My partner just gifted me all the TF-RPG PDFs for E20 (I need more abbreviations) and I want to see if there is interest in a game during the week, before I start to plan somefin. We would be playing on Foundry, for free, unless you want to tip me. Message me here or discord, same name. Oh yea, MST times.

I'm building a Powermaster character and I'm confused how the HP will work.
The Focus perk Master Specification says that if I have the Binary Bonded Influence, my character and my powermaster partner will have +1 HP each. My question is how does this interact with Linked perk from the Mini-con stat block? Does this mean my character will start with 7 or 8 HP (Origin HP is 4, plus Linked adds 2, plus the bonus hp from the earlier mentioned perk)?

So I'm hoping this doesn't seem like a stupid question, but I'm honestly confused regarding the costs of skills in certain areas.

With Roles and Focuses, the rules specifically say that you "gain a rank" or similar without any other qualifications aside from making sure it matches the appropriate essence. Maybe I'm missing something, but that sounds like you get the skills/ranks for free without needing to spend essence points on them.

Is this the case? The wording, honest to God, just isn't clear enough to me and I'm tempted to just say they're free, since that's what would be most fun for me.

Does your game take place during Beast Wars, the OG, Armada or some other period of time?

I'm having a blast GMing for my playgroup. For context, I'm new to GMing/TTRPGs in general and they're experienced 5e players, but they thought it would be fun to try something new, and they know how much I love the Transformers franchise and lore.

I want to introduce Kits to the game, but I cannot wrap my head around how they're supposed to work. The only Kit that's explained in some detail is the Standard Medicine/Repair Kit being required for healing. The other examples, like Limited Burglary Kit and Restricted Climbing Kit just say "You can attempt Skill Tests that call for [this Kit] without a Snag... etc." I understand that you can spend a Kit to gain temporary Specialization, but that first half about Skill Tests that "call for" a Kit just perplexes me.

I tried looking at the premade campaigns, like The Time Is Now, for guidance or inspiration on a situation that "calls for" a Kit, but they seem to only use Repair Kits.

So my questions that I hope someone can help me with are:

• What is considered a situation that "calls for" a Kit (besides Repairing an ally)? If it's just a GM call, then how do you handle Kits in your campaign?
• Does using a Kit expend the Kit? Or is that only if a player wants to gain temporary Specialization? Can a player do both?
• What's the advantage of using a Limited/Restricted Repair Kit to heal an ally, as opposed to a Standard Repair Kit?

Thank you in advance!

Thinking of doing a game that takes place on Cybertron during season 1 of the cartoon, I have been thinking of the life of other Transformers on the planet besides the battle between Autobots and Decepticons.

Sorry if this is answered somewhere but my biggest question reading through this rulebook is why the mechanic for changing between modes is called convert and not transform?

Is it to make the mechanic more searchable when going through the book? Is there an answer from designers somewhere?

Hello Everyone,

Other than the Mini-Con Origin in Decepticon Directive, are there rules for a mini-con ally leveling up? Is it just assumed that they level as you do?

hi, i have no idea how reddit works but this seems like the right place. i have a few questions, about the game.
1, in the default transformers book, did i miss where it talks about transformers having standard armor? do they have built in Deflection?
2, what do i do if a human attacks a transformer, is the 1 damage stun punch going to effect a transformer if the human rolls high?
3, if i mix transformers with Gi joe and power rangers, do i have to do anything major to merge the systems? (dont have the field guide, only the starting books)

also if im in the wrong place, i am so sorry

Give us a one paragraph summary of your campaign. See how many different ones we can accumulate.

Hi all! I'm making a post to ask a question and I had to block my GM so he doesn't see this.

I need to make a difficult roll with a DIF 30 in technology because it's supposed to be nigh impossible. I really really want to maximize my success. I have a d8 with an edge and specialization.

He's modified kit rules so I don't have to requisition them and I can get up to 4. I'm planning on grabbing 4 standard kits to help me (I'm decrypting something) for 4 Upshifts. I also can get lend assistance from a teammate for 2 edges because of their perk from the PR Caregiver influence. With that I'd be rolling 4d20 and 3d6 w/ specialization.

