That’s right! These are the last few days of the Jadestorm crowdfunding campaign on BackerKit! So far we’re over 340% funded and have passed through our latest Stretch Goal just today! If you’re a backer, you pretty much have the complete text, and James has already given everybody a head’s-up about Add-ons and other “end of the campaign” procedures.

But over here, we’ve got juuuust a bit more to share, including:

Here’s Emma’s final thoughts during the campaign, and they are a look at some of the interesting ways our other Earthbane Cycle game lines might intersect with Jadeborn:

Return to the Cycle

Jadestorm is an Earthbane Cycle game, and as fans of its other entries know by now, no Earthbane book is complete without some curious references to its sister games. The world of Eos contains a great many of these as well, from the obvious inclusion of bloodlines from other Earthbane games to more obscure hints at things like the origin — or perhaps the future? — of The World Below’s settlement of Oracaster. Storyguides will even find where Eos is hiding Earthbane’s now ubiquitous Well, which plays a disturbing and thought-provoking role in one of Jadestorm’s pre-written adventures.

When designing Jadestorm’s playable options, it was important to me that players have the ability to engage with these broader themes and repeated images in the Earthbane Cycle even if the Storyguide wants to run a campaign that won’t take the concord anywhere that’s recognizable from, say, At the Gates. You’ll find some interesting implications for the broader Earthbane Cycle in several of the playable options, but none greater than in the Nether Path devoted to Wid-ros, the Malefic who ruled oblivion and vanished from Eos after winning the Infernal War:

Jade of the Hollow King

Wid-ros’ Jadebearers view themselves as neither heroes nor villains. They are inevitable reapers, the hands of the universe and its cycle. Eos and the cosmic realms must have come from something before them, which must have themselves come from something even earlier. So on and so forth, until some lost world must have sprung from nothing at all.

This is the crux of Wid-rosi philosophy. Oblivion is no more than another stop on the universe’s cyclical journey, just like Eos and other existences even the Malefic could never know. Wid-ros’ choice to vanish instead of claiming victory is the only proof Hollows need that they are part of a grand design.

Paradise Lost

Heaven is important to the wuxia and xianxia genres — not the Heaven of Abrahamic religions, but “heaven” as a conceptual force of natural order and law — so it was crucial that Jadestorm include it. But in a setting with three Malefic pantheons, seven bloodlines, and nine realms, how could Eos possibly have one unified conception of heaven?

When writing Jadestorm’s bloodlines, it made the most sense to me that different people groups would have different ideas of what heaven is. The lepora conceive of heaven as the moon, a beautiful realm still untouched by the Malefic that they might return to when they die; the mantodea believe heaven was a cloud realm that the Malefic destroyed eons ago, giving rise to mantodea culture’s hatred of the Jadebearers who still bear infernal power in much the same way that much xianxia media positions cultivation as a defiance of heaven’s natural order; and Glamourwefts, Sword Saints, and other Disciplines with lofty ideas about virtue all affect how Jadebearers who study those arts might conceive of heaven.

People across Eos quarrel about whose idea of heaven — also called Nirvana by some groups — is the right one, but many myths about heaven seem to have some basis in reality. Maybe they’re all right in their own ways. Maybe none of them are right at all, and heaven never really existed. But if that’s the case, how could a place like this exist in Eos?

Nirvana’s End

Mantodea legend tells of Nirvana, a lost realm of paradise that the Malefic ripped from the sky eons ago. Eos’ other bloodlines have their own myths of such a place, but none are so accessible as the rolling cloud plains in the Wilds south of Kir Sento that one can still reach when weather brings them low enough to touch mountaintops. The luminous clouds are thick enough to walk on and dotted with ruins that the mantodea cite as proof their legends are true.

Nest: A shockingly large nest made from the stone found across the clouds’ ruins, crystal from below, and plant matter from as far off as Silvaerim and Kir Ob-Tani. Whatever carried stone, crystal, and fallen trees from other realms to build this nest must be horrifyingly strong indeed; an egg as large as you are sits at the nest’s center, though it looks to be made of solid rock.

