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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:

August '23 Monthly Update
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 08:36:19 AM

Hello Talents,

Back again for another regular month end update! Before I get to our regular round-up, I just wanted to note an interesting new release in the Trinity Continuum. A VTT jumpstart adventure with some bells and whistles set in the world of Assassins!

ASSASSINS JUMPSTART VTT NOW AVAILABLE


Now available in advance PDF from DriveThruRPG: Rat in a Burning Cage, a VTT adventure set for Trinity Continuum: Assassins!

Porvenir should be a sanctuary for those who dwell in the Shadow; a place for assassins to hide out, retire, and wile away their autumn years.  This jungle town is far from the utopia it’s purported to be. Someone has crossed a line in Porvenir, and it’s for your assassins to pick up the pieces, even as every member of this Shadow community guns for you.

Rat in a Burning Cage is an introductory scenario for Trinity Continuum: Assassins designed to make its play easy and fun at in-person and virtual tabletops. Trinity Continuum: Assassins uses the Storypath System, provided in the pages of this book!

Rat in a Burning Cage includes:

  • Five playable characters complete with character sheets.
  • A story in three acts, perfect for a virtual tabletop one-shot or convention play.
  • Maps (both gridded and non gridded) and handouts for use in your virtual games.
  • Incidental sounds and music
  • Printable battlemap and handouts.
  • The complete TC Assassins Token set along with the 5 RMCs.
  • All the Masteries, Edges, and Storypath system mechanics you need.

This is something new for the Onyx Path team! More than a jumpstart, more than a PDF, there’s a lot going on here to make your experience as rich as possible. I'm hoping it's successful and we can see something like this for the other Trinity Continuum settings.

PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING



We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands. 

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 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 will continue to post regular updates every 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:



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.



COMING SOON TO KICKSTARTER


Titans Rising, the newest book for Scion Second Edition, will be launching tomorrow, August 29th! Click to sign up and be notified at launch!


July '23 Update
almost 3 years ago – Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:33:07 AM

Hello Talents,

Back again for another regular month end update! Before I get to our regular round-up, I wanted to let you know about our latest Crowdfunding project on Backerkit! Trinity Continuum: Aegis is the latest - or earliest, if you're looking at a timeline - setting/genre for the Trinity Continuum.


It JUST LAUNCHED on BackerKit, and you can join in <here>

Trinity Continuum: Aegis is a game of epic adventure and exploration set during Greece’s Iron Age. The setting features figures and events from history and mythology, viewed through the lens of the Trinity Continuum. In this game you’ll play Champions, Oracles, and Olympians — characters who have come into contact with the mysterious substance called ambrosia and been transformed into Inspired individuals with powers similar to Talents, Psiads, and Novas millennia ahead of their counterparts’ times. These characters live in an age of wonder and discovery. People in the ancient world made amazing strides in science, exploration, and philosophy, all while grappling (sometimes literally!) with gods and monsters. About a decade ago, bright streaks flashed across the sky and a fiery object crashed into Mount Olympus. Other pieces landed throughout the world, creating heroes and horrors wherever they touched down.

Trinity Continuum: Aegis continues to explore the Trinity Continuum’s themes of hope, sacrifice, and unity — in an age where societies are in decline and survival sometimes feels uncertain, these are the tenets under which people band together.



Epic Adventure. This is a game about big, sweeping actions and over-the-top stories. Monsters are real and roam the world. Some are strange creatures, others are human. The characters face these things head on, using their wits, strength, and daring to forge stories that will echo through the ages.

Exploration and Discovery; Curiosity and Wonder. The world is huge, and much of it is uncharted. Characters who set sail run the risk of being blown off course in a storm and washing up on an island where a sorceress makes her home. That old cave no one ever ventures too far into holds a monster’s lair or the door to an Underworld. The cautious and the fearful stay far away; a Champion checks her map, lights her torch, and ventures within. She wants to know: What’s at the center of the labyrinth? Can you reason with Medusa? What’s the view like from atop Olympus?

Recognizing Your Potential. So, what makes a hero, exactly? Is it strength, cleverness, doing the right thing when the odds are against you? What are you capable of when you’re sure you’ve given it all you’ve got? What heights can you reach, that you didn’t know were within your grasp? Aegis encourages players to explore the answers.

PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING



We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands. 

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 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 will continue to post regular updates every 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:



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 '23 Monthly Update
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 06:28:23 AM

Hello Talents,

With the Pledge Manager open for about a month now, and the existing backer rewards distributed a few weeks ago, it's time to begin our regular month end update process.

MONTHLY UPDATES

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.

In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch.

While many of these updates may get repetitive, it's important that communication stay constant and consistent as we work our way through our commitments and eventual delivery. 

So, let's review where we stand!

PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING


We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands. Right now, our main project is in the post-editing development stage, where the editors have done their passes to provide grammatical consistency, and now the developers have one final pass to ensure the book has a consistent voice and also to prepare art notes to begin the Art Direction phase.


REWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO BACKERS


For those who added the Trinity Continuum: Anima PDF to their reward options via BackerKit Add On, we'll be distributing the backer PDF for that project over the next 24 hours, so look for an e-mail from BackerKit or check your BackerKit digital rewards page for a download code.





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 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 will continue to post regular updates every 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:


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.


NEXT UP - TRINITY CONTINUUM: AEGIS

Trinity Continuum: Aegis is a game of adventure and exploration set in Greece’s Iron Age. Ten years ago, streaks of fire lit up the skies, setting alight the night. The largest of these crashed into Mount Olympus, and pools of glowing golden liquid appeared in their path. Those who came into contact with the substance were forever changed, and now they use their incredible powers to fight monsters, protect their communities, and explore the world.

Trinity Continuum: Aegis will be Onyx Path's next crowdfunded project, coming to BackerKit soon!







Rewards: Existing Digital Add Ons Going Out! - AND ONYX PATH VIRTUAL CONVENTION 2023
almost 3 years ago – Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 12:11:50 PM

Hello Talents,

It's been not-quite two weeks since I announced our Pledge Manager would be launching, and just over a week since surveys started rolling out. Check out our previous update if you need to refresh your memory. We're just about at the 82% response marker, so there's still many Talents that need to check their email and complete the survey.

Hopefully some reward distribution will help Inspire you! Because I've got some rewards to send out!



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


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 on the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (the Gear and Gifts supplement, and the rest).

That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs or bundles of existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the weekend.

The following Add On Rewards Will Be Distributed This Week:

  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Assassins PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Draft Manuscript Link
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aether Draft Manuscript Link
  • [Add On] Contemporary PDF Bundle
  • [Add On] Aberrant PDF Bundle
  • [Add On] Æon PDF Bundle
  • [Incentive] Early Bird Bonus Jumpstart PDF Bundle

It's a big list, and a really really long list once I broke out all of the pieces for the various bundles. A *lot* of download codes to go out.

If you want any of these and didn't add them on during the campaign, you can still update your BackerKit page and add them to your rewards list. See the BackerKit How-To instructions above.

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next few days. 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



The best way to ensure these redemption codes work smoothly is to log in to your DTRPG account first, and then click (or copy) the link shown in your BackerKit.

Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for these rewards over the next 2-3 days if any of them are on your expected list of rewards. I'll be releasing them in waves, so don't panic if you only see a couple links at first... the rest are coming. (We're in a digital world, but there are still a lot of manual processes. And there are many links to go out!!)

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.

DRAFT MANUSCRIPT

In addition to redemption links for these digital rewards, all backers will be receiving a link to the compiled draft manuscript. This link can be found in your BackerKit digital rewards page, and you'll receive an e-mail linking to that with the first wave of rewards going out. Again, this isn't a new manuscript, it's just all of the pieces we shared during the campaign put together in order. It's the same link that I share at the bottom of these campaign updates, but I want to make sure you have access to it in any place that makes sense.


Onyx Path Virtual Convention (June 16th – 18th) will be focusing primarily on Storypath, Exalted, and Pugmire, but any OPP game works! As well as tons of panels, games, and other events, we’ll have slots opens for folks to run games, so start making your plans now!


I highly recommend checking out the Opening Ceremonies (Friday at 5:00 PM), the What's Up With Onyx Path? panel (Saturday at 1:00 PM), the Storypath Q&A panel (Saturday at 2:30 PM) and the Trinity Continuum panel (Saturday at 4:00 PM).

