The Matrix Role-Playing Game

D6
Classic

THE MATRIX
ROLE-PLAYING GAME
D6 Classic and D6 Legend versions
(Updated for The Matrix: Reloaded)

Welcome!
This page is dedicated to a role-playing game based on the world of the movie The Matrix. There are two versions available on this site: The first, The Matrix RPG D6 Classic, is a direct adaptation of the Star Wars Second Edition Revised and Expanded Rules (now out of print) published by West End Games. The second, The Matrix D6 Legend, is a success-based system founded on the rules laid out in West End Games' DC Universe. I highly recommend that you pick up the original rule books for these games. You might also pick up Metabarons, WEG's new D6 Classic science fiction game. These games will fill in a number of gaps in this page (and are fun to play to boot).

SPOILER ALERT: This page was updated on May 25, 2003 to include new elements from The Matrix: Reloaded. I recommend seeing the movie before reading more in these pages.

Most of the images at this site are from the The Matrix website (they have a whole section of comics based on the movie) and fan sites. The official site is pretty nifty, so you should check it out. There are a large number of Matrix fansites, some of which are listed in my Links section.

Also, this is a free RPG and I'm not trying to make any money on it (so don't sue me!). I just had an idea and few hours to kill and cobbled the thing together. There are a ton of free RPG's on the web, including many others that are based on The Matrix. I've set up links to some of those as well.

D6
Legend

UPDATES
May 2003
I've included new information gathered from The Matrix: Reloaded. The following is a brief list of additions in this update:

Characters (D6 Classic, D6 Legend): Added new rules and Templates for Autonomous Programs
Skills and Abilities (D6 Classic, D6 Legend): Added normal skills (Faith, Operate Exoskeleton, and a new Computer Programming) and Matrix Skills (Clone, Phasing, Manipulation, Flight).
Equipment (D6 Classic, D6 Legend): Updated the robotic Squids, and added the Zion Exoskeleton and a new category of Matrix Programs.
The Machines (D6 Classic, D6 Legend): new information about the nature of the Matrix and their mechanisms of control.
The Resistance (D6 Classic, D6 Legend): new insight into the creation of Zion and its society and government.

Links to My Other D6 Games
If you like D6 and this game, you might want to check out some other D6 games and conversions I've produced:

Buffy D6: Boyfriends, bad grades, Apocalypse on a weekly basis. Try life in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Evil Dead D6:Action. Horror. Schlock. Blow away deadites and raise undead armies in the world of the Evil Dead movies.

Neverwhere D6: Slip through the cracks and into the Underside. Join the ranks of the invisible underdwellers of society and encounter lost souls, fallen gods, and the odd nightmare out for a stroll. You'll need all your wits, luck, and more than a few favors to survive in the modern fantasy world of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

Appleseed D6: Cyberpunk role-playing set in Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga.

Starcraft D6: Fight for the future of your species in an RPG based on the best-selling computer game Starcraft.

As always, If you have ideas, questions or comments, please contact me.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Matrix D6 Classic

RPG Table of Contents:

I. The Basics

Using Character Points

Using Chi

II. Characters
    A) Templates
    B) Details
    C) Choosing Skills
    D) Resuscitated Characters
    E) Advancement

III. Attributes and Skills
    A) Dexterity
    B) Knowledge
    C) Mechanical
    D) Perception
    E) Strength
    F) Technical
    G) Neurals
    H) Matrix Abilities
    I) Flash Skills

IV. Actions & Combat
    A) Actions
    B) Ranged Combat
     C) Scale
    D) Combat Modifiers
    E) Melee Combat
    F) Healing

V. Equipment
    A) Firearms
    B) Armor
    C) Computers
    D) Robots
    E) Miscellaneous Gear
    F) Vehicles

VI. The Machines
    A) The Mechanized World
       The Rise of Leviathan
           The Mechanized Revolt
       The Structure of Leviathan
           The Global Neural Net
           Nodes: Local Neural Nets
           Powerplants/Farms
           Nurseries
           Robot Factories
           Space Stations and Satellites
    B) The Matrix
       The (un)Reality
       Changes in the Matrix
       Agents
       Human Allies
       Human Agents

VI. The Resistance
    A) The Desert of the Real
       Birth of the Resistance
        Zion
       The Resistance Fighters
       Factions
       Resuscitation
       Technology
     B) Accessing The Matrix
       Strangers in a Strange Land
       The Construct
       Hacking the Matrix
       Freeing the Mind
       Death in the Matrix
       Resistance Hackers

The Matrix D6 Legend
RPG Table of Contents: