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Scion: God

Created by Onyx Path - Scion: God Crowdfunding Campaign

Founded in 2012, Onyx Path Publishing is a Pennsylvania-based company dedicated to the development of exemplary, immersive worlds. Working with a group of amazingly talented creators, we explore print, electronic and other forms of media distribution to make our products available to our fans. With over 20 years of publishing experience from which to draw, we are industry professionals who love the art of the game and plan to continue making meaningful, innovative contributions in the years to come.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

March '23 Monthly Update
about 1 year ago – Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 11:29:36 AM

Hello Scions,

March has flown by for me and I find we're ready to post our regular month end update once again. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign phase, so a lot of these monthly check ins are gonna be similar (and maybe a little boring), but it's important that communication with us remain constant and consistent throughout this phase of the project.


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://scion-god.backerkit.com



REWARDS STILL PENDING

While our main book is working through the editing phase, our stretch goal supplements have seen a bit of progress. The Companion and Divine Inspiration books have joined the jumpstart and all now have their first drafts in progress, waiting to be turned over to the developer for feedback (redlines) before iterating to the final draft form.


REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS



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: <February 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 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:



TO CONTACT JAMES

  •  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 TOMORROW

Launching on Crowdfunding by BackerKit tomorrow! Click to join up and be notified when it goes live!

Feb '23 Monthly Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 11:29:20 AM

Hello Scions!

We're in the final week of February, so it's time for our regular month end update. No big announcements for February - there likely won't be anything too exciting for quite some time - but we'll have these monthly updates to keep communication constant and consistent. 

In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch, and a link back to our compiled draft manuscript.

For those who missed our updates in December:



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://scion-god.backerkit.com



REWARDS STILL PENDING


No big changes from last month. Most of these projects are still in the earliest stages, so that's to be expected. We'll watch each month as these dots slowly fill in until our rewards are delivered.


REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS



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: <January 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 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:



TO CONTACT JAMES

  •  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.


Jan '23: Monthly Project Tracking Update
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 08:52:32 AM

Hello Scions,

Welcome to 2023! Well, welcome to the end of  January 2023 and the first of our regular monthly status updates. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.

At the end of each month, I'll include a summary of our rewards and their current status (they'll either be delivered or marked as still pending, possibly with additional details if I know more). I'll also list any relevant Update posts, in case you want to go back and check into something.

In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch, and a link back to our compiled draft manuscript.

For those who missed our updates in December:




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://scion-god.backerkit.com



The Onyx Path Scion Forums Are Back!

After breaking under the strain of awesome threads, the Onyx Path team have re-vamped, repaired, and re-organized their forums.  They work again! Feel free to drop by the Onyx Path Forums  - including the Scion forum in particular.

REWARDS STILL PENDING


Every month, I'll share our project progress tracker, so we can watch the dots fill in as our rewards work their way to us. As noted, we're still in the earliest stages of this part of the campaign. Our main reward, Scion: God, is currently in editing, where the editing team take the manuscript from the developers and work their magic. One of our Stretch Goal projects, the Jumpstart, has moved to first draft status, with the writing team creating the content for this project. Our other two stretch goal supplements, the companion and Divine Inspiration, are in the outlines and assignments phase, where the Scion development team works up an outline and rough word counts for the contents of the book and begins to find writers to cover these sections. We'll use this chart and additional notes to follow along each month.

REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS



ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's last monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December Project Status Summary>. I'm sure the January summary will be up either later today or tomorrow to see what projects have moved along.

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:


TO CONTACT JAMES

  •  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.




Reward Distribution - Existing PDF Add Ons ready to go out!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 07:01:14 AM

Hello Scions,

Following up on our Update from earlier in the week, Pledge Manager Surveys have gone out (fill yours in if you haven't yet!), and I've now set up our first batch of rewards to be distributed. We'll use the Pledge Manager to fulfill these digital rewards, so please do fill out your survey and set up your BackerKit Pledge Manager page if you haven't already done so (instructions can be found in our previous update).



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://scion-god.backerkit.com


DIGITAL REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Many of the rewards for our kickstarter projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the kickstarter is a means of moving the project from an idea (even when it's a mostly-fully-written idea) into the actual channel that turns it into a project/product. It'll be a while before we're ready to talk about delivery on Scion: God, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (the The Scion: God Jumpstart, The Companion PDF, Divine Inspiration, and the rest).

That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs of existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the week.

The following Add On Rewards Will Be Distributed This Week:

  • [Add On] Scion Second Edition Book One: Origin PDF + Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Two: Hero PDF + Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Scion Second Edition Book Three: Demigod PDF + Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Scion: Dragon PDF + Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF + Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Scion Second Edition Supplements Bundle [12 title bundle]
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Beginner Bundle [6 title bundle]
  • [Add On] They Came From Beginner Bundle [4 title bundle]

It's basically this section of the Add On menu from our campaign page:



It took me a bit to put together because, thanks to those bundles, there are a lot of codes to go out! Your Pledge Manager will also have a link to the Scion: God draft manuscript, in case you're looking to download the complete draft text. It can be found in your Digital Rewards listing on your Pledge Manager page.

If you want any of these and didn't add them on during the campaign, you can still update your BackerKit Pledge Manager page and add them to your rewards list. See the BackerKit How-To instructions above.

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next few days. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the hosts for these, 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.ph



The best way to ensure these redemption codes work smoothly is to log in to your DTRPG account first, and then click (or copy) the link shown in your BackerKit.

Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for these rewards over the next 2 days if any of them are on your expected list of rewards. I'll be releasing them in waves, so don't panic if you only see a couple links at first... the rest are coming. (We're in a digital world, but there are still a lot of manual processes. And there are many links to go out!!)

The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your Backerkit Pledge Manager account: https://scion-god.backerkit.com/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your Pledge Manager account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.



MONTHLY UPDATES

As mentioned earlier in the week, we'll start our regular monthly check in updates in the new year. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.

At the end of each month, I'll include a summary of our rewards and their current status (they'll either be delivered or marked as still pending, possibly with additional details if I know more). I'll also list any relevant Update posts, in case you want to go back and check into something.

In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch, and a link back to our compiled draft manuscript.

So, look for the first of our regular month end updates in about 5-6 weeks. Which means I'll be quiet for a bit, so happy holidays to everyone, and all the best in the New Year!

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: <November 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 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:



TO CONTACT JAMES

  •  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.

The Pledge Manager is about to Open! Surveys will be going out this week!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 08:23:05 AM

Hello Scions,

It's been just over three weeks since our campaign came to it's amazing conclusion, and after a brief moment to catch my breath, I've been working on setting up the Pledge Manager and preparing the Backer Surveys. After some review and a few adjustments, the Pledge Manager invitations are finally ready to start rolling out!

This will likely be the first of two updates over the next week. Once we've got a healthy survey response - something like 85% - I'll prepare our first wave of rewards: the existing PDFs that were offered as Add Ons and bonuses (like the other Scion core books and the supplements). I'll send out an update when that process is about to begin.

Beyond that, starting in January 2023, I will send out the first of our regular month end updates. Near the end of each month, I will be sending out an update with status notes on our main projects as well as the Stretch Goal projects we added. As noted in previous updates, these projects take a long time to put together. You've seen the manuscript preview PDFs, but there are still many moving pieces and puzzles to solve in turning these manuscripts into awesome books. These month-end updates ensure that communication is constant and consistent, and that we're all on the same page with regards to where we stand.

That's info for next year, though. Let's talk about this now instead, because...

I will be sending out the BackerKit Pledge Manager surveys over the next 4 days!

But, before we begin all of that - I hope everyone's keeping safe and managing through these busy times as best possible. I know I'm personally pretty exhausted and a bit burnt out, but hopefully we'll all have a chance to regroup, recharge, and refresh as we finish up 2022.

BACKER SURVEYS

Over the next few days, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.


I think everyone has a BackerKit login, thanks to backing this project, but if you don't for some reason, you won’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although that may help keep things organized if you've got multiple projects going.) When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!

The e-mail will look something like this:



After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts, and that won't happen until the books are printed and we're preparing to ship.

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://scion-god.backerkit.com

If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comments for this update, the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:

TO CONTACT JAMES

  •  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.

If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board.

Please send me an e-mail (to the address above) if there were any tweaks or changes that need to be made to your BackerKit survey that we talked about during the campaign. I have aged at light speed over the past three years and my memory is... not as good as I'd like.


Within the BackerKit Survey and Pledge Manager, you can:

  • Review your Pledge Tier Selection and Rewards
  • Upgrade your Reward Tier pledge selection
  • Confirm Add On selections
  • Set up payment information for any failed payments from the Crowdfunding campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
When you click on your BackerKit Survey invitation link, you should see something like this...



From the BackerKit Survey welcome page you can choose to

  • Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
  • Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed
  • Switch Your Pledge Level

If you've pledged to a reward tier that includes physical rewards, you can enter your shipping country at this stage. As noted during our campaign, we haven't set international shipping costs yet - those will be calculated and added in when we're preparing to ship the book. That won't be for a long time, though, and there will be plenty of opportunity - and notice - for you to make changes.

If you select your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards, and also have the option to upgrade your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the hardcover instead of just the PDF for example.



Again, I suggest you don't switch any pledge levels at this stage, and instead wait until the books are preparing to print and we have set up international shipping costs so you'll know exactly what your final costs will be before we lock down orders.

Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GET STARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.

Once we've got a fair response to our survey and collected a reasonable amount of info, I'll be working on fulfilling rewards that are available now - like the PDFs of the titles included in our Add On section (for example, Scion Second Edition Book 1-3, Scion: Dragon, Scion: Masks of the Mythos, and the Add On Bundle options that were offered). I'll send out another e-mail when we're about to get into that.

So, in summary:

  • Look for an e-mail invitation to the BackerKit Pledge Manager sometime over the next few days
  • Get Started on your survey
  • Confirm your Pledge Level (or SWITCH your Pledge Level if you want to change it)
  • Confirm and Select Any Add On options
  • Confirm Your Shipping Information (if needed)
  • Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)
I will post an update within a week or two as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.