Pacific Rim RPG
Pacific Rim RPG
Pacific Rim RPG
Mechanics:Rollad10,andtrytogetequalorunderthecorrespondingAttribute.
Attributes :Eachplayerhastwosetsofstats,thestatsfortheJaegerthatheshareswithhis
copilot,andhisownpersonalcharacterstats.AJaegersstatsare Speed ,
Power ,and
Armor .
Thepilotsstatsare Fitness ,
Moxie ,and Willpower.TheyalsohaveaspecialAttributecalled
DriftCompatibility .
JAEGERATTRIBUTES
Speed :SpeedisusedtodeterminehowfasttheJaegercanrun,howoftenithits,andhow
reactiveitis.Italsoisusedto Dodge .Itisscoredoutof10.
Power :
PowerisusedtodeterminehowstrongtheJaegeris,howhardithits,anditshealth.It
isalsousedto Block .Itisscoredoutof10.
Armor :Armorcovershealth.Itisalsousedto Absorb .Itisscoredoutof10.
PILOTATTRIBUTES
Fitness :Howphysicallyfityourcharacteris.Thisisusedwhendeterminingcombatbetween
playersand otherhumans .Itisscoredoutof5,butnotonthesamescaleasaJaeger.Keepin
mindthattheJaegerprogramisrunbythemilitary,sowithFitness1youarestillingoodshape.
Moxie :Howcharismaticandsocialyourcharacteris.Thiscontributestoyour Drift
Compatibility. Itisscoredoutof5.
Willpower :Willpowerisyourinnerstrength.Thiscontributestoyour DriftCompatibility. Itis
scoredoutof5.
DriftCompatibility :Thesumofyour Willpower andMoxie scores.EachpilothasaDrift
Compatibility,whichisrolledatthebeginningofanalert,whilesuitingup.Failuretorollunder
yourDriftCompatibilitymeansafailureintheDrift.
CHARACTERCREATION
Inordertocreateacharacter,gothroughthefollowingsteps
1. PickAnotherPlayer :ThetwoofyouwillworkintandemtopilotaJaeger.Ifthereare
anoddnumberofpeopleatthetable,youcanhaveathreepersonJaeger,likeCrimson
Typhoon.OnepersoncannotpilotaJaegeralone.
2. CreatePilots :Withyourcopilot,eachplayercreatesapilot.Thepilothasapoolof8
pointsand1startingpointineachAttribute,whichcangoupto5.Youshouldalsopicka
relationshipbetweenthetwopilots.TheArchetypes(whichdonotaffectrolls)areLovers,
Siblings,ParentChild,andBestFriends.Dontforgettochooseanationalityaswell.
3. CreateYourJaeger :Withyourcopilot,createyourJaeger.EachJaegergets18points
todistributeamongsttheir3Attributes,whichstartat1andcangoupto10.
4. KillKaiju :YoureallreadytogoandFIGHTTHEGIANTALIENS.
SUITINGUP
Atthebeginningofanalert,theplayersshouldstopwhattheyaredoingandrushtotheir
Jaegers.Oncetheyhavemadeittotheirgiantmonsterpunchingrobot,theyroll Drift
Compatibility .Thisdeterminesifthepilothasanyproblemswhenmergingmindswiththeir
copilot.ShouldapilotrollabovetheirDriftCompatibility,rollad5andconsultthetable.Should
bothpilotsfailtheirDriftCompatibilityrolls,treatitasiftheyrolleda5.
Roll Effect
1 Distracted:Youburyyourselfinahappymemoryandyourpartnercan'tpull
yououtofit.Untiltheendofthealert,yourJaeger'sSpeedistreatedasone
lower.
2 Crushed:Thememoryyoufindyourselfentrancedwithisquitedepressing,
andyourpartnercan'trallyyou.Fortherestofthealert,yourJaeger'sPower
istreatedasonelower.
3 Absorbed:Thememoriesthatrushbyyoublendtogetherandoverpoweryou.
Fortherestofthealert,yourJaeger'sSpeedandPoweristreatedasone
lower.
4 Berserk:Whoknowswhat'sgoingthroughyourhead,butyoujustactivated
oneofyourJaeger'sweaponswhileintheShatterdome.MakeanotherDrift
Compatibilitycheck.Shouldyoufail,youdischargetheweaponandpossibly
destroysomethingvital.Fortunately,thatshouldsnapyououtofit.
5 TheDriftjustdoesn'twork.Lookslikeyou'llbesittingthisoneout,atleastuntil
thetechsrebootyourJaegerandyoucanreroll.
COMBAT
Attacking
Eachattackdoesad5worthofdamage,regardlessofweapon.
InordertohitaKaijuwithanattack,youhavetorollunderyour Speed .Inordertodamageit,
rollunderyourPower .Ifbothrollsareundertheirrespectiveattributes,rolldamage.
Shouldyourolla1onbothSpeedandPower,itcountsasacriticalandyourattackdeals
doubledamage.
Defending
WhenaKaijuattacks,youhavetheoptiontodefendagainsttheincomingattack.Inorderto
defendsuccessfully,apilotmustrollundertheJaegersAttributethatcorrespondstothetypeof
damagetheKaijuisdealing.Consultthechartbelow.
Dodge
(Speed) Block
(Power) Absorb
(Armor)
Weapons
Type Example
Explosive Missile
Slicing Sword
Blunt Fists
Shock TeslaFist
Heat BrassKnuckles
Plasma Plasmacaster
EachJaegerisequippedwithtwofists(blunt),andupto3additionalmethodsofattack.
SYSTEMS:Analog(NuclearReactor)vs.Digital(XIGSupercellChamber)
Analog :+1versusEMPattacksandcanBlazeofGloryinanuclearinfernothatkillsbothpilots,
andprobablytheKaiju.
Digital
:+1toyourDriftroll,notsittingonanuclearreactor.Note:DigitalJaegersareincredibly
rare.Therewasonlyoneproduced(StrikerEureka)bythetimethemoviebeganin2025.
KAIJUGENERATION
KaijuarecreatedinthesamewayasaJaeger.However,KaijualsohaveMutations.Mutations
costpoints,butgrantspecialabilities.KaijualsohaveCategories,withdifferentcategories
allottingmoreandmorepointsasthecategoryincreases.SizealsoincreaseswithCategory.
CATEGORY POINTSALLOTTED
Category1
Category2
Category3
Category4
Category5
Wings AllowstheKaijutofly
AcidSpit Canspitincrediblycorrosiveacidonceevery5rounds
FlameBreath Canshootfirefromitsmouthonceevery5rounds
ExtraLimbs TheKaijuhasanextrasetoflimbs,eitherlegsorarms
ExtraHead TheKaijuhasanotherhead,allowingittoattacktwice
EMP Sendsoutanelectromagneticpulsethatshutsdown
electronics.
*isequaltotheamountofdamageresistanceorregenerationtheKaijupossesses.Italsomaxesoutat4.
EMP:TheKaijucanreleaseanelectromagneticpulsethatdisruptsallelectronicsintheblast
zone,butmusttaketimetochargeandusethepulse.TheKaijuandallJaegarsintheblast
zonehavearolloff.TheKaijusrollisthenumbertobeat.ShouldtheJaegarrollhigher,itis
stunnedandcannotact.