Dead Man's Rust - a mega-adventure for Scarred Lands 5E
Created by Onyx Path / Scarred Lands
Help us to create a physical edition of the Dead Man's Rust mega-adventure for Scarred Lands, and get the book into your game store!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Final Reward Distribution - Vigil Watch: Kelder Mountains
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 10:45:00 AM
Hello Heroes of the Hornsaw,
It's been an odd three years since we participated in the Kickstarter campaign for Scarred Lands: Dead Man's Rust. At that time, we came together despite the pandemic to support and explore this Scarred Lands mega adventure. Little did we know that Onyx Path would have their own mega-adventure getting this project completed, with suprise challenges and random encounters all along the way. But, at last, our final Stretch Goal reward is now available for backers!
During the campaign, we unlocked two small Stretch Goal supplements that were going to shine some light on two exciting locations and provide some more fodder for adventure...
... and the creative team managed to merge them together to create something even bigger - a new Vigil Watch book!
VIGIL WATCH: KELDER MOUNTAINS
TWO CULTURES TORN BY BETRAYAL
In the peaks of the Kelder Mountains stands the Impregnable Citadel of Burok Torn. This stronghold is home to the Kelder dwarves, a culture beset on all sides by enemies who seek to subjugate, enslave, or destroy them. Under the watchful eye of their god, Goran, the dwarves of Burok Torn fortify their home against invasion.
The Kelder Mountains are also home to the elves of Dier Drendal. The drendali, once staunch allies of Burok Torn, have become the sworn enemies of the Kelder dwarves in the wake of foul betrayal during the Divine War. Living under the iron-fisted rule of their demented god, Nalthalos, the drendali move their city through the earth beneath the mountain range as they seek an opportunity to invade Burok Torn.
Vigil Watch: The Kelder Mountains examines the history and current events of these two cultures. Bound in a cycle of hatred and war, can the peoples of Burok Torn and Dier Drendal move into the future, or will the agony of their pasts consume them?
Vigil Watch: The Kelder Mountains contains:
An overview of the dwarven stronghold of Burok Torn
An overview of the mobile drendali city of Dier Drendal
Profiles on the demigods Goran and Nalthalos, and their impact on their cultures
New creatures and magic items!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Your link to claim your Vigil Watch: The Kelder Mountains Advance PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, 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.php
You should login to your DTRPG account prior to clicking or pasting the redemption link for best results.
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with alink for this reward over the next 24hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account:
This is the first version of Vigil Watch: The Kelder Mountains to be released. The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. They have a couple of temporary names that are in this book that will be updated for the final release, but if you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before they finalize the book for general release.
With that in mind, I'd like to introduce the Vigil Watch: The Kelder MountainsFeedback Form!
Onyx Path has launched a special Vigil Watch: The Kelder MountainsFeedback Form, which you can access here: <VIGIL WATCH FEEDBACK FORM>
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for 2 weeks, so please report what you can as soon as possible to make sure they're getting everything covered.
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form. Please note this form will be for errata only. It won't be for general book discussion - you can do that in a different thread, or on the Kickstarter comments page.
Also, they already know about any Page XX notations - those are usually corrected after any changes are made and the books are being finalized. Again, they also have a couple of temporary names in this version that will be updated before the final release.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!) and the page numbers are finalized, Onyx Path will prepare updated final versions of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest versions.
You've already made the book a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the advance PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
[Stretch Goal] Vigil Watch: Kelder Mountains Backer PDF (See Update #62, Apr 4, 2023)
FINAL REWARD LINK DISTIRBUTED
That's our final reward link out to backers, and likely my final update for this project. Depending on your communication preferences with DriveThru, you will get an e-mail once Vigil Watch: Kelder Mountains has been finalized and a new version is available to download from DriveThruRPG. Again, that won't be a new reward or new link sent out via BackerKit - once it's finalized, the file will just be updated on the DriveThru platforms and you'll be able to download the latest version at your convenience.
With all reward links distributed, I will be leaving the BackerKit pledge manager active for another 4 months - until July 31, 2023 in fact. You'll be able to access your digital reward redemption codes from your BackerKit page up until that date. Once you redeem your digital rewards, they will continue to be available in your DriveThru library, so this should only concern those who haven't yet clicked their links for any rewards to be received.
At this point, any Backerkit pages with incomplete surveys or unpaid pledges have be closed and considered completely fulfilled. Unlikely that applies to anyone reading this, but if this is the first time you've paid attention to an update and have never visited your BackerKit page, you may want to double check to get your download codes.
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://dead-mans-rust.backerkit.com
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:
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 OnyxPath 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.
So, that's it for me! And that's the conclusion of this campaign. Check out your Vigil Watch PDF, and remember to download the updated version when it's released (and you get your notification from DTRPG).
March '23 Update: Almost Done!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 12:52:15 PM
Hello Heroes of the Hornsaw,
I waited until the last moments of March before sending out our bi-monthly update, but the stars didn't quite line up. Our final reward, the Vigil Watch: Kelder Mountains PDF supplement, has finished two rounds of proofing and is 99.9% of the way to being finished and ready to distribute to backers. We just need that final 0.1% taken care of, so I expect it to be ready next week.
STRETCH GOAL REWARD STILL PENDING
We should have the Advance backer PDF coming our way next week, fingers crossed.
