P R S

Portable Role playing System

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Character Creation 5

Core Rules 8

Stuff 12

Nature 15

Combat & Health 17

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Character Creation
C reating your Character
is a very simple ordeal.
First you need to know a
few things to make a Great
Character.
Concept: What you are.
Super spy, ninja or warrior
princess.
Traits:
Physical
Mental
Social
Size
All these start at level 1.
Except Size. This means
when you try something
physical you roll 1d6. If you
try something Mental you
roll 1d6. See the pattern?
Size is small (1), med(2) or
large(3).
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Derived Traits:
Initiative
Health
Speed
Initiative determines how
many actions you might get
per round. Health is your
life expectancy. Speed is
how fast you can do things
and how far you can move.
Now lets get that
Character built.
Choose a concept. It can
be anything you want
that fits in the genre
of the game you want
to play.
Examples of concepts
are , Super spy,
Mailman, Cop, Warrior,
Hunter, Bounty
hunter from the ninth
dimension.
You start with 1 level in
each Trait. Most normal sized
characters are Size Med.
Physical: 1
Mental: 1 Size:
Social: 1
Sm:1
Starting Characters get to Med:2
add 1 level to one of these Lg:3
traits making it level 2.
Your size adds to traits to
Example: get derived traits.

Our Hero Bob Lets do those derived traits

Concept: Super Paperboy
Physical: 1
Mental: 2
Social: 1
Our hero has an average
physical and social abilities
but has twice as good
mental capacity. He’s
smart.
now.
Health: Size + Physical
Speed: Physical + Mental
Your Initiative is 1+ the
number of successes you
roll on a Speed test.
How do you get successes?
That’s next.

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Core Rules
T he PRS System uses
standard 6 sided dice.
These will be referred to as
D6. 3 of these dice would
be 3D6.
When a roll is called for you
grab the number of dice
equal to your trait. If you
need to make a physical
roll and your Phys trait is 2.
Then you grab 2D6 and roll
them.
1,2,3 = failures
4,5,6 = Successes
You want successes. In a
general test any successes
and you succeed at your
task.
Versus test you need
more successes than your
opponents trait.
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All normal rolls are open
ended. Meaning, Before
(repeat, BEFORE) any
modifiers are added or
subtracted from the dice
if any of them are 6, then
grab another die and roll
it also. If the extra die
rolls a 6 also grab another.
After all dice have been
rolled then add or subtract
modifiers.
Die modifiers? There are 2
type of die modifiers. Those
that give you additional
dice to roll with your trait
or modify your die results.
Modifiers that add dice
do so before you roll. A
weapon might add +1D. If
your physical is 1d and you
use that weapon to attack
then you roll 2D to attack.
If a modifier modifies
your result then you add
or subtract it to each die
rolled after you roll.
Most tasks have this kind of
modifier.
If the task is:
Easy +1
Normal +0
Hard -1
So a Hard task would
subtract 1 from each die
after the roll.
Example: Bob tries to Read
Sanskrit. Its a Hard Mental
task, He Rolls his 2D6. He
rolls a 4 and 5. No 6 so no
extra die to roll. Then its
modified by the Hard task.
His roll is now a 3 and 4, 1
success. Yay he succeeds.
Lets try this out.
Bob wants to charm a Lady
at the bar. Versus test. His
Social is a 1, Her Social is
a 2. Bob needs 2 successes
to charm Her. But how can
he? He only has one die.
Well 2 things can Happen.
Bob Might roll a 6 and get
another die to roll or He
may also Spend his Luck to
buy a Free Success. What
is this luck ? We will get to
that soon.
Bob rolls 1D6. He gets a
5. 1 success. Not enough
to beat her trait of 2. She
snubs him and walks away.
Poor Bob. That’s the basis
for all tests. Roll a trait.
4,5,or 6 is a success. Some
tasks take 1 success. Others
take more. The more
successes in combat the
more damage you do.
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I f your Trait is reduced to
0 or less from modifiers or
what not then you can still
roll . This is a Chance roll.
You roll 1D6 , his roll is NOT
open ended. You do not get
additional dice if your roll
a 6.

So if you attack and your

roll is reduced to -1 then
you would roll just 1D6 and
if you get a 4,5 or 6 you get
a success.

Lets get some Stuff now.

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Stuff
G etting your Character
stuff. Well that’s up to
you. Your character gets
anything he would normally
need for his Concept.
The only Stuff we need to
discuss is the stuff that
modifies rolls.
Accuracy generally will give
you a +1D to your roll on all
really accurate weapons.
Damage is usually your
successes from your
physical Attack roll. Some
weapons add to this roll

W eapons have three

traits. Range,
Accuracy and Damage.
-1 for cheap weapons to
+1 for deadly weapons. All
weapons either do STUN
or LETHAL damage. More
Range is what the weapon about the difference in
attacks at normal in feet. the Combat Section. All
Only Ranged weapons use Blunt Weapons do Stun,
Range. unless Special. All Others
generally do Lethal.
Close range is within 5 Type Range Acc Dam
feet. You get a +1 with Fist - 0 0
ranged weapons for being
Gun 20 +1D 0
in Close range. Long Range
Laser 40 +1D +1
is farther then Normal
range. You get a -1 with
ranged weapons at long
range.

