Final Days Schedule

• Aug 11 - Chapter 7 Preview - Antagonists
• Aug 13 - Reward Tiers & Add Ons
• Aug 15 - Draft Manuscript Preview #6 - Chapter 7 + Appendix for backers
• Aug 16 - Stretch Goal review
• Aug 17 - Final Day Checklist and Next Steps

• This book is a setting and rules expansion to the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook and requires that book to make full use of the rules and options contained within. If you don't already have the Core Rulebook, there is a pledge tiers that include it alongside the Trinity Continuum: Aegis PDF (The Fellowship of Āšipu). You can also simply add the Core Rulebook to your rewards list via Add On option.
• 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. We’re still anticipating pretty hefty costs to ship the book internationally (see our current guesses on the front page) so be forewarned, but we’ll cross that enormous bridge when we get to it.
• All backers pledged to receive the Trinity Continuum: Aegis PDF will have the unlocked Stretch Goal supplement, which adds even more locations, persons of interest, super science and devices, added to their rewards list automatically as a bonus. Backers who pre-order at a later date will not receive this as a bonus reward.
• Backers are able to read the entire draft manuscript today - before any pledges are processed or payments collected. Know exactly what you're supporting before fully committing your funds.

Refresher Course

• The Nautikoi: This is the PDF-only reward allegiance. So, if you're saving trees or saving shelf space - or avoiding the shipping charges that are absolutely ever-increasing - this is the reward tier options that you should begin with. The PDF will be fulfilled by our partners at DriveThruRPG.com - when it is ready, you will receive a link to add it to your DTRPG library at no cost and be able to download at your leisure.
• The Society of the Lion: This reward allegiance includes the hardcover version of this book. In addition, this option also includes the PDF version, so you will get a digital copy as described above. It'll look amazing on your shelf, especially if they're placed next to your other Trinity Continuum books, but may incur shipping costs depending on your location. As noted, international shipping charges will be calculated later and charged in the Pledge Manager. We'll have exact shipping costs once the book is in production and we know the specifications, but we do expect it to be expensive. See our estimates on the front pate. If you're an international backer, you can pledge at the The Nautikoi tier and upgrade to The Society of the Lion tier once the shipping costs are known before we lockdown orders. 
• The Delphic League: If you want access to the manuscript previews but don't yet know if you want the PDFs or hardcover rewards, this tier also grants you access to the Pledge Manager after the campaign so you can upgrade your pledge in the future.

Choose Wisely

But until then, we're going to hopefully hunt down one final Stretch Goal achievements as we race through our final day of the campaign!



In another discussion I noted that I like BackerKit's term "Achievement" more than our usual "Stretch Goal" terminology because I like the celebratory tone and how "Achievement" can cover a few different aspects of these bonus rewards. But we may have to really stretch to reach that last goal, so Stretch Goals are pretty appropriate for this update!

Before we talk about a target on the horizon, let's look at our journey thus far. Over the past 3 weeks, we've been working solidly through our Stretch Goal targets, to the point that we've already achieved SIX Stretch Goal targets - including one that we achieved only two days ago!

Within these Stretch Goals are some milestone markers that allow us to celebrate how the campaign grew and a really cool new supplement, which we expanded and grew by working together. Let's review and see what we've accomplished so far...




ACHIEVED! - At $25,000 in Funding - Trinity Continuum: Aegis Reference Screen – A three-panel Storyguide Reference Screen with charts and information for running a game set in the Aegis Age will be created and offered as an Add On to any hardcover reward tiers for +$25.


ACHIEVED! - At $28,000 in Funding - Trinity Continuum: Aegis T-shirt on Redbubble - An Aegis-themed Backer shirt will be hosted on Onyx Path’s Redbubble store for a limited time. Only backers will be notified when the shirt becomes available for purchase.


ACHIEVED! - At $30,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas - A digital supplement spotlighting and expanding on some of the locations in the world of Aegis, with additional People of Interest and potential plot hooks. This PDF supplement will be automatically added to the rewards list of any backer receiving the Trinity Continuum: Aegis PDF as one of their rewards.


