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Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire for the Exalted 3E RPG

Created by Onyx Path

The next supplement for the Exalted Third Edition tabletop roleplaying game

Latest Updates from Our Project:

GREEN FIRE DAY DEALS! plus CHARMS! [Draft Manuscript Download 5]
5 months ago – Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 05:07:05 AM

Hello Green Sun Princes,

It's Black Friday today, a time for deals! The Demon Realm doesn't have just one day for making bargains, of course. But we'll still celebrate today in our own way, because today is also 

GREEN FIRE DAY!



We've jumped through a few hoops and made a deal with the Unconquered Sun to bring you a couple of big offers for the remainder of the campaign.



A couple things to know about these GREEN FIRE DAY deals-
  • While the rest of our Add On options will be available to grab in the Pledge Manager after the campaign, these digital bundle offers will only be available during this crowdfunding campaign. So if you really want them, you gotta add them to your pledge before we finish up on December 19.
  • These aren't necessarily cheap, but they are substantially discounted from the cost of buying all of these titles individually or even as a normally-discounted bundle.
  • They're obviously not Exalted Third Edition products, but these earlier editions offer a ton of ideas and lore that you can always use pieces of for your game. Some of the lore sits perfectly across all editions, some is wildly divergent, and some is just *out there* but it's always fascinating.
  • You can read the full list of contents in the Complete Collection: Exalted 1st Edition bundle <HERE> and the Complete Collection: Exalted 2nd Edition bundle <HERE>

It's a great way to add a LOT of Exalted content to your digital library in one easy click!


We're very close to unlocking our next Stretch Goal, so let's see what lies ahead!



At $135,000 in Funding - Infernals Companion: The Lords of Hell

INFERNALS COMPANION SUPPLEMENT: THE LORDS OF HELL - Write-ups for more high-level demons, including one of the Third Circle will be added to the Infernals Companion supplement. Backers receiving the Infernals PDF will receive the Infernals Companion PDF as a bonus reward. Backers receiving the Infernals Deluxe hardcover will also receive links to purchase a discounted Print-on-Demand version of the Infernals Companion book.



At $145,000 in Funding - Infernals Companion: Charms 3

INFERNALS COMPANION SUPPLEMENT: CHARMS 3 - Further Charms for the Infernal Exalted will be added to the Infernals Companion supplement. Backers receiving the Infernals PDF will receive the Infernals Companion PDF as a bonus reward. Backers receiving the Infernals Deluxe hardcover will also receive links to purchase a discounted Print-on-Demand version of the Infernals Companion book.

Perfect timing to talk about Charms! Today we'll be looking at the next section of our Chapter, which contains Craft to Larceny!


Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of the next 30 days, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in Exalt-sized sections throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next several weeks, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: https://forms.gle/vXsoupab1AyG81H29



You can use this Feedback Form to share your thoughts directly with the Exalted creative team to help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

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 "Learn More" link on the bottom and I'll see you below Swift Hart Qu.



Crowned by Hellfire - Chapter Three
5 months ago – Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 07:18:13 AM

Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire

-Previously-

Chapter Three

It’s never quiet in the City of the Steel Lotus. Music fills the air morning and night. Travelers call to each other along the streets no matter the hour, beckoning a friend to catch up, calling for a carriage, or shouting drunkenly at passing courtesans. You learn to sleep despite it all.

There are other sounds, too. Fists on flesh, for example. The sound that started it for me, and ended it, too, I suppose. What can I tell you? I was an entertainer, paid to sing, not be struck — not that the spoiled Dynasts cared. I knew Hell long before I walked beneath the Green Sun. It’s hard to sing when your body aches from beatings, but doing so was an act of rebellion. For years I poured my hatred into my voice, but my clients didn’t hear it — I was nothing to them. One day I hit back, and then they took notice. I ended up in chains. The sounds changed, but not the constant noise. Not the pain.

Then the demon found me. It didn’t speak in words I could repeat, but its voice was a chime that rang with vengeance. It wrapped me in filaments of crystal and chitin, and as the layers curved around me, sound receded. 

There was my breath, and my heartbeat, and then there was nothing at all.

Such a thing can only be peaceful for so long.

Alone, in the silence and the dark, my memory rang with those chimes of vengeance. Splashes of crimson seeped into my vision, and I was borne away on a rushing river, though I never moved an inch. I was a great, stomping beast, crushing entire cities beneath my feet. Flowers bloomed where blood pooled in my tracks, and at their centers were the faces of everyone I’d ever lost.

