Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Once you have your ideas lined up, it’s time to start
designing your scene!
Making Engaging Scenes
When you create an action scene, you want to
achieve two goals. First, every hero should have
something to do during their turns for most of the
scene. Second, you want to create a clear sense of
how much of a challenge the scene presents for
the heroes.
You can create easy, moderate, or difficult scenes
depending on the number and type of scene
elements (challenges, minions, lieutenants, villains,
environments) you decide to add.
Scene Difficulty:
What Does It Mean?
Easy scenes are designed so they don’t tax the
resources of the heroes or take up much time.
They serve as a good introductory scene to get
warmed up, or as a minor plot development that
leads into a broader story. Most easy scenes won’t
contain a villain, or at least, not as a major threat
that needs to be completely beaten. If an easy
scene starts to drag on too long, give the heroes
plenty of opportunities to cut the scene short.
Moderate scenes are the bulk of the scenes
throughout a story. They tax the heroes a bit more,
and take up a longer amount of time within an
issue. They might feature a villain or environment,
but not as a full “set piece” conflict.
Difficult scenes are the larger capstone scenes,
and represent a greater investment of time and
effort. They’re the most likely to involve both a
villain and environment for high stakes play. While
the story should always feel like it’s moving at a
good clip, it’s OK for these scenes to go on longer
and be extended by new twists, so long as the
resolution feels epic.
In any case, the scene guidelines only go so far;
it’s impossible to provide a system that accurately
gauges difficulty and covers every situation and
exactly what the heroes’ capabilities are. Always
feel empowered to add, remove, or adjust scene
elements to adapt the scene to the hero team or
to tweak the scene to best fit the story.
Once you choose a difficulty, refer to the table
and explanation on the next page.
Intro
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Creating Action Scenes
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