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“This city is a point upon a map of fog...

Like us, it doesn’t quite exist.”

– Ambrose Bierce

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NiNja Burger

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: Michael “æon” Fiegel

: Chad Underkofler, Atomic Sock

Monkey Press

: Marcin Wrona

: Ken Lustig

: Shane Campos, D.J. Coffman, Rocco Commisso, Abby Perry, Gifny Richata,

Colin Throm, Pål Christian Andersen

: R. Beaty (Downtown, Streets), Christoph (Marina View), Kevin Connors

(Golden Gate), Marco D. (Telegraph Hill), Theresa Ford (Skyline), Kenn Kiser

(Helicopter on Cover), Vlad Romascanu (Cover Photo)

: Samuel Hendricks, Jen Schoonover, Monica Valentinelli

: Aimee Heavener, Emily Heavener, Samuel Hendricks,

Billy Long, Mike Reed, Neal Stidham, Chad Underkofler, Jeremy Watt

Thanks to: BizFu, Ninja Burger’s web host; #Kicks, #rpgnet and #moirc; Jestyr, Ken, Ean, Katlyn, Rois

and the rest from Iconoclast (www.iconoclast.org) for their help with the Ninja Burger concept; Drew Curtis

and Fark.com for their support over the years; 9th Level Games, for doing the irst version of this game when

nobody else thought it could be done; Steve Jackson Games, for the Ninja Burger Card Game and all their

support; Chad Underkofler and Atomic Sock Monkey, for letting us use the PDQ Ruleset for this version of the

game; Morgueile.com and stock.xchng for making photos available; and to all of our many fans.

Ninja Burger is a registered trademark of æthereal FORGE.

The is used under license from Chad Underkofler; the following materials are not necessarily endorsed in any way by Chad Underkofler,

Except for purposes of review, no portions of this work (save those speciied) may be reproduced by any means without the permission of the relevant

copyright holders. This is a work of iction. Any similarity with actual people or events, past or present, is purely coincidental and unintentional. All mentions

of copyrighted works within the text are for reference purposes only and are not a challenge of copyright or trademark.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Fiegel , aka “æon,” is a writer and graphic designer best known as the primary force behind Ninja

Burger. He is the founding member of æthereal FORGE, a loose coalition of artists and writers responsible

collectively for Ninja Burger and several other RPG projects. He was an early member of Fark.com and created

many of that site’s graphics during its ledgling years, including the logo. From 2002 to 2006 he was the

Lead Columns Editor for RPG.net. He has written extensively for a variety of Roleplaying Game companies,

including Dog Soul, Khepera, P.I.G., and R. Talsorian. He is also a regular book reviewer for Slashdot.org and

writes for Dragon Magazine . He was born in Buffalo, New York and resides in San Francisco, California, where

he is employed as a technical writer.

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ABOUT ÆTHEREAL FORGE

http://www.aeforge.com/

æthereal FORGE is a loosely aligned group of artists, writers and other individuals working primarily in the

areas of online content and RPG design and development. Aside from Ninja Burger, projects include: Darkpark.

com, Gamegrene.com, Decay, Iconoclast, Sacour, and Power Grrrl .

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ABOUT NINJA BURGER

http://www.ninjaburger.com/

Ninja Burger was founded in 1954, and soon became the world’s predominant undergound ninja-run fast

food delivery service. The Ninja Burger Web site was developed in 1999 by the honorable Kenshiro Aette-san

and Miyoko Aenomi-san in the traditions of their honorable ancestors. Their solemn mission: to defend the

downtrodden, ight for the honor of Ninja Burger, and to deliver hot and fresh food to Ninja Burger’s customers

The website debuted in 2000, and in 2001 was turned into an RPG by 9th Level Games; three supplements

followed. In 2003 it was also turned into a card game by Steve Jackson Games, with a supplement following in

2004. In 2005, the Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook was published as a Print-On-Demand PDF; in 2006

it will be published in print form by Citadel Press, an imprint of Kensington Books.

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ABOUT THE PDQ SYSTEM

The Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) System has been designed for evocative simplicity, speed, and

lexibility in play, with three levels of resolution, suitable for any type of situation. It currently serves as the core

game mechanics for Dead Inside: the Roleplaying Game of Loss & Redemption (DI); Ninja Burger: The Roleplaying

Game ; Monkey, Ninja, Pirate, Robot: the Roleplaying Game (MNPR:RPG); and Truth & Justice (T&J). PDQ Core

is available as a free download from the following URLs:

http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/freebies/di/pdq-core.pdf

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=4175&

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ASM-000

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ABOUT ATOMIC SOCK MONKEY PRESS

http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/

Atomic Sock Monkey Press is dedicated to high-quality, off-kilter, imaginative fun. Currently, that means

tabletop games of both the “beer & pretzels” and roleplaying game (RPG) varieties. In the future, they may

expand into other areas, but for now Atomic Sock Monkey Press is concentrating on games.

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ABOUT CHAD UNDERKOFFLER

Chad Underkofler is an editor for a telecommunications standards body by day and a freelance game

writer by night. He’s been gaming since 1981, to the confusion of his family. His column “Campaign in a Box”

appears in Pyramid Online at http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid; he has written material for Gamma World

(Sword & Sorcery), GURPS (Steve Jackson Games), and Unknown Armies (Atlas Games); and he is the author

and publisher of Dead Inside , Monkey, Ninja, Pirate, Robot: the RPG, and Truth & Justice . Chad currently lives in

Alexandria, VA, with his wife Beth and their two black cats.

