Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game,
sometimes also called the Sentinel Comics RPG
or SCRPG, each player takes on the role of a hero.
They make decisions for their hero, narrate their
dialogue, and describe how their hero thinks and
feels, as if that player were a writer in charge of that
hero in a comic book. Let’s explore how to do that.
Panels, Scenes,
Issues, and
Collections
Sentinel Comics is all about generating the
action and drama you’d find in superhero comics,
so we use the metaphor of a comic book quite a
bit to frame parts of the game. It not only serves
as a thematically appropriate organizational tool,
but it helps keep everyone’s eye on the ball — the
participants of the game are working together to
create a great comic book story.
For New Players:
Types of Characters & Players
Let’s take a moment to define some important
terminology so we’re all on the same page.
In SCRPG, all participants play out a super-heroic
narrative in the world of Sentinel Comics. Each
player (except one, as discussed below) takes the
role of a single character, making decisions for them,
speaking for them, and declaring what they do.
These characters are called heroes. The heroes
are the focus of the action and drama happening in
the game. All the other characters, whether villains,
allies, or innocent bystanders, are called Non
Player Characters, or NPCs.
One player takes the role of Game Moderator,
or GM. Rather than focusing their attention on an
individual hero, the GM frames the story, controls
the actions of NPCs, and ensures that the game
rules are applied in a fair and fun way. For more
information about the role of the GM, see Chapter
4: Moderating the Game.
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Pieces of the Game