But Emma’s actually been really busy, and sat down for a fun interview about Jadestorm and other topics with our old friend Corbin!

Plus, in response to a bunch of folks asking whether there’d be an Actual Play for Jadestorm so they can see what it looks like in, um, actual play, Emma put together this awesome AP of the game:

Not to be outdone, here’s Matthew’s Jadestorm AMA from his site!

So, plenty of vids to go on top of our written excerpts and the complete text for backers! You can tell that the team are super-excited, and hope that you are (or will be) too!

Bauhaus is the best I can do for you

That almost sounds like song lyrics, doesn’t it? But not yet, instead it is one of many lines thrown out in chat during our Monday Meeting today. Referencing referencing stuff from the 90’s, of course!

Not from the 90’s are all these Curseborne moths fluttering around! At least I hope none of them are from then, no natural moths could live so long…

We’ve got a bunch of Curseborne Covenant stuff percolating, so here’s what has bubbled to the top of our evil brew!

Here’s the link to the Covenant Kickstarter sign up and preview:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/curseborne-covenant

Feel kind of bad for that moth up there splatted by the code box!

During the end of last week and into the weekend, it seems like there was a leak of some or all of the Conspiracies chapter for Covenant! Since they are one of the cool new elements that are a big part of advancing into the shadowy secret world outside of your Family, we decided today that since some folks got to see them early, EVERYBODY should get to see them early!

Here’s an official link to the Conspiracies text:

https://www.curseborne.com/post/conspiracies

Now everybody can join the discussions already taking place all over our social media! (You’ll notice that this link also shows you a bit of our changing Curseborne website – more to come, there!)

One of our places of interest is Twitch, and here’s Travis to talk about what’s going on there:

This week on Twitch we will see another episode of Guiding the Path from Tom Murr on Thursday at 4 PM EDT! On Monday at 8 PM EDT Mike Athey brings us a new episode of Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Air Circus! If you’ve missed the Adventure! stream, Episode 1 will premiere on our YouTube channel on September 15th at 7:30 PM! 

If you are creating actual plays, reviews, lore dives, or other media for our games, or are interested in doing so, please be sure to reach out via our content creator form at  https://forms.gle/aqTBztswhRQLMADd9 we would love to hear from you!

For our friends across the sea, here’s just another note to remind folks in the UK that we’re working with GMS distribution to get our books into stores in the UK. Hopefully we’ll have an official press release or something to share soon!

Today is the last day of the Solo RPG Sale at DriveThruRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4261/onyx-path-publishing?promo=1000778

But ongoing, we now have two, count ’em two, Trinity Bundle of Holding deals happening right now!

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ContinuumCore

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ContinuumAeon

Why have one Travis blurb, when we can have two of them, too? I say we go for it and let y’all know about stuff happening with the SWADE Scarred Lands projects!

Tonight I’ll be appearing on the Savage Universe show on Pinnacle Entertainment’s YouTube channel, talking about Scarred Lands for Savage Worlds! The show is scheduled to run live at 8 PM EDT, and should be available to view as a VOD immediately after! Head over to https://www.youtube.com/live/V3pmSR0Yd5c?si=ibTfSaCxVPN3Hxa1 to see what’s new for Scarred Lands! 

And if you are going to be at GameHole Con this October, I will be running Scarred Lands for Savage Worlds throughout the show! While most of the tables I’m running are booked up, there are seats open in the Sunday game at https://www.gameholecon.com/events/event/34754

Thanks, everybody! We’re here at almost the Ides of September, looking at a raft of new projects and crowdfunders for 2027, and it’s just so hard to believe Summer is almost over! Although, that means that Autumn, my favorite time of the year is almost here, and soon the spooky season begins! Yay, and I’ll see you as the sun sets earlier and earlier and the leaves fall, somewhere on our:

Many Worlds… One Path!

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Blurbs!

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Crowdfunding!

Prepare for the Jadestorm!

LAST DAYS!

LAST DAYS! You can check it out with this link – JOIN US in the STORM!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/onyx-path/jadestorm

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Onyx Path Media!

Check out our attached media schedule for the videos on our Twitch channel this week!

