History TabletopGame / PlanetMercenary

* KilledMidSentence: The written version on pages 168, 169, and 186 as the Planet Mercenary CEO kills two writers for maligning the company's products, and one of the legal team who complained about her methods.

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: The A.I. Sophont type functions the same in play, but has different rules for creation and upgrade, gaining stats by spending company resources rather than from mission completion.

* PointBuildSystem: The only dice rolled for character creation is for cosmetic features such as the number of eyes an Amorph has. Grunts who survive Ablative Meat start with more points for their combat experience.

* JackOfAllStats: [[HumansAreAverage Humans]] have no skill bonuses or penalties, but they have higher Health than most other species (excepting neophants and [[BearsAreBadNews ursumari]]) and a "last act" special ability. For the alien species ob'enn choose their skill bonuses, but have a penalty to socializing [AbsoluteXenophobe with other species]]. Jackbot AIs get no free skills unlike the other AI formats but they are not [[ContagiousAI chassis-locked]].

* KilledMidSentence: The written version on pages 168 and 169 as the Planet Mercenary CEO kills a writer and one of the legal team.
-->Book text: ''...And yet, if Planet Mercenary’s sales figures are any indication, then the Phubahr 7 mm “Slingshot” sells better than any other carbine we carry. It’s as if there’s a perfect storm of stupidity all the way up the supply chain, starting with you, the discerning consumer, and running all the waaaaa-''
-->Legal: ''"A criminal suit against you should be far more concerning than a corporate liability suit we can shrug off like aaaa9ccccccg-"''
-->CEO: ''"Shrug off like what? Like a bullet to the brainstem? Please, finish your thought. And take your time. I need to dispose of this barrier suit and wash my hands."''

—>Writer: “And yet, if Planet Mercenary’s sales figures are any indication, then the Phubahr 7 mm “Slingshot” sells better than any other carbine we carry. It’s as if there’s a perfect storm of stupidity all the way up the supply chain, starting with you, the discerning consumer, and running all the waaaaa—“
—>Legal: A criminal suit against you should be far more concerning than a corporate liability suit we can shrug off like aaaa9ccccccg—
—>CEO: Shrug off like what? Like a bullet to the brainstem? Please, finish your thought. And take your time. I need to dispose of this barrier suit and wash my hands.

* CriticalFailure: Rolling all 1's always results in failure, but generally doesn't come with any other consequence unless other mechanics come into play. Weapons with Failure Prone (a hallmark of weapons from Phubahr) will malfunction disastrously in such a case -- usually by exploding.

* ArmorMeterPoints: Armor has both a defense roll bonus and damage reduction. Heavy armor often also has hull points, hit points that can only be reduced by anti-vehicle weapons and which make the wearer impervious to damage until depleted.

* LuckManipulationMechanic: Having a skill specialty lets you reroll one of the three dice when doing your speciality. A [=RiPP=] can be spent to negate a Mayhem card or to reroll one or more dice on a check. Lastly, some weapon Qualities either skew the results to provide a better probability or allow for rerolls.

Because the book is a fictional catalog from an in-universe entity for ''Schlock Mercenary'', there is some overlap between universe details in the book and that of the comic.

'''Planet Mercenary''' is a RolePlayingGame by Hypernode Press set in the world of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', first released in 2017 after its Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded in 24 hours and proceeded to blow past multiple stretch goals. The mechanics of the game were developed by Alan Bahr and the text written by Alan Bahr, Howard Tayler, and his wife, Sandra Tayler. The base mechanic of the system is the D6[[superscript:3]] mechanic, namely that most rolls are resolved a roll of 3d6, but the actual face values rolled matter as well as the total. One die is designated as the "Mayhem die"; if it shows a number higher than either of the other dice, ''and if the action is successful'', a card is drawn which modifies the action's effects -- resulting in anything from the character becoming paranoid that their gun has broken (requiring other players to roll to convince them to still use it), to the success of the action causing the player to gain a point in an unrelated skill, to the player being given a roleplaying opportunity to deliver an inspirational speech to gain [=RiPP=]s, tokens which can be used to stave off future disaster.

* ChunkySalsaRule: Normally, any damage that drops your health to 0 or below makes you fall unconscious, with the next attack killing you. However, getting hit with damage greater or equal to twice your maximum health will just make dead immediately. Due to the setting, soldiers are generally recoverable as long as the head survives, and with RED-REO blood nannies, almost anything is survivable although some packet loss is expected with loss of body mass.

* CriticalFailure: Rolling all 1's always results in failure, but generally doesn't come with any other consequence unless other mechanics come into play. Weapons with Failure Prone (a hallmark of weapons from Phubahr) will explode in such a case (as well as for

* LuckManipulationMechanic: Having a skill specialty lets you reroll one of the three dice when doing your speciality. An [=RiPP=] can be spent to negate a Mayhem card or to reroll one or more dice on a check. Lastly, some weapon Qualities either skew the results to provide a better probability or allow for rerolls.

'''Planet Mercenary''' is a RolePlayingGame by Hypernode Press set in the world of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', first released in 2017 after its Website/{{Kickstarter}} funded in 24 hours and proceeded to blow past multiple stretch goals. The mechanics of the game were developed by Alan Bahr and the text written by Alan Bahr, Howard Tayler, and his wife, Sandra Tayler. The base mechanic of the system is the D6[[superscript:3]] mechanic, namely that most rolls are resolved a roll of 3d6, but the actual values rolled matter as well as the total, and one die is designated as the "Mayhem die" where if it's higher than the other 2 dice, ''and the action is successful'', a card is drawn which modifies its effects, resulting in anything from the character becoming paranoid that their gun has broken, requiring other players to roll to convince them to still use it, to the success of the action causing the player to gain a point in an unrelated skill, to the player being given a roleplaying opportunity to deliver an inspirational speech to gain [=RiPP=]s, which can be used to stave off future disaster.

* AscendedExtra: The Esspererin were a late addition to the game, "space gremlins" suggested by Alan and his wife, Erin, under a placeholder of "Extra Something Small" which were accepted and immediately added to the webcomic universe. The name is a pun off of "Extra Something Small, per Erin.".

* AscendedExtra: The Esspererin were a late addition to the game, "space gremlins" suggested by Alan and his wife, Erin, which were accepted and immediately added to the webcomic universe. The name is a pun off of "As per Erin".

'''Planet Mercenary''' is a RolePlayingGame by Hypernode Press set in the world of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', first released in 2017 after its Kickstarter funded in 24 hours and proceeded to blow past multiple stretch goals. The mechanics of the game were developed by Alan Bahr and the text written by Alan Bahr, Howard Tayler, and his wife, Sandra Tayler. The base mechanic of the system is the D6[[superscript:3]] mechanic, namely that most rolls are resolved a roll of 3d6, but the actual values rolled matter as well as the total, and one die is designated as the "Mayhem die" where if it's higher than the other 2 dice, ''and the action is successful'', a card is drawn which modifies its effects, resulting in anything from the character becoming paranoid that their gun has broken, requiring other players to roll to convince them to still use it, to the success of the action causing the player to gain a point in an unrelated skill, to the player being given a roleplaying opportunity to deliver an inspirational speech to gain [=RiPP=]s, which can be used to stave off future disaster.