Hello Deep Delvers,

The TLDR summary for this month: Ed Greenwood's Monstrous Ecology is being finalized; physical items still in the catch-up queue; World Below supplements are currently crowdfunding.

Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback for Ed Greenwood's Monstrous Ecology, the stretch goal reward that went out to backers two weeks ago. The Onyx Path team has taken your notes and are currently finalizing the PDF to release in the near future on DTRPG. Once they've finalized, you'll be able to download the latest version at your convenience from your DriveThru digital library.

While it's great to get stretch goals out, we're all eager for our physical items as well.

Our hardcover book rewards are still in Onyx Path's catch-up print queue. The first book with their new printing partner has gone fairly smoothly, so now the Onyx Path crew knows the ins and outs of that process. Of course, there seems to be a new layer of grumpy tariffs to navigate, so it remains to be seen when these will be added to the print schedule, but the team is working on sorting that all out. Once they've got the book scheduled, they can build the manufacturing schedule for the items that will ship with it. I'll keep you updated as information comes out.

CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING!

As you know, The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls they encounter. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will, in turn, become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.

Delvers may be brave, but that doesn’t mean they don’t require help once in a while. That’s what this guide is: help for all delvers, explorers, and survivors in the World Below. New Callings and weapons, new Dialectics and powers, a new scenario and fresh rules for crafting and harvesting, and much, much more await within, so every delver can feel properly equipped for the adventures ahead.

There are hundreds of tales to tell of the World Below. From stories of adventurers braving Kaos storms to intrepid explorers who throw themselves into the dreamlike Obscura or harrowing Abyss. From chronicles of settlements rising and falling to those of bold delvers who go so far as to tame the beasts of their realm and call them pets. New playable options, new powers, new rules for Kalm, machinery, monstrous mounts, and more besides await within.

Join in and help us explore the dark depths of the Vast Underground

You'll note that these books, expanding the options and setting for The World Below, are being offered as digital and Print-on-Demand rewards so the Onyx Path team doesn't have to worry about any further manufacturing delays in supporting this game line and can focus that side of the business on getting our corebook out.

There are still lots of dots to fill in for our rewards, but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate getting a Stretch Goal supplement into our hands! I'll continue to monitor Onyx Path's info channels and update this chart each month.

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In addition to the two expansions for The World Below that are currently crowdfunding, Onyx Path is introducing new support for the Storypath Ultra system in general each month. These can easily be added to your Earthbane Cycle games or any game using the SPU system.

Now available from DriveThruRPG in PDF: Storypath Ultra Tasty Bit 02: Troublesome Traps!

This Storypath Ultra Tasty Bit introduces traps for use with the Storypath Ultra Core Manual or any game using the Storypath Ultra system.

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <January 2026 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.

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