Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Creating Twists
Twists are unexpected curveballs put into the story,
generally as a result of an Overcome action. A basic
list of twist examples is on page 30, and each hero
has twist suggestions on their hero sheet based on
their principles.
Here are some more examples to work off of
when making your own pre-made twists.
Twist Effects
The following are effects associated with twists:
• Bring a story consequence to the forefront
• Create a story complication for later
• Hinder one or more targets
• Boost one or more targets (usually enemies)
• Damage one or more targets (usually allies)
• Defend one or more targets (usually enemies)
• Bring in threats (hostile or neutral)
• Create a challenge
• Advance the scene tracker
• A combination of 2 (or more) of the above
Let’s break those down a bit.
Bring a story consequence
to the forefront
All actions can have consequences. If a player
chooses not to use one of the twists associated
with the hero’s principles, you can still create a
story twist by asking them to answer a revealing
question about a hero’s backstory. Alternatively, if
you kept track of previous story twists, you can
bring it back to bear on the situation.
Rather than being an immediate problem, you
can use story consequence minor twists to bring
up problems the hero doesn’t have to deal right
away, but should still be cause for concern. Major
twists based on story can bring imminent and
game-changing complications to bear, either from
revelations exposed by the hero or secrets from
the past cropping up at the worst possible time.
Here are some examples. The heroes…
• must make a difficult choice
• must bargain something away
• fall into a trap
• are separated from each other
• must sacrifice something important
• are in danger of revealing their identity
• discover they were wrong about an ally
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Creating Twists