Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Principles
Principles are the guiding ideas that make your hero
truly heroic. Each principle gives you roleplaying
notes to aid in bringing your hero to life, as well as a
Green ability that shows how your principles relate
to the way you act as a hero. Additionally, each
principle asks a couple of questions for when your
hero encounters twists: one for minor twists and
one for major twists. These are questions that your
GM might ask you when a twist comes up as a result
of your hero’s actions. Record all of this information
on your hero sheet, with the roleplaying notes and
minor/major twist questions on the front of your
hero sheet, and the Green ability at the bottom
of the Green Ability section on the back of your
hero sheet. As discussed on page 15, principles are
defining parts of your hero — not just what they
believe in or what defines them, but also possible
directions for their stories.
Principles include these elements:
• During Roleplaying: These serve as guidance
for how the principle affects the hero’s behavior
(when you as a player play them) and/or other
facts you should keep in mind for the hero, even
if there are no specific rules attached. In general,
the during roleplaying parts establish capital-T
Truths about the hero. A hero with Principle
of the Sea should never have to make rolls
to survive in the ocean unless there’s a very
specific reason they would struggle with it.
• Minor Twist: An open-ended question posed
to the player about a complication that comes
up in the hero’s story, generally with limited
consequences.
• Major Twist: An open-ended question to the
player about a story-defining complication that
comes up for the hero, generally with major
consequences.
• Green Ability: An ability added to the hero’s
sheet, listed where it says “Principle of
the…” These abilities nearly always define a
circumstance where it helps the hero with the
Overcome action.
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