ACHIEVED! - At $33,000 in Funding - Trinity Continuum: Aegis Digital Wallpaper - Exciting Aegis artwork will be used to create a wallpaper for your computer desktop. This digital wallpaper will be added to the rewards list of all backers supporting this project.

ACHIEVED! - At $36,000 in Funding- Trinity Continuum: Aegis Mobile Wallpaper - Exciting Aegis artwork will be used to create a wallpaper for your mobile device lockscreen. This mobile wallpaper will be added to the rewards list of all backers supporting this project.

At $40,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas: Additional Locations and Devices - The Aegis Atlas bonus supplement will be expanded to include additional non-Greek locations, along with some Aegis-appropriate super-science gadgets and devices.


Looking at these, I'm always happy with our regular milestone markers, the Backer T-Shirt and desktop wallpaper. I just changed my computer monitors a few days ago, and I like to update my screens every few months. I'm doing my best to enjoy the simple things in life.

But I'm really excited about our new content rewards. I'm always up for new locations, with especially ones that expand on some of the geography from this book - and then look to the wider world! And having a section for other Aegis-era "super science" will be cool as well! I think the developers and writers will have a great time when outlining content for the sections we've unlocked.

We're looking good to maybe add one more Stretch Goal... and then, with some great effort, we can maybe expand the Aegis Atlas PDF once more. Let's see what we've got lined up.




At $45,000 in Funding- Trinity Continuum: Aegis VTT Token Pack - Digital assets will be created to support online play for Trinity Continuum: Aegis, including key character and antagonist tokens from the book. This online asset pack will be added to the rewards list of all backers


At $50,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas: Heroic Tales - Three fiction pieces will be added to the Aegis Atlas supplement, highlighting locations, character types, and organizations.


I'm guessing a lot of us have done a lot more online gaming over the past few years. Any time I can get new tools for my group, I'm happy. Even if we don't use them as tokens on a VTT map, these token packs are great to use as character inspiration, or NPC portraits, or just as visuals in describing a scene. I love gaming in person across the table, but schedules are complicated and many in my group now live in distant locations. It's fun to bring a little extra to the online experience to keep it exciting.

And after that, a real STRETCH for our final goal. One more expansion for the Aegis Atlas - new fiction. The pieces that have been shared so far are excellent. I love seeing the Trinity take on these epic legends and getting a sense of the setting and mysteries of the game, and how things are perceived and interpreted in-game, so more fiction would be a huge win in my book. I hope we get there.

YOUR REWARDS!

Not Much More Time

THIS CAMPAIGN ENDS AT 2:00 PM EDT on THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th, 2023

#FinalDay

#TrinityContinuum

#Aegis

• Chapter Seven: Storyguiding Aegis discusses the types of stories you can tell in this setting, and includes safety rules to use at your table. It explores ways you can dial up or down the involvement of gods in your game. Finally, it provides new antagonists for your characters to face.

• Appendix: Setting Secrets offers more information about what happened the night the skies lit up over Mount Olympus, and how the starfall affected locations throughout the world. It also provides advice for Storyguides to handle ways in which the characters’ actions might affect the timeline.

And speaking of Stretch Goals... we'll review our overall progress tomorrow, but yesterday we unlocked another goal and announced two more Stretch Goal targets that will serve as a few final targets for us in this campaign.




At $45,000 in Funding- Trinity Continuum: Aegis VTT Token Pack - Digital assets will be created to support online play for Trinity Continuum: Aegis, including key character and antagonist tokens from the book. This online asset pack will be added to the rewards list of all backers


At $50,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas: Heroic Tales - Three fiction pieces will be added to the Aegis Atlas supplement, highlighting locations, character types, and organizations.

Let's see if we can't some additional Argonauts to help on our epic quest before the end!

