Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Example of Play
This example follows one complete round in a
larger action scene. Rockstar, Aeon Girl, Muerto,
Muse, and Headlong — the young hero team
known as Daybreak — are fighting a swarm of
combat robots inside a huge factory in Mordengrad.
Ten combat bots ( minions with +1 to Attacks) are
led by a giant-mecha-walking-tank (a lieutenant
with a few special abilities). The environment has
already unleashed a Fire Bomb, which Attacks all
heroes with a on the environment’s turn, and can
be extinguished with two successful Overcome actions.
Jennifer, the GM, picks up the action at the end
of the second round. “So, everyone has taken a turn,
which ends round 2. Remember, the scene zone is
Yellow! Everyone has access to Yellow abilities and you
should use your Yellow status die.”
Christopher, playing Aeon Girl, asks, “But I haven’t
taken any damage yet, so I’m still Green, right?”
“It’s true that you still have full Health, but for your
character’s status you always use the status zone
that’s closer to Out, between your personal status and
the scene’s status. So it’s Yellow for everyone now,
regardless of your Health unless you’re down to Red.
The environment went last in the previous round, so
I choose who goes first,” Jennifer reminds him.
the scene zone just changed. Oh, never mind, that’s
not my personal zone, is it?”
“Right, that’s for when your personal zone changes,
meaning when you lose or regain Health,” says Jennifer.
“You’re already in the Yellow zone, personally.”
“In that case, I’m gonna clobber one of these little
bots,” says Maggie. “I leap over some steel beams,
grab a big chain hanging from the ceiling, and smash
a minion. I’ll use Drop the Hammer, so I use Strength
which is a , Close Combat which is a , and my
Yellow status is .” She rolls the dice. “I get… a 3, a
5, and a 6. So, my mid is 5”
Jennifer rolls a
2. It’s gone.”
for the minion’s save. “It rolled a
Maggie pumps her fist in the air! “Sweet! So, Drop
the Hammer usually lets me Hinder the target with
the Min die, but given that the target is out, it’s moot.”
Jennifer nods and looks from Maggie to Rae, “So
you’re next?”
“Not so fast,” Maggie interrupts. “Rockstar is not
quite done fighting yet! I will use my Standing Ovation
ability, which is a Reaction. I get to use it whenever
I eliminate a minion with a Strength Attack. It lets
me Recover 3 Health, which puts my personal
Health status back into Green from Yellow. Which
means now I get to Rock Out! Except, wait, no... I can’t.
Adam asks, “Can you choose yourself?”
Jennifer says, “One character can’t choose
the same character, so I couldn’t choose the
environment again, but I could choose the
minions or the mecha lieutenant. But I’ll pick
Rockstar. You’re up, Maggie.”
Maggie, playing Rockstar, says, “Let’s do this.
By the way, Rae, I’m thinking Muse might go
after me.”
“Sounds good,” says Rae.
Maggie stops to ask, “Wait, Jennifer,
should I have Boosted? I have a Yellow zone
ability called Rock Out that lets me Boost
myself when I change personal zones, and
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Example of Play