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Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Created by Onyx Path - Trinity Continuum: Adventure

Help us to create a traditionally printed version of Trinity Continuum: Adventure! and get it into stores!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

June 2021 Update
over 2 years ago – Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 01:06:53 AM

Hello Continuum Community,

Here I am sneaking in on the final day of the month to start our regular month end update process. As I've mentioned before, I'll be sending out a Status Check-in at the end of every month, just to keep communication constant and consistent and keep everyone on the same page.

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.

PLEDGE MANAGER REMINDER

Most of you have confirmed your rewards, selected any Add Ons, and entered your information. No worries on setting shipping info - we'll confirm a bunch by the time we actually approach our shipping schedule, so plenty of time to update as becomes needed. But, it's important to review your pledge and confirm add on rewards.

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://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/

If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/faq

In our last update, I also mentioned the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention for 2021 that was held a few weeks ago. I'm hoping that I'll be able to include recordings of some of the panels in our next update, especially the Trinity Continuum panel, which announced some of the upcoming setting expansions that are being worked on. Exciting stuff, as always, in the Trinity Continuum.

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.

REWARD TRACKING - DELIVERED TO BACKERS

  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Rules PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] Scion: Origin 2E PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] Scion: Hero 2E PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] They Came from Beneath the Sea! PDF (Update #37, June 5 2021)
  • [Add On] Adventure! 1E / D20 Editions PDF Bundle (Update #37, June 5 2021)

In case you missed it in a previous update, The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account here: https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected. Remember when redeeming DTRPG discount links to login to your DriveThruRPG.com account FIRST and then click or copy the link into your browser. 

REWARD TRACKING - PENDING

  • [Pledge] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Backer PDF
  • [Pledge] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Hardcover
  • [Pledge] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Discounted PoD Link
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Reference Screen 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Rules Hardcover (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Reference Screen (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon Hardcover (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon Reference Screen (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant Hardcover (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant Reference Screen (to ship with TC:A!) 
  • [Add On] Signed Book Insert
  • [Stretch] Redbubble T-Shirt Link
  • [Stretch] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Digital Wallpaper
  • [Stretch] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Jumpstart PDF
  • [Stretch] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Companion PDF
  • [Stretch] Trinity Continuum: Adventure VTT Token Pack
  • [Stretch] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Scenarios PDF

If you check with the latest Project Status blog post on the Onyx Path website, it lists TC: Adventure in the Editing phase, and the Jumpstart stretch goal currently in Development.

I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.

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.

Reward Distribution - Trinity Continuum Print-on-Demand Add On Titles
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:32:01 AM

Hello Continuum Community,

During the kickstarter campaign, we offered the other Trinity Continuum titles - the Core Rulebook, Æon, and Aberrant - as optional Add On rewards in various forms. We've fulfilled the PDF versions as announced in our last update, and now it's time to fulfill the Print-on-Demand discounts for those titles.

James on Demand

It should be noted that these are not the hardcover versions that were included as Add Ons and set to ship when the Trinity Continuum: Adventure hardcovers ship. Those add on rewards are being taken from the limited remaining stock of our earlier kickstarter campaigns. The rewards being distributed today are the Discounted Print-on-Demand optional codes that allow backers to order these titles in PoD format at a discounted price.

The cost of Premium color PoD books will be going up significantly on DriveThruRPG on July 1st due to the changing printing technologies, so I suggest anyone thinking of a premium color book get their orders in within the next two weeks to save money and get ahead of the large amount of orders that will surely take place over the remaining days in June.

REWARDS BEING FULFILLED

  • TC Core Rules Discounted PoD Link 
  • TC Aeon Discounted PoD Link 
  • TC Aberrant Discounted PoD Link 

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim your Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook, Trinity Continuum: Aberrant, and Trinity Continuum: Æon PoD Discount will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the few hours. 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

DIFFERENCES IN PoD FORMATS

So, for those backers who chose to Add On any of these three reward options, 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 a digital offset press. This option offers superior color quality but is more expensive to produce, and will be getting even more expensive in a few weeks.

(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.)

The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account:

https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected and Add On options chosen.

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://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/

If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/faq

And don't forget to check out the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention this weekend, June 11-13.

For More Info: https://blog.startplaying.games/posts/announcing-onyx-path-virtual-gaming-convention-2021

TO CONTACT ME

  • 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 ON KICKSTARTER

A streamlined rules system for Exalted Third Edition. Now on Kickstarter.

Digital Reward Distribution - Existing PDFs going out this weekend!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 11:24:02 PM

Hello Continuum Community,

It's been just over a week since we launched our BackerKit Post-Campaign Pledge Manager, and most of you have visited, confirmed your pledge as well as reviewing (and maybe adding on) Add On rewards. With that information, I've been able to set up and start allocation on some of our existing rewards (i.e., the Trinity Continuum Core Rules, Trinity Continuum: Æon, and Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDFs, as well as the other Storypath options including Scion: Origin, Scion: Hero, and They Came from Beneath the Sea! PDFs).

Preparing for some digital business.

DIGITAL REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Many of the rewards for our kickstarter projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the kickstarter 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 Trinity Continuum: Adventure!, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (the Jumpstart, the Companion, the VTT token packs, and the rest).

