Mobsters RPG

MOBSTERS

AN AMORAL ROLEPLAYING & STRATEGY-GAME

1998

CAN YOU DO IT?

The Roaring Twenties. TheProhibition. America is atthe feet of gangster kingsand law enforcement is socorrupt that it has all butbroken down.

Mobsters

is a roleplayinggame of those dangerousdays. Characters form amafia family, starting as aband of hoodlums on thestreet and working theirway up. Managing your owncrime empire will bring ararely seen strategic ele-ment to the play and thisbooklet contains all youneed to do it (in game, natu-rally).Can you pull it off? Try theHollywood-version of NewOrleans provided here andshoot, plot and backstabyour way upward to becomethe Godfather and king of the Crescent City.All you need is this book-let, paper, pencils and or-dinary six-sided dice cubes.(That is what we mean by“D” in the rules.)

Mobster

uses the

Scorpio

-game system and serves as aperfect example of its ways and workings, although details aredifferent in each genre.You can find more fine gamesusing the

Scorpio

-

system from:

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For this game weve read

Noir

from Archon Gaming Inc. and

New OrleansSourcebook

by Chaosium as well assome old movie scripts and police files.We warmly recommend

Noir

to any-one who likes

Mobsters

-spirit and freely admit that we have taken many of the skill names from their excellent vocabulary of 50s slang.

CHARACTER GENERATION, STAGE 1:

Give every player 42 points to be distributed among his characters at-tributes (there are nine attributes). The minimum attribute value is 2and maximum is 8. The average human attribute value is 4.

Strength

is your mobsters physical strength and hitting power.

Health

is his toughness, size and ability to withstand damage.

Agility

is his athletic grace, flexibility and running speed.

Dexterity

is his hand-to-eye coordination and steadiness of hand.

Intellect

is his wit, awareness, tactical eye and deductive ability.

Education

is his level of education, manners and social status.

Willpower

is his mental strength, bravery and authority.

Charisma

is his capability to influence the emotions of others.

Appearance

is his physical beauty and sex appeal.

CHARACTER GENERATION, STAGE 2:

Each player is given 40 skill slots. As long as the value of the skill isequal or less than the attribute value it is listed under one skill slotincreases skill value by 1. When the skill value exceeds the attributevalue, increasing the skill value costs two skill slots.

CHARACTER GENERATION, STAGE 3:

Player chooses the age group of his character. If the character is between18-29 years old, he can choose up to 5 pts of Cons. If he is 30-40 yearsold, he can choose up to 10pts of Cons. If he is older than 40, he canchoose 15 pts of Cons. He does not have to choose the full amount.Points from Cons can be used to purchase Edges (like wealth, specialabilities, friends and contacts) or they can be turned into skill slots (eachCon-point is worth 2 skill slots).

CHARACTER GENERATION, STAGE 4:

After you have chosen your attributes, skills, Cons and Edges, write downthe details on your character sheet and figure out

Injury Limits

:

HealthWoundHeavy WoundIncapacitatedKilled2 71428 563 81632 644 91836 725 102040 806 112244 887 122448 968 132652 104

9 142856 112

10 153060 120

INDEX:

Character Generation2Character Sheet3Edges and Cons5Game System6Skill Descriptions8Combat Rules10CloseCombat11Ranged Combat12Attack Damage15Damage Effects16First Aid16Fire, Poison, Strangling16Weapon List20Gear List22The Art of Murder24Refereeing & Campaigning26Character Development28Karma Development29Campaign Concept30Campaign Rules32Respect32Keeping things in control34Illegal Affairs36Turfs37Thugs, Mafiosos etc.39Using Henchmen40Influence and Prestige41Risks and Problems43Random Trouble44Mob Wars46Prepared Adventures47Sample Adventure48Non-player-characters49Non-player-character list51New Orleans54Families of New Orleans56Turfs of New Orleans58Notes about New Orleans61NPC sheet cards62

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STRENGTH . . . . . . . . . . .___

Armed/Blunt . . . . . . . . .___Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Unarmed Combat . . . . .___

HEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . . .___ AGILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . .___

Armed/Edged . . . . . . . . .___Dodge . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Entangle . . . . . . . . . . . .___Hoofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Running . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Sneak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Swim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Thrown Weapon . . . . . .___

DEXTERITY . . . . . . . . . . .___

Filch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Flyboy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Grease Monkey . . . . . . . . .___Leadfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Lockpicking . . . . . . . . . . .___Musician . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Submachinegun . . . . . . . .___

INTELLECT. . . . . . . . . . .___

Card Shark . . . . . . . . . .___Disguise . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Doc . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Legwork . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Search . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Shutterbug . . . . . . . . . . .___Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___

EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . .___

Egghead . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Lingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Manners . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___

WILLPOWER . . . . . . . . . .___

Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . .___Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Street Smarts . . . . . . . . . .___

CHARISMA . . . . . . . . . . .___

Acting . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .___Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Carousing . . . . . . . . . . . .___Haggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .___Seduction . . . . . . . . . . . .___Smooth Talk . . . . . . . . . . .___

APPEARANCE . . . . . . . . .___

WoundHeavy WoundIncapa-citatedKilledInjury penalty notes:

NAME_________________________

Nick___________________________Family________________________Sex____Age____Karma____

WEAPONIni Dam Mag Ranges

_____________ ___ ___ _________________________ ___ ___ _________________________ ___ ___ _________________________ ___ ___ _________________________ ___ ___ ____________

Description: Special:Gear:Experience:Cash:

NameProfessionTalentsWeaknessesDescriptionAttributes___/___Initiative___D+___Willpower___Injury ___/___/___/___Injury PenNotesNameProfessionTalentsWeaknessesDescriptionAttributes___/___Initiative___D+___Willpower___Injury ___/___/___/___Injury PenNotesNameProfessionTalentsWeaknessesDescriptionAttributes___/___Initiative___D+___Willpower___Injury ___/___/___/___Injury PenNotesNameProfessionTalentsWeaknessesDescriptionAttributes___/___Initiative___D+___Willpower___Injury ___/___/___/___Injury PenNotes

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