In addition, if you want to watch some actual plays (including the first peek at Trinity Continuum: Aegis), check out the schedule below.


I'll be back at the end of the month with the first of our regular status report updates. We'll track the progress of each project on a monthly basis to ensure we're all on the same page. It'll be pretty repetitive, and mostly just a note that everything's still being worked on, but I want to ensure communication is consistent throughout this stage of the project.


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.



The Pledge Manager is about to Open! Surveys will be going out next week!
about 3 years ago – Wed, May 31, 2023 at 08:45:46 AM

Hello Talents,

Well, it's been a little bit longer than I'd anticipated, but here we are in the final day of May and I've just finished hammering the BackerKit Pledge Manager into shape and have begun prepping it for launch next week. 

This will likely be the first of two updates over the next two weeks. Once we've got a healthy survey response - something like 85% - I'll prepare our first wave of rewards: the existing PDFs that were offered as Add Ons and bonuses (like the other Trinity Continuum books and the supplements). I'll send out an update when that process is about to begin.

Beyond that, starting at the end of June 2023, I will send out the first of our regular month end updates. Near the end of each month, I will be sending out an update with status notes on our main projects as well as the Stretch Goal projects we added. As noted in previous updates, these projects take a long time to put together. You've seen the manuscript preview PDFs, but there are still many moving pieces and puzzles to solve in turning these manuscripts into awesome books. These month-end updates ensure that communication is constant and consistent, and that we're all on the same page with regards to where we stand.

That's info for next month, though. Let's talk about this now instead, because...

I will be sending out the BackerKit Pledge Manager surveys starting next week!

But, before we begin all of that - I hope everyone's keeping safe and managing through these busy times as best possible. I know I've had a busier May than I'd planned, and wish I'd had a Player's Guide for real life! But we made it through to the end, so bonus XP for all of us!

BACKER SURVEYS

Starting next week, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.



I think everyone has a BackerKit login, thanks to backing this project, but if you don't for some reason, you won’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although that may help keep things organized if you've got multiple projects going.) When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!

The e-mail will look something like this:

After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts, and that won't happen until the books are printing and we're preparing to ship.

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

If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comments for this update, the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:

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.

If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board.

Please send me an e-mail (to the address above) if there were any tweaks or changes that need to be made to your BackerKit survey that we talked about during the campaign. I have aged at light speed over the past three years and my memory is... not as good as I'd like.


Within the BackerKit Survey and Pledge Manager, you can:

  • Review your Pledge Tier Selection and Rewards
  • Upgrade your Reward Tier pledge selection
  • Confirm Add On selections
  • Set up payment information for any failed payments from the Crowdfunding campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.

When you click on your BackerKit Survey invitation link, you should see something like this...
From the BackerKit Survey welcome page you can choose to

  • Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
  • Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed
  • Switch Your Pledge Level

If you've pledged to a reward tier that includes physical rewards, you can enter your shipping country at this stage. As noted during our campaign, we haven't set international shipping costs yet - those will be calculated and added in when we're preparing to ship the book. That won't be for a long time, though, and there will be plenty of opportunity - and notice - for you to make changes.

If you select your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards, and also have the option to upgrade your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the hardcover instead of just the PDF for example.


Again, I suggest you don't switch any pledge levels at this stage, and instead wait until the books are preparing to print and we have set up international shipping costs so you'll know exactly what your final costs will be before we lock down orders.

Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GET STARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.

Once we've got a fair response to our survey and collected a reasonable amount of info, I'll be working on fulfilling rewards that are available now - like the PDFs of the titles included in our Add On section (for example, Trinity Continuum Core Rules, TC: Æon, TC: Aberrant, TC: Adventure!, TC: Assassins, and the Add On Bundle options that were offered). I'll send out another e-mail when we're about to get into that.

So, in summary:

  • Look for an e-mail invitation to the BackerKit Pledge Manager sometime over the next few days
  • Get Started on your survey
  • Confirm your Pledge Level (or SWITCH your Pledge Level if you want to change it)
  • Confirm and Select Any Add On options
  • Confirm Your Shipping Information (if needed)
  • Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)


I will post an update within a week or two as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.