THE END IS NOW! The Scion: God has concluded.
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:03:40 AM
Hello Scions!
What is there to say other than...
WE DID IT!
Working together, more than 2,000 backers helped fund the development and printing of Scion: God, the ultimate step in the Scion Second Edition journey.
And there's more to celebrate! Not only did we fund this project, we built a bunch of cool bonus rewards for backers as we went! It was a great ride, picking up backers and unlocking Stretch Goals along every step of the campaign. We've added several bonus rewards - small celebrations for milestones marked along the way - as well as new content for those who want even more Scion: God!
MILESTONE MARKERS
These milestone markers helped us keep our pace as we built towards our big finish, and will be added to the rewards list of every backer who participated in this campaign.
ADDITIONAL and EXPANDED CONTENT
First up, we unlocked a new Scion: God Reference Screen. Onyx Path will create a Storyguide screen with charts and tables for Scion: God, featuring updated artwork to reflect the ongoing journey of the characters introduced on the Origin/Hero screen. Backers can add this to their rewards list for +$25.
More exciting, we unlocked a Jumpstart PDF, an introductory scenario to launch your Scion: God story, complete with Ready-made Characters and basic rules. Onyx Path will create this and release as a PDF to all backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as a bonus reward.
What's better than that? Something I'm really interested in - the Divine Inspiration supplement. Onyx Path will create a supplement to provide some direction and ideas for Storyguides to build upon, including creative Plot Seed Packs to explore in your game. We unlocked this and doubled it in size! All backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as one of their rewards will automatically receive the Divine Inspiration PDF as a bonus reward.
And what's even better than that? Working together, we helped unlock a Scion: God Companion supplement, and then expanded it again and again... and again! That last goal came in within the final hours of the campaign, but we did it! All backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as one of their rewards will automatically receive the Scion: God Companion PDF as a bonus reward.
The Scion: God Companion will cover a variety of topics, including:
What is there to say other than...
WE DID IT!
Working together, more than 2,000 backers helped fund the development and printing of Scion: God, the ultimate step in the Scion Second Edition journey.
And there's more to celebrate! Not only did we fund this project, we built a bunch of cool bonus rewards for backers as we went! It was a great ride, picking up backers and unlocking Stretch Goals along every step of the campaign. We've added several bonus rewards - small celebrations for milestones marked along the way - as well as new content for those who want even more Scion: God!
MILESTONE MARKERS
These milestone markers helped us keep our pace as we built towards our big finish, and will be added to the rewards list of every backer who participated in this campaign.
ADDITIONAL and EXPANDED CONTENT
First up, we unlocked a new Scion: God Reference Screen. Onyx Path will create a Storyguide screen with charts and tables for Scion: God, featuring updated artwork to reflect the ongoing journey of the characters introduced on the Origin/Hero screen. Backers can add this to their rewards list for +$25.
More exciting, we unlocked a Jumpstart PDF, an introductory scenario to launch your Scion: God story, complete with Ready-made Characters and basic rules. Onyx Path will create this and release as a PDF to all backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as a bonus reward.
What's better than that? Something I'm really interested in - the Divine Inspiration supplement. Onyx Path will create a supplement to provide some direction and ideas for Storyguides to build upon, including creative Plot Seed Packs to explore in your game. We unlocked this and doubled it in size! All backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as one of their rewards will automatically receive the Divine Inspiration PDF as a bonus reward.
And what's even better than that? Working together, we helped unlock a Scion: God Companion supplement, and then expanded it again and again... and again! That last goal came in within the final hours of the campaign, but we did it! All backers receiving the Scion: God PDF as one of their rewards will automatically receive the Scion: God Companion PDF as a bonus reward.
The Scion: God Companion will cover a variety of topics, including:
- Running religions, killing Gods, managing Realms, and possibly even running games where players play multiple Incarnation of the same God,
- Additional information on Incarnations and Mantles, possibly including rules for rebellious incarnations that seek to sever their connection to their God, Incarnation troupe play, or forging or fighting for new Mantles,
- Expanded rules around Terra Incognita, Realms, and Sancta. Rules and guidance may include information on ruling over Realms, creating or destroying Realms, Realm Conditions, and Realm challenges,
- Examining Titanic Apotheosis, Full Dragons, and upgrading Mythos Scions. Additional exploration of how Dragons can steal mantles, and understanding Dragon Lairs as Realms may be included.
As I said, we unlocked that last section right at the very end, despite the doubts of some outside observers! But we had faith in our Scion: God backer community!
ELEVEN STRETCH GOALS!
That's excellent! We were only at nine just a day ago! It's been a fantastic few final days!
Those celebrations and milestone markers along the way are fun - I certainly like having something to mark our accomplishments during the campaign and they help keep the enthusiasm up. But I really really love when we can add additional content, especially in the form of Jumpstarts (which Onyx Path does really well!) and interesting new things like the Divine Inspiration book and especially the Companion supplement.
And all of that is, of course, on top of our main purpose here - the creating of the actual book itself! This is the real reward - everything else is a bonus!
So a huge congratulations to the creative team on this project, and to all of the backers who've joined in to make this possible. I'm happy about the goals we hit and rewards we introduced, but I'm also always amazed and excited about having more than two thousand backers join in during this campaign. Having 1,000 backers is amazing! Crossing that 2,000 Backer Count is a big achievement, and then getting an extra 200 beyond that is simply astounding!
AN EXTRA THANK YOU!
So, thank you to all the backers who supported us and made this happen. And a personal thanks to everyone who participated online, either in the Community comments section of the campaign, and on social media around the web. Thanks to everyone who's kept the mystery about the aether and the martians and left it for other future players to discover on their own. Thanks to those who come out, time after time, to support Onyx Path and these projects. We had a ton of great discussion in the comments and a ton of sharing online, and I loved it all!
There's obviously a lot going on in the world right now - a lot of ongoing challenges to be dealt with - but it's been really great to see the community come together to support this project and turn it into a big success.
COMMUNICATION
So, as noted in today's earlier update, I'll be sending out updates once a month and whenever we've got a new goal, survey, or other item to cover. If you have any questions or need clarification on something related to the campaign, feel free to get in touch. I may take a bit to answer as I recover from this past month, but I'll eventually have an answer!
TO CONTACT ME
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your forthcoming survey page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
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:
So, thanks to everyone for helping maintain this strong Scion Society!
Now to attend to other business and eventually collapse for a few hours and recover from the awesomeness of the last couple days! High fives in the comment section, and you'll hear from me again in December when we start the survey process and launch the Pledge Manager!