On the Onyx Path News today, Matthew talks up the last few days of the Jadestorm campaign, the new Exalted: Essence novella, and new VTT assets for Scion: https://youtu.be/ElGAUOgblu4

Over on The Gentleman Gamer YouTube channel, Matthew hosts an AMA with a Jadestorm focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88YduURNx0Q

FragileBites (Jadestorm‘s very own Emma Summers!) hosted an actual play on her channel right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyUDC_4-RB4

Awkward GM Corbin hosted an interview with Emma Summers right here on his channel, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-hGgmG-VU

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Virtual Tabletop!

Check it out now! The Scion Demiplane Nexus! Click here for Early Access:

http://www.scionnexus.com/

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

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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!

Today is the LAST DAY for the Solo RPG Sale at DriveThruRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4261/onyx-path-publishing?promo=1000778

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).

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On Sale This Week!

The thrilling Curseborne Jumpstart: The Wolf You Feed, leaps onto DTRPG in PDF and PoD versions this Weds!

On Sale Last Week!

The second of two Exalted Essence novellas, Murder on the Divine Carriage, is available in PoD and electronic versions now on DTRPG!

Plus, we’re giving out more VTT ASSETS to enable folks to play virtually! Here comes the Scion: Demigod and Scion: God Assets Packs!

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Conventions!

Here’s where you can find out more info on physical and virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!

GameHoleCon October 15th – 18th): Check out these Curseborne games to play there:

https://www.gameholecon.com/events#conID=19&eventType=&startDay=&startHour=&groupID=&ageLevel=&searchString=curseborne&page=1&specialEvents=false&hideSoldOutEvents=false&sortNew=false&isVirtual=false&isKidsTrack=false&system=

Twin Cities Con – November 20th – 22nd (Game Room demos).

PAX Unplugged – December 4th – 6th (Studio 2 will have our books and more).

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Project Status Updates!

Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out July’s full list report here; https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-august-2026/

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!

Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production:

First Draft

Tasty Bit – The Lords and Ladies of Rot (Jan Tasty Bit for The World Below)

• They’ve been festering away down there for some time, but now they’re ready to wake up…

Redlines

SPU Tasty Bit – Support Cast (November 2026)

• Our November Tasty Bit, covering Bonds and Contacts, is written and in my hands for redlining!

Post-Approval Development

Essence Enhanced (Exalted Essence)

• The Exalted Essence Extended stretch goal book had a quick whiparound in approvals, so now it’s taking a quick stop at the developer’s desk before it heads off to editing.

Editing

The Advent of Silt (The World Below)

• Time for a big freeform campaign to make contact with the editor! Who will survive?

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ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!

In Art Direction

• Ex3 Champions of the Divine Flame – Ongoing sketch review and corrections.
• Ex3 Liminals – Sketches review.
• Curseborne Covenant – Probably doing a few tweaks to things this week….
• TC From the Shadows – Corrections and more sketch approvals.
• Jadestorm (BK) – Finishing this Thursday.

Layout Queue

• Curseborne Compact Edition – Started..
• Monster Kingdoms
• TWB Underworld Adventures – Getting to Ron Thompson.

Proofing Queue

• Curseborne Community Content Stuff 
• Ex Essence PG – 1st proof a goin’.

At Press

• Curseborne – Interior fixes in… and they should be processing everything. If everything is ok, should see a proof at some point this week.
• Curseborne Screen – Interior booklet size OK’d by printer.
• Curseborne Jumpstart – Just waiting on cover cutlines.
• Making of Curseborne – Just waiting on cover cutlines…should get them this week.
• Curseborne Slipcase – Awaiting cutlines from printer.
• Curseborne Dice – Getting those rolling along.
• At The Gates – Page XXs… and if the index is done soon… PoD prep.
• TC Danger Skies – Out to KS backers, gathering errata.
• The Wolf You Feed Curseborne Jumpstart – PDF and PoD versions for sale Weds at DTRPG this week!

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

Let’s celebrate the historical reaction to 9/11 that can be seen here, today, in 2001; the Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation’s capital.