Hello Mythic Scions!

First up, we're gonna need a better nickname! Share some suggestions in the comments and let's see if we can't come up with something punny to call ourselves.

Secondly, and more important...

Thanks to your support, Scion: Mythic Shards will begin the journey from draft manuscript to a fully-developed PDF and hardcover release, taking our Scion second edition games into entirely new directions!

And even as new worlds and new possibilities begin to open before our characters, so do new opportunities and rewards present themselves to us!

I'm talking about Stretch Goals! We've got some neat things planned and I'm hoping to get sorted soon, but let's start with a few just to figure out our pace in this campaign.


As we increase the overall funding and support for the project, we’re able to add additional resources to the project, expand the rewards listed, and add in new offers and opportunities. Each Stretch Goal will have a target that, once reached, will add a project to the reward list for backers of the relevant Stretch Goal path.


At $25,000 in Funding – MYTHCI SHARDS SHIRT ON REDBUBBLE – A Mythic Shards-themed Backer shirt will be hosted on Onyx Path’s Redbubble store for a limited time. Only backers will be notified when the shirt becomes available for purchase.


At $30,000 in Funding - MYTHIC SHARDS REFERENCE GUIDE PDF - AFTER THE END -  A Mythic Shards Reference Guide PDF will be created, containing useful charts and info to help Storyguides run an After The End game. This PDF will automatically be added to the rewards list of all backers receiving the Scion: Mythic Shards PDF.



We're just getting started in our campaign - it runs until August 15th at 2:00 EDT, so plenty of time to let our friends and friendly gamers know about the campaign and hopefully grow our backer count, unlock some Stretch Goals, and then add some exciting new targets for us to work towards!

Thanks so much for your support, and I can't wait to see what's coming next! But, seriously, let's come up with a funny nickname for this group!

Hello Scions!

My name is James, and I’ll be your Onyx Path Crowdfunding Concierge for this setting supplement for the Scion Second Edition tabletop roleplaying game - Mythic Shards! I’ll be updating the campaign as we go, hopefully adding Stretch Goals, answering questions, and providing support wherever needed as best I can.

I’ll note that I’m not part of the creative team on this project – so I won’t be able to immediately answer some of the more intricate rules or design inquiries – but having me manage this Crowdfunding campaign allows Matthew and Hiromi and Kimberly and the whole team of writers to keep their focus on the awesome projects that they’ve got in the works.

That said, feel free to make me your point person for any questions or issues you may have. I'll make sure to dig up answers as quickly as possible and clear up any issues that arise. Mostly, I'm just looking forward to an exciting ride along with all of you on this (and future) projects.

This comment section is for all members of this community – united by our shared desire to see this project fund and develop – to cheerlead the project and figure out how best to spread the word about what we’re building here. If you’ve started a thread on whatever social media platform exists today or a Discord conversation about the game or this campaign – let me know about it so we can share that info. If you’ve discussed the game on a blog or podcast, let’s hear about it! If you’ve got funny ideas for social media hashtags, well we can do those too!

I will also be the person who gets to share the updates and previews with you! As noted on the main page and in the pledge descriptions, I also get to share an exciting treat – The Mythic Shards Draft Manuscript previews, so you can start reading the book immediately! Scroll down to the bottom of this post on the website to see the first BACKERS-ONLY update for a download link.

So, welcome to Crowdfunding by BackerKit! Welcome to these incredible new ways and spaces to play Scion! Welcome to Scion: Mythic Shards!

One quick note about Shipping before we get into the manuscript previews. 

First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. We get that, but there's not much we can do at this time. Onyx Path is in a difficult space where the company is big enough that they're not saving money by fulfilling out of Rich's garage, but small enough that they can't really set up international partners to handle portions of the fulfillment. So we are where we are - for now. 

The best we can do at this point is to plan carefully, advise everyone up front that international shipping will likely be expensive (see our projections on the main page) and only charge what it costs us when the time comes. We’ll be charging for shipping in the Pledge Manager once the books are being printed and we can deal with the actual shipping charges rather than using our best-guesses this far out. If you live outside the US and aren't sure you want the hardcover or other physical items, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.

Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Read The Update" link on the bottom and I'll see you below the title treatment.

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK

I'm going to be sharing the manuscript in sections - or shards, even -  over the next 30 days, Part of the reason for that is to keep focus on one section at a time so that the team can gather feedback to help guide the manuscript through the next steps of editing and development. To that end, they've created a special Feedback Form for you to submit your comments after reading each section!