That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs 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 Weekend:

  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Rules PDF
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon PDF
  • [Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDF
  • [Add On] Scion: Origin PDF
  • [Add On] Scion: Hero PDF
  • [Add On] They Came from Beneath the Sea! PDF

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

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

To make these redemption codes work, you'll need 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 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://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.

Which is a good reminder for those who haven't yet logged in to BackerKit, and also those who will want to revisit and/or revise their survey (maybe you've decided to take another look at the Add Ons, now that they're going 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://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/

If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/faq

ONYX PATH VIRTUAL GAMING CONVENTION

While I've got you here, let me announce (or, copy Onyx Path's announcement!) the Second Onyx Path Virtual Gameing Convention will be coming to you live starting Friday, June 11th and running until Sunday, June 13th (including a special post-con Jackbox gamefest Sunday night hosted by Dixie)!

The GM Sign-up Page & Code of Conduct for OPP Con are now live:

Code of Conduct: https://intercom.help/startplayinggames/en/articles/5208570-onyx-path-code-of-conduct
GM Sign-up: https://intercom.help/startplayinggames/en/articles/5217651-onyx-path-virtual-gaming-convention-2021-faq

For More Info: https://blog.startplaying.games/posts/announcing-onyx-path-virtual-gaming-convention-2021

Here are some listings for their planned panels and Actual Play sessions:

On Saturday June 12th there are three panels that will probably be of interest: The What's Up With Onyx Path? panel at noon EDT, the Storypath Q&A panel at 3:00 PM EDT, and, of course, the Trinity Continuum panel right after that at 4:30 PM EDT.

In terms of scheduled Actual Plays, you can check out two of the upcoming Trinity Continuum games with Trinity Continuum: Assassins on Saturday June 12 at 1:00 PM and Trinity Continuum: Anima that same day at 5:00 PM EDT.

Basically, block out the whole day and have a couple monitors running to get your fill of Trinity Continuum goodness!

OK, that's a lot of stuff in the middle of a nice weekend. I'll be back at the end of the month with our regular, ongoing status check-ins. Keep an eye out for reward e-mails (coming over the next few days), and revisit your survey if you want to review your pledge rewards and confirm your Add On options.

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.

NOW ON KICKSTARTER!

A streamlined rules system for Exalted Third Edition. Now on Kickstarter.

Exalted: Essence features streamlined rules for a new way of playing a classic game, incorporating story-focused action and a presentation designed to appeal to new players and longtime fans alike. Featuring multiple classic Exalt types with Charms for each, written to enable ease of play, Exalted: Essence emphasizes story over character, character over mechanics, and mechanics over minutiae in order to drive Exalted: Essence toward engaging players with the myriad stories they can tell in the world of Creation.

Now on Kickstarter!

Surveys Going Out!
almost 3 years ago – Thu, May 27, 2021 at 09:22:11 PM

Hello Continuum Community,

Dressing up for Survey time

Starting next month, June 2021, 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 project 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 PDF, but there are still many moving pieces and puzzles to solve in turning this into an awesome book. 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 June, though. Let's talk about this month instead, because...

I will be sending out the BackerKit Pledge Manager surveys over the next 4 days!

But, before we begin all of that - I hope everyone's keeping safe and managing through our current times as best possible. I don't know how things will look as the world continues to change, but hoping the best for all of you.

BACKER SURVEYS

Over the next few days, 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.

You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. 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 printed 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://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com

If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://trinitycontinuum.backerkit.com/faq

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 Kickstarter: Click Rich 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.

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 about thirty years during the past few months 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 Kickstarter campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.

When you click on your BackerKit invitation link, you should see something like this...

From the BackerKit welcome page you can choose to

1 - Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards

2 - Switch Your Pledge Level

3 - Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed

If you select option 1, 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.

Selecting the Pledge Level reveals the Pledge Reward List and other details.

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 PDF, Trinity Continuum: Æon PDF, Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDF and other existing PDFs). 

So, in summary:

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

I will post an update in another week or so, outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards. And, you'll hear from me again at the end of June as I begin our regular month end status updates.

NOW ON KICKSTARTER

Now funding on Kickstarter

The Realm of the Dragon-Blooded stands astride the ruins of the First Age, an empire that touches every land in Creation. For hundreds of years, its Scarlet Empress clenched an iron fist around the throat of the world. But now the Empress is gone, and the Realm spirals ever towards civil war. Enemies bare their fangs at the gates of empire, while hidden agents work in Heaven’s name to break the tides of chaos. Dark powers prepare to conquer the lands of the living, and in the spaces between walk beings both alive and not. Heroes come from thwarted destinies and lost worlds and the horrors of Hell itself, or they are Chosen by lesser gods to champion a cause. Some Exalted are found in time-lost vaults awaiting their final destiny, and some of the Exalted are reborn as heroes of legend long hunted by the Realm but now free to seize their own fate.

Exalted: Essence features streamlined rules for a new way of playing a classic game, incorporating story-focused action and a presentation designed to appeal to new players and longtime fans alike. Featuring multiple classic Exalt types with Charms for each, written to enable ease of play, Exalted: Essence emphasizes story over character, character over mechanics, and mechanics over minutiae in order to drive Exalted: Essence toward engaging players with the myriad stories they can tell in the world of Creation.

Now on Kickstarter!

Backers Only - New Compiled Manuscript Link
almost 3 years ago – Sat, May 01, 2021 at 11:52:33 PM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.