October 2025 Monthly Update
5 months ago
– Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:09:45 AM
Hello Essence Player's
It's the Wednesday before the last Thursday of the month, and may calendar says that's Exalted Update Day.
It's the Wednesday before the last Thursday of the month, and may calendar says that's Exalted Update Day.
Reddit AMA
Onyx Path recently held a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session and answered questions about Exalted (and other things) and talked a bit about the next project coming, Infernals: Crowned in Hellfire. You can check out the AMA thread here:
We're still in the early stages of the production phase, and the team are hammering on the manuscript and the other bits we've unlocked via Stretch Goal. Many of these updates are going to be pretty similar, especially in these early days. I'd rather be a bit repetitive and have consistent communication than have silence until there's news, so here we go again....
Rewards Still Pending
No major changes, work continues on our projects.
Rewards Distributed to Backers
- Exalted: Essence Core Rulebook PDF
- Pillars of Creation PDF
- Tomb of Memory PDF
- Deeds Yet Undone PDF
- Across the Eight Directions PDF
- The Realm PDF
- Heirs to the Shogunate PDF
- Many-Faced Strangers PDF
- Exalted Third Edition Core Rules PDF
- Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought PDF
- Lunars: Fangs at the Gate PDF
- Exigents: Out of the Ashes PDF
- Sidereals: Charting Fate's Course PDF
- Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave PDF
- Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God Draft Manuscript
- Exalted Music Bundle
- Exalted Fiction Bundle
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
In addition to redemption links for these digital rewards, all backers have received a link to the compiled draft manuscript. This link can be found in your BackerKit digital rewards page. Again, this isn't a new manuscript, it's just all of the pieces we shared during the campaign put together in order.
Pledge Manager
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://exalted-essence-players-guide.backerkit.com/
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here>
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: <September 2025 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.
Remember: You can use the links at the bottom of this e-mail to unsubscribe from updates or Manage your notification settings. These status updates are available on the campaign page for you to review at any time.
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.
Remember: You can use the links at the bottom of this e-mail to unsubscribe from updates or Manage your notification settings. These status updates are available on the campaign page for you to review at any time.
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:
To Contact James
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 BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
COMING NEXT MONTH: INFERNALS: Crowned by Hellfire
Onyx Path will be launching their next Exalted crowdfunder in a few weeks. Check out Onyx Path's website for more information when available.
Final Days: Curseborne Player's Guide
- Nine new families of Accursed!
- New Role Paths, Lineage Torments, and spells
- Fully playable Venators
- Fully playable orphaned Accursed
- Quick-build and random character templates
The Curseborne Player’s Guide is primarily focused on the players at the table who take on the role of individual characters. If you’re a Storyguide, you can expect to find ideas that help you prompt the other players and frame their place in the world. Use these to create details that resonate with a player’s intentions and to direct the story to places where the main characters’ themes and concepts can flourish. Other players can expect to find tools to develop your character, both in your narration and on your character sheet.
In this book, we introduce grounding concepts for playing the Accursed, providing role-playing hooks and touchstones rooted in the world they find themselves. These are intended for both brand-new players looking for a place to start and for players in the middle of a story who are open to new angles and complications. We expand on all the types of Accursed introduced in the Curseborne corebook, including those who don’t have a family to call their own, but also provide even more ways to express and wield the power of curses through new spells. We even add a new angle to the world of Curseborne as we present playable rules for the monster-hunting Venators, who contend with the same supernatural forces as the Accursed without Damnations of their own.
On Kickstarter: Scarred Lands Player's Guide
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 is a beloved setting introduced 25 years ago by White-Wolf Publishing and currently wholly owned by Onyx Path Publishing. In the years since its introduction, the setting has been published under three editions of d20 licensing and a Pathfinder compatible version. Aegis Studios has now licensed Scarred Lands from Onyx Path Publishing to convert the setting to Savage Worlds. With this Kickstarter, we aim to bring the Scarred Lands to the popular Savage Worlds Adventure Edition by Pinnacle Entertainment Group with a brand new Scarred Lands Player's Guide (SWADE)!
