Cortex Prime RPG Game Handbook

Orc revolutionaries in love! Giant-sized mythic mecha!Swashbuckling cats in the far future! Hard-boiled andhaunted police detectives! Whether youre a fan of genres and genre mash-ups covering the full spectrum of RPG worldsand settings, or youre just looking for a tabletop game system you can customize to your own specifications, Cortex Prime is primed for you. Includes three sample Spotlight settings readyto go: Eidolon Alpha, Hammerheads, and TRACE 2.0.

GAMEPLAY BASICS

• Narrative-focused traits and abilities that quickly bringyour character and stories to life in ways that make sense for the genres you prefer.
• A simple dice-pool-based mechanic in which you add two of your dice results together and compare against an opposingroll. Uses polyhedral gaming dice of four, six, eight, ten, and twelve sides.
• Player-centered choices allow for flaws and limits to manifest when the player feels theyre most effective.Hitches (dice results of 1) generate interesting immediate complications and long-term player benefits.
• Session-based play recognizes that both one-shot stories and extended campaigns are made richer by focusing on theimmediacy of what happens at the tableeither in person or online.

Key Selling Points

• An exhaustive, award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system.Refined and redesigned for a new, digitally supported generation.
• Entirely modular and packed with advice, examples, and options.Build your own roleplaying game primed by Cortex using hundreds of mods, traits, and mechanics, using themes and genres you already know and love.
• Flagship evergreen product with full digital support.Cortex has existed in one form or another for over twenty years, powering multiple licensed roleplaying games.Two exciting new games have already been announced for 2021:Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying GameandLegends of Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe Roleplaying Game.
• Designed by Cam Banks, lead designer ofMarvel Heroic Roleplaying,Smallville, andLeverage; lead developer of more than fifty RPG sourcebooks and supplements; and winner of multiple ENnie and Origins awards.