Smallville Roleplaying Game Corebook.pdf

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Project K Conceptual Design Leads: Cam Banks and Josh Roby

SMALLVILLE RPG Design and Development: Cam Banks, Joseph Blomquist,

Roberta Olson, and Josh Roby

Additional Design and Development: Mary Blomquist and Amanda Valentine

Editing: Amanda Valentine

Art & Creative Direction: Tiara Lynn Agresta

Original Interior Art: Zachary Baldus (character illustrations) with

Josh Roby and Amanda Valentine (diagrams)

For DC Comics: Shawn Kittelsen

Special Thanks: Adrian Agresta, Meghann Ahern, Jessica Banks, Joanna Calo, Christi Cardenas, Christopher Cerasi,

John Chisholm, Rob Donoghue, Dustin Farrell, Fred Hicks, Steve Korté, Brad McMillan, Diana Pearson, Brian Peterson,

Ian Richards, Dylan Runco, Andrea Shochet, Trent Smith, Kelly Souders, Source Comics & Games, Priscilla Spencer,

Kevin T. Stein, Samantha Urbaytis‑Douglas, Clark Valentine, & Margaret Weis

Thanks to the cast and crew of SMALLVILLE for almost a decade of memorable storytelling.

We dedicate this to you and to the fans of SMALLVILLE around the world.

Project K Playtesters: Chris Adkins, Meghann Ahern, Nasia Alevizos, Joel Arellano, Ray Axmann, Jeff Ayars,

Elizabeth Baldwin, Jessica Banks, Nick Bennyhoff, Mike Bentley, Jeremy Beyer, Lynn Blackson, Veronica Blessing,

Ron Blessing, Jared Bryndilson, Tom Carpenter, John Cheraz, Nick Cole, Joshua Coons, Marianna Csaszar,

George Delamater, Tony Delgado, Cat Dickerson, Bill Dickerson, Joshua Edwards, Kurt Edwards, Morgan Ellis, Daniel Fares,

Kenda Fares, Paul Franklin, Antoine A. Gagnon, Bay Grabowski, Justin Hanssen, Steve Harris, Andrew Harvey, James Holden,

Will Huggins, Wayne Humfleet, Anthony Hunter, Colin Jessup, Brenden Johnson, Dina Katz, Eugene Katz, Jeremy Keller,

Brian Kelly, Jonaya Kemper, Christine Killian, Tom Kimball, Judson Lester, Vernon Lingley, Eric Lucht, Stewart Mabey,

James Martin, Conan McKegg, Joe Meyer, Jay Miller, Lisa Miller, Rebecca “AstraKiseki ” Mooney, Kevin Mowery, Michelle Nephew,

Mike Olson, Kimberly Parker, Fraser Peat, Adam Perry, Alex Perry, Jeff Preston, Kay Preston, Ian Richards, James Ritter,

Benjamin Roby, William Short, Alasdair Sinclair, Alex Smith, Logan Smith, John Snyder, Bret Stone, Seth Tiede, Kevin Tipa,

Kirk Utley, Mark Vallianatos, Renee Vander Weg, Ross Watson, Paul Wilson, Alex Witcher

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T he S M A L LV IL LE

Tiara Lynn Agresta, Cam Banks, Joseph Blomquist, Mary Blomquist, Roberta Olson,

Josh Roby, Amanda Valentine

TA BL E OF CO NT EN TS

ONLINE PLAY 77

Using the Smallville Core Rulebook ..78

Getting Started ........................................79

Suggested Rules .....................................80

Jimmy Olsen .............................................136

Jonathan Kent...........................................138

Kara Kent .....................................................139

Lana Lang ....................................................140

Lex Luthor ...................................................142

Lionel Luthor ..............................................143

Lois Lane ......................................................145

Martha Kent ................................................146

Oliver Queen...............................................147

Tess Mercer ...............................................148

Zod...................................................................150

HEROIC FEATURES . . . . . . . 152

Andrea Rojas.............................................152

Arthur Curry...............................................153

Bart Allen......................................................154

Carter Hall....................................................155

Courtney Whitmore ..............................156

Dinah Lance ................................................157

Garth Ranzz ................................................158

Imra Ardeen ...............................................159

John Jones.................................................160

Kent Nelson.................................................162

Mia Dearden................................................163

Rokk Krinn ...................................................164

Victor Stone ................................................165

Zan and Jayna ..........................................166

Zatanna Zatara .........................................167

VILLAINOUS FEATURES . . . . 168

Amanda Waller.........................................168

Brainiac .........................................................170

Cameron Mahkent ..................................172

John Corben ..............................................173

Maxima..........................................................174

Maxwell Lord ..............................................175

Randy Klein .................................................176

Victoria Sinclair .........................................176

The Weather Girls...................................178

Winslow Schott........................................179

WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE 1

What is Smallville?.................................2

What Is a Roleplaying Game? ............3

What’s in this Book? .............................4

PRIORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Friends & Family .....................................32

Work...............................................................32

Moving Forward.......................................32

Looking Back..............................................32

Performance .............................................32

MODUS OPERANDI . . . . . . . . 34

Reliability/Loyalty ....................................34

Shady Business.......................................34

Against the Grain .....................................35

Outside Normal Channels ...................35

Special Gifts ................................................35

MOTIVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Others............................................................36

Self ..................................................................36

The Cause ...................................................36

The Job .........................................................37

The World ....................................................37

IDENTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The Sidekick ...............................................38

