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Trinity Continuum Player's Guide (Tabletop RPG)

Created by Onyx Path - TC Player's Guide

The Trinity Continuum Player’s Guide is a new rules expansion, taking your Trinity Continuum RPG to the next level!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

October 2024 - Finalized PDF!
22 days ago – Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 07:04:03 AM

Hello Talents,

Thanks to your feedback and support, Onyx Path has now fine-tuned the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide PDF, bolded some of the organizations, fixed all of the page numbers, and the finalized PDF is now available in your DriveThruRPG digital library.


You can access your DTRPG Digital Library at any time and download the latest version of the book at your convenience.

Later today, Onyx Path will release the PDF for purchase on DriveThruRPG. When that happens, they'll also make a print-on-demand version of that PDF availble for purchase. As one of your rewards, you will have access to a discount link that will allow you to add the PDF to your cart at a slightly reduced price, should you wish to buy a hardcopy of the PDF.

DISCOUNTED PRINT-ON-DEMAND ORDER LINKS FOR BACKERS

If you pledged to the La Révolte Éclatante or Les Fantômes digital reward tiers or have the hardcover version as one of the items in your pledge list, one of your rewards is a discounted option to order a print-on-demand version of the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide. Now that the print files have been finalized, Onyx Path can finalize the PDF at DriveThruRPG and make a PoD version of the PDF available for purchase.

Again, just to ensure it's understood - 

THIS IS NOT YOUR CROWDFUNDED HARDCOVER REWARD! 

This is a discount link for a one-off printed version of the PDF that will soon be released for purchase on DriveThruRPG.com (but YOU can order it at a discounted cost if you wish!) As noted, the hardcovers are currently being set up at the printer and will ship to you next year.

DIFFERENCES IN PoD FORMATS

So, for those backers who pledged at the PDF reward tier, or those backers who will later be receiving the hardcover book but might be looking for a second copy for the table, there are two different versions of Print-On-Demand options available.


Standard Color uses a thick 70# white paper which has better page opacity. (that's "70 pound" for reference, but does not mean each page weighs 70 lbs!).  Standard Heavyweight Color uses inkjet technology. (These are not the same inkjet printers you have at home - these are often as big or bigger than a car!) This option offers lower cost but the colors won't be as sharp or bright as a Premium Color book.

Premium Color uses the same 70# paper, but uses "Digital Color Print Engine Technology," which sounds super fancy and certainly costs a lot more, but I'll admit to not knowing the exact difference. This option offers superior color quality but is more expensive to produce, and has gotten even more expensive over the past year.

(Remember to login to DriveThruRPG prior to clicking or pasting the discount link in your BackerKit digital rewards locker, if you that was part of your rewards list! That link is your coupon and must be used for your PoD order.)

Please note: This discounted Print-on-Demand ordering link will be valid at this cost for the next six months - it expires on May 1, 2025 - so please, if you choose to order a Print-on-Demand copy, use the provided link prior to summer 2025 to ensure the best pricing. (That is to say, I can't confirm the price will stay at this same spot past May, so best to order before then.) 

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

If this rewards are on your rewards list, your link to claim them will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the 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


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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


REWARDS STILL PENDING



With the files finalzied, the team is beginning the process of setting the hardcover print run. That means confirming the specs, scheduling dates and organizing the logistics around delivery to the warehouse, and then getting test printings and confirming everything is in order. It's still a long process, but great to see forward movement.

REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS




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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <September 2024 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.


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 there are any issues with your digital reward redemption link, please let me know asap and I'll get them sorted over the weekend. You can either contact me at one of the methods below or just comment on this update post. I'll be back in October with our regular monthly update. 

  • Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
  • Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.


CURRENTLY ON KICKSTARTER


CURSEBORNE is now live on Kickstarter, but ending in 8 days!


Curseborne is a game about being unapologetic monsters in a world where being monstrous is the least of your worries. In Curseborne, you play as Accursed, descendants of monstrous lineages lurking in a modern world that closely resembles our own. You rebel against the ancient feuds between these entwined families, as well as against the web of curses that bind you, while fending off inhuman antagonists seeking to claim — or reclaim — your power.

The world of Curseborne is full of intrigue, magic, and things that go bump in the night. It’s just like our world, except the reason that things don’t go your way or that bad things happen is that the people are literally living in a world of curses. Some people are cursed more than others, and these are our Accursed characters. They have a particularly large curse that hangs over their heads and makes them more prone to bad things happening to them and around them. The nature of this curse also makes them magical in nature. They have a sense of the thing holding them back, and they can manipulate it in ways that normal people cannot.



