Alien RPG Quick Reference
Alien RPG Quick Reference
Long +1
Armor
Range Categories Extreme +3 You can only wear one suit of armor at a time.
Range Description
When you take damage, roll a number of base
Engage Right next to you. Slow Actions dice equal to your armor rating. Each 6 you roll
d lowers the damage inflicted by one point. This
Action Prerequisite Skill
does not count as an action.
Short A few meters away, in the same Crawl You are Prone -
zone as you. Broken
Close combat - Close If you drop to zero health, you are broken – in
Medium Up to 25m away, in adjacent zone. attack Combat effect, taken out of action. Immediately roll for a
Long Up to 100m (four zones) away. Shoot firearm Firearm Ranged critical injury. If you’re not dead, you can crawl
Combat and mumble through the pain – you can’t
Extreme Up to 1 kilometer away.
perform any other actions and you can’t roll for
Burst of full Firearm Ranged any skills. You can’t go below zero health, but
auto Combat each further attack that causes damage will give
Zone Features
Cluttered: Roll Mobility when you move in the you another critical injury.
Throw Thrown Ranged
zone (pg 89). Failure means you manage to get Someone can help you with a Medical Aid skill
weapon weapon Combat
into the zone, but you fall down. check. If the roll succeeds, regain health equal to
Reload Firearm - the number of 6s in the skill roll. This does not
work on those not Broken (pg98).
First aid Broken or Medical Aid
Fast Actions vehicle attacks, giving them a natural armor
Action Prerequisite Skill raiting.
Use item Varies Varies
Run No enemy at - ● Special Abilities: Some xenomorphs
Engaged Range have special actions beyond signature
Other Hazards attacks specified under each description.
Move - - The world of Alien is unforgiving, and there are
through many ways for your character to suffer and die.
Vehicles
door/hatch In the game, there are four so-called conditions:
Vehicles have various attributes based on its
Starving, Dehydrated, Exhausted, and
Get up You are prone - type. Please see page 114-115 for more details
Freezing. These can cause damage and block
on the various attributes.
Draw - - recovery. Mark conditions in the relevant check
weapon boxes on your character sheet (pg 106-110).