The Foil .........................................................38

The Rebel .....................................................38

The Specialist ............................................39

The Hero.......................................................39

Seasoned Veterans ...............................40

Finishing Touches ..................................42

Crisis and Growth...................................42

DRIVES 81

What the Dice Mean ...............................82

VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Statements ...............................................82

Using Values .............................................83

Challenging Values .................................83

Rewriting Values ....................................84

Value Descriptions..................................84

Duty.................................................................84

Glory ...............................................................84

Justice...........................................................84

Love ................................................................84

Power ............................................................84

Truth...............................................................85

RELATIONSHIPS . . . . . . . . . 85

Statements.................................................85

Using Relationships ...............................86

Challenging Relationships ..................86

Rewriting Relationships .....................87

THE BASICS 5

Roles to Play ..............................................6

Traits ..............................................................6

Dice..................................................................8

Plot Points ...................................................9

Collaboration & Responsibility..........10

BEGINNINGS 11

Introducing Pathways ..........................12

Before You Get Started ........................12

The Pathways Charts...........................14

Pathways Descriptions .......................17

PATHWAYS CHARTS 18–19

ORIGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Rich..................................................................20

Ordinary ......................................................20

Gifted ..............................................................20

Strange .........................................................21

Alien/Metahuman....................................21

YOUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Jock ................................................................22

Average ........................................................22

Geek ................................................................22

Outsider ........................................................22

Paragon ........................................................23

FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Money ............................................................24

Life ...................................................................24

Status ............................................................24

Technology .................................................25

Paranormal ...............................................25

ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Risky...............................................................26

Straight & Narrow ...................................26

Lofty................................................................26

Underground..............................................27

Ethical ............................................................27

LIFE-CHANGING EVENT . . . . 28

Advancement ............................................28

Tragedy.........................................................29

Manifestation .............................................29

First Contact ..............................................29

Destiny ..........................................................29

Pathways: After the Event.................31

ASSETS 89

What the Dice Mean ...............................90

DISTINCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 90

How Distinctions Work .......................90

The Big List ................................................92

Heritage Distinctions .............................99

Making New Distinctions ....................101

ABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using Abilities ...........................................102

The Big List ................................................103

Abilities as Gear ......................................115

Making New Abilities .............................116

SCENES

PLAYING SMALLVILLE . . . . . . 50

Framing Scenes ......................................50

Scene Framing Tricks ..........................51

When to End the Scene ......................52

How to End the Scene..........................52

ROLLING DICE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Contests.......................................................53

Tests ..............................................................58

Kinds of Scenes & Sequences .........59

PLACES 181

Smallville ......................................................182

Metropolis....................................................183

Other Places of Import.........................187

RESOURCES 117

Extras ...........................................................118

Example Extras........................................119

Locations ....................................................122

Example Locations .................................122

Shared Resources ................................127

EPISODES 63

Preparing for the Next Episode .......64

Identifying the Conflicts .......................64

Creating the Wedges............................66

Writing the Reveals ...............................67

Writing the Opening Scenes ..................68

Developing the Wedges .....................69

Playing An Episode .................................70

Playing the Opening Scenes .............70

Developing the Episode’s Story..............71

Hitting the Climax ....................................73

Tag Scenes .................................................74

Episode Tricks ..........................................74

THE STORY SO FAR 189

Season 1 ......................................................190

Seasons 2 & 3 ..........................................191

Season 4 ....................................................192

Season 5 ....................................................193

Seasons 6 & 7 .........................................194

Season 8 ....................................................195

Season 9 ....................................................204

Smallville Resource Guide ..................212

KRYPTONITE

128

PEOPLE

131

FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Clark Kent ....................................................132

Chloe Sullivan ............................................133

Davis Bloome.............................................135

LEAD SHEET

213

SMALLVILLE ROLEPLAYING GAME

When people hear the name Smallville, their irst

thought is “Superman.” It’s true that every week we

tell the story of an alien from another planet, but what

inspires us to spend hours hunched over laptops or

discussing countless ideas in a room is how utterly

human Clark’s journey is. His story is also our story.

The themes of love and loss, friendship and betrayal,

trying to ind your place in a world that doesn’t

always seem to accept you…these things are

universal. We believe our characters—the problems

they face, the relationships they build, and the

lessons they learn—are what give our show that

sought-after, but hard-to-ind, quality: Heart. We may

not know what it’s like to leap tall buildings in a single

bound, but most of us know what it’s like to have

a crush on someone or to struggle with a secret.

It’s undeniable that part of the fun of SMALLVILLE

is getting to imagine what it would be like to have

superpowers. Race across town in the blink of an

eye? Check. Lift a two-ton truck with your bare

hands? No problem. See through walls with X-ray

vision? Easy as Martha Kent’s apple pie.

But even Clark Kent has his kryptonite. He may

at times have the weight of the world on his

shoulders, but he, like the rest of our characters,

also confronts daily trials and celebrates triumphs

both large and small. The loss of a father, the joy

of irst love. A bittersweet goodbye to one best

friend, the deepening respect and trust of another.

Heartache, elation, disappointment, satisfaction—and

dedication. Clark, Lois, Oliver, Chloe…they represent

the many sides of us, our lows and our highs. And

above all else, they remind us to believe in the magic

of possibility—both of what we can do and who we

can become.

W E L CO M E T O

Two hundred stories and counting, that is the

SMALLVILLE legacy. But there are still more stories to

tell. With this game, you, too, can take up the mantle

of storyteller. You can create new characters, new

situations, new beginnings and new ends. You can

more fully explore the world we’ve all come to love…

and you truly can make Clark’s story your own.

– Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson

Executive Producers

S M A L L V I L L E

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