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The World Below: Buried Treasures

Created by Onyx Path

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Latest Updates from Our Project:

August 2026 Monthly Update
16 days ago – Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 08:26:38 AM

Hello Lightbringers,

Nothing major to report on our projects this month, but some news in the greater Earthbane Cycle game line.


Jadestorm is an epic game of adventure, vengeance, and power. You are a Jadebearer — an inheritor of one or more Jade cinders, fragments of destroyed demonic demigods — and it is for you to decide whether you use your powers to play the role of the glorious hero or wield them to become the most notorious of villains.

Learn from your master until you can defeat him.
Duel for Jade and best your rivals.
Venture into the Wilds and claim unconquered fragments of the Infernal Sovereigns.

The isolated nine realms of Eos are awaiting epic heroes and wicked villains to lead them into a new era. Will you bind the world in hope or drive its people fleeing into the Wilds?



Jadestorm is a complete tabletop roleplaying game of epic tales of adventure, vengeance, and power. It includes:

  • A game of epic wuxia-inspired fantasy, where heroes make fantastic chained actions, command potent sorceries, and every plot feels dramatic.
  • A huge number of playable characters.
  • An alive setting encompassing nine realms and the dangerous Wilds.
  • The entire action-packed Storypath Ultra system.

Pending Projects




Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • The World Below corebook PDF
  • At the Gates Backer PDF
  • Monster Kingdoms Draft Manuscript
  • Curesborne corebook PDF
  • Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
  • They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF


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://buried-treasures.backerkit.com/



Onyx Path Project Tracking


 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.

July 2026 Monthly Update
about 1 month ago – Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 12:54:39 PM

Hello Lightbringers,

Some progress this month, a dot to fill in.

Pending Projects


The Advent of Silt has slid one more step and is now in active development, which means the writers are all finished and now it's getting turned from pieces into one whole. 

The latest Monday Notes blog describes it as "an experimental book with a very interesting adventure format! Looking through the draft now, I’m intrigued about what you’ll all make of it!"


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • The World Below corebook PDF
  • At the Gates Backer PDF
  • Monster Kingdoms Draft Manuscript
  • Curesborne corebook PDF
  • Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
  • They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF

If you had an Add On for the At The Gates PDF pre-order, you should receive a redemption link later today to add the backer PDF to your DTRPG digital library.

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://buried-treasures.backerkit.com/



Onyx Path Project Tracking


 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.

June 2026 Regular Monthly Update
2 months ago – Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 05:18:14 AM

Hello Lightbringers,

Ah, the last day of June and time to sneak out a monthly update! As a reminder, I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. 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.

Not much to note just yet, but you can learn more about the current and future plans for The World Below from Onyx Path's recent Online Gaming Convention!

ONYX PATH CON 2026 - EARTHBANE CYCLE PANEL

Click this:


Pending Projects


Our Advent of Silt stretch goal adventure has moved to the final draft phase, while the developers and art director hammer out the illustration needs for the book. Eventually they'll have that and then figure out artist availability and production schedules and write up contracts.


Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • The World Below corebook PDF
  • At the Gates Draft Manuscript
  • Monster Kingdoms Draft Manuscript
  • Curesborne corebook PDF
  • Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
  • They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF


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://buried-treasures.backerkit.com/



Onyx Path Project Tracking


The June update should be posted later today, so the link may not work until this evening. 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.


May 2026 Monthly Update
3 months ago – Fri, May 29, 2026 at 10:53:41 AM

Hello Lightbringers,

Welcome to our first regular monthly update. 

As a reminder, I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. 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.

Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Distributed" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.

Let's dive in!

Pending Projects


Here's our project's "character sheet" - I'll fill in the dots as things move through the progress track and stages are completed. The editing and development teams used your feedback on the draft manuscripts during the campaign to get the "almost final" draft set up so that the team can begin working with the Art Director to figure out the art needs for the project. We're still a bit away from artists getting assigned specific pieces, but this is where they figure out how many and where the illustrations will go, and then the developer figures out what the subjects should be. After that, they'll start looking at artists availability and schedules.

