout templates!
Conventions!
Here’s where you can find out more info on physical and virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!
ACD Expo, May 27th – 29th (we’ll have a booth at this one) *retailer
industry show*
Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention, June 5th – 7th
Origins Game Fair, June 17th – 21st (We’ll be in the Studio 2 booth)
Project Status Updates!
Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out February’s full list report here: https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-february-2026/
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!
Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production:
Development
Exalted – Essence Player’s Guide: Murder on the Divine Carriage
- One of our novellas from the Essence Player’s Guide crowdfunding campaign is now back in the developer’s hands, so I expect it’ll be in queue for editing soon!
Post-Approval Development
Curseborne – Making of Curseborne
- The Making of Curseborne is back in developer hands for a final round of amendments and additions before heading off to layout.
Editing
Curseborne – Peel Back the Bark (Izzy Novella from Player’s Guide KS)
- Speaking of novellas, this one is already ready for editing. Loads of great fiction is coming your way!
Storypath – SPU Tasty Bit (May 2026) Dangerous Environs
- The May Tasty Bit zoomed ahead to editing!
ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!
In Art Direction
- Ex Essence STG – Crowdfunder art contracted and in progress.
- TCF Witchford – Splats contracted.
- Curseborne PG – Art buy configured.
- Curseborne Tangled Webs – Contracted.
- Curseborne Jumpstart – Skan is working on the art.
- Scion God Divine Inspiration – Pending confirmation email, all the artwork is in.
- TC Danger Skies – Art is in and looking nice… forgot to get the map… so doing that.
- Pugmire 2e Unleashed – Art’s done… I think I gotta fix some labels on the map… but it’ll be fine.
- TWB Underworld Adventures – Getting notes to Sheikman and Luis this week.
- TWB Secrets of Kalm and Kaos & Delver’s Guide (BK) – Done and done!
Layout Queue
- TCF the Danger Zone – Leblanc is finishing the cover. With Ron Thompson.
- Ex3 Alchemicals
- Scion God Jumpstart
- TC Aeon Tasty Bit Ominbus #2 – In the works.
- TCF RPG Antho Wallpaper
Proofing Queue
- Curseborne Community Content Stuff
At Press
- Ex 3 Exigents – Shipping to fulfillment shippers. UK and EU backer rewards going out.
- Curseborne – Reviewing printer quote stuff. Now we navigate the murky waters of getting books and the peripheral stuff printed up.
- TC Anima AR – Working with DTRPG to fix upload problem.
- They Came From the RPG Anthology VTT – Getting ready for next Wednesday.
- TC Gadgets & Gears – Errata from backers.
- CURSEBORNE Accursed Adventures – Errata ends Wednesday.
- TCF Classified Tasty Bit Dossier – Getting this ready for Advance PDF.
- Scion Pandora’s Box – Errata input.
- SPU Tasty Bit (March 2026) Shadows and Mirrors PDF on sale this Wednesday on DTRPG!
Today’s Reason to Celebrate!
Happy birthday to Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998), my favorite Japanese filmmaker, who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema and other media yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as a hands-on filmmaker, he was heavily involved with all aspects of his productions as a director, writer, concept artist, producer, and editor. Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including a number of highly regarded and often adapted films, starting with Rashomon (1950). including Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), High and Low (1963), and Red Beard (1965). He became much less prolific after the 1960s, though his later work—including two of his final films, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to receive critical acclaim. In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. In his acceptance speech, he famously said “I’m a little worried because I don’t feel that I understand cinema yet.”
did not see the Seattle / cities book in the above. is that because there was just no New notes about it? It’s certainly one of the books I am most excited for
That is correct, you only see a book listed when we have movement during the previous week that puts it into the next stage. There is plenty of internal progress of one sort or the other, but we don’t get that fine with the detail for this weekly report. If you want to see all of the books being worked on at whatever stage they are at, check out Ian’s Monthly Roundup. Thanks!