At some point, I knew I was no longer alone in the chrysalis, though no one had been wrapped up inside with me. But, ah, the demon with the voice like chimes had become my chrysalis, and I no longer knew where I ended and it began. I spread my arms to touch its walls, but no sensation told me if I’d done it. I was no longer sure I had arms to stretch out.

The demon broke me down piece by piece, intertwined its very self with mine, and put us back together once more. My bones knit together. Muscles wrapped around them and tendons stretched between. I felt my heart’s first sluggish beats. Green light filled my vision, and slowly sound returned. 

Muffled voices outside my chrysalis. Questioning. Fearful, but not enough. 

Now, when I stretched out my arms, I felt the slick shell at either side. I pushed against it and the sound of it shattering seemed to go on forever.

My tormenters stood around me. Four of them, wide-eyed, hands clapped to mouths in horror as they bent to investigate the strange object in the field where I’d met the demon.

Did they recognize me? I didn’t know. Besides, I was one slave among many; even if they knew my face, they’d never bothered to learn my name. Now, the sound of fists striking flesh came from me, and it didn’t stop once those four were dead.

These bangles I wear? Ah, how I got them is another story for another time, but I’ll tell you this: when I move, I hear the echoes of those demon-chimes in them, reminding me that vengeance is my duty and my right.



Hey everyone. It’s Vance and Elliott, with a sneak peek at just how far beyond humanity an Infernal can go at character creation.

Cosmic Transcendence of Virtue

Cost: —; Mins: Integrity 3, Essence 1
Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: None

The Infernal has transcended mortal ethics, a paragon of alien virtues at their uttermost extreme.

Upon purchasing this Charm, the Infernal gains one of its keys, irrevocably altering her mind.

Keys

Apex Being Assurance: Fear is no longer a meaningful concept for the Infernal. She gains +3 Resolve against fear-based influence and is immune to fear-based influence that isn’t enhanced by magic. She is incapable of having Intimacies based on fear, whether voluntarily or as a result of social influence. She must pay one Willpower to retreat, surrender, or otherwise avoid combat for any reason other than practical strategic concerns.

Greatest Good Benevolence: The Infernal’s empathy and compassion crystallize into something inhuman, caring for others not as individuals but as components of a greater whole. When she bolsters her Resolve with a positive Tie toward a group, an Intimacy reflecting compassion or benevolence on a broad scale, or a similar “greater good,” she ignores any Resolve penalties from positive Ties to individuals unless their Resolve is higher. She can act against positive Ties toward individuals without gaining Limit or suffering other consequences as long as doing so aligns with her Intimacy of greater good. However, she rolls two additional dice of Limit whenever she violates a “greater good” Intimacy.

Immutable Self-Concept Axiom: The Infernal’s unfaltering conviction in her beliefs, goals, and choices reaches inhuman extremes. She adds +3 Resolve against any influence that would weaken or alter one of her Intimacies, as well as Psyche effects that would cause her to gain Intimacies or alter her memories. However, she must spend one Willpower to violate one of her Major or Defining Intimacies, including by voluntarily weakening it.

World-Transcending Temperance: With extreme self-control comes absolute clarity of focus. The Infernal gains +3 Resolve against influence that is based on worldly pleasures and hedonistic desires, and influence that would cause her to act in an intemperate or unmannerly fashion. She also gains this bonus against Psyche effects that compel her to take actions or alter her perception. However, she must pay one Willpower to indulge in a worldly pleasure when she receives no concrete benefit from doing so. She’s incapable of having Intimacies based on enjoyment, hedonism, or desire.
 

Charms Part 1 - Universal, Archery to Bureaucracy [Draft Manuscript Download 4]
5 months ago – Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 06:27:57 AM

Hello Green Sun Princes,

Are you ready to get into the massive chapter on Charms? I've got it split into five sections that we'll get over the next10 days. Today, we're going to get the Universal Charms and then Archery to Bureaucracy. Yesterday's sneak peek had the awesome Crack the Sky Charm, and I'm sure the download today will have even more awesomeness!



Some quick things to note before we get into the manuscript.

Shipping Costs will be Collected in the Pledge Manager

First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. And that's as of today - we're all in the dark about how things will look in 2 years. 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 haven't been able to set up ongoing 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 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 aren't sure you want one of the hardcover editions, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.




Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of the next 30 days, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in Exalt-sized sections throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next several weeks, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: https://forms.gle/vXsoupab1AyG81H29



You can use this Feedback Form to share your thoughts directly with the Exalted creative team to help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

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 "Learn More" link on the bottom and I'll see you below Swift Hart Qu.

Crowned by Hellfire - Chapter Two
5 months ago – Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:15:56 AM

Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire

-Previously-

Chapter Two

Marvelous Cinnabar lounged on a terrace overlooking a district of the Conventicle Malfeasant. Below, a parade wound along the streets, demons clapping brass cymbals and stomping out a rhythm as onlookers danced. Cinnabar hummed along and plucked another glass of claret from a passing neomah’s tray. 

Swift Hart Qu stood beside him, facing into their host’s lavishly appointed townhouse. Denira Sings-the-Tide had adorned her space with Hell-grown flowers that mimicked Creation’s. Bright violet blooms that weren’t quite orchids bore eye-like patterns on their petals, which occasionally blinked at passers-by. “It’s the third time that parade has circled,” he said to Cinnabar. “Surely you’ve seen it all.”

“If you’re bored, by all means, go inside,” said Cinnabar. “I’ll come collect you later.”

They’d been at the Althing Infernal for two full days, sent to represent the circle. Today, they’d announced the Circle’s victory over Shumad and plans for the empire going forward. While the other Green Sun Princes had offered congratulations and praise, one had notably withheld her commendations: Denira Sings-the-Tide.

The Althing was the place to formally solve disputes between Infernals — at least, that was the theory. Denira would have been well within her rights to air her grievances with them there, but a vote would likely have gone against her. She’d had her eye on Shumad, but it was just one of a dozen of her interests in Creation; it was childish to think she could lay claim to so many fruits and pluck them at her leisure. Her issue with them now was a personal slight — still appropriate to address at the Althing, but more interesting to hash out informally.

Their presence at Denira’s ongoing party was tactical. It wouldn’t do to slink away when they were the victors. Nor did Qu want to afford her the opportunity to politick and spread rumors in their absence. She’d been seething since this morning’s discussion. Better they handle it now than let it fester until next Calibration. 

Denira ambled out to the terrace as well, glad-handing with a cluster of demons and warlocks. Now she glided toward them. “Shumad was mine to conquer,” she said without preamble.

Cinnabar scoffed. “Oh? I don’t remember seeing you at the head of the army.”

Neither had bothered to control their volume. In fact, they spoke loud enough for the audience gathering at the terrace’s open doors to catch every word.

Denira cut an imposing figure: tall, strong, and black-veined, one hand resting casually on her daiklave’s hilt. Cinnabar seemed unbothered by the implied threat. If anything, he lounged harder, and took a slow sip of wine.

“The plans were in place,” Denira said. “Ajad knew.”

“Ajad found your strategy wanting. We used none of your little schemes in our offensive. And if you’re looking for recompense, you’ll have to wait. Rebuilding is expensive.”

“Get up,” said Denira. “I don’t want your coin. I’ll take my payment in your blood.”

Cinnabar set down his glass and unfolded himself from the divan. He was of a height with Denira, and for a moment, he was close enough to kiss her. From the murmur that went through the guests, some were hoping he’d do just that. His sudden smirk infuriated her, and she shoved him away.

Denira moved to draw her daiklave, but she’d forgotten about Qu.

He appeared behind her out of nowhere and closed his hand over hers. “You’ll need to fight us both,” he said.

“Gladly.”

Qu caught Cinnabar’s eye, and a nod passed between them. Qu let Denira go, readying his poisoned throwing needles. A gust of hellish wind swirled up at Cinnabar’s command, lifting him just out of Denira’s reach.

Behind them, Green Sun Princes and demons alike applauded and made room for the fight.

To Be Continued ...



Before I get to a sneak peek at some upcoming material shared by our intrepid developers, I wanna thank everyone for their support! We've unlocked another Stretch Goal, marking a milestone at $125,000 and adding the Infernals VTT Token Pack as a bonus reward to the rewards list of all who have backed this project!