International Shipping – Collected in the Pledge Manager

Feedback Form

Throughout the campaign, I'll be sharing a new update whenever we've got the next section of our Draft Manuscript available to preview. Before the conclusion of the campaign, you'll be able to read the entire draft manuscript for Trinity Continuum: Aegis and know exactly what to expect and exactly what you're helping to build.

In fact, you can help build it even better! The Onyx Path team has created a special Feedback Form that you can use to provide feedback on the draft manuscript to help guide the writers and developers through the next stages of work on this project.

Share your Feedback directly with the writers and developers using this form: Trinity Continuum: Aegis Feedback Form

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 "Read This Update" or "Reply to this Update" link on the bottom and I'll see you below the title treatment...

Hey Argonauts,

Congratulations! We've just unlocked the last of our "mid-campaign" Stretch Goals that we had posted and are able to list a couple of final possible Stretch Goals for these final days.

ACHIEVED! - At $40,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas: Additional Locations and Devices - The Aegis Atlas bonus supplement will be expanded to include additional non-Greek locations, along with some Aegis-appropriate super-science gadgets and devices.

With an expansion to the Aegis Atlas unlocked, let's see what Stretch Goals we'll have to carry us to the finish line...



At $45,000 in Funding- Trinity Continuum: Aegis VTT Token Pack - Digital assets will be created to support online play for Trinity Continuum: Aegis, including key character and antagonist tokens from the book. This online asset pack will be added to the rewards list of all backers


At $50,000 in Funding - Aegis Atlas: Heroic Tales - Three fiction pieces will be added to the Aegis Atlas supplement, highlighting locations, character types, and organizations.


Some pretty big targets for these final days, but I know that we've got a boatful of heroes ready to accomplish any epic task! Please continue to spread the word and let's see if we can't recruit some additional ambrosia-touched Argonauts to help us on our quest!

#Aegis
#TrinityContinuum 

Final Days Schedule

• Aug 11 - Chapter 7 Preview - Antagonists
• Aug 13 - Reward Tiers & Add Ons
• Aug 15 - Draft Manuscript Preview #6 - Chapter 7 + Appendix for backers
• Aug 16 - Stretch Goal review
• Aug 17 - Final Day Checklist and Next Steps

Whether you're a veteran of many voyages or just setting sail on your first adventure, there are some good topics to review over this week to make sure we all end up where we want to be.

(An aside, if you're a new backer, make sure you check out our Final Week Countdown / Resource Update. It has links to the manuscript previews,  podcasts, and fun fiction.)

PLEDGE REWARD TIERS

PLEDGING YOUR SUPPORT

Hardcover Book or PDF Version

With that decision in mind, we've got two key reward tiers to choose from:

• The Nautikoi: This is the PDF-only reward allegiance. So, if you're saving trees or saving shelf space - or avoiding the shipping charges that are absolutely ever-increasing - this is the reward tier options that you should begin with. The PDF will be fulfilled by our partners at DriveThruRPG.com - when it is ready, you will receive a link to add it to your DTRPG library at no cost and be able to download at your leisure.
• The Society of the Lion: This reward allegiance includes the hardcover version of this book. Shipping costs ARE NOT included in the cost of your pledge. You will be charged for shipping after the campaign through the pledge manager.  In addition, this option also includes the PDF version, so you will get a digital copy as described above.

• Shipping Costs: 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. We’re still anticipating pretty hefty costs to ship the book internationally (see our current guesses on the story page) so be forewarned, but we’ll cross that enormous bridge when we get to it.
• Trinity Continuum: Aegis is a setting and rules expansion for the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook. The TC Core Rulebook forms the basis for all of the settings and expansions within the Trinity Continuum, so to make full use of this book, you will need the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook.

• The Fellowship of Āšipu: A digital entry into the Trinity Continuum, this pledge path contains PDF versions of both Trinity Continuum: Aegis as well as the Trinity Continuum Core Rules.