This book is comprised of two main parts. The first part is the setting of Curseborne, as well as more about the Accursed themselves through the view of the characters. It shows how they see themselves, their world, and their place in that world. Lineages represent five broad categories of Accursed: The Dead (ghosts and spirits), The Hungry (vampires), The Outcasts (angels and demons), The Primal (shapeshifters and werewolves), and The Sorcerers (magicians).

The second part of the book are the instructions on how to use this book to play a game. You’ll find the chapters on how to play the game using the Storypath Ultra system, how to create a character, all the cool powers those characters have, and information on how to run a game of Curseborne.



With 8 days left in the campaign, we've passed 500% of our initial funding target and unlocked several Stretch Goals - including three new supplements that will be added as bonus rewards for backers of this project!

Join In!


Want to know more about the Curseborne RPG?

PREVIEW MATERIAL: You can find information from the numerous previews Onyx Path has shared.


Curseborne Actual Play Sessions, including:


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT: Over the course of the campaign, backers will receive access to chapters from the current draft manuscript of Curseborne. By the end of the campaign, backers will be able to read the entire book as it stands now, before any pledges are processed or payments collected. No secret curses with this campaign - you'll know exactly what you're supporting with your pledge. Read the manuscript and make sure the project is right for you.

Back it now and become one of the Accursed!

Sept '24 - Reward Distribution! Backer PDF is Ready!
2 months ago – Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 06:27:05 AM

Hello Talents,

I know it hasn't been two weeks, but I'm already back with our update for September! I didn't want to wait until our regular Trinity Continuum update day because I have exciting news for you this month! Our Backer PDF is ready to go out!

Reward Distribution: TRINITY CONTINUUM PLAYER'S GUIDE Backer PDF



The Trinity Continuum Talents Player’s Guide is a guide to playing Talents from the core era and beyond. Much of what’s in this book gives ways to take your game of Trinity Continuum to the next level. While this book is focused on the core rulebook and the games played there, the advice and rules found in this book can be used in any of the Trinity Continuum eras where Talents (daredevils or squires) are found.

Inside you’ll find:

  • New rules for car chases, heists, investigations, and antagonists.
  • Expanded Allegiances from the minor Allegiances found in the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook.
  • Information about parallel worlds, travel into the past, the microverse, undersea travel, and planetary gates.
  • New Gifts, Edges, Paths, Gear, and Skill Tricks for Talents.
  • Advice on how to take your Storypath games to the next level.

REWARD DISTRIBUTION


If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your Trinity Continuum Player's Guide Backer 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




Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for this reward over the next 24 hours 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: https://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.

BACKER PDF VERSION

This is the first version of the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide 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. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.

With that in mind, I'd like to introduce the TCPG Feedback Form!

Onyx Path will be launching a special Trinity Continuum Player's Guide Feedback Form, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/4jJJH6gnxyU7Cmg86


Share your feedback directly with the developers using this form and help guide it through the next steps of production.

They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.

Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!

They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.

After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest version.

You've already made the book a reality with your Crowdfunding 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 backer PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!


REWARDS STILL PENDING


The Player's Guide is now out to backers, but not finished! With your feedback, the Onyx Path team will finalize the book, create the index and begin locking down the specs for the hardcover print run. Now that this big step is completed, though, I'll check in with the team and see if they're able to shift any attention to our remaining rewards.


REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS




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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <August 2024 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.

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 there are any issues with your digital reward redemption link, please let me know asap and I'll get them sorted over the weekend. You can either contact me at one of the methods below or just comment on this update post. I'll be back in October with our regular monthly update. 

  • Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
  • Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.


NOW FUNDING ON BACKERKIT


In 2017 Onyx Path unveiled the Storypath System, the rules engine that has come to power many of our games: the sci-fi universe of hope, heroism, and peril known as the Trinity Continuum, the modern-day stories of old gods and titans called Scion Second Edition, and the trope-focused exploration of genres that is the They Came From! series, and more.

We're extremely proud of what we’ve done over the years with Storypath, but felt it was time to tighten up the rules, smooth off the rough edges, and get rid of anything that got in the way of telling amazing stories. As a result, we’ve created the Storypath Ultra Core Manual.

Storypath Ultra isn’t a new edition, nor is it a replacement rule set — many of the concepts we developed and refined from the Storypath System are still there, even as they rearrange or rename things to make them as clear as possible. Think of it as a new take on Storypath: It’s the same great game but spruced up and tweaked to be the best possible version.

