Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Of course, not all scenes have pre-made threats.
You may have to come up with threats on the fly as
the result of a twist or other story-based occurence.
In such cases, you can look at the other scenes in an
issue for a suitable threat, or just create your own,
as described in Chapter 5.
During a scene featuring a fight against a new
wave of Thorathian invaders, Jennifer brings this
lieutenant into play:
Colonel Tre’Vek
Lieutenant
Description
Colonel Tre’Vek is a young, ambitious Thorathian
officer equipped with a pulse rifle set to a very high
rate of fire.
Ability
Pulse-Sweep: When Colonel Tre’Vek Attacks, she
can hit two targets at once, dealing them both the
full damage of her die roll.
In the example above, if Jennifer had rolled a 7 or
better, Tre’Vek would have shrugged off the attack and
her die size would not have degraded, as lieutenants
do not go down a die size on a successful save like
minions do. Also, given the massive damage rule (page
159), since her die size is a , if Tre’Vek had been
dealt 20 or more damage, Jennifer wouldn’t even roll
a save — Tre’Vek would have been defeated outright.
To quickly create your own threats, you can use
the guidelines in Chapter 5, or you can start with
an existing minion or lieutenant from Chapter 7 or
other published material and change their name
and description to fit what you need in the scene.
Sometimes, a non-threat character will be
introduced into the scene like a threat would,
such as on a twist on a villain’s action or a specific
environment interaction. If these non-threat plot
characters are viable targets in a scene, they can be
introduced as minions or lieutenants, depending on
what makes the most sense.
Friendly or neutral NPCs could be represented
as minions if they are notably weak, or should be
considered easily dispatchable or hard to defend
from your foes. This might be right for office
workers, mall cops, or innocent bystanders. If you
have a more sturdy or powerful NPC, you might
make them a lieutenant. That level of strength is
ideal for minor metahuman allies, armored vehicles
like a tank or a gunship, or highly trained martial
artists. Like minions, you can let players control
them if you made them to be helpful to the heroes.
You can find more examples of minions and
lieutenants in Chapter 7 on page 402-417.
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