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take

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rol

es o

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ott

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his

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Page 2: PvP The - Steve Jackson GamesPvP characters (go on and drool, we’ll be here when you’re finished). If this is your first look at PvP, you’re in for a treat. The adventures of

Skul

lT

he h

eart

of P

vPM

agaz

ine

lies

deep

with

in th

e bl

uefr

ame

of th

is g

entle

gia

nt. B

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a c

reat

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of m

yth,

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l nee

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ttle

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com

pani

onsh

ip, w

hich

the

staf

f of P

vPis

mor

e th

an h

appy

to p

rovi

de. S

kull

gets

alo

ng w

ell

with

his

co-

wor

kers

, exc

ept

for

Bre

nt,

who

tor

men

ts t

he p

oor

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t. D

espi

teth

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nsid

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nt

one

of

his

best

frie

nds.

Sku

ll cu

rren

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posi

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tern

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nyth

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lity:

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him

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gam

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g,th

at c

an s

omet

imes

be

a pr

etty

big

adv

anta

ge.

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ore

any

play

er m

ay a

ttack

him

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ey m

ust

firs

t fee

l tha

t Sku

ll is

a th

reat

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l one

die

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1 to

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roll

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each

fra

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core

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ring

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gam

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n a

roll

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or

high

er, S

kull’

sco

nsid

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a th

reat

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may

be

atta

cked

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a ro

llof

3 o

r lo

wer

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pla

yer

may

not

atta

ck S

kull

this

turn

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isad

vant

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spe

cial

abi

lity

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so h

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his

frie

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ach

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a s

peci

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bilit

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tart

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wea

pon,

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dis

adva

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sign

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peci

fica

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or th

at c

hara

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pla

yers

wis

h, th

ey m

ay in

corp

orat

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e un

ique

char

acte

rs

from

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ade

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guy

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spe

cial

cha

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ules

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rlay

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basi

c F

rag

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ter

rule

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ou’l

l st

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ed to

cus

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your

cha

ract

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sta

tsus

ing

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rule

s in

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g.

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nt S

ienn

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the

art

istic

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aves

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rent

lit

tleti

me

to

play

co

mpu

ter

gam

es.

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ever

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lway

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the

time

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thos

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ho d

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pret

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pous

kn

ow-i

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l, B

rent

is

th

em

aste

r of

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inap

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mm

ent.

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ting

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eapo

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offe

e P

ot.

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nt’s

alw

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full

coff

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ot c

an b

eus

ed to

atta

ck ta

rget

s in

adj

acen

t spa

ces.

4d

dam

age.

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imite

d am

mo.

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ial

Abi

lity:

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ed!

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nt’s

alw

ays

so l

oade

d w

ith h

ot j

ava

that

he’s

twitc

hing

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he b

egin

ning

of t

hega

me,

Bre

nt is

giv

en s

ix d

ice

that

mus

tbe

kep

t to

one

sid

e. H

e m

ay u

se t

hese

dic

e, o

ne a

t a

time,

to

aug-

men

t his

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ed. A

ny ti

me

Bre

nt m

ust r

oll h

is S

peed

sta

t (in

clud

ing

rolls

for

mov

emen

t), h

e m

ay a

dd o

ne o

f th

ese

extr

a di

ce to

his

rol

l.D

ice

are

disc

arde

d as

they

are

use

d.D

isad

vant

ages

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ack

of S

kill.

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nt j

ust

does

n’t

get

enou

ghtim

e in

with

fir

st-p

erso

n sh

oote

r ga

mes

. His

pow

er-u

p ch

ecks

are

only

suc

cess

ful o

n a

roll

of 5

or

6, n

ot th

e st

anda

rd 4

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e R

icha

rds

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glu

e th

at h

olds

PvP

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azin

e to

geth

er, C

ole

trie

s to

ret

ain

a sm

all s

embl

ance

of

sani

ty a

mid

stth

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aos

of h

is e

mpl

oyee

s. T

his

mak

es h

im a

nob

viou

s ta

rget

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onfu

sed

and

dist

urbe

d by

the

late

st c

ompu

ter g

ame

rele

ases

, Col

e is

hap

pi-

est

play

ing

clas

sic

80s

arca

de g

ame

emul

a-to

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n hi

s co

mpu

ter.

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ting

Wea

pon:

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t C

onso

le G

un.

Itlo

oks

an a

wfu

l lo

t lik

e th

e pi

stol

you

’d f

ind

with

an

8-bi

t co

nsol

e m

achi

ne.

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slo

w a

ndno

isy

and

not

near

ly a

s po

wer

ful

as o

ne w

ould

expe

ct a

fter

hea

ring

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e fi

re i

t, bu

t it

mak

eshi

m h

appy

. 3d

dam

age.

Unl

imite

d am

mo.

Spec

ial A

bilit

y:T

he B

oss.

It’s

goo

dto

be

the

king

. At

the

begi

nnin

g of

his

tur

n, C

ole

may

thr

eate

n an

y ot

her

play

er w

ith f

irin

g or

ove

rtim

e. U

ntil

the

begi

nnin

g of

Col

e’s

next

tur

n, t

he c

hose

n pl

ayer

may

not

atta

ckC

ole. Dis

adva

ntag

es:B

ehin

d-th

e-T

imes

. Eve

n th

ough

he

runs

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me

mag

azin

e, C

ole’

s kn

owle

dge

of c

ompu

ter

gam

es i

s a

bit d

ated

. He

was

n’t e

ven

a bi

g fa

n of

the

firs

t-ge

nera

tion

firs

t-pe

r-so

n sh

oote

rs. H

is la

ck o

f cl

ues

limits

him

to s

tart

ing

with

onl

y tw

oca

rds,

a s

peci

al a

nd a

gad

get.

