The Terminator RPG Core Rulebook

Description

Officially licensed Terminator RPG core rulebook

The Terminator RPG is the official roleplaying game of The Terminator movie and associated graphic novels by Dark Horse comics. Containing the core rules, this is also the sourcebook for the first Terminator film and its expanded universe. It extrapolates from hardcore existing canon to create a living and breathing world with a multitude of possible and probable timelines.

Join the Human Resistance

The world is a wasteland—broken by the machines we built. Our own creations, our own hubris. Not in some distant future. Today. Now. The machines think they have won, but there is one last chance for humankind. A secret weapon that Skynet, in its infinite calculations, could never have anticipated: You.
Play in any timeline including the 1980s and future war. Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, and the T-800 are here from the movie, and content from the graphic novels includes all-new, never seen before Terminator variants and hardware.
The rulebook includes two mission packs, enabling you to relive The Terminator movie and to join the fight to bring down Skynet in a not-so-distant future war.

On your feet soldier!

Players take on the role of resistance fighters struggling against the machine onslaught of Skynet in an alternative and post-apocalyptic version of today—the once “far future” of the 2020s. Characters can be rebel time travellers sent back to various points in time to stop Skynet from altering history.They can play natives from any historical time period, targeted by Terminators and struggling to survive as a future hell unfolds around them.

The book is a toolbox allowing the Director to create their own campaigns or one-shots. This includes detailed campaign arcs, campaign seeds, mini-missions, NPCs, weapons, detailed locations, and enemy characters.
You have the option to play either pre-generated characters or to create your own—tailored to your preferences, weapon choices, and role within the team. Characters die, that’s a fact of war. Replacements, brought in from the future, past, or present can be many things, including alternates from a divergent timeline.
The game is built from the ground up to evoke the tone of the film and immerse the players in the middle of the action. The terror and desperation of facing unstoppable killing machines are yours to bear. Only united with your fellow resistance fighters can you hope to defeat them.

The game

The Terminator RPG features Nightfall Games’ S5S System, first seen in SLA Industries 2nd Edition. S5S is a d10-based system using a pool of dice: one Success die, and five Skill dice per player. More skilled characters are more likely to succeed and “succeed big.”
The rules are tailored to The Terminator RPG setting meaning combat, survival, and investigation are easy to manage. In addition, vehicle combat, time travel, and computer hacking rules allow characters to take control of the conflict with unique skills and training. You’ll need all of this and more to take the fight across the timelines and survive.

Also in The Terminator RPG line

T2 — Judgement Day Sourcebook

Campaign Book

Resist! Sourcebook

This game is a licenced product from STUDIOCANAL and includes content from The Terminator movie and its associated Dark Horse comics.
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T1, The Terminator, ENDOSKELETON, and any depiction of Endoskeleton are trademarks of STUDIOCANAL S.A.S. All Rights Reserved.
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