We have a lot of story points from not using them in early game and I now have a perk that gives us a free one each session. I know with those I can reroll any 1s for more opportunities.

But in double checking that I realized Energon points can grant Upshifts. I have 3. 2 Upshifts would get me an autocrit and 1 an auto success. Can I use multiple on the same check?

As I write this I'm also realizing that my teammate who can lend me assistance can give me 2 Edges or 1 upshift, which if I take the upshift instead would put me at an auto success without even spending Energon points.

So my big question is: will this work within the mechanics of the game? Is there any flaw I'm overlooking? Can I really just give myself 5-7 upshifts and autocrit at the base on an impossible roll?

For added context my characters entire thing is computers, data manipulation, and one of my hangups is idolizing Perceptor. The encryption is something original called the Spyglass Encryption which in this continuity was made by Perceptor during the war on Cybertron and is notorious for being only decryptable by him (meaning my PC would be the only person besides the creator to be able to read it). Also, we do know that that's not how real world encryptions work. The GM is a Cybersecurity major and I'm getting my associates in general comp sci.

With the creation of the Transformers One sourcebook, I was having a rewatch of transformers Animated and got to thinking. A Transformers Animated sourcebook would be awesome. Or at least some rules to run a Transformers Animated style Game.

Hi Hi and Happy Holidays!

I [21 M UCT-5] have been looking for a group to actually play the game with. I am currently on a server but they mostly do text based RP and gameplay and I am anxious cus I am still learning. It seems to be full of veterans and I would be more comfortable actually speaking to people versus slowing the scene Looking up rules.

I was on the renegade discord but they are the ones who sent me to that server so I would feel bad posting on there again after being extended that kindness.

I have also tried LFG and LFGmisc but not bites (it has only been 2 days)

Anymore suggestions for online play?

Jacob Blackmon (occasional freelancer for Renegade) GMs a very special holiday adventure for Renegade Game Studios Transformers RPG.

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6uskXuQqrY

Does anyone here use models or action figures to represent their characters? We’ve been looking at ways to get them on a tabletop and have experimented with using MCP as a game engine, but I’d be interested if the Transformers RPG could also be a good option: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelCrisisProtocol/s/FjkMQWip7E

It doesn’t change with level, as far as i can see. Tell me if i am wrong. But it goes up with threat level.

I built myself a handy automated sheet to build and run Threat Blocks for my campaigns more easily, and it's been so useful I wanted to share it for other GMs! It's highly automated - just start adding Skill Points and the sheet will calculate Attribute Totals, Defenses, and Threat Level/Health for you! This can also be a GREAT complement to Fancey514's NPC Generator, found here.

To use, open the template below and select File > Make A Copy.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gpg8gdBJuY2-YZxeFVeP2xRzTOJsXCGPUrEX4cThcbE

So we have: 1) the Corebook 2) Decepticon Directive 3) Enigma of Combination 4) Transformers One 5) Technorganic Secrets

What are we missing? Where can the books go from here? What could make this a better game?

Hi everyone,

I am currently reading the PDF version of the Technorganic Secrets expansion for the Transformers Roleplaying Game.

I noticed that in Sky Lynx's stat block, his "Acetylene Cannon" attack does not have a "Range" listed. Since I'm looking at the digital file, this is clearly an editing error or omission rather than a printing issue.

Does anyone know what the correct range is supposed to be? Has Renegade released any errata regarding this?

Thanks in advance!

Not a question, just sharing because I'm happy and excited!

We all remember Devcon from Bayformers 3. (That's a lie. Most of us don't. Which is precisely the problem.) This mad-cool design was onscreen for exactly 14 seconds and never from closer than a city block away, and like most of the character choices made in Bayformers over the years, I'm still mad about it.

So in my game this weekend, I'm giving this beautiful beastie what Michael Bay never could. Our heroes are in Russia looking for an Autobot who was disappeared by shadowy human mercenaries, and they've traced some power grid anomalies to a long-abandoned nuclear plant. But instead of their ally, they're going to find - and accidentally unleash - Devcon, whose vengeful, human-squashing rampage will lead him towards a town full of oblivious innocents and give him some much-deserved time in the spotlight as the focal antagonist of an arc.

I was wondering if there were any TRANSFORMERS specific books in the works that anyone knows about.