Step 1: The Squad

In Blades, you get to choose a crew type and a bunch of cool stuff. In Rockets Underground, your Squad is just a smaller subset of Team Rocket.

Your Executive

The executive commanding your squad is the Non-Player Character that you report to. They can provide resources and guidance, but they also provide stipulations and punishments to those who do not live up to their expectations. Recommended executives can be found in the Team Rocket section.

Your Tone

You’re literally doing crimes against people and Pokémon. Your group needs to have a conversation about what is and isn’t off the table for your group. Stealing Pokémon? Fine. Assaulting humans? Maybe. Killing Pokémon? Maybe not.

As long as the job gets done, Team Rocket doesn’t care how you do it. So discuss the methods that your group is okay with.

Your Hideout

Rocket HQ sits underneath Goldenrod City, and that’s where you’ll report to your executive. But does your squad have a hideout of their own? A small loft apartment somewhere, a treehouse in National Park?

Shared Resources

Your Squad’s shared resources include:

• Debt - How much you owe Daddy Giovanni after borrowing money
• Strikes - Penalties against your team, and the sanctions that come with them.
• Coin - Pokédollars, abstracted in the same way they do it in Blades.

Step 2: Your Character

1. Choose a playbook.
   • Found in Playbooks
2. Assign four action dots.
   • No action may begin with a rating higher than 2 during character creation.
3. Choose a special ability.
   • These are granted by your playbook.
4. Choose a close friend/rival
   • These are listed under your playbook.