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Scion: Mythic Shards

Created by Onyx Path

Scion: Mythic Shards presents alternate settings for your Scion Second Edition game.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

December 2025 Update
5 months ago – Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 06:35:41 AM

Hello Shardstriders,

Taking a quick break in the middle of my holiday vacation to get out our last update of 2025. Onyx Path is in the process of printing their first book with a new printing partner, and hopefully it goes smoothly and they can spend 2026 catching up on some of the print production that has been so challenging over the past 16 months. I'll continue to track their progress and share new information in our monthly updates throughout 2026.


Scion Second Edition 2025 Releases


It's been a pretty good year for Scion releases! Add in some stuff that's in the process of finalizing, like the Scion: God Player's Guide and the War Games adventures from the Titans Rising campaign, and we've had lots of Scion material this year. Looking forward to more great releases in 2026!

Rewards Still Pending


Hopefully the first job with the new printer runs smoothly and we can get these rewards out to you in 2026! I'll update as I have new information. I may flip to a bi-monthly update schedule in the new year, depending on what the pace looks to be, just to keep updates coming but reduce the amount of status quo updates. We'll figure that out in the new year.


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/



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 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.

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.


November 2025 Update
6 months ago – Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:50:35 AM

Hello Shardstriders,

Final days of November, time for an update! And with the busy schedule over the next 6 weeks, I don't think there will be any major changes until 2026. So let's dig in and see where we stand.

Rewards Still Pending


Onyx Path is just starting to work with a new printing partner, and I hope that relationship grows strong over 2026 and we'll get some timelines sorted for our hardcover reward. I'll keep you posted as new info comes in.


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/



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 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'm posting this before today's update is up, so I could already be a bit behind.

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 Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.

Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire


The Infernal Exalted arise, clad in brass and hellish wonders, to punish the world. 

Chosen for their spite and grievance, the Infernal Exalted command the alien powers of Hell itself. In the Demon Realm, they are crowned as the Green Sun Princes, the heroes who will give the Yozis their much deserved vengeance. In Creation, they are the fulfillment of prophecy for cults the world over — the hellish heroes who will topple the temples of the gods. For all the expectations placed upon them, though, it is up to each Infernal to answer the ultimate question for themselves: What will you become, when anything is possible? 

This Exalted Third Edition sourcebook provides everything players and Storytellers need to introduce the Infernals to their story. Inside you will find:

  • Rules for creating your own Infernal characters, including their strange, overwhelming Charms.
  • New character options, including artifacts, a new martial art, and lost arts of the highest circle of sorcery. 
  • Setting information for the Demon Realm and its cults in Creation. 
  • A roster of demons to serve as allies, adversaries, and bound servitors. 



October 2025 Monthly Update
7 months ago – Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 09:07:55 AM

Hello Shardstriders,

The Scion team has been working on lots of bits behind the scenes, and their focus is ever-shifting and intensifying as projects get crossed off their lists. No major changes for our list quite yet, but progress is happening as we move along. 

Let's get to our regular monthly listing of stuff to keep an eye on!

Rewards Still Pending



Onyx Path are still dealing with the mythic struggles of the printing industry and the chaos caused by ever-changing tariffs. Hopefully they'll have a plan soon and get the hardcover production in motion. I'll continue to monitor their monday meeting notes and include updates with new info as it becomes available. In the meantime, I'll see if I can push to get one or two of those Stretch Goal rewards out to us over the next few months.


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/



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'm posting this before today's update is up, so I could already be a bit behind.

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 Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.

Final Week: 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.

September 2025 Update
9 months ago – Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 07:54:59 AM

Hello SHARDstriders,

We're in the back half of September and it's time for our regular update. First up, the latest Scion release from Onyx Path!

Are You Ready To Rock?

Scion: Rock Gods and Road Trips - now available as an Advance PDF from DTPRG.

Rock Gods & Road Trips takes the legend-fueled, epic narrative of Scion and puts it on a tour bus on the path to fame and glory. In this book, celebrity and Legend merge in a thrilling combination of badass story beats, mythic concerts, and road-trip shenanigans.

Rock Gods & Road Trips expands the scope of Scion in a direction never explored before, using the episodic nature of serialized media to turn up the volume on places in the World where Scion fight for stardom, the meaning of their art, and the strength of their Legend against rival bands, disapproving divine parents, and Fate itself.