Fra

ncis

Otto

man

If y

ou’v

e ev

er w

ante

d to

kill

som

eone

you

’ve

met

onl

ine,

then

you

kno

w F

ranc

is R

ay O

ttom

an. T

hat’s

not

to s

ay t

hat

Fran

cis

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ll ba

d . .

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does

cal

l in

sic

k ev

ery

once

in

a w

hile

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anci

s kn

ows

ever

ythi

ng t

here

is

tokn

ow a

bout

gam

ing.

Mos

tly b

ecau

se h

isw

hole

life

rev

olve

s ar

ound

it.

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ting

Wea

pon:

Hac

ked

Pist

ol.

Fran

cis’

geek

budd

ies

hack

ed th

e ga

me

code

, and

now

he

begi

ns e

very

gam

e w

ith a

pis

tol t

hat’s

just

slig

htly

bet

ter

than

the

stan

-da

rd s

tart

ing

wea

pon.

3d

dam

age.

Unl

imite

d am

mo.

One

bonu

s at

tack

with

the

pist

ol e

very

turn

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ecia

l A

bilit

y:Tw

itchy

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anci

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one

of

thos

e da

mne

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kid

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ules

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gam

e. M

ovin

g fa

ster

and

with

mor

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an o

ther

s, h

e ra

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ags

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st th

at th

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me

ends

bef

ore

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olde

r pl

ayer

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en g

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tart

ed. F

ranc

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a +4

to h

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ginn

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e ga

me

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ho g

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firs

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begi

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me

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ne g

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lt of

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lls)

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n at

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tain

e“W

omen

pla

y ga

mes

, too

.” T

hat’s

wha

t Jad

e Fo

ntai

ne w

ants

the

wor

ld t

o kn

ow. A

n av

id g

amer

, Jad

e ca

n fr

ag w

ith t

he b

est

of t

hebo

ys, b

ut p

refe

rs t

he e

scap

e of

a g

ood

onlin

e R

PG. J

ade

is h

ope-

less

ly a

ddic

ted

to e

-mai

l and

cha

t. St

arti

ng W

eapo

n:L

ight

Dis

rupt

or P

isto

l. T

his

wea

pon’

s da

m-

age

is p

itifu

l (2

d da

mag

e) b

ut i

t do

es h

ave

a sp

ecia

l ab

ility

tha

tm

akes

it

wor

th u

sing

. O

n an

y su

cces

sful

hit,

the

tar

get

mus

t ro

llon

e di

e; o

n a

4-6,

Jad

e m

ay r

ando

mly

sel

ect o

ne c

ard

from

the

tar-

get’s

han

d an

d st

ealt

hat c

ard.

Unl

imite

d am

mo.

Spec

ial

Abi

lity:

Rut

hles

s.

Jade

lik

es

prov

ing

that

a

wom

an c

an b

e as

dan

gero

us i

n a

gam

e as

any

man

. Eac

hfr

ag J

ade

scor

es e

arns

her

one

die

that

can

be

adde

d to

any

die

roll

she

mak

es. H

er e

arne

d di

ce s

houl

d be

set

to

one

side

to

crea

te a

spe

cial

poo

l of

bon

us d

ice

that

onl

y sh

eca

n dr

aw f

rom

. D

isad

vant

ages

:T

ryin

g to

o ha

rd.

Jade

kno

ws

that

wom

en a

ren’

t ex

pect

ed t

o do

wel

l at

thi

s ki

ndof

gam

e,an

d it

mak

es h

er s

elf-

cons

ciou

s. I

f sh

e m

isse

s an

atta

ckro

ll, s

he m

ust

roll

one

die.

On

a 6,

her

tur

n en

ds a

s sh

ede

scen

ds in

to s

elf-

doub

t.

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:FR

AG20

03Pr

epar

e fo

r th

e fu

ture

! Th

e ne

xtge

nera

tion

of F

rag

play

s fa

ster

and

with

mor

e vi

olen

ce th

an e

ver

befo

re.

Each

fig

hter

sta

rts w

ith 9

poi

nts

for

stat

s, ra

ther

tha

n 7,

and

do

uble

the

star

ting

num

ber

of c

ards

. You

r Fr

agga

mes

are

now

rea

dy f

or 2

003!

(If

itca

n w

ork

for U

nrea

l Tou

rnam

ent.

. .)

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:O F

F-TH

E-SH

ELF

S YST

EMS

Bef

ore

star

ting

play

, re

mov

e al

lSy

stem

U

pgra

deca

rds

from

th

esp

ecia

ls d

eck.

Eve

ryon

e’s

play

ing

with

the

sam

e co

mpu

ter

syst

em.

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:M

ILIT

ARY

EXOS

KELE

TON

Bef

ore

play

, al

l pl

ayer

s m

ust

agre

e th

at t

he E

xosk

elet

onca

rd i

sac

tual

ly a

mili

tary

ver

sion

. W

hen

the

card

is

draw

n, i

t fo

llow

s th

eru

les

as w

ritte

n on

the

card

plu

s:●

The

pla

yer

may

dra

w t

he t

opth

ree

card

s fr

om th

e w

eapo

ns d

eck

and

sele

ct o

ne c

ard

to p

ut in

to p

lay

imm

edia

tely

(an

d it

does

n’t

take

any

spac

e). T

he o

ther

two

card

s ar

edi

scar

ded.

●O

ther

arm

or c

ards

may

be

used

in

conj

unct

ion

with

th

e m

ilita

ryex

oske

leto

n.●

Frag

ging

the

Exos

kele

ton

wea

rer

coun

ts d

oubl

e fo

r vi

ctor

y, a

nd y

oudr

aw tw

oSp

ecia

ls.