THEY CAME FROM THE CYCLOPS'S CAVE and [CLASSIFIED]
Created by Onyx Path - Double Feature...
Help fund the development and production of TWO new rulebooks for the THEY CAME FROM... tabletop roleplaying game line.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Jan '24 Update - Heroes of Action & Wonder Preview
3 months ago
– Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 07:35:12 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
Welcome to 2024! We finished last year strong, with the backer PDFs for They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! and They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! sent out in Advance PDF form. Now the team has taken all of your feedback and suggestions and has finalized the text and is in the process of getting the Index set up, as well as locking down the print file requirements.
As the indexing finishes up, the team is also able to get the print files for the screens sorted so that all of the physical items will be ready to ship out together when the time comes. There's still a big wait ahead of us, but the pieces are moving forward.
And, of course, we've got other rewards on our pending list. As Onyx Path finishes up work on the main books, they'll be able to switch focus and hammer out a lot of the bonus rewards we unlocked during the campaign, like the card decks and wallpapers. But we've also got one more supplement coming our way, so let's get a preview of that today!
Heroes of Action and Wonder! acts as a sourcebook for They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! and They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!, providing a wealth of content for both games! Check out one of the upcoming Archetypes as an example of the various things you’ve got to look forward to, not limited to even more Origins, Covers, Quests, Quips, and Cinematics:
Antihero
The screenwriter moved to the front of the smoky screening room, turning to face Boorman. The smoldering glow of the cigar burned with the same intensity as the Director’s legendary temper.
“Get on with it, I’m a busy man!”
Brooklyn T. Bridges had served her time as a freelance assassin. Her work had taken her all over the world, as well as introducing her to all manner of heads of state — and their legs, stomachs, backs… sometimes you had to take the shot no matter how unclean it was. She should be enjoying her retirement while consuming mountains of Columbia’s finest, but no! She had to get herself caught up in this mess — and all because she knew the grounds after nearly taking this hit herself! Now she found herself running protection with this bunch of do-gooders!
“Yeah yeah, lovely but out of date.” Boorman interrupted “We switched the movie to fantasy after Harryhausen gave me the stink-eye. A good writer can pivot.”
“Ah, yeah, sure, I can pivot no problem, lemme see…”
Ragnor stopped his chewing and spat a lump of gristle to the floor. “This poet spoke with such eloquence; I expected him to taste better; like a summer’s morn.”
The heroes sat nervously around the chieftain, untouched plates congealing in front of them. As abhorrent as his eating habits were, they needed him to stand any chance of slaying Zohaki.
“What are you now, squeamish? The songsmith was dead already, and you’d prefer what, that his death was wasted? No, eat up, our friends keep us strong, and if I die fighting the Hell Wyrm, then I hope you’d eat me too! Dine! Feast, for tomorrow we face Zohaki — and if he tries to eat me, I will give him the shits!”
Heroism seems so straightforward on paper; show up, be brave, and rescue whatever’s in trouble — be it the princess, the kingdom, or even the world itself. Still, few are cut out for the rigorous pressures of true heroism, and once you peel back the layers, the reality is hard to nail down. Thankfully for the Antihero, they’ve no such compunction regarding nailing someone down, especially if it gets them what they need.
Consider some popular “heroic” descriptors: brave, selfless, driven, determined, helpful, honest, inspiring, courageous, protective, willing to self-sacrifice, moral... It’s a big list, and all qualities most would aspire to, but for the Antihero, this reads like a laundry list of things to avoid. If they display any of these characteristics, it’s accidental or a source of conflicted emotions.
The Antihero is someone we root for despite knowing exactly how bad they are and what dastardly deeds they’re capable of committing should it get them what they need — or the whim takes them. Sure, you could placate the unicorn to obtain a vial of its healing blood, but the the rest have done such a swell job distracting it and the sword is rightthere! To the average person, stepping up to stop the weather bomb from wiping out millions is simply the right thing to do, but have they ever considered how much more money they can make by playing a little hardball first?
If there’s an easy way out, a low road to take, or a way to profit first and help later, then you can bet your bottom dollar (or final gold piece) that the Antihero has already packed their bags, prepared some snacks, and scoured the low road on the map, taking measures to not get undercut by someone just as morally vacuous. They’ve certainly not given the moral implications anything other than a derisory glance.
Appearance
Antiheroes emerge from many walks of life, but if they can be said to have any sort of uniformity, it’s that by and large, they’re well presented — unchecked ego and rampant narcissism will do that to someone. The Antihero is the center of their own world, and they dress to suit their own vision of that world — it’s not like they care about upsetting someone else. It’s not uncommon for antiheroes to affect a particular look of their own choosing, be it ultra-smart, strikingly flashy, or breathtakingly flamboyant. They are rarely anything less than effortlessly cool and comfortable in their own skin.