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NiNja Burger

What You Need To Play .............................................................1

Other Ninja Burger Material......................................................1

About Roleplaying as a Ninja .........................................................2

About Ninja Burger ..........................................................................3

Justiiable Insanity.......................................................................3

How Ninja Burger Does It .........................................................4

Establishing Your Ninja World ........................................................5

VR Rating .....................................................................................5

Ninja Burger 101 ..........................................................................5

Crouching Monkey, Hidden Robot ..........................................6

Biggie-Sized Trouble in Chinatown ..........................................6

Burger Wars, Inc. .........................................................................7

R.U.N. (Real Ultimate Ninja) .....................................................7

About Ninja Burger Employees ......................................................8

Increasing Damage (Optional) ................................................27

Time, Range & Movement In Conlict..........................................28

Time Outside Of Conlict .........................................................28

Conlict Strategies ...........................................................................28

Flip Out, Play It Cagey, Go Team! ..........................................28

Abstracting Further (Optional) ..............................................29

Using Multiple Qualities .........................................................29

Multiple Targets ........................................................................29

Conlict Example .............................................................................30

Dispatcher vs. Game Master ..........................................................31

We, Not You .....................................................................................31

Deus Ex Machina.............................................................................32

Tick Tick Tick ...................................................................................32

Night At The Improv ......................................................................32

Delivery Design ...............................................................................33

When Animals Attack C.O.P.S. ................................................34

Super-Sized Bad Guys ..............................................................35

Competition ...............................................................................38

Honor Thy Ninja .............................................................................40

Seppuku - The Honor Roll .......................................................40

Honorless Dogs .........................................................................40

Giving The Finger .....................................................................40

Honor As Rank ..........................................................................40

Karma Chameleon ....................................................................40

Employee Salary & Bonuses .........................................................41

Employee Beneits ....................................................................41

Ninja Burger Store ..........................................................................42

Special Delivery .........................................................................42

Equipment List ..........................................................................43

Ninja Magic ......................................................................................44

The Elements of Magic .............................................................44

Kuji-In .........................................................................................44

Kuji-Kiri ......................................................................................47

Sample of Gameplay .......................................................................48

Creating PDQ Characters ................................................................9

Name ...................................................................................................9

Job Title .............................................................................................10

Alternate Career Paths .............................................................10

The Dispatcher ...........................................................................10

Ninja Chef .................................................................................10

Ninja Deliverator ......................................................................11

Ninja Driver ...............................................................................11

Ninja Navigator ........................................................................12

Ninja Spotter .............................................................................12

Qualities ...........................................................................................13

Quality Examples ......................................................................13

Types of Qualities ......................................................................13

Quality Ranks ............................................................................13

The Ninja Quality ......................................................................13

Strengths & Weaknesses ...........................................................14

Starting Ranks ............................................................................14

So What Can A Ninja Do? ..............................................................15

Not a Ninja? ...............................................................................15

Quick Picks .................................................................................15

Background .....................................................................................16

Element .............................................................................................16

Clan ...................................................................................................16

A Matter Of Honor ..........................................................................18

What Is That Word, Honor? ....................................................18

I Object, Your Honor! ................................................................18

Challenges Of Honor ................................................................18

You Have No Honor .................................................................18

Improvement ...................................................................................19

Becoming More Ninja (Optional) ...........................................19

Sample Character Creation ............................................................20

San Francisco, California ................................................................55

History ........................................................................................55

Trafic On The Tens .........................................................................56

Mother Nature .................................................................................56

Earthquakes ...............................................................................56

The Bay Area ....................................................................................57

Now Arriving ............................................................................57

Road Trip ....................................................................................57

Finding Adventure At Home ........................................................58

Slicing Things Up ............................................................................58

Red Quadrant ............................................................................59

Yellow Quadrant .......................................................................65

Green Quadrant .........................................................................70

Blue Quadrant ...........................................................................74

Ninja Burger Headquarters ...........................................................79

Task Resolution................................................................................21

Simple Situations .......................................................................21

Complicated Situations ............................................................21

Magical Situations .....................................................................21

Conlict Situations .....................................................................22

Initiative ...........................................................................................22

Moment of Truth .......................................................................22

Upshifts (Acting Ninja) .................................................................23

Acting Ninja vs. Being Ninja ...................................................23

Being Dishonorable ...................................................................23

Downshifts ......................................................................................24

Shift Accumulation ...................................................................24

Playing Pirate ............................................................................24

Damage ............................................................................................25

Dishing It Out ...........................................................................25

Conlict Abstraction .................................................................25

Knockout ....................................................................................25

Environmental Damage ...........................................................26

Taking It On The Chin .............................................................26

Out For Blood? ..........................................................................27

Recovering From Damage ......................................................27

A. Movie and TV Show List .........................................................89

B. How to Speak Ninja ...................................................................92

C. Ninja Burger Props .....................................................................93

Delivery Menu ...........................................................................94

Employee Application ..............................................................95

Dispatcher Record Sheet ..........................................................97

D. Quick Deliveries .........................................................................98

QD1 - Diet Hard ........................................................................98

QD2 - Burger, She Wrote ........................................................100

QD3 - House on Hamburger Hill .........................................102

QD4 - The Meatrix ..................................................................104

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