Surname

1 Acker

2 Black

3 Cruz

4 Dallas

5 Engel

6 Fox

7 Gee

8 Haak

9 Iyer

10 Joshi

11 Kask

12 Lee

13 Moss

14 Nash

15 Park

16 Qadir

17 Singh

18 Tran

19 Ueda

20 Zheng

Nickname

1 Ace

2 Bliss

3 Crater

4 Dart

5 Edge

6 Fuse

7 Gray

8 Huggy

9 Ice

10 Jinx

11 Killer

12 Lucky

13 Mix

14 Nine

15 Prof

16 Red

17 Sunny

18 Treble

19 V8

20 Zero

Demeanor

1 Anxious

2 Appraising

3 Blunt

4 Brooding

5 Calming

6 Casual

7 Cold

8 Curious

9 Dramatic

10 Dry

11 Dull

12 Earnest

13 Formal

14 Gentle

15 Innocent

16 Knowing

17 Prickly

18 Reckless

19 Terse

20 Weary

Ship name

1 Arion

2 Blackjack

3 Caleuche

4 Canary

5 Caprice

6 Chance

7 Darter

8 Falkor

9 Highway Star

10 Moonshot

11 Morgenstern

12 Phoenix

13 Peregrine

14 Restless

15 Silver Blaze

16 Stardust

17 Sunchaser

18 Swift

19 Thunder Road

20 Wayfarer

// THE PREMISE: Explain the basics of the setting. If it’s not made clear elsewhere, give a reason for the characters to stick together, and hint at what they’ll spend their time doing.

// THE BACK PAGE: If you’d like to mimic the style of the original micro RPGs this SRD is based on, the back page (or the left half of one side of a letter-sized sheet of paper) can fit 4 tables of 20 items each. A GM can use these to generate ideas for an improvised session, like, “[Name] has hired you for [Job] at [Location], but there’s a [Twist]!” An example table is offered below.

// ADDING TO RULES: This SRD is very brief, with the hope experienced RPG players will fill in the gaps confidently, and RPG newcomers will be free of too many preconceived notions. Anything left vague is deliberately open to interpretation. (Like: Can you get help dice from an ally AND circumstances on one roll? Your call!) Expand or clarify as needed. My own principles for new rules are to minimize addition and subtraction, avoid too much bookkeeping (on top of tracking credits, hindrances, number of bulky items, and which items are broken), and strive to use terms either self-evident in meaning or invitingly vague.