I expect a bit of a slow down with our American friends having their holiday in a few days and lots of distractions built around that, but we've still got some excitement coming for the week. Tomorrow and Friday we start digging into the Charms! Tomorrow's download will include Universal Charms, even though I just listed "Archery to Bureaucracy" on the list. I tried it with "Universal to Bureaucracy" and it set off some of my pickiness, since it didn't look like it was in alpahbetical order that way. So, know that Universal Charms are included, right before Archery!

And we'll have Chapter Three of our fiction on Thursday. But let's not wait too long for a taste of Charms, since our awsome developers have provided a sneak peek at one coming tomorrow...



Sneak Peek: Crack the Sky


Howdy, folks — it’s Vance and Elliott, with a sneak peek at just how nasty Infernal Brawl can be.

Crack the Sky


Cost: 15m, 1wp; Mins: Brawl 5, Essence 5
Type: Simple
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Star-Shaking Fury, Unwitting Victim Bludgeon (Splattered Foe Barrage), World-Breaker Grip

One day, the monster will tear the sun from the sky. Until then, she flings screaming reminders of this doom into the heavens as her unwilling heralds.

To use this Charm, the Infernal must be grappling an enemy with World-Breaker Grip. She makes a decisive throw attack, which receives Foe-Flung Doom’s benefits for free. (This includes the Fall to Ruin key’s Willpower cost if she has it.) She can throw her enemy up to four range bands, dealing damage as a long-range fall, without needing to expend any rounds of control.

There’s no limit on how many rounds of control the Infernal can expend to increase the throw’s damage. Each round of control expended also lets her add one extra success on the attack roll as a die of decisive damage. She rerolls all dice on the damage roll that initially show failures.

If the Infernal has (5 + target’s remaining undamaged health levels) rounds of control, she can dispense with the need for an attack roll. She simply flings her victim up to (Essence x 5) miles away. When he falls into the ground — something that can take up to five minutes — he suffers uncountable damage (Exalted, p. 205). So do surrounding structures, natural features, and trivial characters, at the Storyteller’s discretion. Against Legendary Size enemies, the Infernal can do so with only 25+ rounds of control, regardless of how many undamaged levels they have remaining. This still resets the Infernal’s Initiative.

Special activation rules: The Infernal can use Unwitting Victim Bludgeon reflexively with this Charm to combine its effect with this Charm’s. If she uses Splattered Foe Barrage, its shockwave extends out to medium range. If she deals uncountable damage to her foe, it doesn’t apply to others — she must make an attack roll against her other target and rolls damage as usual. Dealing uncountable damage increases Splattered Foe Barrage’s range to long.

Reset: Once per scene.
 

Character Creation [Draft Manuscript Download 3]
5 months ago – Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 06:10:00 AM

Hello Green Sun Princes,

We've got an exciting week ahead! Today, we've got the download with the Character Creation chapter, and on Wednesday we start our Charms section!

And, of course, we're smashing Stretch Goals while getting ready to read these next downloads. Let's see what our current target is, and what lies beyond that.



At $125,000 in Funding - Infernals VTT Tokens

INFERNALS VTT TOKENS - Digital assets will be created to support online play for Infernals, including key character and creature tokens from the book. This online asset pack will be added to the rewards list of all backers.



At $135,000 in Funding - Infernals Companion: The Lords of Hell

INFERNALS COMPANION SUPPLEMENT: THE LORDS OF HELL - Write-ups for more high-level demons, including one of the Third Circle will be added to the Infernals Companion supplement. Backers receiving the Infernals PDF will receive the Infernals Companion PDF as a bonus reward. Backers receiving the Infernals Deluxe hardcover will also receive links to purchase a discounted Print-on-Demand version of the Infernals Companion book.

Once again, we've done a speedrun to get to these Stretch Goals, and looking at adding new material to supplement the write-ups from a chapter we won't even see until December 16! So, about three weeks ahead of plan for now!



Some quick things to note before we get into the manuscript.

Shipping Costs will be Collected in the Pledge Manager

First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. And that's as of today - we're all in the dark about how things will look in 2 years. 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 haven't been able to set up ongoing 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 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 aren't sure you want one of the hardcover editions, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.




Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of the next 30 days, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Infernals: Crowned by Hellfire, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in Exalt-sized sections throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next several weeks, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: https://forms.gle/vXsoupab1AyG81H29



You can use this Feedback Form to share your thoughts directly with the Exalted creative team to help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

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 "Learn More" link on the bottom and I'll see you below Adaj.