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://dead-mans-rust.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <February 2023 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 expect them to update with the March tracking later tonight, and again, I'm predicting that I'll be sending out our final reward next week.
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:
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 OnyxPath 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.
January '23 - Forums are back!, Updates Going Bi-Monthly
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 11:32:13 AM
Hello Heroes of the Hornsaw,
Ah, the first Status Check-in of 2023. It's been a handful of months since our main hardcover books were shipped, and even longer since our PDF went out to backers, but we've still got one final bonus reward in progress. I'll continue to track this last project and provide you updates, but I'm going to switch the frequency of these updates to every other month, unless I've got any big information (like reward distribution) to share.
Before I dig in to our project tracking, I've got one bit of news from Onyx Path...
The Onyx Path Scarred Lands Forums Are Back!
After breaking under the strain of awesome threads, the Onyx Path team have re-vamped, repaired, and re-organized their forums. They work again! Feel free to drop by the Onyx Path Forums or the Scarred Lands-specific forum, which is back and working better than ever!
STRETCH GOAL REWARDS STILL PENDING
Artwork and maps in progress. I'll continue tracking and sending updates every other month until it's delivered to you.
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://dead-mans-rust.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December 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 other month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
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:
Dec '22 Update: Podcast roundup, Monthly Check in
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 07:55:39 AM
Hello Heroes of the Hornsaw,
We're in the final few days of 2022, and we've got enough time to squeeze in one more regular monthly update. 2022 was a solid year for Dead Man's Rust, with the release of the PDF and hardcover reward to backers, and 2023 should be a nice follow-up, with our final Stretch Goal reward in the works and moving along the progress path.
Before we have our regular rundown, a quick re-cap of some Onyx Pathcast episodes from August.
ONYX PATHCAST
Back in August, right between our PDF release and our hardcover distribution, the Onyx Path crew visited the Scarred Lands to record a few Dead Man's Rust sessions. Check 'em out!
I think I got a little bit ahead of myself last month - checking in, the Vigil Watch supplement has artists finishing up maps and then layout will begin!
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <November 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 Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
See you in '23!
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:
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 OnyxPath 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.
Nov '22 Update: VTT Pack Distribution, Monthly Update
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 05:38:15 PM
Hello Heroes of the Hornsaw,
My regular month end update is a little irregular this month, coming a week early because I've got a reward to go out!
During our campaign, we funded a handful of Stretch Goals to facilitate online play. These were smaller VTT Packs with themes like "Broadreach Journey" and "Dwarves" and other bits from the Dead Man's Rust adventure. In addition, the plan was to include a map or two to use with each of these small sets.
Well, who wants a handful of small sets when you can get one big set? That's right, the Onyx Path team has combined all of these VTT Pack rewards into one big Dead Man's Rust VTT Asset Set, and now I'm ready to distribute that reward to you!
The Dead Man's Rust VTT Assets set includes:
68 Digital Tokens, including broadreach elves, hollow legionnaires, monsters, NPCs, and more.
11 Digital Maps, including gridded/non-grid versions of The Golden City, the Hornsaw Forest, fortress levels and stronghold encounters
Just about all of the gaming I've done over the past two years has been online, and our GM is always happy to have more tokens and maps for our game. It's like dice - there's never enough!
And we already know there's a lot of adventure in Dead Man's Rust - there's hours and hours of it already posted to Onyx Path's youtube channel! (Seriously, that's a lot of content). With these VTT tokens and maps, you'll be able to virtually adventure through the Scarred Lands for a long time.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If you were a Kickstarter backer and should be receiving this reward, your link to claim your Dead Man's Rust VTT Asset Set will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, 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 DriveThru's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php
You should login to your DTRPG account prior to clicking or pasting the redemption link for best results.
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with alink for this reward over the next 24hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account:
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://dead-mans-rust.backerkit.com
As a reminder, all hardcover rewards have shipped. With a possible few exceptions, they should have all delivered some time ago. I think even replacement/lost copies should have delivered by now.
TRACKINGINFORMATION
If you were set to receive a hardcover copy of Hunter:The Vigil as a kickstarter reward, your book has shipped and should have delivered by now. If you haven't received it yet, please check your tracking and confirm that it's still en route. Sometimes I'll hear from backers that had no idea the book was being held at a local post office or had delivered to their next door neighbor. The courier and delivery companies keep tracking information for about 6 months, so if you've got any issues, please let me know as soon as possible so we can sort them out. See Contacting James below. By, let's say, February we may not have access to full tracking information. At that point, I'm going to assume that everything went fine, so if you have an issue please contact me as soon as possible.
If you need to read a longer example of tracking your project and double-checking your Backerkit page, you can <click here> to review August's update, which went over that before books had prepped to ship.
STRETCH GOAL REWARD STILL PENDING
Our final reward, the Vigil Watch: Kelder Mountains supplement, is in art direction.
One more to go! Currently in art direction, the Kelder Mountains supplement is in sight of the finish line, but still a few big steps away. We'll continue to track this final reward in our monthly updates.
[Stretch Goal] Dead Man's Rust VTT Asset Set (See Update #58, Nov 15, 2022)
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
You can read Onyx Path's last completed monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <October Project Status Summary>
I will continue to post regular updates every month until that final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
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:
