THE CONTINUUM (2nd Edition)
© 1995 - 2002 by Constantine Thomas, Anders Sandberg, and DJ Babb. All Rights Reserved.
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The Continuum is an organisation of Mages outside the Ascension War, dedicated to fighting the Perpetual War against the Darkness (Nephandi/Deep Umbra) that surrounds and seeks to destroy all Realities. Originally designed as an add-on for Mage: The Ascension, it has grown so much that it could probable be used on its own within the StoryTeller system.
Included in this Net-Supplement are complete backgrounds and settings for the Continuum, rules describing alternate realities ('Virtuals') and the Labyrinth of Time, and new rules detailing the Darkness (related to the Deep Umbra) and the minions that serve it.
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| This work is completely unrelated to Aetherco's Continuum RPG. Any similarities between the two are entirely coincidental. Besides which, I wrote this waaaay before they wrote their game (which incidentally, is a pretty good time travel game that is well worth checking out!). |
The Continuum (2nd Ed.) Index
WHAT'S NEW: 13th January 2002
The Continuum has been extensively updated and is now in its Second Edition. It is available only in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format so you'll need an Acrobat Reader to view them - you can download this from the Adobe Website. You can download the component Books seperately or all in a single 725K PDF file (The Complete Continuum):
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Title Page.
Index.
Introduction to the Continuum and Nexus.
Acknowledgements.
Credits.
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The Continuum Tradition Page.
The Continuum Paradigm Page.
Continuum Policy.
Continuum Rotes.
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The Labyrinth of Time.
Accessing the Labyrinth.
Nexus, The Shade Realm of Time.
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The Virtual Classification Scheme.
Southron Republic, by Arthur-Trevor D. M. Lasher.
Dominion, by Maccabeus (Lee T. Herndon).
Other Virtuals, by DJ Babb and Constantine Thomas.
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Section 1: Introduction, Metaphysicks.
Section 2: Invasion.
Section 3: The Darkness Manifest.
Section 4: Silhouette.
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Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms.
Appendix 2: Nomads, by DJ Babb.
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SUPPLEMENTS
The Vanguard, by David Barrett - A Mage: The Sorcerors Crusade supplement describing the organisation that would become the Continuum. Includes background information, paradigm page, equipment, and figures of note. Find out more about the formation and history of the Continuum!
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Download the entire Continuum 2nd Edition as one PDF file - now also includes 'The Vanguard'!
(2 PDFs in one .zip file, size: 725K)
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*: Designing Virtuals: Virtuals are alternate realities, presenting different backgrounds for use with White Wolf's Storyteller system in general - as such, no knowledge of the Continuum is actually required to design them or incorporate them in non-Continuum Chronicles. All that is required to make any alternate setting compatible with the Continuum is a Virtual Classification Code (determined using the Virtual Classification Scheme in Book 3), and any details (if applicable) of Continuum interaction with the natives.
Virtuals can be presented at any level of detail, though obviously the more detailed the better. I'm always looking for new Virtuals - if you have any ideas, do send them in to ! I'll only consider well-written and consistent Virtuals though - use the examples presented here as guidelines.
Credits
Original Concept: Constantine Thomas.
Written and Developed by: Constantine Thomas, DJ Babb, Anders Sandberg.
Virtuals: DJ Babb (Darksphere, Fungal Wind, Wotan), Arthur-Trevor D. M. Lasher (Southron Republic), Maccabeus the Mad (Dominion), Constantine Thomas (Lucifer, Neverland).
Nomads: DJ Babb.
The Vanguard: David Barrett.
Editing and Revisions: Constantine Thomas.
HTML Formatting: Abe Dashiell, Constantine Thomas.
Playtesters (LU): Guy Arnold, Barry Ashcroft, Tim Everson, Andy McDonald, Caroline Oake, Dave Sutcliffe.
The original concept of the Continuum is © 1995, 1996 Constantine Thomas. All material on the Continuum pages are copyright of the authors - where not stated explicitly, copyright is held jointly by Constantine Thomas, DJ Babb, and Anders Sandberg.
The Southron Republic Virtual is © 1995 Arthur-Trevor D. M. Lasher. The Dominion Virtual is © 1999 Maccabeus The Mad (Lee T. Herndon). The Darksphere, Fungal Wind, and Wotan Virtuals are © 1995 DJ Babb. Nomads are © 1995 DJ Babb. The Lucifer and Neverland Virtuals are © 1995 Constantine Thomas. The Darkness Manifest is © 1997 Constantine Thomas, DJ Babb, and Anders Sandberg. The Darkness Manifest contains Manifestations (un)created by Anders Sandberg (Empty Ones, Twisted Ones, Null Whales), DJ Babb (Fallers, Shatters, Temporal Locusts, Modi, Bubbles, Acropoli, Dark Nomads), and Constantine Thomas (Metaphysicks and Invasion sections, Zeitgeist, Pure Form adaptation, The Broken) and is © 1997 the authors. Silhouette is © 1997 Constantine Thomas. The Vanguard is © 2000 David Barrett and Constantine Thomas. All rights reserved.
Mage: The Ascension is a trademark and copyright of White Wolf Game Studio. Any reference to this or any other product by WWGS within these pages is not intended as a challenge to that trademark or copyright.
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