Enemy Within - Paranoia RPG

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Skills

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Each character has 6 Skills.

Management.
Stealth.
Violence.
Hardware.
Software.
Wetware.

To determine the base rating of each skill, roll 1d20 and divide by 2.  A skill lower than 4 is raised to 4.

You can re-roll 2 skills.


Specialties

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Each skill has several related specialties.  The rating of most specialties is equal to the governed skill.

Vital Specialty: Increase Violence: Energy Weapons by 4.

Common Specialties: Each player may choose up to 6 specialties.  Increase the rating by 4, but lower a different "weakness" specialty in the same skill-set to 1.  For example, if you have a Stealth Skill of 5, you may choose to increase your High Alert Specialty to 9, but you must also lower something like Sneaking to 1.

Narrow Specialties: Each player has room for 1 Narrow Specialty per Skill, for a total of 6.  These custom-made specialties may be taken at the start of the game, or taken as the game progresses.  Increase these Specialties by 6 over the base Skill level.

An example Narrow Specialty is "Stealing Happiness Bars out of slot G6 of vending machines without getting caught" or "Pretending to take pharmaceuticals without actually swallowing them."


Service Firm

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You will be assigned a place where you work when not on special assignment.  You will be given a list of specialties related to this firm, and you can increase one by 4 without taking a weakness.


Mutant Power

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You will be given a mutant power, you filthy traitor.  You may not be told what it is until you discover it.  For those of you with obvious mutations, you will have the choice of officially registering or not registering this power.  Note that an un-registered power is typically grounds for execution.  Note that attempting to register certain powers is also grounds for execution.

Yes, some of you may die as early as character creation.


Secret Society

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You're also a member of a secret society?  Shame on you.  You will be told your society, your rank, and their goals.  You will be given special treasonous skills related to your society.


Perversity

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All players begin play with 25 Perversity Points.  These points may be used to increase or decrease rolls by 1.  These can be used by other players to screw you over.  You can use them to screw over other players.  You may enter into bidding wars, if you're willing to spend the points.

You may choose to create up to two obvious, recognizable tics for your character and gain 10 additional points each.

Additional points will be awarded during play.

Points can also be used to upgrade skills.

20 points to upgrade a skill to a common specialty skill (without having to take a weakness).
20 points for a new narrow specialty skill or secret skill.
5 points to upgrade a specialty/secret skill by 1.

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During each mission, Troubleshooters are given the opportunity to volunteer for 1 of 6 different roles on the team, then they're forcefully played in a role regardless.


Team Leader

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Coordinates efforts of fellow Troubleshooters.  Main go-between with higher-ups.  Primary fall-guy.


Loyalty Officer

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Watch other Troubleshooters for signs of insubordination, treason, or substandard zeal.  Reports directly to The Computer.


Hygiene Officer

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Monitor the Personal Hygiene Level of each team member.  Can implement routine or emergency sanitation procedures.  Failure to report sub-standard PHL is treason.


Communications and Recording Officer

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All Troubleshooters wear Personal Communication Devices, but these are prone to malfunctioning at the worst times.  The C&R Officer carries a Com that ensures communications with The Computer are always possible, as well as a Multicorder to ensure no loss of monitoring.  Remember - "The Computer is everywhere, and you must be everywhere else."


Bots, Weapons, Vehicles, and Sundry Equipment Repair and Maintenance Officer

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Carries out Random Surprise Inspections.  Acts as team driver/pilot.  Tests all R&D devices.  Recovers Old Reckoning devices.


Happiness Officer

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Keeps team morale high!  Pep talks, jokes, singalongs.  Can give Personality Stabilizer Drugs to any Troubleshooter showing signs of Sub-Standard Morale.

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When making a skill check, roll 1d20 and subtract it from the appropriate skill.

Example: With an agility of 9, you would need to roll 9 or less to pass.

1 is very good.

20 is very bad.

Passing by 5 or more is usually a good thing.

Passing by 10 or more is usually a very good thing.  A suspiciously good thing.

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Other, non-fun RPGs have tons of rules about combat.  In Paranoia, a combat round lasts for as long as it takes for each character to do one thing interesting like move or attack or duck behind cover.

There is no initiative.  After players choose how to act, actions occur simultaneously.  It's entirely possible that two characters will shoot and kill each other.

Rather than HP, characters have a sliding scale of health.

OK
Snafu - can't attack next round (but can still move, etc)
Wounded - can't attack or spend perversity next round
Maimed - can be fixed with 5,000cr
Down - unconscious; 1 min with aid, 10 mins without
Killed - can theoretically be resuscitated, but you're only RED.
Vaporized - dead
(Robots/equipment have a similar scale: OK - Light damage - Impaired - Heavy damage - Busted - Junked - Vaporized)

Weapons have number of shots, range, etc.  They also have a damage value written as (Min Damage)(Boost Number)(Max Damage).

Attacking is performed like skill checks.  Make a roll using the corresponding Violence skill.  On a success, you'll do at least the minimum damage.  Divide the margin of success by the boost number, and the damage moves up that many steps, up to the maximum.

For example, all Troubleshooters are issued an Energy Pistol, damage W3K.  On a successful Energy Weapons roll, the target is Wounded.  If you succeed the check by more than 3, the target is instead Maimed.  If you pass by 6, they're Down.  Success by 9 kills the target.

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Laser Pistol

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Every Troubleshooter is issued a standard W3K Laser Pistol and Two RED barrels.

A Laser Pistol requires a barrel to fire. Each barrel can be (relatively) safely fired 6 times. After 6 shots, each shot has increasing risk of catastrophic failure. A colorful indicator shows how many shots are left. And horrific screeching noises give you a nice reminder to reload. Replacing a barrel in combat takes 1 round.

Barrels come in multiple different colors. The body has no color, and only the barrel's color matters.

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Reflec Armor

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All citizens are issued Reflec Armor of their given color. A Laser Pistol fires lasers of the color of its barrel. Reflec armor provides 1 step of protection against lasers of lower security clearance.

Yes, lasers conform to security clearance.

A RED-barreled pistol will be less effective against a GREEN-clearance person. A GREEN-clearance IntSec goon does not have that problem when shooting back.

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PDC

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Pretty much everyone of RED clearance and above wears a wrist-mounted personal computer. Its functions include a calendar, address/contact list, phone, camera, and self-destruct.

Deactivating your PDC temporarily is a 50cr fine.

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Slug Thrower

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Gun.

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Cone Rifle

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Grenade launcher.

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