Cyberpunk: in the time of The Thread

what role you thinking of rolling?
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	Netrunner
	Tech
	Media
	Lawman
	Exec
	Fixer
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	Medtech

mellonbread: Dec 20, 2017

Played the demo of Cyberpunk RED yesterday.

It was pretty fun. Combat felt like a d20 style exchange of blows chipping away at HP, rather than the fast and furious gun-down of the older edition. Chalk that up to the simplified rules in the quick start (no auto-fire on rifles, no called shots to ignore armor, no suppressing fire...).

I liked the old paradigm where your class gave you a signature skill that you could roll to be good at the thing that class did (IE Authority for the police officer), rather than the more situational class abilities in the new edition. But I also understand why they changed it. Maxing out your class skill at chargen was such an obvious play that it wasn't even really a meaningful choice. Do you want to be better at being a Solo, or worse?

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Dawgstar: Jul 15, 2017

mellonbread posted:

Played the demo of Cyberpunk RED yesterday.

It was pretty fun. Combat felt like a d20 style exchange of blows chipping away at HP, rather than the fast and furious gun-down of the older edition. Chalk that up to the simplified rules in the quick start (no auto-fire on rifles, no called shots to ignore armor, no suppressing fire...).

I liked the old paradigm where your class gave you a signature skill that you could roll to be good at the thing that class did (IE Authority for the police officer), rather than the more situational class abilities in the new edition. But I also understand why they changed it. Maxing out your class skill at chargen was such an obvious play that it wasn't even really a meaningful choice. Do you want to be better at being a Solo, or worse?

The fast and furious thing certainly varies. My Medtech has one-shotted a couple of people because shotgun.

# ? Feb 20, 2024 13:32

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

Nessus posted:

Greetings "chooms"

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cyberpunk-red-2024-r-talsorian-games-books

For as little as $18 you can have what seems to be just about every CP2020 and RED book worth having!

oh poo poo 4 days left, I drat near forgot

# ? Feb 20, 2024 15:31

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

SniperWoreConverse posted:

oh poo poo 4 days left, I drat near forgot

Same, thank you for the reminder!

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