While that work is happening on our main books, our Stretch Goal adventure, the Advent of Silt, has moved into Redlines. Writers have turned in their first drafts, and now the developer is sending feedback and they'll hammer it back and forth until the manuscript is in final draft form and goes to live in the hands of the developer.

We'll note the progress each month in an updated chart.

Rewards Distributed to Backers

  • The World Below corebook PDF
  • At the Gates Draft Manuscript
  • Monster Kingdoms Draft Manuscript
  • Curesborne corebook PDF
  • Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
  • They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF

As detailed in our last update, the existing Add On rewards have gone out to backers. If you added any of these on to your Rewards List and haven't yet claimed them, you can find redemption codes in your Digital Rewards page on your Pledge Manager.

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://buried-treasures.backerkit.com/



A great place to learn more about pending and future Earthbane Cycle projects is Onyx Path's annual Virtual Gaming Convention! In one week, Onyx Path will be running their online convention - FRIDAY JUNE 5 to SUNDAY JUNE 7.


As noted, all panels will be streaming on Onyx Path's Twitch channel running Friday June 5 - Sunday June 7, and Actual Plays will be streaming at Plastic Age Plays channel. 

If you want information on current and possible future World Below projects, I'd suggest checking out:

  • What's Up with Onyx Path on Saturday June 6 at Noon EDT
  • Earthbane Cycle Panel on Saturday June 6 at 4:30 EDT
  • Ask Us Anything Panel on Sunday June 7 at 2:00 PM EDT


Onyx Path Project Tracking


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.

Add On Reward Distribution - xisting PDF Rewards Going Out to Backers!
5 months ago – Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 07:38:05 AM

Hello Lightbringers,

It's been about a week since we started sending out our Pledge Manager invitations. If you haven't yet filled out your backer survey, please do so as soon as possible - you can change it or update it right up until the books are prepping for distribution and we start locking down orders, so quite a long time away. We use the Pledge Manager for all reward fulfillment, so having your backer page set up ensures you'll be getting your rewards in a timely manner.


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://buried-treasures.backerkit.com/



DIGITAL REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Many of the rewards for our Crowdfunding projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the campaign 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 of The World Below: Delver's Guide and Secrets of Kalm and Kaos and the Stretch Goal projects.

That said, there are many rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-ons for existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the next few days.

The following Add On Rewards Will Be Distributed This Weekend:

  • The World Below corebook PDF
  • At the Gates Draft Manuscript
  • Mosnter Kingdoms Draft Manuscript
  • Curesborne corebook PDF
  • Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
  • They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF

It's basically this section from our Add On menu during the campaign.


The redemption codes will come over the next few days. You'll receive an e-mail if you have any of these rewards on your rewards list, sending you to the Digital Rewards page on your Pledge Manager. The Digital Rewards page will have redemption links to add the PDF files to your DriveThru cart at $0 cost. 

You may need to click the links two or three times to get them to add to the cart properly. In my experience, the first click ends up getting me to login to my DTRPG cart and I have to click the redemption link a second time while my cart is open to properly add it (in a new tab, usually). Just keep trying, you'll get there!

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day, as noted above. 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



DRAFT MANUSCRIPTS

In addition to redemption links for these digital rewards, all backers have received a link to the compiled draft manuscripts. These links can be found in your BackerKit digital rewards page, and you likely received an e-mail linking to that with the Backer Survey invitations. Again, these aren't new manuscripts, it's the same as the one I shared at the bottom of our previous update. From this point forward, your Digital Rewards page in your Pledge Manager will be the place to access the manuscripts.

MONTHLY UPDATES

With the Pledge Manager up and running, in May I'll have our first "regular" update for our project. I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. 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.

Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Delivered" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.

That's for the end of next month, though. For now, enjoy your Add On rewards!


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.

LAUNCHING TODAY



The lightning-fast crowdfunder for physical versions of the Curseborne Jumpstart starts tomorrow! It’s bigger than our usual jumpstarts, giving you everything you need to play a slice of Curseborne with The Wolf You Feed, an introductory adventure which follows an investigation into the disappearance of Rosa Rivers (which can also be used for Curseborne if you have the full rulebook). Also, if you loved the five iconic characters from the Curseborne Ashcan, the jumpstart will have updated and expanded versions of those characters in beautiful spreads with all the information players need.