Lifestyle
Antiheroes are proud, self-serving creatures with their own best interests in mind— even if some prefer to pretend it’s for a noble cause. It’s easier, or at least more palatable to the masses, to suggest your lust for filthy lucre is not to buy that snazzy new speedboat you’ve always wanted but is in fact to provide for your estranged family once you’re gone. Your bloodlust and “kill-first-question-later” attitude isn’t driven by fear and laziness, but is really just an urge to protect your friends — although if anyone believes that nonsense, you’ve just found yourself your next meat-shield martyr!
Connections
The Antihero accumulates Connections as and when the need arises. These people have value, or at least they do until someone even more impressive becomes available.
Arms dealer: Devastating choppers; Explosives; Big guns; Little friends
Innocent victims: Accommodation; Alibis; Character witness; “rehabilitation”
Vice merchant: Drugs; Fun times; Gossip; Pointers on debauchery fans
Skills
Antihero Skills are driven from a place of selfishness; why would you waste your energy on something that doesn’t directly benefit you? Aim allows them to keep their self-centered goals firmly in mind, with Larceny removing any potential physical blockers, and Persuasion taking care of the societal ones. Survival represents their isolationist attitude — and their need to break away when they’ve broken one too many rules. The more creative, egotistical, or megalomaniacal can swap a Skill for either Command or Science.
Trademarks
I just can’t help myself
Skills: Persuasion, Science
Attribute: Cunning
Shedding dead weight
Skills: Athletics, Survival
Attribute: Might
I didn’t do it for you!
Skills: Aim, Integrity
Attribute: Resolve
A selfish heart
Skills: Command, Larceny
Attribute: Manipulation
Right path, wrong reasons
Skills: Close Combat, Technology
Attribute: Intellect
Tropes
All heroes start with three Tropes, with the Antihero’s Player choosing two from the Antihero list, and one from any other Archetype list:
All’s Fair in Love and War: You don’t mind who you’ve got to cozy up to if it gets you results. Once per session, you spend some alone time with an enemy and say enough of the right things to have them vouch for you, or get you somewhere you shouldn’t be. Having witnessed your vulnerable side however, they receive +1 Enhancement on all Social rolls against you — ensuring few live long enough to exploit your momentary weakness.
Bada-Bing-Bada…: You’ve an affinity for things that go boom in the night (or day, you’re not fussy). Once per session, you’ve surreptitiously arranged for some explosive goodness to be visited upon any inanimate object within your line of sight. The results are more narrative than fatal and vary from use to use.
Ezekiel 25:17: You’re known to utter some truly chilling Bon mots before delivering your killing blow. Select one of your Quips; this never leaves your hand, but also doubles the amount of bonus dice when used to intimidate, or before a kill. If your roll fails, you receive a Complication of the same value for the remainder of the scene as you ponder your entire existence.
Go Big or Go Home: You don’t take half measures, so when play gets rough, you fetch your big toys. Once per session, you can produce an object, gadget, or weapon that will absolutely suit your needs, but in an overly bombastic (and quite likely destructive) manner.
Headshot: Why do the honorable always wait for others to make the first move in a ruckus? Better to catch them unawares with a clean kill! If combat hasn’t commenced, you can make a single attack that automatically kills any henchperson-level baddie, however this act kickstarts Combat, and for the first round, inflicts 1 Complication on everyone present (including your allies). Failure to buy it off sees them stunned with slack jawed incredulity.
I Make This Look Good: What is life without a bit of style and pizzazz? By going out of your way to add your trademark flourish to an action, you gain Directorial Control to your result. This can be used once per session, but it’s clear you were responsible.
Know Your Enemy: Bad blood calls to bad blood, and far from experiencing any guilt for empathizing with the enemy, you relish your ability to exploit this bond. After spending time talking with, spying on, or studying your enemy, you and your allies gain +1 Enhancement on all rolls to detect, attack, or manipulate them during the next scene you share.
Meat-Shield: In the game of you or them, there’s no contest, and you’ve no compunctions regarding using someone as a human shield — hell, if you use an enemy, you should be congratulated for your efficiency! Once per session, you can automatically grapple any minor character, with any damage dealt to you inflicted on them first. The shield expires when they do.
Poker Face: You lie so much it’s like breathing, and trying to catch you in a lie is harder than skinning a lion with a spoon. Once per session you can tell a lie that is believed by all, no matter how incredulous it seems.