Check it out!



August 2024 Monthly Update
3 months ago – Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 08:38:17 AM

Hello Talents,

It's the Tuesday before the final Thursday of the month, and that means it's time for our regularly scheduled Trinity Continuum updates!


From what I can gather, we're very close to having the Backer release for the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide PDF, so I anticipate a special update coming within the next few weeks. But at this moment, we're not quite there, so we'll just get on with our regular update.



REWARDS STILL PENDING



The team is using their Magic Hands to work the last bits of wonder into the TCPG final proof before releasing it to us backers. I look forward to sending it out soon. 

REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS




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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <July 2024 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.

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

  • Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
  • Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.


COMING NEXT WEEK



July 2024 Update
4 months ago – Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 04:18:27 AM

Hello Talents,

It's the Tuesday before the final Thursday of the month, and that means it's time for our regularly scheduled Trinity Continuum updates! The Trinity Continuum Player's Guide is currently in the proofing phase of production, which means there's a mostly complete version of the PDF and the team are just giving it the double-check treatment to ensure there aren't any issues with text smashing into pictures or words getting stranded on page breaks, or something technical that I don't really know.

But I do know that means I have more artwork to share!



So the proofing with the developers will bounce back and forth a few times, and eventually Onyx Path will have a backer version for distribution. I'm hoping that'll come in next month's update. Until then, I'm just gonna share a link to the Trinity Continuum Panel (link) from Onyx Path's recent online game convention. The TC Team discusses all of the projects in the works, including the upcoming step out of the alpha universe with Trinity Continuum Steam Wars! 

Check it out <here>





REWARDS STILL PENDING



REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS




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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <June 2024 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.

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

  • Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
  • Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.

CURRENTLY FUNDING


Scion: Mythic Shards presents alternate realities for the World of Scion and provides new rules for players and Storyguides to incorporate into their games. Each chapter explores a single shard of reality at varying tiers of Scion gameplay. These chapters are standalone from each other and don’t need to be consumed with the other chapters in order to start playing.

Scion’s setting — the World — is an exciting place where heroes are larger than life, and Fate always lurks in the shadows, pulling strings. It is a place of urban fantasy where the legends and myths of our ancestors live in a world that’s much like our own.

But, there are some tales that belong to another world — stories that need another place to breathe and come alive — places like…

  • After the End: A post apocalyptic desert full of peril and opportunities for new beginnings
  • Cyber-Scion: A cyberpunk dystopia where Scions pilot mecha to fight corporate kaiju
  • Farewell to Heroes: Gritty noir cities where Scions are illegal
  • Four Color: A place of superheroes, alter-egos, and over-the-top excitement
  • Space Odyssey: An entire galaxy of starships and aliens

FUNDED in 12 HOURS and now unlocking Stretch Goals! Join in!




June 2024 Update
5 months ago – Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 07:01:08 AM

Hello Talents,

It's the Tuesday before the final Thursday of the month, and that means it's time for our regularly scheduled Trinity Continuum updates! The Trinity Continuum Player's Guide is currently in the layout phase of production, which means the artwork is completed and I can share some sneak peeks!



I always say that you know the reward is getting close when artwork starts sneaking out! Hopefully layout will proceed smoothly and the team will be able to do their proofing reviews quickly and we'll see our backer PDFs before too much longer!


REWARDS STILL PENDING


After Layout is completed, the team reviews the PDF to ensure that there are no issues before it gets distributed to Backers.

REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS






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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com


 ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <May 2024 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.

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


  • Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
  • Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas 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.

CURRENTLY FUNDING - ONYX PATH ADJACENT


From The Bodhana Group, the Branch Riders tabletop roleplaying game is currently in a campaign on Kickstarter. The Bodhana Group advocates for and utilizes tabletop gaming as a directed therapeutic and clinical practice that can benefit personal growth as well as enhance social and educational services to individuals and families.  Gaming has usefulness in education, skill building and therapeutic applications. 

Branch Riders is an RPG that came out of years of design and development - with the help of some of the Onyx Path team - to be a fun and compelling game first and foremost, but with the right therapeutic and skill-building tools "under the hood" for trained instructors to utilize beyond that.

If you're interested in a multi-genre action-packed easy-to-learn and -teach fun game with different approaches to problem solving and a variety of GM tools and player challenges, come check it out!

On Kickstarter Now! They've funded but are looking to unlock Stretch Goals and make the game as amazing as it can be!