Some of this book’s features are:

  • The Mythic Engine, a new system meant to empower episodic storytelling in Scion!
  • An entire tour of ready-made scenarios detailing a Band of rockstar Scions’ ascent to fame!
  • Tools to enhance mythical stories set on the road, including memorable locations touched by legends, music-themed antagonists, cryptids, and more!
  • New Boons and Birthrights meant to be the best equipment roadies and rockstars can count on! 

Note: This is the Advance PDF. We'll be collecting feedback before preparing the final PDF and Print versions of the book. Anyone who downloads this Advance PDF will automatically get the final PDF added to their DriveThruRPG library for free. They will also get a discount on the Print version once that is ready to go live.

Rewards Still Pending


Onyx Path are still dealing with the mythic struggles of the printing industry and the chaos caused by ever-changing tariffs. Hopefully they'll have a plan soon and get the hardcover production in motion. I'll continue to monitor their monday meeting notes and include updates with new info as it becomes available. 


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/



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: <August 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.

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 Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.


FINAL WEEK - MONSTER KINGDOMS

In Monster Kingdoms, you play a creature of darkness. You may be vampiric magus, or feyborn harlequin. You might be a warrior gauntlet, an orc cultist, a druidic elf, or a flame-spitting dragonkin. You can play a wildly creative goblinoid, a chaotic dwarf, a fierce ice elementor, or a shame-filled fiend.  Your characters can be anything from hulking dreadnauts to disturbing mentalists, and many Mantles in between. 

Name your weapon and make it your sceptre.

Slay a beast and seize its crown.

Build your infamy either as a monster or as a servant of the light. Perform deeds worthy of repute: vanquishing a beast greater than yourself, toppling a lord from his tower and seizing control of his lands and people, or freeing slaves to weaken the Malignant Mind. A character’s infamy is a means of measuring their success in the Monster Kingdoms, whether virtuous or vicious. The only unworthy deeds are the ones no one hears about.

In the chaos of the Monster Kingdoms, now is your time to make a mark and shape the world to your liking.

Monster Kingdoms is a complete tabletop roleplaying game of dark fantasy, where evil is a natural state, adventure boasts horror and violence, and politics are cutthroat. It includes:

  • A massive number of playable monstrous characters.
  • A dangerous setting encompassing 13 unique, competing kingdoms.
  • The entire dynamic Storypath Ultra system.




August 2025 Monthly Update
9 months ago – Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 06:13:32 AM

Hello Shardstriders,

As we slide into these last days of August, it's time for our regular monthly update. Let's dive in!

Rewards Still Pending


No big changes from last month. I'll continue to monitor Onyx Path's monday meeting blogs and update as I have new information.


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • Scion Book Two: Hero PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Three: Demigod PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion Book Four: God PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos PDF PDF (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Dragon Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Scion: Masks of the Mythos Digital Supplement Bundle (Sept '24 Update)
  • Mythic Shards Backer PDF (May 23 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Discounted PoD Links (June 18 '25 update)
  • Mythic Shards Storyguide Reference PDF (July 14 '25 update)

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://scion-mythic-shards.backerkit.com/



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: <July 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.

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 Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.


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In Monster Kingdoms, you play a creature of darkness. You may be vampiric magus, or feyborn harlequin. You might be a warrior gauntlet, an orc cultist, a druidic elf, or a flame-spitting dragonkin. You can play a wildly creative goblinoid, a chaotic dwarf, a fierce ice elementor, or a shame-filled fiend.  Your characters can be anything from hulking dreadnauts to disturbing mentalists, and many Mantles in between. 

Name your weapon and make it your sceptre.

Slay a beast and seize its crown.

Build your infamy either as a monster or as a servant of the light. Perform deeds worthy of repute: vanquishing a beast greater than yourself, toppling a lord from his tower and seizing control of his lands and people, or freeing slaves to weaken the Malignant Mind. A character’s infamy is a means of measuring their success in the Monster Kingdoms, whether virtuous or vicious. The only unworthy deeds are the ones no one hears about.

In the chaos of the Monster Kingdoms, now is your time to make a mark and shape the world to your liking.

Monster Kingdoms is a complete tabletop roleplaying game of dark fantasy, where evil is a natural state, adventure boasts horror and violence, and politics are cutthroat. It includes:

  • A massive number of playable monstrous characters.
  • A dangerous setting encompassing 13 unique, competing kingdoms.
  • The entire dynamic Storypath Ultra system.