Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

STEP 8
Finishing Touches
Now it’s time to fill in the finishing touches! While
going through this hero creation process, you’ve
been thinking about your new hero. What does
your hero look like normally? Do they wear a
costume while fighting crime? What’s their heroic
identity? Does anyone know their civilian alias?
All of these details go at the top of your hero’s
sheet: there’s space for your Hero Name and Alias,
as well as a Physical Attributes section. There, you
fill in your Gender, Age, and Height, as well as
notes about your Eyes, Hair, Skin, and Build. Finally,
briefly detail the Costume/Equipment your hero
wears and uses in the field. To further elaborate on
their look, you also have space to sketch out your
hero if you want, or find an image (maybe from
your favorite comic artist) to put in the blank box
to the left.
Describing Heroes via Attributes
When filling out your Physical Attributes, don’t feel
constrained by the names of each section. These
are opportunities to give some defining traits of
your hero, but if any of them don’t quite fit, feel
free to fill them out in a way that makes them fit,
or even leave them blank. A bald hero could say
“none” under Hair, a hero made of glowing energy
might write “bioluminescent” for Skin, and an alien
hero could put “seven” for Eyes. Your Age need
not be specific. “35” is a perfectly fine Age, but
“mid-thirties” is fine, too. Similarly, Gender is not
constrained to merely “F” or “M”. If neither one of
those accurately describe your hero’s gender, find
what does.
Also, heroes change over time. None of the
things in your Physical Attributes section need be
set in stone. Those traits are not there to lock you
in, but to give you helpful shorthand methods of
thinking and talking about your hero, so use them
to your advantage, and change them whenever
necessary.
Finally, Christopher fills in Jim’s new hero identity. It’s
time for Chrono-Ranger to ride again, but this time
as Time-Slinger! He records that new moniker under
Hero Name and fills in Alias with the name Jim Brooks.
Under Physical Attributes, Christopher writes M for
Gender, Middle-Aged for Age, and 5’11” for Height.
On the next line, he writes Brown for Eyes, Brown
for Hair, and Tan for Skin. He then describes Time-
Slinger’s Build as Rugged.
Under Costume/Equipment, he writes: Cowboy hat,
worn jeans, brown leather boots. Blue collared shirt
emblazoned with golden clock arms. Golden left arm.
Golden time-gun. Glowing blue eyepiece over left eye.
Has robot horse named Masadah.
With that, Christopher gives the hero sheet a quick
once-over. Time-Slinger is ready to hit the trail!
If you haven’t renamed your abilities yet, go
over them and come up with some snappy names
that fit your hero, filling them in the Name slots in
the ability section of your hero sheet.
Congratulations, you have now completed your
Sentinel Comics RPG hero!
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Step 8: Finishing Touches