Putting on the Squeeze: They say torture and threats don’t work, but your experiences in the field tell you differently. Once per session, if you have a subject at your mercy, you can make them divulge everything they know — however, out of desperation, they always insert one false fact, typically confirming your own biases.
Oh wow, I felt like I was back at the video store in the '80s! Let's get to our regular monthly check in. I'll continue to post these updates each month as we track our reward progress.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://double-feature.backerkit.com/
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
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:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
JUST LAUNCHED
Reprint Repro-a-GoGo
As Scion Second Edition and the Trinity Continuum grew and expanded over the years, many new players were able to join in and explore The World and new eras within the Continuum. Now it's time to get those early core books back into print!
December 2023 Update
4 months ago
– Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 07:33:29 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
With a few days left in the year, I'm squeezing in one final status update for backers. No big news this month - things quiet down over the holidays and we had some big rewards come out last month with the backer PDFs for our books.
At this point, the team have all of your feedback from the Advance PDF feedback forms, are making corrections and clarifications where needed, and in the process of building the index and setting up all of the "see Page XX" notations. Once that's done, the PDF will be finalized on DriveThruRPG and they'll release it for purchase to the general public(along with the print-on-demand version of the PDF most likely).
When the PDF file is finalized, Onyx Path will begin setting up the print schedule with their overseas printer. Once we get to that stage, I'll have a better idea of our lockdown timeline and I'll outline the steps as we get closer to hardcover fulfillment. It'll still be a while, but I think we're going to have a productive 2024!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
With the PDF and hardcovers underway, I'll touch base with the team in the new year and see if we can get some movement on some of the Stretch Goals to have those delivered over the months while we wait.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://double-feature.backerkit.com/
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <November 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
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:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
Nov '23 Update - They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Backer PDF
5 months ago
– Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 05:52:11 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
It's been about three weeks since we received our backer PDFs for They Came from the Cyclops's Cave!, and now it's time to check out the second part of this Double Feature!
Reward Distribution: THEY CAME FROM [CLASSIFIED]! Advance PDF
They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! is the latest in the They Came From… line of tabletop roleplaying games. [CLASSIFIED]! sees characters ranging from talented adventurers and agency quartermasters, to dashing spies and sexy provocateurs, embracing all the excitement, gadgets, and mayhem of the spy movies and detective TV shows prevalent from the 1960s onward. Whether you’re a Moore-era Bond fan, an aficionado of John Steed and Emma Peel’s adventures, or an Austin Powers-esque swinging cat, [CLASSIFIED]! has everything you need for a groovy, espionage-filled story.
They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! uses the Storypath System, which is contained in full in the pages of this book.
THEY CAME FROM [CLASSIFIED]! INCLUDES:
Five new playable Archetypes, introducing the Adventurer, the Detective, the Operative, the Provocateur, and the Quartermaster!
New Cinematics, Quips, Twists, and all new Fiendish Plots!
A rogues gallery of renegade agents, enemy spies, science fiction supervillains, and dastardly henchmen!
Everything a Director needs for running games ranging from the seriousness of The Ipcress File or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, to the innuendo of The Spy Who Loved Me and the silliness of Austin Powers!
• Two full missions you can run straight from this book!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Advance PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for this reward over the next 24hours if it is on your expected list of rewards. The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://double-feature.backerkit.com/
This is the first version of They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! to be released. The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.
With that in mind, I'd like to introduce theThey Came from [CLASSIFIED]!Feedback Form!
Onyx Path will be launching a special [CLASSIFIED]Feedback Form!, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/zvaijzHfXDA3EnpZ7
They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest version.
You've already made the book a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the advance PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Backer PDFs are about for both of our main books. Once your feedback is in, the team can finalize the text, sort all of the page references, lockdown the index, and get the files ready for Print-on-Demand and our hardcover print run. The teams will then be able to shift over to start burning through our Stretch Goals!
[Pledge] They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Backer PDF(Update #54, Nov 21, '23)
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <October 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
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:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
Never before has Creation known the perils of the Abyssal Exalted. They have emerged from the gloom of the Underworld as champions of death, sworn to the service of the Deathlords and the Neverborn. Each was offered the gift of the Bleak Exaltation at the moment of their own demise, and each chose to willingly become an agent of the apocalypse. Their motivations are as manifold as any others — they may seek destruction or domination, malice or justice, ancient secrets hidden and forbidden or sheer iron-willed survival.
In service to their lieges, these deathknights will grind the Underworld to heel and scour life from the face of Creation. Or…they might break from those oaths and set themselves up as death’s own Lawgivers, ruling empires of the dead as sages, arbiters, and reapers. All that can be known for sure is that with the Abyssal Exalted loosed upon the world, it will never be the same again.
