Robotech (role-playing game)
tabletop role-playing game
The Robotech Role-Playing Game is a licensed science fiction role-playing game published by Palladium Books in 1986 that is based on the Robotech and Robotech II: The Sentinels anime television series, which were, in turn, based on the Japanese mecha anime television series Macross. A second edition of the game, based on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, was released in 2008.
Description
The game is set in the Robotech universe. Players create characters by assigning random scores for eight attributes such as IQ, Mental Endurance and Physical Beauty. The player must also choose an occupation for the character such as Destroid Pilot or Communications Engineer.
The rulebook contains statistics for a variety of mecha, and combat rules are given for many different types of weapon systems.
Game system
The Robotech RPG uses a modified version of the Megaversal rule system used in the Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game introduced several years earlier. Clearly patterned after the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the Palladium Fantasy RPG rules use a very similar rule system based around physical and mental statistics generated by rolling three six-sided dice, and the use of a 20-sided die in combat. Percentile dice are used for skill resolution. Robotech introduces the concept of mega-damage — "super" hit-points that are equivalent to 100 ordinary-person hit points — to simulate the toughness of the heavily armored mecha.
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