Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Greetings!
Welcome to the world of Sentinel Comics!
Dastardly villains command multitudes of minions
and use doomsday devices to threaten vibrant
cities and exciting environments… but powerful
heroes join forces to stand in the face of evil and
say, “Not today!” In Sentinel Comics: The
Roleplaying Game, you and your friends take
the roles of those heroes.
Sentinel Comics
Sentinel Comics is the universe of comic book
heroes, villains, and stories originally created by
Christopher Badell and Adam Rebottaro in 2010
and introduced to the world in the card game
Sentinels of the Multiverse in 2011. Since then,
Sentinel Comics has accumulated thousands of
fans around the world and been a part of multiple
board and card games, video games, and now this
tabletop roleplaying game.
If you aren’t familiar with the particulars of the
setting of Sentinel Comics, fear not! You don’t
need to know who the heroes and villains of the
history of this multiverse are to enjoy this game. The
system can work for any comic book style action
adventures, whether or not those adventures are
set in the world of Sentinel Comics.
Sentinel Comics is the name of a comic
book publisher that never existed in this world.
They started publishing comics in the 1940s, and
told stories throughout the decades that thrilled
and inspired audiences of all ages, leading up
to a recent multiverse-shattering event called
OblivAeon. This RPG picks up in the aftermath of
that event. You can learn more about Sentinel
Comics through the fan-maintained wiki at
www.SentinelsWiki.com and from the podcast called
The Letters Page that Christopher and Adam
record and release weekly, which can be found at
www.GreaterThanGames.com/LettersPage.
The SCRPG Starter Kit
A great way to learn more about both the world
of Sentinel Comics and the rules and system
of this game is the Sentinel Comics: The
Roleplaying Game Starter Kit. The starter kit
comes with a gameplay guide, a reference screen, six
playable heroes, and six adventures to play through
that incrementally teach how the game works to
both the hero players and the game moderator. It’s
available in both physical and digital form, and can be
purchased online from www.GreaterThanGames.com,
or at your friendly local gaming store.
Roleplaying Game
In roleplaying games, all the players except one take
on roles as protagonists, playing characters who work
together one way or another. The one player not
controlling a protagonist directs the story, controls
the antagonists and other characters not controlled
by the players, and moderates the mechanical
interactions of the game system. Sentinel
Comics: The Roleplaying Game fits into this
structure as well, with each of the players (except
one) controlling heroes, and one player taking the
role of Game Moderator, or GM. Let’s talk about
being a hero.
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Greetings!
Playing a Hero
In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game
you take on the role of a hero from the pages of
Sentinel Comics. You speak, make decisions, and
take actions for your hero. You decide how they
respond to the actions of their friends and enemies,
and what risks they take to do what’s right.
So, as you play your hero, you’re wearing several
hats — you’re a hero, but you’re also a player, and
you’re one of several players at the table. All of these
roles are important.