• The Delphic League: Not ready to commit, or just looking to offer general support? This pledge allegiance is for you. This does not include our primary reward, but allows you to select some digital optional Add Ons, as well as participating in the post-campaign Pledge Manager as a backer. You'll also be able to read the draft manuscript of Trinity Continuum: Aegis that we post throughout this campaign.
• Scribes of the Shell, Circle of Heroes: A few Reward Allegiances offer special limited premium rewards in addition to the basics, including an option to act as a Art Model or a chance to supply a name to be used by an NPC included in a supplement. Check each of the Pledge Tier descriptions for more details.

After the campaign is over we'll launch our BackerKit Pledge Manager and invite the backers to set up their rewards via survey. This allows you to confirm your pledge and add on anything that you might have missed, as well as possibly increasing your pledged reward tier, should you choose to expand your reward selection. This option will give international backers additional time to investigate shipping options, should they choose, knowing they can confirm a physical reward at a later date. We will also use BackerKit's Pledge Manager to charge actual shipping costs for orders when we're approaching order fulfillment. Funding collected by BackerKit after the crowdfunding campaign does not count toward any campaign Stretch Goals, however.



You'll note that two rewards - Access to the Manuscript Previews and Participation in Post-Campaign Pledge Manager - are included in ALL reward tiers. That's just one of the perks of participating in this crowdfunding campaign!

OPTIONAL DISCOUNTED PoD VERSION – For this Trinity Continuum: Aegis campaign, you will have the option of using DriveThruRPG.com’s Print-On-Demand service to purchase a physical, printed copy of the PDF directly from their PoD partners at discounted cost (this cost is not included in your pledge, and you do not need to increase the cost of your pledge to use this option). When the PoD versions are available to order (which may be some time after the books have gone to print), you will receive links to purchase these versions of the books from DriveThruRPG.com. You DO NOT need to take advantage of this PoD offer as it does not affect in any way your pledge rewards.

TRINITY CONTINUUM: AEGIS HARDCOVER BOOK - The main goal of this campaign is to fund the creation, production, and print run of a hardcover edition of this book. Note that all Reward Tiers that include the physical hardcover version also include the digital PDF version as a bonus. Shipping costs ARE NOT included in the cost of your pledge. You will be charged for shipping after the campaign through the pledge manager.

Choosing Your Reward Tier

First Step: Reward Tier

Step Two: Add-On Options

You can select an Add On option, which will increase the amount of your pledge by the listed amount. Add on options will be selected and confirmed again in the Pledge Manager when that's up and running.


The Trinity Continuum is a tabletop roleplaying game about possibilities and human potential. In the continuum, you will portray characters who can act and achieve even the most outlandish goals. Talents are people who have the ability to unknowingly reach into the continuum and change their own circumstances, appearing to be extremely lucky or very skilled individuals.

• Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook - The Trinity Continuum Corebook is a standalone setting within the Trinity Continuum, but also serves as the foundation for other era/genre expansions, such as Æon, Aberrant, Adventure! Inside, you will find rules for creating characters within the Trinity Continuum; rules for Action Adventure, Intrigue, and Procedural play; advice for running genre games and styles of play in the Trinity Continuum; information on playing Talents in the modern era.
• Trinity Continuum: Aberrant - Trinity Continuum: Aberrant is a game of superpowered adventure in the near-future of the Trinity Continuum. In 2018, novas — people with superhuman powers — first appeared following the explosion of a space station high above Earth. Now, 10 years later, thousands of novas have transformed the world, using their extraordinary powers to fight crime, clean up the environment, invent new technologies, and create wonders.
• Trinity Continuum: Æon - Humanity has begun settling on planets circling other suns. Teleporters and the new Leviathan jump ships can take anyone across the galaxy in a few hours, so the stars are at last within our reach. However, we have found dangers as well as wonders out there, and only by working together can we overcome them and take our place on the galactic stage. 
• Trinity Continuum: Adventure! - Trinity Continuum: Adventure! is a pulp action game set in an alternate history 1930s putting the players in the shoes of daring adventurers who seek to right wrongs and stop evildoers. In a world altered by strange telluric energy, characters may find themselves transported to places out of time where dinosaurs still roam or stopping an evil genius from blowing up the moon.
• Trinity Continuum: Assassins - Trinity Continuum: Assassins transports players to the Contiuum’s underworld where well-dressed killers-for-hire use high-tech weapons and gear to eliminate their targets. Assassins join hidden Societies, each unified by their preferred method of doing violence. Their lives are brutal, blood-stained, and glamorous.
• Trinity Continuum: Anima - Trinity Continuum: Anima is a game of cyberpunk and LitRPG (short for “literary roleplaying”) adventure set in the future of the Trinity Continuum. Characters in Anima are Talents — supremely talented individuals with an innate and unconscious ability to change the world. They have come to Cascade for their own reasons but are drawn into the intrigues of both the physical and virtual worlds. Some will enter the dangerous world of corporate cloak and dagger to uncover the answers lurking in shady business deals, while others will delve deep into the virtual world’s mysteries, discovering secrets meant to be left buried. Whatever the campaign’s focus, troupes will need to work in both worlds to ensure survival. Players need strong allies for security in the real world as well as high-level animas to fight back about the forces seeking to control a world fighting to rebuild itself.  
• Trinity Continuum: Aether [Pre-Order] - Trinity Continuum: Aether is a game of steampunk adventure, exploration, and mystery set in 1895 in the Trinity Continuum. In the decade prior, Nikola Tesla identified and learned to harness Aether, an energy source capable of spinning new realities or unwinding the effect to restore reality. Now, Aether users dot the globe, silently spinning and unwinding with ease while Victorian era society goes about unaware of the dangerous experiments taking place in underground laboratories, dark alleys, and foreign worlds. Projected to deliver to pre-order backers by March 2024.
• Trinity Continuum Player's Guide [Pre-Order] - The worlds of the Trinity Continuum contain a wealth of mysteries that are mostly invisible or at minimum very rarely encountered by the un-Inspired. However, Talents have unique sensitivities to some phenomena and have uncovered unusual realms to visit and new methods of travel. In addition to flux being the source of Talents’ luck, it is also a potent force that permits individuals to travel between parallel universes or even venture into the past or onto distant worlds. This book also explores other realms characters can visit, including ancient undersea settlements, as well as stranger destinations, such as microscopic worlds that characters can only reach by shrinking. Projected to deliver to pre-order backers by September 2024.

Trinity Continuum PDF Bundles. 

• Contemporary PDF Bundle - This digital bundle expands on the action-adventure world introduced in the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook and includes In Media Res PDF, Core Screen PDF, Hunt for the Red Widow Encounter, New Lives PDF, A Fight at the Museum PDF.
• Aberrant PDF Bundle - This digital bundle expands on the world of 2028 as presented in Trinity Continuum: Aberrant and includes You Are Not Alone PDF, Aberrant Screen PDF, Swine & Cheese PDF, Amalgamated Idea Dynamics PDF, N!WE Unleashed PDF, The Queer Nova Alliance PDF, Proteus Novas Compendium PDF, Novas Worldwide PDF, Terat PDF, Panopticon PDF.
• Æon PDF Bundle - This digital bundle builds on the sci-fi world of Trinity Continuum: Æon and includes Æon Æxpansion PDF, Æon Screen PDF, Æon Ready-Made Characters PDF, Distant Worlds PDF, Terra Firma PDF, Under Alien Skies PDF, Æon VTT Tokens, Pets PDF, Prometheus Unbound PDF, Earth Oribital Habitat PDF, The Phoebe Trust PDF, Mission Statements PDF, Dawn PDF, Meridian PDF.

Trinity Continuum: Aegis Add Ons

Of course, in addition to these Trinity Continuum releases, you can also add an additional redemption for your eventual PDF code, or add another copy of the hardcover to your rewards shipment. Unlocked via Stretch Goal achievement, we've also got the Aegis Storyguide Screen, a reference screen with charts and tables on the inside to make running the game a little easier.


You can modify your pledges to select Add Ons right up until the campaign ends. Once you've decided to Pledge to the campaign, or to Manage your Pledge if you've already backed, you either Confirm or Edit Your Pledge until Thursday, August 17th at 2:00 PM EDT

Pick a Pledge Tier, then Add On Options

Ready to join in? If you're backing for the first time, you can click BACK IT and select your Pledge Tier and finalize funding amount in the next menu.

Using myself as an example, I've got many of the previous Trinity Continuum books, and I know for sure that I want the hardcover version of Trinity Continuum: Aegis to sit proudly on my gaming shelf. Once I click BACK IT, I see my pledge level options. If I want to know a bit more about each level, I can click Learn More, or if I know what I'm looking for, I can click Back It.


The two main Pledges focusing on Trinity Continuum: Aegis are the $25 Nautikoi for PDF only rewards, and the $60 Society of the Lion Allegiance for the hardcover book.

Clicking "Learn More" expands the Pledge Level info. For example, clicking "Learn More" on The Society of the Lion gives you...



This is the reward I'm choosing, as it exactly fits my needs for this project.

Once you're ready, you can click that BACK IT button and go right to Add On options.

For example, I've decided on the $60 Society of the Lion Allegiance, so I select BACK IT for that tier, and then I want to add on some of the more recent Trinity Continuum releases - the Anima, Aether, and the Player's Guide PDFs to my rewards list.



My total is $120.00 USD.
That's $60 for my Society of the Lion pledge Allegiance,
+$20 for the Trinity Continuum: Anima PDF Add On option
+$20 for the Trinity Continuum: Aether PDF Add On option
+$20 for the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide PDF Add On option

When everything is correct, click NEXT and then Confirm Your Pledge. You'll get an e-mail confirmation of your choices.

If you're already a backer but want to update your pledge or Add On choices...

Select "Manage Your Pledge" at the top of the page, and then "Edit Your Pledge" on your listing, and then...



You can select a new Pledge Level from the available option menu, or Change your Add On selection.

As before, you'll confirm all of your choices, and then receive an e-mail confirmation once that's done.

And with that, my pledge level and Add On options are set for your pledge. At this time, you don't need to worry about setting shipping information. 

You should also be aware that any available Add On options will be made available in our BackerKit pledge manager, so if you're unsure about adding on something at this point, you will be able to adjust your pledge in the post-campaign phase.

Pledging to the campaign also opens up the Stretch Goal rewards as thanks for your participation. We'll review our Stretch Goal accomplishments on Wednesday, but it's important to note that backers who wait and Pre-Order Trinity Continuum: Aegis at a later date will not have any Stretch Goal rewards automatically added to their rewards list. The Stretch Goal rewards will only automatically be added to the rewards for those who participated in this crowdfunding campaign.

REWARD DELIVERY

It's going to take some time to create the final PDF for Trinity Continuum: Aegis and even longer for the eventual print run for the hardcover book. When the books are at the printer, I will be in touch with all backers to outline timeline for pledge adjustments, as well as lockdown procedures and when we'll be confirming addresses and processing BackerKit Add Ons and Shipping payments. That's a long time away, and we'll cover that as we get closer to that part of the process.



Don't fret if you had forgotten to select additional rewards by the end of the campaign. These Add Ons will be available to select in our post-campaign Pledge Manager for those who participated in our campaign and have full access to the Pledge Manager. So, if you are undecided at this time, you will be able to hold off until we're closer to the final reward shipment goes out.

Step 1: Pledge Tier

Step 2: Add On Options

It Adds Up!

Additionally, this may go without saying, please review your personal budget and ensure you've selected the appropriate reward tier and add ons for your current financial situation. BackerKit will begin charging your payment method at midnight the day the campaign ends, so ensure you've budgeted correctly. Choose what works best for you now and is affordable at this time, knowing that you can upgrade your pledge level or choose Add Ons in the Pledge Manager at a late date.

Conclusion

#Aegis

#TrinityContinuum