Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

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Adding Abilities
You don’t need to give minions any abilities. Most
times, minions have a very simple role to play: deal
damage and get pummeled. However, minions can
have one or more abilities that make them stand
out or create some synergy with their allies in a
scene.
If you decide to give them abilities, a rule of thumb
is to give one, or possibly two. The following list
provides the most common types of game effects
you can use to create your own abilities.
• A situational bonus to any one of the basic
actions if certain conditions are met
• A bonus to Boost actions targeting an ally in the
same location
• A bonus to Hinder actions targeting an enemy
• A bonus to Defend actions targeting one ally
• A bonus to damage
• A bonus to save
• The possibility to Attack an additional target
(usually with a penalty)
• The capacity to move from one location to the
next without spending an action
• The capacity to sacrifice itself to:
– Prevent a villain from taking damage from one
specific source
– Attack all of the enemies in the same location
(at a penalty)
– Apply a bonus to all allies in the same location
– Apply a penalty to all enemies in the same
location in the environment
– Recover a villain’s Health by value of die roll
– Bring an environment threat or twist into play
– Divide itself in minions of smaller die size
When giving bonuses or penalties to minion
abilities, use 2 as the most common value, keeping
all of them in the range of 1 to 3.
Creating Minions
Cyclepunk Gangers
Minion (1 Per Hero)
Description
Hooked directly into their cybercycles, they
terrorize Tokyo’s streets and cause mayhem. The
cycles are equipped with pulse canons and the
drivers all pack pulse-pistols.
Ability
Live for the Road: Move to any street location in
the scene without having to spend an action.
Tactics
They stick to the busiest streets, weaving between
cars and trucks and doing crazy aerial stunts at
blinding speeds.
Remote Control
Rocket Pod Drones
Minion (1 Per Hero)
Description
Military-grade remote controlled flying drones
armed with several rocket pods. They can hover
and are highly maneuverable.
Ability
Aerial Superiority: The drones get a +2 bonus to
any action against a flying enemy.
High Flying: The drones get +2 when saving against
an Attack from a ground-based enemy.
Tactics
These drones focus on flying heroes, trying to bring
them down to obtain air superiority.
Minion Tactics
This is something you’re more likely to see in
published issues, but if you prepare your games
well in advance and have an impressive number of
homegrown minions at your disposal, you might
want to jot down how they usually act in action
scenes. A sentence or two is usually quite enough.