Welcome to the Release Roundup! This is where we update you on what we’ve been up to for the last month, from weekly releases to crowdfunding projects to production status updates.
This month we launched the Scion Nexus on Demiplane! The official digital companion for Scion 2nd Edition, the Scion Nexus brings digital books, searchable rules, guided character tools, and story guide-ready references together for campaigns in the world of modern myth. You can purchase Scion content directly from the Nexus, or via the DriveThruRPG links below.
This month’s Onyx Path releases also include:
- Storypath Ultra: Storypath Ultra Tasty Bit 06: Alien Civilizations Codex (PDF)
- Scion: Divine Inspiration (PDF/print)
- Scion: God: To Tehom and Back: A Scion: God Jumpstart (PDF/print)
- Scion: A Light Extinguished (Scion Nexus)
- Scion: Scion Book One: Origin (Scion Nexus)
- Scion: Scion Book Two: Hero (Scion Nexus)
- Scion: Scion Book Three: Demigod (Pre-Order) (Scion Nexus)
- Scion: Scion Book Four: God (Pre-Order) (Scion Nexus)
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from the Danger Zone! (PDF/print)
And from Aegis Studios:
- Scarred Lands: Creature Profiles: Celestian Giant (PDF)
This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:
- Scarred Lands: 100 Hooks and Rumours to Hear in or About Shelzar
- Trinity Continuum: Book of Wonders 1: Modern Day
Crowdfunding Update
Keep an eye out for our next exciting crowdfunding campaign!
CURRENT PRODUCTION STATUS
Titles in bold have changed production stages since last month. Early stages, such as proposals, outlines, and approvals, are not shown here.
Development: These stages typically happen first in a project, and concern the words you’re going to be reading.
- First Draft: Writers turn in their initial drafts
- Storypath Ultra: SPU Tasty Bit 09: Magic (September 2026)
- Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
- Exalted: Essence: Essence Enhanced
- Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
- Storypath Ultra: SPU Tasty Bit 07: Revenant Farmer Story Seed (July 2026)
- Curseborne: Curseborne Novella 2
- The World Below: The Advent of Silt
- Exalted: Liminals
- Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
- Curseborne: Covenant
- They Came from…!: Archetype All-Star Special!
- Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
- Curseborne: Blood on the Dance Floor jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Lair of the Rat Kings
- Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
- Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
- Storypath Ultra: SPU Tasty Bit 08: Cybernetics (August 2026)
- Curseborne: Seattle: City of Curses
- Exalted: Essence: Even the Heavens Will Burn (Essence Player’s Guide novella 2)
- Exalted: Alchemicals Companion: Avatars of Brass and Shadow
- Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
- Exalted: Essence: Murder on the Divine Carriage (Essence Player’s Guide novella 1)
Art Direction: These stages happen concurrently with the final stages of Development, and concern the visual appearance of the final product. Accordingly, some items may appear in both the Development and Art Direction lists.
- Art Notes Prep: Hand-off between production and art. Art notes are collected from developers, projects placed in a holding pattern as artist availability is managed. Sometimes a project might move back to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.
- Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide
- At the Gates: Encore: The At the Gates Companion
- At the Gates: A Daemon’s Bargain: An At the Gates Jumpstart
- Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Jumpstart
- The World Below: Underworld Adventures
- The World Below: Secrets of Kalm and Kaos: The World Below Storyguide’s Handbook
- The World Below: The World Below Delver’s Guide
- The World Below: Enter the Dungeon Jumpstart
- Scarred Lands: Spiragos Collected Adventures
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: They Came from Witchford Academy!
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
- Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars: Leviathan Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
- Exalted: Sidereals Companion
- Exalted: Sidereals Jumpstart
- Exalted: Riders from the Sunless Lands: The Abyssals Companion
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall
- Realms of Pugmire: The Haunted Village
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
- Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
- Curseborne: Covenant (Kickstarter)
- Curseborne: Curseborne Player’s Guide
- Curseborne: Solo Play
- Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Rulebook
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies!
- Exalted: Essence: The Exalted: Essence Storyteller’s Guide (Backerkit)
- Exalted: Exigents: Champions of the Divine Flame
- Exalted: Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire
- Realms of Pugmire: Lair of the Rat Kings
- In Layout: Typeface, coloration, and art are chosen, added to the manuscript text, and laid out for visual appeal.
- Curseborne: Curseborne Screen
- Curseborne: Compact Edition
- Curseborne: Tangled Webs
- The World Below: World Below Storyguide Screen
- At the Gates: Bookmarks
- Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Players Guide Wallpaper
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Æon Tasty Bit Omnibus #2
- Exalted: Sidereals Storyteller Screen
- Exalted: Abyssals Storyteller Screen
- Exalted: Essence: The Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Guide Screen
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Guide Screen
- Proofing: The final book layout is checked over by the art director, creative director, and sometimes the developer to make sure everything appears as it should.
- Curseborne: The Making of Curseborne
- Curseborne: Community Content Support
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
- Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
- At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release. Statuses in bold have changed since last month.
- Crowdfunded projects (including screens). Disappears from this list once both PDF and crowdfunded versions are released:
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Curseborne: Curseborne Rulebook: Trying to wrap up some peripheral stuff.
- Curseborne: The Wolf You Feed: A Curseborne Jumpstart: Page xx’s.
- The World Below: The World Below Rulebook: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Scion: Mythic Shards: Quoting.
- They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology! Rulebook: Shipping from printer to fulfillment printers.
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Trinity Continuum: Aegis Rulebook: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course: Quoting.
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Exalted: Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God: Awaiting errata…
- Branch Riders: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau: PDF and PoD now available on DriveThruRPG!
- Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire Unleashed: Incorporating backer errata and xx (and probably PoD prep).
- Other projects (including stretch goal projects). Disappears from this list once released on DTRPG:
- Curseborne: Peel Back the Bark (Curseborne novella 1/Izzy): Out to backers for errata.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Cyclops’s Cave Jumpstart: On sale Wednesday!
- Branch Riders: Facilitator’s Guide: PoD proofs ordered.
- Crowdfunded projects (including screens). Disappears from this list once both PDF and crowdfunded versions are released:
The Siderieals companion had been listed in art direction since July of last year. Now it has regressed to art notes prep. Is there a reason behind this that you could share?
As the Art Notes Prep section says “Sometimes a project might move back to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.”