Reward Distribution: They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! Backer PDF
6 months ago
– Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 08:10:29 AM
Hey Eye Spies,
It hasn't quite been a week since our last update, and I noted that we were getting close to the backer release of They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! But I didn't know we were *this* close!
Because I'm about to send it out to you!
Reward Distribution: THEY CAME FROM THE CYCLOPS'S CAVE! Advance PDF
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! is the latest in the They Came From… line of tabletop roleplaying games. Cyclops’s Cave! sees characters ranging from heroic swordsmen and cunning sorceresses to charming minstrels and agile scoundrels, embarking on quests designed to evoke the majesty of fantasy movies and television shows from the 1940s onward. Whether you’re looking to channel an epic like The Thief of Bagdad or grim fantasy such as The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyclops’s Cave! has everything you need for swashbuckling, noble heroism, and monster slaying.
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! uses the Storypath System, which is contain in full in the pages of this book.
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! includes:
Six new playable Archetypes, introducing the Champion, the Dreamer, the Inhuman, the Puppet, the Sage, and the Scoundrel!
New Cinematics, Quips, Fiendish Plots, and all new Magical Effects and Fantastic Settings!
A deep bestiary of creatures and critters from trolls, chimeras, and giants, to dragons, orx, and necromancers!
Everything a Director needs for running games ranging from the epic feel of Clash of the Titans or The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, to the sword and sorcery of Krull and Conan and the campness of Xena: Warrior Princess!
Two full quests you can run straight from this book!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! Advance PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for this reward over the next 24hours if it is on your expected list of rewards. The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://double-feature.backerkit.com/
This is the first version of They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! to be released. The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.
With that in mind, I'd like to introduce theThey Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!Feedback Form!
Onyx Path will be launching a special Cyclops's CaveFeedback Form!, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/kTEuQD16hLGQumqDA
They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest version.
You've already made the book a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the advance PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
TO CONTACT JAMES
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of that process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend.
The World Below provides, but only to the worthy.
The unworthy fall, consumed by bugs, lava, acidic fog, the vagaries of Kaos, and the World Below’s convulsing tunnels.
The World Below is your home, your prison, and your alien world containing terrible threats and wondrous discoveries.
The World Below is a complete tabletop roleplaying game, and includes:
Numerous playable options, some from the traditional fantasy mold, others unique to the World Below.
The complete Storypath Ultra System, allowing you to play this game straight from the book.
A myriad of settings, monsters, powers, and abilities for use in your stories, which you can play as minimalist dungeon crawls or World Below-spanning expeditions.
October '23 Update
6 months ago
– Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 09:47:00 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
I've said before that you can tell we're getting close when artwork previews start to sneak out. So look at these...
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Larry Blamire
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Luis Sanz
And one more...
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Brian LeBlanc
In fact, if you want a clue as to how close the Onyx Path team is to having PDFs for backer distribution, check out this...
Right now, both books are in Proofing, where the team tries to catch any graphic glitches or big errors before they prep it for distribution to us. So it's not quite ready for October... but maybe we'll have it in November's update?
Let's get October sorted...
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT LINK
I'm gonna start posting a link back to the draft manuscripts in these updates because it's been a while and folks are starting to misplace any downloaded copies. I'll keep this bit here in future updates until our backer PDFs go out.
When the PDFs are ready, I'll send out backer links so that we can download them and provide feedback to the Onyx Path team. They'll use our errata and notes to finalize the books - filling in any references and correcting any issues. Once that's done and all of the "See Page XX" notes are fixed, the screens and card decks will come together fairly quickly. Once the screen is set up for print, the digital wallpaper will follow right after, along with the VTT Token pack. What I'm saying is that things should move at a decent pace once we've got our PDFs and are sending in feedback! Hopefully soon!
[Stretch] They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! Backer Shirt Link(Update 51, Sept 27, '23)
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://double-feature.backerkit.com/
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
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:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDUNG
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend.
The World Below provides, but only to the worthy.
The unworthy fall, consumed by bugs, lava, acidic fog, the vagaries of Kaos, and the World Below’s convulsing tunnels.
The World Below is your home, your prison, and your alien world containing terrible threats and wondrous discoveries.
The World Below is a complete tabletop roleplaying game, and includes:
Numerous playable options, some from the traditional fantasy mold, others unique to the World Below.
The complete Storypath Ultra System, allowing you to play this game straight from the book.
A myriad of settings, monsters, powers, and abilities for use in your stories, which you can play as minimalist dungeon crawls or World Below-spanning expeditions.