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O ther Stuff might modify
your other non combat
traits. Such as laptop might
If the Character uses the
Stuff in really Creative
ways then yes its worth a
give a +1 for Mental roll Modifier.
and Cologne might give +1
to a social roll. Its really
up to you what gives a
modifier.

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Nature
N ature is a personality
trait or belief that IS
your character.
Example: Loud mouthed,
Stubborn, Seductive,
Greedy.
Nature is a way of getting
a luck point. It works this
way. During a scene if
you Role play your Nature
truthfully, you get a Luck
point. A luck point (a bead,
a penny, a button, anything
physical to hold on too) can
be used as an automatic
success after a role. Even
if you rolled all 1’s you can
turn in your luck point and
receive a success. This does
not mean you succeed at
what your trying. But it
cant hurt.
Example: Your characters
Nature is Greedy. During
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Negotiations you keep
pressing for a bigger pay
off till the buyer snaps. The
GM (game master) Gives
you a luck point gem. When
a roll to convince the buyer
that your threats are real
later in the scene you need
3 success’s . you roll your
1 social and get 1 success.
You could spend the luck
gem to get another success
but your total would still be
2, a failure.
You can spend a Luck point
on any roll any time as long
its within the same scene.
You can have only one (1)
Luck point at a time. After
you spend it Role play
your Nature Convincingly
and get another one. All
unspent Luck is lost at end
of the Scene.
Combat & Health
C ombat and Health. Two
things that generally
don’t exist together.
Generally Combat will start
at Melee or close range . Or
long range. To start combat
you roll Initiative.
Initiative: Roll your
characters speed. Add any
successes to 1. (Speed
success’s +1) this is how
many actions you get to
take in a turn. A turn is a
few moments of action.
Actions: You can do
several different things as
an action. Attack, Move
your speed in Yards, Drop
something, Grab Something
,Make a test, Role play your
nature( Yes it does cost an
action to get a luck point).
To Attack you simply
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declare what your attacking
with and is it Melee or
Ranged. If its Melee roll
your Physical + any Dam
dice from the weapon.
The successes is your
damage to your opponent.
Armor subtracts from
that total. Armor has two
ratings, Lethal and Stun.
Subtract the Armor rating,
If any lethal damages gets
through then subtract
it from your opponents
health. If any Stun get
through, Double the
damage that got through
then subtract it from Your
opponents health.
Ranged Combat is the
same way except there
is a modifier to the roll.
Close=+1, Normal =+0 and
long =-1.
There are a few Actions
that Modify rolls.
Aim: You can aim with a
Ranged weapon. This Takes
1 action. This gives you
+1D to your next Ranged
Attack with that weapon
. The attack must be your
next action. If you take any
other actions before the
attack you lose this bonus.
Charge: Same as Aim
except with Melee
weapons. Takes 1 action
and gives +1D to next Melee
attack with this weapon.
The attack must be your
next action. If you take any
other actions before the
attack you lose this bonus.
Dodge: takes 1 action. -1D
to next Attack (ranged or
melee) against you. Lose
this modifier if you take a
different action before the
attack is made.
Take Cover: Cover gives
you a +1/+1 (lethal/stun)
armor bonus for as long as
your behind it. Taking cover
takes one action. If you
attack from behind cover
you lose this bonus until to
you take cover again.
The Game Master can
always give situational
Modifiers.
Good Situation=+1
Normal Situation=+0
Bad Situation=-1
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If your current health is
ever dropped to negative
your Health Trait then the
stun is converted to 1(only
1) Lethal damage and your
Current health is changed
to 0. After the current turn
is over. Not in between
actions.
again giving him 2 lethal
and 1 stun. Stun damage
can kill you in this way if
you take enough of it.
Any lethal damage past 0
Current health just makes
it just that more difficult to
survive death.

Example:
Bobs health is 3. He
takes several stun hits.
His current health is now
-3. This means after the
current turn( not in the
middle or in between
actions) Bob takes 1 lethal
damage and his current
Health is 0. He has 1 lethal
and 2 stun. If later before
healing His current health
is reduced to -3 again from
stun he would take another
lethal damage and his
current health would be 0

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Heal rolls allow you to
regain lost health.
If you take lethal damage
then after a 5 turn rest
you get a Free Heal roll.
Roll your Current health
(not Health trait) with no
modifiers. Add successes
to your current health as
healing. After you Make this
First roll you can no longer
heal lethal damage unless
A: you take more damage
in combat or B: you rest for
6 hours.
When you take Stun
damage You roll a heal
roll equal to your current
health every round after
you take the damage.
Continue to make rolls
healing only stun damage.
If your unconscious you still
make a Chance roll. Roll
1D6 and if you get 4,5,6
then you get to heal 1
point. Remember you don’t
get extra dice for rolling 6’s
on a Chance roll.
If your dead not all is lost.
5 turns after you die you
still get a Chance roll to
heal. Hope you have a Luck
point at this Juncture.
Lethal damage => than
Health trait = DEAD
Stun + Lethal Damage =>
Health Trait=UNCONSCIOUS.
You always get a heal roll.
Every turn for remaining
stun, and after 5 turns of
rest (or death) for lethal.
Then after 6 hours of rest
for lethal.
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P R S
Name:

Concept:

Physical:

Mental:

Social:

Health: / Dam: L: S:

Speed:

Size:

Stuff:

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