Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Branching Outcomes
In some scenes, challenges are linked to others to
create a branching tree of possibilities. Resolving one
challenge may unlock one or more challenges in a
scene, making the action flow from one situation to
another as the heroes progress toward their goals.
The heroes are trying to infiltrate a lunar
Soviet base. Decked out in spacesuits, they’ve
found a hidden hatchway they could use to get
in. A red light on the control panel blinks at
them, indicating it’s sealed and locked.
Branching challenges are the type of complications
you are likely to encounter when heroes encounter
a particularly complex environment with a variety
of locations. This might be infiltrating a villain’s HQ,
exploring a long-lost tomb, or searching through
the ruins of a recently collapsed skyscraper, or any
other number of branching scenes that would make
for good comic book action.
Some challenges with if/then conditions may
unlock one particular challenge if it was resolved
in a certain way and another if a different approach
was used to resolve it.
Intro
Playing
the Game
Creating
Heroes
M oderating
the G ame
The
Bullpen
Adventure
Issues
The
Archives
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Running Action Scenes
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